Explosive Devices
| Explosive Devices |
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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. |
| 04/11/1955 | Great Natuna Island, Sarawak | Air India | An aircraft worker placed an incendiary device in the starboard wheel well. |
| 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. |
| 04/17/1959 | Puerto Kino,Mexico | Tigres Voladores | A bomb is believed to have exploded onboard. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 08/11/1982 | Pacific Ocean | Pan American | A sixteen-year-old boy was killed when a bomb detonated under a seat cushion. |
| 09/23/1983 | Mina Jebel Ali, UAE | Gulf Air | Detonation of an explosive device in the baggage compartment. |
| 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. |
| 12/25/1986 | Ay, Saudi Arabia | Iraqi AW | Two hand grenades exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to lose control & crash. |
| 11/29/1987 | Andaman Sea | Korean AL | Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin. |
| 03/01/1988 | Johannesberg, South Africa | Comair | Detonation of a nitro-glycerine bomb in the cabin. Suicide for insurance. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 07/09/1997 | Suzano, Brazil | TAM | A small bomb containing only 7 oz. of explosives was placed under a passenger seat. |
| 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 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | Sibir Airlines | Detonation of an explosive device aboard. |
| 10/31/2015 | Hasna, Egypt | Metrojet | Brought down by a homemade explosive device in the left rear cargo hold. |
| 02/02/2016 | Mogadishu, Somalia | A bomb containing TNT was detonated in the cabin. A large hole was observed in the side of the fuselage. | |
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