Premature Plane Bombing Attempt

Premature Plane Bombing Attempt

During an attempted plane bombing in 1985, the bomb planted by the terrorists went off an hour early while still at the airport in Japan. The perpetrators failed to realize that Japan does not observe daylight saving time, causing the bomb to detonate before it could make it onboard.

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