Events tagged with "flight 49"

Historical Events tagged with "flight 49"

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Crime & Law

Hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49

November 10th, 1972 52 years ago

Southern Airways Flight 49 was hijacked while flying from Birmingham, Alabama, to receive a ransom from authorities. The hijackers threatened to crash the plane into the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nuclear facility, creating panic. After two tense days in the air, the plane ultimately landed in Havana, Cuba, where Fidel Castro's government arrested the hijackers, avoiding a potential disaster in the U.S.