Comment by Scoundreller
5 hours ago
Bataclan = 132 deaths + ??? injuries
Nice Truck = 86 deaths, 458 injured
Lockerbie = 270 deaths (presumably 0 injuries)
Air India = 329 (also presumably no injuries)
5 hours ago
Bataclan = 132 deaths + ??? injuries
Nice Truck = 86 deaths, 458 injured
Lockerbie = 270 deaths (presumably 0 injuries)
Air India = 329 (also presumably no injuries)
Conveniently leaving out 9/11, was an attack on the scale of Bataclan, but due to the nature of air travel, had a much higher death toll.
So like, just one not on the same order of magnitude?
No, the vast majority of terrorist truck, car, bombing, shooting, stabbing attacks have single digit casualties due to the security measures in place and the level of difficulty (thankfully) in killing large numbers of people.
For a given number of people, money, resources, and risk, an attack against an airliner will have disproportionate casualties and effect. As above, a similar amount of co-ordination was required for Bataclan vs 9/11, with an order of magnitude fewer casualties.