Incident Overview
Date: Monday 5 April 1982
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727
Owner/operator: Delta Air Lines
Location: Havana-Jos Mart¡ International Airport (HAV) –
ÿ Cuba
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103
Component Affected: Aircraft interior (floor, restrooms, and plane interior)Aircraft interior (floor, restrooms, and plane interior)
Category: Unlawful Interference
At approximately 20 minutes before Miami arrival, a man in the front and rear of a plane poured gasoline on the floor and restrooms. The hijacker leader directed the group to Cuba, demanding to be flown there. A flight attendant intervened, instructing the rear hijacker to stop pouring gasoline, resulting in injuries to the flight attendant. Subsequently, the hijackers continued to pour gasoline throughout the flight to Cuba, leading to injuries to the flight attendant. Upon landing in Cuba, the hijackers were apprehended by Cuban authorities, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.At approximately 20 minutes before Miami arrival, a man in the front and rear of a plane poured gasoline on the floor and restrooms. The hijacker leader directed the group to Cuba, demanding to be flown there. A flight attendant intervened, instructing the rear hijacker to stop pouring gasoline, resulting in injuries to the flight attendant. Subsequently, the hijackers continued to pour gasoline throughout the flight to Cuba, leading to injuries to the flight attendant. Upon landing in Cuba, the hijackers were apprehended by Cuban authorities, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
Description
About 20 minutes prior to arrival at Miami, Florida, one man in the front of the plane and one in the rear poured gasoline on the floor and in the restrooms. They demanded to be flown to Cuba. A third man. the group’s leader, moved back and forth between the two men. A flight attendant told the hijacker in the rear to stop pouring the gasoline; where upon he splashed some on her clothes and in her face resulting in injury to both her eyes. As they flew to Cuba, the hijackers periodically poured additional gasoline on the plane interior. Upon landing at Havana, Cuba, the hijackers were taken into custody by Cuban authorities. Reportedly they were sentenced in Cuba to 20 years.
Primary Cause
Hijacking of a commercial aircraft.Hijacking of a commercial aircraft.Share on:
