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After the accident, reports of sightings of Captain Bob
Loft and Flight Engineer Don Repo, both killed in the crash,
began, all seemed to be on aircraft that had installed used
parts from flight 402, a common practice then with airlines, but
no longer, what happened with flight 402 put an end to that
practice. On one flight, a captain was asked to check on a
passenger traveling in first class who was wearing a pilot's
uniform. The senior flight attendant said he was dazed and
unresponsive when spoken to and was not on the passenger list.
The captain reportedly recognized him as being none other than
Bob Loft. Flight engineer Don Repo is also said to have appeared
onboard flights in a strange, supernatural manner.
On
another day, Don was reportedly seen sitting in the cockpit,
warning the operating flight crew of a faulty electrical
circuit, which was then found and replaced. There were also
reports of Bob having been seen doing his pre-flight checks of
the aircraft and telling the ground staff he'd already completed
them. The pilot was reportedly unnerved by what had happened and
canceled the flight.
Although Eastern Air Lines denied
any supernatural events, the parts salvaged from the wreckage of
Flight 401 are understood to have been removed from the
airline's fleet and actually buried, and then the sightings came
to an end.
Don't believe in ghosts? I didn't either
until my wife and I bought a haunted house and I got a visit
from the elderly lady who'd lived there and died years ago. An
experience I'll never forget.
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