"We're still at 2,000 feet, right?"
— Last words
January 1, 1970
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Who: Bert Stockstill — Note: Stockstill was first officer on Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. When approaching Miami International Airport, their destination, on the night of December 29, 1972, the light on the cockpit indicating the landing gear were down failed to light. The flight crew became preoccupied with figuring out if the gear or just the light had malfunctioned, to the point that they were looking at the circuitry beneath the instrument panel. In the course of this inspection, Captain Jo
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Who: Bert Stockstill — Note: Stockstill was first officer on Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. When approaching Miami International Airport, their destination, on the night of December 29, 1972, the light on the cockpit indicating the landing gear were down failed to light. The flight crew became preoccupied with figuring out if the gear or just the light had malfunctioned, to the point that they were looking at the circuitry beneath the instrument panel. In the course of this inspection, Captain Jo