Word: crash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plane's four Allison turboprop engines were recovered from the water, shipped to General Motors' Allison division in Indianapolis. There, Civil Aeronautics Board crash detectives began taking them apart piece by piece. They found evidence that the No. 1 or outboard engine on the left wing had been shut down and feathered by the pilot, indicating that he was coping with an emergency. CAB believes that the three other engines were delivering power, or at least some measure of power, when the plane crashed...
...passengers and five crew members, only eleven survived the crash. Among the survivors were three members of a draft of 15 Marine recruits en route to boot camp at Parris Island...
Dead Starlings. Just back from a tour of the Soviet Union, and not even unpacked, Federal Aviation Agency Chief Elwood ("Pete") Quesada flew in to head the investigation. He had good reason: Eastern's Flight 375 was the fifth Electra crash since the big four-engined turboprop planes went into service two years ago, and it was he who had opposed grounding 140 still flying. At least two of the crashes could be charged to pilot error, but study of others-mid-air disintegration over Indiana and Texas-had disclosed serious structural flaws. Weak ened outboard engine nacelles tended...
...Electra in service has yet been modified, and last week's crash laid Quesada's reputation as well as the Electra's on the line. But a flock of dead starlings on the runway at Logan-plus divers' reports that Flight 375's submerged fuselage was still spattered with birds-offered Quesada one plausible explanation: the plane may have hit a flock of birds on takeoff. The birds could have plugged engine air intakes of one or more engines on the left side and caused flameouts; they could even have fouled the mechanism controlling...
...ship handles, fell over each other to offer testimonials to the be leaguered Electra, "the most beautiful flying airplane we've ever had." Nonetheless, Mississippi Democrat John Williams sternly announced that his House Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics would start hearings this week on the crash. Republican Steven Derounian of New York and Thomas J. Love, Massachusetts Democrat, called for an investigation. FAA inspectors sealed the four engines under water before hauling them up for study. Indiana's Democratic Senator Vance Hartke called again for grounding the Electra. Egged on by nervous newsmen who must travel with...