Date: | Sunday 19 April 2009 |
Time: | 22:22 |
Type: | Boeing 737-8AS |
Owner/operator: | CanJet Airlines |
Registration: | C-FTCZ |
MSN: | 29923/576 |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B24 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Montego Bay-Sangster International Airport (MBJ) -
Jamaica
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Halifax-Stanfield International Airport, NS (YHZ/CYHZ) |
Destination airport: | Montego Bay-Sangster International Airport (MBJ/MKJS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:CanJet Flight 918 departed from Halifax at 19:15 on a flight to Montego Bay-Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Jamaica and Santa Clara Airport (SNU), in Cuba. After landing at Montego Bay, a 21-year-old Jamaican man breached security and burst onto the plane brandishing a gun.
Passengers reported he wanted to leave the country. He reportedly fired the gun once through the open cabin door.
Flight attendants managed to negotiate the early release of all 174 passengers and two crew members.
Military police stormed the airplane after negotiations broke down around 06:40. The hijacker was arrested.
Sources:
CanJet press releases
Harper praises courageous hijacked Canjet crew (CanWest News Service, 20-4-2009)
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