Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1980 |
Type: | Boeing 727 |
Operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Dallas, Havana ( Cuba)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT), United States of America |
Destination airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL, United States of America |
Flightnumber: | AA348 |
Narrative:Armed with a pistol the hijacker scaled a fence at Ontario Airport, California, and boarded a Boeing 727 aircraft and accosted the crew on board. No passengers had boarded. He demanded to be flown to Cuba but agreed to a fuel stop at Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. He would not identify himself or give any reason for the hijacking. The aircraft was refueled and provided charts at Dallas/Ft. Worth. It then flew to Havana, Cuba where the hijacker surrendered to Cuban authorities.
Classification:
Hijack
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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.