Ghosts of Flight 401: Unearthing the Eerie Encounters That Followed the Tragedy

Ghosts aboard a crashed plane? Flight 401's haunting tale is stranger than fiction. Join us on a chilling exploration of the reported supernatural encounters that followed this tragic aviation disaster.
Unearth the eerie reports of hauntings and ghostly sightings connected to Flight 401. Delve into the mysterious aftermath of the crash that continues to captivate and perplex investigators to this day.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Ghosts of Flight 401
00:58 The Crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401
05:57 The Accident
12:42 Psychic Dreams
14:24 Reused Parts
14:57 The Ghost of Bob Loft
23:12 The Ghost of Don Repo
25:40 Aftermath and Flight 401 Memorial

[@Eyetrauma]

Man, putting myself in the position of those men in the boats it’s incredible to think of what they did. Navigating the pitch black Everglades, water filled with lord knows what, skin coated in jet fuel, hoisting injured bodies up into their boat. Bless ‘em.

[@AmbuBadger]

God bless men like Robert and Raymond, putting themselves in harm's way to rescue others. That's what we need more of, Americans like them-- we've got enough spoiled athletes and movie stars.

[@laurids2007]

I am not American, but I am so proud of these two men. May God bless them wherever they are. Great souls, they were then! We need more real men like them. We have enough spoiled brats on this planet.

[@donnafromnyc]

Brave men. They could have run into the black night. They didn't.

[@turtle19dad]

Surprised they didn’t see any gators.

[@anonone8954]

Jet fuel is just kerosene or diesel fuel.

[@malyndalouderback2500]

A friends sister died in that crash. Her brother hated cats, but he promised her if anything ever happened to her, he’d keep her cat. He kept the cat.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Meow meow😺👍

[@ninnin261]

Well, how lovely for the cat to be kept by someone who hated it… Jesus!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I love cats. I'm sorry for the loss!

[@alanaalbarado2357]

Happy for the cat, sad for the brother, but hopefully he and the cat became good friends. I’m also sad for the sister, about her experience before her demise but hopeful she’s in paradise, safe and happy with Jesus! ❤

[@CryMeARiver63]

​@@ninnin261at least he didn't throw it out on the streets ....Jesus !

[@1-SmallStep]

My uncle was a no nonsense ex-military guy who worked for United Airlines back then. He knew many of the people who saw the apparitions and absolutely believed them, which surprised me.

[@grantmctaggart9942]

No he didn’t because not one employee saw nor mentioned a ghost nor were the parts reused. A google search not only debunks this whole story but also proves you a liar lair pants on fire.

[@aiglonducal314]

NONSENSE! Nobody saw any apparitions, this is a made up story.

[@aiglonducal314]

Absolutely! Wow! At last someone telling the truth and debunking all this nonsense! @@grantmctaggart9942

[@aiglonducal314]

🤡

[@peterandleestudios2023]

When a random person says that they've seen an apparition, we should always ask for their proof. However, when a military person says they've seen one, we gotta take their word for it. Military personell have seen more death than anyone so they would see the apparitions

[@Fiona2254]

My aunt worked for Eastern Airlines back then and the stories of the haunting in all the airplanes that EA furnished with parts of 401 were a thing. The most interesting part was that people didn’t know until stuff started happening that there were parts in the aircraft. The hauntings always happened when there was something dangerous the crew needed to know.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

The crew that died wanting to prevent it from ever happen again. Not as long as part of that plane was in them.

[@zyxmyk]

thank you

[@grantmctaggart9942]

Yep never happened the parts were never fitted to another plane she’s full of crap here is proof this is all made up Serling's 1980 book From the Captain to the Colonel: An Informal History of Eastern Airlines, the claim that wreckage from Flight 401 was installed and later removed from other Eastern aircraft was false, and no Eastern employees had ever claimed to have seen or believed in the alleged ghost sightings. So you’re either lying or your aunt made it up. Please use common sense next time you claim a company salvaged parts from a farking plane crash on other planes.😊

[@user-xd8pj2mm4t]

Scarey

[@NadiaMarieBuglerBe]

So bizarre yet it is somewhat comforting that the spirits or energies wanted to make sure nothing as horrible ever happened again.

[@robertm8401]

The ghosts merely wanted to make sure it would not happen again. Rest in peace to their souls.

[@johnshields6852]

Your exactly right, good men/souls who wanted to help even though they were deceased

[@grantmctaggart9942]

Serling's 1980 book From the Captain to the Colonel: An Informal History of Eastern Airlines, the claim that wreckage from Flight 401 was installed and later removed from other Eastern aircraft was false, and no Eastern employees had ever claimed to have seen or believed in the alleged ghost sightings. Yeah expect apart from the crash that’s all made up

[@mariovuksanovic5077]

Wow!!!

[@Pwn3540]

I wonder why after theyre dead would it matter so much to them

[@grantmctaggart9942]

@@Pwn3540 it doesn’t because the whole story apart from the actual plane crash is made up

[@jasonjones7686]

The two men on the boat actually witnessed the plane overhead and told the NTSB that it wasn’t more than 100 ft over them when it passed over them. That’s one of the reason they were so quick to the scene.

[@jackelewish1568]

The reason they got there so quickly is because they was already near where the crash was, then seen/heard the crash. Them seeing the plane over head or not has nothing to do with how they was there so quickly. It's not like they chased the plane as it flew. That's impossible even if they tried.

[@trent3872]

​@@jackelewish1568Shut up.

