Only Casualty: The Bomber Himself in Somalia Airline Attack
In 2016, a Somali suicide bomber disguised himself as a wheelchair passenger and managed to board a Daallo Airlines flight with explosives hidden in his device. His plan was chillingly clear — to destroy the aircraft mid-air and take the lives of everyone on board.
But fate intervened in a strange way. Just twenty minutes after takeoff, the bomb detonated, blowing a hole in the fuselage. Instead of bringing down the entire plane, the explosion ejected only the bomber himself into the sky. He was the sole casualty. The rest of the passengers survived, shaken but alive.
This story feels almost surreal — like something out of a dark movie. It’s horrifying to think how close dozens of innocent lives came to being lost. And yet, there’s an odd sense of poetic justice in the outcome: the man who wanted to kill others ended up taking only his own life.
Still, I can’t help but think of the trauma the passengers must have carried long after landing. Sitting on a plane, feeling the explosion, seeing a hole open in the cabin — those scars don’t heal easily. It’s a stark reminder of both the fragility of life and the resilience of people who live through unimaginable fear.
To me, this incident highlights two things: the cruelty of those who plot such attacks, and the sheer luck (or grace, depending on how you see it) that sometimes saves the innocent.
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