She encouraged them to sing Christmas carols to keep their spirits up, a mark of courage and stoicism in the face of a dire situation. Unfortunately, 101 passengers and crew perished in the accident. Sharon and Adrienne were injured and trapped in their jump seats. Although not in your arms, Im always in your heart. I said, 'I know what you're going through because I lost somebody too.' Sometimes, it doesnt seem like 50 years.. In 2015 we warned you that the new Miami Springs pool was going to be much smaller than the grand olympic sized pool we had for over 50 years. Pieces of the aircraft scattered across the sawgrass. "You will never be forgotten. There were 75 survivors, including a 23-year-old flight . Raposa brought the baby to Ruiz, who cradled him to keep warm. The flight path of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in its final moments. I say, 'Calm down, Ron, what number is this? Flight 401 - Flight Crew Fatal Photograph. "The blessing was we didn't know we were about to crash. If you can hear my voice, dont light a match, flight attendant Beverly Raposa called out as she regained consciousness in the darkness. Hardly anyone has stopped by in 35 years to discuss the crash. Eastern Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, remains the worst aviation accident in Florida history. Why them two?. He says he thinks about the crash every day and it has defined the way he looks at life. Tell people you love them. Now the names are there and they will never be forgotten, Ruiz said. She has served as cabin crew on flights from economy-class to private jets. Off-topic, inappropriate or anonymous posts may be removed. Checks can be made payable to: National Air Disaster Foundation The former flight attendants described one gathering in the Everglades where airboats from around Florida turned up to help commemorate crash victims. He was flying from New York that night with his bride of 20 days, Lilly. So I'll never forget it, I brought it to my chest and held it.". A group of survivors drafted plans for a marker, but life got in the way. The senior flight attendant said he was dazed and unresponsive when spoken to and was not on the passenger list. Patricia has a master's level postgraduate diploma in Human Factors in Aviation and has written about aviation since 2010. He would later learn the voice came from flight attendant Beverly Raposa, who would later lead survivors in Christmas carols to try to keep their spirits up in the cold night. Beverly replied, 'No Mercy, we're down.' Today Infantino will present two wreaths, one for Flight 401 and the other for Valujet, the 1996 Everglades crash that killed all 110 on board. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Raposa said that 103 airboats were scheduled to show up but that two of the airboats would not start, due to last-minute mechanical difficulties. She recalls the terrifying moments afterward. She freed herself, then went to work saving others. At the front of the aircraft, Sue Tebbs and Adrienne Hamilton were seated for landing. And then she started walking away, trying to help people. Anyone interested in attending should email flt401memorial@gmail.com. Flight attendants Patricia and Stephanie tragically died in the crash, along with the flight crew. Flight 401, a new L-1011 TriStar, took off from Kennedy International Airport in New York at 9:20 p.m. on Dec. 29, 1972. The flight started in New York. I try to do that but I'm human so it doesn't always work out.". Raposa, who worked in a travel agency after leaving Eastern, reminds herself to not leave the house angry and to tell her loved ones how much she cares for them because returning is never a guarantee. Organizers are still seeking donations to cover the cost of the memorial, a bill that stands at about $20,000. But no one could hear Infantino yelling for help. He warned them of a faulty electrical circuit, which was then found and replaced. The swamp water that may have saved him also caused him to get gangrene, causing it to swell to three times its normal size and smell "like rotten eggs." It also marked the first the first jumbo jet to crash. Meanwhile, a flight attendant on a New York to Miami flight (the very route of the December 1972 crash) opened an overhead locker to find Bob's face peering out at her. Josef El Rey Martinez was officially introduced as the newest member of Inter Miami on Wednesday morning, but the Venezuelan forward and former MLS MVP is hardly a newcomer to South Florida. And she knows what I went through, so you have that same bonding with one another.". He has a masters degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelors degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ro Piedras. We consider them significant. Its closure; its been a long time coming, she said. Ann Connell, Barry Connell, Angelo Donadeo, Patricia R Georgia, Adrianne Ann Hamilton, Jennifer Larsen, Thomas Mulcahy, Mercedes V Ruiz, Beverly Jean Raposa, Trudy J Smith, Sue F. Tibbs, Sharon R Transue, Dorothy M Warnock. "I love my profession so I overcame that part of my life. (Ron Infantino) On the 29th of December 1972, an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 Tristar landing in Miami, Florida plowed into the Everglades well short of the airport, throwing dozens of survivors into a grisly fight for survival. In the cockpit: Capt. The four-month-old L-1011 TriStar jet crashed into the Florida . Dawn Quinn's grandfather was pilot Robert Loft. This week, there will be a special commemoration of the new monument on Curtiss Parkway in memory of the 101 souls lost fifty years ago on Eastern Airlines Flight 401. Infantino and other survivors are holding a memorial service today at 4 p.m. at the site of the Valujet Flight 592 memorial, on the Tamiami Trail, 12 miles west of Krome Avenue. Ruiz also described the anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the lives lost in the crash. