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. |