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Man: OH, GOD!
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Narrator: PASSENGERS FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES
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INSIDE A BURNING PLANE
AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT.
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Pilot: HEY, HEY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
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Narrator: A BRAND NEW L-1011
CRASHES IN A REMOTE SWAMP
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IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
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Man: ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
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Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
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Pilot: WHY IS THAT GOING OFF?
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Narrator:
AND A SUKHOI SUPERJET 100
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SLAMS INTO A MOUNTAIN
SOUTH OF JAKARTA.
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Man: WHY WAS THE PLANE
SO FAR OFF COURSE?
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Narrator:
THREE DEVASTATING DISASTERS.
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INVESTIGATORS ARE BAFFLED
BY THE EVIDENCE THEY UNCOVER.
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Man: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
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REALLY GROUND DOWN.
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Woman: GENTLEMEN,
HOW'S IT GOING IN HERE?
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Man: IS THAT
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT?
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AND WHAT IS SHE DOING
IN THERE NOW?
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Man: WE WERE AMAZED AT THE LACK
OF DISCIPLINE IN THE COCKPIT.
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Captain: GET DOWN THERE AND
SEE IF THAT DAMN THING...
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Officer: IT WON'T COME OUT, BOB.
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Narrator: ALL THREE CRASHES
TRIGGERED BY AN IDENTICAL CAUSE:
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A FATAL DISTRACTION.
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Flight Attendant:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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WE ARE STARTING OUR APPROACH.
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Pilot: WE LOST BOTH ENGINES!
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Flight Attendant: PUT THE MASK
OVER YOUR NOSE.
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EMERGENCY DESCENT.
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Pilot: MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
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Flight Attendant:
BRACE FOR IMPACT!
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Controller: I THINK I LOST ONE.
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Man: INVESTIGATION STARTING
INTO THIS TRAGEDY...
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Man: HE'S GONNA CRASH!
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♪
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Narrator: IT'S ANOTHER
HECTIC MORNING
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AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
INTERNATIONAL,
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THE THIRD BUSIEST AIRPORT
IN AMERICA.
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Controller: 1056, FLY HEADING
ONE-EIGHT-FIVE,
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RUNWAY ONE-EIGHT-LEFT,
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
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Narrator: CONTROLLERS HERE
HANDLE MORE THAN 670,000
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TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS
EVERY YEAR.
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Controller:
1141, PUSH OFF OF 15.
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LET'S GO TAIL STRAIGHT BACK,
PREPARE TO TAXI.
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CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY.
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Wilson Kirkland: OKAY.
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Larry Davis: BRAKES OFF
AND TAIL STRAIGHT BACK.
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Kirkland: ROGER.
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Narrator: THE PILOTS OF
DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 1141
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PREPARE THEIR BOEING 727 FOR A
FLIGHT TO SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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Crewmember:
CLEAR TO START ENGINES.
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Steven Judd: BEACON?
Kirkland: IT'S ON.
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Judd: PARKING BRAKE?
Kirkland: IT'S OFF.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN LARRY DAVIS
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AND FIRST OFFICER
WILSON KIRKLAND
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ARE BOTH VETERAN DELTA PILOTS.
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Judd: START VALVE CLOSED?
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Narrator: FLIGHT ENGINEER
STEVEN JUDD
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IS THE NEWEST MEMBER
OF THE TEAM.
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Controller: DELTA 1141,
GIVE ME A RIGHT TURN,
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BRING IT BETWEEN SOUTH RAMP
AND 30, HOLD SHORT OF INNER.
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Kirkland: 1141, ROGER.
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Paul Verheyden: EXCUSE ME.
CAN I HAVE A COFFEE?
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Dixie Dunn: I'M SORRY,
YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT
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UNTIL WE'RE IN THE AIR.
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Narrator: PAUL VERHEYDEN
IS AN ARCHITECT
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FLYING TO UTAH ON BUSINESS.
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Verheyden: I HAD A PROJECT
JUST OUTSIDE SALT LAKE CITY.
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I HAD TO GO UP THERE TO
MAKE SOME FIELD SURVEYS.
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BASICALLY, YOU KNOW,
A ROUTINE TRIP.
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Narrator: THE PLANE IS READY
FOR DEPARTURE,
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BUT THE 727'S PROGRESS
ONTO THE TAXIWAY
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IS STALLED BY OTHER
PASSING PLANES.
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Judd: HOPEFULLY WE'LL
GET OUT OF HERE
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WHILE WE STILL HAVE TEETH
IN OUR MOUTHS.
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Kirkland: GROWING GRAY
AT THE SOUTH RAMP.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Narrator: DIXIE DUNN IS
A SENIOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT
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WITH MORE THAN
30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE.
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Dunn: GENTLEMEN,
HOW'S IT GOING IN HERE?
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Davis: WE'RE GONNA GO
ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE,
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AND ONCE ALL THOSE PLANES
ARE GONE, WE CAN GO, TOO.
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Controller: 1141, COME SOUTH
ON THE INNER UNTIL TAXIWAY 21,
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THEN MOVE TO THE OUTER,
HOLD SHORT AT 19.
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Kirkland: 1141, ROGER.
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Narrator: THE 727 IS FINALLY
CLEARED TO TAXI
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TOWARD THE RUNWAY.
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BUT NOW THERE'S A LONG LINE-UP
OF PLANES AHEAD OF THEM.
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Dunn: SO, WHAT ELSE ARE
WE GONNA TALK ABOUT?
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Kirkland: WELL, WE COULD DISCUSS
THE DATING HABITS
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OF OUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
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Dunn: OH!
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Kirkland: THAT WAY WE HAVE IT
ON THE RECORDER,
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YOU KNOW, IN CASE WE CRASH.
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[CHUCKLING]
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Judd: GOOD MORNING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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WE ARE NUMBER FOUR
FOR DEPARTURE.
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FLIGHT ATTENDANTS,
PREPARE THE CABIN, PLEASE.
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Dunn: WE ARE READY.
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Kirkland: THANK YOU.
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Narrator: AS THE AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLER JUGGLES MANY PLANES,
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HE SEES AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CLEAR THE LOGJAM.
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Controller: 1141,
TAXI TO POSITION
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RUNWAY ONE-EIGHT-LEFT AND HOLD.
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Kirkland: OKAY, 1141'S
POSITION AND HOLD.
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Narrator: IT'S AN UNEXPECTED
BUT WELCOME CHANGE OF PLANS.
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DELTA 1141 IS BUMPED
TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
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Judd: SHOULDER HARNESS?
Kirkland: THEY'RE ON.
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Judd: FLAPS?
Officer: 15-15, GREEN LIGHT.
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Judd: FLIGHT CONTROL?
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Kirkland: TOPS AND BOTTOMS
CHECKED.
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Judd: NAV INSTRUMENTS?
Kirkland: THEY'RE SET.
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Judd: TAKEOFF BRIEFING.
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Kirkland: IS COMPLETE.
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Verheyden: UGH. FINALLY.
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Controller: DELTA 1141,
FLY HEADING ONE-EIGHT-FIVE,
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RUNWAY ONE-EIGHT-LEFT,
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
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Kirkland: 1141, ONE-EIGHT-FIVE,
CLEARED TO GO.
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POWER SET.
ENGINE INSTRUMENTS LOOK GOOD.
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AIRSPEED'S COMING UP
ON BOTH SIDES.
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80 KNOTS.
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V-R.
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V-2.
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Davis: SOMETHING'S WRONG!
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Kirkland: WE GOT ENGINE FAILURE.
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Davis: COME ON.
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FULL POWER!
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WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!
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[SCREAMING]
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[SCREAMING]
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[COUGHING]
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Narrator: AS THE CABIN
FILLS WITH SMOKE AND FIRE,
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108 PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO GET
OUT OF THE PLANE ALIVE.
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Verheyden: OH, GOD!
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IT WAS SO DARK, SO BLACK
AND SO THICK,
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I COULD NOT BREATHE.
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[COUGHING]
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I WAS ON MY LAST BREATH.
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FLASHING THROUGH MY MIND
WAS MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS,
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AND THIS IS IT.
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[SIREN]
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Narrator: INCREDIBLY, 94 PEOPLE
MAKE IT OFF THE PLANE ALIVE,
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INCLUDING THE PILOTS
AND PAUL VERHEYDEN.
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Verheyden: I LOOKED BACK,
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AND I COULD SEE THE PLANE
WAS BURNING UP.
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Narrator: FLIGHT ATTENDANT
DIXIE DUNN AND 13 OTHERS
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ARE NOT SO LUCKY.
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[FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHOOSHES]
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[COUGH]
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FROM
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THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD
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ARE QUICK TO ARRIVE.
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Jim Cash: IT IS A LONG RUNWAY.
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THERE WAS NO WEATHER
AT THE TIME.
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THERE'S, WAS NO REASON
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OFF.
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SO WE KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG
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WITH EITHER THE AIRPLANE
OR CONFIGURATION.
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NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE.
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Narrator: SOON AFTER THE CRASH,
THE BLACK BOXES ARE RECOVERED.
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Cash: MAKE SURE YOU GET THOSE
TO D.C. ASAP.
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Narrator: WITH THE RECORDERS
ON THEIR WAY FOR ANALYSIS,
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INVESTIGATORS HUNT
FOR CLUES ON SITE.
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Cash: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
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THE BACK OF THE WING HERE,
IT REALLY GROUND DOWN.
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THE SKID SHOE LOOKS LIKE
IT HIT THE GROUND, TOO.
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Jim Ritter: ON THE BOEING 727,
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IT HAS A TAIL SKID IN THE VERY
AFT PART OF THE FUSELAGE,
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AND IT'S A LITTLE METAL SHOE
THAT RIDES BELOW THE FUSELAGE
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IN CASE THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE
IS ROTATED UP TOO HIGH,
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YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HIT
THIS TAIL SKID
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BEFORE YOU WOULD HIT THE BOTTOM
OF THE FUSELAGE.
