| Date: | Wednesday 5 February 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | SAM Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1065 |
| MSN: | 35943 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 47 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Santiago Airport (SCU) -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
| Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
SAM Colombia flight 601 was hijacked by a male passenger armed with a gun. The airplane was en route from Barranquilla (BAQ) to Cartagena (CTG), Medellín and Cali, Colombia.
The hijacked demanded to be flown to Cuba.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 12 Mar 1969
El Tiempo - 6 Feb 1969
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 April 1969 | HK-1065 | SAM Colombia | 0 | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) | |
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