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Eastern Airlines flight 401

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  • 07-12-2009 10:53pm
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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,364 ✭✭✭


    I don't think there's any mention of this famous ghost story here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401

    The fact that the apparitions were seen and witnessed by senior flight crew (not the most impressionable of people) gives one pause for thought.

    Possibly the younger members of our audience haven't heard of the story, so
    I also recommend searching for the documentary about the accident on Youtube.


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    AircraftTechie
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    Hi all, im amazed that they used parts of a crashed Aircraft to put onto another Aircraft, afaik that just doesnt happen these days due to Air Crash Investigations etc

    Anyway a little more info as to why there could be ghosts on the newer aircraft N318EA (cn 366) Once upon a time, registration N318EA belonged to an Eastern Airlines L-1011 ( N310EA ). That plane was built in 1973 using some parts salvaged from another Eastern L-1011 which suffered a fatal crash, flight 401, resulting in over 100 fatalities. Many people have reported seeing ghosts of the EAL401 crew onboard N318EA, this was also the subject of a famous 1978 movie "The Ghost of Flight 401".

    Just a little history behind the registration number, The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft involved in the accident ( N310EA ) was damaged beyond repair and was written off.

    As a matter of interest N318EA finished service with Eastern Airlines and moved to Cathay Pacific as VR-HOI 2/89, and finally onto a park in South Korea where it is now an Aircraft Restaurant and she is pretty much preserved well, N318EA's registration now belongs to a Socata TBM-850 Aircraft.


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