ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328362
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Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1980 |
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Type: | Boeing 727 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Dallas, Havana -
Cuba
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT) |
Destination airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
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.
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