Date:	Wednesday 11 March 1987
Time:
Type:	Antonov An-24RV
Owner/operator:	Cubana de Aviación
Registration:	CU-T1262
MSN:	307610
Year of manufacture:	1972
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-24VT
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 48
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Category:	UI
Location:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -   Cuba
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA)
Destination airport:	Nueva Gerona-Rafael Cabrera Airport (GER/MUNG)

Narrative:
Three passengers attempted to hijack Cubana Airlines Flight 706, an Antonov An-24, as it prepared to depart Havana on a domestic flight to Nueva Gerona with 48 people aboard. The hijackers brandished hand grenades and demanded to be flown to the United States. In the ensuing struggle with passengers, one grenade exploded injuring 13 persons.
One hijacker was killed by a policeman onboard the aircraft and the other two were arrested.

Adrian Leon Aja
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1987 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security

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