Similar Incidents
Flight 629 was the second known case of an airliner being destroyed by a bomb over the mainland United States. The first proven case of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation occurred on October 10, 1933 near Chesterton, Indiana, when the empennage (tail) was blasted from a United Air Lines Boeing 247 by a nitroglycerin bomb set off with a timing device. The three crew members and four passengers were killed in the crash. No suspect was ever brought to trial in the case.
Other crashes in the United States caused by bombs include:
- National Airlines Flight 967 over the Gulf of Mexico on November 16, 1959, killing 42.
- National Airlines Flight 2511 over North Carolina on January 6, 1960, killing 34.
- Continental Airlines Flight 11 over Unionville, Missouri on May 22, 1962, killing 45.
Read more about this topic: United Airlines Flight 629
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