- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 07, 1948
Time: 1327
Location: Off Jacksonville, Florida
Operator: Eastern Air Lines
Flight #: 611
Route: Boston- NY-West Palm Beach- Miami
AC Type: Lockheed L-649 Constellation
Registration: NC112A
cn / ln: 2533
Aboard: 69   (passengers:63  crew:6)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The No. 3 propeller failed and penetrated the fuselage killing a purser.The failure of a propeller blade due to high stresses induced by accumulative engine malfunctioning.
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