On March 25, 1969, Luis Antonio Frese hijacked

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. Frese was indicted in Texas but never returned to the United States to face prosecution. He reportedly died in Cuba in 1975. The plane was en route from Newark to

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. There were 114 people on board: seven crew and 107 passengers, which included 26 Marine recruits en route to San Diego and additional military personnel. This was the 14th hijacking of a US airliner in the year 1969. After being hijacked to Havana, the flight diverted to Miami before continuing on its planned route.

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