Incident Date:
May 20, 1979
Incident Successful:
Location: New York United States
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Airports & Aircraft(Aircraft (not at an airport))
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "05/20/1979: A phone call warned that there was a bomb aboard a New York-Montreal flight. The plane was delayed for two hours during a search for explosives, which proved negative. The motivation for the threat was not determined."
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. 412."
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