Douglas DC-6 crash, Feb 14, 1953 (46 killed), Mobile Alabama
Douglas DC-6 accident on February 14, 1953 near Mobile Alabama, United States with 46 fatalities. Cause: In-flight structural failure after loss of...
- Date: February 14, 1953
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Mobile Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 46
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: In-flight structural failure after loss of control in severe turbulence in a storm; the pilot had not been fully briefed on the storm's severity
National Airlines Flight 470, a DC-6 flying from Tampa to New Orleans, broke up in flight over the Gulf of Mexico off Mobile Point on 14 February 1953. All 46 people aboard, five crew and 41 passengers, were killed.