| Date: | Friday 18 May 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-580 |
| Owner/operator: | AVENSA |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Valera-Carvajal Airport (VLV/SVVL) |
| Barquisimeto Airport (BRM/SVBM) |
4 hijackers demanded release of prisoners. Refueling stops were made in Willemstad, Panama-City, and Merida, before arriving in Cuba.
Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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