ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331616
| Date: | Monday 3 February 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93 |
| 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: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Two Cuban men forced their way into the cockpit by holding a flight attendant hostage using a seven-inch steak knife.
The hijackers demanded to be taken to Cuba. There they deplaned along with the wife and daughter of one of the men.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 4, 1969
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