Last updated: 31 July 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 13 September 1980 |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Havana ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans International Airport, LA (MSY/KMSY), United States of America |
| Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | DL334 |
Shortly after takeoff two hijackers holding cigarette lighters and rubbing alcohol bottles stood up and shouted Cuba several times. They splashed some of the liquid which smelled like rubbing alcohol on the aircraft's interior and threatened to light the fluid unless they were flown to Cuba.
The hijacker's limited the movement of the flight attendants and passengers during the flight to Havana, Cuba where the hijackers were taken into custody by Cuban authorities. Reportedly sentenced 1n Cuba to 4 and 3 years respectively.
Classification:
HijackPhotos
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 Orleans International Airport, LA to Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA as the crow flies is 680 km (425 miles).
Distance from New Orleans International Airport, LA to Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA as the crow flies is 680 km (425 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.
