Date: | Monday 26 October 1987 |
Time: | |
Type: | Beechcraft 300 Super King Air |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Ciudad Mante -
Mexico
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | McAllen-Miller International Airport, TX (MFE/KMFE) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A Beechcraft 300 Super King Air was hijacked near McAllen, Texas, by two armed men who forced the pilot to fly to Ciudad Mante, Mexico, about 250 miles south of McAllen. Two other men were picked up at Ciudad Mante and then the plane was flown to a remote airstrip where the pilot and one other passenger were released. The plane was later found abandoned at the Ciudad Mante airstrip.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1987 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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