| Date: | Monday 18 November 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration: | XA-MON |
| MSN: | 43104/95 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| 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: | Mérida-Rejon Airport (MID/MMMD) |
| Villahermosa Airport |
A Mexicana de Aviación DC-6, operating a service from Mérida to Mexico City, was hijacked on the leg between Mérida and Villahermosa.
A passenger handed a note to a flight attendant, claiming that he had a bomb in his suitcase. He demanded to be flown to Cuba. The captain diverted the flight and landed at Havana at 10:51.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 19-11-1968
St. Petersburg Times - Nov 19, 1968
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