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Cash: LET'S FIND OUT
WHERE IT HIT.
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FIRST IMPACT WITH THE SKID SHOE,
RIGHT THERE.
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MARK AND MEASURE, PLEASE.
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Ritter: TO STRIKE THE TAIL SKID,
WE KNEW THAT THE AIRPLANE
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WAS AT A 10-DEGREE
NOSE-UP PITCH ATTITUDE
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AT THAT POINT ALONG THE RUNWAY.
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Narrator: TEN DEGREES NOSE-UP
IS ENOUGH ANGLE
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TO GET A 727 AIRBORNE SAFELY.
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BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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THE QUESTION IS WHY.
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Cash: OKAY, SO THE PLANE IS
GOING DOWN THE RUNWAY.
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IT CAN'T GET IN THE AIR.
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ITS TAIL STARTS TO DRAG AND
THE RIGHT WING HITS THE GROUND.
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Narrator: THEY TRY TO ELIMINATE
AS MANY POSSIBLE CAUSES
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FOR THE FAILED TAKEOFF
AS THEY CAN.
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Cash: WHAT WAS THE WEIGHT
OF THE PLANE?
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Don Smith: THE ACTUAL WEIGHT
WAS 157,683 POUNDS.
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WELL BELOW MAXIMUM.
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Cash: LET'S CHECK THE FUEL LOGS.
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Narrator: IF THE 727 WAS
FUELED IMPROPERLY,
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IT MAY HAVE BEEN DANGEROUSLY
UNBALANCED ON TAKEOFF.
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Cash: SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
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Smith: IT'S ALL FINE,
NO IMBALANCE IN THE FUEL TANKS.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
ELIMINATE EACH OF THEIR
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INITIAL THEORIES ON THE CRASH
ONE BY ONE.
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THE FAILED TAKEOFF OF 1141
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
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INVESTIGATORS FACE
INTENSE PRESSURE
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TO FIND OUT WHY DELTA FLIGHT
1141 CRASHED ON TAKEOFF.
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BUT THEN A DETAIL FROM THE CRASH
SITE GRABS THEIR ATTENTION.
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Cash: HEY.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PHOTO.
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Investigator:
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLAPS.
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Cash: WEREN'T EXTENDED.
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Narrator: ALL COMMERCIAL
AIRLINERS MUST HAVE
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THEIR WING FLAPS EXTENDED
FOR TAKEOFF.
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WITHOUT THE FLAPS, THE WINGS
CANNOT GENERATE ENOUGH LIFT
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TO CARRY THE PLANE SKYWARD.
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THE INVESTIGATORS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL
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IF THE PLANE'S FLAPS WERE
ACTUALLY EXTENDED ON TAKEOFF
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BY REVIEWING
THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER.
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Cash: IS THIS IT?
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Narrator: BUT THEY DISCOVER
IT'S AN OLDER MODEL.
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TO THEIR FRUSTRATION,
IT'S CAPTURED VERY LITTLE DATA.
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Cash: THERE'S NO INFORMATION
REGARDING THE FLAPS AT ALL.
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OKAY, YOU READY?
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Narrator: MAYBE THE COCKPIT
VOICE RECORDER
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WILL PROVIDE THE ANSWERS
THEY NEED.
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Controller:
1141, PREPARE TO TAXI.
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CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY.
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Kirkland: OKAY.
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Davis: BRAKES OFF
AND TAIL STRAIGHT BACK.
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Kirkland: ROGER.
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Cash: WHEN WE FINALLY LISTENED
TO THE VOICE RECORDER
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THAT AFTERNOON...
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Judd: HOPEFULLY
WE'LL GET OUT OF HERE
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WHILE WE STILL HAVE TEETH
IN OUR MOUTHS.
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Cash: THERE WAS SOME
EXTRANEOUS CONVERSATIONS
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ON THEIR LONG TAXI OUT.
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Davis: I FORGOT TO GET
MY PAYCHECK.
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DID YOU GET YOURS?
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Kirkland: YEAH, I GOT MINE.
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00:11:28,818 --> 00:11:29,819
Cash: THEY SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON THE FLIGHT,
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NOT TALKING ABOUT PAYCHECKS.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
ARE DISTURBED
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BY THE CASUAL CONVERSATION
IN THE COCKPIT.
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Dunn: GENTLEMEN,
HOW'S IT GOING IN HERE?
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Cash: IS THAT
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT?
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00:11:43,354 --> 00:11:45,835
AND WHAT IS SHE DOING
IN THERE NOW?
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Kirkland: WHAT KIND OF BIRDS
ARE THOSE?
241
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Davis: EGRETS OR WHATEVER
YOU CALL 'EM.
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00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:54,496
Dunn: THEY'RE COUSINS
TO THE ONES BY THE SEA.
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Cash: SITTING IN THE COCKPIT
TALKING ABOUT BIRDS.
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Ron Schleede: THE PILOTS
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE
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NON-PERTINENT CONVERSATIONS
FROM TAXI, TAKEOFF,
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UP TO 10,000 FEET.
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WE WERE PRETTY AMAZED
AT THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE
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IN THE COCKPIT DURING TAXI
PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.
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Kirkland: WELL, WE COULD DISCUSS
THE DATING HABITS
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OF OUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
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Dunn: OH!
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[CHUCKLING]
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Narrator: SO FAR,
THEY'VE HEARD NOTHING
254
00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:23,177
ABOUT THE FLAP CONFIGURATION.
255
00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:26,876
BUT WHAT THEY HEAR NEXT IS
A STUNNING REVELATION.
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Controller: 1141,
TAXI TO POSITION
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RUNWAY ONE-EIGHT-LEFT AND HOLD.
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Kirkland: OKAY,
1141'S POSITION AND HOLD.
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Cash: HOLD UP A MINUTE. STOP.
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HERE'S WHERE THE CONTROLLER
BUMPS THEM INTO FIRST POSITION.
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THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUSH
TO GET AIRBORNE.
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Smith: IN THE COURSE
OF ABOUT 90 SECONDS,
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THEY WERE TO FINISH
THE TAXI CHECKLIST,
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DO THE BEFORE-TAKEOFF CHECKLIST,
AND TAKE OFF.
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00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:53,903
THAT'S A RUSH.
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Cash: PLAY IT.
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Narrator: WERE THE PILOTS FIRST
SO DISTRACTED AND THEN SO RUSHED
268
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THAT THEY OVERLOOKED
AN ESSENTIAL ITEM
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00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:06,655
ON THEIR CHECKLIST:
EXTENDING THE FLAPS?
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Judd: SHOULDER HARNESS?
Kirkland: THEY'RE ON.
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00:13:08,439 --> 00:13:10,398
Judd: FLAPS.
Kirkland: 15-15, GREEN LIGHT.
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Cash: WAIT, STOP.
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00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:17,666
CLEAR AS DAY, FLAPS EXTENDED
TO 15 FOR TAKEOFF.
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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
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00:13:20,147 --> 00:13:21,496
Cash: YOU COULD GO
RIGHT DOWN THE CHECKLIST,
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00:13:21,539 --> 00:13:24,716
AND THEY, THEY GOT THEM ALL.
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00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,370
Narrator: WHEN ASKED,
THE CREW MAINTAINED
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THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED,
BUT INVESTIGATORS NEED PROOF.
279
00:13:31,593 --> 00:13:34,814
Cash: LET'S DIG UP
THE JACKSCREWS.
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Narrator: A DEVICE CALLED
A JACKSCREW
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IS AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE FLAP SYSTEM.
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00:13:42,299 --> 00:13:46,651
AS IT TURNS, IT MOVES A NUT THAT
EXTENDS OR RETRACTS THE FLAPS.
283
00:13:51,047 --> 00:13:52,048
Cash: IF THE FLAPS
WERE EXTENDED,
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00:13:52,092 --> 00:13:55,269
THIS NUT WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
285
00:13:55,312 --> 00:13:56,879
THAT SEALS IT.
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00:13:56,923 --> 00:14:00,448
THOSE FLAPS WERE NEVER EXTENDED.
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00:14:00,491 --> 00:14:02,711
Narrator: IT'S THE CONCLUSIVE
EVIDENCE THEY NEED.
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00:14:02,754 --> 00:14:06,933
THE FLAPS WERE NOT EXTENDED
BEFORE TAKEOFF.
289
00:14:06,976 --> 00:14:11,241
Cash: SO WHY DID THE PILOTS
THINK THEY WERE EXTENDED?
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00:14:11,285 --> 00:14:13,983
Narrator: THE TEAM RETURNS
TO THE COCKPIT RECORDING,
291
00:14:14,027 --> 00:14:17,726
HOPING TO HEAR SOMETHING THAT
MIGHT EXPLAIN THE DISCREPANCY.
292
00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:23,297
Judd: SHOULDER HARNESS?
Kirkland: THEY'RE ON.
293
00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:26,909
Judd: FLAPS.
Kirkland: 15-15, GREEN LIGHT.
294
00:14:26,953 --> 00:14:28,345
Cash: THAT WAS FAST.
295
00:14:28,389 --> 00:14:32,132
IS HE, IS HE CHECKING
OR JUST ANSWERING?
296
00:14:36,266 --> 00:14:39,139
Judd: FLAPS.
Kirkland: 15-15, GREEN LIGHT.
297
00:14:39,182 --> 00:14:40,531
Cash: THERE WAS LESS
THAN ONE SECOND
298
00:14:40,575 --> 00:14:43,099
BETWEEN THE FLAPS CALL
AND HIS RESPONSE.
