On August 16, 2010,
AIRES Flight 8250, crashed when landing short of the runway on approach to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, due to poor weather conditions. Two of the 125 passengers and 6 crew on board died. On September 19, 2013,
American Airlines Flight B752 from
San Jose,
Costa Rica, made an emergency landing at the San Andres Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit. All 179 passengers were said to be safe and continued to
Miami, their final destination, on a second plane. The aircraft involved in the incident was a
Boeing 757. On 27 January 1982, a Boeing 727 plane travelling from
Bogotá, Colombia to
Pereira, Colombia was hijacked by armed members of the guerilla group M-19. After returning to Bogotá, they demanded to be flown to
Cali, Colombia. A number of passengers were released, but after troops attempted to gain access to the plane a gun battle ensued. The hijackers were later allowed to depart on a jet. The Boeing departed, refuelling in San Andrés. ==See also==