Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 SEP 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 111 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Havana (Cuba) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), United States of America |
| Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC (CAE/KCAE), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 470 |
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. Hijackers surrendered. 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 Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA to Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC as the crow flies is 305 km (191 miles).
Distance from Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA to Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC as the crow flies is 305 km (191 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.
