A 767-300 operated by Nikki Lauda’s airline Lauda Air is on its last leg of a three leg flight to Vienna. Find out how a thrust reverser caused this flight to go catastrophic and crash in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand.
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UA553
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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KLM4805/PA1736 Tenerife (Part 2)
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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PA1736/KLM4805 Tenerife (Part 1)
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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ABQ202
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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SOU932
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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BW523
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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AF4590
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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TWA260
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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AA587
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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