How The Bombing Of Cubana Flight 455 Wiped Out A Generation Of Talented Fencers

Exactly 46 years ago today, on Wednesday, October 6th, 1976, a Cubana de Aviación Douglas DC-8 was blown up, killing all 73 passengers and crew, including every Cuban national fencing team member. Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a regularly scheduled flight between Guyana and Havana with stops at Piarco International Airport (POS) in Trinidad, Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) in Barbados and Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) in Jamaica.The aircraft… (www.msn.com) עוד...