| Date: | Thursday 11 May 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-59 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-727 |
| MSN: | 19127/243 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 119 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR) -
 Curaçao
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport (SMR/SKSM) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
An Avianca Boeing 727-59 on an internal flight from Santa Marta (SMR) to Bogotá (BOG) was hijacked by two 29-year old male passengers.
The airplane took off from Santa Marta at 11:40. Two hijackers then demanded to be flown to Cali, were the flight landed at 12:59. After refueling the flight continued to Aruba were it landed at 15:23. At Aruba the airplane was refueled again and the hijackers released several passengers. The 727 took off again about 17:00 and landed at Curaçao at 17:16. Upon release of other passengers at Curaçao, policemen wearing uniforms of mechanics overpowered and arrested the hijackers at about 18:50.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 12 May 1978
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 2012 | HK-727 | Aerosucre Colombia | 0 | near Bogotá-Eldorado International Airport (BOG/SKBO) |  |
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