Hijacking description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 APR 1982 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 |
| Operator: | ANHSA - Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras |
| Registration: | HR-AND |
| C/n / msn: | 024 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport (LCE/MHLC), Honduras |
| San Pedro Sula Airport (SAP/MHLM), Honduras |
Hijackers transferred to an L-188 plane and were flown to Cuba. 4 hijackers demanded release of prisoners and money. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: 4 days.
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Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
