November 12, 2001 914 AM American Airlines flight 587, a non-stop flight from New

York's JFK airport to Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, has just taken off 251 passengers

and nine crew members on board. This Airbus A300 is climbing when it hits the wake turbulence

of a larger plane in front of it. The crew briefly wrestles with the controls to smooth

the flight out when suddenly the plane's vertical stabilizer snaps off and falls in

a Jamaica Bay. The plane enters a flat spin and the forces are so great that the plane's

engines are ripped off before the plane slams into houses in a rockaway park neighborhood

below. Only two months after 9-11 did terrorist strike again? Was the plane not properly maintained?

Did the pilots have any hope of saving this plane? Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.

Hey everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown. It's me Gus and it's also Chris. Hi Chris.

Hello. Good morning. Welcome to this podcast. Just as a reminder for everyone, we like to look

into aviation disasters. Neither of us are pilots. I just find aviation incidents very interesting

and I like to find out. I'm really curious about the process. Flying is the safest

form of travel and when something goes wrong, there's normally several things that lead

up to it and that's what I find interesting. The industry learns and adapts and things

become even safer because of incidents. I'm always curious when something does go wrong

in. Chris doesn't have as much knowledge about aviation incidents, but you're here for

the ride. You're interested in hearing about them. Yeah. Neither of us are pilots, but I'm

not even allowed in the cockpit. I don't think anybody is. I mean, just comparatively.

I see. It mean you were on a plane by ourselves and it was going down. You would take control.

I'll just put it that way. You've been here for a few episodes. You know a few things now.

Yeah, I'd be assistant. I'd be like the sous chef or whatever. But yeah, so and I want

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