of the tail section, and left wing were found up to away from the main wreckage. Of the 45 individuals on board, 44 were dead when rescuers reached the crash site. One passenger, a 27-year-old man from Evanston, Illinois, died of internal injuries at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Centerville, Iowa, an hour and a half after being rescued. Investigation FBI agents discovered that Doty, a married man with a five-year-old daughter, had purchased a life insurance policy from Mutual of Omaha for $150,000 (roughly equivalent to $ in 2022), the maximum available; his death would also bring in another $150,000 in additional insurance (some purchased at the airport) and death benefits. Doty was about to appear in court on an armed robbery charge. Doty had purchased six sticks of dynamite shortly before the flight, took them into the lavatory in his briefcase, and ignited them. His motive was that his wife and daughter would collect on the $300,000 of life insurance. His widow attempted to collect on the insurance, but the policy was voided when Doty's death was ruled a suicide. In July 2010, a memorial was erected near the crash site in Unionville, Missouri on the anniversary of the crash. In May 2012, a special 50th-anniversary memorial service was held in Unionville. In popular culture Flight 11 is dramatized in Aircrash Confidential. The event partially inspired Arthur Hailey's novel Airport. See also 1962 in aviation Aviation safety National Airlines Flight 967 U.S. on November 16, 1959 killing 42 (Suspected bombing for insurance fraud) National Airlines Flight 2511, US - 1960 in-flight suicide bombing for insurance fraud Canadian Pacific Flight 108, Canada – 1949 in-flight bombing for murder and insurance fraud China Northern Airlines Flight 6136, China – 2002 in-flight arson caused by insurance fraud Federal Express Flight 705, US - 1994 attempted in-flight hijacking for insurance fraud that was foiled by the aircraft's crew List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft United Airlines Flight 629, US – 1955 in-flight bombing for murder and insurance fraud Comair Flight 206 References External links DePuy, Charles B. "The untold story of Continental Flight 11." Daily Iowegian at Journal Express. May 22, 2012. Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1962 Explosions in 1962 11 1962 murders in the United States 1962 in Missouri Mass murder in 1962 Airliner accidents and incidents in Missouri Putnam County, Missouri Suicide bombings