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1956 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano hijacking

28 Sept 1956 · Unknown location

Douglas DC-4 · Aircraft hijacking

From Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
57
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Douglas DC-4

Aircraft type
Douglas DC-4
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
CP-610
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Viru Viru International Airport (VVI)To El Alto International Airport (LPB)

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano hijacking occurred on 28 September 1956, involving a Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-4 with a scheduled route from Santa Cruz to La Paz, Bolivia. This was the first aircraft hijacking in the world for political purposes. The aircraft was hijacked and forced to land at Salta International Airport, in Argentina.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Secuestro de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1956” (revision 175027935, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Spanish Wikipedia article: Secuestro de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1956
Article
Secuestro de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1956
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
175027935 · 2026-08-25 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q131729366
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
es Wikipedia article "Secuestro de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1956" (page 11089967, revision 175027935), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.