[5]:23 In this mode, once the pilot releases pressure on the yoke (control column or wheel), the autopilot maintains the pitch attitude of the aircraft until the yoke is again moved. Patricia Renee Shackelford 12/9/52 He had a broken arm and some cuts and scrapes, but no other visible wounds, Leonhard said. In another 50 seconds, the plane was at half its assigned altitude. of 401 King Street, London, W6 9NJ, United Kingdom (+612 9691 0176). They died. The Lockheed L-1011 carried 163 passengers and 13 crew members. A friend once warned him: "One day you'll work a plane crash out there." I should add that Dorothy R. Loft and her two children, Kimberly and Robert, Jr sued Fuller for invasion of privacy over the book . They were both 26 years old. In fact, she told my mother that she cringed in fear every time she drove down Le Jeune Road (the eastern boundary of Miami International Airport) just because of all the jet noise when planes were landing and taking off. Frank Borman And Flight 401 #2505745 BY NIKV69 - Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:17 am Being a child from an Eastern Air Lines family I am shocked that my father never told me that Frank Borman who at the time was a new VP of EAL rushed to the scene of the crash of flight 401 in the Everglades in December of 72'. So, being the thoughtful brother-in-law he was, unbeknownst to me he had collected some of the wreckage of Flight 401. [5]:13. At 11:32, they aborted the landing, climbed to 2,000 feet and swung west over the Everglades to work out the problem. Official Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - History, Photos, Survivors and Tribute - Investigation Investigation Later that morning the world woke to news of the tragedy. The flight was routine until 23:32 when the plane began its approach into Miami International Airport. After we visually established where the crash site was located, we could see the initial ground contact point and the distribution of the wreckage quite clearly. Ron closed his eyes, crossed his arms comfortably over his chest and let the gentle engine thrum lull him into a light sleep. Discretion was the better part of valor. Theyre not going to find us, an anxious passenger whispered. Like a lot of other aspiring commercial pilots, I had had a checkered aviation career, having worked, among other things, as the full-time chief pilot of a regional oil company while attending college. His last prospect, Teresa Trapnell, listened to his pitch, didn't buy, but told her insurance executive husband, Bob, what a swell salesman she had met that day. Then the commuter airline folded. But we idled back around to double-check on them just in case.. Also in attendance was Ron Infantino, David Kaplan and the Casado family. At least they thought they had. Ruiz, 63, of West Miami-Dade, still has aches and pains but returned to flying until Eastern folded in 1991. High in the distant black sky, beyond the harsh glare cast by his headlamp, was a circling star: the searchlight of a Coast Guard helicopter hovering over the crash site eight miles away. On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines flight 401 left New York's JFK airport and crashed on its approach to Miami, killing 101 of the 176 people on board. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flight 401. Ghosts of Flight 401 - 2 | Support the development and execution of ground and flight test operations; Qualifications: B.S. Later that afternoon or evening, Bill Elliott came back to the clubhouse where we were all waiting for him so he could let us know what he did and saw. Inside was a treasure: Her camera with the unprocessed film of shots of the crew taken that day. Sometimes, back when there were no cell phones or GPS electronics to help navigate, he'd get lost at night. After the crash, a . She returns with a musty volume that smells like a lion's den. (AP) PITTSBURGH - A former police officer who retired from the FBI due to post-traumatic stress disorder linked to her role in the aftermath of the . Mama, heat up the frying pan. I come from an Eastern family - my mother, Betty Olson, retired from Eastern in 1976. Im a tough Portuguese girl from Rhode Island.. According to my late mother, she wanted to get back to flying, but she was petrified every time she heard jet noise. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 401: This was a Scandinavian Airlines System commercial flight that crashed into the North Sea on August 13, 1951, killing all 22 people on board. Richard J. Schulleri 1/3/43 You could hear the cry of death. Afterward, folks hope to take the old man into the Everglades, in his own airboat, if he wants. Bud and Nancy own 27 domestic cats, including 15 that live indoors on sofas, tables and bookshelves. 