Incident Date:
November 22, 1973
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hijacking
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(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: "11/22/1973: A lone male entered an aircraft while it was being serviced to fly from Montreal to Toronto. When questioned, he demanded to be flown to London in the Air Canada DC8. The man tried to start the engine while the flight attendant went to find help. The lone male was later arrested and sent for a mental examination."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 418."
2) "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. 396"
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