ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228620
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Date: | Friday 20 March 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | Mil Mi-4 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Revulocionaria (FAR) |
Registration: | 20 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Key West, FL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Havana |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two Cuban Air Force pilots hijacked the helicopter and killed the pilot in a gun battle.Helicopter flown to Key West. The fourth crew member was returned to Cuba. The helicopter was never flown back to Cuba and abandonned. Preserved Midland City.
Sources:
British Pathe.
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA5AFW33HNM8FY85P5T1JR3OJ4S-USA-ARRIVAL-OF-CUBANS-IN-HI-JACKED-HELICOPTER/query/Hijack De Tijd De Maasbode
21-03-1964
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Aug-2019 19:04 |
Cobar |
Added |
30-Aug-2019 19:04 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
08-Feb-2022 13:36 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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