More than three decades after Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 impacted Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 passengers on board, its flight data recorder has been found and turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board for investigation.
NTSB Retrieves Long-Lost Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 Black Box
Key Takeaways:
- The flight data recorder (black box) from Eastern Air Lines Flight 980, which crashed in Bolivia in 1985, has been found after more than three decades.
- Climbers Dan Futrell and Isaac Stoner discovered the device on Mount Illimani and turned it over to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
- The NTSB will now investigate the black box, which was previously inaccessible, and expects to report its findings to Bolivian authorities soon.
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