| Date: | Thursday 21 March 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-580 |
| Owner/operator: | AVENSA |
| Registration: | YV-C-AVA |
| MSN: | 161 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Santiago Airport (SCU) -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
| Maracaibo-Grano de Oro Airport (ORO/SVMO) |
Three hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Mar 22, 1968
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 October 1971 | YV-C-AVA | AVENSA | 0 | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) | |
unk |
| Hijack | ||||||
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