Incident Date:
November 10, 1972
Incident Successful: No
Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Perpetrators: Black Panther
Event Type: Hijacking
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun 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: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/10/1972: Three alleged Black Panthers sympathizers hijacked a Southern Airways jet, en route Birmingham-Montgomery. During the 29-hour odyssey, the hijackers forced the pilot to fly to nine different locations, one being Toronto, Ontario. The plane finally landed in Cuba, where the hijackers were arrested."
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. 394."
2) Dailymail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2488235/Black-Panther-William-Potts-hijacked-plane-set-return-Cuba-face-justice-US.html
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