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| Date: | Thursday 4 September 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A4-140 |
| MSN: | 140 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Baucau Airport (BCH) -
 East Timor
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Baucau-English Madeira Airport (BCH/WPEC) |
| Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN) |
During a period of civil unrest in East Timor, in a period when it was becoming independent from colonisation by Portugal, the RAAF Caribou was tasked to evacuate some nuns from Baucau.
While on the ground at Baucau Airport, armed men demanded that over 40 people be evacuated from the island to Australia. The demands were met and the aircraft flew to Darwin, where the hijackers were arrested and later granted asylum.
Sources:
theguardian.com
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