ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328255
| Date: | Friday 12 September 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 85 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
A 24-year old male passenger demanded to be flown to Cuba, while holding two candles that were painted to look like dynamite. At that time the flight was 100 miles north of the destination Miami.
While he was taking over the intercom to the pilots, two passengers knocked the hijacker down and overpowered him. The flight continued to Miami.
Sources:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 13, 1980
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