Air Crash Investigation - Racing The Storm - (Fatal Landing) - Season 1 Episode 1 - 3/5

Added: Sep 6, 2008

From: sasmaster12345

Duration: 10:4

The crew of American Airlines Flight 1420 is warned about crosswinds from a thunderstorm during approach to Little Rock National Airport but they attempt to land instead of diverting to another airport. Due to their impatience to get to the airport, during their pre-landing checks the crew forget to preset the spoilers to extend automatically when the aircraft touches down. The MD-82 overruns the runway and eleven people are killed.

Channel: Education

Tags: 12345  1420  air  airlines  airport  american  co  crash  crosswind  fatal  flight  investigation  landing  little  md-82  national  pilot  rock  sasmaster  thunderstorm 

Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings)    Views: 319    Comments: 1