Hijacking
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 21 OKT 1969 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 720B |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Pan American World Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | registration unknown |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 9 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 28 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 37 |
| Sachschaden: | nicht beschädigt |
| Unfallort: | Havana (Kuba) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexiko |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), USA |
A Pan Am flight from Mexico City to Miami diverted to Havana after a 17-year old male passenger had drawn a gun and ordered the crew to fly to Cuba.
He had been denied a visa for Cuba in Mexico City earlier.
Informationsquelle:
» Williamson Daily News - Oct 22, 1969
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
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 Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 2039 km (1274 miles).
Distance from Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 2039 km (1274 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.
