ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329546
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 September 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Haiti Air Inter |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Gonaives -
 Haiti
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP) |
| Cap Haitien Airport (CAP/MTCH) |
Three hijackers entered cockpit, held a knife to the throat of the pilot and ordered the flight to Cuba.
The plane landed at Gonaives to refuel where two passengers overpowered and subdued the hijackers.
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