Landing on a Levee

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Two passenger flights are forced to try to land in unexpected places. TACA Flight 110 and Southern Airways Flight 242 both encounter dangerous storms that are so intense, the engines fail. With little room to maneuver, both flights try to land wherever they can. Will they make it? 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 The Jordan Harbinger Show (jordanharbinger.com/subscribe) 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-Tsis production.
0:07.2	May 24, 1988.
0:09.0	Taka Flight 110, aboing 737 with 45 people on board, is nearing the end of its flight from
0:15.0	Belize to New Orleans.
0:16.9	As the flight descends through 12,000 feet in heavy storms, they lose power in both engines.
0:22.2	Unable to restart the engines or reach any airfield, the crew spots a waterway to ditch
0:26.0	the stricken plane in.
0:27.5	At the last moment, they notice a thin levee next to the water that might be long enough
0:31.1	for them to land on, so they side-slip the plane over in an attempt to land.
0:35.6	April 4, 1977.
0:37.5	Southern Airways Flight 242, McDonald Douglas DC-9 with 85 people on board, is making the
0:43.2	quick flight from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia.
0:46.3	While descending through 14,000 feet, the crew encounters unexpectedly violent rain
0:50.5	and hail, and they lose both of their engines.
0:53.3	Unable to make it to any runway, the crew decides to try and land the plane on a rural
0:57.1	Georgia highway.
0:58.1	What is the fate of all those on board these flights?
1:00.8	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:04.1	Hey, everyone.
1:06.0	Welcome to Black Box Down.
1:07.8	It's Chris and Gus.
1:08.8	How you doing, Chris?
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