 Sabotage / Hijacking |
| 03/28/1933 |
Dixmude, Belgium |
Imperial AW |
Fire started by a passenger in an attempt to commit suicide. |
| 1939 - 1945 |
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Numerous passenger planes shot down during WWII. |
| 07/16/1948 |
Pacific Ocean |
Cathay Pacific AW |
Crashed after being hijacked and losing control during a struggle in the cockpit. |
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| 05/07/1949 |
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
Bomb placed aboard to kill the husband of a woman involved with another man. |
| 09/09/1949 |
Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada |
Canadian Pacific AL |
Dynamite bomb placed aboard by husband to collect insurance on wife. |
| 04/13/1950 |
British European Airways |
British European Airways |
A bomb blew a 8 ft. by 4 ft. hole in the fuselage seriously injuring a stewardess. A French passenger tried to commit suicide. |
| 08/12/1952 |
Palmeria de Goias, Brazil |
Trans Aero Nac. |
A bomb exploded aboard killing everyone aboard. |
| 1952 - 1954 |
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Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Korean War. |
| 04/11/1955 |
Great Natuna Island, Sarawak |
Air India |
An aircraft worker placed an incendiary device in the starboard wheel well. |
| 07/27/1955 |
Near Petrich, Bulgaria |
El Al |
Shot down by a Bulgarian fighter jet. |
| 11/01/1955 |
Longmont, Colorado |
United AL |
Jack Graham placed a bomb aboard to collect insurance on the death of his mother. |
| 07/25/1957 |
Daggett, California |
Western AL |
Jeweler Saul Binstock detonated a bomb in lavatory in suicide for insurance plot. |
| 11/01/1958 |
Nipe Bay, Cuba |
Cubana |
Crashed after being hijacked and running out of fuel. |
| 04/17/1959 |
Puerto Kino,Mexico |
Tigres Voladores |
A bomb is believed to have exploded onboard. |
| 06/01/1959 |
Aerolineas Nacionales |
Nicaragua |
Shot down by a Nicaraguan Air Force fighter. |
| 09/08/1959 |
Poza Rica, Mexico |
Mexicana |
A passenger, who was believed to have been carrying a bomb, fell from the airplane. |
| 11/16/1959 |
Gulf of Mexico |
National AL |
Explosion of a bomb aboard was strongly suspected. |
| 01/06/1960 |
Bolivia, North Carolina |
National AL |
A passenger detonated a dynamite bomb under his seat in suicide for insurance plot. |
| 04/28/1960 |
Calabozo, Venezuela |
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana |
Detonation of a hand-grenade brought aboard by a Russian immigrant. |
| 05/10/1961 |
In Amenas, Libya |
Air France |
Detonation of a nitrocellulose bomb. |
| 05/22/1962 |
Unionville, Missouri |
Continental AL |
Detonation of a dynamite bomb in the right rear lavatory in a towel bin. |
| 05/07/1964 |
San Ramon, California |
Pacific AL |
Francisco Gonzales, a passenger, shot both the pilot and first officer. |
| 12/08/1964 |
Tripuani, Bolivia |
Aerolineas Abaroa |
Detonation of a bomb in the tail section. A suicide for insurance plot was suspected. |
| 07/08/1965 |
Dog Creek, British Columbia |
Canadian Pacific AL |
A bomb exploded in the cabin. Acid and gunpowder may have been poured in toilet. |
| 1965 - 1970 |
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Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Vietnam war. |
| 11/22/1966 |
Aden, Yemen |
Aden AW |
Detonation of an explosive device placed in hand luggage in the cabin. |
| 02/09/1967 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
Cubana |
Crashed due to bomb explosion. |
| 10/12/1967 |
Rhodes, Greece |
British European AW |
Destroyed by a detonation of a bomb within the cabin. |
| 12/22/1969 |
Nha Trang, Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
An explosive device was detonated in the cabin just as the aircraft was about to land. |
| 02/21/1970 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
Swissair |
A bomb with an altimeter trigger was believed to have been placed in a mail package. |
| 04/21/1970 |
Manila, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
Crashed into mountainous terrain after an explosion in the rear lavatory. |
| 06/02/1970 |
Roxas, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
A hand grenade exploded inside the passenger cabin at FL130. The plane landed safely. |
| 01/23/1971 |
Korean Air Lines |
Sokcho, South Korea |
A hijacker detonated grenades he was carrying. |
| 10/10/1971 |
Moscow, Russia |
Aeroflot |
A TNT explosive device had been placed between the cabin wall and a passenger seat in the rear of the cabin. |
| 11/21/1971 |
Penhu Island, Taiwan |
China AL |
Detonation of an explosive device. |
| 12/06/1971 |
Tikaka, Sudan |
Sudan AW |
Hijacked and ran out of fuel. |
| 01/26/1972 |
Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia |
JAT |
