American Airlines Flight 444

American Airlines Flight 444
Occurrence summary
An American Airlines Boeing 727-223 identical to the one involved in the incident.
Date	November 15, 1979
Summary	Bombing (attempted)
Passengers	72
Crew	6
Fatalities	0
Injuries (non-fatal)	12
Survivors	78 (all)
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-223
Operator	American Airlines
Flight origin	Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Destination	Washington National Airport

American Airlines Flight 444 was a Boeing 727 flying from Chicago to Washington, D.C.'s National Airport, which on November 15, 1979 was attacked by the Unabomber. The bomb planted in the cargo hold caused "a sucking explosion and a loss of pressure," which was then followed large quantities of smoke filling the passenger cabin, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport.^[1]^[2] Twelve passengers had to be treated afterwards for smoke inhalation.^[2] It was later determined that the bomb was powerful enough to have destroyed the aircraft had it worked correctly.

This was not the first Unabomber attack, but it was the attack which led to the FBI investigation into the Unabomber, as airliner bombing is a federal crime.

References

↑ "Bomb Jolts Jet". The Washington Post. 1979-11-16. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
1 2 O'Brien, John (1986-03-04). "Federal, State Officials Team Up To Hunt Creator Of 11 Bombs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-12-12.

External links

Non-hull loss description at the Aviation Safety Network

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979 (1979)
1980 →

Jan 30 Varig Flight 967
Feb 12 Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Mar 13 Alia Flight 600
Mar 17 Aeroflot Flight 1691
Mar 29 Quebecair Flight 255
Apr 4 TWA Flight 841
May 25 American Airlines Flight 191
May 30 Downeast Flight 46
Jun 17 Air New England Flight 248
Jun 20 American Airlines Flight 293
Jul 11 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
Jul 31 Dan-Air Flight 0034
Aug 11 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
Oct 8 Swissair Flight 316
Oct 31 Western Airlines Flight 2605
Nov 15 American Airlines Flight 444
Nov 26 PIA Flight 740
Nov 28 Air New Zealand Flight 901
Dec 23 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash

Coordinates: 38°57′11″N 77°27′00″W / 38.953°N 77.450°W / 38.953; -77.450

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