Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JUL 1970 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIN |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-PDX |
| C/n / msn: | 126 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil |
| São Paulo (unknown airport), SP, Brazil |
Four hijackers demanded release of prisoners and to be taken to Cuba. Plane stormed/hijackers arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
