Singapore Airlines Flight 117 of Airbus A310-300 was hijacked on March 26, 1991 by four male passengers who claimed to be Pakistanis during its flight to Singapore. The flight took off from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and did reach its destination at Singapore Changi Airport.

The hijackers asked that their demands be met or else they would start killing hostages onboard. The demands that the hijackers had was release of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently the President of Pakistan. The hijackers claimed to be members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). They demanded that the plane be refueled so that it could be taken to Australia.

But the Singaporean commandos of the Singapore Special Operations forces stormed the plane and killed all the hijackers within 30 seconds. There were 114 passengers, none of whom were hurt, but there were 9 crew members, 2 of whom were injured.