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1974 Charlotte Eastern Air Lines Flight 212...
1974 Charlotte Eastern Air Lines Flight 212...
Item # 719590
September 12, 1974
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 12, 1974
* Charlotte, North Carolina disaster
* Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crash
* McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft
* Propagandist Stephen Colbert link
* His Father & 2 brothers (victims)
The front page has a two column heading: "69 Killed on Eastern Jet In a Crash Near Charlotte" with photo. (see images)
Complete with all 72 pages, good condition.
AI notes: On September 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, crashed during its approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in dense fog, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. The flight, en route from Charleston, South Carolina, to Chicago with a scheduled stop in Charlotte, struck trees about 3.3 miles from the runway before crashing into a forested area and catching fire. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation concluded that the primary cause was the flight crew’s loss of altitude awareness and poor cockpit discipline, as they engaged in non-essential conversations during the critical approach phase, failing to maintain proper focus on flight operations. This disaster underscored the dangers of distraction in the cockpit and led to the FAA’s implementation of the “sterile cockpit rule,” prohibiting non-essential activities below 10,000 feet, while the tragedy also drew national attention due to the deaths of Dr. James Colbert and his sons, relatives of future television personality Stephen Colbert.
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