Incident Date:
November 29, 1974
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Perpetrators: Nairn Djemal
Event Type: Hijacking
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Knife or Other Sharp Object)
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, 1 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "11/29/1974: A Canadian citizen, Nairn Djemal, hijacked a Canadian Pacific Airlines B737 flying 88 persons on the Montreal-Winnipeg-Edmonton-Vancouver run out of Winnipeg. Djemal held a knife to the throat of a stewardess and demanded to go to Cyprus. Upon landing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for refuelling, the pilot persuaded the hijacker to surrender. The stewardess was treated for minor facial cuts. On 02/05/1975, Djemal was sentenced to seven years for attempted hijacking. "
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 492."
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