Airline bombings and foiled plots since 9/11
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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. Explosives 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
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Source: Transport Security Administration  Picture: Getty Images

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