> Just last month, 3 terrorists with automatic weapons and suicide bombs tried to inflict as much damage as possible and "only" killed 45 people in Istanbul. F

> Just last month, 3 terrorists with automatic weapons and suicide bombs tried to inflict as much damage as possible and "only" killed 45 people in Istanbul. Fundamentally different than the TSA lines I referenced. In Istanbul they have two security checkpoints, one brief one at the entrance to the airport itself and another further in similar to the TSA. The attackers mostly pushed their way through the first one and it ended up being a choke point for them. They didn't get near where the bulk of the people were. > The Lockerbie bomber used a small cassette player filled with Semtex to kill 243 people -- aided by 90,000kg of jet fuel and 31,000ft of gravity. Hence why I didn't discount it. Attempting to brings explosives onto a plane and setting them off seems like a far more difficult task than doing it in an area with a similar people concentration and zero people checking your bags.