1968 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.




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^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking conviction -- aug 13, 1969 -- nbc -- tv news: vanderbilt television news archive . vanderbilt.edu. 
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network
^ hijacking description @ aviation safety network