Date:	Wednesday 14 November 2001
Time:
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator:	Trans Guyana Airways
Registration:	8R-GTG
MSN:	208B0397
Year of manufacture:	1994
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	-   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Lethem Airport (LTM/SYLT)
Destination airport:	Georgetown-Ogle International Airport (OGL/SYGO)
Confidence Rating:

Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff four men armed with handguns ordered the pilot to fly to a remote dirt airstrip located in Brazil near the border with Venezuela. After a short time on the ground the pilot had to take off again. After circling for 15 minutes the Caravan landed again and all passengers and the pilot were put into a barn. The hijackers escaped on horses.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2001 / DoT, TSA

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


2 June 2025	8R-GTG	Trans Guyana Airways	0	Georgetown-Eugene F. Correira International Airport (OGL/SYGO)		min
Ground dmg: (thunder)storm, hail

Date/time	Contributor	Updates