299
00:14:43,143 --> 00:14:44,492
THERE'S NO WAY
HE HAD TIME TO CHECK
300
00:14:44,535 --> 00:14:47,277
AND SEE IF THE FLAPS
WERE ACTUALLY OUT.
301
00:14:47,321 --> 00:14:49,540
Ritter: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
VERY DIFFICULT
302
00:14:49,584 --> 00:14:51,238
TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE FLAP LEVER
303
00:14:51,281 --> 00:14:57,635
FROM, SAY, ZERO TO 15-DEGREE
DETENT THAT RAPIDLY.
304
00:14:57,679 --> 00:14:59,072
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
FINALLY KNOW
305
00:14:59,115 --> 00:15:04,251
WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH
OF THE BOEING 727.
306
00:15:04,294 --> 00:15:05,861
DISTRACTING CONVERSATION
307
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,864
RESULTED IN
A RUSHED CHECKLIST...
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00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,474
Judd: SHOULDER HARNESS?
Kirkland: THEY'RE ON.
309
00:15:10,518 --> 00:15:13,086
Judd: FLAPS.
Kirkland: 15-15, GREEN LIGHT.
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00:15:13,129 --> 00:15:15,349
Narrator: LED THE PILOTS TO
BELIEVE THEIR PLANE WAS READY
311
00:15:15,392 --> 00:15:18,918
FOR TAKEOFF WHEN
IT WAS ANYTHING BUT.
312
00:15:21,659 --> 00:15:23,487
Davis: SOMETHING'S WRONG!
313
00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:30,320
[SCREAMING]
314
00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:39,286
Ritter: YOU HAVE TO BE TOTALLY
FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND.
315
00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:40,548
IF YOU'RE DOING THE CHECKLIST
316
00:15:40,591 --> 00:15:42,463
IN THE MIDDLE OF
OTHER CONVERSATIONS
317
00:15:42,506 --> 00:15:45,422
THAT AREN'T RELATED TO
OPERATING THE AIRPLANE,
318
00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:49,426
THEN IT'S EASY TO GET DISTRACTED
AND IT'S EASY TO MISS THINGS.
319
00:15:49,470 --> 00:15:52,038
Narrator: BOTH PILOTS
LOSE THEIR JOBS.
320
00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:55,911
Schleede: THE LESSONS LEARNED
FROM THIS ACCIDENT
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00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,479
ON COCKPIT DISCIPLINE,
PROPER TRAINING,
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00:15:58,522 --> 00:16:01,395
PROPER LEADERSHIP
BY THE CAPTAIN,
323
00:16:01,438 --> 00:16:04,746
A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS
CAME OUT OF THIS ACCIDENT.
324
00:16:04,789 --> 00:16:07,836
Narrator: NOW CREWMEMBERS MUST
VISUALLY CONFIRM THE EXECUTION
325
00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:11,666
OF ALL CHECKLIST ITEMS TO HELP
ENSURE THAT NONE ARE MISSED.
326
00:16:13,929 --> 00:16:15,844
Verheyden: 29 YEARS LATER,
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00:16:15,887 --> 00:16:18,020
IT'S LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY
IT HAPPENED,
328
00:16:18,064 --> 00:16:22,503
AND IT STILL CAUSES ME TOAPPRECIATE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
329
00:16:22,546 --> 00:16:24,940
TO SURVIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
330
00:16:30,946 --> 00:16:32,730
Narrator: WHILE
THE RULES PROHIBIT
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00:16:32,774 --> 00:16:37,126
NON-ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION IN
THE COCKPIT BELOW 10,000 FEET,
332
00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:40,303
THEY DON'T ALWAYS PREVENT PILOTS
FROM BECOMING DISTRACTED.
333
00:16:40,347 --> 00:16:42,175
Bob Loft: PUT IT IN
THE WRONG WAY, HUH?
334
00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:43,567
Albert Stockstill:
THE ALTITUDE? WHAT?
335
00:16:43,611 --> 00:16:45,308
Loft: HEY, HEY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
336
00:16:46,831 --> 00:16:48,007
[BEEPING]
337
00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:51,445
[BEEPING]
338
00:16:51,488 --> 00:16:58,539
♪
339
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:04,936
Narrator: A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ARTL-1011 TRISTAR
340
00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:07,765
IS NEARING THE END OF
A 3-HOUR, 15-MINUTE FLIGHT
341
00:17:07,809 --> 00:17:11,030
FROM NEW YORK TO MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
342
00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:15,991
30-YEAR VETERAN CAPTAIN BOB LOFT
343
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:20,604
IS COMMANDING
EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 401.
344
00:17:20,648 --> 00:17:22,519
IT'S A THREE-PERSON CREW.
345
00:17:22,563 --> 00:17:24,347
ANOTHER OFF-DUTY
MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE
346
00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:28,090
SITS IN WITH THE PILOTS
AND FLIGHT ENGINEER.
347
00:17:28,134 --> 00:17:29,483
Loft: WELCOME TO MIAMI.
348
00:17:29,526 --> 00:17:31,398
THE TEMPERATURE'S
IN THE LOW SEVENTIES,
349
00:17:31,441 --> 00:17:35,489
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
OUT THERE TONIGHT.
350
00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:40,363
Narrator: THERE ARE 176 PEOPLE
ON BOARD TONIGHT'S FLIGHT.
351
00:17:40,407 --> 00:17:44,411
RON AND LILY INFANTINO HAVE BEEN
MARRIED FOR ONLY 20 DAYS.
352
00:17:48,154 --> 00:17:50,678
Loft: GO AHEAD
AND THROW 'EM OUT.
353
00:17:50,721 --> 00:17:52,158
Narrator: ON APPROACH,
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00:17:52,201 --> 00:17:55,944
FIRST OFFICER ALBERT STOCKSTILL
FLIES THE PLANE.
355
00:17:55,987 --> 00:18:00,427
FLIGHT ENGINEER DON REPO
PERFORMS A LANDING CHECKLIST.
356
00:18:00,470 --> 00:18:01,515
Don Repo: RADAR.
357
00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:03,604
Loft: UP, OFF.
358
00:18:03,647 --> 00:18:05,214
Repo: HYDRAULIC PANELS CHECKED.
359
00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:06,737
Stockstill: 35, 33.
360
00:18:06,781 --> 00:18:08,087
Repo: GEAR DOWN.
361
00:18:11,916 --> 00:18:13,831
Loft: BERT, IS THAT HANDLE IN?
362
00:18:16,007 --> 00:18:17,748
Stockstill: NO NOSE GEAR.
363
00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:20,316
Narrator: THE LIGHT INDICATING
THAT THE NOSE GEAR IS LOCKED
364
00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,970
HASN'T LIT UP.
365
00:18:22,013 --> 00:18:24,886
Loft: I'M GONNA RAISE IT
BACK UP.
366
00:18:24,929 --> 00:18:26,627
Narrator: CAPTAIN LOFT
KNOWS THAT IF THE GEAR
367
00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:30,021
ISN'T ALL THE WAY DOWN,
THE LANDING WILL BE DISASTROUS.
368
00:18:33,721 --> 00:18:35,984
HE TRIES AGAIN.
369
00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:38,247
STILL NO LIGHT.
370
00:18:38,291 --> 00:18:40,467
BUT IS THE NOSE GEAR
TRULY BROKEN,
371
00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:42,947
OR IS THE BULB MERELY BURNT OUT?
372
00:18:42,991 --> 00:18:45,254
LOFT NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHICH.
373
00:18:45,298 --> 00:18:49,171
Loft: UH, TOWER,
THIS IS EASTERN 401.
374
00:18:49,215 --> 00:18:50,955
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO CIRCLE.
375
00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,567
WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHT
ON OUR NOSE GEAR YET.
376
00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:56,135
Controller: EASTERN 401, ROGER.
377
00:18:56,178 --> 00:18:59,964
PULL UP, CLIMB STRAIGHT AHEAD
TO 2,000.
378
00:19:00,008 --> 00:19:03,011
Narrator: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
DIRECTS FLIGHT 401 TO CLIMB
379
00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:08,190
AND CIRCLE AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT
UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
380
00:19:08,234 --> 00:19:09,974
Stockstill: DO YOU WANT ME
TO FLY IT, BOB?
381
00:19:10,018 --> 00:19:11,324
Loft: PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON HERE.
382
00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:13,195
Stockstill: ALRIGHT.
383
00:19:13,239 --> 00:19:15,110
Narrator: STOCKSTILL PROGRAMS
THE AUTOPILOT
384
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:17,634
TO FLY AT 2,000 FEET.
385
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,377
Repo: DO YOU WANT ME TO TEST
THE LIGHTS, OR NO?
386
00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:23,162
Loft: YEAH, CHECK IT.
387
00:19:25,338 --> 00:19:27,340
Narrator: FLIGHT ENGINEER REPO
PERFORMS A TEST
388
00:19:27,383 --> 00:19:31,126
THAT LIGHTS UP EVERY
WARNING LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT.
389
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,956
THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT
FAILS THE TEST.
390
00:19:34,999 --> 00:19:36,697
Loft: NOW SEE IF YOU CAN
GET THAT LIGHT OUT.
391
00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:38,438
Stockstill: ALRIGHT.
392
00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:42,920
Narrator: LOFT DECIDES TO REMOVE
THE BULB FOR A CLOSER LOOK.
393
00:19:42,964 --> 00:19:44,357
Stockstill: HAVE YOU GOT
A HANDKERCHIEF OR SOMETHING
394
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,010
SO I CAN GET A LITTLE
BETTER GRIP ON THIS?
395
00:19:46,054 --> 00:19:47,360
Man: PULL DOWN AND
TURN TO YOUR RIGHT.
