PT Journal AU Adamek, V TI Selected Terrorist Attacks in Civil Aviaton in the Early Part of the 21st Century SO Acta Mechanica Slovaca PY 2020 BP 52 EP 59 VL 24 IS 4 DI 10.21496/ams.2021.005 DE civil aviation; terrorism; security; air transport; civilian casualties AB Developments in transport, the world's geopolitical order and technical innovations at the beginning of the millennium have also brought the real threat of terrorism back to civil aviation. The biggest catastrophe was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA. Following this event, global terrorism became a much-discussed issue in today's world, while current threats have motivated significant improvements and tighter security in civil aviation in all developed countries around the world. ER