Microburst Causes Crash in Dallas

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A passenger flight crashes just before the runway in Dallas. Delta Air Lines Flight 191 is on approach during a thunderstorm when it encounters a microburst that causes it to crash. What is a microburst and how does it cause something like this? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show (http://jordanharbinger.com/start) Honey (http://joinhoney.com/blackboxdown) and Liquid IV (http://liquidiv.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) 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 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:04.4	August 2nd, 1985 Delta Airlines flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tri-Star, with 163 people
0:15.6	on board, is flying through a thunderstorm and preparing to land at DFW Airport in Dallas.
0:20.9	The crew is doing their best to avoid the bad weather and they're following a lear
0:23.5	jet that has landed on that same runway just ahead of them.
0:26.7	Suddenly, just a mile from the airport, the winds begin shifting, buffeting the airplane
0:30.4	and pushing it in all directions.
0:32.4	The crew is caught in a microburst and fights to maintain control of the aircraft, but they're
0:36.2	too low to the ground and they crash, killing 136 people.
0:40.4	How did one plane manage to successfully fly through a storm, but another not make it?
0:44.0	What is a microburst and how dangerous are they?
0:46.5	Find out in this episode of Black Box Down.
0:51.6	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
0:53.1	It's Gus and Chris, we're back.
0:54.3	Hello Chris.
0:55.3	Hello, I want to learn about microbursts.
0:57.3	I can say good afternoon to you.
0:59.4	Normally record these in the morning, but we're doing a rare afternoon recording today.
1:02.9	Yeah.
1:03.9	Post lunch.
1:05.1	Post lunch even.
1:06.1	We're going to learn about microbursts today.
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