Hijacking description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | 19 MAR 2003 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
| Operator: | Aerotaxi |
| Registration: | CU-T1192 |
| C/n / msn: | 10028 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1820 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Key West International Airport, FL (EYW) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nueva Gerona-Rafael Cabrera Airport (GER/MUNG), Cuba |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba | |
| Flightnumber: | 887 |
Six men hijacked the plane using kitchen knives, tape and the airplane's own emergency hatchet. They demanded to be flown north to Miami. Florida Air National Guard F-15 fighter jets from Homestead Air Force Base and a Black Hawk helicopter from the Customs Service escorted the Douglas DC-3 to Key West where it landed at 20:06.
Events:
Sources:
» Miami Herald
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Photos
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 Nueva Gerona-Rafael Cabrera Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 133 km (83 miles).
Distance from Nueva Gerona-Rafael Cabrera Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 133 km (83 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.
