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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
> I do not recall a spate of suicidal pilots in the wake of the
> kamikaze pilots of WWII in subsequent wars or in terrorist attacks.
Indeed,
> are these attacks not the only example since WWII of the use of planes in
> this way, and certainly the first ever use of civilian planes in this way?
Hi Vincent,
Just for the record here, the only times I can recall when a plane was used
to commit suicide, not in a kamikaze way, is a few years back, when a pilot
of a Marokkian airliner took his crew and 126 passengers with him in order
to swindle his assurance- company in order to get enough money for his
little daughter 's operation.
If you want the details for the second example, I have to check....
Regards,
Kenneth
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