Delta Air Lines Flight 723 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Burlington, Vermont to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Delta Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport in August 2003, showing the livery the airline instituted in 2000. ... Logan International Airport with aircraft taking off over harbor Bostons Logan International Airport from the airside lounge of Terminal E, illustrating how the airport is largely surrounded by water. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution Location in Massachusetts Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...

The aircraft used for that flight was a DC-9-31, which had been built in 1967 and flew with the registration N975NE. The jetliner was one of the aircraft that Delta acquired in their 1972 merger with Northeast Airlines, to which the aircraft was originally delivered. The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names, still in production today as the Boeing 717. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... // Yellow Birds Around 1966, Northeast began repainting some of their aircraft and called their bright new yellow paint scheme The Yellowbird scheme. ...

On July 31, 1973, Delta Air Lines flight 723 crashed while landing at Logan International Airport. All 83 passengers on board as well as the six crew members on the flight died as a consequence of the accident. One of the passengers initially survived but died several months later. [1] July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

The aircraft had been vectored by Boston's air traffic control to a four mile course before final approach. The four mile distance was too short for a jet like the DC-9 to begin the final approach. Pilot error was also incurred; following the air tower's commands, the pilots failed to recognize the danger of starting final descent at such a short distance from the runway. Because of this, the pilots were not able to stabilize the aircraft before landing.

During the attempt of the ILS 4R approach, the DC-9 crashed into a seawall. This was Delta Air Lines' first major fatal accident. ILS can refer to any of the following: New Israeli sheqel, the currency of Israel. ... Seawall protecting homes from storm waves and beach erosion. ...

External links

• NTSB Accident Report