| Date: | Thursday 12 March 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-345C |
| Owner/operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VJX |
| MSN: | 19842/712 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Pudahuel Airport (SCL/SCEL) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Flavia Macedo by e-mail 3-10-2006
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 November 1969 | PP-VJX | Varig | 0 | Santiago, Havana | |
unk |
| Hijack | ||||||
| 29 November 1969 | PP-VJX | Varig | 0 | Havana-Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) | |
unk |
| Hijack | ||||||
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