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CROATIA. Lapel pin badge of one of the first Militia. Badge commemorating Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130, a DC 9 – Gunder Viking – with registration number LN-RLO en route from Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden, to Stockholm, Sweden, was hijacked five minutes after takeoff by three armed Croats connected to Ustasa. The plane was ordered to land at Bulltofta Airport, Malmö, Sweden. 86 passengers and 4 crew members were held hostage until the next morning when the hostages were released in exchange for 500,000 Swedish crowns and seven Croats imprisoned in Sweden. The last passenger exited the plane unharmed after 16 hours. The plane and crew were then ordered to fly to Madrid, Spain, where the hijackers would later be tried.
