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Air Crash Investigation: DC10: American Airlines, Turkish Airlines
A design flaw in the DC-10 aircraft dooms a Turkish Airlines flight outside of Paris, with over 300 deaths. A defect in the closing mechanism for the cargo door caused it to open in flight, depressurizing the plane and causing the crash. The defect had been discovered earlier in an American Airlines DC-10, which made an emergency landing in Detroit, but no airworthiness directive was issued, and lack of clear communication led to the fatal Turkish Airlines flight.
Swiss Air Flight 111
Charki Dadri Mid-Air Collision. Saudia Arabian Airlines crashed in air with Air Kazakhasthan at 14,000 feet over the Indian village of Charkhi Dadri in the state of Haryana
Aircrash Investigation - Desperate Dive
British Airways Flight 9 experiences views of St. Elmo's fire on the plane along with smoke smelling like sulphur in the cabin. Suddenly, all engines on the B-747-236 start flaming. Then, they flame out. "This is Speedbird 9. All 4 engines have failed!" the pilot shouts on the radio. With 263 people in the balance, Flight 9 starts falling. But minutes before its fate in the ocean, the engines restart again. British Airways Flight 9 makes an emergency landing at Jakarta. The plane has been well sandblasted. Flight 9 becomes famous. The pilot is welcomed as a hero. A survivor writes a book about the flight called "All Four Engines Have Failed!".
Aircrash investigation series
Aircrash investigation series
Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Osaka International Airport (Itami). The Boeing 747-SR46 that made this route, registered JA8119, crashed into the ridge of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometers from Tokyo, on Monday August 12, 1985. The crash site was on Osutaka Ridge (おすたかのおね, Osutaka-no-One?), near Mount Osutaka. All 15 crew members and 505 out of 509 passengers died, resulting in a total of 520 deaths. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident, and the second-deadliest aviation accident after the Tenerife disaster in history, only counting victims on board
The mysterious disappearance of an Air India 747 over the Atlantic Ocean present difficult problems for investigators because of the depth of the wreckage and difficulty in recovering evidence. The cause is eventually traced to a terrorist bomb, and, as a result, improvements were made in baggage security.
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