Boeing 727-200 crash, Jun 24, 1975 (113 killed), New York...
Boeing 727-200 accident on June 24, 1975 near New York-JFK New York, United States with 113 fatalities. Cause: Encounter with adverse winds from a very...
- Date: June 24, 1975
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: New York-JFK New York, United States
- Fatalities: 113
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Encounter with adverse winds from a very strong thunderstorm astride the ILS localizer course, which produced a high descent rate into nonfrangible approach light towers
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 from New Orleans descended toward JFK in a severe thunderstorm and met windshear on the ILS approach to runway 22L. The Boeing 727 struck approach light towers short of the runway, broke up and burned, killing 113 people.