Date:	Tuesday 29 December 1992
Time:
Type:	Antonov An-26
Owner/operator:	Aerocaribbean
Registration:	CU-T110
MSN:	6710
Year of manufacture:	1978
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-24
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 53
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA)
Destination airport:	Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport (VRA/MUVR)

Narrative:
A Cuban pilot diverted an AeroCaribbean commercial aircraft from its scheduled domestic route (Havana to Varadero) and arrived at Miami International Airport. Forty-eight of the 53 persons on board requested political asylum; the co-pilot and his family, a flight attendant, and a security guard returned to Cuba.

Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1992 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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