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TWA Flight 800 Documentary - Seconds From Disaster

By admin | January 22, 2008

Just minutes after leaving JFK Airport in New York heading to France, TWA flight 800 disintegrates in a ball of fire above Long Island killing every passenger and crew member on board. There was no sign of trouble, no radio for help. What caused the mysterious crash of TWA flight 800?

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BA Flight 9 Near Disaster Documentary - Jakarta incident

By admin | January 15, 2008

BA Flight 9, a 747 bound for Auckland in New Zealand loses power to all 4 engines 15KM above the earth. Pilots have no idea what’s going on and declare emergency. Just before the flight ditches in the Indian ocean, the engine power returns for another dramatic setup to failure. What caused the failures? The [...]

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Air Transat Flight 236 Disaster - Mayday

By admin | January 14, 2008

Faulty maintenance on fuel pumps causes incorrect readings on cockpit equipment and dials. Pilots do not believe readings until it is almost too late. A transatlantic flight nearly ends in disaster but manages to land at a navy base mid-Atlantic with faulty brakes. An amazing look at what exactly happened.

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BA Flight 5390 Disaster - Seconds From Disaster

By admin | January 14, 2008

A British Airways flight gets some dodgy maintenance work done on the cockpit window. A maintenance worker makes an fatal mistake when choosing the screws to replace the worn ones to keep the cockpit window in place. On the way to Malaga, flight 5390 has a cockpit window blowout at 30,000 feet. An amazing story [...]

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