"Barbara Cruse was a United Airlines flight attendant. She was on vacation and flying home to Seattle when she and 43 other passengers and crew were killed by a mid-air bomb explosion in Cargo Hold 4 of United Airlines Flight 629."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
"United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft, named "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and five crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother and obtain a large life insurance policy on her. Graham was tried, convicted and executed for his crime..."
"Barbara Cruse was a United Airlines flight attendant. She was on vacation and flying home to Seattle when she and 43 other passengers and crew were killed by a mid-air bomb explosion in Cargo Hold 4 of United Airlines Flight 629."
The following information comes from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
"United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft, named "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and five crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother and obtain a large life insurance policy on her. Graham was tried, convicted and executed for his crime..."
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