Mass Murder at 5,000 Feet: The Bombing of United Flight 629 (1955) & The Forty-Four We Must Not Forget
Mass Murder at 5,000 Feet: The Bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 By Richie D. Mowrey Dicking Around With Richie: A True Crime Feed On November 1, 1955, a United Air Lines DC-6B known as the Mainliner Denver rose into the Colorado night sky on what should have been an ordinary westbound flight. It would never reach its destination. Eleven minutes after takeoff, the plane exploded in mid-air, raining fire and metal across the sugar beet fields outside Longmont, Colorado. All forty-four souls on board were killed instantly. This was not an accident. It was the first confirmed bombing of a commercial airliner in American history an act of cold, personal vengeance disguised as an aviation disaster. And it forever changed the way America understood both air travel safety and the terrifying reach of private hatred. Mrs. Daisie E. King, 53 the intended target of the bombing. Her son did not merely kill her. He killed everyone around her. When Hate Becomes a Weapon J...