Dont call me Shirley
Veteran
Today marks 35 years since the crash of Eastern 401, the first fatal crash of a widebody airliner.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721229-0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401
http://eastern401.googlepages.com/
http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news...t401/index.html (MIA Herald feature, well worth reading!)
I was pretty young when this happened and have very little memory of the event though I did start reading about it back in the '70 when some books came out. Does anyone on the board have recollections of the crash?
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721229-0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401
http://eastern401.googlepages.com/
http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news...t401/index.html (MIA Herald feature, well worth reading!)
I was pretty young when this happened and have very little memory of the event though I did start reading about it back in the '70 when some books came out. Does anyone on the board have recollections of the crash?
