| Date: | Wednesday 21 October 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-388 |
| MSN: | 26796 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | ca 7 km E of Florencia -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
| Barranquilla-Soledad Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
The aircraft was hijacked by 2 men and 2 women while on a flight to Barranquilla. They demanded the crew to land at the Guajira Peninsula. Four to five tons of weapons were loaded aboard and the aircraft departed again. A forced landing was made in the Río Orteguaza river. The weapons were unloaded and the aircraft abandoned by the hijackers. The crew were held hostage until 10 November 1981.
Sources:
El Tiempo - Oct 22, 1981
El Tiempo - Oct 23, 1981
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG); August 1974
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