Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JAN 1990 |
| Type: | Boeing 737 |
| Operator: | America West Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Houston (unknown airport), TX, United States of America |
| Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS), United States of America |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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.
