Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 JAN 1989 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-46 |
| Operator: | ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3246X |
| C/n / msn: | 19280/373 |
| First flight: | 1967-02-10 (21 years 12 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 116 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 122 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) (Costa Rica) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP), Colombia |
| Medellín (unknown airport), Colombia | |
| Flightnumber: | 385 |
ACES Flight 385 from San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ) to Medellín was hijacked. The Boeing 727 took off at 10:41 and was hijacked fifteen minutes afterwards. The hijacker claimed to have bottles of gasoline and demanded to be flown to Honduras.
The pilot diverted the plane to San José (SJO), Costa Rica were the hijacker was arrested.
Events:
Sources:
» El Tiempo - 1 Feb 1989
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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.
