ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321298
| Date: | Thursday 10 June 2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Aerodiana |
| Registration: | OB-1922-P |
| MSN: | 208B2099 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | within Peru -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nazca-Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC/SPZA) |
| Nazca-Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC/SPZA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, registered OB-1922P, departed at 07:10 from Nazca Airport, Peru for a 45-minute sightseeing flight of the Nazca lines.
The airplane failed to return and was declared missing. Authorities suspect that the airplane was hijacked. A number of passengers used false identities.
The pilot and copilot were kept hostage by the hijackers until their release, 21 days later. The airplane is still missing.
Sources:
Espérennos... estamos bien (La Republica 1-7-2010)
Secuestran avioneta en Nasca (Correo Peru)
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