From this point on, the breakup of the fuselage became more extensive, scattering metal fragments, cabin fittings, and passenger seats widely. What songs will we sing? one passenger asked. But, to play it safe, she always wore an add-on hairpiece and teased her hair up into a bouffant to make herself look taller. Frank Borman And Flight 401 #2505745 BY NIKV69 - Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:17 am Being a child from an Eastern Air Lines family I am shocked that my father never told me that Frank Borman who at the time was a new VP of EAL rushed to the scene of the crash of flight 401 in the Everglades in December of 72'. If you would like to contribute to this cause, donations can be made to: National Air Disaster Foundation (write "EAL 401 Memorial" on the check), You may also make donations by credit card on their website: www.PlaneSafe.org. He hoped the circling delay would give them time to fix the problem. Unborn son of Rochelle and Stefan Rubin The night was a balmy 72 degrees, the mosquitoes surprisingly sparse. Eastern Airlines Flight #401 (L1011 N310EA) crashed in the Everglades on December 29, 1972. Ever the good Catholic, she crossed herself in the dark and silently prayed, Oh God, please let that be true.. Why dont we sing to help warm ourselves up? she suggested. Stewardess Beverly Raposa, then 25, noticed nothing unusual as the flight passed high over the Atlantic Ocean en route to Miami International Airport. Leonhard put the car in park, cut the motor and stepped out. Thank you, Rob. Suddenly, he stopped. They had drowned because their seats landed with their heads tilted down into the swamp water. The Ghost of Flight 401. Rodas, meanwhile, is "badly burned" as well, the source says. Bob called Infantino, who loves to tell the story: "He was a regional coordinator with AFLAC, American Family Life Assurance Co., and that's when I started -- 16 years ago, and I've been with them ever since. Colonel. She dug down into the black muck, cupped a double handful to her face and smeared it all over the affected areas. The Ghost of Flight 401: Mystery Files | The strange tales of the ghostly airmen of Flight of 401 circulated in the airline community. Interment will follow at 2pm at Florida National Cemetery. [4], Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a regularly scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, to Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. A similar situation appeared in the Thai movie Dark Flight, directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, produced in 2012. Check-in; . How about we start with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?. The scene was impressive. Dead bodies hung, lay and floated everywhere I looked. The flying safety was even more compromised because it was slightly hazy which reduced visibility to seven to ten miles over the Everglades. The slight forward pressure on the stick would have caused the aircraft to enter a slow descent, maintained by the CWS system. Salvatore Carfizzi 7/15/15 After dark he moonlighted as a commercial frogger. Nery Palma 7/12/34 "I was engaged and my fiance was killed in a drunk-driving accident two months before the wedding," she said. She had been recovering from a heartbreak of her own for a year and a half. He did well for a while -- had a big house in the Country Club of Miami and drove a Lincoln. Patricia A. Ghyssels 3/31/45 The silence was broken only by the intermittent croaking of bullfrogs and the occasional rustle of tall reeds as an unseen creature passed through them. The jet bounced once, then hit again. However, we had one advantage that members of the general public didn't have - we had access to airplanes. Bud Marquis had experienced better nights of frogging. Investigators believe the autopilot switched modes when the captain accidentally leaned against the yoke while turning to speak to the flight engineer, who was sitting behind and to the right of him. No flicker from an air boaters headlamp. Telephone number:0208 846 0502 . Thus, the switching to CWS in channel A possibly did not occur in channel B, thus depriving the first officer of any indication the mode had changed (channel A provides the captain's instruments with data, while channel B provides the first officer's). Hansel Meighen died on April 15, 1999, and is buried in Ft. Pierce, Florida. At approximately 2340R 29 December 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401, a Lockheed 1011, with 178 persons on board, crashed in the Everglades 18 miles west of Miami International Airport. In a calm, soothing voice, she said, Now close your eyes and pretend you have a cup of coffee, hot chocolate or tea in your hands. He had scarcely recovered from a bad auto accident when 401 crashed. [6], The flight was commanded by Captain Robert Albin (Bob) Loft, age 55, a veteran pilot ranked 50th in seniority at Eastern Air Lines. The point of this entire story is to simply tell you that yes - planes can be haunted. