Status: | |
Datum: | Mittwoch 9 August 1961 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46 Commando |
Fluggesellschaft: | Cubana de Aviación |
Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
Werknummer: | |
Baujahr: | |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 50 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 53 |
Sachschaden: | Schwer beschädigt |
Unfallort: | nahe Havana ( Kuba)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Kuba |
Flug nach: | Nueva Gerona Airport (GER/MUNG), Kuba |
Unfallbericht:Some five minutes after takeoff from Havana, five hijackers attempted to enter the flight deck. Two guards tried to stop the hijackers and shots were fired. During the struggle the captain of the plane was killed, as were one of the hijackers and a guard. The co-pilot carried out an emergency landing in a sugar cane field. The undercarriage collapsed. Four hijackers fled the scene.
Informationsquelle:
» Hijack of Castro plane fails, 3 persons slain (The News, 1961-08-10)
» El Siglo de Torreon 10 August 1961, p.3
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La Nacion 11 August 1961, p1
Fotos
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 Havana-José Martí International Airport to Nueva Gerona 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.