The Bojinka plot (Arabic: بوجينكا; Tagalog: Proyektong Bojinka) was a large-scale, three-phase terrorist attack planned by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for January 1995.

The conspirators, based in Manila, aimed to blow up 11 U.S.-bound transpacific airliners with virtually undetectable bombs. Other elements of the plot involved attacks on Pope John Paul II, U.S. Pres.…

Oct 16, 2019 · The plan, entitled Oplan Bojinka, still resonates to this day in terms of aviation security and the global impact of the al-Qaeda terrorist group. John Hatzadony examines the plot and its legacy 25 years on.

On 5 September 1996, Yousef and two co-conspirators were convicted for their role in the Bojinka plot and were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Kevin Duffy to life in prison without parole.

Aug 21, 2004 · In 1994, KSM accompanied Yousef to the Philippines, and the two of them began planning what is now known as the Manila air or "Bojinka" plot-the intended bombing of 12 U.S. commercial jumbo jets over the Pacific during a two-day span.

Abdul Hakim Murad: A Bojinka plot conspirator, Murad was captured in January 1995. A Pakistani, he told investigators that he and Yousef discussed divebombing a jet into a U.S. federal...

May 28, 1995 · Philippine authorities say they have evidence that Yousef carried out a practice run for the Bojinka plot. On Dec. 11, 1994, a bomb exploded aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 bound for Tokyo.

Jun 7, 2002 · Mendoza, the Philippines police official, said Mohammed appears to have played a key role in the 1995 bomb plot known as Bojinka. The plan was to place bombs simultaneously on 12 U.S. airliners...

The Bojinka plot (Arabic: بوجينكا; Tagalog: Oplan Bojinka) was a large-scale, three-phase terrorist attack planned by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for January 1995.

JAKARTA, Aug. 10 — The plot to blow up several airliners flying between Britain and the United States bears a striking resemblance to a plot hatched by al Qaeda operatives 12 years ago to...