ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328209
| Date: | Wednesday 12 November 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-600 |
| Owner/operator: | ARCO - Aerolineas Colonia |
| Registration: | CX-BJL |
| MSN: | 92 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP) -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colonia Airport (CYR/SUCA) |
| Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE) |
Aerolineas Colonia flight 201 from Colonia, Uruguay to Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, Argentina, was hijacked shortly after takeoff.
The hijacked claimed to have a revolver and a bomb and demanded to travel to Nicaragua, Mexico and Algeria. The aircraft landed at Jorge Newbery Airport about 11:00 hours after circling over Rio de la Plata for almost two hours.
Several passengers were released during the day. At 04:00 the following morning, the hijacker negotiated his surrender.
The 21-year old hijacked was under medical treatment for mental issues and had left his home in the city of Paysandu after several disputes with their elders.
Sources:
aerospotter.blogspot.com
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