396
00:19:47,403 --> 00:19:48,709
Stockstill: ANYTHING
I CAN DO IT WITH?
397
00:19:48,752 --> 00:19:50,667
Man: NOW TURN TO YOUR LEFT
ONE TIME.
398
00:19:50,711 --> 00:19:52,103
Loft: HEY, HEY, GET DOWN THERE
399
00:19:52,147 --> 00:19:53,975
AND SEE IF THAT DAMN
NOSE WHEEL IS DOWN.
400
00:19:54,018 --> 00:19:56,151
Narrator: CAPTAIN LOFT ORDERS
THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
401
00:19:56,195 --> 00:20:00,286
INTO THE ELECTRONICS BAY
UNDERNEATH THE COCKPIT.
402
00:20:00,329 --> 00:20:02,244
THE ROOM, NICKNAMED
THE HELL HOLE,
403
00:20:02,288 --> 00:20:03,593
HAS A WINDOW FROM WHICH
404
00:20:03,637 --> 00:20:07,118
THE FRONT LANDING GEAR
CAN BE VIEWED.
405
00:20:07,162 --> 00:20:08,250
Stockstill:
THIS WON'T COME OUT, BOB.
406
00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:09,556
IF I HAD A PAIR OF PLIERS,
407
00:20:09,599 --> 00:20:10,861
I COULD CUSHION IT
WITH THAT KLEENEX.
408
00:20:10,905 --> 00:20:12,472
Repo: I CAN GIVE YOU
A PAIR OF PLIERS,
409
00:20:12,515 --> 00:20:14,213
BUT IF YOU FORCE IT, YOU'LL
BREAK IT, JUST BELIEVE ME.
410
00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:15,605
Loft: DAMN! SCREWING AROUND
411
00:20:15,649 --> 00:20:18,391
WITH A 20-CENT PIECE
OF LIGHT EQUIPMENT.
412
00:20:18,434 --> 00:20:21,045
Narrator: AS THE CREW STRUGGLES
TO REMOVE THE BULB,
413
00:20:21,089 --> 00:20:23,570
IN THE CABIN,
PASSENGER RICHARD PRAGLUSKI
414
00:20:23,613 --> 00:20:26,181
NOTICES SOMETHING
THE PILOTS HAVEN'T.
415
00:20:29,315 --> 00:20:34,189
THE PLANE IS GETTING CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE SWAMP BELOW.
416
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,105
Richard Pragluski: HE WAS STILL
FAIRLY HIGH OFF THE GROUND.
417
00:20:37,148 --> 00:20:39,890
SO I WASN'T OVERLY CONCERNED.
418
00:20:39,934 --> 00:20:41,762
Narrator: CAPTAIN LOFT ASSUMES
THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
419
00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:46,288
DOWN IN THE HELL HOLE WILL SOON
CONFIRM THE NOSE GEAR IS LOCKED.
420
00:20:46,332 --> 00:20:49,204
HE WANTS TO RETURN
TO THE AIRPORT.
421
00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:52,642
Loft: TOWER,
THIS IS EASTERN 401.
422
00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:56,733
OKAY, UH, WE'D LIKE TO
TURN AROUND AND COME BACK IN.
423
00:20:56,777 --> 00:21:01,608
Controller: EASTERN 401, TURN
LEFT HEADING ONE-EIGHT-ZERO.
424
00:21:07,048 --> 00:21:10,225
Narrator: SUDDENLY, THE PILOTS
MAKE AN ALARMING OBSERVATION.
425
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,531
Stockstill: WE DID SOMETHING
TO THE ALTITUDE?
426
00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:13,315
Loft: WHAT?
427
00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:14,664
Stockstill: WE'RE STILL
AT 2,000, RIGHT?
428
00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,058
Loft: HEY, HEY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
429
00:21:17,101 --> 00:21:18,146
[BEEPING]
430
00:21:20,235 --> 00:21:21,715
[BEEPING]
431
00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:25,371
[SCREAMS]
432
00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:26,546
Ron Infantino: I SEE THE LIGHTS
IN THE CABIN
433
00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:28,852
JUST FLICKERING ON AND OFF,
434
00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:30,332
AND IT WAS A VIOLENT,
435
00:21:30,376 --> 00:21:33,248
I MEAN, A VIOLENT
WHIPPING SENSATION.
436
00:21:35,381 --> 00:21:37,600
THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
437
00:21:37,644 --> 00:21:42,344
[SCREAMING]
438
00:21:42,388 --> 00:21:44,520
Pragluski: I REMEMBER THE FLASH.
439
00:21:44,564 --> 00:21:46,479
I REMEMBER THAT
I TRIED BREATHING,
440
00:21:46,522 --> 00:21:48,785
AND I COULD NOT GET MY BREATH.
441
00:21:48,829 --> 00:21:50,918
AND THAT'S THE LAST THING
I REMEMBER
442
00:21:50,961 --> 00:21:53,486
UNTIL I GOT UP IN THE SWAMP.
443
00:21:53,529 --> 00:21:55,923
[PEOPLE MOANING]
444
00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:57,664
Narrator: THOSE WHO
SURVIVE THE IMPACT
445
00:21:57,707 --> 00:22:00,449
FIND THEMSELVES IN
A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
446
00:22:05,933 --> 00:22:09,110
BOTH PILOTS AND
THE FLIGHT ENGINEER ARE KILLED.
447
00:22:10,851 --> 00:22:13,636
RON INFANTINO WAS KNOCKED OUT
BY THE CRASH.
448
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,378
HIS NEW WIFE, LILY,
WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.
449
00:22:24,995 --> 00:22:28,259
MIRACULOUSLY, 77 PEOPLE SURVIVE,
450
00:22:28,303 --> 00:22:30,610
MANY SUFFERING
HORRIFIC INJURIES.
451
00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:32,829
99 PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
452
00:22:32,873 --> 00:22:36,616
LILY INFANTINO IS
AMONG THE VICTIMS.
453
00:22:36,659 --> 00:22:38,182
Infantino: SHE WAS JUST
A WONDERFUL PERSON.
454
00:22:38,226 --> 00:22:40,097
I WAS 27 YEARS OLD,
AND SHE WAS THE SAME AGE,
455
00:22:40,141 --> 00:22:44,450
AND, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY
MY FIRST LOVE.
456
00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:47,148
Narrator: SOON IT WILL BE UP TO
INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT
457
00:22:47,191 --> 00:22:50,804
WHY FLIGHT 401 CRASHED
INTO THE EVERGLADES.
458
00:22:53,023 --> 00:22:56,331
THE CRASH OF
EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 401
459
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:59,639
INTO THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES IS
HEADLINE NEWS AROUND THE WORLD.
460
00:23:02,511 --> 00:23:04,426
THERE'S TREMENDOUS PRESSURE
ON INVESTIGATORS
461
00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:06,515
FROM THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
462
00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:09,518
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
463
00:23:09,562 --> 00:23:12,173
Sarah Elder: IT WAS
AN ENORMOUS PUZZLE,
464
00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:15,176
BECAUSE THIS WAS THE NEWEST,
THE MOST SOPHISTICATED,
465
00:23:15,219 --> 00:23:17,047
THE BEST OF THE AIRLINERS
466
00:23:17,091 --> 00:23:20,790
THAT APPARENTLY WAS IN PERFECT
WORKING CONDITION.
467
00:23:20,834 --> 00:23:22,488
Narrator: THE CONDITION
OF THE NOSE
468
00:23:22,531 --> 00:23:25,882
AND THE LONG TRAIL OF DEBRIS
SUGGESTS TO INVESTIGATORS
469
00:23:25,926 --> 00:23:28,668
THAT THE PLANE'S DESCENT
WAS SLOW AND GRADUAL
470
00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:30,670
BEFORE IT HIT THE SWAMP.
471
00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:37,328
WHILE RECOVERY TEAMS PULL PIECES
OF WRECKAGE FROM THE CRASH SITE,
472
00:23:37,372 --> 00:23:40,114
INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
473
00:23:40,157 --> 00:23:43,291
SIFT THROUGH AND
DOCUMENT THE DEBRIS.
474
00:23:45,336 --> 00:23:46,773
BY EXAMINING PHOTOGRAPHS
475
00:23:46,816 --> 00:23:49,558
OF THE COCKPIT INSTRUMENTS'
FINAL SETTINGS,
476
00:23:49,602 --> 00:23:51,517
THEY DISCOVER THAT
THE AUTOPILOT WAS SET
477
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,607
TO MAINTAIN AN ALTITUDE
OF 2,000 FEET.
478
00:23:56,522 --> 00:23:57,914
Loft: PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON HERE.
479
00:23:57,958 --> 00:23:59,350
Stockstill: ALRIGHT.
480
00:23:59,394 --> 00:24:03,180
Narrator: SO WHY DID
THE PLANE COME DOWN?
481
00:24:03,224 --> 00:24:05,531
COULD THE AUTOPILOT
HAVE MALFUNCTIONED?
482
00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:11,450
THE PLANE'S AUTOPILOT COMPUTER
SURPRISINGLY SURVIVED THE CRASH.
483
00:24:13,669 --> 00:24:16,498
TO TEST IT, INVESTIGATORS
INSTALL THE AUTOPILOT
484
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,239
ON A DIFFERENT TRISTAR
485
00:24:18,282 --> 00:24:21,372
AND FLY THE IDENTICAL ROUTE
AS FLIGHT 401.
486
00:24:24,201 --> 00:24:29,032
THIS TIME, THE AUTOPILOT HOLDS
THE PLANE AT 2,000 FEET.
487
00:24:29,076 --> 00:24:31,731
SO WHY HADN'T IT ON THE NIGHT
OF THE ACCIDENT?
