Hijacking description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 OCT 1975 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-287C |
| Operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-JNE |
| C/n / msn: | 20408/265 |
| First flight: | 1970-09-11 (5 years ) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Rafaela Aerodrome, SF (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA, Argentina |
| Corrientes-Camba Punta Airport, CR (CNQ/SARC), Argentina |
The 737 was hijaked by leftist guerillas. They diverted to plane to Formosa (FMA) where they allowed all passengers to disembark. Another group of guerillas, involved in an armed raid on a police garrison in Formosa, went on board. The pilot was told to fly to Brazil, but being short on fuel the airplane landed at Rafaela were the hijackers escaped.
Events:
Sources:
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 6, 1975
» Pablo Luciano Potenze (1987) Aviación Comercial Argentina, 1945-1980, Bs.As. Ediciones El Cronista Comercial.
» Argentine Fleet History
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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.
