Hijacker Wanted U.S. Trip, Lands in Havana
From Times Wire Reports
A man claiming to have two grenades tried to hijack a passenger plane from Cuba’s small Isle of Youth to the United States but was forced to land in Havana because it lacked sufficient fuel to go farther.
Authorities said they were negotiating to end a standoff with the man.
The would-be hijacker remained on the plane along with 46 other people, on a remote tarmac.
A government statement said the Soviet-made AN-24 was on a regular passenger flight from the city of Nueva Gerona.
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