Hijacking description
Last updated: 16 January 2017
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1969 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 114 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location ( Cuba)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL/KDAL), United States of America |
| San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | DL821 |
One hijacker demanded to be taken to Cuba. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Dallas-Love Field, TX to San Diego International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1886 km (1179 miles).
Distance from Dallas-Love Field, TX to San Diego International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 1886 km (1179 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
