Flights Gone Wrong

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Controlled flight into terrain

Events

  • 16 February 2000

    Emery Worldwide Flight 17

    • ATR 72, Douglas DC-8
    • 3 people who died

    Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 cargo jet, pitched up uncontrollably as it took off from Sacramento Mather Airport on 16 February 2000 because a bolt had come out of the right elevator control tab.

    1 video
    • Mayday: Air Disaster

Videos

  1. Emery 17 and TransAsia 222: A Jammed Elevator and a Low Approach

    DocumentaryMayday: Air Disaster · 1:29:07

    Event: Emery Worldwide Flight 17 (2000)

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