| Date: | Tuesday 23 December 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses - LACSA |
| Registration: | TI-1007C |
| MSN: | 30374 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | San Andreas -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Limón Airport (LIO/MRLM) |
| San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO/MROC) |
LACSA flight 161 was hijacking several minutes after takeoff from Puerto Limón, Costa Rica. Three passengers, armed with .45 calibre handguns demanded to be flown to Cuba.
Sources:
Costa Rican newspaper 24 Dec. 1969
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1957 | TI-1007 | LACSA | 0 | Volcán, Angel |  |
sub |
| 16 May 1980 | YN-BVL | Líneas Aéreas de Nicaragua - LANICA | 0 | Bonanza-San Pedro Airport (BZA) |  |
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