Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, November 12, 1972. End of the Flight 29 Saga.

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Sunday, November 12, 1972. End of the Flight 29 Saga.

The absurd drama of the hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49, which I haven't reported on, ended after a tense 29 hours as the hijacked DC-9 landed in Havana on orders of the hijackers Henry Jackson, Lewis Moore and Melvin Cale.

DC-9.

They were immediately arrested by the unimpressed Cuban authorities. Southern Airlines picked up the 27 passengers and returned them to the US. Jackson, Moore and Cale served eight years in a Cuban prison and were repatriated to the US, where they were then arrested for the matter in the US and were sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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