Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JAN 1985 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2K3 |
| Operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
| Registration: | CP-1276 |
| C/n / msn: | 21082/1124 |
| First flight: | 1975-04-02 (9 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 120 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 127 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 55 km (34.4 mls) from Santa Cruz (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia |
| Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI/SLVR), Bolivia |
While descending through FL100 a passenger went into the forward lavatory carrying dynamite in a briefcase. The dynamite exploded, killing the passenger. The aircraft made a safe landing at Santa Cruz.
Events:
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistical and narrative reports / FAA
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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 La Paz-El Alto Airport to Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport as the crow flies is 550 km (344 miles).
Distance from La Paz-El Alto Airport to Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport as the crow flies is 550 km (344 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.
