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.
- ISBN10 9588870348
- ISBN13 9789588870342
- Publish Date 21 July 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Grijalbo
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language Spanish