Continental Express Flight 2574 · Eagle Lake
On September 11, 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 (Eagle Lake). 14 people died.
- Date
- September 11, 1991
- Place
- Eagle Lake
- Operator
- Continental Airlines
- Killed
- 14
- Position
- 29.310°N, 96.232°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q3662192
From Wikipedia
Continental Express Flight 2574 was a scheduled domestic passenger airline flight operated by Britt Airways from Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas to Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) (now called George Bush Intercontinental Airport) in Houston, Texas. On September 11, 1991, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop, registered N33701, crashed while initiating its landing sequence, killing all 14 people on board. The aircraft wreckage hit an area near Eagle Lake, Texas, approximately 65 miles (105 km) west-southwest of the airport.
The media stated that there was initial speculation that a bomb had destroyed the aircraft; the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) subsequently discovered that missing screws on the horizontal stabilizer led to the breakup.
Text from Wikipedia, “Continental Express Flight 2574”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
Browse: United States
Source: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Figures such as deaths are as recorded there and may differ from official reports.
