ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331195
| Date: | Wednesday 11 March 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 105 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland (unknown airport), OH |
| Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
United Airlines flight 361 had just taken off from Cleveland, Ohio when the pilot radioed that the flight had been hijacked. A man, traveling with his wife and three children, had pulled a .32 caliber revolver and demanded to be taken to Cuba.
The aircraft refueled at Atlanta, Georgia, before proceeding to Havana.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Mar 12, 1970
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