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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") [1] is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation.It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
The accident is the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, [2] and the deadliest to occur in Saudi Arabia. [1] [3] At the time, this was the second-deadliest aircraft accident in the history of aviation involving a single airplane after Turkish Airlines Flight 981 and the third-deadliest overall. [4]
Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades, [1] [2] [3] killing 101 people. 3 of the 4 cockpit crew members were killed, [4] two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96 of the 163 passengers were killed. Seventy-five people survived, while 58 had serious injuries.
Stargazer is a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built in 1974, that was modified in 1994 for use by Orbital Sciences (now part of Northrop Grumman) as a mother ship for the Pegasus, a small-lift launch vehicle. As of October 2022, 45 rockets (containing nearly 100 satellites) have been launched from Stargazer.
L-1011-500 leased from Royal Jordanian: Globe Jet: 1 4 Ceased operations in 2007 Gulf Air: 13 Hawaiian Airlines: 8 Hewa Bora Airways: 1 1 Holiday Airlines: 1 Iberia: 1 Leased from Aer Turas and Air Atlanta Icelandic: Istanbul Airlines: 2 Leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic: Kampuchea Airlines: 9 LAM Mozambique Airlines: 1 Leased from TAP Air Portugal
The accident aircraft was a Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar (registration number N726DA). [4]: 1 It was delivered to Delta Air Lines on February 28, 1979, and had operated continuously until the accident. [4]: 93 Three Rolls-Royce RB211-22B engines powered the aircraft. [8]
The incident aircraft was a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1, registration N334EA, [1] msn 1141. The aircraft had been manufactured in 1976. [2] It was powered by three Rolls-Royce RB211-22B turbofan engines. [2] [3]
Eastern Air Lines Flight 935 was a scheduled commercial passenger flight operated by Eastern Air Lines.On September 22, 1981, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jet operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure which led to a loss of 3 out of the 4 hydraulic systems aboard the aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) MSL.