What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 2004
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.76° N, 38.78° E
- Description
- Two Russian passenger jets are downed by suicide bombers during the Second Chechen War.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2004 Russian aircraft bombings.
2004 Russian aircraft bombings
2004 bombings of two Russian passenger flights
On the night of 24 August 2004, explosive devices were detonated on board two domestic passenger flights that had taken off from Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, causing the destruction of both aircraft and the death of all 90 people on board.
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