Marks Unexplained World
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The Strange Story of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 | Marks Unexplained World Podcast Extra
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The Strange Story of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 | Marks Unexplained World Podcast Extra

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a scheduled flight from New York JFK to Miami. Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades, causing 101 total fatalities.

Three of the four cockpit crew members, two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96 of the 163 passengers were killed; 75 people survived.

During the following months and years, stories began circulating that employees of Eastern

Air Lines, and numerous passengers, had reported sightings of the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and second officer (flight engineer) Donald Repo, sitting aboard other L-1011s.