Hijacking
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 16 APR 1959 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Aerovías Cubanas Internacionales |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 19 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 22 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Kuba |
| Isla De La Juventud-Siguanea Airport (SZJ/MUSN), Kuba |
Four men frew guns ten minutes after takeoff and demanded to be taken to the USA. One news source indicates that the aircraft may have been a C-46.
Informationsquelle:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Havana-José Martí International Airport to Isla De La Juventud-Siguanea Airport as the crow flies is 159 km (99 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Isla De La Juventud-Siguanea Airport as the crow flies is 159 km (99 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.
