Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 SEP 1966 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-AGG |
| C/n / msn: | 10333 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Port Stanley (Falkland Islands) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA, Argentina |
| Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG), Argentina |
Nineteen Argentineans hijacked the flight and demanded to be flown to the Falkland Islands to stage a symbolic invasion. The DC-4 landed on the Port Stanley Racecourse.
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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.
