ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331620
| Date: | Friday 31 January 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Owner/operator: | National Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
| Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA) |
A passenger on National Airlines flight 44 to Tampa an Miami pulled a gun and hijacked the aircraft at 05:28, when it was 200 miles east of Houston, Texas. The hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 1, 1969
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