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title: "Flight 401: Ghosts on a Plane"
description: "The frustrating true story of Eastern Airlines Flight 401's 1972 crash in the Everglades, and how a burned-out lightbulb led to one of aviation's most persistent ghost legends."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/flight-401-ghosts-on-a-plane.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/flight-401-ghosts-on-a-plane
datePublished: 2026-07-28
dateModified: 2026-07-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/flight-401-ghosts-on-a-plane.md.summary.md
---

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The frustrating true story of Eastern Airlines Flight 401's 1972 crash in the Everglades, and how a burned-out lightbulb led to one of aviation's most persistent ghost legends.
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