Three of the four cockpit crew members, two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96 of the 163 passengers were killed; 75 people survived. N310EA, the aircraft involved in the accident. Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S. IATA flight No.

On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashed into the Florida Everglades due to a controlled flight into terrain caused by a distracted crew. Of the 176 people on board (163 passengers and 13 crew members), 75 people survived the initial impact and rescue. Specifically, 67 passengers and 8 flight attendants survived, while 96 passengers, 2 flight attendants, and all 3 cockpit crew members perished. One of the cockpit crew members, flight engineer Donald Repo, survived the initial impact but later died at the hospital, bringing the final death toll to 101 according to official NTSB records. In 2026, this crash is still studied in aviation circles as a landmark case for Crew Resource Management (CRM), highlighting how a single burnt-out landing gear light bulb led to a total breakdown in situational awareness that ultimately cost many lives in the swampy darkness of the Everglades.