Episode 263: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
Disaster Area
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4.2 • 839 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
2001 was not the only year in which something tragic occurred on September 11th. On that day in 1974, eighty-two people would board a plane from Charleston, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolina. Only ten would survive.
Videos:
- 9/11/74: The Untold Story of Charlotte's Deadliest Plane Crash
- Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper's beautiful conversation about grief
- Talkative Pilots: Eastern Airlines Flight 212
Articles and books:
- A fiery plane crash on 9/11/74 changed Charleston forever. 50 years later, its scars linger.
- NTSB Crash Report for Eastern Airlines Flight 212
- Charlotte's deadliest plane crash has finally been memorialized after 51 years
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| 1:45.0 | The sources for this episode include an excellent documentary on the crash produced by |
| 1:49.6 | the Charlotte Observer, entitled 9-1174, The Untold Story of Charlotte's Deadliest Plain Crash, |
| 1:56.7 | a CNN interview by Anderson Cooper about grief, an article from The Post and Courier out of Charleston |
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