Date16-Nov-1959
TypeInvalid
CountryUSA
Location120 miles southeast of New Orleans
ActivityNational Airlines DC7B enroute from Miami to Los Angeles with 42 or 46 people on board went down in heavy fog
SpeciesInvalid
InjuryBody recovery efforts were hampered by large sharks but sharks did not cause the deaths.
VictimAll on board perished in the crash
Time01h32
SourceWashington Post, 11/17/1959; SAF Case #591
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