Hijacking description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JUL 1961 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Miami, FL (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport (VRA/MUVR), Cuba |
14 hijackers demanded to be taken to the USA. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
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 Havana-José Martí International Airport to Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport as the crow flies is 99 km (62 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez 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.
