2014Multiple Air Disasters: Indonesia AirAsia 8501, Malaysia Airlines 17, Air Algérie 5017

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Java Sea, whi...
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✈️ Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Over Lockerbie

December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a bomb and falls over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people on-board, leaving no survivors, and 11 in town.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Over Lockerbie (1988)
TerrorismAviation DisasterBombingCold WarInternational RelationsAviation Safety
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited StatesLibyaLibya

✈️ Concorde Air France Flight 4590 Crash

July 25: Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes in France, killing 113 including all people aboard.
Concorde Air France Flight 4590 Crash (2000)
AviationAir CrashDisasterSafetyAccident Investigation
FranceFrance

💥 Bali Bombings Kill Hundreds

October 12: The 2002 Bali bombings killed 202 people and injured 209 more.
Bali Bombings Kill Hundreds (2002)
TerrorismIslamist ExtremismAl-QaedaWar on TerrorInternational RelationsSecurityCivilian Casualties
IndonesiaIndonesiaAustraliaAustraliaUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

✈️ Multiple Air Disasters: Indonesia AirAsia 8501, Malaysia Airlines 17, Air Algérie 5017

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Java Sea, while Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Ukraine and Air Algérie Flight 5017 is downed in Mali.
Multiple Air Disasters: Indonesia AirAsia 8501, Malaysia Airlines 17, Air Algérie 5017 (2014)
Air CrashTerrorismInternational RelationsMaliGlobal Impact
IndonesiaIndonesiaUkraineUkraineNetherlandsNetherlandsRussiaRussiaMaliMaliMalaysiaMalaysiaAlgeriaAlgeriaFranceFrance

✈️ Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance

March 8: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears from radar while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. There were 239 people on board.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappearance (2014)
AviationSearch and RescueTransportationInternational Relations
MalaysiaMalaysiaChinaChina

💥 Paris Terrorist Attacks

Paris Terrorist Attacks (2015)
TerrorismIslamismISISSecurityInternational RelationsExtremism
FranceFrance