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades at 11:42 pm December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities. "That's what really gets me. Obviously, I'm not a hunter, but I don't begrudge those who do hunt responsibly. It happened 40 years ago today on a cold dark night in the Everglades, a brand new "Whisperliner" jumbo jet. He was 79. Maureen I. Chesler 10/12/47 Jerry stopped seeing the girl in Miami he had been dating, married a different woman a year later and quit his job at Gimbel's. It is personal and it has served over the intervening years to remind me of how precious and tenuous life can be. ", This pilot added, however, that he "flew 318 several times in the late 80s and never saw any unnatural apparitions - some weird looking people, but no ghosts. (AP) PITTSBURGH - A former police officer who retired from the FBI due to post-traumatic stress disorder linked to her role in the aftermath of the . Less than three hours later the aircraft reached Florida. Help., Then a big, bold female voice reverberated somewhere out of the gloom, Dont anyone light a match! A few minutes later, If you can hear my voice, come to me! All 110 people on board died. Her face burned from the jet fuel. They died. Caridad Fermina Hernandez 10/11/32 His writings form the basis for much of this Web site, with permission. [15][18] The reported hauntings were said to be seen only on the planes that used the spare parts. It's truly amazing how the mind works for, at the time, I had no idea of the significance of what I saw that night nor did I intend to store it away in my memory banks. The problem had consumed all their mental energy. Renee Joaquin Albert 8/3/36 You can see the brand name on the oven instruction plate. Jerome Becker 6/27/39 the passenger manifest) "That wasn't my first brush with death," he said. Angelo was a friend to all who know him, generous with his time to anyone who needed him and a devoted husband and father. Please dont leave me! Infantino yelled. Two passing pilots saw it and called the airport. If you hear my voice, come toward me. Leonhard, Raposa, and Infantino never connected during the rescue operation, except for one tenuous bond that drew them together in spirit: the sound of a distant Christmas carol drifting throughthe night. The flight had 163 passengers and 13 crew members. Refresh the page,. The crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 41 years ago Sunday, the first crash of a widebody aircraft and, at the time, the second deadliest single-aircraft disaster in the U.S., led to wide-ranging changes in on board safety that continue to positively affect air travel today. Trudy Smith didn't return to flying. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site. Im sure they all ran away. She spit the words out quickly, doing her best to sound convincing. Flight 401 - Possible Explanation | Now for the big decisions - who gets to ride with us? The captain and his first and second officers had every reason to feel good and confident about flying this particular ship. Instead of landing in . Feel the warmth going down.. '", Age 79, died Saturday, October 2, 2004 in Land O'Lakes, FL. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. I especially remember Bill describing passengers who apparently survived the crash impact, but were knocked unconscious and were still strapped into their seats. The altimeter showed a decrease in altitude, but none of the crew noticed. The 52-year-old flight engineer was one of 101 people who'd died Dec. 29, 1972 when Eastern Flight 401, packed with holiday travelers, slammed into the Everglades 19 miles northwest of Miami. Loise Shackelford attended. Donadeo, an Eastern Airlines technical specialist on L-1011 aircraft, was returning to Miami that night from a trouble- shooting assignment in New York. He survived, barely, with his right arm nearly severed, his left knee broken and his chest crushed. Perhaps the most extraordinary and credible research into the ghost phenomenon ever documented is the so-called "Ghosts of Flight 401."On December of 1972, an Eastern Airlines Tri-Star jetliner, Flight 401, crashed into a Florida swamp.Read the accident report (PDF). At the time, the decision to change seats carried no meaning. Get Alerts. Laying on the coat rack, Patty George. I wouldnt be a bit surprised if the speed hed been traveling was well over a hundred miles an hour., Leonhard added, The guy weighed around 160, but it still took eight of us carrying a stretcher filled with his dead weight to carry him out. Flight 401 Crash Site Hauntings |. Shortly after I arrived, one of my friends, Hansel Meighen, practically dragged me to his airplane and loudly announced that we were going to go fly out to the Everglades crash site. They headed for the flash. After retiring he volunteered with the Civil Air Patrol, his last rank was Lt. The Ghost of Flight 401 was based on the tragic Eastern Air Lines airplane crash in December 1972, and the alleged supernatural events which followed; it was eventually turned into a popular 1978 made-for-television movie. Donald Stanley Casadona 7/16/38 Richard L. Marquis, a carpet-layer, saw it too. He saw mangled bodies and heard the pitiful moans of the dying. Elizabeth M. Pollack 12/10/17 Several survivors tracked him down to thank him personally. According to my late mother, she wanted to get back to flying, but she was petrified every time she heard jet noise. Raposa was struggling for ideas to keep her group occupied. He had logged 280 hours in the L-1011. Incongruously, not far from the roofless fuselage center section with the inner portion of the starboard wing still attached, lay a large, undamaged and fully inflated rubber dinghy, one of a number carried on the TriStar in the event of an emergency water landing. It's a swamp, a flat swamp. Fourteen survivors had various degrees of burns. Oddly, he felt no pain. Brief Synopsis. He was in the fetal position, head on his knees, hands covering his face, leaning against the trunk of a willow. At the time, it was one of the worst civil aviation disasters the country had ever seen. Around 4:30 a.m., Leonhard waded up to a willow heada thick tangle of weepy trees with brittle limbs draping into the water. Then came scattered parts from the number 1 (port) engine, and fragments from the port wing itself and the port tailplane. Tuesday. Charles Kuchenbrod 7/16/30 Carol Susan Jackter 9/26/52 In 2005, TANS Peru Flight 204 crashed into the Amazonian jungle, leaving a trail of bodies and wreckage scattered across the rainforest. Hey, whats happening here? the captain shouted. Patricia Renee Shackelford 12/9/52 It crashed into the Everglades 18.7 miles northwest of the airport, eight miles north of Tamiami. The pilot Bob Loft and the flight engineer Don Repo were two of the 101 people who perished in the air crash. [5]:6,16[9] However, the NTSB concluded that the captain's tumor did not contribute to the accident. Eight minutes earlier, 401 had been descending on its landing approach after an uneventful flight from New York. Grand Canyon Disaster + . Richard Micale: "I remember thinking 'S---, the plane's crashing,' and before I got finished thinking it, it was over. Based on Fuller's book, it emphasized the ghost sightings. Eventually, the investigations were concluded and most, but not all, of the wreckage was removed or salvaged from the Everglades. Susana Luna 8/29/29 Thomas Ponte 10/24/11 Bud wants to. The death toll at the time was the highest of any one-plane accident in U.S. civil aviation history. Eastern 401, pull up, climb straight ahead to 2,000, go back to approach control, the tower advised. N310EA, the aircraft involved in the accident. He'd get that look. One hundred and one lives were lost that late . Above: A piece of wreckage from Flight 401 still visible in the Everglades. Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 02:18, intentional infliction of emotional distress, "Airliner carrying 167 crashes in Everglades", "Giant jetliner goes down in 'gator infested swamp", "Eastern Airlines, Inc. L-1011, N310EA, Miami, Florida, December 29, 1972", "Robert "Bud" Marquis's Obituary on San Francisco Chronicle", "PART TWO: THE CRASH "It felt like a wild rollercoaster ride", "A Lesson on the Importance of Crew Resource Management", "Lessons Learnt from the Crash of Eastern 401", Eastern Flight 401 The Story of the Crash, The Crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401-Epilogue, ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 N310EA Everglades, FL, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401&oldid=1140849286, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 02:18. Ruiz, 63, of West Miami-Dade, still has aches and pains but returned to flying until Eastern folded in 1991. Henry Nunez 8/18/23 Am I the only one left alive? he wondered. Flight 401 soared above a primordial swampland filled with poisonous snakes and alligators crawling through razor-sharp sawgrass and open-water sloughs. Even though I didn't own an airplane, the club members considered me one of their own, a privilege that I treasure and respect to this day, despite the fact that I haven't had any involvement with the club since the late 1970s. Of the 176 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 401, 77 survived the initial crash. employees and their immediate families of the Promoter and its related bodies corporate and registered travel companions of employees of the Promoter and its related bodies corporate. Picture that in your mind. "He's an airboater.". The Ghosts of Flight 401, part of the Discovery+ series Shock Docs, emphasizes the supernatural legacy of the crash. Meanwhile, 1,100 miles to the north, an Eastern Airlines jumbo jet lifted off in bitter cold weather from New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport. Bill Elliott had a much more eventful night. Theyre not going to find us, an anxious passenger whispered. All of us realized that many people had lost their lives and that there was a bit of mystery surrounding why a relatively new L1011 crashed into the Everglades on a clear, dark night. Marquis is also survived by a son, Donald Marquis of Altamonte Springs; a daughter, Terri Mabie of Tucson; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He also likes not to think about those days. He sold 13 in a month. if (theYear < 1900) We're having legs tonight. He'd stay calm, look at the stars for direction, think things through, then crank up the airboat engine and find his way back to the Tamiami Trail. His fishing and hunting skills helped put supper on the family table. Three of the four cockpit crew members, two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96 of the 163 passengers were killed; 75 people survived. [5]:3 This was later discovered to be due to a burned-out light bulb. of 401 King Street, London, W6 9NJ, United Kingdom (+612 9691 0176). Isell Delgado 1/23/25 The television movie The Ghost of Flight 401, which was broadcast on NBC during February 1978, offers a fictionalized depiction of the crash and alleged ghost sightings. The aircraft was a Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar traveling from New York to Miami. The only thing she was looking forward to on arrival in Miami was going to bed. It wouldn't take much.". Loft, Robert Albin | The TriStar's port outer wing structure struck the ground first, followed by the number1 engine and the port main undercarriage. The oven choices for airlines were either Nordskog or the Bowmar/Calrod brand. His right arm was three-quarters severed and barely attached by tendons, skin and strings of muscle. NOTE - There is no official death certificates for "Mrs. McAvoy," which appeared in passenger lists released to the press at the time. They have two sons and live in Dade City now, near Tampa. LOYLESS FUNERAL HOME, Land O'Lakes/Lutz Chapel. The trip to Florida, by official accounts, was pleasantly routine. Other than those observations, I don't recall much more from that flight. Flight 401 - Flight Log | Part 243 - PASSENGER MANIFEST INFORMATION. Photo credit: Don Boyd of Sun Bird Photos. The crew members, however, were focused on fixing the wheel-light indicator. Adelaide Geneve Bearman 9/21/22 "Ladies, you're safe up there. Sara Escobar 8/ 7/31 It turns out that the area I was flying over is the well-known stomping grounds for the crew of Eastern Airlines Flight 401: A plane that crashed in 1972 over the Everglades. Although he was a passenger, he rode in the cockpit with pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer. Five hours after the crash, the welcome sounds of voices and legs sloshing through water, labored breathing and flashlight beams probing the dark broke the silence. I really do think I can gig some frogs if I had to. They were both 26 years old. This crash also was the basis for the earlier TV movie. Only their bedroom has an air conditioner. Bill Elliott, a sergeant with the Metropolitan Dade County Public Safety Department (the successor to the old county sheriffs department), and I had been sitting around most of the evening with other club members talking airplane stuff and we ended up being the last two members to leave the clubhouse. I checked my log book entry for Dec. 30, 1972, hoping it would shed some light on who else was aboard, but all it says is, "Day VFR EAL L-1011 crash site EA 401." The captain had ordered that the landing gear be lowered in. Judy Ellenberg 2/27/53 "It's 100 degrees in the house, honey," Nancy says, joining him on the porch. Flight 401 was a short-haul flight to Miami. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA and was a 26 year resident of Christmas, FL. Off I went to check with the FAA Flight Service Station. We had him out by 5:30 in the morning. Leonhard discovered a hole in the bushes, roughly circular in shape and a little larger than the mouth of a culvert pipe. But it kept jamming. About 490 feet (150m) from the wingtip's initial contact with the ground, the massive fuselage had begun to break up, scattering components from the underfloor galley, the cargo compartments, and the cabin interior. Back row: Pat Ghyssels, Trudy Smith, Adrianne Hamilton and Mercy Ruiz. That credo seems to be exemplified in every major airplane crash. Allen M. Stark 8/11/49 With the $250,000 legal settlement, Micale thought he had it made. With the engine dangerously wide open - the boat slipped over the grass at 35 mph - he maneuvered around all obstacles. Folks from South Florida's sporting community, mostly hunters, fishers and airboaters, heard, many for the first time, about Bud. No complete cross-section of the passenger cabin remained, and both the port wing and tailplane were demolished to fragments. Rowdy fans of Notre Dame and University of Nebraska, scheduled to play on New Year's Day at the Orange Bowl, were poised to take over the town. Eastern management must have taken the stories somewhat seriously, however. The Ghost of Flight 401. Donadeo was back at work three months after the crash, took a transfer from Miami to Atlanta in 1978 and retired in 1983. Back row: Pat Ghyssels, Trudy Smith, Adrianne Hamilton, Mercy Ruiz. Robert L. Marquis - "Bud" to friends - wanted to eat frogs' legs. He was an aviation business student at Miami-Dade Community College then, and used some of his money to start a commuter airline. Infantino, 47, is an independent insurance broker in San Antonio, a few minutes' drive from home in Dade City. Barry L. Mancuso 10/19/44 On the night of December 29th, 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 took off from New York and headed towards Miami, Florida. There were 75 survivors. Beverly Raposa stumbled out of the nightmarish apocalypse, hurt, disheveled and covered in clumps of dripping swamp grasses. Braulio Corretjer 1/5/28 Pick up your airboat and meet me at the Twenty Mile Boat Ramp. At 11:32 p.m., Capt. During its descent, the Boeing jet airliner was in a "nose up deck approach" which meant that it was almost next to impossible for its flight crew to see the small Cessna flying directly below it.39 The overhead position of the climbing Cessna 172 Skyhawk's cantilevered wing would have restricted Boswell and Kazy's rear view.40 Miami International Airport Sighting | An hour or so later, a Christmas carol floated through the air, reassuring Infantino he was not alone. I didn't tell him that it felt really strange realizing that so much of the plane was still out in the glades. His 1977 book, Crash, tells the story of many of the passengers, the investigation and aftermath of Flight 401. He invested in real estate, too. Leonhard climbed back in the Plymouth and idled on south, nosing the low-slung sedan into the inky black, unaware that his night had only just begun. Im a tough Portuguese girl from Rhode Island.. The rescuers are picking people up from the nose section of the plane first. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 left New York's JFK airport, bound for Miami International Airport, on December 29, 1972. During a rare moment of calm after the rescue helicopter had departed for Miami, he heard the faint tune of a Christmas carol. Jose Rego 9/5/19 The breakup of the fuselage had freed it from its stowage and activated its inflation mechanism. An interesting side show to the crash of Flight 401 was documented in the 1976 book The Ghost of Flight 401, by John G. Fuller. Repo, Donald Louis | theYear = theYear + 1900 The four-month-old L-1011 TriStar jet crashed into the Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972 at 11:42 p.m., caused . That was a godsend because I got to meet and befriend many of the club members, most of whom were successful small business owners enjoying the fruits of their labor by owning and operating private aircraft (something that is almost cost prohibitive in today's aviation, regulatory and business environments). She found a section of the cabin with a stewardess still strapped into her seat-belt harness. Raposa sensed a different tone in the engines. (Deer in south Florida are almost anemic compared to deer in other parts of the country.) ValuJet 592 went down in May 1996, killing all 110 on board. Jose Garcia 6/4/47 Some still feel the pain. Frank Borman, a former NASA astronaut and Eastern's senior vice president of operations, was awoken at home by a telephone call explaining of a probable crash. Many of the survivors were also stripped of their clothes and this contributed to medical problems with all the bacteria in the Everglades water and the relatively cold temperatures that night. Flight 401 - First Response | Lights in the Darkness: The crash of Eastern Air Lines flight 401 | by Admiral Cloudberg | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Marc Leshay 11/28/51 They rushed to rescue survivors. [6]:110 Visually, since it was nighttime and the aircraft was flying over the darkened terrain of the Everglades, no ground lights or other visual signs indicated the TriStar was slowly descending. Carmen Jorge 7/7/46 Leonhard hit the gas as he toggled on the blue light and siren. Even at 78, Marquis is an old-fashioned country boy. Inside was a treasure: Her camera with the unprocessed film of shots of the crew taken that day. Rosemary Mancuso 10/31/49 In the days and weeks following the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, recovery efforts captivated the nation, and perhaps because of its iconic, unforgiving, alligator-riddled crash site, the event has remained seared in the memories of Floridians for decades. Roberto Palma 6/10/27 Maria Elena Gonzalez 9/3/51 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a scheduled flight from New York JFK to Miami. An elevation of only eight feet felt like being on a hilltop in the Everglades. The tall building behind the plane is Building 16 at MIA, the former headquarters of Eastern Air Lines. Leonhard happened to be looking southeast across the glades. The captain, along with one of two flight crew members, two of 10 flight attendants, and 97 of 163 passengers, died; 75 . Photos of the 35th anniversary memorial gathering at the crash site, December 29, 2007. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 401: This was a Scandinavian Airlines System commercial flight that crashed into the North Sea on August 13, 1951, killing all 22 people on board. the pilot asked at the last second. The Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar was the latest generation of wide-body commercial aircraft and had been put into service only four months before. [10], Most of the dead were passengers in the aircraft's midsection. The control tower at Opa locka shut down at 11pm each evening back then so the L1011 had to be in contact with Miami Approach Control, since we assumed it was ultimately being vectored for an approach to MIA. Flight 401 Normal - Faulty Auto Pilot | Sometimes, back when there were no cell phones or GPS electronics to help navigate, he'd get lost at night. Tennessee's Music City combines country, bluegrass, rock, pop, Americana, gospel, classical, jazz, and bluesall in perfect harmonyto create one of the best places in the world to remember music's greatest performers, see today's top artists, and maybe discover the next big thing. "Your body could be stripped naked if you're thrown out through an opening, or your body could be relatively intact if you were in part of the aircraft that 'fluttered' down to the surface" because. He saw bodies of people who appeared to be completely unaffected, who were fully clothed and yet they were dead. The crash occurred while the entire flight crew was preoccupied with . Bud helped the man into the airboat and poured him coffee from the thermos. . This was only about 12 hours after the L1011 crashed! A light on the instrument panel the first officer was monitoring failed to illuminate green to confirm that the nose landing gear was extended and locked. Not shown, Sharon Transue (she was taking the photo). No more clothes on his body .". Wreckage from Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Everglades; Photography courtesy Ron Infantino, Buried up to his neck in freezing water and muck, completely naked except for the elastic rims of his socks, severely injured, shivering and in shock, Infantino feebly called into the night: Lilly, where are you? A friend once warned him: "One day you'll work a plane crash out there." Pedro Garcia 2/10/26 Once in a while I ask Teresa, 'How come you never bought a vacuum cleaner if you thought I was so good? An aerial view of the crash site; a swath of the Everglades; Photography courtesy Ron Infantino. December 29, 2022 / 10:12 AM / CBS Miami. Once you become stuck in the glades, you could be there for a long, long, time.. Sir, dont worry, he said. Lilly leaned back in her seat, resting quietly. We had a habit of informally gathering at the clubhouse on Friday and Saturday evenings to down a few beers and catch up on all the news that had any impact on us. Join FlightAware View more flight history Purchase entire flight history for AAL401. Ex-FBI agent: I saw angels at Flight 93 site. Mom apparently worked closely with that flight attendant. In the end, it appears that the source of the stories was an article in an issue of the Flight Safety Foundation. The old airboat, the airboat in which he carried injured passengers, waits on a rusty trailer with flat tires. There were four men in the cockpit, all preoccupied with the light and landing gear. Mr. Elder later became an Editor at the San Jose Mercury News. ", Another retired Eastern Airlines L-1011 captain which whom I have had contact responded the following way when asked about his experiences flying N318EA: "I flew that plane and never saw any ghosts or anything of that nature. Albert J. 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