Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 MAY 1978 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-59 |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-727 |
| C/n / msn: | 19127/243 |
| First flight: | 1966-03-16 (12 years 2 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 113 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 119 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR) (Netherlands Antilles) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport (SMR/SKSM), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia | |
| Flightnumber: | 163 |
An Avianca Boeing 727-59 on an internal flight from Santa Marta (SMR) to Bogotá (BOG) was hijacked by two 29-year old male passengers.
The airplane took off from Santa Marta at 11:40. Two hijackers then demanded to be flown to Cali, were the flight landed at 12:59. After refueling the flight continued to Aruba were it landed at 15:23. At Aruba the airplane was refueled again and the hijackers released several passengers. The 727 took off again about 17:00 and landed at Curaçao at 17:16. Upon release of other passengers at Curaçao, policemen wearing uniforms of mechanics overpowered and arrested the hijackers at about 18:50.
Events:
Sources:
» El Tiempo - 12 May 1978
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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 Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 710 km (444 miles).
Distance from Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 710 km (444 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.
