Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 114
A Sud Aviation Caravelle | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 January 1970 |
| Summary | Mid-air hijacking |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation Caravelle SE 210 |
| Operator | Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration | PP-PDZ |
| Flight origin | Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1st stopover | Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2nd stopover | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 3rd stopover | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
| Last stopover | Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama |
| Destination | José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba |
| Occupants | 28 (including 6 hijackers) |
| Passengers | 21 (including 6 hijackers) |
| Crew | 7 |
| Survivors | 28 |
Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 114 was a domestic passenger flight hijacked by five members of VAR-Palmares, a guerrilla group against the Brazilian military dictatorship, on 1 January 1970. The hijacking began in Montevideo, Uruguay, in a plane operated by Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul, which would fly from Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, but it was detoured to Havana. It was the longest hijacking occurred during the military period in Brazil.