Non hull-loss description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAY 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-116 |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CAG |
| C/n / msn: | 19811/520 |
| First flight: | 1968-01-12 (4 years 5 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Montego Bay (Jamaica) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO), Panama |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
One hour and 18 minutes after take-off from Panama City a homemade pipe bomb exploded in the ice water fountain service compartment. A rapid decompression followed. A succesfull emergency landing was carried out at Montego Bay, Jamaica at 13:10.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1852 km (1158 miles).
Distance from Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1852 km (1158 miles).
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.
