Captain Robert L. Martin was born in Dubuque in February 1919. Frank Borman, prior to becoming CEO of Eastern Airlines, arrived at the crash scene and helped to rescue the flight passengers. aired in February 1978. Captain Robert L. Figular, a U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Master, is the President and CEO of Mariners School and Mariners Learning System. A pilot named Robert Loft was one of the apparitions. She would leave her seat temporarily to find a staff member as one of their staff, a flight attendant who was sitting next to her was obviously feeling unwell. 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. 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. They rushed to rescue survivors. What followed not only left a trail of body parts, broken hearts, mass hysteria, damning accusations but a mass grave now populated by alligators and ghosts. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Based on Fuller's book, it focused on the ghost sightings surrounding the aftermath. A similar situation appeared in the Thai film Dark Flight, directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, produced in 2012. There was an error deleting this problem. From this point on, the breakup of the fuselage became more extensive, scattering metal fragments, cabin fittings, and passenger seats widely. Although Eastern Airlines were tight-lipped on the sightings, it quickly became one of the aviation industrys worst-kept secrets. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 left New York's JFK airport, bound for Miami International Airport, on December 29, 1972. It is not, however, the only such incident of its type on record. There is a problem with your email/password. [16], While Eastern Air Lines publicly denied their planes were haunted, they reportedly removed all the salvaged parts from their L-1011 fleet. His body may have been found in County Louth. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. After graduating Dubuque Senior High School in 1936, Captain Martin enrolled at Iowa State University where he graduated with an electrical engineering degree and a pilot's license. As spine-tingling as other ghostly aerial sightings are, however, the ones connected to Flight 401 are arguably the most consistent. Have scientists finally solved the mystery of Europes bog body phenomenon. Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA. [22] Loft's widow and children did sue Fuller, for infringement of Loft's right of publicity, for invasion of privacy, and for intentional infliction of emotional distress, but the lawsuit was dismissed and the dismissal upheld by the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal. Death: March 21, 1819 (52-53) Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA. Most believe their presence was a result of the fact that Eastern Airlines, to save money, used salvaged parts from this crashed plane. Marfa lights started popping up around the swamp. The flight was under the command of Captain Robert Loft, 55, a veteran Eastern Airline plot. [14], Over the following months and years, stories began circulating that employees of Eastern Air Lines, and numerous passengers, had reported sightings of the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and second officer (flight engineer) Donald Repo, sitting on board other L-1011s (including, in particular, N318EA). This individual was sitting in a window seat with nobody else in the next seat or in front of this person. Tragically, with the Lockheed L-1011s auto-pilot being accidentally disconnected in addition to a malfunctioning landing gear indicator light, the aircraft crashed into the Florida Everglades. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17211647/robert-albin-loft. Receive the latest articles directly in your inbox weekly. Lived In Saint James NY, Osprey FL, Nokomis FL, Nesconset NY. Over the following months and years, employees of Eastern Air Lines began reporting sightings of the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and second officer Donald Repo, sitting on board other L-1011 flights. Comment by dasbaum PvP vendors are currently not selling Season 3 & 4 elite gear (in EU only though, US seems to work). Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. An unnamed female passenger also had a chilling experience during an Eastern Airlines flight. said Loft at 11:42 p.m., seconds before flight tower . Flashlights are now standard equipment near jumpseats, and all jumpseats are outfitted with shoulder harnesses. Ten minutes after that exchange, everything went to hell in a handbasket. The flight departed JFK Airport on Friday, December 29, 1972, at 9:20 PM, with 163 passengers and a total of 13 crew members on board. 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. 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. 