Incident Date:
September 18, 2001
Incident Successful:
Location: Unknown, Newfoundland and Labrador 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: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 09/18/2001: The Financial Times reported that a Virgin Airlines jumbo jet flying from Heathrow to New York was diverted to Newfoundland and escorted by four Canadian Air Force fighters after a bomb threat was received. The threat proved to be false and the airliner continued to New York.
References: 1) Janes DB
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