Narrative:
Four suspected National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas hijacked an Aerotaca DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft during a flight from Bogotá (BOG) to Bucaramanga (BGA) via El Yopal (EYP), where the hijackers boarded the aircraft. The airplane took off from El Yopal at 08:40 and was reported hijacked at 09:50.
The plane landed, and six civilian passengers were released; however, three military passengers, identified as members of a Colombian intelligence unit, were tortured and killed. The abandoned aircraft was later recovered on a rural landing strip, intact except for its missing communications equipment. The fate of the three crew members could not be determined.
» El Tiempo 19/04/1993
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1992 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Aerotaca Colombia - Aerotransportes Casanare |
| Registration: | HK-2760 |
| MSN: | 777 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | rural airstrip near Caño ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP), Colombia |
| Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG), Colombia | |
| Flightnumber: | 071 |
Four suspected National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas hijacked an Aerotaca DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft during a flight from Bogotá (BOG) to Bucaramanga (BGA) via El Yopal (EYP), where the hijackers boarded the aircraft. The airplane took off from El Yopal at 08:40 and was reported hijacked at 09:50.
The plane landed, and six civilian passengers were released; however, three military passengers, identified as members of a Colombian intelligence unit, were tortured and killed. The abandoned aircraft was later recovered on a rural landing strip, intact except for its missing communications equipment. The fate of the three crew members could not be determined.
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1992 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security» El Tiempo 19/04/1993
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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 El Yopal Airport to Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport as the crow flies is 218 km (137 miles).
Distance from El Yopal Airport to Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport as the crow flies is 218 km (137 miles).
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