Airplane Crash - Near Unionville, Missouri 05/22/1962
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Unionville, Missouri
| Date | 05/22/1962 |
| Time | 21:21 |
| Location | Near Unionville, Missouri |
| Operator | Continental Airlines |
| Flight # | 11 |
| Route | Chicago - Kansas City, MO |
| Type | Boeing B-707-124 |
| Registration | N70775 |
| Cn/In | 17611/49 |
| Aboard | 45 |
| Fatalities | 45 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While en route from Chicago to Kansas City the airliner fell from FL 390 and crashed 6 miles north-northwest of Unionville, Missouri after an explosion aboard caused separation of the tail section. Detonation of a dynamite bomb in the right rear lavatory in the towel bin under the wash basin. This is the first case of sabotage on a commercial jet airliner. The bomb was believed to have been carried aboard by a passenger in a suicide-for-insurance plot. |
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