The phrase "airliner attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an attack involving an airliner, typically in the context of terrorism or aviation security discussions.
Example: "The investigation into the airliner attack revealed several security lapses at the airport."
Alternatives: "aircraft assault" or "plane attack".
Mr. Hoekstra questioned why these apparent links were not figured out before the attempted airliner attack took place.
report said "it remains unclear" whether advanced imaging technology scanners would have detected the bomb used in the attempted airliner attack by a Qaeda operative on a flight bound for Detroit in December 2009.
No sooner was the president home on Monday from his Hawaiian holiday break than he was closeted for days at the White House with his national security team, on responses to the foiled Christmas Day airliner attack.
The coincidental overlap of three recent events — the thwarted Christmas Day airliner attack, the return of six Yemeni detainees from Guantánamo, and two airstrikes targeting Al Qaeda in Yemen — has put a spotlight on Guantánamo transfers even more than usual.
A11 Libya Denies Dealmaking The Libyan government denied today that it had offered $2.7 billion to compensate the victims' families of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner attack as part of a deal to ease sanctions against the country.
The use of PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, in the Yemen cargo devices and the Christmas Day Detroit airliner attack last year has raised concerns that the sophisticated explosive is extremely difficult to detect.
The 9/11 airliner attacks killed a total of nearly 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The report said that Mr. Mohammed first proposed the airliner attacks to Osama bin Laden and supervised the core group responsible for the hijackings.
He wrote, "Unfortunately, this comforting conclusion" is contradicted by numerous risk studies, adding, "The distinction the agency draws between the risk of truck bombs and hijacked airliner attacks is inconsistent with our nation's recent tragic experiences and common sense".
Howard sent 1,550 troops to Afghanistan in 2001 to join the U.S.-led military campaign that toppled Afghanistan's Taliban regime for harbouring al Qaeda, the militant group blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, airliner attacks on the United States.
After the 9/11 airliner attacks, searchers recovered a little fragment inscribed inscribed "mem John D.," for DiGiovanni.
