Date: | May 22, 1962 |
Location: | Near Unionville, Missouri |
Aircraft: | Boeing B-707-124 |
Reg: | N70775 |
Airline: | Continental Airlines |
Flight No: | 11 |
Fatalities: | 45 : 45 |
A bomb exploded aboard this Continental Boeing 707, killing all 45 people aboard. This was the first known case of sabotage aboard a commercial jet airliner. The bomb was believed to have been carried aboard by a passenger in a suicide-for-insurance plot. |