488
00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:37,519
WITH AUTOPILOT MALFUNCTION
489
00:24:37,563 --> 00:24:40,391
SHELVED AS A POSSIBLE
CAUSE OF THE CRASH,
490
00:24:40,435 --> 00:24:42,742
INVESTIGATORS TURN TO
THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
491
00:24:42,785 --> 00:24:44,134
FOR ANY NEW LEAD.
492
00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:47,964
Loft: UH, TOWER,
THIS IS EASTERN 401.
493
00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:50,358
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO CIRCLE.
494
00:24:50,401 --> 00:24:54,144
WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHT
ON OUR NOSE GEAR YET.
495
00:24:54,188 --> 00:24:55,798
Narrator: AS THEY CONTINUE
TO LISTEN,
496
00:24:55,842 --> 00:24:59,149
THEY DISCOVER AN IMPORTANT CLUE.
497
00:24:59,193 --> 00:25:01,369
[CHIME]
498
00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:03,110
Investigator: DO YOU HEAR THAT?
499
00:25:03,153 --> 00:25:05,068
Narrator: THE ALTITUDE WARNINGS
WENT OFF IN THE COCKPIT
500
00:25:05,112 --> 00:25:08,550
MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH.
501
00:25:08,594 --> 00:25:10,117
[CHIME]
502
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,380
Investigator:
HOW DID THEY MISS IT?
503
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:15,339
Narrator: BUT FOR SOME REASON,
THE ALARM IS IGNORED.
504
00:25:17,254 --> 00:25:20,780
INVESTIGATORS REVIEW ALL THE
COCKPIT TRANSCRIPTS AND AUDIO
505
00:25:20,823 --> 00:25:23,739
TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY
THE CREW MISSED THE ALARM.
506
00:25:23,783 --> 00:25:24,740
Stockstill: I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE HELL'S HOLDING
507
00:25:24,784 --> 00:25:27,221
THAT DAMN THING IN THERE.
508
00:25:27,264 --> 00:25:28,875
Loft: PUT IT IN
THE WRONG WAY, HUH?
509
00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:31,268
Stockstill:
IT LOOKS SQUARE TO ME.
510
00:25:31,312 --> 00:25:33,227
Narrator: JUST BEFORE
THE ALARM SOUNDED,
511
00:25:33,270 --> 00:25:36,665
THE PILOTS WERE COMPLETELY
ABSORBED WITH SOMETHING ELSE--
512
00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:39,625
THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT.
513
00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:41,931
Loft: IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.
514
00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:45,935
Narrator: THE PILOTS DIDN'T HEAR
A PERFECTLY AUDIBLE ALARM...
515
00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:47,807
[CHIME]
516
00:25:47,850 --> 00:25:49,417
BECAUSE THEY WERE
FOCUSED ENTIRELY
517
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:52,551
ON SOLVING ANOTHER PROBLEM.
518
00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:55,075
John Nance: THAT CHIME,
WHICH IS CLEARLY HEARD
519
00:25:55,118 --> 00:25:57,381
ON THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER,
520
00:25:57,425 --> 00:25:58,992
WAS NOT REGISTERING IN THE MINDS
521
00:25:59,035 --> 00:26:00,820
OF ALL THE MEN
ON THAT FLIGHT DECK,
522
00:26:00,863 --> 00:26:02,778
NOT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T
TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION,
523
00:26:02,822 --> 00:26:07,391
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE TUNNELED
IN ON THIS ONE PROBLEM.
524
00:26:07,435 --> 00:26:09,655
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS WONDER,
HOW COULD THE CREW
525
00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:13,136
GET SO DISTRACTED THAT
THEY CRASHED THE PLANE?
526
00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:15,399
Nance: THEY HAD TO LOOK
AT THE HUMAN BEINGS.
527
00:26:15,443 --> 00:26:17,053
THEY HAD TO LOOK
AT THE INTERACTION.
528
00:26:17,097 --> 00:26:19,447
THEY HAD TO LOOK AT WHY
NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION
529
00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:23,103
TO THE AIRPLANE AS IT BEGAN
TO CREEP OUT OF 2,000 FEET.
530
00:26:23,146 --> 00:26:25,496
Loft: HEY, HEY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
531
00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:29,152
Nance: THAT WAS SCARY TERRITORY
IN 1972.
532
00:26:35,550 --> 00:26:37,770
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT
THAT THE EASTERN CREW
533
00:26:37,813 --> 00:26:41,077
WAS SO CONFIDENT
IN THEIR AUTOPILOT...
534
00:26:41,121 --> 00:26:42,557
Loft: PUT THE AUTOPILOT ON HERE.
535
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,211
Stockstill: ALRIGHT.
536
00:26:44,254 --> 00:26:45,386
Narrator: THAT THEY DIDN'T
MONITOR THEIR INSTRUMENTS
537
00:26:45,429 --> 00:26:48,084
AS CLOSELY AS THEY SHOULD HAVE.
538
00:26:48,128 --> 00:26:51,000
ONCE THE AUTOPILOT WAS ON,
THEY BECAME SO CONSUMED
539
00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:52,785
WITH FIXING A LIGHT BULB,
540
00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:56,310
NEITHER PILOT PAID ATTENTION
TO ACTUALLY FLYING THE PLANE.
541
00:26:59,226 --> 00:27:01,228
Loft: NOW SEE IF YOU CAN
GET THAT LIGHT OUT.
542
00:27:01,271 --> 00:27:03,230
Stockstill: ALRIGHT.
543
00:27:03,273 --> 00:27:04,492
[CHIME]
544
00:27:04,535 --> 00:27:07,190
Narrator: BUT ONE VITAL QUESTION
REMAINS.
545
00:27:09,236 --> 00:27:10,933
Investigator: WE'VE STILL
GOTTA FIND OUT
546
00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:13,327
WHY THAT PLANE WENT DOWN.
547
00:27:16,547 --> 00:27:19,115
Narrator: TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PILOTS WERE DISCUSSING
548
00:27:19,159 --> 00:27:22,118
AT THE PRECISE MOMENT THE PLANE
STARTED TO DESCEND,
549
00:27:22,162 --> 00:27:24,512
INVESTIGATORS MATCH UP
THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
550
00:27:24,555 --> 00:27:27,080
WITH THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER.
551
00:27:27,123 --> 00:27:29,299
THEY MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
552
00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:36,698
AT 11:37 AND EIGHT SECONDS,
THE PLANE BEGINS TO DROP,
553
00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:38,613
THE SAME TIME THE CAPTAIN
GAVE INSTRUCTIONS
554
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,093
TO THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
555
00:27:40,136 --> 00:27:43,966
TO CHECK THE LANDING GEAR
IN THE HELL HOLE.
556
00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:45,402
Loft: HEY, HEY, GET DOWN THERE
557
00:27:45,446 --> 00:27:48,014
AND SEE IF THAT DAMN
NOSE WHEEL IS DOWN.
558
00:27:48,057 --> 00:27:52,583
Narrator: THEY BELIEVE THAT WHEN
CAPTAIN LOFT TURNED AROUND,
559
00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:56,718
HE ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED
HIS CONTROL WHEEL
560
00:27:56,762 --> 00:27:58,285
WITH JUST ENOUGH PRESSURE
561
00:27:58,328 --> 00:28:01,680
TO DISENGAGE THE AUTOPILOT'S
ALTITUDE CONTROL.
562
00:28:04,813 --> 00:28:06,597
WITHOUT THE CREW REALIZING IT,
563
00:28:06,641 --> 00:28:08,643
A SIMPLE NUDGE
OF THE CONTROL WHEEL
564
00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:10,732
STARTED A GRADUAL DESCENT.
565
00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:17,173
Elder: IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT OCCASIONALLY
566
00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:21,830
WITH JUST A SOFT BUMP,
AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED.
567
00:28:21,874 --> 00:28:24,572
Narrator: THE CONSEQUENCE
IS CATASTROPHIC.
568
00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:30,621
THE NTSB COMES TO
A SOBERING CONCLUSION:
569
00:28:30,665 --> 00:28:33,581
THE PLANE CRASH WAS DUE
TO PILOT ERROR.
570
00:28:36,105 --> 00:28:37,759
THE CREW WAS DISTRACTED.
571
00:28:37,803 --> 00:28:41,415
THEY MISHANDLED THE PLANE'S
SOPHISTICATED AUTOMATION,
572
00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:44,026
AND THEY HADN'T BEEN
PROPERLY TRAINED.
573
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:46,812
Nance: THE PROBLEM WAS THAT
WE DID NOT TEACH BOB LOFT
574
00:28:46,855 --> 00:28:49,466
OR STOCKSTILL OR ANY
OF THESE FOLKS AT THE TIME
575
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:51,512
THAT WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG,
576
00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:53,688
THE COMMANDER'S
FIRST RESPONSIBILITY
577
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:57,779
IS TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL.
578
00:28:57,823 --> 00:29:00,173
Narrator: THE OUTCOME OF THIS
ACCIDENT ALTERS THE WAY
579
00:29:00,216 --> 00:29:02,958
IN WHICH PILOTS ARE TRAINED
TO HANDLE THEIR INTERACTIONS
580
00:29:03,002 --> 00:29:05,352
AT ALL STAGES OF FLIGHT.
581
00:29:08,137 --> 00:29:10,879
EVEN WHEN THERE ARE
SOPHISTICATED AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
582
00:29:10,923 --> 00:29:12,794
THAT CONTROL THE PLANE,
583
00:29:12,838 --> 00:29:16,537
PILOTS MUST NOT LOSE FOCUS
ON KEY PRIORITIES.
584
00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:17,625
Alexander Yablontsev: FANTASTIC.
585
00:29:17,668 --> 00:29:20,497
IT'S REALLY STATE OF THE ART.
