26 Mar Boeing 727 – As the aircraft neared Columbia Metropolitan Airport, South Carolina two passengers holding cigarette lighters and bottles of apparent ... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – A short time before arrival at Miami, a hijacker gave a flight attendant a note which indicated that he had placed a bomb in a public a... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – Shortly after takeoff two hijackers holding cigarette lighters and rubbing alcohol bottles stood up and shouted Cuba several times. The... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – A 24-year old male passenger demanded to be flown to Cuba, while holding two candles that were painted to look like dynamite. At that t... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – Eastern Air Lines flight 161 from Albany to New York, Tampa and Sarasota, was hijacked on the flight leg to Tampa. A homesick Cuban hou... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-8 – Several hundred Cuban refugees broke through a terminal door and entered the ramp area at Lima-Callao International Airport in Peru. Th... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727 – Within minutes of takeoff a man ran up and down the aisle holding a small deodorant bottle and indicated it contained gasoline. Another... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-10 – Five Spanish-speaking passengers hijacked the flight and demanded to be taken to Cuba. The hijackers surrendered after the aircraft la... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 737 – The aircraft was hijacked by 7 Cuban refugees, wanting to return to Cuba. Shortly after takeoff en route to Miami the hijackers poured ... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 737 – A male passenger hijacked the flight and demanded to be taken to Cuba. The hijacker surrendered after the aircraft landed at Havana Air... Continue reading