ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327620
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| Date: | Friday 24 June 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroméxico |
| Registration: | XA-JEB |
| MSN: | 47394/458 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Mérida-Rejon Airport (MID) -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Mérida-Rejon Airport (MID/MMMD) |
A few minutes before a brief scheduled stopover at Mérida. Mexico, a hijacker put a razor to the neck of a flight attendant and demanded to be flown to Cuba. The captain advised the hijacker he would be flown to Cuba but they had to stop in Mérida, Mexico because the aircraft was nearly out of fuel. The hijacker agreed and when the aircraft landed a police officer disguised as a mechanic sneaked aboard, disarmed the hijacker and took him into custody.
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