1963 Aden airport attack

The 1963 Aden airport attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the Aden Emergency. Arab nationalists of the NLF made a grenade attack against the British High Commissioner, Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, killing one person and injuring 50.^[1]

Aden airport attack
Location	Khormaksar Airport, Aden
Date	10 December 1963
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	2
Injured	50
Perpetrators	NLF

George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way. Henderson later died of his injuries.^[2]

The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in South Arabia.^[3]