Shown is George T. Baker Aviation Technical College Principle, Mr. Ciro Hildago listening to Mr. Ron Infantino a surviving passenger from Eastern Airlines L-1011 crash which occurred on 29th December 1972 when aircraft N310EA crashed into the Florida Everglades.
Sitting next to Ron is Mrs. Beverly Raposa, surviving, former Eastern Airlines flight attendant who on that faithful night of the crashed help many and as she herself being badly injured.
Shown within the group shot is the only suit case that survived the crash and which inside held the camera of flight attendant Mercy Ruiz (was not in attendance) of which had pictures of the cabin take before departing John F. Kennedy Airport, New York to Miami, Florida.
A long time supporter of the Eastern Airlines Flight 401 Tribute Group and an honorary member is Benny F. Benitez, Founder / CEO, Chief Consultant of the 94th AeroClaims-Aviation Consultant Group. Benny and fellow colleague and friend Captain Catherine Smallwood who is also an honorary member herself have closely worked with Ron, Beverly and the rest of the group to support them since 2009.
Miami, Florida 23rd January 2017: As a supporter of the Eastern Airline Flight 401 Tribute Group since 2009, Mr. Benny F. Benitez the Founder / CEO and Chief Consultant of the 94th AeroClaims-Aviation Consultant Group (94th ACG) along with a dear friend and industry colleague, as well as an Associate Consultant to the 94th ACG, Captain Catherine Smallwood have supported Ron, Beverly and the rest of the group.The latest effort that Benny is spear heading is to find and hopefully secure a site so as to established and erect the memorial site.
This has been a daunting task for many years and with real-estate at a premium here in Miami, Florida and a general unawareness toward the significant that this crash contributed to the current day safety makes it a hard earn goal to reach. But Benny came up with and idea to see if maybe the memorial site could be established on the grounds of the George T. Baker Aviation Technical College along Le June Ave, just a stone throw from Miami International Airport. The angle that Benny is hopefully banking on is the issue of Crew Resource Management (CRM) a trait that is so important within the many sectors of aviation. Also, it would be of value for young, budding aviation professionals to be aware and have a critical understanding of how working as a team in talking to one another so as to achieve the goal of safety be it in the cockpit or on a maintenance team.
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