for. but in 2015, isis claimed responsibility for the bombing of metro jet flight 9268 which killed all 224 people on board and became the deadliest air disaster in russian history. terroristsment to bring down aircraft to instill fear, disrupt economies and undermine our way of life, and it works, which is why they still see aviation as the crown jewel target in their world. the threat is not diminished. in fact, i am concerned that we are seeing renewed interest on the part of terrorist groups to go after the aviation sector. from bombing aircrafts to attacking airports on the ground as we saw in brussels and istanbul. however, we re not standing on the sidelines. the u.s. government is focused on deterring, detecting and disrupting these threats. that is why in march i made the decision to ban electronic devices larger than a cell phone from the passenger cabins of u.s.-bound commercial flights from the ten airports in the middle east and north africa. i made this call based on
unimaginable. new intelligence suggested the plane was most likely brought down by a bomb. isis is holding the photo up as proof that it downed metrojet 9268. isis says they detonated it in midair. as you know, 224 people were killed. reporter: then an attack on u.s. soil. disturbed husband and wife drop off their little baby, drive to a holiday party, and kill 14 people. reporter: the pair radicalized and at least partly inspired by isis to carry out the deadliest terror attack in the united states since 9/11 leaving many to wonder and wary where isis could strike next. [ siren ] your top ten stories of 2015. you re watching cnn newsroom. ahead, a look at how actress mira sorvino is helping women fight modern-day slavery. the story is quite incredible. stay with us.
beirut, lebanon, a pair of suicide bombs, after the smoke cleared, 43 people left dead. isis inability to incite terror and fear made clear new u.s. intelligence suggests the plane was most likely brought down by a bomb. isis is holding the photo up as proof that it downed metrojet 9268. they say they detonated it in midair as you know 234 people were killed. then an attack on u.s. soil. a disturbed husband and wife, drop off their little baby and kill people. the deadliest terror attack in the united states since 9/11. leaving many to wonder and worry where isis could strike next. thanks for that, anderson. thanks for joining me today, i m christine romans in for carol costello. at this hour, berman and baldwin
next. the feeling of terror and fear that must be going through this driver s mind is impossible to imagine. how many people can say they know what to do when a plane hits their car on the road? it s a crazy situation. the red wing s airlines plane, flight 9268 was coming in from the czech republic. faulty brakes are blamed for the crash. eight crew members are on board at the time of the accident, three survive. no one on the ground is injured. a miracle was there weren t actually commercial passengers on this plane. it s actually pretty amazing that more people weren t lost in this instant. a plane doesn t have to crash. to shock drivers on the road. august 9, 2012, it s a cloudy afternoon in russia, and something is looming in the gray skies above. you see this little black dot, it s coming closer and closer. you realize it way bigger than a small, black dot. looks like a spaceship, kind of. it seems like it s out of
unload round after round. [ speaking in a foreign language ] the unimaginable slaughter of 130 people in paris happening just 24 hours after this, beirut, lebanon, a pair of suicide bombs would blast pow powerful as the smoke clears 43 people are left dead. isis ability to incite terror and fear across the world made clear when they do the unimaginable. do u.s. intelligence suggest the plane was most likely brought down by a bomb? isis is holding this photo up as proof that it downed metrojet 9268. isis says they detonated it in midair. and as you know 224 people were killed. then an attack on u.s. soil. disturbing husband and wife drop off their little baby, drive to a holiday party and kill 14 people. a pair radicalized at least partly inspired by isis, carry out the deadliest terror attack in the united states since 9/11. leaving many to wonder and worry