Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108

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Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108, known as the Sault-au-Cochon Tragedy, was a Douglas DC-3 operated by Canadian Pacific Air Lines (registry CF-CUA S/N: 4518) that was blown up by a dynamite time bomb on 9 September 1949. The plane was flying from Montreal to Baie-Comeau, Quebec, with a stopover at Quebec City, when it was destroyed. All 19 passengers and 4 crew members were killed in the explosion and crash. The bombing was the first instance of an airliner bombing being conclusively solved. A five-minute delay resulted in the plane crashing on land instead of water, allowing vital evidence to be uncovered. Investigators discovered that three people, Joseph-Albert Guay (22 September 1917 – 12 January 1951), Généreux Ruest (1898 – 25 July 1952), and Marguerite Pitre (5 September 1908 – 9 January 1953), had conspired to destroy the plane to obtain life insurance money. Guay had wanted to kill his wife, who was a passenger, so he could marry his mistress. The case was solved after Pitre...

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