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Hijacked Cuban plane crashes in the Gulf of Mexico
A Cuban AN-2 Colt with 10 aboard was hijacked and crashed about 150 miles east of the Yucatan. One dead, survivors—three men, three women and three children—rescued by the Chips Dream freighter 285 miles off Florida. Coast Guard planned to airlift the injured. Authorities differed on crash location and fuel details.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Lauren Gail Stover
Miami-Dade County Aviation Department
Herradura
Pinar del Rio
U.S. Awacs
Colt
U.S
Thad Allen