Air Moorea 1121 / A Seven Minute Flight Ends in Tragedy

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Air Moorea 1121, a seven minute long passenger flight between the islands of Moorea and Tahiti, has taken off for its quick flight. Witnesses on the beach are horrified as shortly after takeoff the plane plunged into the ocean below. What led to this disaster in paradise? Find out in this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Native (http://nativedeo.com/blackboxdown or use code BLACKBOXDOWN at checkout), Upside (Download the FREE Upside app and use promo code blackbox to get $5 back on your first purchase of $10 or more), and 30 Morbid Minutes podcast (subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod 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 Rooster Zeath production.
0:04.4	August 9, 2007 Air Moria Flight 1121, a De Havillant twin-autor with 20 people on board,
0:14.1	is about to take off on one of the shortest passenger plane routes in the world.
0:18.3	The flight will only take 7 minutes, departing from the island of Moria, bound for Tahiti.
0:23.5	This flight runs 40 times a day and the only crew member on board is one pilot.
0:27.6	Shortly after takeoff, the plane is climbing through 350 feet when the pilot retracts his flaps.
0:32.8	Without warning, the plane pitches down towards the ocean below.
0:35.9	Witnesses on the island are horrified as the plane impacts the water killing all on board.
0:40.1	What happened to turn this short flight so tragic?
0:42.3	Was this an avoidable incident?
0:44.0	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:50.9	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down. It's Gus and Chris. Hello Chris.
0:54.0	Hello Gus.
0:54.9	You're okay there, you sound a little froky.
0:58.1	No. I'm good.
0:59.9	No frogs allowed in recordings.
1:02.1	Listen, when it comes to amphibians, we already covered that in the last episode with
1:05.6	Choc Ocean Airways, okay?
1:06.9	So get that out of the system now.
1:09.2	No amphibians allowed on this episode.
1:11.2	Yeah.
1:12.2	Before we get into the meat, don't forget, give us a follow on social media, Twitter and
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