Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 MAY 1973 |
| Type: | Convair CV-580 |
| Operator: | AVENSA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Valera-Carvajal Airport (VLV/SVVL), Venezuela |
| Barquisimeto Airport (BRM/SVBM), Venezuela |
4 hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Refueling stops were made in Willemstad, Panama-City, and Merida, before arriving in Cuba.
Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Valera-Carvajal Airport to Barquisimeto Airport as the crow flies is 155 km (97 miles).
Distance from Valera-Carvajal Airport to Barquisimeto Airport as the crow flies is 155 km (97 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.
