ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34169
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 October 1933 |
| Time: | c. 21:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 247 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | NC13304 |
| MSN: | 1685 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chesterton, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cleveland, OH |
| Chicago, IL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed following explosion of a device placed in the cargo hold.
Traces of Nitro-glycerine found on wreckage parts led the investigators to the conclusion that an explosive device was probably placed on board at Newark NJ. The perpetrator/s were never found.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_United_Airlines_Boeing_247_mid-air_explosion
Flights of Terror. David Gero. Patrick Stephens Ltd, UK. 1997.
NYT.
Chronicle of Aviation.Ed. Bill Gunston.
JL International.Paris. 1992
The FBI declassified for public viewing 324 documents related to its official investigation of the accident on November 16, 2017. Available as a single PDF from https://vault.fbi.gov/1993-crash-of-united-airlines-trip-23-boeing-247-nc13304/1933%20Crash%20of%20United%20Airlines%20Trip%2023%20Boeing%20247%20NC13304%20Part%2001%20of%2001/view
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Mar-2010 08:53 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2010 08:53 | TB | Updated [Nature] |
| 22-Mar-2010 14:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature] |
| 22-Mar-2010 15:07 | TB | Updated [Time] |
| 22-Mar-2010 15:26 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Mar-2010 03:59 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Jan-2012 10:20 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 28-Jun-2013 07:07 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 17-Nov-2013 16:07 | TB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2013 19:33 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2020 11:56 | Sergey L. | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2022 06:05 | RichT | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Sep-2022 06:06 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
| 26-Sep-2022 06:25 | harro | Updated [[Accident report]] |
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