| 词条 | Patrick Critton |
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On December 26, 1971, Critton boarded Air Canada DC-9 Flight 932 in Thunder Bay, Ontario bound for Toronto. Armed with a handgun and a grenade, he demanded the plane to fly to Havana, Cuba.[2][3] At the time of the incident, Critton mistakenly thought he was a fugitive in New York City for a series of crimes, including bank robbery. He had fled to Canada, where he continued a life of crime. He released all passengers in Toronto on his way to Havana and after he exited in Havana, the plane returned to Toronto safely with the board of crew members. No injuries or casualties were caused during the hijack. Canada did not have an extradition agreement with Cuba regarding hijacking by then.[4] After arriving in Cuba, Critton served an 8-month prison sentence. Following his sentence, he first worked in the sugar cane industry in Cuba. Two years later, he moved to Tanzania, where he became a teacher. He also married and had two children before returning to the United States in 1994, feeling safe from the time passed. Critton remained a fugitive until 2001, when he was found by a detective through a Google search, which at that time produced a single hit with his name that revealed the location where he was teaching. The one hit was a March 2001 article describing his mentoring of black youth. Critton was arrested on September 10, 2001.[5] Fingerprints on a ginger ale bottle found on the plane linked Critton to the hijacking. Prosecutors, in order to avoid prejudicing the jury, based on the views of the recent September 11 attacks, which had happened the day after Critton was arrested, portrayed Critton to jurors not as a terrorist, but as a kidnapper and robber whose motivation was to gain the flight to Cuba. Critton received a five-year prison sentence for the crimes.[6] He was released in June 2003 after 1 year and 10 months. References1. ^https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hijacker-sentenced-to-five-years-1.333562 {{DEFAULTSORT:Critton, Patrick}}2. ^http://www.noahc.org/?pgid=6 3. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7DE1538F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63 Traced on Internet, Teacher Is Charged In '71 Jet Hijacking - New York Times] 4. ^http://www.noahc.org/?pgid=6 5. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7DE1538F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63 Traced on Internet, Teacher Is Charged In '71 Jet Hijacking - New York Times] 6. ^Hijacker sentenced to three years 11 : Hijackers|Fugitives wanted by the United States|American bank robbers|Living people|People from Mount Vernon, New York|Year of birth missing (living people)|Place of birth missing (living people)|American people imprisoned abroad|Prisoners and detainees of Cuba|Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government|American expatriates in Cuba |
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