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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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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well, that ended up being a headfirst rabbit hole dive into List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

[–] andyburke@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tf was going on in 1933?

1933
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.

[–] Entropywins@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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