Title: Vuelo 495
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.
Subjects: Hijacking of aircraft, Secuestros aéreos, Cubana de Aviación Flight 495 Hijacking Incident, 1958
Places: United States, Cúba, Estados Unidos, Cuba