| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration: | XA-JOT |
| MSN: | 43213/169 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| 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: | Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos International Airport (MTT/MMMT) |
| Villahermosa Airport |
Mexicana de Aviación flight 623, a domestic service from Mexico City to Merida, was hijacked on the leg between Minatitlán and Villahermosa.
Two hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. The captain diverted the flight and landed at Havana at 13:32.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 27-7-1969
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