Accident | |
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Date | September 22, 1981 |
Summary | Uncontained engine failure resulting in major loss of hydraulics |
Site | Emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States 40°11′N 74°10′W / 40.183°N 74.167°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar |
Operator | Eastern Air Lines |
Registration | N309EA |
Flight origin | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States |
Destination | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Occupants | 201 |
Passengers | 190 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 201 |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 935 was a scheduled commercial passenger flight operated by Eastern Air Lines. On September 22, 1981, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jet operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure which led to a loss of 3 out of the 4 hydraulic systems aboard the aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) MSL. The crew were able to land the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport with some limited use of the outboard spoilers, the inboard ailerons and the horizontal stabilizer, plus differential engine power of the remaining two engines. There were no injuries.[1]