Air
SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
16 AUGUST: BASILAN ISLAND,
PHILIPPINES
Watch
4 AUGUST: BUENOS AIRES Two military helicopters, carrying air force
A bomb exploded at 0230 at the LAN Airlines ticket personnel, a TV crew from the state-run
office in central Buenos Aires. Nobody was injured National Broadcasting Network and a
and damage was superficial to the Chilean carrier’s government photographer, were shot at by
premises. A man was arrested as a security camera suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants. The
had recorded a hooded person leaving a package, helicopters, on their way back to their base in
which turned out to be the IED, in front of the office. Zamboanga, were forced to make an
emergency landing in Lamitan City on Basilan
Island. The journalist, the cameraman and
the photographer were all injured.
HIJACKS
17 AUGUST: BASRA, IRAQ
Two Katyusha rockets were launched at the
5 SEPTEMBER: ATALAyA, PERU U.S. military base at Basra International
A Bolivian man, Mario Sobenes Ali, aged 50, who Airport. No casualties were reported.
had entered Peru using a dead man’s travel
documents to conceal his real identity, and two 28 AUGUST: BRISBANE
Peruvian nationals, Luis Fernando Campos A man. aged 20, was arrested after allegedly
Castillo, aged 28 and Marco Antonio Colonio shining a laser into the cockpit of an aircraft.
Perez, aged 36, attempted to hijack an Aero
Montañas S.A. Cessna 210. As the trio tried to 30 AUGUST: JOLO, PHILIPPINES
hijack the aircraft just before it was due to land in 10 AUGUST: STAINES, UK A bomb exploded near Jolo Airport, injuring
Atalaya, the pilot had limited fuel left and could Natasha Forster, 21, was arrested for shining a two soldiers.
not comply with the hijackers demands and so powerful laser into the cockpit of a police
landed, as scheduled. The hijackers escaped on helicopter. She was later given a six-month 2 SEPTEMBER: PERU
motorbikes but were later captured. It is believed suspended jail sentence and ordered to carry out Two Peruvian soldiers were killed when Shining
the aircraft was going to be used to transport 180 hours' community service. Path rebels shot down an army helicopter.
drugs by one of the region’s cartels.
14 AUGUST: QANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN 8 SEPTEMBER: KABUL
A rocket attack was launched on Qandahar airport. Two Afghan civilians were killed and three
international soldiers injured in a suicide
16 AUGUST: RHODES attack on Kabul's military airport.
Two teenagers were arrested for forcing a
domestic flight to abandon its first landing 17 SEPTEMBER: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
approach when they pointed a laser at the cockpit. Two suicide car bombs, both with UN
markings, exploded outside an African Union
peacekeeping base at Aden Adde
International Airport killing two and injuring
9 SEPTEMBER: MEXICO CITy many others. Responsibility for the attack
Josmar Flores Pereira, a 44-year old Bolivian against the base, predominantly used by
former drug addict and alcoholic, hijacked an Ugandan troops, was claimed by the militia
Aeromexico flight en route from Cancun to Mexico group al-Shabaab.
City. He told flight attendant he would blow up the
plane if his demands to speak with President 27 SEPTEMBER: PESHAWAR
Felipe Calderon were not met; he was holding a A 16-year old boy was arrested due to his
box, containing a drink’s can that had coloured suspicious behaviour in an airport lounge. He
lights attached to it. His intention was to warn the was found to be wearing a suicide bomb
President that Mexico was going to experience an jacket which was disarmed.
earthquake because it was 09/09/09 or “666”
upside down! Many of the passengers were 28 SEPTEMBER: BATIRA, IRAQ
unaware that the flight had been hijacked until the Batira’s military airport was hit by five
plane landed and was parked at a remote location. Katyusha rockets. There were no casualties.
Following his capture, in good spirits, he told
reporters that "Christ is coming soon". His wife was 30 SEPTEMBER: JAKARTA
interviewed by the media and she told them that The check-in counter for Sriwijaya Air was
her husband had been looking for a way to get his attacked by a group of men armed with knives
message about God to the news media. and swords. Police intervened and ended up
opening fire on the men’s three getaway cars.
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