26 Mar Boeing 707-124 – N70775 Continental Air Lines flight 54 was a service from Los Angeles, California, to Houston, Texas. En route stops were planned at Phoenix, ... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-188 Electra – Eastern flight 202 departed Miami (MIA) on a domestic flight to Tampa, New Orleans and Dallas. One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cub... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3 – 14 hijackers demanded to be taken to the USA. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3 – At 19:20 Pacific Air Lines flight 327 out of Chico, California was almost ready for departure. At that time a man came running across t... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-1649A Starliner – F-BHBM Air France flight 406, a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, crashed following the in-flight detonation of an explosive device, 100 km north of ... Continue reading
26 Mar Convair CV-440 – A male passenger entered the flight deck, pulling a knife and a gun. He threatened the crew and demanded to be flown to Cuba. The aircr... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3A – CU-T172 Eight CIA-supplied Douglas B-26B Invader bombers attacked the airport of Santiago in Cuba just prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3A-228C – CU-T138 The DC-3 was destroyed in a bombing raid by U.S. B-26 bombers at the beginning of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Continue reading
26 Mar Avia 14-32A – OK-MCV A 15-year old Czechoslovak boy planned to hijack an aircraft to Germany to escape from his abusive father. Together with four other boy... Continue reading