A Failure the Pilots Were Never Trained For / TAM Flight 402 Crashes into São Paulo

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🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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A Fokker 100 crashes shortly after taking off in Brazil. TAM Flight 402 has an autothrottle failure during the takeoff roll. The pilots on board take the correct actions against this and continue with their takeoff. Shortly after lifting off the runway, the throttle for one of the engines reduces to idle. The crew fights against this but the throttle keeps falling back to idle. Quickly the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes into the ground. What was wrong with the throttles on board this aircraft? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown16 and use code BLACKBOXDOWN16) and SoloStove (http://solostove.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly Black Box Down Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Restartez production.
0:05.0	October 31, 1996.
0:10.0	Tam Flight 402, a Falker 100 Regional Jet, with 95 people on board, is taken off from
0:16.5	São Paulo, Brazil, bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
0:20.0	During the takeoff role, warning the lights illuminate, letting the crew know that the
0:23.5	auto throttle is not functioning.
0:25.8	The captain calmly manually takes control of the throttle and continues with the takeoff.
0:30.0	50 feet off the ground, the number 2 engine throttle moves to idle, and the plane begins
0:34.1	banking to the right.
0:35.6	The first officer fights with the throttle and gets the number 2 engine back to full power.
0:40.0	The number 2 engine keeps rolling back to idle, but the first officer keeps fighting it.
0:43.8	However, the captain is unable to regain control of the plane as it continues banking
0:47.6	right and crashes into a crowded neighborhood, killing all on board, as well as four people
0:52.6	on the ground.
0:53.6	Why did the throttle keep rolling back to idle?
0:55.9	Was this the reason the plane crashed?
0:57.7	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:00.6	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
1:05.4	It's Gus and Chris.
1:06.4	Hello Chris.
1:07.4	Hello.
1:08.4	We have another incident that occurred on Halloween.
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