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UA553

April 7, 2020

As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how this crash embodies many issues in crew resource management and caused the first fatal crash of a Boeing 737.

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In Pilot Failures Tags Crew Resource Management, 737-200, Chicago, Midway Airport, MDA, United Airlines, UA553
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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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SOU932

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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BW523

March 3, 2020

A Boeing 737-800 is landing in Trinidad and Tobago on a three leg flight. Find out how a tired pilot and poor crew resource management caused this aircraft to overrun the runway.

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In Pilot Failures Tags 737-800, BW523, Runway overrun, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Air
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AF4590

February 25, 2020

An Air France Concorde tries to make a standard take off out of the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Find out how a lot of fuel and another plane caused this super sonic jet to catch fire and fall out of the sky.

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In Company Failures, Mechanical Failures Tags Concorde, AF4590, Debris, Popped tire, Supersonic, Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, France
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TWA260

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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AA587

February 11, 2020

An American Airlines A300 crashes in Queens, New York just months after 9/11. Find out how over flying the aircraft caused this terrible disaster.

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In Pilot Failures, Company Failures Tags AA587, Queens, New York, Damage of control surfaces, American Airlines, A300
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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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