| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 08, 1959 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Poza Rica, Mexico |
| Operator: | Mexicana |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Mexico City - Merida |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | ? |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:13 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:1 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | An in-flight explosion occurred in the passenger cabin. A male passenger, who was believed to have been carrying a bomb, fell from the airplane from an altitude of 11,000ft. A forced landing was made at Poza Rica after a fire broke out in the cabin. |
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