Hijacked jet ‘damaged’
NZPA-Reuter Cali A Colombian airliner hijacked by Leftist guerrillas yesterday ran into an Army truck that apparently tried to block the plane taking off from Cali, south-west Colombia, and a control tower official said there was a, report of shouts and explo- ' sions aboard the plane. The guerrillas had freed an unconfirmed number of women, children and elderly people at the airport, and the Aeropostal Boeing 727 had just started to move down the runway for the take-off, said an air traffic controller. Two Army jeeps and an Army truck were on t the runway and the truck pulled in front of the Boeing, which ran into the truck, apparently damaging the landing gear.
The driver of an airport bus that had picked up the freed passengers said he had heard shouts and explosions aboard the plane, the con- ‘ trailer said. < It was not immediately known if anyone aboard the plane was injured.--
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19820129.2.47
Bibliographic details
Press, 29 January 1982, Page 4
Word Count
156Hijacked jet ‘damaged’ Press, 29 January 1982, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.