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11. Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans to New York City that crashed on June 24, 1975, while on approach to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 113 of the 124 people on board. [1]: 1 The crash was determined to be caused by wind shear caused by a microburst, but the failure of the ...
An Eastern Air Lines Electra, at Washington National Airport in 1975 A Boeing 747 showing Eastern Airlines' longtime livery of a cheatline extended up the tail in 1971 In November 1959, Eastern Air Lines opened its Chester L. Churchill-designed Terminal 1 at New York City's Idlewild International Airport , later renamed John F. Kennedy ...
December 1, 1974: Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 crashed due to icing near Stony Point, New York. All three crew died. June 24, 1975: Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport; 113 people died. The cause was determined to be a microburst. [28]
1962. 1 March. American Airlines Flight 1, [5] a Boeing 707 crashed on takeoff from Idlewild after its rudder jammed. All 87 passengers and 8 crew members were killed. 30 November. Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7, crashed into the ground during a missed approach, killing 25 of the 51 on board.
10. Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a controlled flight into terrain accident of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The incident occurred on September 11, 1974, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. The scheduled flight was from Charleston Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare ...
N310EA, the aircraft involved in the accident. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States, to Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, United States. Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida ...
Flight 66. Flight 66 may refer to the following aviation accidents: Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, crashed on 24 June 1975. Flying Tiger Line Flight 66, crashed on 19 February 1989. Carson Air Flight 66, crashed on 13 April 2015. Air France Flight 66, engine failure on 30 September 2017. Categories: Disambiguation pages. Flight number ...
Coming Wednesday: Our 5-part series details harrowing legacy of Eastern Flight 212 disaster. Scott Fowler, Théoden Janes. September 1, 2024 at 2:00 AM. On Sept. 11, 1974, 82 people were traveling ...