Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 FEB 1975 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-2A1 |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SMU |
| C/n / msn: | 20967/364 |
| First flight: | 1974-07-02 (8 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 80 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN/SBGO), Brazil |
| Brasília International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR), Brazil |
One hijacker demanded money. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO to Brasília International Airport, DF as the crow flies is 163 km (102 miles).
Distance from Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO to Brasília International Airport, DF as the crow flies is 163 km (102 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.