586
00:29:20,541 --> 00:29:23,283
Narrator: BUT DISTRACTIONS
COME IN MANY FORMS.
587
00:29:23,326 --> 00:29:25,111
AND IN JUST THE BLINK
OF AN EYE...
588
00:29:25,154 --> 00:29:26,547
Automation: TERRAIN.
589
00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:28,679
TERRAIN, TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
590
00:29:28,723 --> 00:29:30,899
Alexander Kotchetkov:
WHY IS THAT GOING OFF?
591
00:29:30,943 --> 00:29:34,294
Narrator: A SLIGHT DISTRACTION
CAN TURN INTO A DISASTER.
592
00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:39,952
AT HALIM PERDANAKUSUMA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
593
00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:42,781
IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA,
594
00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:46,785
A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT IS
ALMOST READY FOR DEPARTURE.
595
00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:49,831
36 INVITED GUESTS ARE GETTING
THE GOLD STAR TREATMENT
596
00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:53,530
ON BOARD A BRAND NEW
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
597
00:29:53,574 --> 00:29:57,578
THE PLANE IS
A SUKHOI SUPERJET 100.
598
00:29:57,621 --> 00:29:59,145
Phil Derner: WELL, SUKHOI IS
AN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER
599
00:29:59,188 --> 00:30:01,408
THAT'S KNOWN FOR MAKING
MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
600
00:30:01,451 --> 00:30:04,715
RUSSIA HADN'T REALLY DOVE
INTO COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS,
601
00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:06,065
AND THIS WAS THEIR FIRST,
602
00:30:06,108 --> 00:30:08,937
SO IT WAS KIND OF
A BIG DEAL FOR THEM.
603
00:30:08,981 --> 00:30:10,069
Narrator:
THIS AFTERNOON'S FLIGHT
604
00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:11,853
IS PART OF A SIX-COUNTRY TOUR
605
00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:15,422
INTRODUCING THE NEW PLANE
TO THE ASIAN MARKET.
606
00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:17,816
THE PASSENGERS ARE A MIX
OF POTENTIAL BUYERS
607
00:30:17,859 --> 00:30:19,165
FROM MAJOR AIRLINES
608
00:30:19,208 --> 00:30:21,950
AND JOURNALISTS WHO CAN
CREATE SOME BUZZ.
609
00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:27,608
Derner: RUSSIA HAS KIND OF
A POOR REPUTATION FOR SAFETY,
610
00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:29,044
SO A LOT IS AT STAKE.
611
00:30:29,088 --> 00:30:31,133
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THEIR REPUTATION.
612
00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:35,529
Kotchetkov: FLAPS 15.
613
00:30:35,572 --> 00:30:37,966
Yablontsev: FLAPS 15, CHECK.
614
00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:39,663
Narrator: CAPTAIN
ALEXANDER YABLONTSEV
615
00:30:39,707 --> 00:30:42,449
IS SUKHOI'S CHIEF TEST PILOT.
616
00:30:42,492 --> 00:30:43,667
Kotchetkov: TRANSPONDER?
617
00:30:43,711 --> 00:30:45,147
Yablontsev: SET.
618
00:30:45,191 --> 00:30:46,801
Narrator: HE HAS MORE HOURS
IN THE SUPERJET
619
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,064
THAN ANY OTHER PILOT.
620
00:30:49,108 --> 00:30:51,980
Kotchetkov: BEFORE TAKEOFF,
THE CHECKLIST IS COMPLETE.
621
00:30:52,024 --> 00:30:53,939
Narrator: FIRST OFFICER
ALEXANDER KOTCHETKOV
622
00:30:53,982 --> 00:30:56,855
IS ALSO A SEASONED TEST PILOT.
623
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:59,074
IN THE CABIN,
AN ENGINEER AND NAVIGATOR
624
00:30:59,118 --> 00:31:02,686
MONITOR THE PLANE'S PERFORMANCE.
625
00:31:02,730 --> 00:31:07,169
Controller: SUKHOI 36801,
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
626
00:31:07,213 --> 00:31:09,737
Yablontsev: HERE WE GO.
627
00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:22,924
♪
628
00:31:22,968 --> 00:31:25,100
Narrator: THE PLAN IS TO MAKE
A QUICK 30-MINUTE FLIGHT
629
00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:27,624
SOUTH TO THE RURAL AREA
OF BOGOR,
630
00:31:27,668 --> 00:31:31,454
THEN RETURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT.
631
00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:33,021
Yablontsev:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
632
00:31:33,065 --> 00:31:36,982
SUKHOI WELCOMES YOU ON BOARD
OF THE SUPERJET 100.
633
00:31:38,592 --> 00:31:41,551
Guest: THAT'S
A VERY SMOOTH ASCENT.
634
00:31:41,595 --> 00:31:44,467
Narrator: A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER
FROM A MAJOR INDONESIAN AIRLINE
635
00:31:44,511 --> 00:31:47,688
IS A GUEST IN THE COCKPIT TODAY.
636
00:31:47,731 --> 00:31:49,255
Derner:
IN A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT,
637
00:31:49,298 --> 00:31:51,518
THEY'RE NOT OPERATING UNDER
THE SAME EXACT RULES
638
00:31:51,561 --> 00:31:53,433
AS AN AIRLINE FLIGHT.
639
00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:55,957
IT'S NOT ABNORMAL AT ALL
TO INVITE ONE OF THE FOLKS UP
640
00:31:56,001 --> 00:32:00,135
AND JUST GIVE THEM THAT
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.
641
00:32:00,179 --> 00:32:01,789
Narrator: THEY FLY THE FIRST
PORTION OF THE LOOP
642
00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:03,747
AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET
643
00:32:03,791 --> 00:32:07,229
AWAY FROM THE BUSY
COMMERCIAL ROUTES.
644
00:32:07,273 --> 00:32:08,883
Flight Attendant:
CHAMPAGNE, SIR?
645
00:32:11,407 --> 00:32:12,756
Narrator: MIDWAY THROUGH
THE FLIGHT,
646
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,063
YABLONTSEV CHANGES COURSE.
647
00:32:15,107 --> 00:32:16,586
Yablontsev:
LET'S GET DOWN TO 6,000
648
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:19,024
SO WE CAN START TO TURN BACK.
649
00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:21,548
Kotchetkov: JAKARTA CONTROL,
SUKHOI 36801,
650
00:32:21,591 --> 00:32:24,594
REQUESTING DESCENT TO 6,000.
651
00:32:24,638 --> 00:32:28,598
Controller: SUKHOI 36801,
CLEARED TO 6,000 FEET.
652
00:32:32,820 --> 00:32:35,562
Yablontsev: EVERYTHING IS
EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
653
00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:37,999
VERY PILOT-FRIENDLY.
654
00:32:38,043 --> 00:32:39,914
Guest: IMPRESSIVE FLIGHT DECK.
655
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,090
I COULD CERTAINLY GET
USED TO THIS.
656
00:32:42,134 --> 00:32:43,483
Yablontsev: ALRIGHT, THEN.
657
00:32:43,526 --> 00:32:46,616
LET'S DO THE FULL ORBIT
BEFORE WE RETURN.
658
00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:48,879
Narrator: THE CAPTAIN DECIDES
TO PROLONG THE FLIGHT
659
00:32:48,923 --> 00:32:52,492
BY FLYING AN EXTRA
360-DEGREE ORBIT, OR LOOP,
660
00:32:52,535 --> 00:32:55,930
BEFORE HEADING BACK TO JAKARTA.
661
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:58,628
Kotchetkov: JAKARTA CONTROL,
SUKHOI 36801,
662
00:32:58,672 --> 00:33:01,022
REQUESTING RIGHT ORBIT AT 6,000.
663
00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:04,330
Derner: IT WAS JUST THEM
HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
664
00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:07,507
Controller: SUKHOI 36801,
RIGHT ORBIT APPROVED.
665
00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:12,338
Narrator: TO TURN THE PLANE,
YABLONTSEV WILL NEED TO INPUT
666
00:33:12,381 --> 00:33:13,817
A SERIES OF COMPASS HEADINGS
667
00:33:13,861 --> 00:33:16,168
INTO THE AUTOPILOT
AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
668
00:33:22,261 --> 00:33:23,653
THE MANEUVER IS SO SMOOTH
669
00:33:23,697 --> 00:33:26,917
PASSENGERS HARDLY FEEL IT
IN THE CABIN.
670
00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:29,224
Flight Attendant: WOULD YOU CARE
FOR SOME RUSSIAN CAVIAR?
671
00:33:34,577 --> 00:33:35,535
Kotchetkov: DO YOU WANT
TO DO ANOTHER ORBIT
672
00:33:35,578 --> 00:33:37,363
OR SHALL WE BEGIN THE APPROACH?
673
00:33:37,406 --> 00:33:39,930
Yablontsev: UH, LET'S START
THE APPROACH.
674
00:33:39,974 --> 00:33:42,281
Narrator: AS THE FIRST OFFICER
CHECKS HIS NAVIGATION CHART...
675
00:33:42,324 --> 00:33:43,760
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
676
00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:46,067
Narrator: AN AUTOMATED WARNING
BEGINS TO SOUND.
677
00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:47,329
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
678
00:33:47,373 --> 00:33:48,765
Kotchetkov:
WHY IS THAT GOING OFF?
679
00:33:48,809 --> 00:33:50,028
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
680
00:33:50,071 --> 00:33:51,725
Yablontsev: MAYBE THE DATABASE.
681
00:33:51,768 --> 00:33:52,682
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
682
00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,388
Narrator: MOMENTS LATER,
AT THE CONTROL CENTER,
683
00:34:02,431 --> 00:34:07,219
THE SUKHOI SUPERJET
VANISHES FROM RADAR.
