CanJet Flight 918
C-FTCZ, the aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 April 2009 |
| Summary | Attempted hijacking |
| Site | Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica 18°30′00″N 77°54′59″W / 18.4999°N 77.9164°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-8AS |
| Operator | CanJet |
| Registration | C-FTCZ |
| Flight origin | Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Destination | Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Halifax, Canada |
| Passengers | 174 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 182 |
CanJet Flight 918 (CJA 918, C6 918) was a flight that was scheduled to take off from Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 19 April 2009, bound for Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), Halifax, Canada, but was instead seized before takeoff for hours by an armed, lone hijacker. This was likely the fourth hijacking on Jamaican soil, and the second time a Canadian airliner had been hijacked.