Airline bombings and

foiled plots since 9/11

Dec 22, 2001:

Dec 25, 2009:

“Shoe bomber”

Richard Reid

caught trying

to blow up

American

Airlines Flight 63

from Paris to Miami with

explosives hidden in his shoes

Umar Faruk

Abdulmutallab

tries to detonate

device hidden in

his underwear on

board Northwest

Flight 253 from

Amsterdam to Detroit. Explosives

fail to detonate fully

Aug 24, 2004:

Two female

Oct 29, 2010:

Two explosive

Chechen suicide bombers use RDX

to cause simultaneous explosions

in separate Russian passenger jets.

Ninety people killed

devices packed in modified printer

cartridges found on separate cargo

planes bound from Yemen to U.S.

Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula

(AQAP) claims responsibility

Aug 10, 2006:

British officials foil

plot to blow up multiple transatlantic

aircraft with liquid explosives hidden

in soft-drink bottles. Rules restricting

liquids allowed through airport

security introduced

May 8, 2012:

U.S. officials foil

AQAP plot in Yemen to detonate

upgraded version of failed 2009

“underwear bomb”

Oct 31, 2015: Russian A321 airliner crashes in Egypt’s Sinai

Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. U.S. and UK intelligence

suggest bomb could have brought down plane

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Source: Transport Security Administration

Pictures: Getty Images

Airline bombings and

foiled plots since 9/11

Dec 22, 2001:

“Shoe

bomber” Richard Reid

caught trying to blow up

American Airlines

Flight 63 from Paris to

Miami with explosives

hidden in his shoes

Aug 24, 2004:

Two female

Chechen suicide bombers use

RDX to cause simultaneous explosions in separate

Russian passenger jets. Ninety people killed

Aug 10, 2006:

British officials foil plot to blow up

multiple transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives

hidden in soft-drink bottles. Rules restricting liquids

allowed through airport security introduced

Dec 25, 2009: Umar

Faruk Abdulmutallab tries

to detonate device hidden

in his underwear on board

Northwest Flight 253 from

Amsterdam to Detroit.

Device fail to detonate fully

Oct 29, 2010:

Two explosive devices packed

in modified printer cartridges found on separate

cargo planes bound from Yemen to U.S. Al Qaeda

in Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claims responsibility

May 8, 2012:

U.S. officials foil AQAP plot in

Yemen to detonate upgraded version of failed

2009 “underwear bomb”

Oct 31, 2015: Russian A321 airliner crashes

in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people

on board. U.S. and UK intelligence suggest

bomb could have brought down plane

Source: Transport Security Administration

© GRAPHIC NEWS

Pictures: AP, Getty Images

Airline

bombings and

foiled plots

since 9/11

Dec 22, 2001:

“Shoe bomber”

Richard Reid caught trying to

blow up American Airlines

Flight 63 from Paris to Miami with

explosives hidden in his shoes

Aug 24, 2004:

Two female

Chechen suicide bombers use

RDX to cause simultaneous

explosions in separate Russian

passenger jets. Ninety people killed

Aug 10, 2006:

British officials foil

plot to blow up multiple transatlantic

aircraft with liquid explosives

hidden in soft-drink bottles. Rules

restricting liquids allowed through

airport security introduced

Dec 25, 2009: Umar Faruk

Abdulmutallab tries to detonate

device hidden in his underwear

on board Northwest Flight 253

from Amsterdam to Detroit.

Device fail to detonate fully

Oct 29, 2010:

Two explosive

devices packed in modified

printer cartridges found on

separate cargo planes bound

from Yemen to U.S. Al Qaeda

in Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

claims responsibility

May 8, 2012:

U.S. officials foil

AQAP plot in Yemen to detonate

upgraded version of failed 2009

“underwear bomb”

Oct 31, 2015: Russian A321

airliner crashes in Egypt’s

Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224

people on board. U.S. and UK

intelligence suggest bomb

could have brought down plane

Source: Transport Security Administration

© GRAPHIC NEWS

Pictures: AP, Getty Images