Incident Date:
September 26, 1972
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Hijacking
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Separatist,
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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/26/1972: Police reported that a Front de Liberation du Quebec cell planned to hijack an Air Canada flight, travelling from Montreal to Vancouver in Toronto. The plot was to have coincided with the second anniversary of the October Crisis, and was intended to secure the release of ""political prisoners."" The attempt was abandoned, and although members of the cell were arrested shortly afterwards, no one was charged in connection with the conspiracy. Police had apparently infiltrated the cell."
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) "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. 144"
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