| Date: | Thursday 10 July 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-5-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-186 |
| MSN: | 18335 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
| Santa Marta Airport (SMR/SKSM) |
A Douglas DC-4, operated by Avianca, was hijacked during domestic flight from Barranquilla (BAQ) to Santa Marta Airport (SMR), Colombia.
The flight took off at 14:30. Some twenty minutes into the flight a 16-year old male passenger entered the cockpit holding something in his hand. He demanded to be flown to Cuba.
The hijacker was taken down by a crew member and a passenger. The flight returned safely to Barranquilla.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 11 Jul 1969
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