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US hijacker William Potts 'to return from Cuba'
Source: BBC
6 November 2013 Last updated at 11:54 GMT
US hijacker William Potts 'to return from Cuba'
An American man who hijacked a plane in 1984 and forced it to fly to Cuba says he will return to the US on Wednesday.
William Potts commandeered a commercial flight from New Jersey to Florida with 56 passengers aboard.
Potts, 56, a member of the the militant African-American Black Panthers, expected the Cuban government to give him guerrilla training.
Instead, Cuba jailed him for 13 years for piracy. He later settled in Havana but is now keen to return to the US.
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US hijacker William Potts 'to return from Cuba'
An American man who hijacked a plane in 1984 and forced it to fly to Cuba says he will return to the US on Wednesday.
William Potts commandeered a commercial flight from New Jersey to Florida with 56 passengers aboard.
Potts, 56, a member of the the militant African-American Black Panthers, expected the Cuban government to give him guerrilla training.
Instead, Cuba jailed him for 13 years for piracy. He later settled in Havana but is now keen to return to the US.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24833651