The Ghost of Flight 401
- Date of account
- 1972 crash; apparition reports emerged in the 1970s
- Location
- Everglades, Florida, and aircraft using the recovered parts
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
After Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed in the Florida Everglades in 1972, a tradition developed that the apparitions of captain Bob Loft and flight officer Don Repo appeared aboard other aircraft, especially planes containing salvaged parts from the wreck. Flight attendants and crew were said to have reported conversations or sightings before the figures vanished. The lead matters because it links documented deaths and material salvage to a mobile, occupational ghost tradition. Uncertainties concern witness documentation, aircraft records, rumor propagation, and the influence of John G. Fuller’s 1976 book.
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