Pan Am Flight 281
Pan Am Flight 281 was a regularly scheduled Pan American World Airways flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was hijacked on November 24, 1968, by 4 men from JFK International Airport, New York City to Havana, Cuba. Fighter jets followed the plane to Cuba. Two of the hijackers were apprehended in the 1970s. Jose Rafael Rios Cruz was arrested in 1975; Miguel Castro was captured in 1976. Both pleaded guilty; Cruz was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Castro to 12. Alejandro Figueroa, a woman charged as a co-conspirator in the case, was acquitted in 1969.
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Pan Am Flight 281
Pan Am Flight 281 was a regularly scheduled Pan American World Airways flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was hijacked on November 24, 1968, by 4 men from JFK International Airport, New York City to Havana, Cuba. Fighter jets followed the plane to Cuba. Two of the hijackers were apprehended in the 1970s. Jose Rafael Rios Cruz was arrested in 1975; Miguel Castro was captured in 1976. Both pleaded guilty; Cruz was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Castro to 12. Alejandro Figueroa, a woman charged as a co-conspirator in the case, was acquitted in 1969.
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1968-11-24
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Pam Am Flight 281
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JFK International Airport, NY, USA
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Pan Am Flight 281 was a regula ...... e case, was acquitted in 1969.
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