In 2002 another successful terrorist attack in Kenya after the U.S. embassy bombing , a car bomb attack on a Mombasa resort hotel popular among Israeli tourists claimed the lives of 15 people . The hotel bombing occurred 20 minutes after a failed attack on an airplane , when a terrorist fired an SA-7 man-portable air-defense system against an Israeli airliner carrying 261 passengers , which was taking off from the airport ; the missile seemingly failed to track its target , nor did it detonate , and landed in an empty field
car bomb attack on a Mombasa resort hotel
2002 Mombasa attacks
Al-Qaeda involvement in Africa