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The Madrid train bombings were pretty catastrophic by any measure. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2
by jchallis 7y ago
The Madrid train bombings were pretty catastrophic by any measure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings
- marcinzm 7y agoThat took 10 separate bombs across 4 trains and killed 193 people. For comparison, a single Airbus A380 can carry over 500 people. So basically, an order of magnitude more deaths if the same scale of attack was carried out on airplanes instead.
- geezerjay 7y agoIIRC, Spain introduced airport-style security checks in Spain's high-speed railway services after the Madrid bombing. It's even quite funny how someone can visit Toledo and pass big freaking swords through the security check, some of which even sold right in Toledo's railway station, if he bought it there and has the receipt.