An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the accident determined multiple crew errors were the primary cause of the crash. And of course, at the time, we didn't know that a son of a crash victim would eventually become someone we would all know and love. And that I probably need some cognitive therapy or something like that. 2:41 pm. It makes me go into a panic. The incident occurred on September 11, 1974, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. The officers chatted a few more seconds about Carowinds before Reeves commented, “There’s, ah, Ross, now we can go on down.” Ross means an imaginary navigational point 5.5 miles from the airport. critical phases of flight. All of the sources worthy of consideration covering this event will be in English; you have no problem in understanding English; therefore, if you want to improve the article, get reading the sources and add information directly from there.
Transcribed from The News and Courier, Charleston, SC, November 13, 1974, p. 1-B: CHARLOTTE (UPI) — The last words of the pilot of the ill-fated Eastern Airlines jetliner that crashed here Sept. 11 in which 72 persons died were: “All we’ve got to do is find the airport.”. I think its important to the article, I don't know who picked those particular items, but some quotes of the idle conversation are needed here. In addition, a persistent attempt to visually identify the nearby Carowinds amusement park tower, known as "Carowinds Tower" to pilots,[11] rising to an elevation of 1,314 feet (401 m), or 340 feet (105 m) above ground level (AGL), may have further distracted and confused the flight crew.
The Russian article can never be more accurate than the English sources it is presumably based upon, and in fact could contain errors made by some WP editor, or by some translation software. Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was an Eastern Air Lines flight that crashed on September 11, 1974, killing 72 people. Where is the error? Permalink, Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2), Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4), Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #6), About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact.
A Gray Media Group, Inc. Station - © 2002-2020 Gray Television, Inc. I actually get vertigo just by looking at a photo of heights. This rule, it was later realized, should also have been applied to takeoffs as was displayed by the lack of a sterile cockpit environment prior to the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982.
[5]:25 The captain was 49-year-old James E. Reeves, who had been with the airline since 1956. It seemingly came from nowhere, and lasted about two years. Arabs are taking over every damned thing. This would leave 69 people (82 - 13 = 69) dead initially. The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 212 killed 72 people on board. Reeves: “Carowinds? I seemed to have developed more phobias as I have gotten older, especially a fear of heights.
[5]:25 The captain was 49-year-old James E. Reeves, who had been with the airline since 1956. Capt.
I do realize I have a phobia.
"[5] The NTSB concluded that conducting such nonessential chatter can distract pilots from their flying duties during the critical phases of flight, such as instrument approach to landing, and recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) establish rules and educate pilots to focus exclusively on flying tasks while operating at low altitudes.
I have also developed an inordinate fear of heights over the past 10 years for some reason and I am sickened by any height over 3 floors. United Air Lines Flight 553 (stalled on approach) 29-12-1972: CVR: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (descended into swamp) 27-11-1973: CVR: Delta Air Lines Flight 516 (undershot runway on ILS approach) 10-09-1976: ATC: Inex Adria DC-9-31 / British Airways Trident (mid-air collision) 27-03-1977: CVR: KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 collision Perhaps someone might see if the owner of this picture http://www.airliners.net/photo/Eastern-Air-Lines/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-31/0651328/L/ might release copyright for Wikipedia to use? I wish we had the high-speed trains like they do in Europe. "The flight crew's lack of altitude awareness at critical points during the approach due to poor cockpit discipline in that the crew did not follow prescribed procedure". Last edited on 5 September 2020, at 18:13, List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft, "69 killed, 13 survive as Eastern jetliner crashes at Charlotte", "AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA SEPTEMBER 11, 1974", "Jon Batiste & Stephen Colbert Reflect On The Loss Of Kobe Bryant", "The Cockpit, the Cabin, and Social Psychology", Photo of aircraft N8984E taken in Miami, FL, on Feb. 1974, before the accident, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_212&oldid=976895026, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 18:13. Eastern Airlines Flight 212 The Flightpath
The scheduled flight was from Charleston Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare, with an intermediate stop in Charlotte. [12] The NTSB issued the following official Probable Cause statement for the accident:[12]. I find train travel very pleasant. It also claims that 13 people survived the initial impact. ", Dual, the transcript, and the overall investigation report are a lot longer. This rule, it was later realized, should also have been applied to takeoffs as was displayed by the lack of a sterile cockpit environment prior to the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982.
for accidents occurred decades ago in Russian-speaking countries, for which very few English sources are available, and instead many sources in Russian are.
--Dual Freq 14:36, 27 October 2007 (UTC), The cockpit voice recorder reveals the level of desultory conversation taking place on the flight deck during the final five minutes of the flight, when all attention should have been focused on making either a safe landing or a safe missed approach. Although I was working in the airlines when this happened, I don't really recall it, probably because I didn't work for Eastern nor in any of the cities that flight passed through. Cockpit Transcripts Released Wednesday, Jan 19 2011 Eastern Airlines and North Carolina Eastern Airlines Flight 212 The Flightpath 2:41 pm Transcribed from The News and Courier , Charleston, SC, November 13, 1974, p. 1-B: 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 more than three miles (5 km) short of runway 36, killing 72 of the 82 on board. All the Wonderful Wikipedia editors will do is classify your simple arithmetic as "original research.
Don't be embarrassed.
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