Demo Flight Collides with ‘Airplane Graveyard’ Mount Salak

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

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola discover why a demonstration flight promoting the new Russian Sukhoi Superjet passenger aircraft ended in the tragic loss of life on the side of a steep mountain in Indonesia. Find out what happened in this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! This episode is sponsored by Lectric Bikes, go to http://lectricebikes.com to save up to $250 with a special Black Friday Bundle, Express VPN, Go to http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown to get an extra 3 months free, and Hello Fresh, Go to http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown65 and use code blackboxdown65 to get 65% off plus free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:04.6	May 9, 2012.
0:09.5	A Sukhoi Superjet 100 with 45 people on board is flying over the Indonesian province
0:14.5	of West Java as part of a welcome Asia demonstration tour.
0:18.6	The 30 minute flight is intended as a demonstration of the new jet to VIPs and potential customers.
0:24.4	Under thick cloud cover in mountainous terrain, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 disappears from air
0:28.4	traffic controller radar.
0:30.5	For the next few minutes, the controller on duty attempts to contact the flight multiple
0:33.8	times with no response.
0:35.8	It isn't until the next day that search teams discover the planes wreckage spread down
0:39.8	a cliff side at Mount Salok at an altitude of about 6,200 feet.
0:45.1	What could have caused this flight meant to bolster support and sales for the Russian aircraft
0:48.3	manufacturer to end in tragic loss of all 45 people on board?
0:52.8	Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.
1:00.7	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown.
1:02.2	It's Gus and Chris.
1:03.2	Hello, Chris.
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