| Date: | Sunday 17 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T623? |
| MSN: | 319 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Kingston-Palisadoes International Airport (KIN) -
 Jamaica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
The captain drew a gun and forced the copilot to divert to Jamaica where the captain claimed political asylum as a "refugee" from the Castro Government.
Sources:
Kingston Gleaner July 18,1960
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