Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 OCT 1969 |
| Type: | Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Belém (unknown airport), PA, Brazil |
| Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN), Brazil |
Four hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
