Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 NOV 1958 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Cuba) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manzanillo-Sierra Maestra Airport (MZO/MUMZ), Cuba |
| Holguín-Frank Pais Airport (HOG/MUHG), Cuba |
Hijacked by rebels and flown to a rebel airstrip.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Manzanillo-Sierra Maestra Airport to Holguín-Frank Pais Airport as the crow flies is 97 km (61 miles).
Distance from Manzanillo-Sierra Maestra Airport to Holguín-Frank Pais Airport as the crow flies is 97 km (61 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
