| Date: | Tuesday 31 January 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-46 |
| Owner/operator: | ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3246X |
| MSN: | 19280/373 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 122 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP) |
| Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG) |
ACES Flight 385 from San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ) to Medellín was hijacked. The Boeing 727 took off at 10:41 and was hijacked fifteen minutes afterwards. The hijacker claimed to have bottles of gasoline and demanded to be flown to Honduras.
The pilot diverted the plane to San José (SJO), Costa Rica were the hijacker was arrested.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 1 Feb 1989
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