ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324878
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Date: | Saturday 22 October 1994 |
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Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 |
Owner/operator: | TABA - Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Itaituba Airport, PA (ITB) -
Brazil
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Itaituba Airport, PA (ITB/SBIH) |
Destination airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
Narrative:A commercial airliner belonging to TABA with 33 passengers was hijacked by a team of five men carrying shotguns and revolvers. The incident occurred 15 minutes after the plane departed from Itaituba on a domestic flight to Belem. The hijackers forced the pilot of the DHC-8 aircraft to return to Itaituba and land with its lights off. The hijackers then unloaded 213 pounds of gold bars worth over (U.S.) $1 million, put them into waiting vehicles, and fled.
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