ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326549
Date: | Monday 23 May 1988 |
Time: | 08:10 |
Type: | Boeing 727-59 |
Owner/operator: | Avianca |
Registration: | HK-1400 |
MSN: | 19662/484 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 135 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG) -
Colombia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG) |
Destination airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Narrative:The Avianca plane was hijacked by a man who demanded to be taken to Cuba. The hijacked carried a (toy) grenade. The flight returned to Medellin were the hijacker released all passengers. The flight continued to Panama City, Aruba and finally Cartagena. As the airplane was taxiing after a night-time landing, the hijacker fled the plane. He was captured later when he was found hiding in mangrove roots near the airport.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - May 24, 1988
El Tiempo - 24 May 1988
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 April 1976 |
HK-1400 |
Avianca |
0 |
Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) |
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unk |
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