Air disaster

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

11 Sep 1974 · 35.15° N, 80.93° W

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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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