Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 17 JUL 1960 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Viscount |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 52 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 56 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Kingston-Palisadoes International Airport (KIN) (Jamaika) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Kuba |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), USA |
The captain drew a gun and forced the copilot to divert to Jamaica where the captain claimed political asylum as a "refugee" from the Castro Government.
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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 Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 376 km (235 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 376 km (235 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.
