26 Mar Douglas DC-7CF – N8219H Shot down while on a smuggling-flight; damaged beyond repair. Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-134 – DM-SCB An anonymous note with a bomb threat was passed on to a flight attendant during a flight between Berlin and Budapest. The note stated ... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-59 – HK-1337 An Avianca Boeing 727-59 was hijacked by seven passengers, shortly after takeoff from Bogot -Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia. The flig... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 – YV-33C While en route four armed men demanded to be flown to Higuerote, Venezuela where four other men took over the control tower, reportedly... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-24V – SP-LTB Shortly after takeoff, the hijacker armed with what appeared to be a hand grenade demanded to be flown to West Berlin. The aircraft lan... Continue reading
26 Mar Convair CV-600 – CX-BJL Aerolineas Colonia flight 201 from Colonia, Uruguay to Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, Argentina, was hijacked shortly after takeof... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-9 – The hijackers seized the aircraft shortly after leaving Caracas. They claimed to have explosives in a bottle which was wrapped In a gas... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – When the aircraft was about 50 miles northwest of Miami, the hijacker in Spanish told a Spanish speaking flight attendant he would ligh... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-2F2 – TC-JBJ Four hijackers brandished pistols carried aboard in hollowed-out books and commandeered the aircraft shortly after leaving Istanbul. Th... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-76 – YI-AIO The aircraft was said to have been shot down by two Iraqi S-125 Neva (SA-3) surface to air missiles fired by Iraqi forces during the Ir... Continue reading