N.Y. air terminal cleared again after terror bombing

May 18, 1981

The Pan American World Airways terminal at Kennedy International Airport was evacuated again Sunday after a third pipe bomb was discovered. Saturday, a pipe bomb explosion killed a man, and a second bomb was found in the waiting area.

A group identifying itself as the Puerto Rican Armed Resistance claimed responsibility for the bombs, police reported.Several explosions have been carried out in the US in recent years by groups demanding independence for Puerto Rico.