UI Boeing 707-345C PP-VJX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331193
 

Date:Thursday 12 March 1970
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B703 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 707-345C
Owner/operator:Varig
Registration: PP-VJX
MSN: 19842/712
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Category:UI
Location: -   Cuba
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Santiago-Pudahuel Airport (SCL/SCEL)
Destination airport:London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL)
Narrative:
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.

Sources:

Flavia Macedo by e-mail 3-10-2006

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 November 1969 PP-VJX Varig 0 Santiago, Havana unk
Hijack
29 November 1969 PP-VJX Varig 0 Havana-Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) unk
Hijack

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