Hijacking description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 OCT 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 47 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Houston-Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH), United States of America |
| ? | |
| Flightnumber: | 496 |
Four hijackers killed a ticket agent and wounded a ramp serviceman while forcing their way aboard. They demanded to be taken to Cuba.
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Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