[@Houndini]

I was done like that hunting on top of a mt. one winter day. It was a twin engine private plane I ran hide behind biggest tree in area it was no more than 75’ above tree tops. Few days looking for emergency FAA reports they landed about 35 miles away they was ice up & just about crashed it was Pilots personal family aboard. I walk fast to my Bronco to use my Bag style cell phone to call it in. It happened that long ago. Family was very lucky to made it in to Local airport was the ones told me how to check for the FAA reports. Flying out Florida going to Pa. Had to been in early 80’s. Couple more feet down they would have crashed right within 100 yards of myself.

[@denisesmith2745]

You told the story exactly how it happened. I was an Eastern flight attendant married to an Eastern captain. My husband was supposed to be on the jump seat that night but mis connected. I saw Don Repo’s face when working in the lower galley on a L1011. He appeared in a window in the catering door. It always was my favorite aircraft to work

[@lucyterrier7905]

What you saw was a demon. Repo died & went to heaven or hell. Period.

[@denisesmith2745]

@@lucyterrier7905 I really appreciate your comment, Lucy. I do believe you’re right. Thank you for saying this

[@timpatrick2109]

The Bible calls them familiar spirits. They are very deceitful and may try to act benevolent.

[@Thefoxygamer1]

@@lucyterrier7905biblically nobody is in heaven or hell yet, that happens at the rapture. The dead will rise first comes from first Thessalonians

[@tumslucks9781]

​ The rapture is false doctrine. Americans use the Scofield Bible which is heretical.

[@PersephoneRising333]

This story is so sad.. it’s like that flight was doomed 😟 but those good ol’ boys in the swamp were real heroes that night... It seems that pilot’s guilt was keeping him tethered to this world.. Glad to see they were able to help his soul make the transition 🕊

[@bethmetcalf3447]

Or maybe their souls came back because they were used as scapegoats. The company lied about ghosts to save their reputation so what would they do to save their company from being ousted on bad equipment? Just a thought? You can never be sure when companies only care about money 🤔

[@lightdweller1]

That's my feeling too, thanks for expressing it so eloquently. It is so bitter sweet with the apparitions of the pilots. Thank goodness their souls can now be at peace.

[@angiehosmer4441]

I came across your channel and was shocked to see my father! The man in the wheel chair, just for a moment, at about 5:25 minutes in. I’ve never before seen any survivor footage including him. He always talked about the screaming and crying in the dark, and the cold water. He said it happened so fast. Only a moment between realizing something was wrong and impact. He died 44 years later to-the-day of the crash. It’s difficult to think about the significance of the day. I feel he cheated death one day only for it to come back around. I don’t think it was ever too far from his mind.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you for sharing that! I know it’s been a long time but I’m sorry for your loss. I don’t have a link to that footage but I did find it on youtube. I’m not sure if he appeared in anymore of it but might be interesting for you to see

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Found it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/moDVandnf96ehdU

[@angiehosmer4441]

Thank you so much, and thanks for the great content!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Im sorry

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Im sorry

[@johnshields6852]

Absolutely true story, one pilot was called out of the cockpit by a stewardess who said another pilot was sitting in one of passenger seats, when he saw the pilot he recognized him as the pilot who died in 401, they said he just stared straight ahead, he looked pale and just then he dissipated into thin air, right in front of the pilot, stewardess and 3 passengers.

[@grantmctaggart9942]

Serling's 1980 book From the Captain to the Colonel: An Informal History of Eastern Airlines, the claim that wreckage from Flight 401 was installed and later removed from other Eastern aircraft was false, and no Eastern employees had ever claimed to have seen or believed in the alleged ghost sightings. You are so full of crap.

[@aiglonducal314]

LOL!

[@aiglonducal314]

How about: grow up and stop making shit up?

[@aiglonducal314]

🤡

[@guhrizzlybaire]

@@aiglonducal314man, you are posting weird stuff on every comment. I think you need to take a break bud. I have notifications turned off so I'll never see your troll reply, but maybe pick something useful to troll on, other than people's lived experiences 😂 weirdo

[@belagracie]

I worked at Eastern Air Lines as a gate agent & ticketing supervisor for the last 10 years of their existence. A lot of the people I worked with were there when flight 401 crashed. I heard so much praise for those flight attendants who (after the crash) continued to work for the company. While taking crash desk training (basically fielding calls and contacting next-of-kin and arranging their travel to the nearest airport for briefing) I heard story after story about the crash. The L1011s never had another crash on any route for as long as the airline existed. The 401 flight designation was retired (as are all flights on which something terrible happens), and it was used as a training example.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Included some footage from those training tapes in the video. You can actually find at least one of them on youtube. Thanks for sharing!

[@silverstuff182]

On a Christmas flight from New York to Detroit the exact same situation happened. I had been feeling semi nauseous and apprehensive for two weeks before the flight but had no idea why. After being in the air for 20 minutes a crewman came out of the cockpit, tore off some of the aisle carpet, opened a trap door and went down. He came up whiter than any ghost from 401. He went back into the cabin and the pilot explained exactly what the issue was. We went back to LaGuardia and circled for an hour to use up the fuel. We then prepared to land assuming the wheels were not down. Fire trucks lined the runway. But the wheels did go down and we landed just fine. I’ve never been so shook.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Never happened 👎🤡

[@CatsClaw44]

​@@JohnnyDanger36963Shut up troll.

[@sylvias7111]

? how so ?​@@JohnnyDanger36963

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Nope!

[@Kay-cp8tg]

@@JohnnyDanger36963dude you’re obsessed

[@contention100]

As a kid, I read the book and watched the movie. That many witnesses seeing these ghosts couldn't just be dismissed as a joke, and it is what started my interest into the paranormal.

