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Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)

Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)

Date12/27/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto; crew members from left; stewardesses Ruth-Ann Snell; Mrs. Helga Weterings; Capt. Donald Glendenning and First Officer Richard Reid describe how a passenger held them at gunpoint in the cockpit of the plane and ordered them to fly him to Cuba. Passengers got off in Toronto. Plane flew to Havana; and crew returned safely.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120281F