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AA331

November 17, 2020

An American Airlines 737 is landing at the airport in Kingston, Jamaica when something goes wrong. Find out how weather, a lack of information, and bad crew resource management caused this plane to over run the runway almost landing in the ocean.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures, Unknown, Airport Failures Tags American Airlines, Jamaica, Kingston, Runway overrun, wea, Runway Contamination
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US1493/ SKW5569 The LA Runway Disaster

August 25, 2020

A USAir Boeing 737-300 is on its descent into LAX when disaster strikes. Find out how overtaxed ATC and unfortunate circumstances causes this plane to crash on its landing.

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In ATC Failures Tags US1493, SKW5569, ATC error, Collision, LAX, LA Runway Disaster
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TWA2/UAL718 The Grand Canyon Disaster

August 11, 2020

Two flights, a DC-7 and a Lockheed Super Constellation, depart out of LAX and are on their way to Chicago and Kansas City. Find out how weather, ATC, and timing caused these two airplanes to collide over the Grand Canyon.

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In ATC Failures, Pilot Failures, Weather Tags Mid-air Collision, Grand Canyon, Lockheed Super Constellation, DC-7, TWA 002, UAL 718, United Airlines, Trans World Airlines
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COM5191

June 16, 2020

A CRJ-100 tries to take off out of Bluegrass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Find out how this plane took off and how that caused it to crash right off the end of the runway.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags Comair 5191, CRJ-100, Crew Resource Management, Fatigue, Runway mixup
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KLM4805/PA1736 Tenerife (Part 2)

March 31, 2020

Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out what caused these two planes to collide and have this accident become the worst in aviation history.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags KLM4805, 747-200, Tenerife Disaster, Los Rhodeos Airport
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PA1736/KLM4805 Tenerife (Part 1)

March 24, 2020

Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out the story behind this horrible disaster.

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In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags Los Rhodeos Airport, Tenerife Disaster, 747-100, PA1736, Pan Am
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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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PA845

February 4, 2020

Everything seems fine as a Boeing 747-100 takes off out of the San Francisco airport. Find out how some miscalculations caused there to be a giant whole ripped into this plane on take off causing it to have to make an emergency landing.

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In ATC Failures, Pilot Failures, Company Failures Tags PA845, San Francisco, California, Collision, 747-100
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GA152

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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