Incident Date:
November 22, 1983
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec 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(Airport)
Canadian Target: No
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: "11/22/1983: An Air France jetliner was evacuated minutes before its scheduled departure from Montreal's Mirabel Airport to Paris, after an anonymous telephone caller said there was a bomb aboard. The caller claimed to represent a ""Lebanese movement"" and threatened reprisals for action taken by the French government in Beirut. 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. 432."
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