ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321298
Date: | Thursday 10 June 2010 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Aerodiana |
Registration: | OB-1922-P |
MSN: | 208B2099 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | within Peru -
Peru
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Nazca-Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC/SPZA) |
Destination airport: | Nazca-Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC/SPZA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, registered OB-1922P, departed at 07:10 from Nazca Airport, Peru for a 45-minute sightseeing flight of the Nazca lines.
The airplane failed to return and was declared missing. Authorities suspect that the airplane was hijacked. A number of passengers used false identities.
The pilot and copilot were kept hostage by the hijackers until their release, 21 days later. The airplane is still missing.
Sources:
Espérennos... estamos bien (La Republica 1-7-2010) Secuestran avioneta en Nasca (Correo Peru) Revision history:
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