TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - The crash on Cap Tourmente: Lockerbie presaged
JO  - Journal (Canadian Society of Forensic Science)
A1  - Murphy, Gordon K.
SP  - 171
EP  - 175
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0008-5030
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00085030.1992.10757008
ID  - ref1
ER  -