Incident Overview
Date: Friday 31 January 1992
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Aero Taxi Internacional
Registration Number: HP-1191XI
Location: near Turbo –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
Four passengers hijacked a Caravan aircraft, forcing its landing at a remote airstrip near Turbo, Colombia. The aircraft was subsequently cancelled from the Panamarian registration in 1992 and has not been recovered.Four passengers hijacked a Caravan aircraft, forcing its landing at a remote airstrip near Turbo, Colombia. The aircraft was subsequently cancelled from the Panamarian registration in 1992 and has not been recovered.
Description
Four passengers hijacked the Caravan and forced to land at a remote airstrip near Turbo, Colombia. The hijackers disembarked at Turbo. The airplane (208B-0274) was cancelled from the Panamanian register in 1992 and has not appeared since.
Primary Cause
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