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“Eastern Airlines Returned Thursday with Flights To Cuba...”
Followed by the first Cuban airplane hijacking in 30 years.
“Take me to Cuba...err...los Estados Unidos.”
I had no idea someone had revived Eastern Airlines. I remember watching their slow death in the 80’s.
EASTERN AIRLINES????
I remember aeons ago being on a decrepit 727 (I think), shortly before their bankruptcy.
The first time l flew was in an Eastren DC-6 from DC National to Chattanooga. Low and slow, what a view.
1968
February 17 Thomas J. Boynton hijacks a private charter Piper Apache from Marathon, Florida to Cuba. He returned to the United States via Canada on November 1, 1969 and was sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping.[30]
February 21 Lawrence Rhodes hijacked Delta Air Lines Flight 843, a DC-8, from Tampa, Florida to Cuba with 108 other crew and passengers aboard, including golfer Barbara Romack. Cuban authorities provided the passengers with lemonade, coffee, cigarettes, and pictures of Che Guevara and the plane was released after three hours. Rhodes surrendered in Spain on February 10, 1970. A January 4, 1971 hijacking charge against him is dismissed; he was committed to a mental institution; on July 8, 1971 he returns to prison; he is sentenced to 25 years for robbery on July 17, 1972.[30]
March 5 Three hijackers on an Avianca C-54 diverted the flight to Cuba.[31]
March 12 Three Cubans hijack National Airlines Flight 28, a DC-8 from Tampa, Florida to Cuba; all are fugitives.[30]
March 21 An AVENSA Convair CV-440 is hijacked to Cuba by three passengers.[32]
June 19 A VIASA DC-9 from Miami is hijacked to Cuba.[33]
June 29 Southeast Airlines Flight 101 is hijacked to Cuba.[34] July 1 Velasquez Fonseca, born in Cuba, hijacks Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 714, a Boeing 727, from Chicago to Cuba.[30]
July 12 Leonard Bendicks hijacks a Cessna 210 from Key West, Florida, to Cuba. He is deported to the U.S. in September 1968. On March 4, 1971, he is sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping.[30]
Aircraft at Terminal 3 of José Martí international airport in Havana July 17 Hernandez Leyva, a Cuban, hijacks National Airlines Flight 1064, a DC-8, from Los Angeles to Cuba.[30]
August 4 Jessie Willis hijacks a Cessna 182 from Naples, Florida to Cuba; he returns voluntarily via Mexico on January 10, 1969; he is sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping; he is paroled on July 28, 1971.[30]
August 22 Bill McBride hijacks a Cessna 336 from Nassau to Cuba.[30]
September 20 Eastern Air Lines Flight 950, a Boeing 720, is hijacked to Cuba.[35]
September 22 Avianca Flight 101, a Boeing 727 is hijacked after takeoff from Barranquilla, Colombia and diverted to Cuba.[36]
September 22 On the same day, an Avianca Flight 654, a C-54 from the same Colombian airport is hijacked to Cuba.[37]
October 6 A Mexican-owned Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is hijacked by three passengers to Cuba.[38]
October 23 Alben Truitt, the grandson of former U.S. Vice President Alben Barkley, hijacks a Cessna 177 from Key West to Cuba; he returns via Canada in February 1969; he is sentenced to 20 years for aircraft piracy and 20 years for kidnapping (to run consecutively).[30][39]
November 4 Raymond Johnson hijacks National Airlines Flight 186, a Boeing 727, from New Orleans to Cuba.[30][40]
November 18 A Mexicana de Aviacon DC-6 from Mexico is hijacked to Cuba.[41]
November 23 Five Cubans hijack a Boeing 727 from Chicago to Cuba.[30]
November 24 Three Cubans hijack a Boeing 707 from New York to Cuba.[30]
November 30 Montesino Sanchez, a Cuban, hijacks a Boeing 720 from Miami to Cuba.[30]
December 5 Eduardo Castera hijacks a Boeing 727 from Tampa to Cuba.[30]
December 11 Two men hijack a DC-8 from St. Louis to Cuba.[30]
I was given an original Eastern Airlines “Super Bowl XVII—Go Dolphins” hat. Is it worth selling?