| Date: | Sunday 20 June 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-115 |
| MSN: | 10500 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Montería-Los Garzones Airport (MTR/SKMR) |
| Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
A passenger brandished a knife and hijacked the DC-4 after takeoff from Montería (MTR), Colombia. He demanded to be flown to Mexico. The captain decided to land at Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), Colombia and told the hijacker he was in Mexico. The crew then managed to overpower the hijacker.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 20 Jun 1971
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1969 | HK-115 | Avianca | 0 | Santiago Airport (SCU) |  |
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