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EASTERN AIRLINES – LOCKHEED L1011 (N310EA) flight EAL401

EASTERN AIRLINES – LOCKHEED L1011 (N310EA) flight EAL401

Eastern Airlines flight EAL410 operated with a Lockheed 1-1011 crashed at 23:42 eastern standard time, December 29, 1972, 10.7 miles west-northwest of Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. The aircraft was destroyed. Of the 163 passengers and 13 cremembers aboard, 94 passengers and 5 crewmembers received fatal injuries. Two survivors died later as a result of their injuries.
Following a missed approach because of a suspected nose gear malfunction, the aircraft climbed to 2, 000 feet mean sea level and proceeded on a westerly heading. The three flight crew members and a jumpseat occupant became engrossed in the malfunction.
The National Transportation Safely Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flightcrew to monitor the flight instruments during the final 4 minutes of flight, and to detect an unexpected descent soon enough to prevent impact with the ground.
Preoccupation with a malfunction of the nose landing gear position indicating system distracted the crew’s attention from the instruments and allowed the descent to go unnoticed.

Precision Air – ATR42-500 (5H-PWF) flight PW494

Precision Air – ATR42-500 (5H-PWF) flight PW494

Precision Air flight PW494 was operated with an ATR42-500 (registration 5H-PWF) from Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam for a scheduled commercial passenger flight to Bukoba on 06-11-2022. Weather at destination Bukoba airport was poor and last part...

GPWS vs EGPWS

GPWS vs EGPWS

Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) and Enhaced Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) are safety systems that are installed on aircraft to provide pilots with visual and auditory warnings of potential ground collisions. GPWS utilizes a combination of altitude, airspeed,...

JET 2 – BOEING B737-33A (G-CELC)

JET 2 – BOEING B737-33A (G-CELC)

The fight crew of JET 2 flight G-CELC were carrying out an ILS approach to Chambery Airport, in IMC, with the autopilot engaged and the LOC (localiser) and VS (vertical speed) modes selected. The crew reported that they had observed some anomalies with the ILS and DME...

JETSTAR – AIRBUS A321-231 (VH-VWW) flight JQ57

JETSTAR – AIRBUS A321-231 (VH-VWW) flight JQ57

The JETSTAR flight JQ57 was on a scheduled flight from London Gatwick Airport to Chania Airport, Crete. The aircraft and pilots were on their first fight of the day. The fight preparation proceeded normally until, when the co-pilot selected the slats/flaps lever to...

Aviation accidents

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