I'll bet you didn't know this...
Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:49 pm
I'll bet you didn't know this...
A United Airlines Boeing 247 was destroyed by a nitroglycerin bomb on October 10, 1933, over Chesterton, Indiana, killing all ten aboard. This was the first proven case of air sabotage.
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