Incident Date:
August 27, 1978
Incident Successful:
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
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: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/27/1978: A United Airlines jet, with 159 passengers aboard, flying to Seattle from Newark and Denver, was diverted to Vancouver due to a bomb hoax. A note saying the plane would be blown up unless it was flown to Vancouver was found by a stewardess as the plane was approaching Seattle. The aircraft was flown to Vancouver, where a woman passenger was arrested. No bomb was found."
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. 406."
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