| Date: | Friday 6 February 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL) -
 Chile
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Montt-Tepual Airport (PMC/SCTE) |
| Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL/SCEL) |
Two hijackers, each armed with a pistol, seized the plane en route to Santiago. When it landed at Santiago, the hijackers permitted seven adults and five
children to disembark and ordered the aircraft refueled. Two police men dressed as mechanics went on board and overpowered the hijackers, killing one of them.
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