List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings explained

Aircraft hijacking incidents between the United States and Cuba were at their height between 1968 and 1972. These incidents have variously been attributed to terrorism, extortion, flight for political asylum, mental illness, and transportation between the two countries as a result of the ongoing antagonistic Cuba-United States relations and the Communist government restrictions against Cubans attempting to leave Cuba.[1] Subsequent measures by both governments contributed to a gradual reduction of reported incidents towards the mid-1970s. Governmental measures included an amendment to Cuban law which made hijacking a crime in 1970, the introduction of metal detectors in U.S. airports in 1973, and a joint agreement between the U.S. and Cuba signed in Sweden to return or prosecute hijackers.

Below is a non-comprehensive list of hijacking incidents of aircraft between Cuba and the United States.

1950s

Before the Cuban Revolution:

After the Cuban Revolution:

1960s

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1974

1978

En route, Flight 696 landed in Denver to take on more fuel. While waiting for the fuel truck, the crew escaped the cockpit by jumping from the open cockpit windows. Without hostages, Thomas quickly surrendered to the FBI.

The Seattle-based crew, which included Captain Alan Grout, First Officer Jack Bard, and Second Officer Luke Warfield were all injured during the escape. They subsequently recovered and returned to flight duty during the following months.

1979

1980s

1990s

2000s

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.start.umd.edu/publications/lafree_dugan_aerial_hijackings.pdf Testing a rational choice model of airline hijackings
  2. Web site: Hijacking description . Aviation Safety Network . 1 September 2009.
  3. United Press, "Plane Commandeered, Flown Out of Cuba", The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Washington, D.C., Monday April 14, 1958, Volume 81, Number 130, page A5
  4. News: Relatives claim passenger in 1958 plane crash off Cuba was a hijacker. McClatchy. newspapers. November 19, 2008. The Guardian.
  5. Web site: http://www.geocities.com/urrib2000/Civ8-e.html . October 27, 2009 . archive.org . dead . mdy . https://archive.today/20091027143627/http://www.geocities.com/urrib2000/Civ8-e.html . October 27, 2009 .
  6. Web site: Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 1 September 2009.
  7. Web site: Hijacker: Cuba Suspected Spying. Perez. Miguel. The Miami Herald. 1B, 2B. November 7, 1975.
  8. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED073315.pdf
  9. Book: Kraft, Chris . Chris Kraft . March 2001 . Flight . New York, NY . Dutton . 238–9 . 0525945717 . registration .
  10. Web site: Chronology of Incidents of Cuban Political Violence in the United States from Jan 1965 to Mar 1976.
  11. Web site: Hijacking Conviction -- Aug 13, 1969 -- NBC -- TV news: Vanderbilt Television News Archive. vanderbilt.edu.
  12. Web site: You're NOT on 'Candid Camera': Allen Funt was on hijacked flight, passengers took it for a prank. October 2013.
  13. Web site: Timeline Cuba. Algis. Ratnikas. timelines.ws.
  14. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuba/hijacker-meeks.htm N.C. hijacker who forced plane to Cuba dies at 59
  15. http://cuban-exile.com/doc_176-200/doc0180.html Cuban Political Violence in the United States
  16. News: Mahr . Ed . McCrossen . Eric . Trio sought in slaying seizes jetliner here . October 5, 2017 . Albuquerque Journal . November 28, 1971.
  17. NYTimes (November 28, 1971), "3 Slaying Suspects Hijack Airliner and Crew to Cuba", p. 83, The New York Times
  18. Time of Transition: The 70s, Our American Century, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, p.134-5
  19. Reader's Digest (author/publisher). (1983). People in Peril and How They Survived. We're Taking Over This Plane and We're Not Gonna Have Any Heroes! 573 pages.
  20. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011 TriStar registration unknown Havana. Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net.
  21. Latest Cuba hijacking raises questions on airport security - CSMonitor.com. The Christian Science Monitor. January 28, 1980.
  22. Web site: Friday the Rabbi Got Hijacked. December 8, 2017.
  23. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/hijackers/sentence-03.htm Cuban Man Gets 10 Years for Hijacking
  24. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-potts-ex-militant-who-hijacked-airliner-returns-to-us-after-30-years-in-cuba/ CBS News
  25. Web site: Attempted hijackings in Cuba since 1987 . May 4, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010438/http://www.localnewswatch.com/jordanfalls/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=105348 . September 28, 2007 . dead . mdy-all .
  26. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/19/bn.02.html Cuban Plane Hijacked Aired September 19, 2000
  27. http://www.keynoter.com/articles/2005/05/02/columns/col02.txt Florida Keys Keynoter, Tuesday, April 26, 2005
  28. http://www.harpers.org/Cuba.html Events Related To Cuba
  29. http://www.un.int/cuba/Pages/terrorismoavionetas201102-ing.htm PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
  30. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y03/mar03/20e2.htm Cuba's sweep of dissidents intensifies with at least 55 detained
  31. News: Schelzig. Erik. Man Who Hijacked Cuban Plane Surrenders. Midland Daily News. April 2003.
  32. Web site: Cuban plane hijacking suspect held. CNN.