[@aiglonducal314]

THERE ARE NO WITNESSES, YOU TOOL! This is a completely MADE UP STORY!!!

[@aiglonducal314]

The so-called "paranormal" can't exist! Try to use the brain you've been given!

[@michaelzell5905]

Oh yeah. One of the most read books in the middle-school library. Along with "Alive" and "Chariots Of The Gods"...

[@pamelajohnson2815]

@@michaelzell5905 irrelevant

[@heathermetz6576]

Same here. Because of this story I went on to work in the aviation industry for over 15 years. R.I.P. Flight L-1011 ✈️ 401.

[@joycedudzinski9415]

Stop by my doctor's office to make an appointment and receptionist gave me the sad news my doctor passed away on this flight. RIP.

[@lordsgirl1123]

My father-in-law was Charles Bryan; president of Eastern’s machinists union in the 1980’s. His son, my husband, had a friend on that flight. He survived and talked to my husband about it. He received a large insurance payment which he blew on drugs and cars. He was 19 at the time of the accident. I never met him as he died young of a drug overdose. He said it was terrifying sitting in his seat in the dark. I don’t know anything about these stories of appearances. But thanks for remembering and sharing the story.

[@VivienneMarsden-ky6or]

Rip to all who passed on that flight.

[@pamelajohnson2815]

I was a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines when this happened… many pilots spoke of seeing the deceased First Officer appear suddenly on a flight. * Story was that several intact parts of the crashed plane were recovered and used on another plane…I never saw anything … but several pilots called in sick rather than taking a trip with this plane.

[@aiglonducal314]

Nope! Completely false! Nobody said they saw any ghosts on any plane, stop making up idiotic stories.

[@aiglonducal314]

*LIES*

[@aiglonducal314]

The story of the reused parts is another nonsense. I'd have imagined that a flight attendant should know better.

[@lorrane2177]

@@aiglonducal314Google this flight. Airplane engines are extremely expensive and so are other parts. Parts were reused. There is a book written on flight 401.

[@tylerthompson1842]

He came to tell them not to be a fckin idiot and set their altitude to low by mistake

[@johelenfugate3498]

I read an article in Esquire magazine many years ago where a man spoke about his experience with this flight . He was waiting to board when he was overwhelmed with terror . He tried to push the feeling down, got out of line for a moment , then got back in line . He told his wife that he was uneasy about the flight . She told him to stop being ridiculous . He got out of line and tried to calm down , then got back in the line . He told his wife that they needed to leave . She told him she was getting on the plane . So he slugged her and dragged her away . He blamed himself for not being able to warn anyone else .

[@TimLangland]

Well it was the 70s😂

[@mjrussell414]

@@TimLanglandThe 70’s were good times but I suppose also a bit rough by today’s snowflake standards. I walked home from kindergarten in downtown Toronto by myself and made my own snack at age 5. I’m still here 50 years later. But I am glad smoking isn’t everywhere nowadays like it was back then even though I smoked casually in my late teens and twenties. My sister and I used to think that the funny taste of the crusty but delicious bag of day old donuts our father would sometimes bring home was how they tasted. I still remember being confused when I actually tasted a freshly made donut that wasn’t second hand smokey.

[@gamete4375]

​@mjrussell414 I'm a snowflake (politically), but I agree with you. Women just can't take shots like they did back in the day.

[@Bambisgf77]

@@mjrussell414man you know

[@danielrubio5886]

The reason they still appear is because they know that they were at fault for the crash and feel an obligation to prevent further crashes

[@bar10ml44]

I do not believe they were at fault at all. The auto disconnect should not have been so easy to dislodge. There should have been a loud voice recording warning them. Secondly it's not their job to be going down holes in mid air. Why the control tower did not ask them to by pass the tower so they check if the wheel carriage was down. If not the runway could have been foamed for an emergency landing.

[@marginalized945]

I don't know why but the photo of deceased pilot Don Repo always has haunted me. There's just something about his expression, his stare, maybe his pose, I don't know but it's unsettling.

[@charlenedozier6172]

I thought the same was rather creepy but at the same time very telling !!

[@pinlight97]

I completely agree!

[@wesleynash2598]

Bob lofts photo does that to me

[@jasonruka1665]

Me too. 😬

[@geraintroberts565]

Back in 1968, I was in the RAF working in a military hospital, and on nights with another medic saw and chased after the ghost of a Sister who had died there some years previously! Read the book about this flight many years ago.

[@Unhyphenated]

Being a fan of What Lurks Beneath and Mr. Ballen, I've watched all their works and have been looking for someone who is their equal; I'm really glad I found this channel. Not only do I enjoy the story telling skills, I love that ghost are covered more deeply here.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you!

[@craigcullen28]

​@@TheTapeLibraryyou're better than those two AND you're English likes me.. I'm not biased but it's true.

[@sweetla4750]

Bedtime Stories❤

[@but_is_it_art_6657]

You should. Check out @lazymasquerade and @scaryinteresting

[@Prof.Tarfeather]

Are you getting multiple Ads or is it just me?

[@wyntermoonlight]

This is one of my absolute favorite ghost stories, it's just horrible that it's true 😢😢 I think it was awesome that they became temporary guardians for the flights to keep everyone safe.

[@vanmccoy8752]

I agree

[@cannibalcatgirl]

Fun fact from someone’s who’s family builds planes… the most stable part of large passenger plane is the center where the wings are secured… the front and first class areas generally are demolished in a crash. So if you ever feel bad about not being first class 😬…

[@aiglonducal314]

*whose

[@kellygarsed2561]

True fact!

[@jimmylieb5225]

the tail section also usually suffers less than the 1st class section.

