‘Lovingly crafted’ Observer documentary on city’s deadliest crash premieres in Charlotte
Nearly 100 people watched the documentary, reacting in hushed voices to the crash that killed 72 people on Sept. 11, 1974.
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9/11/74: The Untold Story of Charlotte's Deadliest Plane Crash
On the morning of Sept. 11, 1974, 78 passengers and four crew members departed from Charleston’s airport in a DC-9 airplane ...
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50 years later, why are so few people in Charlotte aware that this tragedy ever happened?
They have no idea about it. And now if you mention a plane crash in 1974 at (Charlotte’s) Douglas airport — it was a DC-9, Flight 212 — everybody looks at you like: Really? They don’t have ...
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‘I’m human,’ the pilot said, ‘and I made a mistake.’ But somebody was going to have to pay
The Charlotte airport’s memorial dedicated to those ... charlotteobserver.com The Charlotte Observer series “9/11/74,” detailing the plane crash of Eastern Flight 212 in Charlotte and ...
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50 years after 72 people die in Charlotte plane crash, it’s getting new attention
11, 1974, it crashed just 3.3 miles from the Charlotte airport, killing 72 of the 82 ... “And he did that because the plane was so low, he didn’t want to hit the plane. His face was pressed ...
Pilot working Helene relief uninjured after plane crash
The Lenior-based pilot was assisting with Helene relief efforts when the crash occured. HICKORY, N.C. — The pilot of a small plane is injured after a crash at Hickory Regional Airport on Wednesday, ...