VANCOUVER – The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social ...

A Canadian man has been charged with hijacking a small plane this week and flying it over one of the busiest airports in Canada, prompting fears he would crash into something and causing flights ...

A Canadian man has been charged with hijacking a small plane this week and flying it over one of the busiest airports in Canada, prompting fears he would crash into something and causing flights ...

Shaheer Cassim, 39, has been charged with hijacking after being accused of stealing a small plane from the Victoria Flying Club and eventually landing it at YVR.

Shaheer Cassim, 39, was charged with one count of hijacking on Wednesday after allegedly threatening a flight instructor to take control of an aircraft at Victoria International Airport.

Cassim allegedly took control of the small Cessna 172 plane on July 15 from the Vancouver Island area and was apprehended by RCMP officers after landing at YVR, according to police. The incident ...

Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack in Vancouver Former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he is a 'messiah sent to save ...

The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was ...