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CP NewsAlert: Pilot charged with hijacking and terrorism over Vancouver flight

VANCOUVER — A man who allegedly to have seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences.
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A worker moves luggage trolleys outside Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER — A man who allegedly to have seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences.

A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada provided a court file number that matches a case in B.C. Provincial Court involving a former Victoria-based commercial airline pilot.

More coming.

The Canadian Press