Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
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| Date: | 02 JUL 1976 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N5531 |
| C/n / msn: | 1055 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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An explosive device planted near the landing gear detonated, destroying the aircraft on the ground.
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Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
