Incident Rockwell Aero Commander 690C Jetprop 840 HC-BHU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28761
 
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Date:Sunday 27 October 1991
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AC90 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rockwell Aero Commander 690C Jetprop 840
Owner/operator:Transporte Aéreo Ejecutivo
Registration: HC-BHU
MSN: 11634
Year of manufacture:1980
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sur Cayambe -   Ecuador
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:SEGU
Destination airport:LQG
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Air Taxi airplane, hijacked 27-OCT-1991 between Guayaquil and Lago Agrio, Ecuador. Crew liberated, but the plane ended up with drug smugglers. It is reported that Peru's Shinning Path and Colombia's FARC were behind the incident.

Sources:

Air Britain's Business Turboprops International 2009

Global Terrorism Database - Incident Summary: https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199110270005

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
11-Feb-2012 11:52 Gwydd Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Country, Source, Narrative]
11-Feb-2012 11:52 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
02-Oct-2015 06:22 lefg Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative]
13-Dec-2021 01:16 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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