Detonation of a bomb in the forward cargo hold. |
| 06/15/1972 |
Pleiku, Vietnam |
Cathay Pacific AW |
Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin in a suitcase under a seat. |
| 10/02/1972 |
Kampot, Cambodia |
Cambodia Air |
Shot down by a mortar shell while approaching to land at Kampot. |
| 02/21/1973 |
Near Isma'iliya, Egypt |
Libya Arab Airlines |
Shot down by Israeli Phantom fighters. |
| 03/19/1973 |
Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
Crashed after an explosion in the cargo hold. |
| 05/18/1973 |
Chita, Siberia, USSR |
Aeroflot |
Detonation of a bomb in the cabin being carried by a hijacker. |
| 12/17/1973 |
Rome, Italy |
Pan American AW |
Two phosphorus bombs were thrown into the aircraft prior to its departure. |
| 09/15/1974 |
Phan Rang, Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
Detonation of two hand grenades in the passenger compartment by a hijacker. |
| 06/03/1975 |
Manila, Philippines |
Philippine Air Lines |
A bomb exploded in the right rear lavatory causing a hole in the fuselage. The plane landed safely. |
| 01/01/1976 |
Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia |
Middle East AL |
Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo compartment. |
| 05/23/1976 |
Zamboanga, Philipines |
Philippine Air Lines |
A hijacker set off grenades in the cabin. |
| 06/27/1976 |
Entebbe, Uganda |
Air France |
Seven passengers were killed during a commando raid by Israeli forces. |
| 08/28/1976 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Air France |
A hijacker set off two grenades in the cabin and was killed |
| 10/06/1976 |
Bridgetown, Barbados |
Cubana |
Detonation of an explosive device in the aft of the cabin. |
| 12/04/1977 |
Kampung Ladang, Malaysia |
Malaysia AL |
Hijacked with both pilots shot. |
| 09/03/1978 |
Kariba, Rhodesia |
Air Rhodesia |
Shot down with surface-to-air missile. |
| 02/12/1979 |
Kariba, Rhodesia |
Air Rhodesia |
Shot down with surface-to-air missle |
| 02/19/1979 |
Barentu, Ethiopia |
Ethiopian Airlines |
Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard. |
| 11/15/1979 |
Chicago, Illinois |
American Airlines |
An explosive device detonated in the baggage compartment. |
| 06/27/1980 |
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy |
Itavia |
An explosive device aboard the aircraft causing the plane crash. |
| 12/21/1980 |
Rio Hacha, Colombia |
Trans. Aereos del Caribe |
Explosion possibly caused by a bomb placed in the rear section of the aircraft. |
| 05/16/1981 |
Menongue, Angola |
TAAG Angola Airlines |
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile. |
| 08/11/1982 |
Pacific Ocean |
Pan American |
A sixteen-year-old boy was killed when a bomb detonated under a seat cushion. |
| 11/08/1983 |
Lubango, Huila, Angola |
TAAG Angola Airlines |
Shot down by rebels with a surface to air missile. |
| 09/23/1983 |
Mina Jebel Ali, UAE |
Gulf Air |
Detonation of an explosive device in the baggage compartment. |
| 1985 - 1987 |
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Numerous passenger planes shot down during the Afghanistan war. |
| 02/02/2016 |
Mogadishu, Somalia |
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A bomb containing TNT was detonated in the cabin. A large hole was observed in the side of the fuselage. |
| 06/14/1985 |
Athens, Greece |
Trans World AL |
U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered aboard by hijackers. |
| 06/23/1985 |
Atlantic Ocean, Ireland |
Air India |
Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo hold. |
| 11/24/1985 |
Luqa, Malta |
Egyptair |
Several hand grenades were thrown into the cabin causing a fire. |
| 04/02/1986 |
Athens, Greece |
Trans World AL |
Detonation of a explosive device in the cabin causing 4 passengers to be sucked out. |
| 05/03/1986 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Air Lanka |
Detonation of an explosive device in the rear section of the cabin while on the ground. |
| 08/16/1986 |
Malakal, Sudan |
Sudan Airways |
Shot down by SPLA rebels with surface-to-air missiles |
| 09/05/1986 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Pan American AW |
Hijackers opened fire on the passengers and crew and threw grenades among them. |
| 12/25/1986 |
Ay, Saudi Arabia |
Iraqi AW |
Two hand grenades exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to lose control & crash. |
| 05/05/1987 |
Malakal, Sudan |
Sasco Air Lines |
Shot down by rebels shortly after taking off. |
| 07/24/1987 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Air Afrique |
A hijacker killed one passenger before the plane was stormed by troops. |
| 11/29/1987 |
Andaman Sea |
Korean AL |
Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin. |
| 12/07/1987 |
San Luis Obispo, California |
Pacific Southwest AL |
