Chance of Russian intelligence stopping Moscow bomb plot was 60% says RMS
On Monday, January 24, at 3pm local time a bomb detonated, killing 35 and wounding 180 at Domodedovo airport in Moscow.
This attack was perpetrated by a lone suicide bomber, who detonated explosives inside the arrivals hall, an unsecured area that allows people to enter freely to meet passengers.
“Early intelligence reports suggest the bomber might have had several accomplices,” said Dr. Gordon Woo, lead catastrophist at RMS.
“It appears that Russian Intelligence might have had some prior notice of an impending attack, but the small size of this conspiracy would have made it hard to interdict. The chance of stopping a plot like this is only about 60%.”
“This is the kind of aviation transportation attack that could occur at any major airport in North America or Europe, and as a result a heightened alert at Heathrow was recently announced,” said RMS. “From an insurance perspective, intelligence is limiting the scale of the terrorism losses inflicted, which are much lower than for a large vehicle bomb, or an aircraft impact into a high-rise building.”
