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.
Bombs are not the only lethal menace with which the industry has to deal. There is a far more deadly enemy that cannot be risk-managed out of the picture. Since 1940, there has not been a decade gone by when at least one passenger craft has not been shot down by heavy artillery.
In 2007, a plane that was coming for a landing at a U. S. Military base in Balad, Iraq, crashed. Thirty-four people were killed and one was seriously injured when the Antonov An-26 came down. Officials tried to pass it off as a result of bad weather, but there was evidence to suggest to some people that the aircraft had been attacked by a missile.
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.
An Iranian Air Force C-130, carrying Iranian embassy staff, was shot down in 1994 by American military forces. All 19 passengers and 13 crew, perished. That same year, the presidents of the African states of Burundi and Rwanda were reportedly shot down in the same plane near the Rwandan capital. The plane is believed to have been shot down by rocket fire.
In 1980, a DC-9-10/15 series airliner was plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, off the Italian coast of Naples. The then-president of Italy accused the French of killing all 81 passengers. It was not until 2013 that an Italian court ruled conclusively that the craft had been 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.
Bombs are not the only lethal menace with which the industry has to deal. There is a far more deadly enemy that cannot be risk-managed out of the picture. Since 1940, there has not been a decade gone by when at least one passenger craft has not been shot down by heavy artillery.
In 2007, a plane that was coming for a landing at a U. S. Military base in Balad, Iraq, crashed. Thirty-four people were killed and one was seriously injured when the Antonov An-26 came down. Officials tried to pass it off as a result of bad weather, but there was evidence to suggest to some people that the aircraft had been attacked by a missile.
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.
An Iranian Air Force C-130, carrying Iranian embassy staff, was shot down in 1994 by American military forces. All 19 passengers and 13 crew, perished. That same year, the presidents of the African states of Burundi and Rwanda were reportedly shot down in the same plane near the Rwandan capital. The plane is believed to have been shot down by rocket fire.
In 1980, a DC-9-10/15 series airliner was plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, off the Italian coast of Naples. The then-president of Italy accused the French of killing all 81 passengers. It was not until 2013 that an Italian court ruled conclusively that the craft had been 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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