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Aircraft hijacking incidents between the United States and Cuba were at their height between 1968 and 1972. These incidents have variously been attributed to terrorism, extortion, flight for political asylum, mental illness and transportation between the two countries as a result of the ongoing antagonistic Cuba-United States relations.〔(Testing a rational choice model of airline hijackings ) Study of data 〕 Subsequent measures by both governments contributed to a gradual reduction of reported incidents towards the mid-1970s. Governmental measures included an amendment to Cuban law which made hijacking a crime in 1970, the introduction of metal detectors in U.S. airports in 1973, and a joint agreement between the U.S. and Cuba signed in Sweden to return or prosecute hijackers.〔 Below is a non-comprehensive list of hijacking incidents of aircraft between Cuba and the United States. ==1950s== Before the Cuban Revolution: * April 9, 1958 A Viscount of Cubana de Aviación is hijacked en route from José Martí International Airport, Havana to Santa Clara Airport. The aircraft landed at Mérida-Rejón Airport, Mexico where the hijack ended.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hijacking description )〕 *April 12, 1958 The crew of a Cuban Airlines DC-3 with 12 passengers on board, diverted their flight from Havana to Santa Clara in Central Cuba, and flew, instead, to Miami, Florida. One of the passengers, United Press reporter Harold Lidin, said that the decision to defect was apparently made after take off.〔United Press, "Plane Commandeered, Flown Out of Cuba", ''The Washington Post and Times Herald'', Washington, D.C., Monday April 14, 1958, Volume 81, Number 130, page A5〕 *April 13, 1958 A Cuban Airlines DC-3 is hijacked by three crew members, forcing it to fly to Miami. *October 22, 1958 Cuban Airlines Flight 266 is hijacked by 3 rebels who diverted the plane to a rebel airfield in the Sierra Maestra mountains. *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.〔(Relatives claim passenger in 1958 plane crash off Cuba was a hijacker )〕 *November 6, 1958 A Cubana de Aviación DC-3 is hijacked by rebels and flown to rebel airfield. After the Cuban Revolution: *April 10, 1959 A Haitian DC-3 is hijacked by six rebels. They fatally shot the pilot and forced to co-pilot to fly to Cuba. *April 15, 1959 A plane is hijacked from Cuba to Miami. The hijackers were four members of Batista's Army (three were from the SIM—the Military Intelligence—and one was an aviation mechanic). The airplane is returned by the U.S. *April 16, 1959 A Cuban C-46 is forced to land in the United States by four men with guns. *April 25, 1959 A Cuban Vickers Viscount is taken by four hijackers and diverted to Key West, Florida. *October 2, 1959 a Viscount of Cubana de Aviación is hijacked on a flight from Havana to Antonio Maceo Airport, Santiago. The aircraft landed at Miami International Airport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Accident description )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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