**A man accused of hijacking a US plane to Cuba in 1968 has been arrested in New York, officials have said.**Luis Armando Pena Soltren was arrested after arriving at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport from Cuba, where he has been living for 41 years.
Mr Soltren is accused of hijacking, with two accomplices, a Pan Am flight bound for Puerto Rico.
Justice officials would not reveal the circumstances of his return but say he will appear in court on Tuesday.
The hijack took place on 24 November, 1968, one of many instances of US planes being forcibly diverted to Cuba from the US in the 1960s.
Federal prosecutor Preet Bharara said in a statement: “As the 1968 charges allege, he terrorised dozens of passengers when he and his cohorts wielded pistols and knives to hijack Pan American flight 281.”
The three men forced their way into the flight cabin using weapons and ammunition that had been concealed in a bag of nappies, court papers said.