| Date: | Friday 29 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | National Airlines |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 55 |
| 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: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| New Orleans-Moisant Field, LA (MSY/KMSY) |
While over Fort Myers, Florida, National Airlines flight 11 was hijacked. A man, accompanied by his wife and two kids, pulled a gun and forced a stewardess to take him to the cockpit. He demanded to be taken to Cuba. After landing at Havana at 10:44 the family of four deplaned. The man hijacked the aircraft to be able to visit an older son in Cuba.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Aug 30, 1969
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