| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1970 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2A1 |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SMC |
| MSN: | 20094/182 |
| First flight: | 1969-06-28 (10 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Guyana, Cuba ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR), Brazil |
| Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN), Brazil |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
» Jornal do Brasil (30-9-1988)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, DF to Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM as the crow flies is 1928 km (1205 miles).
Distance from Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, DF to Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM as the crow flies is 1928 km (1205 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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