ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328714
| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | National Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Charleston, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Keeping his hand on his coat pocket as though he had a pistol, a hijacker approached a stewardess and demanded the plane be flown to Cuba. He was persuaded to return to his seat where he was apprehended by police who boarded after the aircraft landed
in Charleston. SC. Hijacker allegedly was in toxicated. He did not have a weapon.
Sentenced to 5 years probation for interference with flight crew.
Sources:
Lakeland Ledger - Dec 14, 1978
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