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How Canada's first skyjacker boarded a Saint John flight and what happened next

Podcast tells how Charles Lavern Beasley used a gun to take control of Air Canada flight to Toronto in 1968

CBC NewsIsabelle Leger

A New Brunswick podcast is using its platform and the technologies of the modern age to reach a new audience with a dramatic story about Canada's aviation history — from an era when airport security was as lax as getting on a bus.

Saint John: Nothing Happened Here, in a two-part series, brings the country's first-ever skyjacking to light. 

"This is like a little nugget from the past, and it's an interesting piece of Canadian history and ... it was news for a day and kind of buried away," Greg Mar…

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How Canada's first skyjacker boarded a Saint John flight and what happened next

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CBC NewsIsabelle Leger, Posted: Feb 19, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago
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