Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 14 December 1972 |
Type: |  BAC One-Eleven |
Operator: | Quebecair |
Registration: | registration unknown |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 52 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | Montreal ( Canada)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Wabush Airport, NL (YWK/CYWK), Canada |
Destination airport: | Montreal (unknown airport), QC, Canada |
Narrative:A hijacker took two people hostage on board a flight from Wabush to Montreal, Canada. He demanded to be flown to Vancouver.
He surrendered after five hours.
Classification:
Hijack
Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.