[@RyanBurnsRed]

Most of the fatalities for this particular crash was in the midsection though. Unfortunately it’s all just up to luck where you get seated and physics if you live

[@carolinekamarinos2898]

That's exactly why I book my tickets right behind the wings!!! I have literally downgraded myself to sit in that area, and those seats. Thank You, for sharing. 🙏🏻

[@davidponseigo8811]

My brother in law was one of the rescue and clean up crew for the Flight that went down in Guam in the 90's , he was a US Navy Sea Bee and his unit was working on the Base, he said it was horrifying even worse than fighting in the Gulf and Somalia .

[@TheTapeLibrary]

I can’t imagine what thats like to deal with

[@BritanniaPacific]

Korean air 801?

[@CollinKillian]

Well considering the ground combat during the first gulf war lasted about three days, and that in Somalia I don't know of a single Sea Bee combat deployment..So I'm sure it was harder than his non existent combat experience.

[@LaLadybug2011]

@@CollinKillianYour little confederate flag pic says it all. It announced you as being racist and hateful. Know better? Do better. Stop attacking people-you aren't the truth police for the internet. Act like a decent human and stop being so hateful.

[@Thefatcatcrochets24]

You're a fantastic narrator, thanks for another great episode.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you!

[@crissaconway142]

👻👻👻🕯️👀 (💐🌺🌸🌼🌺🌸🌼🪴🌿🦋🦋🦋✈️ rest in peace to the crash victims.

[@auntbarbara5576]

Absolutely! 👌🏽👏💯

[@sarahdawn7075]

I read John Fuller's book about this. He was an author who traveled frequently and started hearing these rumors from flight crew members. He decided to investigate and even went so far as to contact Repo with a quija board. There were some other incidents experienced by stewardesses in the galley of some planes. Many of the parts of 401's galley were reused in other planes.

[@jimmylieb5225]

John Fuller was an excellent journalist/author who thoroughly researched material for his books including "The Incident at Exeter".

[@robinlynn5533]

Wow this one brings ya back memories. My father was a PR for TWA and a lot of employees transferred to other airlines because of what they were seeing. My father talked to pilots and flight attendants who saw things. Thanks for this story. love your channel. Great work!!!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thanks for sharing!

[@tundralou]

This is one ghost story I actually believe after talking with a stewardess that had witnessed “the ghost”

[@jenniferoram4458]

Fascinating video sympathetically retold. This truly proves “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Proof beyond a single doubt that there is indeed an afterlife. I think this is a comforting realisation.

[@mchelvantx]

That was the exact quote that came to my mind!

[@jimmylieb5225]

not to be glib, but I first heard that quote from the beginning of the movie "King Kong vs. Godzilla" from the early 1960's.

[@pratikroy227]

Another incredible story of a real life tragedy and the fact only here that I actually feel sorry for those people that died atleast 2 of them came back as apparitions to make sure what happened to them would not repeat itself is really sad. But these are the only ghosts so far I wouldn't mind seeing so I can show gratitude and respect to them. Rest in Peace brave and kind souls may their souls find eternal peace.

[@tracitorello7511]

I've heard so many stories about flight 401, but yours was truly the most haunting and in depth. It literally kept me up last night..thank you for your research and creepy story telling style. RIP to those souls and thank God for the frog hunters!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you!

[@tonygville2969]

Don Repo's wife would come to my house and speak with my Mom about the experiences she was having with her husband who had died in the crash. I went to school with Alison, their daughter,from 1st grade until the crash and they moved away a few years later. They were a wonderful family. Viva Cristo Rey

[@Aurora-do2rv]

KZbin recently recommended your channel and I’ve just been working my way through your videos. You do a great job at getting the facts out about these stories whilst also being unbiased and speaking on both sides of the spectrum, whether something is or could have been faked and not just take things at face value as truth. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you! I see myself as a horror/ghost story channel primarily so I don’t like to focus on the sceptic side of things but I think it’s important to discuss any obvious potential issues with a story.

[@Aurora-do2rv]

@@TheTapeLibrary absolutely it’s always good to have a healthy skepticism when talking about hauntings. I absolutely believe in ghosts (had too much happen to not believe) but I won’t just say ghost straight away. I like to de-bunk things to make sure it’s real and not man made or mistaken for something else.

[@user-zm5zp6kf6s]

Just discovered 'The Tape Library' - what a phenomenally well presented programme; superbly narrated and informative; as my son is a commercial pilot, my husband and I empathised fully with the warnings of the souls attempting to communicate with the living. The remains of the crashed plane should have been blessed to allow these souls to pass over into the afterlife. Thank you so much for this presentation of such a dreadful tragedy. Lorraine

[@adamhashiba6140]

Out of all the ghost why are these aircraft's ghost so wholesome and nice instead of harming they are like overprotecting angels. I loved this story.

[@cherylhelly914]

On a flight to Chicago, the stewardesses were talking about many sightings of spirit by other employees. They were very creeped out by it, and very serious!

[@aiglonducal314]

NOPE!

[@aiglonducal314]

GROW UP

[@LathropLdST]

​@@aiglonducal314the one that sounds like he is 12 is you 😂😂😂 shush, child.

[@LathropLdST]

​@@aiglonducal314it's your word against hundreds. What make your "nope!" more credible, child? 😂

[@kristingallo2158]

This crash had a surprising amount of survivors. Rarely with plane crashes does anyone survive at all.

[@dr.valbell6427]

You might be thinking of plane crashes into water, as those are truly deadly. However, crashing to the ground is much more survivable, as my 11-year old brother flying unattended to our grandparents in Florida many years ago will tell you. I’m just a statistician who models such data. The majority of passengers survive crashes and there are things you can do to significantly improve your odds of survival. Search the scientific journals.

