What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 1941
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 33.60° N, 84.35° W
- Description
- plane crash
- Deaths
- 8
- Injured
- 8
Eastern Air Lines Flight 21
1941 aviation accident
Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, registration NC28394, was a Douglas DC-3 aircraft that crashed while preparing to land at Candler Field in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 26, 1941. Half of the 16 on board were killed, including Maryland Congressman William D. Byron. Among the injured was Eastern Air Lines president and World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
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