Fatal Attack

1960 off Dakar, Cap-Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

off Dakar, Cap-Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL

🌍 SENEGAL

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

All 63 on board perished when the aircraft hit the water. Sharks hampered retrieval of bodies

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.