Cuban (hijacked?) airliner lands in Florida with armed escort
Mar 19, 03, 8:14 pm
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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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Mar 19, 03, 8:38 pm
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It was a DC-3 with 35 people on board...
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Mar 20, 03, 12:57 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
WooHoo! Free aircraft!!
I think UA needs it more than anyone.
Otherwise, I'll gladly accept a nice, vintage DC-3.</font>
WooHoo! Free aircraft!!
I think UA needs it more than anyone.
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
Mar 20, 03, 12:59 am
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<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>
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>
Mar 20, 03, 1:12 pm
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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
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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>
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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>
