US EditionStolen Private Plane Forces Airspace Shutdown at Vancouver Airport
GREATER VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 15 – Nine inbound flights were diverted and arrivals halted for 39 minutes after a stolen Cessna 172 circled near Vancouver International Airport before the suspect was arrested.
- On Tuesday, a stolen Cessna 172 aircraft departed from Victoria International Airport and led to a temporary closure of the airspace above Vancouver International Airport.
- The suspect hijacked the plane by threatening the pilot with a knife and planned to disrupt airport operations as a climate crisis protest.
- The plane flew about 40 miles north, circled low over Vancouver, prompting air traffic controllers to stop arrivals for 39 minutes and divert nine planes.
- A tower controller alerted pilots that a hijacked plane was near the airport, prompting a WestJet Boeing 737 to abort its landing as the unauthorized Cessna crossed in front of it.
- The stolen plane landed safely around 1:45 p.m. and the suspect, the sole occupant, was arrested without incident, though police did not disclose a motive beyond the protest claim.
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