[@reyphobic]

⁠@@dr.valbell6427can you elaborate on how plane crashes into the water are more deadlier? ive always wanted to know that

[@talktothehand1212]

​@@reyphobic bc you drown

[@hannahbeanies8855]

You are more likely to survive a plane crash than not, especially these days. Some numbers based on 2015 - 2020 data from bts.gov: if you were to board any flight during the year, you’d have about a 1 in 260,256 in a plane accident(not necessarily a crash) 1 in 6,864,250 chance of being on a plane involved in an accident that results in at least 1 fatality. about 1 in 816,545,929 of actually dying in a plane accident/crash Those are per year Throw those numbers in google for source since I can’t post a real link :( Hope that helps

[@ethandevine8571]

the psychic dreams are absolutely fascinating and mysterious. I love spirit and the unexplained

[@krugerfuchs]

Look up Harold Green from United 232 and the park slope ghost

[@leslieking6259]

I saw a movie about this back in the 70's. Ernest Borgnine was in it. Good movie.

[@musicman201047]

The Ghost of Flight 401. He was the flight engineer.

[@mjrussell414]

That was a good movie.

[@natalieruby7934]

A month before 9/11 happened, I had 2 dreams that I kept seeing people going up really tall buildings, and falling to their deaths. I could hear firetruck and ambulances in the distance, people screaming as they watched those people falling. It was crazy.

[@RenxoLuizArturo1]

That’s a premonition ..Wow!😮

[@1-SmallStep]

Awful for you!

[@jimmer1976]

I had a similar thing, a dream where I was in a really tall building in America (I’ve never been to America) i went over to the window and had an overwhelming feeling to fall out, it was so real that I jolted in my sleep and woke up, a week or two later 9/11 happened.

[@grantmctaggart9942]

And I had a dream last night that got $18000 in fines from the Australian government because I drove someone else’s truck. Then I accidentally went down a road trucks aren’t allowed on. Means 0/10 you can’t see the future in your sleep.

[@natalieruby7934]

@grantmctaggart9942 maybe for you, but thats not the case for my dreams

[@M5guitar1]

I flew on an L1011 in the 80s and thought about that crash in Florida. That was one huge airplane! It flexed on takeoff and the back bathrooms were arranged in a semi circle. Very nice. I remember seeing that movie with Ernst Borgnine as the captain. It freaked me out and still does. He said there will never be another crash of an L1011. Amazing.

[@samanthab1923]

The Ghost of Flight 401 👻

[@lethabrooks9112]

It was a shame the L011 Tristar didnt sell as well as the DC-10 as the Tristar was a far safer and more advanced plane than the DC-10. I did some research and the reason the Tristar didnt sell as well was it there were setbacks in the production of the rolls royce engines specifically designed for the jet and cost overruns as well which contributed to other large airlines such as American Airlines and United Airlines not placing any orders for the jet.

[@BritanniaPacific]

@@lethabrooks9112rumor has it that the L-1011 would have been the first ever wide bodied airliner had it not been for the problems regarding Rolls Royce

[@lethabrooks9112]

@@BritanniaPacific Its true. Lockheed decided to enter the commercial jet manufacturing market again in the late sixties because they werent getting as many contracts with the military so they needed to make up for the lost revenue. Rolls Royce had gone bankrupt during that time and the British Government had to bail them out. And by the time Lockheed considered contracting a different manufacture such as Prat and Whitney, GE, or CFC. Boeing and Douglas had already rolled the DC-10 and 747 out of their factories. Boeing and Douglas did have different engine options for their jets made by Prat and Whitney and CFC.

[@musicman201047]

Ernest Borgnine was the flight engineer, not the pilot.

[@alexkingvideo]

Just found the channel and I couldn’t be more excited. Absolutely stunned that you don’t have over 1M subs yet. I’m a huge Bedtime Stories fan, and you guys are just as good if not better… the editing is top notch and the narration is intoxicating. Cannot wait to watch more. Thank you.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Oh wow that's very high praise, thank you so much!

[@VivienneMarsden-ky6or]

@ALEXHKING I JUST FOUND THIS LAST NIGHT AND i ON MY LAST ONE.HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE BACK REAL SOON AND YES HE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN A MILLION SUB'S.IM ADDICTED TO THIS CHANNEL.PLEASE BE BACK SOON.HAPPY NEW YEAR TO U ALL

[@VivienneMarsden-ky6or]

Thank you THE TAPES LIBRARY U ARE AMAZING AT YOUR JOB.❤❤❤FROM DUBLIN IRELAND.HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE A GREAT XMAS AND NEW YEAR.❤❤❤

[@firstlast4888]

Ballen ruined bedtime stories.

[@dannydevito9056]

I'm not in the loop so to speak. How did Ballen ruin bedtime stories? @@firstlast4888

[@gjk540]

Normally, I don't enjoy ghost stories. However, this was so well-narrated that I listened with fascination to the end. Well done!

[@Sirianstar10]

That is the flight l used to take home every time I went to NY from Miami when l was a kid. It was the last one of the day thru Eastern and l wanted to stay in NY as long as l could..(we had moved to Miami from NY in 1970) so l always took the last flight home. That was awful. I clearly remember it happening. 😢

[@artcflowers]

I remember this, too. I was 15 living in Tampa Bay area.

