| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 22, 1962 |
| Time: | 2121 |
| Location: | Near Unionville, Missouri |
| Operator: | Continental Airlines |
| Flight #: | 11 |
| Route: | Chicago - Kansas City, MO |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707-124 |
| Registration: | N70775 |
| cn / ln: | 17611/49 |
| Aboard: | 45 (passengers:37 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 45 (passengers:37 crew:8) |
| 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. It was alleged Thomas Doty, recently arrested for armed robery, and insured for $300,00 put together the dynamite bomb and placed it in the lavatory. |
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