ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331052
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| Date: | Sunday 2 August 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-121 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | N736PA |
| MSN: | 19643/11 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 379 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
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.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 March 1977 | N736PA | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) | 335 | Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport (TCI) |  |
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