Date:	Monday 1 August 1988
Time:
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia
Registration:	HK-2445
MSN:	684
Year of manufacture:	1980
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	within Colombia -   Colombia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	El Bagre Airport (EBG/SKEB)
Destination airport:	Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD)

Narrative:
Hijackers demanded the pilot to land at an abandoned airstrip in Colombia. The passengers were reportedly robbed and the hijackers escaped. Six of them were later captured.

El Tiempo - 1 Feb 1989
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1988 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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