| Date: | Saturday 24 April 1976 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-59 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-1400 |
| MSN: | 19662/484 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pereira Airport (PEI/SKPE) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
An Avianca Boeing 727-59 passenger plane was hijacked during a domestic flight from Pereira Airport (PEI) to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia.
A 22-year old male passenger drew a revolved and hijacked the plane shortly after takeoff.
The hijacker surrendered on the ground at Bogotá the same evening.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 25 Apr 1976
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 1988 | HK-1400 | Avianca | 0 | Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG) | |
non |
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