Well, hmmm. This was a rather abbreviated reminder of what happened, but not bad. Was living not far away, so I remember this crash. I became a flight attendant for EAL in 1978, and I flew with the only surviving F/A on occasion. Lovely woman. Talk show host Steven Colbert lost his father and brother in this crash. Oddly after EAL folded, I began flying with AA, and was based in Boston. On 9/11 2001 I lost 11 friends/crew members on flight 11. I was actually scheduled to take the same flight to 5 days later. Small horrible world. Please never forget.
I witnessed this as a 6-year old kid. It barely cleared our apartments and I saw the explosions after it cleared the power lines. I think it crashed 1/4 of a mile from where we lived. The men in the apartments ran out to help. I saw from my bus seat them coming out of the woods, all bloodied and some crying. I heard later that there were a lot of body parts all in the area. Will never forget that. I still cringe when I hear a low-flying plane.
Always makes me think the compiler knows nothing about planes when they are discussing a DC-9 accident and show a DC-6 taking off and a Boeing 707 flying. Then again, I assume this is from a Newspaper, so don't expect them to know anything about planes.
How can two experienced pilots get totally "sidetracked" on the approach of all things? They apparently didn't know they were too low on their glideslope and crashed their airplane into a wooded area. I can't imagine how they squabbled their approach to the runway when the tower already provided them accurate information for the landing to take place. The DC-9's descent was way lower than what the tower had given the crew. Unfortunately this was an accident that didn't need to happen and many people died. There was nothing wrong with that airplane, so this was in fact classified as pilot error. RIP to all the deceased.🙏✝️
So what happened to cause the crash? And when you get to it: why certain seat positions Survivable, others not. Having hooked us on the human story, very well done, please tell us/promote /indicate when the other installments will be shown~ I'm watching this on You Tube: I have no natural pre-existing connection to Charlotte. I do have a brother and sister in law in Durham, NC. =Without promotion I will not know or come across Episode 2,3,4,5.
Well, hmmm. This was a rather abbreviated reminder of what happened, but not bad. Was living not far away, so I remember this crash. I became a flight attendant for EAL in 1978, and I flew with the only surviving F/A on occasion. Lovely woman. Talk show host Steven Colbert lost his father and brother in this crash. Oddly after EAL folded, I began flying with AA, and was based in Boston. On 9/11 2001 I lost 11 friends/crew members on flight 11. I was actually scheduled to take the same flight to 5 days later. Small horrible world. Please never forget.
This is the crash that killed Stephen Colbert’s father and his two brothers.
I worked at a steel mill in SC and we received pieces of burned mail from this flight that crashed short of the runway. I still have that mail.
Exceptional journalism. Thank you.
Wait this was 9/11
Decades before the twin tower attacks
Yeah
I witnessed this as a 6-year old kid. It barely cleared our apartments and I saw the explosions after it cleared the power lines. I think it crashed 1/4 of a mile from where we lived.
The men in the apartments ran out to help. I saw from my bus seat them coming out of the woods, all bloodied and some crying. I heard later that there were a lot of body parts all in the area. Will never forget that. I still cringe when I hear a low-flying plane.
Always makes me think the compiler knows nothing about planes when they are discussing a DC-9 accident and show a DC-6 taking off and a Boeing 707 flying. Then again, I assume this is from a Newspaper, so don't expect them to know anything about planes.
He wasn’t discussing a DC-9
He was discussing the weather
At arrival airport
How can two experienced pilots get totally "sidetracked" on the approach of all things? They apparently didn't know they were too low on their glideslope and crashed their airplane into a wooded area. I can't imagine how they squabbled their approach to the runway when the tower already provided them accurate information for the landing to take place. The DC-9's descent was way lower than what the tower had given the crew. Unfortunately this was an accident that didn't need to happen and many people died. There was nothing wrong with that airplane, so this was in fact classified as pilot error. RIP to all the deceased.🙏✝️
A little before my time, but Eastern was our family airline in the late 70s through the 80s... Flew them everywhere out of ORF.
Don't forget to link to the final NTSB report...
So what happened to cause the crash? And when you get to it: why certain seat positions Survivable, others not. Having hooked us on the human story, very well done, please tell us/promote /indicate when the other installments will be shown~ I'm watching this on You Tube: I have no natural pre-existing connection to Charlotte. I do have a brother and sister in law in Durham, NC. =Without promotion I will not know or come across Episode 2,3,4,5.
Charolotte seems to have a cloud bank a lot.
Yes… it’s a phenomenon in late Summer early fall around September. It’s always foggy.
210 miles
1:20 Were there still DC-6s flying into Charlotte in 1974?
Sure, why not?
Eastern Airlines operated the Lockheed L-188 Electra around that same time right out of LGA...
@@Qboro66 I agree that it's possible. I'm skeptical but curious.