Seats Help | Delta Air Lines Few people with such extensive burns make it out the other side. On July 31st, 1973, Delta airlines flight 723 departed from Burlington, VT and was headed for Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts after an unscheduled stopover in Manchester, NH. Streaming flight data feed for enterprise integrations with real-time, historical and predictive flight data. Captain Steil started to say something, but he was interrupted by a panicked shout from the observer. On the 31st of July 1973 they were to fly Delta flight 723 from Burlington to Boston, along with a cockpit observer: another former Northeast pilot, 52-year-old Joseph Burrell, who had been on leave for six years due to mild Parkinsons disease, and was now familiarizing himself with company procedures in preparation for his re-certification. Firemen sprayed the burning parts of the wreckage with fire extinguishing foam as scores of ambulances and rescue vehicles surrounded the fuselage of the plane. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. On July 31, 1973, Delta flight 723 took off from Burlington and crashed in Boston, killing 89 people. A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, similar to the one involved. Eighteen of the 89 families met each other for the very first time, bonding over the loss of their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and grandparents. A Vermont woman is on a mission to find others like her: people who were affected by an aviation disaster in Boston in the 1970s. Winds were light. The jetliner was one of the aircraft that Delta Air Lines acquired in their 1972 merger with Northeast Airlines, to whom the aircraft was originally delivered. Thinking quickly, two of the construction workers stayed behind to look for survivors, while the third got back in the car and hurried to alert the airport firefighters. He expected to break out of the clouds at 400 feet, well above their decision height, as the planes in front of him had, and in fact just before the crash the controller told him that visibility over the runway was still 6,000 feet. The crew did ask for approach clearance, but by that point, which was more than a minute after they had the intercept vector, they were almost over the outer marker. A loyal listener asks, "Is it even a book? said that all airport and tower instruments were in working order. SIYR J. Essex Junction, Vt. SMITH, Judy A., New Hampshire. The bodies, wrapped in white sheets, were carried out on stretchers and taken by truck to the fire station a mile away, where they were placed on the floor. _________________________________________________________________. Although he wasnt a member of the crew and was not yet certified to perform piloting duties, observer Joseph Burrell made the callouts on the descent checklist. >> YOU CANT HELP BUT WANT TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. Vermont-Based Feds Pursue Fraud Claims Against Health Records Company, Newport Prison Superintendent Removed From Post. >> I AM GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES. "It was so painful that people werent able to talk about it," Brennen said.
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