40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 13, 2002 · 21:30 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Reported as
Boeing 737
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
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.
(-23) On delta flight 2468 from orlando to Newark, passenger eileen yorke suffered a fatal heart attack. No one was aware of her situation until they arrived at Newark and tried to wake her up.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON DELTA FLIGHT 2468 FROM ORLANDO TO NEWARK, PASSENGER EILEEN YORKE SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK. NO ONE WAS AWARE OF HER SITUATION UNTIL THEY ARRIVED AT NEWARK AND TRIED TO WAKE HER UP.