Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 APR 1975 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 67 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Atlanta, GA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU), United States of America |
| Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 344 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Plane stormed/hijacker arrested. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Events:
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 Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 666 km (416 miles).
Distance from Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 666 km (416 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.
