Hijacker Kills Pilot Before Capture

A man with a kitchen knife hijacked an All Nippon Airways jumbo jet, fatally stabbing the pilot, a Transport Ministry official said. The pilot overpowered the hijacker, and the plane returned to the Tokyo airport about an hour after it took off, officials said. It was not clear when the pilot died or whether he or a co-pilot landed the plane. The pilot died from loss of blood, a ministry official said. The pilot of Flight 61, carrying 503 passengers and 14 crew members, reported the hijacking shortly after takeoff from Haneda airport in Tokyo, said Transport Ministry official Hitoshi Ishiyama. The suspected hijacker was captured inside the plane, although details were not immediately available.