2h 48m. Boom. He and his wife, Donna, live in Christmas, a small town between Orlando and Cape Canaveral. Ex-FBI agent: I saw angels at Flight 93 site. During its flight from New York to Miami, an aircraft operating Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Everglades after the cockpit became so distracted by a burnt-out landing gear indicator light, they neglected to notice the autopilot had disengaged, and that the plane was slowly losing altitude. Sometime in midflight, passenger Ron Infantino switched seats with his wife, Lilly, after she returned from the bathroom. James followed all of the rules and more often than not, brought home venison for the family each deer season. He hoped the circling delay would give them time to fix the problem. The flight was under the command of Captain Robert Loft, 55, a veteran Eastern Airline plot. [6]:102,108 Stockstill was killed on impact, while Captain Loft died in the wreckage of the flight deck before he could be transported to a hospital. Patricia George was on top of the coat closet. The Infantinos were exhausted from celebrating Christmas with Rons parents in New York. That simple piece of plastic represents a tie between me and what happened to the passengers and crew on Flight 401 on December 29, 1972. (ABN 16 009 661 901) of 401 King Street, London, W6 9NJ, United Kingdom. Then, on Saturday, December 29, a fleet of over 100 airboats carried survivors, their families and others to the crash site for a special memorial. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was carrying 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants. Bill and I left for our respective homes after securing the clubhouse. Carmen Jorge 7/7/46 I lost my boot., Well, Raposa said, Ill help you find it., Thats okay, Raposa said. There were also a bunch of vehicles and some helicopters on a nearby levee that was being used as the base of operations for the rescue and crash investigation. [16], While Eastern Air Lines publicly denied their planes were haunted, they reportedly removed all the salvaged parts from their L-1011 fleet. Inside the planes cockpit, the crew was trying to slide in a replacement bulb, a roughly two-square-inch all-in-one light assembly unit covered by a translucent green plastic lens, valued at $12 altogether. I told Hansel that we needed to check, before we got into the air, whether there were any flight restrictions over the crash site which seemed pretty logical to me. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or related subject area Flight 401 - Survivors and those who were lost Definition: A listing of those who survived and those who were lost. To those who survived, the scene must have had an eerie end-of-the-earth feel, with wisps of gray mist swirling, a baby wailing, the groans from the injured and the dying. The aircraft impacted the Everglades at 227 mph at 25.51'53"N, 80.35'43"W, almost 7 miles due north of Tamiami Trail (US 41), slightly over 7 miles . Sadie Yellin 1/9/15 For his efforts, he received the Humanitarian Award from the National Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation and the "Alumitech Airboat Hero Award", from the American Airboat Search and Rescue Association. The story of the crash and its aftermath were documented in John G. Fuller's 1976 book The Ghost of Flight 401. "Just his upper body can be seen.". Lockheed L-1011 Inside the Hell Hole | The article covered the story of an Eastern L-1011 ferry flight where the jet lost one of the two operating engines and the pilot had a challenging landing. The point of this entire story is to simply tell you that yes - planes can be haunted. I don't see any reason to worry about what fate has brought. [5]:30[6]:99 The aircraft was fleet number 310, and the 10th TriStar delivered to the carrier. Two minutes later, Flight 401 called the air traffic control tower. He saw a man standing, shocked, in knee-deep water. Not shown, Sharon Transue (she was taking the photo). Grand Canyon Disaster + . Stefan Jay Rubin 3/21/49 In the cockpit, the first of six radio altimeter warnings began, signaling an impending crash. Front row: Sue Tebbs, Dottie Warnock, Beverly Raposa, Stephanie Stanich. Darrylle Becker 3/16/43 Someone had seen his frogging light. Unable to move and weak from severe loss of blood, his body hung suspended in the watery muck, still bent in the sitting position. The powers-that-be want them to . We exited the area and returned to Opa locka Airport, but our conversations were subdued. My log book shows that our flight lasted 1.2 hours. Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades,[1][2][3] causing 101 total fatalities. Flight 401 flew into the ground on Friday night, Dec. 29, 1972, at 13 seconds past 11:42 p.m. Passenger List: TWA Flight 800. Alina Junco 5/2/44 On Dec. 29, 1972, Eastern Flight 401 from New York to Miami took off from JFK Airport at 9:20 pm. That was a miracle that is probably attributable to three factors: (1) the crash site was a soft, wet swamp; (2) there was no significant post-crash fire; and (3) the force of disintegration was directed horizontally and not vertically, flinging many survivors out into the swamp instead of subjecting them to fatal blunt force trauma which is characteristic of most airplane crashes. It was somewhere between 11:30 pm and 11:35 pm, a fact that I specifically remember because I took the time to look at my wristwatch and comment to Bill. Welcome to sunny Miami," the pilot announced cheerfully as Eastern Flight 401 passed