Eastern Airlines Flight 401

The tale of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 begins with the tragic crash of a Tri-Star jetliner into a Florida swamp in 1972. The pilot Bob Loft and flight engineer Don Repo were among the 101 who perished in the crash.

Bob Loft and Don Repo

Shortly after the crash a lot of parts were recovered from the swamp and were reused as spare parts in other jetliners. Coinciding with that were reports of sightings of Loft and Repo on certain Tri-Star flights especially those that were fitted with those spare parts. These sightings were made by people who knew the men before the tragedy and were also identified by people shown their photgraphs after their encounters.

Many of the sightings come from very reputable sources including pilots, flight crew and aircraft safety workers. In many of the sighings the pair are seemingly warning of danger or actively trying to prevent it. Loft was reportedly seen and spoken to by a flight captain and two flight attendants before he vanished in front of them. They were so shocked that the flight was cancelled.

Repo seems especially 'hands on' with a flight engineer reporting that a man of his appearance had fixed a galley oven despite there being no other flight engineers onboard. Another report from a flight attendant tells of Repo appearing in the galley and saying "Watch out for fire on this airplane".  The last leg of this flight had to be cancelled because of a serious engine fire. Interestingly the galley had been salvaged from flight 401.

Other reports tell of a man fitting Repo's description performing pre-flight checks on an airplane that had been fitted with parts from flight 401. He has also appeared to a captain telling him "There will never be another crash. We will not let it happen."