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was on its final approach into Miami shortly before midnight 50 years ago this month when a single light bulb on the aircraft's instrument panel failed to illuminate. Click on contribute in the blue box in the right column of the home page. Marquis would work tirelessly throughout the night and the next day rescuing people. There was no fear, no panic, no anything. During the five hours, a female passenger came up to him and began to walk away. Patricia McQuigg, Beverly Raposa, and Mercy Ruiz joined Infantino this week at a program to teach airline experts and passengers the lessons learned from a dark night in the Everglades. But it also crept into popular culture through . The granite monument, installed just north of the Miami International Airport, now serves as a permanent tribute to those who died when the Miami-bound Eastern Air Lines flight 401 crashed in the Everglades on the night of Dec. 29, 1972. The crash of Eastern Flight 401. Those still in a sufficiently usable state were used again on the Eastern Air Lines fleet. Then, luggage shot out of the overhead bins. In other words, more building space. Its like the light they needed in the Everglades on that December night 50 years ago. The aircraft assigned to Eastern Airlines Flight 401 that December 29th was an L-1011 from Lockheed, often referred to as a Whisperliner due to its quiet engines. At the start of 2022, Raposa remembered her promise to honor those who lost their lives on the flight. The flight crew had not realized that the autopilot had been accidentally switched off and the aircraft was descending. When an air traffic controller at MIA noticed they were flying at 900 feet when they should have been at 2000, he contacted the cockpit and asked, "How are things coming along out there?" Raposa said a turning point came when supporter Shannon DeWitt offered to help coordinate fundraising and construction efforts for a monument, a pivot from the original idea of a tribute. Infantino had met his wife, a Little Havana resident, when he moved to Miami after the Air Force. A well-known fatal accident recounted from surviving cabin crew. The crash killed 101 people, including Stanich. At one point he noticed that his right arm didn't seem right. The plane, a new "Whisperliner," could transport 229 passengers. That memory never goes away, he told the Miami Herald 50 years later. After a few minor issues were resolved, the plane was cleared for a 9 p.m. departure to Miami, as Flight 401 with 176 passengers aboard. For decades, many of the 75 survivors have reflected on ways to honor those who died in the tragedy. Almost 40 years ago, Eastern Airlines flight 401 crashed. The monument will be located on the grassy median of the 700 block of Curtis Parkway in Miami Springs, Florida, just opposite the Miami Springs Golf and Country Club driving range. Beverly had gathered survivors together, seating them back to back to stay warm. The list of passengers who perished on Eastern Airlines flight EA401 and honored on the Memorial are: The list of pilots who perished on Eastern Airlines flight EA401 are: The flight attendants who perished on the flight are: Fortunately, there were 75 survivors during that horrible tragedy of late 1972. "It was beautiful," said Infantino said of the jet. I reach over and all the sudden my fingers go inside of my bicep," he said. Expand the text below to read more about this . According to DeWitt, the monument also represents how through a terrible tragedy in Flight 401, the industry eventually put safety first in many ways.. Eastern Airlines, mistakenly believing they . The scene of the wreckage of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Everglades west of Miami International Airport. I carry those folks in my heart every single day, Raposa said of those who died in the tragedy. On another flight, a flight attendant is said to have seen Don's face on the oven door. From this accident, crew resource management was brought into pilot and cabin crew training to improve communication onboard. Three days after the crash, Lilly Infantinos body was found. DALLAS December 29, 2022, will mark a half-century since the fatal crash of Eastern Air Lines (EA) Flight 401. The latest local, regional and national news events are presented by the Local 10 News Team along with updated sports, weather and traffic. The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, along with other major air disasters around the same time, eventually led to a number of aircraft safety enhancements, including crew resource management, which has procedures for decision making in cockpits to try to eliminate human error. The pilot was unnerved by what had happened and canceled the flight. Proudly serving the community since 1997. Throughout the course of aviation history, there have been several other ghost stories. Also developed after the crash were ground proximity warning systems, which alert pilots if an aircraft is is immediate danger of flying into the gound or an obstacle. "They were incredible," says Infantino. Infantino heard that, but nobody could hear him. "And it was just hanging off. Raposa emphasized that she feels safer up there. Raposa concluded that 50 years beyond the crash, survivors and supporters still carry the victims of Flight 401 in their hearts. "The NTSB, when they studied it, they said this crash was unsurvivable, yet 75 miracles came out of there.". We just hit,' she said. That time, finances got in the way. