| Date: | Wednesday 11 March 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-59 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-1337 |
| MSN: | 19303/357 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Barranquilla-Soledad Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
An Avianca Boeing 727-59 passenger jet was hijacked by four passengers, some twenty minutes after takeoff from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG).
The hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. A refueling stop was made at Barranquilla Airport (BAQ). It landed at Havana at 21:30 local time.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1971 | HK-1337 | Avianca | 0 | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) |  |
non |
| 10 May 1974 | HK-1337 | Avianca | 1 | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) | |
non |
| 15 December 1980 | HK-1337 | Avianca | 0 | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) | |
non |
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