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The Ukaegbus in happier times (left, via NYPost.com), an overview of Newark Liberty International Airport (right).

Woman Calls In Airliner Bomb Hoax To Keep Husband From Leaving Her

Marital tip: When you falsely accuse your husband of being a terrorist, he probably isn't coming home to reconcile.
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Dramatic Control Tower Audio: Flight Carrying Times Square Bomber Ordered Back to Gate Moments Before Takeoff

In a turn of events worthy of a Hollywood action film, the flight aboard which suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad was attempting to escape to the Middle East was just seconds from taking off before being hurriedly ord...
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Chechen Rebel Leader Claims Responsibility for Moscow Airport Bombing

Chechen Islamist rebel leader Dokka Umarov on Tuesday claimed responsibility for ordering a suicide bombing that killed 36 people and injured hundreds more at Moscow's busiest airport in January.
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Rezwan Ferdaus mugshot.

RC Airplane Terror Plotter Sentenced to 17 Years

Rezwan Ferdaus, the man who plotted to fly bomb-laden radio-controlled planes into landmarks, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
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On This Day in Aviation History
An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on final approach to Boston Logan Airport. (Photo by Michael Philip Manheim/NARA)

August 5th in Aviation History: First American DC-10 Flight, Reagan Fires FAA Controllers

On this day in 1964, the Vietnam War's first U.S. air operations take place. Terrorists attack Athens Airport in 1973. In 1981, Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.
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