Flights Gone Wrong

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Loss of control

Events

  • 1 June 2009

    Air France Flight 447

    Air France Flight 447 left Rio de Janeiro for Paris on the evening of 31 May 2009 with 216 passengers and 12 crew.

    3 videos
    • Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
    • Mentour Pilot
    • Mayday: Air Disaster

  • 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. Air France Flight 447: Pitot Icing, Alternate Law and the Stall

    DocumentaryMentour Pilot · 56:26

    Event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)

  2. Air France Flight 447: Mayday and the Search for the Recorders

    DocumentaryMayday: Air Disaster · 45:20

    Event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)

  3. 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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