What the records say
- When
- 11 Sep 1974
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 35.15° N, 80.93° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 72
- Injured
- 9
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
1974 aviation accident
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Charleston Municipal Airport, South Carolina to Chicago O'Hare, Illinois, with an intermediate stop in Charlotte, North Carolina. On September 11, 1974, the aircraft operating the flight, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashed during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, killing 72 of the 82 people on board.
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