Interesting Things with JC #1204: “Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 – The Tragedy Over Lake Pontchartrain” - Nine minutes after takeoff, Flight 304 vanished over Lake Pontchartrain. No warning. No survivors. Investigators found wreckage but no definitive cause. Could an instrument failure have sent the pilots into a deadly spiral? The mystery remains, but its lessons shaped the future of aviation.

Ref - Civil Aeronautics Board. (1966). Aircraft Accident Report: Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Douglas DC-8, N8607, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25, 1964. Retrieved from https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/EAL%20DC-8%2C%20N8607.pdf