| Date: | Tuesday 11 March 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | SAM Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-757 |
| MSN: | 10404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Cartagena-Crespo Airport (CTG) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
| Barranquilla-Soledad Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
A SAM Colombia airplane was hijacked during a domestic flight from Medellin to Barranquilla.
The airplane operated on a flight from Cali (CLO) to Pereira (PEI), Medellin (EOH), Barranquila (BAQ), Santa Marta (SMR) and then back to Cali. A male hijacker entered the cockpit and demanded to be flown to Cuba. A refuelling stop was made at Cartagena-Crespo Airport (CTG) at 10:50 local time.
While on the ground at Cartagena a passenger attempted to overpower the hijacker. In the struggle a mechanic was killed and the hijacker sustained injuries.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 12 Mar 1969
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 August 1967 | HK-757 | Aerocondor - Aerovías Cóndor de Colombia | 0 | Havana |  |
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