1973 aviation accident in Massachusetts, United States
Delta Air Lines Flight 723
A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, similar to the one involved
Accident
Date
July 31, 1973 (1973-07-31)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error
Site
Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts, United States 42°20′59″N071°00′45″W / 42.34972°N 71.01250°W / 42.34972; -71.01250
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Operator
Delta Air Lines
IATA flight No.
DL723
ICAO flight No.
DAL723
Call sign
DELTA 723
Registration
N975NE
Flight origin
Burlington International Airport Burlington, Vermont
Stopover
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Manchester, New Hampshire
Destination
Logan International Airport Boston, Massachusetts
Occupants
89
Passengers
83
Crew
6
Fatalities
88
Survivors
1
Delta Air Lines Flight 723 was a flight operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 twin-engine jetliner, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Burlington, Vermont, to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, with an intermediate stop in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1] On July 31, 1973, at 11:08a.m., while on an instrument landing system (ILS) instrument approach into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the glidepath, struck a seawall, and crashed. 88 of the 89 occupants aboard were killed.[2][3]
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