40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 12, 1978 · 00:25 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8876
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
89
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Flight returned when flight attendant became ill. Had to be hospitalized.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED WHEN FLIGHT ATTENDANT BECAME ILL. HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.