Date: | Thursday 29 April 1971 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 720 |
Owner/operator: | Avianca |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY) -
Panama
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
Destination airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Narrative:A male passenger hijacked the flight and demanded to be flown to Cuba. The airplane landed at Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY) and the hijacker was arrested.
Avianca Flight 81 was a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia with an en route stop at Mexico City.
The aircraft type involved in the hijacking could also have been a Boeing 707.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 29 Apr 1971 Revision history:
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