Hijacking
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 02 AGO 1970 |
| Tipo: | Boeing 747-121 |
| Operador: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registración: | N736PA |
| Numéro de série: | 19643/11 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1969-12-24 (7 months) |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 19 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 360 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 379 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Ninguno |
| Ubicación: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) (Cuba) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), Estados Unidos de América |
| San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 299 |
A male passenger drew a pistol and a bottle he said claimed nitroglycerin. He demanded to be flown to Cuba.
This was the first hijacking of a Boeing 747.
Fuentes:
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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 2560 km (1600 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 2560 km (1600 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.
