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amiga386yesterday at 10:36 AM1 replyview on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Failed_airliner_bombi... ->

2001: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_63_(2...

2006: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_pl...

... which is what we're discussing here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_repercussions_due_to_...

2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253

2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_transatlantic_aircraft_bo...

2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daallo_Airlines_Flight_159

2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Australian_aeroplane_bomb...


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sgjohnsonyesterday at 11:57 AM

Literally none of these were foiled by the security circus we all have to go through.

If anything, they are evidence that serious attempts are foiled by intelligence services long before the perpetrators get anywhere near an airport, and the others were just incompetent idiots.

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