In Re Aircrash Dis. at Boston, Mass., July 31, 1973

OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

All of the above-captioned cases arise out of the tragic crash of a Delta Airlines, Inc. (Delta) DC-9 twin-engine jet airliner at approximately 11:08 a. m., 1 July 31,1973, at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts.

The aircraft, which was identified as Delta Flight 723 (hereafter D 723) was scheduled to fly that morning from Burlington, Vermont to Logan Airport. It made an unscheduled stop at Manchester, New Hampshire, and then flew from Manchester to Boston. In attempting to effectuate an Instrument Landing System (ILS) 2 ap-proach at Runway 4-R 3 at…