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. On duty that day was also Stephanie Stanich, Trudy Smith, Sharon Transue, Beverly Rapoza and Dorothy Warnock. She has served as cabin crew on flights from economy-class to private jets. He had bad sawgrass cuts all over his face. He opened the trap door to see a vision of Don looking at him, which then promptly disappeared. "It was almost five hours before they even found me, five hours in the same spot, the same spot, I couldn't move, I couldn't get up," he said. Beverly Raposa was a bubbly, 25-year-old flight attendant onboard Eastern Airlines Flight 401 from New York to Miami when the plane slammed into the Everglades at 225 miles per hour near midnight . The video below recounts the moment by moment incident that led to the crash as well as interviews with some of the survivors and witnesses. The City of Miami Springs, Raposa emphasized, provided intense, intense support with the involvement of the mayor, the city manager, and the municipal public relations team. The Ghost of Flight 401: Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. Forty-five years ago, when Officer Gray Leonhard of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission began a solo night patrol in the Everglades, he was on the lookout for poachers, drug smugglers and maybe even a bullet-riddled corpse. She was six feet above the swamp but released her harness. In November 2022, Airways interviewed former flight attendants Beverly Raposa and Mercy Ruiz to understand their perspectives as survivors of the crash. The plane then veered to the left and was thrown into darkness. Almost 40 years ago, Eastern Airlines flight 401 crashed. With Ernest Borgnine, Gary Lockwood, Tina Chen, Kim Basinger. Raposa explained that over many years, we worked, trying to put something together, emphasizing the development of a tribute for Flight 401. Both pilots and the flight engineer died, along with 2 out of 10 flight attendants and 96 of the 163 passengers on board. He had 8,876 flight hours, including 3,856 hours on the DC-9. The incident occurred on September 11, 1974, killing 72 of the 82 people on board. "Preoccupation with a malfunction of the nose landing gear position indicating system distracted the crew's attention from the instruments and allowed the descent to go unnoticed," it continued. 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. Miami, Florida Dec 10, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was on its final approach into Miami shortly before midnight 50 years ago this month when a single light bulb on the aircraft's instrument panel failed to illuminate.Momentarily distracted, the flight crew failed to notice as the Lockheed L-1011 slowly dropped from the sky and into the blackness of the Everglades below. "We don't have a home of our own to call our own, 401 doesn't," he said. Beverly was sitting in the rear of the plane. READ MORE: Eastern Flight 401 introduced new safety measures and books, movies and ghost stories. The memorial monument will be accessible by foot and car, with parking and benches located nearby. Copyright - Florida Web Marketing, Inc. Nestor Suarez is the Publisher of MiamiSprings.com since 1997. gadunham@aol.com. "My god, you're here, please don't leave me," he remembers telling them. Local 10: Eastern Flight 401: A survivor's story; Flamingo Magazine: Flight 401 Down in the Glades; Read the Story! The aircraft was a Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar traveling from New York to Miami. Donations are still being accepted no matter what amount. Amazingly, 75 of the 176 passengers and crew aboard Flight 401 survived. He did not survive, but his memory lives on. Copyright 2023 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC., a Berkshire Hathaway company. In any case, it was far from the first time that the deceased pilot had supposedly been spotted after his death. All rights reserved, WATCH LIVE: Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Roadway in Western Broward, Jury Sides With Flo Rida, Awards $82 Million in Lawsuit Against Celsius, Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Road in Western Broward, Man in Custody After Allegedly Killing Co-Worker at Hollywood Business: Police, Netflix Is Hiring a Flight Attendant for One of Its Private Jets and the Job Pays Up to $385,000. Infantino looks back on the crash when hes frustrated about the inconveniences he faces in his daily life. