Cuban man held in Miami for 1980 hijacking to Havana

Saturday, August 17, 2002

MIAMI -- One of two brothers accused of hijacking an airliner in New Orleans in 1980 and forcing the pilots to land in Havana was denied bail Friday, a day after his arrest.

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