April
17, 1950
"PLOTTER
LOSES NERVE, PLANE BLAST AVERTED
A California man placed a time bomb into the luggage of a
United
Airlines flight departing from Los Angeles
to San Diego
with 16 people on board, including the man's wife and two children. John Henry
Grant, an aeronautical engineer, had instructed his wife to take out flight
insurance, and then placed a five gallon gasoline bomb into her luggage. A
baggage handler set off the bomb prematurely when he dropped the suitcase on
loading it, but was not seriously injured. At the same time, Grant had a change
of heart and told airport officials not to let the Douglas
DC-3 airplane take off. Grant would be
convicted of attempted murder in August. "Bomb Plotter Found Guilty
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