Hijacking
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 29 SEP 1988 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 737-317 |
| Compagnie: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Immatriculation: | PP-SNT |
| Numéro de série: | 23176/1213 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1986-03-18 (2 years 7 months) |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 98 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Inconnu |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN) (Brésil) |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brésil |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brésil |
The VASP Boeing 737-300 operated on a domestic passenger flight from Porto Velho to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with en route stops at Cuiabá, Brasília, Goiânia, and Belo Horizonte.
The flight departed Belo Horizonte at 10:52. A male passenger stood up from his seat and hijacked the flight at 11:09. He stormed the cockpit at 11:12 and shot and killed the copilot when the latter attempted to stop the hijacker.
The flight diverted to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, GO (GYN) where it landed at 13:52. The hijacker was overpowered about 19:00.
Sources:
» Jornal do Brasil - 30 September 1988
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