Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 FEB 2002 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 |
| Operator: | AIRES Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3951X |
| C/n / msn: | 184 |
| First flight: | 1989 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Hobo (Colombia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Neiva-La Marguita Airport (NVA/SKNV), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia | |
| Flightnumber: | 8091 |
Hijacked by four leftist guerillas forcing it to land in a rural town and kidnapping a senator who was on board.
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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 Neiva-La Marguita Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 231 km (145 miles).
Distance from Neiva-La Marguita Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 231 km (145 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.