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L10111 Tristar jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades at 1142pm December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities (99 initial crash fatalities, two died shortly afterward). READ MORE: Were down. Flight 401 crashed in Miami 50 years ago. ", - Beverly, Flight attendant on Flight 401. No, they dont, Raposa, now 75, recalls telling Stanich. In one of South Florida's worst air disasters, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 from New York's JFK Airport to Miami crashed on Dec. 29, 1972, in the Everglades after the crew became distracted by a burned out landing-gear light. She and Marquis would be remembered as two of the heroes from that night. Thirteen seconds past 11:42 p.m., the plane flew into the Everglades and crashed almost 20 miles northwest of Miami International Airport and eight miles north of Tamiami Trail. The pilots engaged the autopilot so they could inspect the light and the landing gear but the darkness apparently made it hard to see. The aircraft operating the route, a Lockheed L1011-385-1 Tristar crashed into the Florida Everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities. All the survivors were injured; 60 received serious injuries and 17 suffered minor injuries that did not require . She called two of her fellow crew members in to witness what she had seen. The bottom line was that the pilot and crew became so concerned about a burnt-out lightbulb that they neglected to notice the altitude dropping. The captain had ordered that the landing gear be lowered in preparation for landing. Get the latest aviation news straight to your inbox: Sign up for our newsletters today. We get so tied up in the mundane things in life, the small stuff, we waste all our energies on that instead of concentrating on the major things. ads@MiamiSprings.com. However, she explained that it was huge and funds were just not raised for that, and we talked about maybe three to four years ago about maybe doing something smaller.. Aboard were 13 crew members and 163 holiday travelers. This month represents the 50th anniversary of the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, which crashed into the Florida Everglades in December 1972. She was dazed and disoriented but noticed a penlight flashing nearby. While Flight 401 came with intense loss, Ruiz emphasized that it spurred many significant safety developments in the aviation industry, from the advent of cockpit resource management (CRM) to the adoption of ground proximity warning system (GPWS) devices in commercial airliners. While making preparations to land, the crew are distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light and accidentally disengage the autopilot while trying to resolve the problem. Give or take a word, the announcement is remembered verbatim by virtually every survivor. As frog hunters who witnessed the crash helped rescue survivors, Raposa led those remaining in renditions of Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. The last group was rescued at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 30, almost four hours after the crash. Former flight attendant Beverly Raposa, one of 75 people who survived after the plane crashed with 176 people on board, said that she has never forgotten the passengers and crew members who died. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. . Today's story is one of tragedy, of course, but it's also one of heroism and bravery. Naked in the cold water, surrounded by tall sawgrass, he heard an airboat. 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Copies of that photo are now bound in a leather album that Eastern gave all the flight attendants of Flight 401 after the tragedy. Beverly has often wondered how she survived how anyone survived. The plane, which was in an angled turn at the time, struck the swamp and began to flip, breaking apart and spitting the passengers to the ground. The Story Of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, took a look at the eight most intriguing examples. Infantino and three of the flight attendants who survived the crash spoke to NBC Miami as the 39th anniversary of the flight approached. The plane descended out of the sky as pilots were distracted over a landing gear warning light. . READ MORE: There was another tragedy in Miami after Eastern Flight 401. As you might expect, she later picked from some photos that Don was the engineer she had seen. Eastern Air Lines L-1011 Tristar Airbus, on NYC-Miami flight with 177 persons aboard, crashes into Everglades on Dec 30 while on landing approach to Miami Internatl Airport; early repts indicate . This month represents the 50th anniversary of the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, which crashed into the Florida Everglades in December 1972. With William Shatner, Adrienne Barbeau, Brooke Bundy, Christopher Connelly. So when Im stuck in traffic, I say, Ron, What number is this? "They were screaming, next thing I knew it, the overhead luggage was flying all over the place and the lights were going on and off like crazy. A ball of fire erupted in the cabin and the aircraft cartwheeled and broke into pieces. There were 67 survivors. We'll probably never know. As the crew crossed over the Florida Everglades, they were trying to lower the landing gear. . Wow, what an experience that was. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 departed New York for Miami on December 29, 1972. The Lockheed L-1011 crashed into the Florida Everglades. What happened with ValuJet. Eastern Airlines Flight #401 (L1011 N310EA) crashed in the Everglades on December 29, 1972. 