Last updated: 26 July 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 8 September 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 89 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Tampa, Havana ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | EA161 |
Eastern Air Lines flight 161 from Albany to New York, Tampa and Sarasota, was hijacked on the flight leg to Tampa.
A homesick Cuban housepainter carried what he suggested was a Molotov cocktail and demanded to be flown to Havana.
The hijacker surrendered after the aircraft arrived at Havana Airport.
Classification:
HijackSources:
» Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 9, 1980Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Tampa International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1608 km (1005 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Tampa International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1608 km (1005 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
