Date:	Monday 24 July 1961
Time:
Type:	Lockheed L-188 Electra
Owner/operator:	Eastern Air Lines
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	UI
Location:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -   Cuba
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA)

Narrative:
Eastern flight 202 departed Miami (MIA) on a domestic flight to Tampa, New Orleans and Dallas. One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. A fighter plane from the Homestead AFB followed the Electra until it had reached Cuban airspace.

Plane hijacked, forced to land in Cuba (Lincoln Evening Journal, 1961-07-24)

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