Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)

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22nd September 2010 45 mins Season 9 Episode 3

On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls as it lifts off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport and crashes just beyond the runway, killing 154 of the 155 people on board and two people on the ground. The investigation showed that the pilots failed to configure the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.

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Season 9 · Episode 4

Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)

On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with a waiting SkyWest Airlines aircraft on the runway, killing 34 people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to land on a runway where SkyWest Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.
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01 Stephen Bogaert profile Stephen Bogaertas Self - Narrator (voice) 02 André Barro profile André BarroCreator
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