684
00:34:07,262 --> 00:34:08,959
Controller: WHERE'D YOU GO?
685
00:34:11,005 --> 00:34:14,878
SUKHOI 36801, PLEASE COME IN.
686
00:34:16,967 --> 00:34:20,188
Narrator: FOUR CALLS LATER,
THERE'S STILL NO REPLY.
687
00:34:20,232 --> 00:34:23,931
THE PLANE SHOULD HAVE
LANDED BY NOW.
688
00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:28,240
Controller: SUKHOI 36801
IS OFF RADAR.
689
00:34:28,283 --> 00:34:31,721
Narrator: AUTHORITIES DECLARE
AN EMERGENCY.
690
00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:33,636
THE FEAR IS THAT
THE PLANE WENT DOWN
691
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,552
IN THE JAGGED PEAKS OF
INDONESIA'S MOUNT SALAK,
692
00:34:36,596 --> 00:34:38,163
SOUTH OF BOGOR.
693
00:34:42,993 --> 00:34:45,605
18 HOURS AFTER
THE PLANE VANISHED,
694
00:34:45,648 --> 00:34:48,173
A HELICOPTER PILOT SPOTS
AIRCRAFT DEBRIS
695
00:34:48,216 --> 00:34:51,306
SPILLING THOUSANDS OF FEET
DOWN A CLIFF FACE.
696
00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:57,051
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
CHALLENGING LOCATIONS
697
00:34:57,095 --> 00:35:00,750
INDONESIAN CRASH INVESTIGATORS
HAVE EVER FACED.
698
00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:01,838
Investigator: CRASH SITE.
699
00:35:05,755 --> 00:35:08,454
Narrator: A GROUP OF
CRASH INVESTIGATORS AND MARINES
700
00:35:08,497 --> 00:35:11,674
MUST TREK UP INDONESIA'S
TREACHEROUS MOUNT SALAK
701
00:35:11,718 --> 00:35:14,590
TO FIND THE WRECKAGE
OF A SUKHOI SUPERJET.
702
00:35:14,634 --> 00:35:16,070
Ony Wibowo: KEEP MOVING, GUYS.
703
00:35:18,028 --> 00:35:19,378
Narrator: IT TAKES NINE HOURS,
704
00:35:19,421 --> 00:35:21,858
BUT FINALLY THEY REACH
THE CRASH SITE.
705
00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:27,342
WHAT THEY FIND IS OVERWHELMING.
706
00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:32,826
Wibowo, translated:
WHEN I REACHED THE SITE,
707
00:35:32,869 --> 00:35:35,785
THE SITUATION WAS QUITE SCARY.
708
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:40,268
THERE WAS LOTS OF SMOKE AND
WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.
709
00:35:40,312 --> 00:35:44,881
IT WAS SUCH A SAD THING
TO WITNESS.
710
00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:46,187
Narrator:
IN THE TANGLED WRECKAGE,
711
00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:49,625
THERE'S NO HOPE OF SURVIVORS.
712
00:35:49,669 --> 00:35:52,454
TO BEGIN FINDING OUT
WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH,
713
00:35:52,498 --> 00:35:55,631
INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
714
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,854
THEY LEARN THAT THE PLANE
WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY SOUTH
715
00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:04,988
TOWARDS BOGOR AND THEN TURN
NORTH BACK TO JAKARTA.
716
00:36:05,032 --> 00:36:10,211
Controller: WELL, THEY WERE JUST
SUPPOSED TO DO A 30-MINUTE LOOP.
717
00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:13,388
Narrator: BUT INSTEAD,
IT LOOPED BACK SOUTH AGAIN
718
00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:15,260
AND HIT A MOUNTAIN.
719
00:36:17,349 --> 00:36:18,828
Mardjono Siswosuwarno:
HOW DID THEY END UP OVER HERE?
720
00:36:18,872 --> 00:36:21,179
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
721
00:36:21,222 --> 00:36:25,792
Narrator: THEY CONSIDER
TWO STARK POSSIBILITIES:
722
00:36:25,835 --> 00:36:28,621
EITHER THE SUKHOI'S
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FAILED
723
00:36:28,664 --> 00:36:30,971
OR THE PILOTS MADE
A DEADLY ERROR.
724
00:36:33,843 --> 00:36:36,803
INVESTIGATORS WONDER IF
THE CREW WAS WELL BRIEFED
725
00:36:36,846 --> 00:36:39,762
BEFORE THE FATAL FLIGHT.
726
00:36:39,806 --> 00:36:42,896
THEY CHECK IN WITH
THE GROUND-HANDLING AGENT.
727
00:36:42,939 --> 00:36:44,419
Siswosuwarno: CAN YOU TELL ME
728
00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:46,639
HOW THE BRIEFING
WITH THE PILOTS WENT?
729
00:36:46,682 --> 00:36:48,075
Agent: IT WENT FINE,
730
00:36:48,118 --> 00:36:51,034
EXCEPT THE PILOTS
NEVER SHOWED UP.
731
00:36:51,078 --> 00:36:52,819
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
ARE SHOCKED TO LEARN
732
00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:56,126
THAT ONLY THE CHIEF NAVIGATOR
ATTENDED THE BRIEFING.
733
00:36:58,041 --> 00:37:00,435
THEY ALSO DISCOVER MOUNT SALAK
IS NOT MARKED
734
00:37:00,479 --> 00:37:02,263
ON THE NAVIGATION CHART,
735
00:37:02,307 --> 00:37:05,266
AND THE AGENT NEVER MENTIONED IT
IN THE DISCUSSION.
736
00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:10,793
IT APPEARS THE PILOTS OF
THE RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT
737
00:37:10,837 --> 00:37:13,318
AREN'T ALERTED TO THE PRESENCE
OF A HIGH MOUNTAIN
738
00:37:13,361 --> 00:37:16,103
NEAR THEIR ROUTE.
739
00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:17,626
BUT INVESTIGATORS WONDER,
740
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:20,803
WHY DIDN'T THE PILOTS SEE IT
DURING THE FLIGHT?
741
00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:27,506
EVERYONE WANTS THE ANSWER.
742
00:37:30,944 --> 00:37:36,341
FINALLY, THE AIRCRAFT'S BLACK
BOXES ARE READY FOR ANALYSIS.
743
00:37:36,384 --> 00:37:41,259
INVESTIGATORS FOCUS IN ON
THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER FIRST.
744
00:37:41,302 --> 00:37:43,522
IT SHOWS THE PLANE'S
EXACT ROUTE.
745
00:37:43,565 --> 00:37:45,785
Siswosuwarno:
AS HE'S GOING SOUTHWEST,
746
00:37:45,828 --> 00:37:49,441
HE'S ON A HEADING
OF 240 DEGREES.
747
00:37:49,484 --> 00:37:51,312
Narrator: IT ALSO SHOWS
ALL COMPASS HEADINGS
748
00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:53,227
ENTERED BY THE PILOTS.
749
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,360
Siswosuwarno: AS HE STARTS
TO LOOP DOWN,
750
00:37:55,403 --> 00:37:59,277
HE CHANGES TO 333 DEGREES.
751
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,323
Narrator: THAT WOULD TURN
THE PLANE BACK TOWARDS JAKARTA.
752
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:09,548
BUT THEN, INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER
SOMETHING THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
753
00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:13,029
Wibowo: THE LAST INPUT WAS
174 HEADING SOUTH,
754
00:38:13,073 --> 00:38:16,859
OVER HERE, RIGHT HERE.
755
00:38:16,903 --> 00:38:21,168
HE SHOULD HAVE PUT IN ANOTHERINPUT HEADING BACK TO THE NORTH.
756
00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:23,910
Narrator: A COMPASS HEADING
OF 174 DEGREES
757
00:38:23,953 --> 00:38:27,348
TOOK THE PLANE SOUTH
INTO A MOUNTAIN.
758
00:38:27,392 --> 00:38:30,264
THE PILOT NEEDED TO INPUT
AT LEAST ONE MORE HEADING
759
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,526
TO TURN THE PLANE
760
00:38:31,570 --> 00:38:33,006
BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.
761
00:38:37,097 --> 00:38:38,881
Siswosuwarno: THIS IS WHERE
SOMETHING WENT WRONG,
762
00:38:38,925 --> 00:38:40,143
RIGHT HERE.
763
00:38:42,232 --> 00:38:43,364
READY?
764
00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:47,586
Narrator: TO LEARN MORE,
INVESTIGATORS SYNCHRONIZE
765
00:38:47,629 --> 00:38:50,371
THE AUDIO FROM THE COCKPIT
TO THE FLIGHT DATA
766
00:38:50,415 --> 00:38:53,766
TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE
TIMELINE.
767
00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:55,289
Yablontsev: LET'S GET
DOWN TO 6,000
768
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,205
SO WE CAN START TO TURN BACK.
769
00:38:58,248 --> 00:39:00,642
Narrator: THE PLANE IS ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH OF JAKARTA
770
00:39:00,686 --> 00:39:03,645
WHEN THE FIRST OFFICER RADIOS
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
771
00:39:05,821 --> 00:39:08,389
Kotchetkov: JAKARTA CONTROL,
SUKHOI 36801.
772
00:39:08,433 --> 00:39:12,611
REQUESTING DESCENT TO 6,000.
773
00:39:12,654 --> 00:39:15,265
DARK CLOUD AHEAD.
774
00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:17,311
Narrator: IT'S A CRUCIAL
THREE WORDS.
775
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,008
Siswosuwarno: DARK CLOUDS.
776
00:39:19,052 --> 00:39:21,924
THEY PROBABLY DON'T SEE
THE MOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF THEM.
