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Court records show second charge against alleged BC plane hijacker
The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at Vancouver International Airport last week faces a ...
Alleged B.C. hijacker Shaheer Cassim faces 2nd charge, court records show
B.C. online court records say a charge of damaging or interfering with a navigation system was sworn Friday against Shaheer ...
Why did U.S. fighter jets respond to an alleged hijacking in Vancouver? | Hanomansing Tonight
Christian Leuprecht, a professor at the Royal Military College and Queen's University, says Canada needs to strengthen its ...
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Vancouver Island Plane Hijacking Suspect Shaheer Cassim Arrested; Police Say He Wanted to Disturb Airspace for Ideological Reasons
A 39-year-old man Shaheer Cassim was arrested and charged with hijacking a plane from the Victoria International Airport ...
Man calling himself 'climate change messiah' charged after plane hijacking which saw fighter jets scrambled
A Canadian man who called himself the messiah of climate change allegedly hijacked a small plane at the Vancouver airport.
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Canadian man charged with terrorism after hijacking plane to spread climate message
A 39-year-old Canadian man, Shaheer Cassim, has been charged with hijacking a small Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP (reg. C-GTLF) from ...
Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane?
NORAD's director of operations says U.S. F-15 fighter jets were in the right place at the right time, making it logistically ...
Pilot with ‘ideological motive’ hijacks plane, forces multiple flights to reroute away from Vancouver
A stolen plane triggered a major security incident at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) on Tuesday afternoon, temporarily ...
Why only U.S. fighter jets responded to the alleged plane hijacking in Vancouver
American fighter jets were quick to respond when a small plane was allegedly hijacked and landed at the Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday. But why weren't Canadian jets sent instead? Liam ...