Lockheed L-188 Electra crash, Oct 4, 1960 (62 killed), Bo...
Lockheed L-188 Electra accident on October 4, 1960 near Boston Massachusetts, United States with 62 fatalities. Cause: Bird ingestion into engines...
- Date: October 4, 1960
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Location: Boston Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 62
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Bird ingestion into engines causing loss and intermittent recovery of power after takeoff, leading to loss of airspeed and control, as attributed by investigators
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L188 Electra, struck a flock of starlings shortly after takeoff from Boston Logan on 4 October 1960. Birds were ingested into engines 1, 2 and 4, the first engine feathered, and the other two lost power, so the aircraft stalled and fell into Winthrop Bay with 62 of 72 aboard killed.