Examples of terrorists' acts against airplanes exist in which the explosive went off but did not doom the airplane—the smoke did. The most notorious example is Swissair flight 330. In that airliner, the pilots flew around for minutes attempting to land but were unable to. There final words were are available on the illustration to the left which, if you click on it demonstrate how long the pilots were able to fly until over come by not being able to see.
Other information about the threat of terrorism against airliners is available below.
