According to a December 1968 indictment , Soltren and three others -- Jose Rafael Rios Cruz , Miguel Castro and Alejandro Figueroa -- conspired to hijack Flight 281 on November 24 of that year . Luis Alberto Pena Mendoza , 66 , surrendered to federal authorities at Miami Airport . It 's same airport from which Pan Am Flight 103 took off more than 40 years ago . Indictment : Soltren , three others conspired to hijack Flight 281 in November 1968 . U.S. official : Soltren ` ` will finally face the American legal system ''
Luis Alberto Pena Mendoza , 66 , surrendered to federal authorities at Miami Airport . It 's same airport from which Pan Am Flight 103 took off more than 40 years ago . Indictment : Soltren , three others conspired to hijack Flight 281 in November 1968 . U.S. official : Soltren ` ` will finally face the American legal system ''