Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
Status:Schlussbericht
Datum:30 MAI 1947
Zeit:17:41
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas C-54B-15-DO
Fluggesellschaft:Eastern Air Lines
Kennzeichen: N88814
Werknummer: 18380
Baujahr: 1944
Betriebsstunden:3623
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 49 / Insassen: 49
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 53 / Insassen: 53
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:3 km (1.9 Meilen) E of Bainbridge, MD (USA) show on map
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), USA
Flug nach:Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), USA
Flugnummer: 605
Unfallbericht:
Flight 605 departed Newark (EWR) at 17:04 for a flight to Miami (MIA) and climbed to it's assigned cruising altitude of 4000 feet. At about 17:41 witnesses saw the aircraft enter a steepening dive until it struck the ground at high speed in a partially inverted attitude.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a sudden loss of control, for reasons unknown, resulting in a dive to the ground."

Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 1 0049-47

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Newark International Airport, NJ to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1739 km (1087 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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