Delta Air Lines Flight 723
It was one survivor, listed in the official report as such so it would make sense to list it as such. Rules are if they die more than 30 days after, they are a survivor. See NTSB "Survivability of Accidents Involving Part 121 US Air Carrier Operations"
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| survivors = 1 (Died 12-11-73)https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR74-03.pdf |
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| IATA = DL723 |
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| ICAO = DAL723 |
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'''Delta Air Lines Flight 723''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] twin-engine [[jetliner]], from [[Burlington, Vermont]], to [[Logan International Airport]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with an intermediate stop in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].{{cite web|title=ASN accident record|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730731-0|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2009-07-14}} On July 31, 1973, at 11:08{{nbsp}}a.m., while on an [[instrument landing system]] (ILS) [[instrument approach]] into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the [[Instrument landing system glide path|glidepath]], struck a [[seawall]], and crashed. All 89 of the occupants aboard were killed, including an initial survivor who died more than four months after the crash.{{Cite news |last1=Burden |first1=Leanne |last2=Tuite |first2=Lisa |date=2012-08-01 |title=Flight 723: Boston's worst plane crash in history |website=The Boston Globe |url-access=limited |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/specials/insiders/2012/08/01/flight-boston-worst-plane-crash-history/zbGr15TdiWPNlVFCPREfcL/story.html |access-date=2020-08-15}} |
'''Delta Air Lines Flight 723''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] twin-engine [[jetliner]], from [[Burlington, Vermont]], to [[Logan International Airport]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with an intermediate stop in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].{{cite web|title=ASN accident record|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730731-0|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2009-07-14}} On July 31, 1973, at 11:08{{nbsp}}a.m., while on an [[instrument landing system]] (ILS) [[instrument approach]] into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the [[Instrument landing system glide path|glidepath]], struck a [[seawall]], and crashed. All 89 of the occupants aboard were killed, including an initial survivor who died more than four months after the crash. They are listed as a survivor with critical injuries in the official report, as he survived more than 30 days after the accident. https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/Part121AccidentSurvivability.aspx#:~:text=Fatal%20Injury:%20Any%20injury%20which,of%20the%20body%20surface.%E2%80%8B {{Cite news |last1=Burden |first1=Leanne |last2=Tuite |first2=Lisa |date=2012-08-01 |title=Flight 723: Boston's worst plane crash in history |website=The Boston Globe |url-access=limited |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/specials/insiders/2012/08/01/flight-boston-worst-plane-crash-history/zbGr15TdiWPNlVFCPREfcL/story.html |access-date=2020-08-15}} |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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