Hijacking
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Datum: | 25 APR 1959 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Viscount |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 12 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Key West International Airport, FL (EYW) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport (VRA/MUVR), Kuba |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Kuba |
Four hijackers (two men, two women) hijacked the Viscount plane which was on the last leg of a Miami - Varadero - Havana flight. The hijackers had boarded the flight at Varadero and diverted the plane to Key West.
Informationsquelle:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 99 km (62 miles).
Distance from Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 99 km (62 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.
