Incident Overview

Date: Friday 8 September 2000
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301
Owner/operator: AIRES Colombia
Location: San Vicente del Caguan-Eduardo Falla Solano Airport (SVI) – ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25
Component Affected: AIRES flight 8092 aircraft.AIRES flight 8092 aircraft.
Category: Unlawful Interference
On AIRES flight 8092, an armed man forced the crew to divert to San Vicente del Caguan, a demilitarized zone controlled by FARC rebels. He gained access to the cockpit and subsequently forced the plane to land, resulting in no injuries to passengers or crew. Authorities claim the prisoner was a FARC member and was taken off the aircraft in San Vicente del Caguan by the insurgency group. The group later refused to return the hijacker.On AIRES flight 8092, an armed man forced the crew to divert to San Vicente del Caguan, a demilitarized zone controlled by FARC rebels. He gained access to the cockpit and subsequently forced the plane to land, resulting in no injuries to passengers or crew. Authorities claim the prisoner was a FARC member and was taken off the aircraft in San Vicente del Caguan by the insurgency group. The group later refused to return the hijacker.

Description

An armed man forced the crew of AIRES flight 8092 to divert from its Neiva-to-Florencia route. The man, a prisoner being transported to Florencia to stand trial, obtained a pistol hidden in one of the aircraft’s lavatories and then gained access to the cockpit. He forced the plane to land in San Vicente del Caguan, an area in the demilitarized zone that is controlled by FARC rebels. Authorities claim that the prisoner was a FARC member and was taken off the aircraft in San Vicente del Caguan by the insurgency group. The plane was then allowed to continue to Florencia. None of the 25 passengers or crew was harmed. FARC denied that the prisoner was a member of their organization. The group later refused to return the hijacker, stating that they themselves would deal with him.

Primary Cause

Hijacking and forced landing.Hijacking and forced landing.

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