Ben Kissel

It's nothing.

It's an eyelid.

That's got to be a fun, like, look what I found.

Don't eat it.

Like, oh, wow, I've never seen an eyelid on its own.

That's so fun.

But this wasn't the only Everglades plane crash.

December 29th, 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 was wrapping up from a flight from JFK to Miami.

When I say wrapping up, I mean the black box recorded Captain Bob Loft welcoming passengers to Miami, telling them that temperatures were in the low 70s.

Basically, yes.

They were in the homestretch.

The loft noticed that the nose gear light didn't indicate down and locked, which was necessary for a safe landing.

Maybe there's a little problem with the light.

So he sent the second officer, Bert Stockstill, to the electronics bay beneath the flight deck to inspect and got permission to circle the height of 2,000 feet while they figured out the issue.

Bert Stockstill.

It's like when you get a pilot's license, they change your name.

Oh, your name is Barney Krasinski?

But 2,000 feet sounds like a safe height for an aircraft.

If everything's handled correctly, sure.

Ultimately, though, it's way lower than you think.