| Date: | Monday 27 November 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | AVENSA |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR) -
 Curaçao
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
| Maracaibo-Grano de Oro Airport (ORO/SVMO) |
An AVENSA DC-6 was hijacked by five armed students who forced the pilot to circle Caracas while they dropped anti-Government leaflets on the city. After that they forced the crew to fly them to Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.
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