Engine Fire Forces Emergency Landing Near Busy Roadway in the UK

Black Box Down

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

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🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais uncover the details of what happened to British Midland Airways Flight 092 after smoke filled the cabin signaling engine failure and forcing the Boeing 737 to attempt an emergency landing at a runway near a busy motorway in the UK. Find out what happened on 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Restart Seat Production.
0:07.8	January 8, 1989.
0:10.3	British Midland Airways Flight 092, aboing 737 with 126 people on board, was on a schedule
0:16.6	flight from London Heathrow Airport to Belfast International Airport at 7.52pm, climbing
0:22.8	through 28,300 feet to reach its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet when something goes
0:28.3	wrong.
0:29.3	The British Airport's scene sparks flying out of the left engine as the cabin begins
0:32.9	to fill with smoke and the plane begins to shake violently.
0:36.0	The flight was diverted to nearby East Midlands Airport at the suggestion of British Midland
0:40.2	Airways operations.
0:41.9	After taking quick action to shut down the engine, the problems seemed to stop and the smoke
0:45.6	cleared as the crew prepared for an emergency landing on runway 27 located right next
0:50.1	to the Busy M1 motorway.
0:52.2	On final approach, the one remaining engine bursts into flames and the operating crew
0:56.4	does not have enough time to restart the shutdown failed engine.
0:59.8	The fairly new Boeing 737 with only 520 flight hours crashed into the motorway embankment
1:04.8	before reaching the runway and broken to three pieces killing 47 people.
1:09.5	Did the crew take appropriate action or simply unable to overcome the inevitable tragic
1:13.1	loss of those 47 people on board?
1:15.6	Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:18.8	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
1:23.2	It's Gus and Chris.
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