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On October 10, 1933, a United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. Robert Bourassa, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Robert Bourassa would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 10, 1933
United Air Lines Flight 23 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by United Air Lines between Newark, New Jersey, and Oakland, California, with intermediate stops. On October 10, 1933, the Boeing 247 airliner serving the flight—registered as NC13304—exploded and crashed near Chesterton, Indiana, United States, en route from Cleveland to Chicago. It carried three crew and four passengers.
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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.
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1933 aircraft bombing in Indiana, United States
United Air Lines Flight 23 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by United Air Lines between Newark, New Jersey, and Oakland, California, with intermediate stops. On October 10, 1933, the Boeing 247 airliner serving the flight—registered as NC13304—exploded and crashed near Chesterton, Indiana, United States, en route from Cleveland to Chicago. It carried three crew and four passengers.
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