Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 FEB 2000 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900C-1 |
| Operator: | Aerotaca Colombia - Aerotransportes Casanare |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | an airstrip near El Tornillo (Colombia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG), Colombia |
| Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia |
Hijacked by an armed prisoner 1 hijacker. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 115 km (72 miles).
Distance from Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 115 km (72 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.
