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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.
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No definitive cause for the misleading data was found. It was the first fatal jet aircraft crash involving Alaska Airlines, and remained the deadliest single-aircraft accident in United States history until June 24, 1975, when Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed. [3] It is still, however, the worst air disaster in Alaska state history. [4]
5 April A Curtiss C-46 Commando operating for US Airlines, leased from the USAF, a cargo flight with two occupants inbound from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, crashed 4.4 miles north of Idlewild tower in heavy rain and overcast conditions at the intersection of 169 Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. ... The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more ...
November 7, 1996: ADC Airlines Flight 86, a 727-200, crashed near Ejirin, Nigeria when the pilots lost control after taking evasive action to avoid a midair collision. 144 people died in the crash. [66] August 12, 1997: Olympic Airways 727-230 registration SX-CBI, operated domestic flight 171 from Athens to Thessaloniki, in Greece. Due to ...
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed after striking the runway lights at JFK Airport on June 24, 1975. [128] Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog on November 30, 1962. 25 people (four crew, 21 passengers) out of 51 on board perished. [129]
When Cathy Poyser heard the announcement that her flight was delayed, her heart sank. It was Christmas Eve, 1975. LAX Airport. Cathy, who’d moved to Los Angeles earlier that year, was desperate ...