United Airlines Flight 629 – Transcript

Date: November 1, 1955

Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B (N37559)

Operator: United Airlines

Fatalities: 44 (all onboard)

Cause: Onboard bombing by passenger John Gilbert Graham

No cockpit voice recorder transcript is available for this flight. Flight 629 was destroyed by a bomb shortly after takeoff from Denver. At the time, commercial aircraft were not equipped with cockpit voice recorders. The investigation was carried out using physical evidence, witness reports, and forensic analysis. The absence of a CVR remains a reminder of the era before black box recorders became mandatory.

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