[@gilliankingston8259]

They have every right to be extremely proud of themselves for not only being the first on the scene and a beacon of hope to those injured and in pain who had also been plunged into complete darkness but continuing to help the co-ordinated rescue effort after the Coastguard had arrived👍❣🌹

[@erika97052]

Seriously! Some people truly are just born with it being obvious what they're meant to do. You were totally meant to tell stories, hands down. Lol and such a good intro "get a warm drink, get comfortable" Great work thank you for the stories! I'd love to hear about Hill House if you haven't yet covered that, also the Axe Murder House, Waverly Hills. For a few suggestions 😊

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Aww this genuinely made me smile, thank you so much!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Also all three of those are my potential episodes list

[@steviewolfeofficial]

This may sound odd, but ghost stories like this worry me a lot because it makes the afterlife sound dimensionally "incomplete". It sounds like a videogame map that was abandoned halfway through programming it. Again yes that sounds weird I know but it's the best analogy I can convey.

[@sharonc.2207]

Jesus is the answer

[@Moonsfire62]

I believe ghosts are just caught between here and there. I'm sure some think they are still alive while others have unfinished business. The unfinished business can include feeling responsible for something or someone.

[@NanaBren]

I believe that the afterlife will be quite the surprise to most people. I also believe that God gives souls permission to contact the living. There is more to the afterlife than religion can account for. ❤

[@jackiemack8653]

​​@@NanaBrenAgreed. St Padre Pio, a Catholic saint, admitted to seeing two deceased men asking for prayer. Yes. He was afraid. He prayed and they left.

[@osirisatot19]

Reusing parts of a vehicle that had people die is just asking for ghosts tbh.

[@aiglonducal314]

Is it? Good, as they didn't reuse parts, the ghost stories must be made up, then (which they are).

[@guhrizzlybaire]

@@aiglonducal314you need a hobby. Seriously sad how you have time to comment on everybody's interests on this to just be a troll. Please seek help 🙏

[@joythinker739]

​@@aiglonducal314If you don't believe in ghosts why are you even here?

[@jimmylieb5225]

joythinker. Very good! 🎯💯👍

[@Danin4985]

They didn’t reuse parts, apparently. So the stories have been rubbished by others. People just like to believe in ghosts, don’t they.

[@ravensmadd]

Wow!! That was a really good telling!! My husband and I were both born in 1980 and had never heard of this incident before this video. Fantastic job telling this unfortunate story!! New subscriber!!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Welcome to the channel!

[@davidponseigo8811]

I live in Louisiana and as most folks know we have a lot of swamps and I can not imagine crashing in a swamp with all the critters. I was in a near plane crash in the 90's flying out of Colorado Springs and we were hit by a Rotor which is a side ways tornado coming down the mountain and we barely made it to Denver. Just two years before a plane went down in Colorado Springs from the same thing and the plane was destroyed and everyone was killed so we were lucky.

[@user-yt9bl1qo9l]

Land animals would be scared off by the foreign object as well as the fire and smell. Is this different, for swamp predators? I'm curious about it, I'd have assumed crash victims would be safe from wild predators - but living land-locked I've never taken underwater predators' instinct into account.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

Same here. I have heard about the 🐊 s in the Everglades! I heard there are panthers too.The survivors were lucky those guys found them.

[@30yearsfuelingbigjets]

I knew all about this crash, I watched it again, and you were spot on...great job!

[@daveatkins3568]

I just found this channel and this is a top flight show. Very underrated. 😎✌🏻

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thanks for watching!

[@i_luv_hecklefish]

Top flight...? Pun intended? 😂 I do agree with you, though. ❤

[@1969tss]

“He shined a torch down the hole” you can tell this is by a English person as someone from the USA would say flashlight

[@christinewhitfeld7939]

He should have said Shone.

[@joanneginever1890]

Us Aussies say torch as well, which makes sense as our lingo is almost exclusively in line with the English rather than Americanisation of words.

[@aiglonducal314]

Oh, wow! Well spotted you! Aren't you clever and learned! 🙄

[@Tyrannocaster]

"Shined" used to be the correct form. "Shone" is more modern. I know, English, right?

[@Tyrannocaster]

Because the accent didn't give it away, I guess.

[@aishajung3430]

My cousin worked as a flight attendant before marrying off, and the appearance of “extra passengers” are apparently super common, so much so that when the preflight passenger count doesn’t match the manifest, they’ll deploy two people to recount. One person counts the head, and another would look down and count the feet. Somehow, the feet count always matches the manifest and the head doesn’t 😬

[@jimmylieb5225]

interesting!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

So im assuming these entities have no feet😂😂😂

[@purplemist7]

​@@fidelcatsro6948That was the implication, yes.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@purplemist7 I see, thanks for sharing!

[@lindalumae]

I’ve seen people actually touch the head while counting. I wonder if that is for the same reason.

[@janeoliver3000]

Great show! Thanks; I’ll be watching all the others 😊

[@piehnoharmony]

This is why im terrified of flying

[@martynstembridge7714]

So MULTIPLE people saw a dead captain vanish while sitting in a seat .... have any of these people ever been interviewed?? This is surely one of the greatest moments in the quest for truth when it comes to ghosts? ... Why is it not studied and talked about more?? I would love to hear an interview with those present ...

[@jackiemack8653]

I have heard the same about ships.

[@donnafromnyc]

My then cousin in law worked out of JFK at that time for EA in operations as a control center manager, and told me about the haunting stories at that time. They were all over the airline. I am glad that fellow pilots helped to free the souls of their colleagues. The L-1011 was a great airplane and I flew on it many times JFK-MIA in 1987 to early 1988 as I was an account supervisor at Campbell Ewald working on, yes, the Eastern Airlines ad account.

