More than four decades after he allegedly helped hijack a plane, a 66-year-old man has finally been taken into United States custody.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says Luis Armando Peña Soltren was taken into custody yesterday at John F. Kennedy Airport, after arriving on a flight from Cuba, where he has been living there.

Soltren is accused of hijacking Puerto Rico-bound Pan Am Flight 281 on November 24th, 1968, soon after it took off from JFK. The hijackers were armed with guns and knives as they forced the plane to land in Havana.

Soltren is expected to be arraigned tomorrow.

In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s office said, “Luis Armando Peña Soltren will finally face the American justice system that he has been evading for more than four decades. The passage of time does not dull our resolve to bring fugitives like Peña Soltren to justice.”

(Source: NY1)