Hijacking
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 03 AUG 1961 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 707-124 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Continental Air Lines |
| Kennzeichen: | N70775 |
| Werknummer: | 17611/49 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 73 |
| Sachschaden: | Unbekannt |
| Unfallort: | at an unknown location (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Unbekannt (UNK) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), USA |
| Houston (unknown airport), TX, USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 54 |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
The airplane crashed on May 22, 1962 near Unionville, MO following the detonation of a bomb.
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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.
