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Flight 2511 Occurrence summary Date January 6, 1960 Summary
Bombing Site Brunswick County, near Bolivia, North Carolina,
United States Passengers 29 Crew 5 Fatalities 34 (all)
Aircraft type Douglas DC-6B Operator National Airlines
Registration N8225H  National Airlines Flight 2511, registration
N8225H, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft which exploded over
Bolivia, North Carolina en route from New York International
(Idlewild) Airport, New York City, New York, to Miami, Florida
on January 6, 1960. All 34 on board were killed in the accident.
The aircraft had been called into service on short notice when
the normal aircraft used for the evening flight to Miami, a
Boeing 707 jet identified as Flight 601, was grounded due to a
cracked window. Most of the passengers who were to have flown on
Flight 601 boarded a Lockheed Electra, registration N5003K;
those who could not be accommodated on the Electra were