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26 MAy: KARACHI 4 JUNE: DÜSSELDORF
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Fibre optic cables were severed near Karachi An act of sabotage was perpetrated against an
International Airport causing disruption to the Air France jet at Düsseldorf International
computerised reservation and boarding system Airport. A flight was about to depart for Paris
of Pakistan International Airlines when pilots were alerted to an error with a
smoke detector in the luggage hold; on
27 MAy: CHRISTCHURCH inspection it was found that the wires to the
Boy racers trapped and attacked a lone female smoke detector had been deliberately cut.
security guard near Christchurch International
Airport by using their cars to box in the middle- 5 JUNE: SANABAMBA, PERU
aged Aviation Security Service officer's car as Seven soldiers from the Peruvian Army died
she made a routine check of the airport's when their helicopter was shot down having
perimeter. The car was also damaged. been attacked with large-range weapons,
allegedly by the guerrilla group Sendero
HIJACKS &
Luminoso, together with drug traffickers.
ATTEMPTED HIJACKS
8 JUNE: ELMDON, UK
A £4.3 million police Eurocopter was seriously
24 JULy: BRUGES, BELGIUM damaged and had its two rotors bent in an act of
Mohammed Johry, Abdel Had Kahjary Mulloul sabotage at Elmdon airbase.
and Ashraf Sekkaki escaped from prison when
their colleagues hijacked a helicopter and
forced the pilot, Ludwig Louwagie, to land in the
prison courtyard. Louwagie explained that a
couple had booked a sightseeing tour of the
Bruges region, yet once in-flight, the man
suddenly pressed a weapon against his temple
and effectively hijacked the helicopter.
9 JUNE: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
A suicide bomber’s jacket was found in the car
park at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto
International Airport.
28 MAy: NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA
Police had to use tear gas to disperse hundreds 10 JUNE: LONDON CITy AIRPORT
of trade unionists who had tried to seize Five environmental activists from Plane Stupid,
SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
Magenta airport as part of an industrial dispute. dressed in pinstriped suits and bowler hats, cut
They managed to cut through a perimeter fence a hole in the perimeter fence at London City
25 MAy: MUMBAI to get onto the tarmac and then entered two Airport and then chained themselves to the
Gunmen opened fire in the Air India cargo Aircal ATR planes; an explosive device was wheel of a private business aircraft. It took more
complex in an attempted robbery. A later found on board one of the aircraft and than five hours to cut them free.
security guard was stabbed and injured onboard electronic equipment had been
when he attempted to stop them from tampered with. 29 JUNE: PORT ELIZABETH,
entering the hangar. Yet the gang stole a SOUTH AFRICA
consignment of precious coins, comprising 30 MAy: AHvAZ, IRAN Two men carrying handguns entered the cargo
98kg of gold and 47kg of silver, valued at In-flight security guards are alleged to have area at Port Elizabeth Airport and stole over 80
over US$4 million, which was being discovered and defused an improvised explosive litres of nitric acid in nine containers.
prepared for a flight to Hyderabad. device on board a Kish Air flight from Ahvaz to
Tehran. The device was said to be found 15 5 JULy: TAMPA
26 MAy: KENyA minutes after take-off and the plane then made A plane was stolen from the hangar at Peter O.
A military helicopter was shot down as it an emergency landing back in Ahvaz. Knight general aviation airport and later
patrolled the Kenya-Somalia border. returned with about $10,000 worth of damage.
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