[@johnholmesinchesahead342]

My Dad's cat once sneeked onto an Airliner that went down in the Ocean. The cat swam 5 miles - jumped onto a canoe - and was saved! He arrived back home a week later with a story to tell!

[@TrulyUniqueOne]

Stop it

[@tinyhouseranch]

WHAT???? I wanna believe this crazy story😮

[@patriciajrs46]

Cat's can't talk.

[@TH-hy9kr]

Obviously the "talking" cat in the Bridgeport poltergeist story 🤣

[@drbrunch]

Wow!

[@SoulSpectar]

DAMN dude, I got literal chills at that intro. I've watched horror movies since I was a teen, I go to horror trails and houses every Halloween, and I go on as many Ghost Tours as a city has available. All of that, and you gave me the ~creepiest~ of shivers. Well done! And, as always, amazing job on your research. I'd never heard of this flight and haunts until today.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Ah loved reading this, thank you!

[@noreenclark2568]

A sad day for those ppl , hurt or killed by human error. Thanks for telling us about this 😢

[@jackiemack8653]

Most crashes are caused by pilot error

[@johnbianchi3877]

It was lack of cockpit management that caused the crash. Aviate, navigate, communicate. And as that great philosopher, Jim Morrison once said, “keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel “ In this case; Keep your hands on the yoke and your eyes on the instrument panel.

[@annmcclure8378]

I was a flight attendant for 22 years, and cannot imagine the terror and tragedy. May God rest the souls of those lost.

[@karasaunty9823]

I remember, as a wee girl, watching the film (starring Ernest Borgnine) based on these events and it absolutely chilled me to the bone. May all those who died rest in peace and rise in glory 🙌

[@Junior_74955]

Awesome video! I was totally creeped out by the bob loft case ! Still giving me the chills !

[@littlebunnybunny]

my sister worked on a aeroplane that the parts were used and the following years from uk she flew a plane salvaged from this flight and she saw a passenger in first class( no other passengers) an old man in brace position..she asked what was wrong and he vanished in ftont of her. british caledonian..uk now abandoned..cspitsin and aircrew saw the same but on different parts of the plane..most of seats were salvaged and metal were used. and every salvaged part had a ghost.

[@kelrogers8480]

The original passengers wouldn't have had time to brace!

[@Lottie.Bronte321]

@@kelrogers8480maybe he just dropped something then.

[@brandonbentley5453]

My mother's best friend growing up became an airline stewardess in the late 70s. She said the airlines experience everything from misfortune to ghost hauntings on planes that use recycled parts from down aircraft(which is almost common). Although not part of this story, this is apparently not unheard of in the airline world.

[@crazyDIYguy]

Incredible editing, amazing videos. This channel is highly addictive.💯👌

[@andymerritt8145]

I remember watching a movie about the crash of flight 401 as a kid in the seventies Ernest borgnine played the pilot I remember vividly at the end of the movie a scene where the ghost of the pilot appeared and said there would be no more crashes of that model of plane

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Yeah. B/c I think it got discontinued right after? Or the dumb problem was fixed. I think they couldn't hear the Terrain warning, as it was canceled out by the engine noise.

[@musicman201047]

Ernest Borgnine was the flight engineer, not the pilot.

[@justlee2164]

So glad I came across your awesome channel it sent me on a binge watch lol keep up the awesome works thanks !!!! for the up loads

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thanks for watching!

[@jpaulc441]

I don't believe in the supernatural. However it wouldn't surprise me if ghostly apparitions turned out to be a rare phenomenon of physics we haven't discovered or understood yet. After all people used to believe events like earthquakes or lightning were supernatural and the results of angry gods but now we know they are completely natural. Maybe one day a scientific explanation of ghosts may be discovered.

[@thirstingknowledge]

It is all energy in some form or other.

[@elbaestridge6503]

I'm glad to find your channel and subscribed to. This is the first time I heard this story, and I found it really interesting and very sad. Your research on every story you bring to us is amazing. Thank you for this story, and keep uploading.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

thank you! Appreciate that

[@alannevin2490]

I only discovered your channel yesterday and I'm really impressed! Your up there with the best at covering things like this!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@neilforbes416]

I saw a movie based on this story. If memory serves, the part of Don Repo was played by Ernest Borgnine.

[@stinajones9847]

The narration on this video is impeccable! How have I just found your channel!? I do love a good binge at least lol.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

You’ve found us now and planning to do this for a long time so really you got in early! :)

[@LauraTorres-dy6xi]

Looking forward to the next episode! I got chills from this one… 😱

[@randyjoe8253]

What makes these witnesses so credible is that they knew that they could get fired for reporting a ghost sighting because the last thing that the airline industry wants is to worsen the already existing fear of flying among many passengers.

[@gregjones3650]

I'm thrilled to have found your channel! Your storytelling and narration is superb! I can't wait to see what other stories you have posted!

[@TimoteoDeBaum]

This is the most perfectly executed ghost story video I’ve ever come across. Wow, well done 🎉 Providing the full story and context in simple but clear detail made me care and be more curious about the haunting itself. Tragic but remarkable story, thank you!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you!

[@johnwyoder]

This type of accident would not happen with today's modern aircraft. #1. When the autopilot is disengaged, either intentionally or accidentally, there is a loud "bi-doop, bi-doop" warning which is impossible to miss. #2. Terrain avoidance system. Now, if an aircraft is losing altitude and is too low (other than on final approach for landing) a warning will sound, along with a voice "Terrain! Pull up! Terrain! Pull up!" #3. ATC system that alerts controllers if an aircraft is too low for the terrain.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You'll notice that never helped those at Tenerife. I thought they knew and didn't say anything? One of these, it was...

