| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle |
| Owner/operator: | SAETA |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU) |
| Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
Hijackers seized the plane shortly after takeoff from Quito and forced the pilot to land in Cuba after refueling stops in Guayaquil and Panama City.
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