over the city. the pilot asked at the last second. It wouldn't take much.". The next morning, as was my usual Saturday routine, I drove to the Sun Flying club timing it to arrive at approximately 11am. It was a heart-to- heart bond. Nery Palma 7/12/34 The problem had consumed all their mental energy. Colonel. Moe Lustig 7/16/23 Bound for Miami, Flight 401 took off from New York's JFK at 9:20 p.m. On September 4, 1954, Santiago Airlines Flight 513 departed from Aachen, West Germany, destined for Porto Alegre, Brazil. Elizabeth M. Pollack 12/10/17 [8], In all, 75 survived the crash67 of the 163 passengers and eight of the 10 flight attendants. His book was later made into a TV movie. A jumbo jet crashed in the Everglades north of the Tamiami Trial, his sergeant said. Based on the book, it dramatized the crash, rescue efforts, and NTSB investigation. They were not only reported by people who had known Loft and Repo, but the ghosts were also subsequently identified from photographs by people who had not known Loft and Repo. Donadeo is still active in aviation, as state vice commander of the Civil Air Patrol. Were still at 2,000, right? the first officer asked. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a scheduled flight from New York JFK to Miami.Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades, causing 101 total fatalities. The FAA guy sitting closest to Leonhard yelled, Holy shit!, An airboat doesnt have brakes, Leonhard explained. 12:38PM EST John F Kennedy Intl - JFK. Captain Loft was found during the autopsy to have an undetected brain tumor in an area that controls vision. document.write(theYear) Flamingo Magazine, 8 Black Floridians Who Are an Absolute Force in Their Industry, Calling All Readers (and Writers): 13 Favorite Florida Indie Bookstores, The Wackiest Florida News Stories of 2022. A scene from the TV movie "The Crash of Flight 401" (1978), Eastern Airlines Flight 401: The Ghosts of Memories Past. The other 101 people on Eastern Airlines Flight 401 died quite horribly -- 98 in the Everglades where the airplane crashed, three later in hospitals. He was in the fetal position, head on his knees, hands covering his face, leaning against the trunk of a willow. In 2005, TANS Peru Flight 204 crashed into the Amazonian jungle, leaving a trail of bodies and wreckage scattered across the rainforest. They also told me that Bill had been called shortly after he got home by the police department helicopter unit to come back to the airport (the police helicopter unit was based at Opa locka) for emergency flight duty. Richard L. Marquis, a carpet-layer, saw it too. The last thing Raposa remembered seeing before she was knocked out was a waterfall of colors. Jose Rego 9/5/19 Most of what we talked about on the return to the airport was speculation on our part as to how the plane crashed, not why it crashed. The only thing she was looking forward to on arrival in Miami was going to bed. His doctor warned him not to travel alone, not with his weak heart and lungs and aching back. The final NTSB report cited the cause of the crash as pilot error, specifically: "the failure of the flight crew to monitor the flight instruments during the final four minutes of flight, and to detect an unexpected descent soon enough to prevent impact with the ground. It turns out that the area I was flying over is the well-known stomping grounds for the crew of Eastern Airlines Flight 401: A plane that crashed in 1972 over the Everglades. I especially remember Bill describing passengers who apparently survived the crash impact, but were knocked unconscious and were still strapped into their seats. It's a swamp, a flat swamp. '", Age 79, died Saturday, October 2, 2004 in Land O'Lakes, FL. He can't remember anyone's name now. An adviser to Ukraine's Interior Minister wrote on Facebook that the plane was shot down, the Associated Press reports. Johnson, Charles | Lets sing Christmas carols, Raposa replied. Captain Loft had been with the airline for 32 years and had accumulated a total of 29,700 flight hours throughout his flying career. The other house is gone; his still requires repairs. Marquis is also survived by a son, Donald Marquis of Altamonte Springs; a daughter, Terri Mabie of Tucson; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. With almost twice the area of Rhode Island, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States has some of the most formidable terrain on Earth. His flight crew included First Officer Albert John "Bert" Stockstill, 39, who had 5,800 hours of flying experience (with 306 of them in the L-1011), and Flight Engineer Donald Louis "Don" Repo, 51, who had 15,700 hours of flying experience, with 53 of them in the L-1011. The oven choices for airlines were either Nordskog or the Bowmar/Calrod brand. The flight attendant, Mercy Ruiz, was badly injured, with a broken pelvis and a severe laceration on her forehead. Work toward erecting a permanent memorial for Flight 401 at the Curtiss Mansion in Miami continues under the leadership of survivors Ron Infantino and Beverly Raposa. After a few minutes they saw the lights of rescue helicopters, circling, searching, much