| Date: | Sunday 29 February 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Saunders ST-27 |
| Owner/operator: | ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1286 |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Turbo-Gonzalo Mejía Airport (TRB/SKTU) |
| Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
A Colombian male entered the platform at Medellín (EOH) shortly after a Saunders ST-27 passenger plane had arrived from Turbo (TRB), Colombia.
The man hijacked the aircraft to Chigordo. Eight passengers were allowed to deplane before the plane continued back to Medellín.
During the evening the airplane was stormed and the hijacker was wounded and killed in the struggle.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 1 Mar 1976
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