He wished her to tell this lady that he was OK. A little perplexed the woman passed along the message to the lady. 50 seconds later the plane, once more nosedived, again, this time losing more than half its assigned altitude. The crash was documented in Rob and Sarah Elder's 1977 book Crash. One reserved for the living perhaps. Some of Flight 401s equipment was salvaged and repurposed for other crafts of the Eastern fleet. Laser Pointers Can Redirect Lightning - But Don't Try It at Home! Captain Hight is a 1994 graduate of Boston . He served as cornet, quartermaster, and lieutenant in the Continental Dragoons. Their airboat crashing through the marshland at burning debris. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Robert B Loft was born circa 1864, at birth place, Kentucky. The crash was featured in season five of the Discovery Channel Canada / National Geographic TV series Mayday, in a 2009 episode called "Fatal Distraction".[9]. Setimus And The Aztec UFO Crash The First Alien Contact Encounter Of Modern Times? . Sits in an upright position, tray tables closed. Morris Town Aprl 28th 1777. Robert Loft, 55; First Officer Albert Stockstill, 39, and Second Officer Donald Repo, 51, all of Miami-Dade. Your Name: Subject: Message: Notify me by email of all message replies. 3,400-year-old palace from a mysterious civilization revealed by drought. Family members linked to this person will appear here. As he was a VIP, the vice presidents was allowed on . Also known as V R Loft, Loft Loft, Loft Robert Valentine. They failed to notice that the autopilot had inadvertently been disconnected and, subsequently, the aircraft gradually lost altitude and crashed. The reported hauntings were only seen on the planes that used those spare parts. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. He had logged 280 hours in the L-1011. Standing room only so to speak. Based on Fuller's book, it focused on the ghost sightings surrounding the aftermath. Jocelyne LeBlanc works full time as a writer and is also an author with two books currently published. Sightings of the pilots on Eastern Airlines planes began in the immediate months following the accident. At 6:30 p.m., the event will begin with a program in John and Alice Butler Hall featuring speakers who will underscore the life and legacy of . First Officer Stockstill was killed on impact, and although pilot Robert Loft and flight engineer Donald Repo initially survived the crash, Loft died while being pulled from the wreckage and Repo succumbed to his grievous injuries later at a hospital. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. [9] All the survivors were injured; 60 received serious injuries and 17 suffered minor injuries that did not require hospitalization. Capt Robert J. The majority of those who passed away were seated in the middle section of the plane. He graduated from Wheat Ridge High School, CO in 1986. One noteworthy instance was when an Eastern Airlines vice president boarded the N318EA, one of the planes that used parts of the Lockheed L1011 Tristar. Marfa lights started popping up around the swamp. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17211647/robert-albin-loft. However, they appeared to be fixing the oven. The story was that parts of Flight 401 were salvaged after the crash investigation and . For example, one unnamed flight engineer would tell how he almost screamed when, while performing the standard pre-flight checks Don Repo appeared in front of him stating he had already done the checks for him. John Stockstill is the first officer and Robert Loft is the captain. With the aircraft in mid-turn, the left wingtip cracked into piece against the surface first, it was followed by the left engine and the left landing gear. There was an error deleting this problem. Military records provide the following information concerning Captain Robert Yancey. She would insist, however, and began to describe the person she witnessed. Based on the book, it dramatized the crash, rescue efforts, and NTSB investigation. Even the Vice President of Eastern Airlines would go on record stating a mysterious encounter before his flight. As it turned out, Robert Loft was in fact the name of the pilot and Don Repo was the flight engineer who both passed away in the crash. TheNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation later discovered that the crash happened due to a burned-out light bulb. All rights reserved. Over time, the reporting of ghost sightings stopped. Captain Robert 'Bob' Loft believed that it was just a faulty light bulb. Captain Robert F. Hight, Jr. is the information warfare chair and senior intelligence officer at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Robert Loft (17211647)? This person greeted the male (in his late 40s or early 50s) who was wearing a pilots uniform and a captains hat that read Eastern Air Lines. The mud of the Everglades may have blocked wounds sustained by survivors, preventing them from bleeding to death. The plane dropped around 500 feet, but no one among the crew realized it as their systems didnt register the drop. It had been cleared for a 9PM departure from New York's JFK airport to Miami, with Captain Robert Loft at the helm and Albert John Stockstill, a former Air Force flier, as his co-pilot. The following conversation was recovered from the flight voice recorder later: Less than 10 seconds after this exchange, the jetliner crashed: The location was west-northwest of Miami, 18.7mi (30.1km) from the end of runway 9L. by Nicos Kaloyirou. Fuller describes anecdotes of strange happenings aboard other Eastern aircraft. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The fact that the tail assemblyrear fuselage, No. She has written articles for several online websites, and had an article published in a Canadian magazine on the most haunted locations in Atlantic Canada. That was until the lady informed him that the man in question was dead. Weve updated the security on the site. Al DeSa April 17, 2007, 10:46 am Back to index. Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 Don Repo and Bob Loft. Fuller describes anecdotes of strange happenings aboard other Eastern aircraft. Marquis received burns to his face, arms, and legsa result of spilled jet fuel from the crashed TriStarbut continued shuttling people in and out of the crash site that night and the next day. The account of the crash and its outcome was documented in, . Many of them were happy to tell of their experiences. That's because last year, my flight from Chicago to Miami was visited by ghosts - and I'm pretty sure it was the crew Eastern Airlines Flight 401. And the paranormal encounter occurred over the Florida . Coincidentally or not, the entire galley area where the flight attendants saw Repos face was made from materials recovered from the downed Flight 401. Most believe their presence was a result of the fact that Eastern Airlines, to save money, used salvaged parts from this crashed plane. A captain serving under Colonel Lanser in the military regiment that invades the town. [4] It was also the first hull loss and fatal crash of a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. There were two different tv films made in 1978 about the crash of the L-1011 Jet Flight 401 in December 1972 where almost 100 people died. On his 1979 album Three Hearts, musician Bob Welch also recorded a song titled "The Ghost of Flight 401". Loft and Repo had indeed lost their lives that December evening in 1972. Another account from a flight attendant would tell of how she could see someone in the galley of the plane, seemingly in a flight engineers uniform. Additional information. The town is just 20 miles north of Miami, and its beaches are a hit with retirees, snowbirds, and Quebecoise who j Florida is a strange place. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Captain Loft was found during the autopsy to have an undetected brain tumor in an area that controls vision. Although Eastern Airlines themselves refused to publicly speak of them, many paranormal investigators managed to speak to their employees. At that point, this person noticed that the older lady who was sitting across the aisle wasnt there anymore and that another crew member was sitting in her seat (also wearing an Eastern Air Lines hat). The two pilots, Captain Robert Loft and First Officer Albert Stockstill, Flight Engineer Donald Repo, 96 passengers and 2 flight attendants died. The NTSB classified the injuries of one nonrevenue passenger and one other passenger as nonfatal, as their deaths occurred more than seven days after the accident. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? And one of the better-documented cases of the existence of something beyond death. Robert Bud Marquis, an airboat pilot, was out frog hunting with his bud Ray Dickinsin when they beheld the crash. The entire article and the contents within are published by, wholly-ownedandcopyright of UFO Insight. Burial. [5]:5. At this moment, the First Officer Albert Stockstill noticed that the landing gear indicator was not illuminating. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. By Isabelle Resnick In 1979, Captain Robert R. Singleton published the first edition of You'll Never Get Lost Again. His flight crew included First Officer Albert Stockstill, 39 and . . After lowering the gear, First Officer Stockstill noticed that the landing gear indicator, a green light identifying that the nose gear is properly locked in the "down" position, had not illuminated. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Death. Captain Robert L. Martin was born in Dubuque in February 1919. The details included in the articleare based on the reports, accounts and documentation available as provided bywitnesses and publications - sources/references are published above. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? An original floorboard from Flight 401 rests in the archives at History Miami in South Florida. Resides in Sarasota, FL. chime located under the engineers workstation the same engineer that was down below checking the status of the wheels. The aircraft he flew that night was a state-of-the-art Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, one of a dozen new wide-body "Whisperliners" delivered to the airline that year. But first, lets talk about what happened to Flight 401. Captain Loft died before he could be pulled from the wreckage. Includes Address (8) Phone (11) Email (2) See Results. He immediately drove to Eastern's Miami offices and decided to charter a helicopter to the crash site, as the swampy terrain made rescue difficult, and Eastern Airlines had not heard any news of progress in rescue efforts. One account from a flight attendant working for Virgin Atlantic is particularly hair-raising. Footage of the incident appeared in the film Days of Fury (1980), directed by Fred Warshofsky and hosted by Vincent Price. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The approach controller cleared the flight to climb to 2,000ft (610m), and then hold west over the Everglades. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401was a regularly scheduled flight that connected the Big Apples JFK airport with Miamis wild beach soaked riviera. Try again later. The flight progressed normally until about 11:30. Posted in. of the men simply moved on from our realm of existence after so long? Only when they dropped their altitude shortly after did they realize the error, by which time it was too late. 5.0 / 5. Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA. Supernatural, Ghosts & Hauntings. You may republish short quotes from this articlewith a reference back to the original UFO Insight article here as the source. On one particular occasion, on Flight Tri-Star 138, while performing her normal duties, she could clearly see the face of Repo in the oven door in the planes kitchen. She has a fascination with the paranormal and ghost stories, especially those that included haunted houses. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. [10], N310EA, the aircraft involved in the accident. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience. The Captain, along with one of 2 flight crew members, two of 10 flight attendants and . Of the cockpit crew, only flight engineer Repo survived the initial crash, along with technical officer Donadeo, who was down in the nose electronics bay with Repo at the moment of impact. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed.