Descripción del Accidente ASN 09 AUG 1961 Curtiss C-46 Commando registration unknown - Havana
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Fecha:miércoles 9 agosto 1961
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Operador:Cubana de Aviación
Registración: registration unknown
Numéro de série:
Año de Construcción:
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 50
Total:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 53
Daños en la Aeronave: Considerable
Ubicación:cerca Havana (   Cuba)
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Nueva Gerona Airport (GER/MUNG), Cuba
Descripción:
Some five minutes after takeoff from Havana, five hijackers attempted to enter the flight deck. Two guards tried to stop the hijackers and shots were fired. During the struggle the captain of the plane was killed, as were one of the hijackers and a guard. The co-pilot carried out an emergency landing in a sugar cane field. The undercarriage collapsed. Four hijackers fled the scene.

Fuentes:
» Hijack of Castro plane fails, 3 persons slain (The News, 1961-08-10)
» El Siglo de Torreon 10 August 1961, p.3
» La Nacion 11 August 1961, p1


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Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Nueva Gerona Airport as the crow flies is 133 km (83 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.
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