Pilot Pleads Guilty to Terrorism for Climate Change Mission

0:00A guy named Shahir Kasim just pleaded guilty to two terrorism charges after hijacking a small plane last summer. Back on July 15, 2025, he boarded a Sessna at Victoria International Airport with an instructor, threatened him, took the controls and flew straight to Vancouver International Airport. The instructor managed to get out before takeoff and Kasim circled the Vancouver runway for 25 minutes, shutting down the whole airport until he landed and got arrested right there. As a former commercial pilot, he posted online the day before, calling himself a messenger of a law on a mission to save humanity from climate change. Disasters. That sparked a big security scare and fighter jet response. This week in Richmond Court, federal prosecutors confirmed the guilty plea to hijacking as terrorism and messing with navigation systems. Judges like these carry heavy weight under Canadian law. He sets a return at the end of May to set a date for sentencing, wrapping up this wild

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