Aircraft hijacking incidents between the United States and Cuba were at their height between 1968 and 1972. These incidents have variously been attributed to terrorism, extortion, flight for political asylum, mental illness, and transportation between the two countries as a result of the ongoing antagonistic Cuba-United States relations and the Communist government restrictions against Cubans attempting to leave Cuba. Subsequent measures by both governments contributed to a gradual reduction of reported incidents towards the mid-1970s. Governmental measures included an amendment to Cuban law which made hijacking a crime in 1970, the introduction of metal detectors in U.S. airports in 1973, and a joint agreement between the U.S. and Cuba signed in Sweden to return or prosecute hijackers. Below is a non-comprehensive list of hijacking incidents of aircraft between Cuba and the United States.

1950s

Before the Cuban Revolution: After the Cuban Revolution:

1960s

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1974

1978

1979

1980s

1990s

2000s