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American Airlines Flight 444

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Oct 19, 2026

Vanessa RichardsonHOST
5:05
That way, it would travel by air.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
5:07
And on November 15, 1979, American Airlines Flight 444 departed Chicago for Washington, D.C., carrying the device.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
5:18
During the flight, smoke suddenly poured into the cabin from the cargo hold.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
5:23
Panic spread among the passengers as it filled the plane.
James Buddy DayHOST
35:54
Harris is injured in the blast, but survives.
James Buddy DayHOST
35:57
Nearly six months later, in November, Kaczynski returns to Chicago and sends a package that ends up in the cargo hold of American Airlines Flight 444, a Boeing 727 carrying 78 souls from Chicago to Washington.
James Buddy DayHOST
36:14
On November 15th, the device ignites in-flight, filling the aircraft with smoke.
James Buddy DayHOST
36:19
The pilots divert to Dulles and get the plane safely onto the ground, where a dozen people are treated for smoke inhalation.

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