| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720B |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Havana -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
A Pan Am flight from Mexico City to Miami diverted to Havana after a 17-year old male passenger had drawn a gun and ordered the crew to fly to Cuba.
He had been denied a visa for Cuba in Mexico City earlier.
Sources:
Williamson Daily News - Oct 22, 1969
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