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Cuban (hijacked?) airliner lands in Florida with armed escort
On our evening news a "breaking report" of a (hijacked?) Cuban airliner just landed in Florida under fighter jet escort.
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It was a DC-3 with 35 people on board...
Article here (no reg) [This message has been edited by xyzzy (edited 03-19-2003).] |
WooHoo! Free aircraft!!
I think UA needs it more than anyone. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Otherwise, I'll gladly accept a nice, vintage DC-3. |
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff: WooHoo! Free aircraft!! I think UA needs it more than anyone. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Otherwise, I'll gladly accept a nice, vintage DC-3.</font> BTW, was it an actual U.S. built DC-3 or could it have been a Soviet-built-under-license Lisunov Li-2? See: http://www.aircareintl.org/history/russiandc3.htm |
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by onedog: On our evening news a "breaking report" of a (hijacked?) Cuban airliner just landed in Florida under fighter jet escort. Not much else available.</font> |
Cuban plane flown to U.S.; six arrested in hijacking
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">BY JENNIFER BABSON, LUISA YANEZ AND WILLIAM YARDLEY [email protected] SAFE LANDING: Passengers sit on the tarmac at Key West International Airport, after deplaning from the suspected hijacked Aerotaxi plane. CHARLES TRAINOR JR./HERALD STAFF KEY WEST - Authorities here arrested six Cuban men Wednesday night after they allegedly hijacked a Cuban domestic flight at knife point. The plane, carrying 37 people including the alleged hijackers, landed safely in Key West under the escort of U.S. fighter jets....</font> |
It's "bizarro" world (al la Seinfeld), where everything is bassackwards...
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