National Airlines Flight 470 crash aftermath

A DC-6 passenger plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico during a storm, resulting in 46 fatalities. The Coast Guard recovered bodies and belongings from the submerged plane. Rescue operations were conducted 44 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama, but hopes of finding survivors diminished. Seventeen bodies were found, with 29 people missing. The plane was traveling from Tampa to New Orleans, marking the first fatal airliner accident in a year.

What type of aircraft was involved in the accident in the Gulf of Mexico?

• Cessna 172

• DC-6

• Airbus A320

• Boeing 747

What did the Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn recover from the submerged plane?

• Life rafts

• Survivors

• Flight data recorder

• Bodies and belongings

Where was the crash area located in relation to Mobile, Alabama?

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Northwest

What was the condition of the life raft found during the rescue efforts?

• Damaged

• Never inflated

• Partially inflated

• Fully inflated

How many bodies were counted after the crash?

• Forty-six

• Seventeen

• Thirty-five

• Twenty-nine