| Date: | Saturday 22 October 1994 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 |
| Owner/operator: | TABA - Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Itaituba Airport, PA (ITB) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Itaituba Airport, PA (ITB/SBIH) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
A commercial airliner belonging to TABA with 33 passengers was hijacked by a team of five men carrying shotguns and revolvers. The incident occurred 15 minutes after the plane departed from Itaituba on a domestic flight to Belem. The hijackers forced the pilot of the DHC-8 aircraft to return to Itaituba and land with its lights off. The hijackers then unloaded 213 pounds of gold bars worth over (U.S.) $1 million, put them into waiting vehicles, and fled.
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