Mud splattered a doll in the wreckage of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades west of Miami International Airport. Jim Birmingham Miami Herald file photo Eastern Airlines ...

Readers: Here’s another story in honor of Halloween. A flight engineer on an Eastern Airlines flight from Atlanta to Miami was surprised to find a uniformed crew member already sitting at his seat.

Beverly Raposa switched seats from her regular position in the galley for a flight from New York to Miami. The plane was crossing over the Everglades on Dec. 29, 1972, when she turned to fellow flight ...

Until May 11, 1996, Eastern Flight 401 was the deadliest aviation disaster in South Florida history. That was the day ValuJet Flight 592 nosedived into the swamp, 23 years after the Eastern plane ...

MIAMI – Thursday marks 50 years since Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades. One hundred and one lives were lost that late December evening, with 75 passengers and crew ...

Eastern Airlines Flight 401 left a mark on the aviation industry — and permanent scars for survivors and loved ones of those who died in the crash. But it also crept into popular culture through books ...