Twenty years ago, on 22 December 1992 a Libyan Airlines Boeing 727 crashed after a midair collision with a MiG fighter, killing all 157 people on board as well as the two pilots in the MiG. The 727 was on approach into Tripoli airport at an altitude of 3500 feet when the collision occurred.
Eleven years ago, on 22 December 2001 Richard C. Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers. Reid is serving a life sentence in federal prison.