Narrative:
A Cuban DC-3, named "Sierra Maestra", disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico during a ferry flight from Havana to Miami. The airplane, reportedly used for flights by Fidel Castro, the Prime Minister of Cuba, was being flown to Miami for propeller adjustment works.
A distress message was received at 14:10 but the plane was not located after a search. A jacket of the co-pilot spotted south of Miami 11 February 1960.
» Spokane Daily Chronicle - Feb 8, 1960
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Diario de la Marina - February 10, 1960
» Diario de la Marina - February 12, 1960
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 7 February 1960 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria |
| Registration: | 209 |
| MSN: | 11643 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Straits of Florida ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
A Cuban DC-3, named "Sierra Maestra", disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico during a ferry flight from Havana to Miami. The airplane, reportedly used for flights by Fidel Castro, the Prime Minister of Cuba, was being flown to Miami for propeller adjustment works.
A distress message was received at 14:10 but the plane was not located after a search. A jacket of the co-pilot spotted south of Miami 11 February 1960.
Sources:
» El Siglo de Torreon 9 February 1960, p3» Spokane Daily Chronicle - Feb 8, 1960
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Diario de la Marina - February 10, 1960
» Diario de la Marina - February 12, 1960
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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 Havana-José Martí International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 376 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 376 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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