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AC797

December 1, 2020

An Air Canada DC-9 is on its way to Toronto, Canada when an emergency causes the plane to make an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Kentucky. Find out the mysterious circumstances behind the emergency descent.

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In Mechanical Failures, Intentional Incidents, Pilot Failures Tags In-flight fire, Air Canada, DC-9, Kentucky, Smoking, Toilet Fire
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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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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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TAA538

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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NM7100

September 15, 2020

A MetroLiner (Fairchild Metro III) is on its way to Cork, Ireland when it encounters foggy weather. Find out how weird company procedures, oversight, and bad crew training caused this plane to hit the ground and invert.

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In Pilot Failures, Company Failures, Weather Tags Cork, Ireland, Manx2, NM1700, Weather, Company Error
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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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AF447

July 7, 2020

An Air France A330 goes down in the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Paris. Find out how disorientation and equipment caused this plane to crash.

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In Mechanical Failures, Pilot Failures Tags Air France, A330, Lost, Disorientation, Pilot Error, Mechanical Error, Pitot Tubes, Bea
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BS211

June 30, 2020

A Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 crashes at the Kathmandu Airport in Nepal. Find out how a huge break down in crew resource management caused this flight to crash.

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In Pilot Failures Tags BS211, Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, Crew Resource Management, Pilot Error
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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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AAR214

June 9, 2020

A Boeing 777-200 crashes on landing at the San Francisco International Airport. Find out how the crew caused this plane to cartwheel on the runway.

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In Pilot Failures Tags San Francisco, 777-200, Asiana Airlines, Pilot Error, AAR214, Automation
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