News and current affairs

Thriller films are often inspired by real life events.

Christmas day bomb scare

On christmas day a 23 year old Nigerian man attempted to blow up a transatlantic jet.
High explosives are believed to have been moulded to his body and sewn into his underpants.
He was immediately overpowered by passengers and crew aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, minutes before it was due to land in Detroit from the Dutch capital Amsterdam.
The suspect was charged with placing a destructive device on the Airbus 330, which was carrying 289 passengers and crew, and attempting to destroy the jet.

Haiti earthquake

A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island of Haiti . The earthquake struck in the most populated area of the country. The quake caused an estimated 170,000 people dead , 250,000 people sustained injuries, and as many as one million Haitians were left homeless.

In the nights following the earthquake, many people in Haiti slept in the streets, on pavements, in their cars, or in makeshift shanty towns either because their houses had been destroyed, or they feared standing structures would not withstand aftershocks .

I believe both these stories could be used as a basis of a storyline in a thriller as they are both current affairs in the news at the moment.