113 dead as jet crashes near JFK Airport during storm 40 years ago this hour (June 24 1975)

(Tuesday, June 24, 1975, 4:05 p.m. EDT) — 113 people were killed today when Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 carrying 124 people, crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (click here to view video of the wreckage).