David Burk, a fired employee, shot the pilot and first officer. |
| 03/01/1988 |
Johannesberg, South Africa |
Comair |
Detonation of a nitro-glycerine bomb in the cabin. Suicide for insurance. |
| 07/03/1988 |
Persian Gulf |
Iran Air |
Shot down by the U.S. Navy vessel U.S.S. Vincennes with surface-to-air missiles. |
| 08/17/1988 |
Bahawalpur, Pakistan |
Pakistan Air Force |
Detonation of a low level explosive device or incapacitating gas. |
| 12/21/1988 |
Lockerbie, Scotland |
Pan American AW |
Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo area planted by terrorists. |
| 06/28/1989 |
Borana, Somalia |
Somali Airlines |
Shot down by a surface-to-air missile. |
| 09/19/1989 |
Bilma, Niger |
Union des Trans. Aer. |
Detonation of a bomb in a container location 13-R in the forward cargo hold. |
| 11/27/1989 |
Bogota, Colombia |
Avianca |
Detonation of a bomb at seat 15F causing ignition of fuel vapors in an empty fuel tank. |
| 10/02/1990 |
Guangzhou, China |
Xiamen/China SW AL |
After a struggle in the cockpit with a hijacker the pilot hit three parked planes. |
| 08/28/1993 |
Khorag, Tajikistan |
Tadzhikistan Nat. AL |
The crew was coerced into taking off with an overloaded plane by armed hijackers. |
| 09/21/1993 |
Sukhumi, Georgia |
Transair Georgia Airlines |
Shot down with a missile by Abkhazi separatist rebels. |
| 04/06/1994 |
Kigali, Rwanda |
Rwanda Government |
Shot down by missile. |
| 07/09/1994 |
Colon, Panama |
Alas Chiricanas |
A bomb exploded aboard. |
| 07/19/1994 |
Colon, Panama |
Alas Chiricanas |
Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard. |
| 12/10/1994 |
Pacific Ocean |
Philippine Air Lines |
An explosive device detonated at FL 300 under a seat in the passenger cabin blowing a two square foot hole in the cabin floor. |
| 12/26/1994 |
Algiers, Algeria |
Air France |
Three passengers and four hijackers were killed when the plane was stormed. |
| 11/23/1996 |
Moroni, Comoros Islands |
Ethiopian AL |
The plane was hijacked and ran out of fuel crashing in the ocean. |
| 07/09/1997 |
Suzano, Brazil |
TAM |
A small bomb containing only 7 oz. of explosives was placed under a passenger seat. |
| 04/05/1988 |
Combi, Cyprus |
Kuwait AW |
Two hostages killed on the ground by hijackers. |
| 09/02/1998 |
Angola |
Permaviatrans |
Shot down by UNITA rebels. |
| 09/29/1998 |
Mannar, Sri Lanka |
Lionair |
Shot down by LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) rebels. |
| 12/14/1998 |
Cuito, Angola |
Khors Aircompany |
Shot down by UNITA rebels. |
| 07/23/1999 |
Tokyo, Japan |
All Nippon AW |
The pilot was stabbed and killed by a mentally ill passenger but the copilot landed the plane safely. |
| 07/01/1999 |
Luzamba, Angola |
Savanair |
The cargo plane was shot down by UNITA rebels. |
| 12/24/1999 |
Amritsar, India |
Indian Airlines |
One crew member was killed after the plane was hijacked. |
| 05/25/2000 |
Manila, Philippines |
Philippine Air Lines |
A hijacker was killed after jumping out of plane with a homemade parachute. |
| 03/15/2001 |
Medina, Saudi Arabia |
Vnukovo Airlines |
Three people were killed after the hijacked plane was stormed. |
| 09/11/2001 |
Shanksville, Pennsylvania |
United AL |
Hijacked and flown into the ground in Pennsylvania. |
| 09/11/2001 |
New York, New York |
American AL |
Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York. |
| 09/11/2001 |
New York, New York |
United AL |
Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York. |
| 09/11/2001 |
Arlington, Virginia |
American AL |
Hijacked and flown into the Pentagon. |
| 10/04/2001 |
Sochi, Russia |
Sibir Airlines |
Shot down accidentally by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile. |
| 12/14/2001 |
Geti, DRC |
Eagle Air |
Shot down by Allied Democratic Forces rebels. |
| 05/07/2002 |
Off Dalian, China |
China Northern Airlines |
Out of control fire after a passenger deliberately started a fire with gasoline. |
| 08/24/2004 |
Toula, Russia |
Volga-Avia Express |
Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| 08/24/2004 |
Toula, Russia |
Volga-Avia Express |
Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| 08/24/2004 |
Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
Sibir Airlines |
Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| 07/17/2014 |
Hrabove, Ukraine |
Malaysia Airlines |
Shot down. |
| 03/24/2015 |
Digne-Les-Bains, Fran |
Germanwings |
Pilot deliberately flew the plane into the ground. |
| 10/31/2015 |
Hasna, Egypt |
Metrojet |
Brought down by a homemade explosive device in the left rear cargo hold. |
| 02/02/2016 |
Mogadishu, Somalia |
Daallo Airlines |
Detonation of a bomb containing TNT. One sucked out of the plane. |
| 01/08/2020 |
Shahiiah. Ukraine |
Ukrain Inter Airlines |
Shot down by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. |