Airplane Crash - Off Mobile, Alabama 02/14/1953
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Off Mobile, Alabama
| Date | 02/14/1953 |
| Time | 17:10 |
| Location | Off Mobile, Alabama |
| Operator | National Airlines |
| Flight # | 470 |
| Route | Miami - Orlando - New Orleans |
| Type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Registration | N90893 |
| Cn/In | 43057/73 |
| Aboard | 46 |
| Fatalities | 46 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off Mobile, Alabama. The aircraft broke up in the turbulence of a 'frontal wave' storm after failure of the left wing. The loss of control followed by the in-flight failure and separation of portions of the airframe structure while the aircraft was traversing an intense frontal-wave type storm of extremely severe turbulence, the severity and location of which the pilot had not been fully informed. |
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