255153N 803543W. Definition: Here is something interesting that we discovered during our research. They described Renee, as they called her, as adventurous, smart, outspoken and a woman who was ahead of her time. Then came the final and fatal mistake. He reportedly then said, "Watch out for fire in this plane.". But that turned out to be Infantinos uncle, who wasnt on the plane. From there a series of seemingly small mistakes and oversights led to the epic crash. This story was originally published December 29, 2022 7:10 PM. The answer was fine, but unfortunately the controller didn't specifically mention the altitude so no one was the wiser. She found Beverly and commented 'it's a bad dream, we are going to wake up.' The experienced flight crew was distracted when the landing gear light failed to come on, which they believed was caused by a blown bulb. Beverly Raposa switched seats from her regular position in the galley for a flight from New York to Miami. It was a picture no one was supposed to see, and instead, it has been all over the world, known for being taken right before the disaster. The Memorial is along the Curtiss Parkway median directly across from the driving range. "The priest came over and asked me what my religion was," he remembers. The crash spawned a number of books, films and other media, along with legends of ghost signtings involving crew members who were killed. Then he noticed that the pilot did a fly-by the airport. "The autopsy was drowning. Infantino started a commuter airline of his own, which later folded, and got married to his respiratory therapist, who also experienced heartbreak after losing her fianc in a drunk-driving accident. Chapter 4 - Flight 401 Passenger List. And those survivors were in the pitch black darkness of the Everglades. The jet carried 167 passengers to Miami from New York. However, 75 people did survive the crash. Both would die in the crash. Another time, a captain was asked to check on a passenger in first class who was in a pilot's uniform. The official cause of the crash was pilot error, the crew being distracted by a faulty nose gear indicator . Controllers gave their OK and told the crew to maintain an altitude of 2,000 feet, as the plane, which had been over the airport turned back over the Everglades. Less pool space. The monument, Ruiz said, represents the thoughts, the prayers, and all the efforts involved in refusing to forget each and every one of the victims. The names of each person who perished on Flight 401 will be engraved on the granite monument. /24-7PressRelease/ - MIAMI, FL, December 07, 2007 - On Monday, December 3, 2007 survivors of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, gathered at the Metro-Dade Firefighters Memorial Building, in Doral (Miami), Florida, to remember the 101 passengers and crew, who lost their lives in the fateful crash of a Lockheed L-1011, jumbo-jet in the Florida Everglades, December 29, 1972, while en route from New . "Well its difficult, we were only married 20 days, and we were both 26 years old, and she was my first love to be honest with you. You are here with us," said flight attendant Beverly Raposa, who survived the crash. The flight crew had taken pictures as a keepsake for what would have been their last trip of the year together. And the aircraft gradually descended into the mushy swamp from 20,000 feet. A short time later, the plane was cleared to turn back to MIA and that's when a crewmember noticed something was amiss. The other 101 people on Eastern Airlines Flight 401 died quite horribly 98 in the Everglades where the airplane crashed, three later in hospitals. This commemorative event in the Everglades represented one of many, which also included smaller meetings among survivors and supporters. Aviation consultant Bennie Benitez said there were many positive safety elements that came out of 401, like flash lights on all planes. Those were the last words recovered from the flight voice recorder. One of the worst air disasters in South Florida history happened exactly 50 years ago Thursday, when Eastern Airlines Flight 401 slammed into the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people and leading to the implementation of several aviation safety measures. "It banked to the left and those engines roared to take off power and we hit. In 2021, a memorial marker was installed in the Everglades to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the May 11, 1996, ValuJet crash. "Next thing I knew, we hit the left wing tip first, everything out of the overheads flew over. The disaster that killed 100 people became the foundations of the safety procedures on airlines. She woke in darkness, still in her jump seat hanging to one side, choking on the acrid jet fuel fumes. First published on December 29, 2022 / 4:03 PM. One survivor, certain Marquis carried him to safety, once showed up with a $1,000 check. Miami, Florida: A young survivor of an Eastern Airlines Tristar jet which crashed in the Everglades near Miami is helped from a helicopter by hospital personnel in Miami. The cockpit crew, scrambling to identify the problem, got permission from air traffic control to circle the Everglades. Almost immediately, airboat operators who saw the flash responded to the area. The group will also try to raise funds for a memorial to honor those who died. His knee was badly dislocated, his shin able to swivel in any direction. "I was leaning back, my eyes half closed, and all the sudden I hear the engines go to full power," he said. Raposa emphasized that those who died that fateful day are gone but never, ever forgotten., The developmental process of the monument represented both a commemoration of the Flight 401 victims and decades of collaboration among survivors. The Story Of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. One of the envelopes was a letter from Eastern requesting an interview. She came across a woman who found an 11-month-old baby as she scouted the wreckage for her son. She went on to praise the efforts of Raposa, who sang Christmas carols to maintain morale among survivors as they waited for rescue. Beverly remembers when the flight went down. "Survivors" Southern . 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