Northwest Airlines Flight 253

2009 failed airliner bombing attempt
Event airliner_bombing Q1427012
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
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Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Summary

Northwest Airlines Flight 253 is an airliner bombing[1]. It draws 452 Wikipedia views per month (airliner_bombing category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253 is located in Michigan[3].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253 is in the country of United States[4].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's image is recorded as Delta Air Lines A330-323 (N809NW) landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (1).jpg[5].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's instance of is recorded as airliner bombing[6].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's instance of is recorded as suicide bombing[7].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's operator is recorded as Northwest Airlines[8].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's point in time is recorded as +2009-12-25T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.208, 'lon': -83.356}[10].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09rwnrr[11].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's participant is recorded as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab[12].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[13].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's start point is recorded as Amsterdam Schiphol Airport[14].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's destination point is recorded as Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport[15].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+290'}[16].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 253's Aviation Safety Network accident ID is recorded as 20091225-0[17].

Why It Matters

Northwest Airlines Flight 253 draws 452 Wikipedia views per month (airliner_bombing category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 'Not guilty' plea from Abdulmutallab on Detroit jet bombing charges. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest-airlines-flight-253
MLA “Northwest Airlines Flight 253.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest-airlines-flight-253.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_northwest-airlines-flight-253_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Northwest Airlines Flight 253}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest-airlines-flight-253}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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