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A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal on September 11, 1976. The group also hijacked TWA Flight 355. After stating their political demands, they revealed the location and provided the instructions for disarming the Grand Central Terminal bomb.
The hijackers claimed to have a bomb with them as they seized control of the plane in the 95th minute of its flight. [ 4 ] The group redirected the plane to Montreal 's Mirabel International Airport where they refueled and told officials that they had planted a bomb in a locker at Grand Central Terminal and gave them instructions on finding it.
Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City at Wikinews; Media related to 2007 New York City steam explosion at Wikimedia Commons; Raw surveillance footage of the street moments before the steam pipe explosion. Video of erupting steam looking westward from 41st Street and Third Avenue.
Grand Central Depot. By 1869, Vanderbilt had commissioned John B. Snook to design his new station, dubbed Grand Central Depot, on the site of the 42nd Street depot. [23] [24] [25] The site was far outside the limits of the developed city at the time, and even Vanderbilt's backers warned against building the terminal in such an undeveloped area. [26]
If the instructions were followed, the bomb would be deactivated. The device at Grand Central Terminal was found and taken to NYPD Rodman's Neck Firing Range where police attempted to dismantle it rather than detonate it. After setting a cutting instrument on the two wires attached to the device, the officers retreated from the pit for several ...
Grand Central Terminal is currently and temporarily shut down due to protesters calling for a cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Grand Central Terminal reopens but access restricted due to protesters
Grand Central Oyster Bar Restaurant. On March 29, the first Metesky bomb of the new wave, and also the first Metesky bomb to explode, startled commuters in Grand Central Terminal but injured no one. It had been dropped into a sand urn near the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant on the terminal's lower level. [11]
On September 10, 1976, a group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. The group also hijacked a plane. After stating their political demands, they revealed the location and provided the instructions for disarming the Grand Central Terminal bomb.