| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 04, 1977 |
| Time: | 2036 |
| Location: | Straits of Johore, near Kampung Ladang, Malaysia |
| Operator: | Malaysia Airlines |
| Flight #: | 653 |
| Route: | Penang - Kuala Lumpur |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2H6 |
| Registration: | 9M-MBD |
| cn / ln: | 20585/306 |
| Aboard: | 100 (passengers:93 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 100 (passengers:93 crew:7) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | During a hijacking and while descending from 21,000 to 7,000 feet, both pilots were shot and the aircraft crashed into a swamp. |
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