8th skyjack in 2 months ends safely in Hanava

September 9, 1980

A New York-to-Florida Eastern Airlines jet with 82 passengers and a crew of 6 aboard was hijacked to cuba Monday and landed safely in Havana, an airline spokesman reported. He said the plane was hijacked by a man who carried a bottle with a wick in it and claimed it was an explosive. The hijacking was the eighth to Cuba in the past two months.