Date: December 29, 1972
Location: Everglades National Park, Florida
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar1
Reg: N310EA
Airline: Eastern Air Lines
Flight No: 401
Fatalities: 176 : 103

An Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Tristar crashed into the Everglades killing 103 people. In the darkness, the crew, preoccupied with a landing gear problem, failed to notice the autopilot had become disengaged and the plane was losing altitude until it flew into the ground.