Most people over a certain age clearly remember exactly what they were doing and who they were with the day they were told that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. Many people today remember feeling the same numb shock when a passenger jet fell from the sky onto the quiet village of Lockerbie, Scotland. Although many who remember the tragedy are aware that the Libyan government ultimately accepted responsibility for the disaster. What may not have been clear was that the Pan Am Flight 103 air crash investigation determined that Pan American Airlines was guilty of wilful misconduct because they had failed to match each piece of luggage in the hold with the right passenger.
There had been no prior indication of trouble with the aircraft before it left Frankfurt. Bombs are a recurring nightmare for everyone in the commercial aviation industry. Most bombs tend to be hidden inside luggage in the hold.
History has recorded at least one incident in every decade since 1940 where passenger aircraft have been shot down. SAMs, missiles and other artillery has been used in these occasions.
In 2007, an Antonov An-26 airliner carrying 35 people crashed while attempting to land in Balad, Iraq. One person was injured, seriously, while the other 34 occupants of the plane were killed. Officially, the cause of the crash was put down to bad weather. There are others who were convinced that a missile had brought the plane down.
In September 1993, there were three separate incidents on consecutive days. The first was on September 21, when a flight from Sochi, Russia, was shot down by an SAM, crashing into the Black Sea. All 22 passengers and five crew perished. The next day, a plane carrying soldiers from Georgia crashed onto the runway after being shot down. Here, 108 out of 132 souls on board died. The final crash took place on September 23, 1993. A mortar struck the plane while passengers were boarding. One crew member was killed.
In 1994, American military forces were accused of shooting down an Iranian Air Force plane carrying embassy staff. All 13 crew and 19 passengers were killed. Also in 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a crash near the capital of Rwanda. Rocket fire was blamed for bringing the plane down.
In 1980, a DC-9-10/15 transporting 81 passengers landed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Napolean coast near the island of Ustica. The then-president of Italy believed the attack had been carried out by French nationals. It wasn't until 2013 that a criminal court in Italy found that the flight had been clearly shot down by a missile.
The earliest recorded incident of a civilian passenger airliner being shot down was Finnish civilian transport and passenger plane on its way from Tallinn, Estonia, to Helsinki in Finland, on June 14, 1940. This was three months after the Winter War. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by two Soviet torpedo bombers.
There had been no prior indication of trouble with the aircraft before it left Frankfurt. Bombs are a recurring nightmare for everyone in the commercial aviation industry. Most bombs tend to be hidden inside luggage in the hold.
History has recorded at least one incident in every decade since 1940 where passenger aircraft have been shot down. SAMs, missiles and other artillery has been used in these occasions.
In 2007, an Antonov An-26 airliner carrying 35 people crashed while attempting to land in Balad, Iraq. One person was injured, seriously, while the other 34 occupants of the plane were killed. Officially, the cause of the crash was put down to bad weather. There are others who were convinced that a missile had brought the plane down.
In September 1993, there were three separate incidents on consecutive days. The first was on September 21, when a flight from Sochi, Russia, was shot down by an SAM, crashing into the Black Sea. All 22 passengers and five crew perished. The next day, a plane carrying soldiers from Georgia crashed onto the runway after being shot down. Here, 108 out of 132 souls on board died. The final crash took place on September 23, 1993. A mortar struck the plane while passengers were boarding. One crew member was killed.
In 1994, American military forces were accused of shooting down an Iranian Air Force plane carrying embassy staff. All 13 crew and 19 passengers were killed. Also in 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a crash near the capital of Rwanda. Rocket fire was blamed for bringing the plane down.
In 1980, a DC-9-10/15 transporting 81 passengers landed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Napolean coast near the island of Ustica. The then-president of Italy believed the attack had been carried out by French nationals. It wasn't until 2013 that a criminal court in Italy found that the flight had been clearly shot down by a missile.
The earliest recorded incident of a civilian passenger airliner being shot down was Finnish civilian transport and passenger plane on its way from Tallinn, Estonia, to Helsinki in Finland, on June 14, 1940. This was three months after the Winter War. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by two Soviet torpedo bombers.
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