: 24 Crash investigation and recommendations He had been with the airline since 1966 and had 3,016 flight hours, including 2,693 hours on the DC-9. : 24 The first officer was 36-year-old James M. He had 8,876 flight hours, including 3,856 hours on the DC-9. Reeves, who had been with the airline since 1956. : 25 The captain was 49-year-old James E. The aircraft was a five-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 registered as N8984E, which was delivered to Eastern Airlines on January 30, 1969. Īmong the fatalities was the vice president for academic affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina, James William Colbert Jr., and two of his sons they were the father and brothers of future television personality Stephen Colbert. Thirteen survived the initial impact, including the first officer and one flight attendant, but three of the initial survivors ultimately died from severe burn injuries as late as 29 days after the accident. On the morning of September 11, 1974, while conducting an instrument approach in dense ground fog into Douglas Municipal Airport in Charlotte, the aircraft crashed at 7:34 am EDT more than three miles (5 km) short of Runway 36, killing 72 of the 82 on board. The scheduled flight was from Charleston Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare, with an intermediate stop in Charlotte.Īn investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that multiple crew errors were the primary cause of the crash.
The incident occurred on September 11, 1974, killing 72 of the 82 people on board.
Near Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.ģ5☀9′14″N 80★5′34″W / 35.15389°N 80.92611°W / 35.15389 -80.92611Ĭharleston Municipal Airport, Charleston, South Carolinaĭouglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North CarolinaĮastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a controlled flight into terrain accident of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.
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