Incident Date:
October 09, 1986
Incident Successful:
Location: Edmonton, Alberta 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: 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, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/09/1986: A Canadian Airlines International aircraft, en route Amsterdam-Edmonton-Vancouver, landed at Edmonton after the pilot learned there was a note in the aircraft warning that a bomb would explode if the aircraft went below a certain altitude unless money was provided. No bomb was found. The technical description of the bomb in the note initially convinced police that this was not a hoax, even though the note-writer's motivation was not clear."
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. 448."
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