Incident Date:
July 08, 1965
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Aircraft (not at an airport))
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 52 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/08/1965: A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC6B, flying from Vancouver, British Columbia to White Horse, N.W.T., crashed when an explosive device detonated within the fuselage, separating the tail section over northern B.C. None of the 52 persons aboard survived. One of the passengers had reportedly purchased a large flight insurance policy shortly before boarding."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 361"
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 131"
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