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TIL that in 1933 the first commercial airliner bombing destroyed United Air Lines Trip 23. No suspect was ever identified and no motive was ever revealed.(en.wikipedia.org)

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andyburke@kbin.socialOP
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tf was going on in 1933?

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March 28 – The 1933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash in Belgium of an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II is the first suspected case of air sabotage; all 15 on board are killed.
October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, is destroyed by a bomb over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board are killed.

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Entropywins@kbin.social
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Anarcho-socialist terrorism…it was a pretty big deal in the USA early 20th century google propaganda of the deed… its pretty interesting stuff

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