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Category Archives: Aviation Disasters
45 Years Ago — Remembering the Bombing of Cubana Flight 455 (October 6 1976)
“A15 — CIA code name for Posada Carriles — is not a typical kind of ‘boom and bang’ individual. He is acutely aware of the international implications of ill-planned or overly enthusiastic activities against Cuba.” Former CIA handler Grover Lythcott … Continue reading
60 Years Ago — Who Killed Dag Hammarskjöld and Why? (September 18 1961)
“It will be necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short.” UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (September 13 1961) ***** ***** ***** “Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation Disasters, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, Jan van Risseghem, NSA, UN
Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Belgian Mining company Union Minière, Charles Southall, CIA, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, Denzil Dunnett, Dickson Mbewe, Göran Björkdahl, GOSINT, Jan van Risseghem, Moise Tshombe, Ndola, NSA, Operation Celeste, Patrice Lumumba, Richard Goldstone, Sixten Svensson, Susan Williams, UN
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On This Day — Remembering Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (USTICA – June 27 1980)
“We still hope the truth will come out. We know that very probably the plane was struck down by a missile. Too many people have been keeping this secret for too long but we will not give up until we … Continue reading
Three Years Ago — CIA Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles Dies in Florida (May 23 2018) [Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455]
“A15 — CIA code name for Posada — is not a typical kind of ‘boom and bang’ individual. He is acutely aware of the international implications of ill-planned or overly enthusiastic activities against Cuba.” Former CIA handler Grover Lythcott “Our … Continue reading
On This Day — Remembering Swissair Flight 330 (February 21 1970) [2021]
“The secret deal was ‘immoral’ and in breach of legal principles, but it was justified for strategic reasons. This might be absolutely shocking, but the reward was that there were no more attacks.” Pr. Jean Ziegler February 21 2021 — … Continue reading
35 Years Ago — Remembering Arrow Air Flight 1285 (December 12 1985)
“Hours after the crash the Islamic Jihad – a Shiite Muslim extremist group – claimed it destroyed the plane to prove [its] ability to strike at the Americans anywhere.” UPI — Anonymous caller to a French news agency in Beirut … Continue reading
On This Day — Remembering Avianca Flight 203 (November 27 1989) [2020]
“No one acts alone without orders in the FBI. We had clear goals which were clearly given to us in every document we received from anyone. If a police organization wished for us to provide them ‘proof’ of guilt, then … Continue reading
Remembering Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455 (October 6 1976) [2020]
“The CIA created and unleashed a Frankenstein.” Peter Kornbluh — Head of the National Security Archive’s Cuba project “Luis Posada Carriles died without having paid for this crime nor the many other terrorist acts that are a feature of his … Continue reading
On This Day — Who Killed Dag Hammarskjöld and Why? (July 29 1905 – September 18 1961) [2020]
“I continue to have a strong feeling that Hammarskjold’s death was not an accident.” Richard Goldstone “There is a significant amount of evidence from eyewitnesses that they observed more than one aircraft in the air, that the other aircraft may … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation Disasters, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, Jan van Risseghem, NSA, UN
Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Belgian Mining company Union Minière, Charles Southall, CIA, Crypto AG, Dag Hammarskjöld, Denzil Dunnett, Dickson Mbewe, Göran Björkdahl, GOSINT, Jan van Risseghem, Moise Tshombe, Ndola, NSA, Operation Celeste, Patrice Lumumba, Richard Goldstone, Sixten Svensson, Susan Williams, UN
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40 Years Ago — Remembering Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (USTICA – June 27 1980) [UPDATE — A Lesson to the Lockerbie Families]
“81 slowly pulsating lights hang from the ceiling, representing 81 souls oscillating between being forgotten and remembered.” Ustica Museum “We still hope the truth will come out. We know that very probably the plane was struck down by a missile. … Continue reading