1972 was drawing to a close when a routine flight from JFK, New York to Miami departed at 9:20 p.m. with 30-year veteran pilot Captain Bob Loft at the controls. In the cockpit: Capt. She would insist, however, and began to describe the person she witnessed. When she was shown photographs of employees in an attempt to pick out the mystery person, she immediately singled out Repo. 2 tail-mounted engine, and remains of the empennagefinally came to rest substantially further forward than other major sections, was probably the result of the No. Robert Loft, First Officer Albert Stockstill and Second Officer Donald Repo steered Flight 401 toward Miami International Airport after an uneventful flight from New York. An original floor board from Flight 401 remains in the archives at History Miami in South Florida. Over the following months and years, rumors began circulating that employees of Eastern Air Lines were reporting sightings of the dead crew members, captain Robert Loft and second officer (flight engineer) Donald Repo, sitting on board other L-1011 (N318EA) flights. The 13 crew members on board were passing up cocktails, the 163 passengers were passed out either drunk or asleep. Captain Loft was found during the autopsy to have an undetected brain tumor in an area that controls vision. Only small fragments of metal marked the wingtip's first contact, followed 49ft (15m) further on by three massive 115ft (35m) swaths cut through the mud and sawgrass by the aircraft's extended undercarriage before two of the legs were sheared off. (Rob and Sarah Elder, "Crash") In command of flight 401 that night were three pilots: Captain Robert Loft, First Officer Albert Stockstill, and Flight Engineer Donald Repo. Date: 29.12.1972. 27 January 2016 by Iain Russell. This was, according to Singleton, "sometime after Columbus but before all the new scientific technology came about." The book explained the science of simple navigation with simple and easy instructions, real-life exercises, detailed diagrams, and straightforward . Marquis suffered multiple burns to his face, arms, and legs but valiantly continued seesawing people in and out of the crash site that night and the next day. An original floorboard from Flight 401 rests in the archives at History Miami in South Florida. Other Ghostly Tales Of Airports And Air Travel, https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/10/21/ghost-flight-401/3715665001/, https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/travel-stories/flight-attendant-reveals-craziest-plane-ghost-stories-shes-heard/news-story/acdf057fbf62aec72923f6b6fbee40aa, https://www.10best.com/interests/explore/haunted-travel-scary-stories-to-send-shivers-down-your-spine/, The Japanese Airlines Flight 1628 UFO Encounter, Chilling Tales Of Traveling Ghosts And Phantom Vehicles, The Truly Bizarre Account Of Santiago Flight 513, The American West Flight 564 UFO Incident, The Ghosts Of Room 18 At The St. James Hotel. They, nonetheless, reportedly removed all the salvaged parts from their L-1011 fleet. He married Sarah Taylor on 3 October 1614, in Hertfordshire, England. [5]:3 This was later discovered to be due to a burned-out light bulb. Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) was the captain of HMS Beagle, which sailed around the world with Charles Darwin on board.FitzRoy is often remembered as the grim argumentative man who was vulnerable to fits of temper and depression, and eventually took his life. We do not aim to prove nordisprove any of the theories, cases, or reports. Captain Robert Long was born on 3 November 1590, in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. At 820ft (250m) along the wreckage trail, the outer section of the starboard wing tore off, gouging a 59-foot-long (18m) crater in the soft ground as it did so. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. They failed to notice that the autopilot had inadvertently been disconnected and, subsequently, the aircraft gradually lost altitude and crashed. by Nicos Kaloyirou. Even the Vice President of Eastern Airlines would go on record stating a mysterious encounter before his flight. The fuselage finally made contact with the ground and everything lid up in Halloween orange and blazing yellow hues. Rockport Fishing Charters. Your email address will not be published. Only 75 passengers and crew survived. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Thus, the switching to CWS in channel A possibly did not occur in channel B, thus depriving the first officer of any indication the mode had changed (channel A provides the captain's instruments with data, while channel B provides the first officer's). A Halloween Tale: Kennedy Airport, Flight 401 and the Walking Dead. The entire article and the contents within are published by, wholly-ownedandcopyright of UFO Insight. To Captain Robert McKenzie. . 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. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. The film was based on Fullers book, and it concentrated on the ghost sightings that came into being after the incident. