Delta Air Lines Flight 723
1973 aviation accident in Massachusetts, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Delta Air Lines Flight 723 was a flight operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 twin-engine jetliner, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Burlington, Vermont, to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, with an intermediate stop in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1] On July 31, 1973, at 11:08 a.m., while on an instrument landing system (ILS) instrument approach into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the glidepath, struck a seawall, and crashed. 88 of the 89 occupants aboard were killed.[2][3]
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Accident | |
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Date | July 31, 1973 (1973-07-31) |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error |
Site | Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States 42°20′59″N 071°00′45″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
Operator | Delta Air Lines |
IATA flight No. | DL723 |
ICAO flight No. | DAL723 |
Call sign | DELTA 723 |
Registration | N975NE |
Flight origin | Burlington International Airport Burlington, Vermont |
Stopover | Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Manchester, New Hampshire |
Destination | Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts |
Occupants | 89 |
Passengers | 83 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 88 |
Survivors | 1 |
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