Hijacking description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JUL 1960 |
| Type: | Bristol 175 Britannia 318 |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
Two co-pilots seized control of the plane and forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly to Miami.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 7410 km (4631 miles).
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 7410 km (4631 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
