| Date: | Wednesday 28 September 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-AGG |
| MSN: | 10333 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Port Stanley -
 Falkland Islands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires (unknown airport), BA |
| Río Gallegos Internacional Airport, SC (RGL/SAWG) |
Nineteen Argentineans hijacked the flight and demanded to be flown to the Falkland Islands to stage a symbolic invasion. The DC-4 landed on the Port Stanley Racecourse. The right undercarriage sank into a peat bog at end of landing run.
Sources:
El Litoral 28 September 1966, p1+2
Images:
photo (c) Rupert Thorogood; Port Stanley; 29 September 1966
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