Narrative:
TWA's inaugural non-stop flight from Nashville to Miami was hijacked. Twenty minutes after takeoff a pulled gun and entered the cockpit, demanding to be taken to Cuba. The aircraft landed at Havana, Cuba, where the hijacker and a female passenger both left the aircraft.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 December 1968 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), United States of America |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | TW496 |
TWA's inaugural non-stop flight from Nashville to Miami was hijacked. Twenty minutes after takeoff a pulled gun and entered the cockpit, demanding to be taken to Cuba. The aircraft landed at Havana, Cuba, where the hijacker and a female passenger both left the aircraft.
Sources:
» St. Petersburg Times - Dec 12, 1968Photos
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Distance from Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1291 km (807 miles).
Distance from Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1291 km (807 miles).
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