Vuelo 495
Subtitle: la tragedia ignorada del primer secuestro en la historia de la aviación de Estados Unidos
By: Gerardo Reyes
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Grijalbo; Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Published: 2015
Language: spa
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9789588870342
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Hijacking of aircraft; Secuestros aéreos
Other titles: Vuelo cuatrocientos noventa y cinco
Description: November 1, 1958, A Cubana de Aviación Flight 495, a Vickers Viscount, en route from Miami to Varadero to Havana is hijacked by Cuban militants. The hijackers were trying to land at Sierra Cristal in Eastern Cuba to deliver weapons to Fidel Castro's rebels. As night approached, the plane ran out of fuel and tried an emergency landing at the Preston sugar mill. It did not make it and instead landed in the ocean and broke apart, killing most passengers and crew. There were six survivors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.