Airplane Crash - Gulf Of Mexico 11/16/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Gulf of Mexico
| Date | 11/16/1959 |
| Time | 00:55 |
| Location | Gulf of Mexico |
| Operator | National Airlines |
| Flight # | 967 |
| Route | Tampa - New Orleans |
| Type | Douglas DC-7B |
| Registration | N4891C |
| Cn/In | 45355 |
| Aboard | 42 |
| Fatalities | 42 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico at 29 degrees 13 minutes N, 88 degrees 40 minutes W or about 108 miles east-southeast of New Orleans, while on a flight from Tampa to New Orleans. Sabotage (explosion of a bomb aboard) was strongly suspected but could never be proven due to lack of physical evidence. There is a possibility that there is a connection between this crash and the National Airlines crash of January 6, 1960. No one was charged in either case. |
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