Date: | Sunday 12 November 1967 |
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Type: | Boeing 727-23 |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
Category: | UI |
Location: | over Alamosa, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
Destination airport: | San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN) |
Narrative:En route over Alamosa a small explosion occurred in the rear baggage compartment, destroying three bags. A safe landing was carried out, 1 hour and 45 minutes later. The FBI arrested the man who was responsible for planting the homemade and crude explosive device on the plane.
Sources:
Chicago Tribune Nov. 13, 1967 Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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