Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 NOV 1972 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator: | Southern Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Birmingham Airport, AL (BHM/KBHM), United States of America |
| Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 49 |
Three hijackers demanded money. Intermediate stops were made at Jackson, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, Lexington, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Havana, Key West and Orlando before heading back to Havana. The hijackers surrendered in Havana.
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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 Birmingham Airport, AL to Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL as the crow flies is 143 km (90 miles).
Distance from Birmingham Airport, AL to Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL as the crow flies is 143 km (90 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.
