Accident Description | |
Date: | 8 July 1965 |
Time: | c 16:40 |
Type: | |
Operator: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines – CPAL |
Registration: | CF-CUQ |
C/N: | 43844/334 |
Year Built: | 1953 |
Total Airframe Hours: | 29,998 hours |
Crew: | 6 fatalities – 6 on board |
Passengers: | 46 fatalities – 46 on board |
Total: | 52 fatalities – 52 on board |
Location: | |
Phase: | |
Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
Flight: | Vancouver International Airport to Whitehorse, Yukon - Flight Number 21. |
Remarks: | The tail section separated from the fuselage after a bomb exploded in the passenger compartment. It was believed that a saboteur ignited a mixture of acid and gunpowder which may have been poured into the toilet in a suicide-for-insurance scheme. |
