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===Incidents=== * 25 April 1970: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2A1]] en route from [[Brasília International Airport|Brasília]] to [[Ponta Pelada Airport|Manaus-Ponta Pelada]] was hijacked by a person who demanded to be flown to [[Cuba]]. The hijack lasted a day.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/331153 | title=Incident description Vasp April 25, 1970 | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref> * 14 May 1970: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2A1]] en route from [[Brasília International Airport|Brasília]] to [[Ponta Pelada Airport|Manaus-Ponta Pelada]] was hijacked by a person who demanded to be flown to [[Cuba]]. The hijack lasted a day.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/331132 | title=Incident description Vasp May 14, 1970 | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref> * 22 February 1975: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2A1]] registration PP-SMU en route from [[Santa Genoveva Airport|Goiânia]] to [[Brasília International Airport|Brasília]] was hijacked by 1 person who demanded ransom. The hijacker was taken down.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/329693 | title=Incident description PP-SMU | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref> * 29 September 1988: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-300]] registration PP-SNT operating [[VASP flight 375|flight 375]] en route from [[Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport|Porto Velho]] to [[Rio de Janeiro]] via [[Brasília International Airport|Brasília]], [[Santa Genoveva Airport|Goiânia]] and [[Tancredo Neves International Airport|Belo Horizonte-Confins]] was hijacked by 1 person on the final leg of the flight. The hijacker wanted to force a crash on the [[Palácio do Planalto]], the official presidential workplace in [[Brasília]]. The pilot convinced the hijacker to divert to Goiânia where an emergency landing was made. The hijack ended with one victim.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326458 | title=Incident description PP-SNT | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=16 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://veja.abril.com.br/acervodigital/home.aspx?cod=JQGQPQOOI8 | title=Sangue no vôo 375 | publisher=Abril: Veja | date=5 October 1988 | access-date=16 May 2011 | language=pt}}</ref> * 18 August 2000: a [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2A1]] registration PP-SMG en route from [[Foz do Iguaçu International Airport|Foz do Iguaçu]] to [[Afonso Pena International Airport|Curitiba-Afonso Pena]] and on to [[Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport|Rio de Janeiro-Galeão]], [[Brasília International Airport|Brasília]], and [[Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport|São Luís]], was hijacked by five persons with the purpose of robbing BRL 5 million (approximately US$2.75 million) that the aircraft was transporting. The pilot was forced to land at [[Porecatu Airport|Porecatu]] where the hijackers fled with the money. There were no victims.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/323445 | title=Incident description PP-SMG | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u8102.shtml | title=PF liga sequestro de avião da VASP à rebelião em penitenciária em Roraima | publisher=Folha Online | date=21 August 2000 | access-date=7 May 2011 | language=pt | first=José | last=Maschio}}</ref>
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