too far east and south. PHOTO CREDIT: Patrick Farrell - Miami Herald Staff. Still, $50,000 will have to be raised in order to erect the memorial. Front row: Sue Tebbs, Dottie Warnock, Beverly Raposa and Stephanie Stanich. After the aircraft had descended 250 feet (76m) from the selected altitude of 2,000 feet (610m), a C-chord sounded from the rear speaker. Retired Air Force Col. Frank Bormana former astronaut, vice president of Eastern Airlines and now a first respondercame to escort her into a helicopter hovering at ground level a short distance away. '," she says now. "I've tried to throw [the suitcase] away many times, but something always holds me back. Two years after the crash, Anita and Franklin Kent's lives were taken up by endless doctor visits. The crash occurred while the entire flight crew were preoccupied with a burnt-out landing gear indicator light. Eddie Albert featured as "Dunn", a fictionalized version of Captain Robert Loft. Below: The Casado family tour the crash site. It is 12 feet long and 7 feet across. In 1972 he was a young carpenter who liked living fast. Footage of the incident appeared in the movie Days of Fury (1980), directed by Fred Warshofsky and hosted by Vincent Price. Anne Ponte 1/7/16 "I consider the survivors 75 miracles. For survivors, the crash has left physical and mental scars. [14], During the following months and years, stories began circulating that employees of Eastern Air Lines, and numerous passengers, had reported sightings of the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and second officer (flight engineer) Donald Repo, sitting aboard other L-1011s (including, in particular, N318EA). [5]:4 Fifty seconds after reaching their assigned altitude, Captain Loft instructed First Officer Stockstill to put the L-1011 on autopilot. The aircraft was completely demolished, with wreckage, bodies, and survivors strewn over a wide area. Dr. Aftabuddin Chowdhury 1/1/43 The plane was dropping from the sky at a rate of 200 feet each minute. Susana Luna 8/29/29 Jerry stopped seeing the girl in Miami he had been dating, married a different woman a year later and quit his job at Gimbel's. Ghosts of Flight 401 - YouTube 0:00 / 42:56 Ghosts of Flight 401 MrBallen 7.21M subscribers Subscribe 272K 5.1M views 4 months ago #mrballen #ghost #paranormal For 16 free meals with. Beverly Raposa doesn't mind flying. Yes, they are, Raposa assured them. He felt a sense of mission as he looked out into the black swamp, knowing that his job required cunning and stealth. Why dont we sing to help warm ourselves up? she suggested. Mr. Elder later became an Editor at the San Jose Mercury News. It is now known that "Mrs. McAvoy" was Donna Smith, Thomas McAvoy's traveling companion. With an injured back and a cut foot, she slogged through sucking muck, shredded saw grass and plane wreckage. (Deer in south Florida are almost anemic compared to deer in other parts of the country.) ", Official Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - History, Photos, Survivors and Tribute. About 490 feet (150m) from the wingtip's initial contact with the ground, the massive fuselage had begun to break up, scattering components from the underfloor galley, the cargo compartments, and the cabin interior. Then came scattered parts from the number 1 (port) engine, and fragments from the port wing itself and the port tailplane. The Miami News, Dec. 30, 1972. A light in the Sky "Nobody paid him to go out there and try to rescue people," says Ken Pine, who recently fixed Bud's roof. Warren Terry 2/16/34 Back to the clubhouse and armed with the airspace restrictions, I was ready to fly. Born in Arkansas, he grew up in South Florida when everybody seemed to be poor. No roar of unmuffled high-horsepower engines. He was out there gigging frogs when it happened. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after taking off from Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by mislabeled and improperly stored hazardous cargo. He saw a man, sitting in the water with a neck injury, trying to remain upright. [23], According to Robert J. Serling's 1980 book From the Captain to the Colonel: An Informal History of Eastern Airlines, the claim that wreckage from Flight 401 was installed and later removed from other Eastern aircraft was false, and no Eastern employees had ever claimed to have seen or believed in the alleged ghost sightings. The plane, a new "Whisperliner," could transport 229 passengers. I really do think I can gig some frogs if I had to. He looks at the photo of the primitive camp he built in the cypress trees so many years ago when he was young and strong and could hunt and gig frogs and look at the stars. One gave him money. The wheels were down, locked in position for landing, but the pilot wasn't sure about the forward wheel under the plane's nose. Silvia Crespo 11/30/32 Tower, this is Eastern 401, it looks like were going to have to circle. It was an easy way to break the monotony of intense study, tour the good old USA and also earn a few bucks and I must emphasize the aspect of the earnings. 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