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.
Bombing | |
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Date | 9 September 1949 |
Summary | In-flight bombing |
Site | over Cap Tourmente near Sault-au-Cochon Quebec, Canada |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
Operator | Canadian Pacific Air Lines |
Registration | CF-CUA |
Flight origin | Montreal, Quebec |
Last stopover | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec City, Quebec |
Destination | Baie-Comeau, Quebec |
Passengers | 19 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 23 |
Survivors | 0 |
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 himself had wanted to kill his wife, who was a passenger, so he could marry his mistress. All three of them were tried for murder and executed.