miscellaneous Flashcards
In what pre 9/11/01 works of fiction are passenger planes used by terrorists to attack targets within the U.S.?
1) In Debt of Honor, a 1994 Tom Clancy novel, a 747 is crashed into the US Capitol. (wikipedia, 5/13)
2) in Executive Decision, a 1996 film starring Kurt Russell, a 747 is used as a weapon targeting Washington DC. (wikipedia, 5/13)
What pre-9/11/01 threats involved passenger planes?
1) 1964 Pacific Air Lines Flight 773. Cockpit attack. Resulted in 44 deaths. (wikipedia, 5/13)
2) 1987 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771. A commercial flight that crashed near Cayucos, California, United States, on December 7, 1987, as a result of a murder-suicide scheme by one of the passengers. All 43 people on board the aircraft died. (wikipedia, 5/13)
3) 1994 Federal Express Flight 705. Cockpit attack. (wikipedia, 5/13)
4) 1994 Air France Flight 8969. Hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Algiers where they killed three passengers with the intention to blow up the plane over the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (wikipedia, 5/13)
5) 1995. Operation Bojinka: a plot by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammedto attack multiple airliners and crash a plane into the CIA. It was foiled. (wikipedia, 5/13)
3) 2000, August, Southwest Airlines Flight 1763. Cockpit attack (wikipedia, 5/13)
