Flight 980 was on the way from paraguay to the us when it crashed. Asn aircraft accident boeing 727225 n819ea nevado illimani. On january 1, 1985, eastern air lines flight 980 took off from asuncion, paraguay, at 17. Next to eastern airlines flight 980, the article listed inaccessible terrain as the reason the flight recorders had never been found. Eastern declared bankruptcy in 1989 and dissolved in 1991. List of passengers aboard eastern flight 980 with pm. On new years day in 1985, eastern air lines flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112foot mountain in bolivia. Hikers stumble upon a wild new clue in an unsolved plane. Unearthing the 32year mystery of crashed eastern airlines flight 980. Ntsb plans to retrieve black box of bolivia eastern. Airline crash in bolivia a year ago may never be solved. The wreckage was scattered over a large area of a glacier covered with snow. New lead in mystery of eastern airlines flight 980 plane. Eastern air lines flight 980 was a scheduled international flight from asuncion, paraguay, to miami, florida, united states.
On january 1, 1985, eastern airlines flight 980 crashed into mt. Decades old air crash mystery relies on amateur sleuths. The author, a pilot for the airline as well as a union representative and board member of the air line pilots association, had a unique perspective to the events leading up to eastern s demise. The book describes several events seemingly unrelated to the corporate intrigue, including the january 1985 crash of eastern flight 980 in the andes mountains. Ntsb retrieves longlost eastern air lines flight 980. Eastern airlines flight 980 crashed into a mountain in bolivia in 1985. They found pieces of what appear to be aircraft debris strewn across the side of the. Airline crash in bolivia a year ago may never be solved ap news. Nearly 32 years later, two adventurers set out to try and. The crash site was located a day later by the bolivian air force, however a. On new years day 1985, eastern airlines flight 980 was on its way from asuncion, paraguay, to miami. After 31 years black boxes from the eastern airlines crash in the. Thats what led dan futrell to eastern air lines flight 980, which flew. After several unsuccessful landing attempts, the aircrafts fuel was exhausted, and it made a forced water landing ditching in the caribbean sea 48 km 30 mi.
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Round up the unusual suspects flight safety foundation. Cause of eastern crash remains mystery upi archives. For decades conspiracy theories abounded as the wreckage remained inaccessible, the bodies unrecovered, the black box missing. Ntsb findings on ea980 materials operation thonapa.
The book describes several events seemingly unrelated to the corporate intrigue, including the january 1985 crash of eastern flight 980 in the andes mountains at 19,600 feet the highest crash site in aviation history. Alm antillean airlines flight 980 was a flight scheduled to fly from john f. On new years day in 1985, eastern air lines flight 980 was. They started finding out more about eastern airlines flight 980. In 2015, dan futrell stumbled across a wikipedia list of unrecovered flight recorders. Wreckage of lost jet is discovered the boston globe.