777
00:39:21,968 --> 00:39:23,317
Yablontsev: ALRIGHT, THEN,
778
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:26,276
LET'S DO THE FULL ORBIT
BEFORE WE RETURN.
779
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,279
Kotchetkov: JAKARTA CONTROL,
SUKHOI 36801.
780
00:39:29,323 --> 00:39:33,936
REQUESTING RIGHT ORBIT AT 6,000.
781
00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:37,200
Controller: SUKHOI 36801,
RIGHT ORBIT APPROVED.
782
00:39:39,246 --> 00:39:41,814
Narrator: THE PILOT HAS NOW
ADDED THE ORBIT, OR LOOP,
783
00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:43,555
TO HIS FLIGHT PLAN.
784
00:39:43,598 --> 00:39:46,079
BUT FOR THE AUTOPILOT
TO EXECUTE THE LOOP,
785
00:39:46,122 --> 00:39:50,039
HE NEEDS TO ADD ANOTHER COMPASS
HEADING INTO THE COMPUTER.
786
00:39:50,083 --> 00:39:52,259
Yablontsev: THE FLIGHT COMPUTER
DOES ALL THE WORK FOR ME.
787
00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:54,392
Siswosuwarno: I KNOW HE'S TRYING
TO SHOWCASE THE PLANE,
788
00:39:54,435 --> 00:39:57,351
BUT SHOULDN'T HE FOCUS
ON FLYING THE ORBIT?
789
00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,441
Yablontsev: EVERYTHING IS
EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
790
00:40:00,485 --> 00:40:02,487
ANOTHER GREAT FEATURE
IS THE TAWS.
791
00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:06,665
IT GIVES US EXCELLENT
TERRAIN AWARENESS.
792
00:40:06,708 --> 00:40:10,059
Siswosuwarno: NOW HE'S
SHOWING OFF THE TAWS.
793
00:40:10,103 --> 00:40:12,888
Narrator: TAWS, THE TERRAIN
AWARENESS AND WARNING SYSTEM,
794
00:40:12,932 --> 00:40:16,762
USES FLIGHT DATA AND GPS
TO TRACK THE PLANE'S HEADING
795
00:40:16,805 --> 00:40:18,720
AND ALERTS PILOTS WHEN
THE PLANE IS AT RISK
796
00:40:18,764 --> 00:40:20,853
OF COLLIDING WITH TERRAIN.
797
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:27,294
Ray Nurcahyo: THIS DISCUSSION
TOOK ABOUT 38 SECONDS.
798
00:40:27,337 --> 00:40:29,688
Yablontsev: IT HAS PREDICTIVE
HAZARD WARNING,
799
00:40:29,731 --> 00:40:32,734
AND, UH, IT'S REALLY
STATE OF THE ART.
800
00:40:32,778 --> 00:40:34,606
Siswosuwarno: NOW THE PLANE IS
ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY
801
00:40:34,649 --> 00:40:37,739
THROUGH THEIR 360-DEGREE TURN.
802
00:40:37,783 --> 00:40:41,351
Yablontsev: BUT NO PROBLEM WITH
THE TERRAIN AT THIS MOMENT.
803
00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:44,529
Guest: YES, BECAUSE
IT'S FLAT TERRAIN.
804
00:40:44,572 --> 00:40:47,706
Nurcahyo: THE AIRCRAFT WAS
HEADING TOWARDS JAKARTA.
805
00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:49,751
THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN AHEAD.
806
00:40:49,795 --> 00:40:54,408
IT WAS ONLY FLAT AREA
AND THE SEA.
807
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,019
Narrator: THE PLANE CONTINUES
TURNING SOUTH.
808
00:40:57,063 --> 00:40:58,499
Guest: HOW IS
THE FUEL CONSUMPTION?
809
00:40:58,543 --> 00:41:00,327
Yablontsev: FANTASTIC.
810
00:41:00,370 --> 00:41:02,547
Kotchetkov: AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE'VE HARDLY BURNED ANY FUEL.
811
00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,070
Siswosuwarno: WAIT, STOP.
812
00:41:06,202 --> 00:41:09,379
HIS LAST INPUT WAS 174.
813
00:41:09,423 --> 00:41:11,512
THAT WOULD TAKE THEM
TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN,
814
00:41:11,556 --> 00:41:14,341
AND HE NEEDS TO KEEP TURNING.
815
00:41:14,384 --> 00:41:17,475
BUT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT THE ENGINES.
816
00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:20,782
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS'
SUSPICIONS PROVE TO BE CORRECT.
817
00:41:20,826 --> 00:41:24,177
THE CAPTAIN IS SO DISTRACTED,
HE ONLY INPUTS ENOUGH HEADINGS
818
00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:28,529
TO COMPLETE A HALF CIRCLE
INSTEAD OF THE FULL 360 DEGREES.
819
00:41:28,573 --> 00:41:31,053
Yablontsev: THE FLIGHT COMPUTER
DOES ALL THE WORK FOR ME.
820
00:41:31,097 --> 00:41:34,535
Siswosuwarno: HE SIMPLY FORGOT
TO INPUT THE REST OF THE TURN.
821
00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:36,145
Yablontsev:
LET'S START THE APPROACH.
822
00:41:36,189 --> 00:41:38,278
Narrator: THE PILOTS PREPARE
FOR LANDING.
823
00:41:38,321 --> 00:41:41,020
THE CAPTAIN THINKS HE'S
ON COURSE FOR THE AIRPORT
824
00:41:41,063 --> 00:41:44,284
WHEN, IN FACT, HE'S HEADING
FOR DISASTER.
825
00:41:44,327 --> 00:41:46,155
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
826
00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:48,549
TERRAIN, TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
827
00:41:48,593 --> 00:41:49,985
PULL UP.
828
00:41:50,029 --> 00:41:51,334
Siswosuwarno:
THAT'S DEFINITELY THE TAWS.
829
00:41:51,378 --> 00:41:52,858
Automation: PULL UP.
830
00:41:52,901 --> 00:41:54,512
Narrator: THE COCKPIT
VOICE RECORDER CONFIRMS
831
00:41:54,555 --> 00:41:58,254
THAT THE WARNING SYSTEM
SOUNDED WHEN IT NEEDED TO.
832
00:41:58,298 --> 00:41:59,517
Siswosuwarno: WHY AREN'T
THEY DOING ANYTHING
833
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,083
ABOUT THE TERRAIN WARNING?
834
00:42:01,127 --> 00:42:03,303
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
835
00:42:03,346 --> 00:42:05,740
Kotchetkov: WHY IS THAT
GOING OFF?
836
00:42:05,784 --> 00:42:07,263
Yablontsev: MAYBE THE DATABASE.
837
00:42:07,307 --> 00:42:09,439
Siswosuwarno: WAIT! THAT'S IT.
838
00:42:09,483 --> 00:42:13,008
DATABASE, THE DATABASE.
839
00:42:13,052 --> 00:42:14,706
Narrator: THE COMPUTER'S
DATABASE IS LOADED
840
00:42:14,749 --> 00:42:16,708
WITH TERRAIN INFORMATION,
841
00:42:16,751 --> 00:42:19,580
BUT THE PILOTS THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.
842
00:42:19,624 --> 00:42:22,627
Siswosuwarno: BUT THE CAPTAIN
THINKS IT IS FAULTY,
843
00:42:22,670 --> 00:42:27,588
AND HE HASN'T SEEN THE MOUNTAIN
BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS,
844
00:42:27,632 --> 00:42:30,025
AND IT'S NOT ON
HIS NAVIGATION CHART.
845
00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:34,639
HE IS CONVINCED
TAWS WARNING IS AN ERROR.
846
00:42:34,682 --> 00:42:37,076
Automation: TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
TERRAIN, TERRAIN.
847
00:42:37,119 --> 00:42:38,468
Narrator: TO THE CAPTAIN,
848
00:42:38,512 --> 00:42:40,775
THE POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING
TAWS WARNING
849
00:42:40,819 --> 00:42:43,648
IS NOTHING MORE THAN
A HARSH, ANNOYING SOUND.
850
00:42:47,477 --> 00:42:49,567
THE CRASH IS NOW INEVITABLE.
851
00:42:51,786 --> 00:42:53,048
[YELLING]
852
00:42:59,925 --> 00:43:02,797
IN THEIR FINAL REPORT,
INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDE
853
00:43:02,841 --> 00:43:05,626
THAT THE CREW DISREGARDED
THE TAWS WARNING
854
00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:08,368
BECAUSE THEY WERE UNAWARE
OF THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS.
855
00:43:08,411 --> 00:43:10,457
THEY WERE FLYING
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
856
00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:15,027
DUE TO DISTRACTIONS
IN THE COCKPIT.
857
00:43:15,070 --> 00:43:18,857
IT'S A MISTAKE THAT COST
THE LIVES OF 45 PEOPLE.
858
00:43:22,295 --> 00:43:25,167
EVEN THOUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHED
859
00:43:25,211 --> 00:43:30,085
THE STERILE COCKPIT RULE
IN 1981...
860
00:43:30,129 --> 00:43:33,306
Dunn: GENTLEMEN,
HOW'S IT GOING IN HERE?
861
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:35,830
Narrator: ...SOMETIMES
THIS RULE WAS BROKEN.
862
00:43:35,874 --> 00:43:39,051
NOW, IT'S MORE
STRICTLY ENFORCED.
863
00:43:39,094 --> 00:43:41,793
Yablontsev: HERE WE GO.
864
00:43:41,836 --> 00:43:43,795
Narrator: THE DECISION
TO ENTER A COCKPIT
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MUST BE MADE VERY CAREFULLY.
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HISTORY HAS SHOWN JUST
ONE SMALL DISTRACTION
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CAN LEAD TO DISASTER.
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