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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, April 01, 2003

Man with Grenades Hijacks Cuban Airliner

A hijacked Cuban airliner was forced to land in Havana due to lack of fuel. Cuban officials said a Cuban airliner with 46 people on board was hijacked by a man armed with two grenades.


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Cuban authorities were negotiating early on Tuesday with a man they said was armed with two hand grenades, who hijacked a domestic airliner with 46 passengers and crew aboard in an attempt to reach the United States.

The man hijacked the Cubana Airlines Antonov 24 plane on a flight from the Isle of Youth on the southern coast of Cuba on Monday night and ordered the pilot to fly to the United States.

However, the plane had to land in Havana because it did not have enough fuel, a government statement said.

Eight hours later, the twin-engined Soviet-built AN-24 turboprop was still standing on the tarmac at Havana's Jose Marti international airport with all its passengers and crew on board as Cuba's Communist authorities tried to convince the hijacker to surrender, an airport official told Reuters.

"According to reports from the plane, the (hijacker) is at the back of the plane, apparently holding two grenades," the government statement, read on Cuban television, said.

Source: agencies


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