Tag: airport

March 27, 1977: Bombing at Spanish airport leads to fatal crash

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-03-27
No Comments on March 27, 1977: Bombing at Spanish airport leads to fatal crash

Wreckage of one of the planes involved in the crash (Photo: By Unknown; the Dutch National Archives, CC0, Wikimedia Commons)

On March 27, 1977 a bomb exploded at an airport in the Canary Islands, wounding only one but leading to the single largest airliner accident in history.

Tags airport, bombing, Canary Islands, terrorism, Today in terrorism

Perspectives

January 24, 2011: Baggage carousal bombing in Moscow airport

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-24
No Comments on January 24, 2011: Baggage carousal bombing in Moscow airport

Domodedovo Airport Terminal as seen in 2016 (Photo: Terrazzo on flickr, CC BY 2.0)

On January 24, 2011 suicide bombers bombed baggage carousel at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, killing 37 people and wounding 181.

Tags airport, Russia, suicide bombing, terrorism, Today in terrorism