Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 flies above its maximum altitude. West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 is over Venezuela when the crew decides to climb to 33,000 feet to avoid storms. The engines are unable to produce enough power to maintain speed at this height and start to produce less and less thrust. The crew becomes distracted and don't realize what's going on until it is too late. What are the events that led to this crash? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Coinbase (http://coinbase.com/blackboxdown) Lectric eBikes (http://lectricebikes.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) and GreenChef (http://greenchef.com/blackboxdown130 and use code blackboxdown130) Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	August 16, 2005.
1:03.5	West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonald Douglas MD82 with 160 people on board, is on route on a nighttime charter flight from Panama City, Panama to Fort DeFrance in Martinique.
1:15.5	The flight is at cruising altitude and vectoring around some storms and poor weather in the area.
1:20.0	The captain notices that the plane is no longer accelerating but doesn't think much of it.
1:24.0	The crew goes about rather mundane tasks and when descending from 33,000 feet to 31,000 feet, the plane loses power and begins falling from the sky.
1:32.0	The captain reports that both plane engines have flamed out and that the plane is uncontrollable.
1:37.0	Within just a couple of minutes, the plane slams into the ground over Venezuela, killing all on board.
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