| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 16, 1959 |
| Time: | 0055 |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico |
| Operator: | National Airlines |
| Flight #: | 967 |
| Route: | Tampa - New Orleans |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-7B |
| Registration: | N4891C |
| cn / ln: | 45355 |
| Aboard: | 42 (passengers:36 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 42 (passengers:36 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico at 29 degrees 13 minutes N, 88 degrees 40 minutes W or about 108 miles east-southeast of New Orleans, while on a flight from Tampa to New Orleans. Sabotage (explosion of a dynamite bomb aboard) was strongly suspected but could never be proven due to lack of physical evidence. There is a possibility that there is a connection between this crash and the National Airlines crash of January 6, 1960. No one was charged in either case. |
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