| Date: | Monday 12 September 2005 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 |
| Owner/operator: | AIRES Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-4030X |
| MSN: | 100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Neiva-Benito Salas Airport (NVA/SKNV) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
The flight was hijacked by a man in a wheel chair and his son. Reportedly a social security benefit application by the man in the wheel chair had been turned down by the Council of State. They surrendered to authorities at 17:05.
Sources:
El Colombiano
Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Gralla; Villavicencio Airport (VVC/SKVV); 02 February 1999
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