Date:	Tuesday 13 October 1981
Time:
Type:	Boeing 737-2K2C
Owner/operator:	Air Malta
Registration:	PH-TVC
MSN:	20836/354
Year of manufacture:	1974
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Cairo International Airport (CAI) -   Egypt
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML)
Destination airport:	Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA)

Narrative:
While offloading luggage a porter and three security guards were injured when two parcels exploded about 15 minutes apart. A third bomb which didn't detonate, was located later.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA

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photo (c) Ronnie Gauci; Cairo International Airport (CAI); 13 October 1981

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