[@whitelion7976]

I am a believer in spirits and live in a house with a spirit. Sometimes he causes us to wake up and we see shadow moving but there's never anyone there when I check.

[@nassalad]

Your house is haunted mate

[@JediMaster362]

"The Hell with this, the Hell with this! Screwing around with a $0.20 piece of lighting equipment. On this plane!" -Bob Loft.

[@PumaLyn]

3.08 a.m. I couldn't sleep. Glad I found this. Thank you. 😊

[@lollie880]

Wow! I really love this story. I watched this story before in other channels but yours was the best and it had more info that I didn’t hear before! Thank you so much!🥰

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you so much!

[@rastra1321]

Just found you. I had this vid saved in my ‘watch later’ so glad I got round to watching it. Loved your narration. And glad to find a Brit narrator. Great work. I read the book Ghosts of flight 401 when I was a teenager…been fascinated with this since. Thanks again. Just subscribed. 👍🏽👏🏽🌹

[@timwhite3025]

Well done. Highly highly recommend Ghosts of Flight 401 documentary with Steve Shippy and Cindy Gaza. That will give you chills.

[@gnagare71]

The tv-movie was quite good but unfortunately they had omitted Bob Loft entirely. The book is amazing and contains a few incidents that didn't make it into the movie, like a plane with salvaged parts from the crashed plane suddenly starting to slightly tilt repeatedly to the starbord side, in midair. A passenger sitting by a window saw a small glowing ball slowly jumping up and down on the tip of the wing causing the plane to tilt slightly. He called for an air stewardess and they both watched it. It suddenly vanished and then reappeared on the wingtip on the port side of the plane, again causing it to slightly tilt repeatedly before vanishing.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

26:14 really, that sounds like a selling point. Our planes are so safe now even the dead are helping to look out for your safety.

[@shiningstar2903]

When people describe having full conversations with a fully engaged person sitting next to them and the 'person' disappears, it makes you wonder about the afterlife.

[@thestars386]

I just found this channel last night and I love the content. It's very addictive.

[@nickyginn9137]

Dont know why I'm watching this. I have a flight at 21.10 tonight 😢

[@silverstuff182]

I’ve read a lot about this crash and the paranormal sightings but I haven’t heard such a detailed description of the encounter of the airline vice president with the dead captain. Either you are privy to a lot more information or you are gilding the lily. The other accounts merely state that the deceased pilot sat in his chair, looked forward silently and disappeared.

[@marcushenryweber1290]

Pilots are now taught as part of their training that, "First, fly the plane." It's just terribly sad that they were so focused on fixing a non-critical problem that they didn't notice they were flying straight into the ground.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Now they have it where you hear something like You have the Plane. I have the plane.

[@alexbelle3941]

I’ve heard short clips of this but never in such depth thank you for posting. Liked and subbed 👍🏽

[@timwatterson3275]

My pops worked for TWA during that time and parts were put on TWA planes and shit was weird till they pulled all the parts off the 10-11s in the TWA fleet!

[@voraciousreader3341]

Investigators from the NTSB who investigated the crash of Flight 401 said when interviewed decades later that still usable parts from 401 were indeed installed in other planes making up the Eastern Airline fleet. And they recounted several ghost stories which were reported to them after their investigation, and that all of the 401 parts were removed from other planes at the order of EA execs.

[@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613]

I'm extremely happy to have just found your channel! I was looking up Flight 401 information and watched this great video you put together. This story has fascinated me since I was a kid in the 1970s. So many verified, and documented sightings of these pilots. It's one of the greatest true ghost stories of all time! I'm definitely subscribing right now, and can't wait to watch your other videos! Thank you so much, and I look forward to talking with you in the comments section of other scary stories!!🙂🤝👻👻

[@TheTapeLibrary]

thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@davidshirkey1272]

Glad I recently subscribed to your channel! I've watched some of your videos so far, and will continue to do so. Fascinating and disturbing topics! This a was tragic accident. I remember a movie with Ernest Borgnine (who became a ghost in the movie...sorry to give it away to anyone who hasn't watched it yet) about the flight 401 crash. Interesting coincidence, I was living in the Miami area in the early 1980's, attending Miami Dade Community College, and got a job teaching math at a private school in Hialeah. Turns out the principal at the school was a former mortician that took care of bodies from that flight. He didn't go into great detail (thankfully) but it sounded bad. I'm trying to remember how that came up, and as best as I can recollect we were casually chatting about movies and I mentioned a movie I had recently watched on tv about the crash, and he told me that he handled bodies from the crash. I found Fiona2254's comment from a few days ago about her aunt very interesting, and thought I would comment.

[@TheTapeLibrary]

I featured a few clips from that film in here, thanks for watching! :)

[@pwandld50]

😢 We had just relocated to Hollywood, Florida in September 1972 from NY. I don't remember this, as I was a young child, but heard about it years later. Very, VERY heart breaking❤😢

[@robinwc4672]

WHY, WHY, WHY don't you have more subs!!! And views! Your content is amazing.Can't get enough. Hoping my binge watching is giving you more traction in the algorithms... Doing my small part to help! Hope you grow bigger, faster, because you put such a crazy amount of work and detail into your content. ❤️ It's awesome!

[@TheTapeLibrary]

Thank you! I mean to be fair, we’ve added about 35,000 subs over the last month or two so from my perspective this is an insane amount! Had been putting out videos for a year with only a couple of thousand people tuning in at best :)

[@robinwc4672]

@@TheTapeLibrary oh wow! That's amazing! I see your channel going far. You remind me of Bedtime Stories. In some ways better. So I hope you get as big as them really quickly. Looks like you're headed that way!