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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Cheryl Sullivan

July 18, 1983

A Delta Airlines Boeing 727 was hijacked over Florida Sunday and diverted to Cuba, where the three hijackers surrendered to Cuban security officers. The plane, flying from Miami to Tampa, was the seventh aircraft to be hijacked while flying into or out of Miami since May 1.