Date:	Thursday 15 November 1979
Time:	12:00
Type:	Boeing 727-223 Adv.
Owner/operator:	American Airlines
Registration:	N876AA
MSN:	21388/1345
Year of manufacture:	1978
Engine model:	P&W JT8D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	near Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD) -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD)
Destination airport:	Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA)

Narrative:
En route from Chicago to Washington an explosive device detonated in the baggage compartment. A safe landing was carried out at Washington-Dulles.
The bomb was probably planted by the Unabomber, a man who has been accused of several attacks on universities and airlines over an 18-year period. He was arrested in April 1996.

Chicago Tribune, Nov. 16, 1979
Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Independent 22.12.94(15)

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