Hijacking
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 01 ENE 1970 |
| Tipo: | Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR |
| Operador: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registración: | PP-PDZ |
| Numéro de série: | 131 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1962-08-02 (7 years 5 months) |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 33 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
| Ubicación: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) (Cuba) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD/SUMU), Uruguay |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brasil |
Six passengers hijacked the Caravalle plane and demanded to be flown to Cuba. The flight crew continued to Lima and Panama City before the final leg to Havana were they landed at 15:00 two days later.
Fuentes:
» St. Petersburg Times - Jan 4, 1970
» The Montreal Gazette - Jan 3, 1970
» Jornal do Brasil (30-9-1988)
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.
