| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 785D Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolíneas TAO |
| Registration: | HK-1058 |
| MSN: | 380 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 52 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | 145 km SE of San Andrés -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Aerolíneas TAO flight 511 was en route from San Andrés Island to Bogotá, Colombia when a TAO employee entered the cockpit and shot the captain. A fight ensued with the co-pilot and the assailant was overpowered and the injured co-pilot safely landed at Cartagena-Crespo Airport at 18:46 hours.
The captain sustained fatal injuries.
Sources:
El Tiempo 19 July 1972, p1+2B
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 August 1972 | HK-1058 | Aerolíneas TAO | 0 | Camagüey Airport (CMW) |  |
non |
| 8 June 1974 | HK-1058 | Aerolíneas TAO | 44 | 16 km W of Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC) | |
w/o |
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