Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1969 |
| Type: | Convair CV-880 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 97 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Unknown country) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Dallas (unknown airport), TX, United States of America |
| New Orleans (unknown airport), LA, United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 918 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
