| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Dallas, Havana -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT) |
| Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
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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