UI Boeing 727-116 CC-CAG,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330496
 

Date:Thursday 25 May 1972
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B721 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 727-116
Owner/operator:LAN Chile
Registration: CC-CAG
MSN: 19811/520
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50
Aircraft damage: Minor, repaired
Category:UI
Location:near Montego Bay -   Jamaica
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO)
Destination airport:Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Narrative:
One hour and 18 minutes after takeoff from Panama City a homemade pipe bomb exploded in the ice water fountain service compartment. A rapid decompression followed. A successful emergency landing was carried out at Montego Bay, Jamaica at 13:10.

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Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA

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