Pilot Shuts Down Wrong Engine

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After an engine fails on takeoff, the captain shuts down the wrong engine. Moments after take off, one of two engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 fails. In an attempt to fix it, the pilot mistakenly shuts down the only remaining engine. How does a mistake like this happen? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Candid (http://candidco.com/blackboxdown and use code blackboxdown) and Audible (http://audible.com/blackboxdown or text blackboxdown to 500-500) 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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0:00.0	This is a Restartese production.
0:07.5	February 4, 2015.
0:09.3	Transasia Airways Flight 235, an ATR 7200 with 58 people on board, is taking off from
0:16.8	Taipei's Songshan Airport bound for Kinmen Airport in Kinmen, Taiwan.
0:21.3	Just 37 seconds after takeoff, the master warning alarm alerts the crew that their number
0:25.6	two engine has flamed out.
0:27.4	The plane reaches a maximum altitude of 1,630 feet over the densely populated city of
0:32.5	Taiwan, before banking 80 degrees to the left, clipping a taxi cab on a highway, then
0:37.8	falling upside down into the Keelung River.
0:40.4	43 people perished and only 15 managed to survive.
0:43.4	Shockingly, the final moments and the impact of the taxi cab are captured on another vehicle's
0:47.9	dashcam.
0:48.9	Investigators struggle to figure out how with their right engine flamed out, the plane
0:52.4	managed to end up banked 80 degrees to the left.
0:55.2	Find out why on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:00.2	Hello, everyone.
1:01.2	Welcome to Black Box Down.
1:02.2	It's Gus and Chris here with more aviation stories.
1:05.2	Hello, Chris.
1:06.2	Man, that's like some movie stuff.
1:07.7	That's a scene out of a movie.
1:08.7	They're hitting cars.
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