Date: | June 24, 1975 |
Location: | New York, New York |
Aircraft: | Boeing B-727-225 |
Reg: | N8845E |
Airline: | Eastern Air Lines |
Flight No: | 66 |
Fatalities: | 124 : 115 |
The B727 crashed while attempting to land during a severe thunderstorm. Downdrafts caused the plane to enter a high rate of descent and crash into approach light towers. |