ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323180
| Date: | Wednesday 14 November 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Guyana Airways |
| Registration: | 8R-GTG |
| MSN: | 208B0397 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lethem Airport (LTM/SYLT) |
| Georgetown-Ogle International Airport (OGL/SYGO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
Shortly after takeoff four men armed with handguns ordered the pilot to fly to a remote dirt airstrip located in Brazil near the border with Venezuela. After a short time on the ground the pilot had to take off again. After circling for 15 minutes the Caravan landed again and all passengers and the pilot were put into a barn. The hijackers escaped on horses.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 2001 / DoT, TSA
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