Eastern Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 205 accidents and incidents involving Eastern Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 1990. 15 of them were fatal (7%), and 457 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 112 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (77 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8 and Douglas DC-9.

Most of these records are from United States, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. and Mexico.

204 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

205

Records

Fatal

457

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 1990

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 205 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 107

1970s 79

1980s 15

1990s 4

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 55 Douglas DC-8 38 Douglas DC-9 28 Lockheed 1011 13 Boeing B-727 10 Douglas DC-7B 7

Where these happened

United States 192 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 10 Mexico 2 Other-Foreign Countries 1

All 205 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Aug 1962	Boeing 720 N8706E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1962	Douglas DC-7B N805D	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 May 1962	Lockheed 1049 N6213C	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1962	Douglas DC-7B N837D	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1962	Lockheed 188 N5540	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-