Aviation experts said that the current airport security in check when a lot of thought, but this incident shows that there are still loopholes in security systems.
Russian president said the incident was terrorist attacks
appalling scene of the explosion
after the news, the implementation of a terrorist attack is 1, but latest reports indicate that the current Russian police are hunting three male suspects.
present, Domodedovo airport, some flights have resumed operation. Another Moscow International Airport - Airport has stepped up security checks, and accept the two flights from Domodedovo airport flight. Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Airport as a reserve airport, also stepped up security checks and is ready to accept the transfer of flights from Moscow.
British passengers who just arrived, said he had just left the terminal, was the luggage into the car trunk, I heard a huge explosion, followed by sirens everywhere, people ran from the terminal out, some of them covered in blood. It is said that British passengers, when the terminal Azeri very much.
According to sources at the scene, the terrorists detonated a bomb filled with anti-element, therefore, the casualties may rise further.
Xinhua BEIJING, Jan. 25, according to the BBC, Russian investigators said the 24 Moscow Domodedovo airport blast bombs used in attacks, a temporary production of explosive devices, filled with shrapnel and wire debris, the power of the equivalent of 2-5 kg of TNT equivalent.
still video display, Domodedovo airport terminal to be smoke enveloped the scene littered with the bodies of many victims.
local time at 16:32 on January 24, 2011 (Beijing time at 21:32 on January 24), Moscow, Russia Domodedovo airport within the arrival hall suicide bombing. Resulting in 35 deaths and 180 injuries. The photo shows the injured were taken to hospital for treatment.
It is reported that the explosion occurred in the international arrival hall baggage claim. Local police said the terrorists through the international arrivals hall waiting, mixed in a very crowded the airport crowd.
the bombing was the latest in mass casualties in Moscow terrorist attacks. Prior to this, March 29, 2010, two women playing in about half an hour time interval has Lubyanka in Moscow subway station and cultural park set off a bomb, causing several cars were destroyed. Both events caused a total of 40 passengers killed and about 150 people were injured, thousands trapped in subway station, near the traffic for a long time paralyzed. Russian Federal Security Service in August last year, eventually annihilated the subway bombing mastermind.
Police hunt for three suspects
As of press time, the Consular Section of Chinese Embassy in Russia are working with the Russian Foreign Ministry to contact, to confirm whether the casualties were bombing Chinese citizens.
According to RIA Novosti reported that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a speech the same day, preliminary information shows that the incident a terrorist attack. He said that the requirements in the Russian territory with a large hub airports to implement the special regime.
earlier, according to sources at the scene, the terrorists detonated a bomb filled with anti-element, therefore, the casualties may rise further.
Medvedev to Domodedovo airport, terrorist attacks on the emergency meeting, said: Yevgeny Niye Albion (Levi King) and the Minister of the Interior in coordination with the Federal Security Administration to implement the corresponding program jointly, take all action in accordance with relevant laws.
According to the Russian presidential press secretary Natalia quarter of Make Wa, said Medvedev, 25, postponed a scheduled visit at the Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to participate in the trip.
2004, the two suicide bombers who buy through ticket Domodedovo airport, boarded the two planes, respectively, resulting in two flights on the 90 people aboard.
Some witnesses described the scene at that time. A friend in the arrivals hall to meet the locals, said he heard a tremendous explosion was seen falling from the ceiling plastic panels, and then people started screaming and looked around in panic. Rescue began, he saw the ambulance personnel to the people covered in blood carried away from the terminal inside.
airport security loopholes
24 pm local time, Moscow Domodedovo Airport International Arrival Hall baggage claim area to explode. According to the Associated Press reported that the current explosion has resulted in 35 deaths and 180 injuries.
Russian authorities, according to preliminary investigations, explosives were installed in a suitcase at the baggage claim, for the metal of the destructive device, weighing about 5-10 kg. At present, the specific components of explosives is being investigated.
2009, the trip from Moscow train bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, Tver and Novgorod state junction derailment accident occurred, resulting in multi-car train derailed capsized, killing at least 26 people were killed and hundreds injured. Chechen armed groups claimed responsibility for the incident.
the analysis of the explosion, the British experts from the University of Bradford Paul. Rogers told Reuters that the terrorists are likely associated with the Chechen armed groups.
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