ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326549
| Date: | Monday 23 May 1988 |
| Time: | 08:10 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-59 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-1400 |
| MSN: | 19662/484 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 135 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
The Avianca plane was hijacked by a man who demanded to be taken to Cuba. The hijacked carried a (toy) grenade. The flight returned to Medellin were the hijacker released all passengers. The flight continued to Panama City, Aruba and finally Cartagena. As the airplane was taxiing after a night-time landing, the hijacker fled the plane. He was captured later when he was found hiding in mangrove roots near the airport.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - May 24, 1988
El Tiempo - 24 May 1988
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 April 1976 | HK-1400 | Avianca | 0 | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) | |
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