ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331687
| Date: | Thursday 19 December 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 151 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
A male passenger hijacked Eastern flight 47 to Havana, Cuba. He used, what later appeared to be, a toy gun. He left the aircraft in Havana with a four-year-old girl.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Dec 20, 1968
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