Hijacking description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 OCT 1968 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46 |
| Operator: | SAESA - Servicios Aéreos Especiales SA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Brownsville, TX (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM/MMTM), Mexico |
| Reynosa Airport (REX/MMRX), Mexico |
One hijacker. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport to Reynosa Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
Distance from Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport to Reynosa Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
