Flugunfall 18 AUG 2000 einer Boeing 737-2A1 PP-SMG - Porecatu, PR
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Datum:Freitag 18 August 2000
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 737-2A1
Fluggesellschaft:VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Kennzeichen: PP-SMG
Werknummer: 20777/324
Baujahr: 1973-07-02 (27 years 2 months)
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 6
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 66
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 72
Sachschaden: nicht beschädigt
Unfallort:nahe Porecatu, PR (   Brasilien)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas Airport, PR (IGU/SBFI), Brasilien
Flug nach:Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR (CWB/SBCT), Brasilien
Flugnummer:VP280
Unfallbericht:
Eight men hijacked a VASP airliner and stole the equivalent of almost (U.S.) $3 million from the cargo hold. The Boeing 737-200 aircraft had just taken off from Foz de Iguacu when the hijackers took over the plane. The men forced the pilot to land on a remote airstrip in the northern forests of Parana and fled with the money bags in a waiting getaway vehicle. The pilot then flew the plane to Londrina, which was closer than the original destination, and was immediately surrounded by police units upon landing. All the hijackers had fled from the plane at the airstrip, however. Although at least one shot was fired during the incident there were no injuries. Because the hijackers boarded the plane as passengers, police suspect that they were aided by airport employees in smuggling aboard their weapons. The alleged leader of the hijackers, a key Brazilian drug dealer, was arrested on August 29.

Informationsquelle:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2000 / FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
» El Tiempo 20 Aug. 2000
» E-mail from Domingos Junior, 12-1-2007


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Distance from Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas Airport, PR to Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR as the crow flies is 531 km (332 miles).

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