ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322866
| Date: | Wednesday 19 March 2003 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotaxi |
| Registration: | CU-T1192 |
| MSN: | 10028 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Key West International Airport, FL (EYW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nueva Gerona-Rafael Cabrera Airport (GER/MUNG) |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
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.
Sources:
Miami Herald
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