Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 NOV 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Mexicana |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 104 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 111 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Monterrey (unknown airport), Mexico |
| Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
Four hijackers demanded money and the release of prisoners. Hijackers demands were accepted and six political prisoners boarded the 727 which was then flown to Havana. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
