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TCE2286

January 19, 2021

A Trans Colorado flight is on its way to Cortez, Colorado with a stop in Durango. Find out how substance misuse, CRM, and weather caused this flight to crash miles from the runway.

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In Pilot Failures Tags MDA, Metroliner, Trans Colorado Airlines, Durango, Colorado, Pilot Error, Controlled Flight into Terrain, CFIT, GPWS
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NZ901 The Mount Erebus Disaster

October 13, 2020

An Air New Zealand flight is doing a sightseeing tour over Antarctica on a Douglas DC-10 when it hits terrain. Find out how weather and pilot error caused this flight to be too low over the snow.

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In Pilot Failures, Company Failures Tags New Zealand, Mt. Erebus, CFIT, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Antarctica, Air New Zealand Flight 901
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September 29, 2020

A Fokker F-27 goes down in the sea just miles away from the runway in MacKay, Queensland, Australia. Find out the circumstances that surround this crash and why no one really knows what happened.

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In Pilot Failures, Unknown Tags TAA538, Fokker F-27, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Unknown cause, Australia, MacKay Queensland
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AF296

May 5, 2020

An Air France A320-100 is doing a quick go around to show off the aircraft at a small air show between Switzerland and France when catastrophe occurs. Find out how a mixture of pilot error and mechanical failure causes this plane to hit trees and go up in flames.

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In Pilot Failures, Mechanical Failures Tags Air France, AF296, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Airbus A320, A320
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ABQ202

March 17, 2020

An A321 crashes into the Margalla Hills in Pakistan far from the airport that the plane should have been landing at. Find out how a breakdown in crew resource management and not following instructions caused this aircraft to smash into the hills.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags ABQ202, Air Blue, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Crew Resource Management, MARGALLA HILLS, Pakistan
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March 10, 2020

A DC-9 crashes with most of a University football team/staff and government officials on board. Find out how misinterpretation or incorrect instrument use may have caused this plane to fly into a hill miles from the airport.

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In Pilot Failures Tags SOU 932, DC-9, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Marshall University, North Carolina, West Virginia, Football Team
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February 18, 2020

A small flight going from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico is climbing out to their cruising altitude. Learn what happens when they cannot see through snow and fog on their climb out.

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In Pilot Failures, Mechanical Failures Tags TWA 260, New Mexico, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Hike Domingo Baca Trail 230
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AA383 (1965)

December 31, 2019

A 727 crashes on a turn to get to the runway at the Cincinnati airport. Find out how a lack of notification, bad weather, a sense of urgency, and distraction caused this flight to crash into the ground miles from the runway.

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In Pilot Failures Tags AA383, 1965, Cincinnati, Kentucky, 727-23, Controlled Flight into Terrain
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November 26, 2019

An Airbus A300B4 crashes into mountains just miles from the airport. Learn how communication and a series of missed directions caused GA152 to crash.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags GA125, Garuda Indonesian Airlines, Indonesia, Airbus, A300, Polonia International Airport, Controlled Flight into Terrain
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