ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328249
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| Date: | Sunday 14 September 1980 |
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| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 102 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
A short time before arrival at Miami, a hijacker gave a flight attendant a note which indicated that he had placed a bomb in a public area in Tampa and it would be detonated unless the hijacker was flown to Cuba. The location and disarming instructions
were to be provided after his arrival 1n Cuba. The pilot was advised but landed the aircraft In Miami where the hijacker was taken into custody by police.
He refused to provide information concerning the bomb. However no bomb was found and no explosion occurred.
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