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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Cuba and the US completed a swap of a hijacked $2.5 million Eastern Airlines Lockheed Electra plane for a $50,000 Cuban patrol boat seized by refugees. The plane, hijacked to Cuba on July 24 with 38 aboard, is set to return to the US, while the boat arrived in Havana from Key West.
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HAVANA (AP) - Eastern Airlines crewmen and mechanics gave the hijacked $2.5 million Electra passenger plane a final checkup today before flying it back to the United States.
A $50,000 hijacked Cuban patrol boat, swapped for the Electra in a U.S.-Cuban agreement, arrived in Havana last night from Key West.
A 10-man airline crew arrived in Havana Tuesday to fly back the Lockheed Electra hijacked to Cuba last July 24 with 38 persons aboard.
The patrol boat, seized by Cuban refugees four days after the plane was hijacked, left Key West, Fla., for Cuba under a plane-for-boat deal.
Three Cuban sailors manned the 38-foot craft. The Coast Guard escorted the vessel to America's three-mile limit and returned several guns that were aboard the boat when it reached Key West.
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Primary Location
Havana, Cuba
Event Date
Last July 24
Outcome
plane to be flown back to us; patrol boat returned to cuba with guns.
Event Details
Eastern Airlines crew checked the hijacked Lockheed Electra in Havana before return flight. The $50,000 Cuban patrol boat, seized by refugees and swapped in US-Cuban agreement, arrived from Key West manned by three Cuban sailors, escorted by Coast Guard.