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Supernatural, Ghosts & Hauntings. The flight was under the command of Captain Robert Albin Loft, a 32-year-veteran of Eastern Air Lines. [15][18] The reported hauntings were said to be seen only on the planes that used the spare parts. Captain Loft Character Analysis. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. They were top-notch and knew the ins and outs of commanding a plane that size. He had logged 280 hours in the L-1011. There was a problem getting your location. Things swam below the surface of the swamp, things dressed in rags and tattered clothes. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Blood and Blood-Drinking: Paranormal Creatures and (Alleged) Real Vampires, When Ghosts Get Hungry: That's When Things Get Dangerous. Suddenly the plane plunged 250ft in 70 seconds; an altitude warning went off Cchordchime located under the engineers workstation the same engineer that was down below checking the status of the wheels. Also known as Robert Laudat, Robert Loft. The crash was followed by reports of the appearance of apparitions of Flight 401 crew members, including Captain Loft, on subsequent flights. All rights reserved. He returned to NLSO NC for his second tour as CO in the summer of 2009. 29 December 1972: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, was en route from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, to Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida, with a crew of 13 and 163 passengers. English Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Robert Loft (17211647)? Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. The crew didnt react. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. One anonymous captain claimed to have seen Repo before a flight he was about to pilot. With the aircraft in mid-turn, the left wingtip hit the surface first, then the left engine and the left landing gear,[5]:8 making three trails through the sawgrass, each 5ft (1.5m) wide and over 100ft (30m) long. There's nothing like a day spent fishing in the beautiful waters off the coast of Rockport, Texas. 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. His flight crew included First Officer Albert John "Bert" Stockstill, 39, who had 5,800 hours of flying experience (with 306 of them in the L-1011), and Flight Engineer Donald Louis "Don" Repo, 51, who had 15,700 hours of flying experience, with 53 of them in the L-1011. Eastern Air Lines candidly dismissed that their planes were inhabited by spooks and ghosts. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Robert Bain Loft in England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005. Mariners Learning System provides a methodical, well-organized . [5]:6[6]:98, Flight 401 departed JFK Airport in New York on Friday, December 29, 1972, at 21:20EST, with 163 passengers and 13 crew members on board. There was just one problem: Bob Loft had been dead for months. When the woman produced a photo of the man, the attendant beamed to confirm that was him. [5]:30[6]:99 The aircraft was fleet number 310, and the 10th TriStar delivered to the carrier. The tower was radioed and Flight 401 was instructed to enter a holding pattern while the cockpit crew investigated the issue. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. [5]:4 For the next 80 seconds, the plane maintained level flight. Captain Robert F. Hight, Jr. is the information warfare chair and senior intelligence officer at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He then served as DAJAG (MILPERS) from 2007-2009. Repo was evacuated to a hospital, but later died from his injuries. Many of them were happy to tell of their experiences. Mr. Loft was born in Vancouver, Wash., on Aug. 2, 1944. Then, it dropped 100ft (30m), and then again flew level for two more minutes, after which it began a descent so gradual it could not be perceived by the crew. He finally noticed the hiccup but it was too late. ). Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. I was just frog gigging went, a face looked up at me from below the surf. Make sure that the file is a photo. A TV movie. Everyone in the cockpit was fascinated and fixated on the damn light. The disintegration of the aircraft that followed scattered wreckage over an area 1,600ft (500m) long and 330ft (100m) wide in a southwesterly direction. TheNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation later discovered that the crash happened due to a burned-out light bulb. As they went through the records of the flight it came to light that an apparent problem in the cockpit had drawn the crews attention. Although they were much less, so did sightings of Bob Loft. Your Name: Subject: Message: Notify me by email of all message replies. Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. One of them had worked with the dead pilot years earlier and positively identified him. [25] A television film of the same name was aired in October 1978. Captain Robert Albin Loft (Left), First Officer Albert Stockstill (Middle) and Second Officer Don Repo (Right) The flight departed JFK Airport on Friday, December 29, 1972, at 9:20 PM, with 163 passengers and a total of 13 crew members on board. Loft, a tall and trim 55 year old had been flying for Eastern Airlines since the days of Eddie Rickenbacker. MYSTERIESRUNSOLVED & MRU MEDIA, 2019-2022. [12][13] The training is designed to make problem solving in a cockpit much more efficient, thus causing less distraction for the crew. The home is a 2-pen structure with a large sleeping loft running the entire second floor. It appears this happened during the temporary commotion among the crew. Posted in. Eastern Air Lines CEO (and former Apollo astronaut) Frank Borman called the ghost stories surrounding the crash "garbage". Resides in Sarasota, FL. Based on the book, it dramatized the crash, rescue efforts, and NTSB investigation. Posted by Dawn Quinn on 9/26/2002, 10:27 pm. The flight is uneventful. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. Death. He would later identify the mystery man as Loft when looking up a picture of the deceased pilot. There he was able to land in a swampy patch of grass and coordinate rescue efforts. [5]:23 Investigators believe this was due to the crew being distracted by the nose gear light, and because the flight engineer was not in his seat when it sounded, so would not have been able to hear it. Investigators believe the autopilot switched modes when the captain accidentally leaned against the yoke while turning to speak to the flight engineer, who was sitting behind and to the right of him. Incongruously, not far from the roofless fuselage center section with the inner portion of the starboard wing still attached, lay a large, undamaged and fully inflated rubber dinghy, one of a number carried on the TriStar in the event of an emergency water landing. 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. Quick Facts ; Screenshots ; Videos ; Comments. A captain serving under Colonel Lanser in the military regiment that invades the town. [15][16][17], These stories speculated that parts of the crashed aircraft were salvaged after the investigation and refitted into other L-1011s. Robert Loft, the captain of Flight 401, was killed. Weve updated the security on the site. Family members linked to this person will appear here. It turned out that the passenger was Bob Loft, the captain who died on a flight from New York to Miami in December of 1972. . . 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 fact that the tail assemblyrear fuselage, No. For months and years after the crash, the area became a hot-bed of supernatural activity. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Added in World of Warcraft: Legion. Perhaps the spirits (energies?) Additional information. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. Capt. We publish books on both Kindle and paperback. Visually, since it was nighttime and the aircraft was flying over the darkened terrain of the Everglades, no ground lights or other visual signs indicated the TriStar was slowly descending. One account from a flight attendant working for Virgin Atlantic is particularly hair-raising. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Of all the soldiers, Loft is the most orderly . The flight progressed normally until about 11:30. Subsequent to these press stories, The Ghost of Flight 401 was published in 1976. 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. Standing room only so to speak. The pilots tried again, they cycled the landing gear, but zilch; the confirmation light was off. It's OK to think I am nuts. . The investigators were particularly fascinated by the various accounts of hauntings within planes that contained pieces of Flight 401. He built his log home in 1779. The story was that parts of Flight 401 were salvaged after the crash investigation and . [10], N310EA, the aircraft involved in the accident. The film was based on Fullers book, and it concentrated on the ghost sightings that came into being after the incident. The Eastern Airlines flight had just impacted into the ground. BOWEN, ROBERT Ancestor #: A012726 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: CAPTAIN Birth: 1740 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA Death: 25 Aug 1817 HICKMAN CO TENNESSEEService Source: SUMMERS, HIST OF SW VA 1746-1786, WASHINGTON CO, 1777-1870, P 853 Service Description: 1) COL WILLIAM CAMPBELL, MAJ WILLIAM EDMISTON 2) WASHINGTON CO MILITIA Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. But first, lets talk about what happened to Flight 401. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. On approaching Miami International . When Captain Robert Campbell I was born in 1717, his father, Charles Campbell I, was 21 and his mother, Mary Stuart, was 21. An original floorboard from Flight 401 remains in the archives at History Miami in South Florida. The flight progressed normally until about 11:30. But the rumours of the flight haunting had already spread far and wide. There was nothing particularly memorable about the route, every pilot and flight crew in Eastern Air Lines had one time or another cut their teeth on that routine flight path. Please reset your password. Perhaps they carried with them a sense of guilt at missing the altitude drop? Oops, something didn't work. The Captain, along with one of 2 flight crew members, two of 10 flight attendants and . The crew of Flight 401, taken aboard Flight 26 while on the ground in Miami earlier the day of the crash. However, a push on the steering systems in a specific way, would disengage the autopilot. chime located under the engineers workstation the same engineer that was down below checking the status of the wheels. [5]:3, The cockpit crew removed the light assembly,[6]:102 and Second Officer Repo was dispatched to the avionics bay beneath the flight deck to check via a small porthole whether the landing gear was indeed down. Captain Bob Loft and Second Officer Don Repo. Robert Serling's 1980 book From the Captain to the Colonel tells the complete history of Eastern Airlines, from 1935 when it was headed . Perhaps the final conversation heard by the control tower between Captain Loft and First Officer Stockstill is the best place to start when unfolding the tragic circumstances of 29th December 1972. The account of the crash and its outcome was documented inJohn G. Fullers 1976 bookThe Ghost of Flight 401. The plane was cruising at 227 miles per hour when it crashed into the ground. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. James Hall, Flight Operations and Safety, Miami office, had the grueling task of notifying all the families of the crash victims. Get notified of the best booming posts weekly. Robert Loft, 55; First Officer Albert Stockstill, 39; and Second Officer Donald Repo, 51, all of Miami-Dade. Is this inscription on the Great Pyramid similar to the strange hieroglyphics of Roswell UFO? The breakup of the fuselage had freed it from its stowage and activated its inflation mechanism. Required fields are marked *. The flight was under the command of Captain Robert Albin (Bob) Loft, age 55, a veteran pilot ranked 50th in seniority at Eastern Air Lines. A womans face screaming up. Morris Town Aprl 28th 1777. The crew began to panic. For months, hunters, poachers, and wildlife enthusiasts started reporting strange unearthly sights and encounters around the crash site. Snow with 31 years of flight service, was mandated to take the Covid-19 "vaccine"on November 7th 2021 or lose his job. He was a member of Gold Prospectors of the Rockies and the National Rifle Association. The Lockheed L-1011 had 163 passengers and 13 crew members, with . When the individual walked across the aisle to get a better look at this man, the apparition said, Hi, Im Don. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. He graduated from Wheat Ridge High School, CO in 1986. The details included in the articleare based on the reports, accounts and documentation available as provided bywitnesses and publications - sources/references are published above. He was a master mechanic. Post a Response. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Robert Bain Loft was born circa 1863. So without in any way wanting to make light of it, after all the events that led to the sightings of Second Officer Don Repo and Captain Bob Loft were truly . On his 1979 album Three Hearts, musician Bob Welch also recorded a song titled "The Ghost of Flight 401". Stockstill died instantly in the impact as the plane crashed into the swampy Florida Everglades. Frank Borman, prior to becoming CEO of Eastern Airlines, arrived at the scene after the crash to assist with rescue efforts. Al DeSa April 17, 2007, 10:46 am Back to index. Spooky tales unfolding high above us in planes shuffling people from one destination on the planet to another are, in certain circles, more common than we might think. The flight was routine until 23:32 when the plane began its approach into Miami International Airport. On 29th December 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 came crashing out of the sky and into the Florida Everglades. The pilots cycled the landing gear, but still failed to get the confirmation light and they crashed abruptly. We can only imagine how many more accounts might be on record if not for the eventual ban by Eastern Airlines on any of their employees speaking publicly of their sightings. Robert J Gancio, 63. 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. And furthermore, laid in a coffin in the cargo hold. [11] The swamp absorbed much of the energy of the crash, lessening the impact on the aircraft. Services were Nov. 30, with inurnment at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
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