ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328258
Date: | Monday 8 September 1980 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 727 |
Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 89 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Tampa, Havana -
Cuba
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Destination airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA) |
Narrative:Eastern Air Lines flight 161 from Albany to New York, Tampa and Sarasota, was hijacked on the flight leg to Tampa.
A homesick Cuban housepainter carried what he suggested was a Molotov cocktail and demanded to be flown to Havana.
The hijacker surrendered after the aircraft arrived at Havana Airport.
Sources:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 9, 1980 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation