Events on September 11 in history

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 (September 11, 1974)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

The crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a controlled flight into terrain of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The incident occurred on September 11, 1974, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. The scheduled flight was from Charleston Municipal Airport to Chicago O'Hare, with an intermediate stop in Charlotte.

An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that multiple crew errors were the primary cause of the crash.

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Events on September 11 in history

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 (September 11, 1974)

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