Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1960 Between Key West, Florida & Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, CARIBBEAN SEA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Between Key West, Florida & Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, CARIBBEAN SEA

🌍 CARIBBEAN SEA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Questionable. Recovered flight gear was "completely shredded by sharks" but pilot may have died when plane hit the water,

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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