| Date: | Saturday 25 July 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-SOE |
| MSN: | 47123/253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA) |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
Four armed members of the 'Comando Unido Revolucionario Dominicana' hijacked an Aeronaves de México flight after takeoff from Acapulco.
The flight took off from Acapulco at 06:55 and landed at Mexico City at 07:25 to refuel. The airplane departed again at 08:10, landing safely at Havana at 10:30.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 26-7-1970
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