What the records say
- When
- 14 Feb 1953
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 30.17° N, 87.95° W
- Description
- The deadliest accident in the history of National Airlines, killing 46.
- Deaths
- 46
National Airlines Flight 470
1953 aviation accident
National Airlines Flight 470 was a regularly scheduled flight between Tampa and New Orleans that crashed on February 14, 1953 after encountering severe turbulence. The crash marked the deadliest accident in the history of National Airlines, killing 46, among them the widow of the cartoonist Billy DeBeck: Mary Bergman.
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