Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 DEC 1980 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela |
| Caracas (unknown airport), Venezuela |
Flown to Higuerote where the hijackers stole money from the cargo hold and escaped. 4 hijackers demanded to be taken to Higuerote. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
