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A stolen Cessna 172 caused a security incident at Vancouver International Airport, halting operations before the pilot was ...
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Shaheer Cassim, 39, has been charged with hijacking, constituting terrorism, over the incident.
A pilot was arrested after a small plane was hijacked at the Victoria Flying Club on Tuesday afternoon, then flown to ...
Richmond RCMP said they initially received a report at 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday that a Cessna 172, a small passenger aircraft, ...
VANCOUVER — A man charged with hijacking a light plane ... Landings at YVR had been halted for more than half an hour on Tuesday afternoon as the Cessna 172 circled at a low altitude in the airspace ...
A stolen Cessna 172 aircraft caused a temporary closure of the airspace above Vancouver International Airport — one of Canada’s busiest airports — on Tuesday, ...
A man who took control of one of the club's planes then flew it to Vancouver International Airport, forcing them to close ...
Vancouver International Airport says the "security incident ... a controller in the tower says around 1:26 p.m. that a Cessna 172 had been hijacked. It warned other aircraft to "continue looking out ...
The Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) temporarily grounded all flights for arriving aircraft after a small private aircraft taking off began circling about 40 miles north.
The Cessna 172 cruises at a top speed of around 143 mph, while the Cessna 182 tops out at 170 mph. The 182 also comes out ahead for distance, with a range of over 1,000 miles versus the 172, which ...