| Date: | Monday 18 October 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Wien Consolidated Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Hijacker surrendered. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
Sources:
The Leader-Post - Oct 19, 1971
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