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GACAL v. PAL
G.R. No. 55300
PARAS; March 15, 1990

NATURE
Petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of First Instance

FACTS
Franklin G. Gacal and his wife, Corazon, Bonifacio S. Anislag and his wife, Mansueta, and the late Elma de Guzman, boarded a PAL flight to Manila from the Davao Airport. Commander Zapata, and five other armed members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), all passengers of the same flight, hijacked the aircraft ten minutes after take off. The hijackers directed the pilot to fly to Libya but upon the pilot’s explanation of the fuel limitations, they relented and directed the aircraft to land at Zamboanga Airport.

At the runway of the Zamboanga Airport, the aircraft was met by two armored cars of the military with machine guns pointed at the plane. The rebels demanded that a DC-aircraft take them to Libya with the President of PAL as hostage and that they be given $375,000 and 6 armalites, otherwise they will blow up......

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