Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 6 November 1980 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
Operator: | AVENSA |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) ( Cuba)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
Destination airport: | Puerto Ordaz Airport (PZO/SVPR), Venezuela |
Narrative:The hijackers seized the aircraft shortly after leaving Caracas. They claimed to have explosives in a bottle which was wrapped In a gasoline soaked cloth and demanded to be flown to Cuba or they would blow up the plane. They splashed gasoline on the floor and threatened to put fire to it. The aircraft landed at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles was refueled and flew onto Havana, Cuba where the hijackers were taken into custody by Cuban authorities.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
» St. Petersburg Times - Nov 7, 1980
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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 Caracas Airport to Puerto Ordaz Airport as the crow flies is 528 km (330 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.