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Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police

Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police

Date9/11/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police. Suspect (second from right) took over plane at gunpoint and ordered it flown to Cuba. At top; from left; are Stewardess Beverley Atkinson; Capt. Ronald Hollett and passenger Mrs. Francine Levy.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120269F
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