| Date: | Sunday 10 November 1985 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Uganda Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Kasese Airport (KSE) -
 Uganda
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
| Arua Airport (RUA/HUAR) |
A Uganda Airlines Fokker F-27 aircraft carrying 44 passengers and 4 crew members aboard was hijacked by two men while on a domestic flight from Entebbe Airport to Aura, Uganda. About one half hour after takeoff, the pilot radioed that a man with a gun had ordered him to divert. The aircraft landed at Kasese, Uganda, a stronghold of the National Resistance Army (NRA). The NRA is a rebel group which was fighting against the Ugandan regime.
The passengers (except the hijackers) and crew were later released. The last group was released on or about December 17, 1985.
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