Hijacking
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 09 AUG 1961 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Aerovías Cubanas Internacionales |
| Registratie: | registration unknown |
| Constructienummer: | |
| Bouwjaar: | |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 3 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 50 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 53 |
| Schade: | Groot |
| Plaats: | nabij Havana (Cuba) |
| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Nueva Gerona Airport (GER/MUNG), Cuba |
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.
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» Hijack of Castro plane fails, 3 persons slain (The News, 1961-08-10)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Havana-José Martí International Airport en Nueva Gerona Airport bedraagt 133 km (83 miles).
De afstand tussen Havana-José Martí International Airport en Nueva Gerona Airport bedraagt 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.
