1960s List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings

aircraft @ terminal 3 of josé martí international airport in havana



july 17 hernandez leyva, cuban, hijacks national airlines flight 1064, dc-8, los angeles cuba.
august 4 jessie willis hijacks cessna 182 naples, florida cuba; returns voluntarily via mexico on january 10, 1969; sentenced 10 years kidnapping; paroled on july 28, 1971.
august 22 bill mcbride hijacks cessna 336 nassau cuba.
september 20 eastern air lines flight 950, boeing 720, hijacked cuba.
september 22 avianca flight 101, boeing 727 hijacked after takeoff barranquilla, colombia , diverted cuba.
september 22 on same day, avianca flight 654, c-54 same colombian airport hijacked cuba.
october 6 mexican-owned hawker siddeley hs 748 hijacked 3 passengers cuba.
october 23 alben truitt, grandson of former u.s. vice president alben barkley, hijacks cessna 177 key west cuba; returns via canada in february 1969; sentenced 20 years aircraft piracy , 20 years kidnapping (to run consecutively).
november 4 raymond johnson hijacks national airlines flight 186, boeing 727, new orleans cuba.
november 18 mexicana de aviacion dc-6 mexico hijacked cuba.
november 23 5 cubans hijack boeing 727 chicago cuba.
november 24 3 cubans hijack boeing 707 new york cuba.
november 30 montesino sanchez, cuban, hijacks boeing 720 miami cuba.
december 5 eduardo castera hijacks boeing 727 tampa cuba.
december 11 2 men hijack dc-8 st. louis cuba.

1969

january 2, 1969 2 americans, man , woman, hijack dc-8 new york cuba. man killed while woman still fugitive.
january 9 ronald bohle, 21-year-old purdue university student, hijacks boeing 727 miami cuba; returns via canada on november 1, 1969, , sentenced 20 years air piracy on july 6, 1972.
january 11 man hijacks 727 jacksonville, florida cuba; returns via canada on may 5, 1969; acquitted of air piracy , kidnapping on grounds of temporary insanity.
january 13 man unsuccessfully attempts hijack convair 880 detroit cuba; sentenced on july 31, 1969, 15 years interference flight crew; had history of mental illness.
january 17 man dominican republic hijacks dc-8 new york cuba.
january 24, 1969 man hijacks boeing 727 key west cuba; 19-year-old navy deserter didn t want go vietnam .
january 28 2 men hijack dc-8 los angeles cuba; prison escapees.
january 31 allan sheffield hijacks dc-8 san francisco cuba; says tired of tv dinners , tired of seeing people starve in world .
february 3 21-year-old student , girlfriend attempt hijack plane new york city cuba; when pilot refuels in miami, hijackers allow passengers deplane; police capture hijackers.
february 3 2 cubans hijack 727 newark, new jersey, cuba. candid camera creator allen funt passenger on flight, , because other passengers recognized him, assumed , believed hijacking stunt show, despite protestations.
february 10 man born in cuba hijacks dc-8 atlanta cuba.
february 25 man hijacks dc-8 atlanta cuba; surrenders u.s. authorities in prague, csr, in september 1969; sentenced life imprisonment on july 7, 1970.
march 6 black panther tony bryant (d. 1999 @ 60) hijacks national airlines plane en route new york miami , directed cuba. arrested in cuba , spent 10 years in cuban prison after being suspected of being cia agent. government pardoned bryant after return in 1980. 1984 book hijack described experience in cuban prisons.


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march 17 man hijacks airliner atlanta cuba; returns via canada on november 1, 1969; committed mental institution on february 1, 1972; released on second 18-month furlough on december 5, 1973.
march 19 man tries hijack cv-880 dallas cuba; ends in new orleans; charges dismissed due insanity.
march 26 man hijacked delta air lines flight 821 (dc-8) dallas, tex. bringing 114 passengers havana, cuba, many of active duty military.
may 5 jean-pierre charette , alain alard (members of front de libération du québec) hijack boeing 727 new york cuba.
may 23 3 men born in cuba hijack 727 miami cuba.
june 17 man hijacks 707 oakland cuba.
june 22 man born in cuba hijacks dc-8 newark, n.j., cuba.
june 25 man hijacks dc-8 los angeles cuba.
june 28 man hijacks 727 baltimore cuba. returns via canada in november 1969; sentenced 15 years interference flight crew on october 6, 1970.
july 26 man hijacks dc-8 el paso, texas, cuba. returns via canada on november 1, 1969; sentenced 50 years aircraft piracy on september 14, 1970.
july 31 man hijacks 727 pittsburgh cuba.
august 5 man unsuccessfully tries hijack dc-9 philadelphia cuba; charges dismissed on january 12, 1970; committed mental institution; discharged on september 15, 1971.
august 14 2 cubans hijack 727 boston cuba.
august 29 cuban hijacks 727 miami cuba.
september 7 man hijacks dc-8 new york cuba.
september 10 puerto rican unsuccessfully tries hijack dc-8 (scheduled san juan) cuba; committed mental institution on january 30, 1970; released in december 1971.
september 24 cuban hijacks dc-8 charleston, south carolina cuba.
october 9 man hijacks dc-8 los angeles cuba.
october 21 man hijacks boeing 720 mexico city cuba. committed suicide in cuba on september 28, 1970.
november 4 2 armed men seize nicaraguan airliner en route miami mexico; divert cuba.
december 26 m. martinez (alias) hijacks 727 new york cuba.




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^ cite error: named reference hijacked invoked never defined (see page).
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^ cuban political violence in united states disorders , terrorism, national advisory committee, on criminal justice standards , goals washington: 1976. report of task force on disorders , terrorism appendix 6: chronology of incidents of terroristic, quasi-terroristic attacks, , political violence in united states:january 1965 march 1976 marcia mcknight trick
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^ hijacking conviction -- aug 13, 1969 -- nbc -- tv news: vanderbilt television news archive . vanderbilt.edu. 
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^ ratnikas, algis. timeline cuba . timelines.ws.