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Citation |
Murphy GK. J. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. 1992; 25(3): 171-175. |
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(Copyright © 1992, Canadian Society of Forensic Science, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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Abstract |
The sabotage-destruction of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 over Cap Tourmente, Quebec Province in 1949 is similar in significant respects to that of a Pan American B-747 over Lockerbie, Scotland 39 years later. The motive for the former was an extramarital affair and for the latter, apparently, political considerations. However, in each case, a relatively small, but deadly-effective improvised explosive device concealed in cargo or baggage was loaded without being detected into a forward under-floor cargo hold. Each device was detonated at altitude, resulting in immediate loss of integrity of the aircraft, and a crash, killing all on board. In each case, however, wreckage recovered on land was amenable to pains-taking scene and laboratory investigations, which, with history developed in parallel, resulted in proof of sabotage by explosive device. Forensic scientists must continue to improve the already-tested manner and means of investigation practiced in these two cases, and to effectively employ them in both future cases of explosive aircraft sabotage, and other areas of forensic practice. |