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Wed 04 Apr 2003Hijacker of Cuban plane taken into US custody
US: A Cuban passenger aircraft hijacked by a man who threatened to explode a hand grenade landed safely in Florida yesterday, and the suspected hijacker was taken into police custody, US authorities said.
The twin-propellor aircraft, with 31 people aboard, landed shortly after 11:34 a.m. EST (1634 GMT) at Key West International Airport, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, Mr Christopher White, said.
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