Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 30 July 1995
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: La Coste¤a
Registration Number: YN-CED
Location: Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) – ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Unknown
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Cessna CaravanCessna Caravan
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Cessna Caravan was hijacked by suspected drug traffickers en route from Managua to Bluefields, Nicaragua. The pilot was discovered dead in Zipaquira, Colombia, with multiple gunshot wounds. The plane was chartered under a fictitious environmental organization and subsequently repainted with registration HK-3539, which is also used on a Frontera Colombia Cessna 208A (msn 208-00165).A Cessna Caravan was hijacked by suspected drug traffickers en route from Managua to Bluefields, Nicaragua. The pilot was discovered dead in Zipaquira, Colombia, with multiple gunshot wounds. The plane was chartered under a fictitious environmental organization and subsequently repainted with registration HK-3539, which is also used on a Frontera Colombia Cessna 208A (msn 208-00165).

Description

A Cessna Caravan was hijacked by suspected drug traffickers while en route from Managua to Bluefields, Nicaragua. On August 1, the body of the pilot was discovered in Zipaquira, Colombia. He had reportedly been shot twice in the head and once in the back. The plane, a Cessna Caravan, had reportedly been chartered in the name of a fictitious environmental organization. Nicaraguan authorities suspect that the hijacked aircraft was intended to be used for narcotics trafficking operations. In August the airplane was found by Colombian police in a hangar at Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport. The aircraft had been repainted and new registration marks had been applied: HK-3539. This registration is also said to have been used on a Frontera Colombia Cessna 208A (msn 208-00165).

Source of Information

http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-385367, http://jurisprudencia.vlex.com.co/vid/providencia-no-134-30538935http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-385367, http://jurisprudencia.vlex.com.co/vid/providencia-no-134-30538935

Primary Cause

Drug trafficking operationsDrug trafficking operations

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