Ndege ya Eastern Air Lines 401 inali yoti inyamuka kuchokera ku New York kupita ku Miami. Patatsala pang'ono pakati pausiku pa Disembala 29, 1972. Unali mtundu wa Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar womwe, pa Disembala 29, 1972, adachoka pa eyapoti ya New York ku John F. Kennedy ndikuphonya ku Florida Everglades, ndikupha anthu 101. Oyendetsa ndege ndi wopanga ndege, awiri mwa oyang'anira ndege 10, ndipo 96 okwera 163 adamwalira. Apaulendo ndi ogwira ntchito 75 okha ndi omwe adapulumuka.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 Ngozi:
Ndege 401 inali motsogozedwa ndi Captain Robert Albin Loft, wazaka 55, woyendetsa ndege wakale waku Eastern Airline. Omwe anali mgululi anali a First Officer Albert Stockstill, wazaka 39, komanso mainjiniya a Second Officer, Donald Repo, wazaka 51.
Ndegeyo idanyamuka pa eyapoti ya JFK Lachisanu, Disembala 29, 1972, nthawi ya 9:20 PM, ndi okwera 163 komanso mamembala 13 aomwe adakwera. Apaulendo anali ndiulendo wouluka mpaka 11:32 PM pomwe ndegeyo inali pafupi kupita ku Florida ndipo ogwira ntchitoyo anali akukonzekera kutera.
Pakadali pano, Woyang'anira Woyamba Albert Stockstill adazindikira kuti chisonyezo cha zida zofikira sichinali kuwunikira. Ogwira nawo ntchito ena adathandizira Stockstill, koma adasokonezedwanso ndi vutoli. Pomwe ogwira ntchitoyo amayang'ana kwambiri chizindikiritso chamagalimoto, ndegeyo mosazindikira idatsikira kumtunda ndipo idachita ngozi mwadzidzidzi.
Kupulumutsa Ndi Kufa:
Stockstill adamwalira pomwepo chifukwa ndegeyo idagwera padambo la Florida Everglades. A Captain Robert Loft ndi Wachiwiri Wachiwiri a Donald Repo adapulumuka pa ngoziyo posachedwa. Komabe, Captain Loft anamwalira asanapulumutsidwe pamatumbawo. Officer Repo amwalira tsiku lotsatira kuchipatala. Mwa anthu 176 omwe adakwera, 101 adataya miyoyo yawo pangoziyi.
Kandachime 401:
A Frank Borman, asanakhale CEO wa Eastern Airlines, adafika pa ngoziyo ndikuthandizira kupulumutsa omwe adakwera ndege. Pambuyo pa mwambowu, kusintha kwatsopano kumadza chifukwa. Kwa miyezi ndi zaka zotsatirazi, ogwira ntchito ku Eastern Air Lines adayamba kufotokozera anthu omwe adafa, kaputeni Robert Loft ndi wachiwiri wawo a Donald Repo, atakhala paulendo wina wa L-1011. Zimanenedwa kuti a Don Repo amangowonekera kuti achenjeze za zovuta zamankhwala kapena zovuta zina zomwe zimafunika kuwunika.
Zina mwa ndege zomwe zinagwera Flight 401 zidapulumutsidwa pambuyo pofufuza za ngoziyo ndikulowanso muma L-1011 ena. Zomwe akunenazi zidawoneka pa ndege zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito zida zopumira zija. Kuwona kwa mizimu ya a Don Repo ndi a Robert Loft kudafalikira ku Eastern Air Lines mpaka pomwe oyang'anira aku Eastern adachenjeza ogwira nawo ntchito kuti atha kuchotsedwa ntchito akagwidwa akufalitsa nkhani zamzukwa.
Koma mphekesera zakuti ndegeyo ikuuluka inali itafalikira kale kutali. Televizioni ndi mabuku adalongosola nkhani za Flight 401 Ghosts. Pakadali pano, a Frank Borman anali wamkulu wa Eastern Airlines omwe amatcha nkhanizi ngati 'zinyalala zonyansa' ndipo adaganiza zodzudzula omwe adapanga kanema waku 1978 wopanga makanema wa The Ghost of Flight 401 pakuipitsa mbiri ya Eastern Airlines.
Pomwe Eastern Airlines adakana poyera kuti ndege zawo zidalandidwa, akuti adachotsa magawo onse omwe adapulumutsidwa mgulu lawo la L-1011. Popita nthawi, malipoti akuwona mizimu adayimilira. Malo oyambira pansi kuchokera ku Flight 401 amakhalabe m'malo osungira zakale ku History Miami ku South Florida. Zidutswa za Flight 401 zitha kupezeka mu Ed ndi Lorraine Warren's Occult Museum ku Monroe, Connecticut.
Zomwe Zidatuluka Pakufufuza?
Kafukufuku wa National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) pambuyo pake adazindikira kuti ngoziyo idachitika chifukwa cha babu yoyatsa. Zida zofikira zikadatsitsidwa pamanja komabe. Oyendetsa ndege adakwera njinga zonyamula, koma adalephera kupeza kuwala kotsimikizira ndipo adachita ngozi mwadzidzidzi.
Ofufuza adamaliza kutsika kwa ndegeyo ponena kuti, ogwira ntchitoyo adasokonezedwa ndi kuwala kwa mphuno, ndipo chifukwa wopanga ndegeyo sanali pampando wake pomwe chenjezo lakumunsi limamveka, samatha kumva.
Pakuwona, popeza inali nthawi yausiku ndipo ndege inali kuwuluka pamtunda wakuda wa Everglades, palibe magetsi apansi kapena zizindikilo zina zowonetsa kuti TriStar ikutsika pang'onopang'ono. Idagwera pansi mkati mwa mphindi 4. Chifukwa chake, ngoziyo idachitika chifukwa cholakwitsa ndege. Amati ndichifukwa chake Loft ndi Repo adalanda Flight 401 - kuti ndege zamtsogolo zizitetezedwa ndi zolakwika za anthu.
