Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAY 1970 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | New York-JFK, Cuba (Cuba) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 206 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1180 km (737 miles).
Distance from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1180 km (737 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.
