Eastern Air Lines Flight 21
1941 in Georgia (U.S. state)Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot errorAirliner accidents and incidents in Georgia (U.S. state)Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain ... and 6 more
Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1941Clayton County, GeorgiaDisasters in Georgia (U.S. state)Eastern Air Lines accidents and incidentsFebruary 1941 eventsHartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, registration NC28394, was a Douglas DC-3 aircraft that crashed while preparing to land at Candler Field (now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 26, 1941. Eight of the 16 on board were killed, including Maryland Congressman William D. Byron. Among the injured was Eastern Air Lines president and World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
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