1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion

When

10 Oct 1933

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

41.57° N, 86.99° W

Description

air disaster

Deaths

7

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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