Colliding Over California

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A military fighter jet collides with a commercial passenger flight. Hughes Airwest Flight 706 is climbing to its cruising altitude when suddenly a military F-4 Phantom fighter jet collides with it. What happened that led to a military jet hitting a passenger flight? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/ Sponsored by Public Rec (Go to http://publicrec.com/blackboxdown and use promo code BLACKBOXDOWN) and Shudder (Go to http://shudder.com and use code blackboxdown) BUY OUR SHIRT - U.S. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.com/products/black-box-down-t-shirt U.K. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.co.uk/products/black-box-down-t-shirt Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Ruestur-T's production.
0:07.0	June 6, 1971.
0:10.0	Use AirWest Flight 706, a McDonald Douglas DC-9, with 49 people on board, is climbing out
0:16.0	of Los Angeles' LAX Airport, bound for Salt Lake City.
0:20.0	Nine minutes after taking off while climbing through 15,500 feet, the plane is struck by
0:24.9	a US Marine Corps at four-fan and fighter jet.
0:27.9	Los Plains tumbled as a ground with only one crew member of the F4 Phantom able to eject.
0:32.6	How did two aircraft, one of which is a military fighter aircraft, end up not seeing each
0:36.9	other and colliding over California?
0:39.3	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:42.1	Hello, everyone.
0:45.6	Welcome to Black Box Down.
0:47.0	It's Gus and Chris.
0:48.0	Hello, Chris.
0:49.0	Hello.
0:50.0	We're back talking about a plane crashes.
0:51.8	As always before we get started, I want to remind people to give us a follow on social
0:55.3	media on Twitter and Instagram at Black Box Down Pod.
0:59.2	We post images and supplemental content there.
1:02.0	Maybe one of these days you need to send me a picture of Bouger we put on there, Chris.
1:05.1	Oh, yeah.
1:06.1	Yeah.
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