Fugitive Arrested in 1968 Hijacking of Flight to Cuba


	Fugitive Arrested in 1968 Hijacking of Flight to Cuba

lakotahope

10-11-2009 8:07 PM

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lakotahope says:

41 years ago...This was in Air Piracy became en vogue. Fashionable to fly to the new communist country of Cuba. Most hijackers eventually ended up doing 20 years if they landed there....too bad

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