A bomb detonated near the TWA baggage reclaim terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The blast killed 11 people and seriously injured 74. It was at the time the deadliest attack by a non-state actor to occur on American soil since the 1927 Bath School bombings.
About 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing in brief
On December 29, 1975, a bomb detonated near the TWA baggage reclaim terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The blast killed 11 people and seriously injured 74. The perpetrators were never identified. It was at the time the deadliest attack by a non-state actor to occur on American soil since the 1927 Bath School bombings, which killed 44 people. The attack occurred during a four-year period of heightened terrorism within the United States: 1975 was especially volatile, with bombings in New. York City and Washington, D. C., and two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford. The PLO believed the call linking it to the bombing was an attempt to link it to talks at the UN regarding the plight of the Palestinians on January 12, 1976.
In addition, an anonymous person called UPI claiming to be the Palestine Liberation Organization claiming responsibility for the attack and responsibility for sabotage at airports across the U.S. The investigation included 120 NYPD detectives, 600 FBI agents, ATF agents, and Port Authority investigators. It concluded that the bomb was made of either TNT or plastic explosives and was controlled by household items such as a Westclox alarm clock and an Eveready 6-volt lantern battery.
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