Air Crash Daily

Climb or Descend? 😵‍💫✈️
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✈️: 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision (Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 & DHL Flight 611)
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 2 Episode 4
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On 1 July 2002, BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collides with DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611 in German airspace near Überlingen, killing all 71 people on board the two aircraft. The crew of Flight 611 followed the on-board traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) instructions to initiate a descent. However, the crew of Flight 2937 followed the instructions of the air traffic controller instead of their TCAS and initiated a descent as well. Only one air traffic controller was on duty (covering two boards) for that block of airspace at the time of the collision—his co-worker was on his coffee break.
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Disastrous Dive to the Ground 🛬😨
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✈️: West Air Sweden Flight 294
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 20 Episode 2
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On 8 January 2016, West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near Lake Akkajaure in Sweden during a cargo flight from Oslo to Tromsø, Norway, killing both crew members. A malfunction in an inertial reference unit produced erroneous attitude indications and mislead the crew into a dive.
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Two planes collide over the Grand Canyon ✈️💥
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✈️: 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (United Airlines Flight 718 & TWA Flight 2)
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 12 Episode 6
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On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft. At the time, it was the deadliest-ever aviation accident, and would lead to major changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States.
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This is why bad weather is dangerous on airplanes ⛈️✈️
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✈️: American Airlines Flight 1420
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 1 Episode 2
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On 1 June 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm, but overruns the runway, killing 11 people. The crash was caused by the crew not arming the spoilers during their pre-landing checks.
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These pilots were hopeless 😵‍💫
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✈️: Air France Flight 447
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 12 Episode 13
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On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board. The causes of the crash were incorrect airspeed readings due to ice blocking the aircraft's pitot tubes and inappropriate control inputs by the crew.
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Losing Pitch Control🛫😨
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✈️: Air Midwest Flight 5481
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 5 Episode 5
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On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formulae for calculation of passenger weights.
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They Predicted Their Own Fate 🛫💥 😨
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✈️: Delta Air Lines Flight 1141
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 18 Episode 3
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On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board. The subsequent investigation determined that the pilots forgot to extend the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
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So Close to the Runway 🛬😓
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✈️: British Midland Airways Flight 092/Kegworth Air Disaster
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 14 Episode 1
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On 8 January 1989, British Midland Airways Flight 092 crashes onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, UK. The aircraft was attempting to conduct an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport after one of its engines had failed. 47 of the 126 people on board died.
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They couldn't do anything ✈️😞
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✈️: Lauda Air Flight 004
📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 14 Episode 2
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On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the number one engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 deploys in flight without being commanded, causing the aircraft to spiral out of control, disintegrate, and crash about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok, with no survivors. Investigators later determined the cause of the false deployment to be a malfunction of an electronically-controlled hydraulic valve.
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