Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 was a DC-7B departing from New York City to Richmond, Virginia. On February 8, 1965 it crashed at Jones Beach State Park after takeoff from Kennedy Airport when forced to evade inbound Pan Am Flight 212. All 84 onboard died. The evasive action was blamed for leaving the plane out of control. The Douglas DC-7 is an aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra Official website: http://www. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Jones Beach State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of New York. ... John F. Kennedy International Airport is the main international airport in New York City, and is one of the largest airports in the world. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ...
Citing the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, an aviation accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person... Air safety is a broad term encompassing the theory, investigation and categorisation of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through appropriate regulation, as well as through education and training. ...
External links
Aviation Safety Network for Eastern 663
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