Incident Date:
November 24, 1972
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Frankfurt Germany
Perpetrators: Victor Widera
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Airline Officer/Personnel)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/24/1972: Viktor Widera, an armed gunman, hijacked an Air Canada DC8 scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to Montreal, while it was on the ground. Widera forced everyone off the plane except a stewardess whom he held hostage for twenty-four hours. Widera demanded the release of a Czech being held by West Germany for hijacking a plane from Prague to Nuremburg, as well as the release of several other Czechs. Police shot and killed Widera while he was attempting to close the cockpit door of the airplane. "
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) GTD 1970-2012 data file
3) RAND
4) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 362."
5) "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. 148"
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