Flashback UAL 23 first civilian bombing still unsolved

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United Flight 23 to Chicago: The First Airline Terrorism?

In October 1933, a plane bound to Chicago from Newark via Cleveland exploded in the skies over Chesterton, Indiana. It's cited as the first incidence of American airline terrorism... but it's still a mystery.

www.chicagomag.com

80 Years Later, Plane Bombing Remains A Mystery

In October of 1933, a United Airlines flight with seven people aboard was blown up with a bomb over Chesterton, Indiana. A young Federal Agent named Melvin Purvis headed up an exhaustive investigation, involving hundreds of leads. But eighty years later, the crash remains a mystery, the first...

www.nbcchicago.com

United Air Lines Trip 23 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Informative link on commercial aviation bombing history.

Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Commercial Airline Bombing History

www.aerospaceweb.org

 

[Boris Badenov]

Well I think it's safe to say that either Biden or Trump did it. What do I win?

 

[mwflyer]

Well I think it's safe to say that either Biden or Trump did it. What do I win?

How are you going to leave Obama out?

 

[fholbert]

Well I think it's safe to say that either Biden or Trump did it. What do I win?

You sir, sound like a candidate for the US Senate.

 

[fholbert]

United Flight 23 to Chicago: The First Airline Terrorism?

In October 1933, a plane bound to Chicago from Newark via Cleveland exploded in the skies over Chesterton, Indiana. It's cited as the first incidence of American airline terrorism... but it's still a mystery.

www.chicagomag.com

80 Years Later, Plane Bombing Remains A Mystery

In October of 1933, a United Airlines flight with seven people aboard was blown up with a bomb over Chesterton, Indiana. A young Federal Agent named Melvin Purvis headed up an exhaustive investigation, involving hundreds of leads. But eighty years later, the crash remains a mystery, the first...

www.nbcchicago.com

United Air Lines Trip 23 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Informative link on commercial aviation bombing history.

Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Commercial Airline Bombing History

www.aerospaceweb.org

Thanks for posting that, good read. The name of the lead FBI investigator, Melvin Purges sounded familiar.

Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Given the nickname "Little Mel" because of his short, 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) frame, Purvis became noted for leading the manhunts that captured or killed bank robbers such as Baby Face Nelson, John Dillinger, and Pretty Boy Floyd, but his high public profile was resented by local law enforcement. Purvis asserted he had killed Floyd single-handed, others variously claimed that Floyd had been already wounded, or even that Purvis had ordered Floyd summarily shot dead for refusing to provide information.

Purvis had the reputation of torturing recalcitrant interviewees. Roger Touhy, a minor-league gangster who was arrested for fund-raising kidnappings during his conflict with the Chicago outfit, alleged he suffered the loss of 25 pounds (11 kg) of body weight and several teeth plus broken vertebrae due to being beaten every time he fell asleep during weeks of questioning by Purvis's men. Purvis became the FBI's golden boy, having captured more of designated public enemies than any other agent, but found himself sidelined after he began to enjoy better press than J. Edgar Hoover.[1][2]

Melvin Purvis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

" The Federal Bureau of Investigation declassified 324 documents related to the investigation on November 16, 2017 "


Huh? Why was anything classified? And why take 84 yrs to declassify?