Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 AUG 1980 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 |
| Operator: | National Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 224 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| San Juan (unknown airport), Puerto Rico | |
| Flightnumber: | 872 |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. Hijackers surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
