Date:	Saturday 23 June 1979
Time:
Type:	Boeing 727-76
Owner/operator:	Líneas Aéreas de Nicaragua - LANICA
Registration:	AN-BSQ
MSN:	18843/170
Year of manufacture:	1965
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
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:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Managua-Las Mercedes Airport (MGA/MNMG)

Narrative:
Three flight crew members diverted the aircraft to Costa Rica and requested political asylum.

US Dept of State cable /1979SANJO02674
New York Daily News, Sunday, 24 June, 1979

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