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One of the raids was so large that it resulted in the bombing of the city on 14 October 1943, with the casualties of about 100 dead Argives and several casualties, and 75 of the Germans. The bombing started from the airfield heading southeast, hitting the monastery of Katakrykmeni and several areas of the city, up to the railway station. [30]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs also insisted that the Russian claim of massive Ukrainian casualties was "an absolute lie", [46] while the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence declared that the airfield was too badly damaged to be used by Russian troops. [13] Later in the day, Ukraine confirmed that Russian forces were in control of the airport. [47]
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
Sunday, 23:00 (local time): A suspected suicide bombing occurred near Jinnah International Airport, targeting a convoy of Chinese nationals. The explosion resulted in the deaths of two Chinese engineers and left at least ten others injured, including a police constable and a woman.
Trans World Airlines Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Cairo via New York City, Rome, and Athens on April 2, 1986.About 20 minutes before landing in Athens, a bomb was detonated on the aircraft while it was over Argos, Greece, blasting a hole in the plane's starboard side.
One system available from 1977 diverging from the French/Israeli runway piercing bomb concept used in 1967 is the Matra Durandal, a single 450 lb bomb with parachute braking, rocket booster, and two warheads. Dropped by aircraft flying at low level, it is braked by parachute, and when at the correct angle fires a rocket to impact the runway.
The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M., [2] as the Czech soldiers along with Afghan police, were assessing the security situation in the village in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The bomber was in a crowd of Afghans talking to the soldiers who were investigating rocket attacks against Bagram airbase. [ 3 ]