Incident Date:
December 26, 1971
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hijacking
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Grenade (not RPG))
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/26/1971: An Air Canada DC9 flying from Thunder Bay to Toronto with 89 persons on board was hijacked by a U.S. citizen, Patrick D. Critton, who was armed with a revolver and hand grenade, and wished to escape prosecution. He allowed the passengers to deplane in Toronto but kept the six crew members for a flight to Cuba. The plane was returned the next day, without the bank robber. On 09/08/2001, an FBI and New York City police task force arrested Critton, 54, at his Mount Vernon, New York, home. His fingerprints marched those on a soda can left on the plane during the crime. "
References: 1) RAND
2) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 439."
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. and Susan L. Simmons. (2002). Terrorism, 1996-2001: A Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. "
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