Pilots Accidently Cause a Go Around / China Airlines Flight 140 Crashes At Airport

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

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🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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An Airbus 300 crashes on airport grounds. China Airlines Flight 140 is on final approach to Nagoya, Japan. As the crew is making final preperations, the first officer accidently activates the go around lever without realizing it. The pilots struggle to push the nose down but the plane ends up stalling and crashing near the runway. Was this accident unavoidable? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Incogni (https://incogni.com/blackboxdown and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Native (http://nativedeo.com/blackboxdown or use code blackboxdown) and Lectric eBikes (http://lectricebikes.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly 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 Restartez production.
0:05.0	April 26, 1994
0:10.0	China Airlines Flight 140, an Airbus A300, with 271 people on board, is on approach to
0:16.7	Nagoya, Japan after a two and a half hour flight from Taipei, Taiwan.
0:20.9	The captain is letting the first officer land the plane in order to help build his experience
0:24.4	with the aircraft.
0:25.7	In the final stages of landing, the first officer disengages the autopilot in order to hand
0:29.3	the plane into its landing.
0:31.5	The first officer struggles to bring the nose of the plane down as the captain continues
0:34.5	to tell him to nose down.
0:36.1	The captain takes over and realizes he can't nose the plane down either.
0:39.6	The crew increases thrust to initiate a go-around, but the plane begins to pitch up uncontrollably.
0:44.2	The plane slams into the ground just to the right of the runway and erupts in flames, killing
0:48.3	all but seven people on board.
0:50.6	What happened to China Airlines Flight 140 that caused this accident?
0:53.7	Sounded out in this episode of Black Box Down.
1:00.1	Hello everyone, we're going to Black Box Down.
1:01.8	It's Gus and Chris.
1:02.8	Hello Chris.
1:03.8	Hello Gus.
1:04.8	We're back with another episode.
1:05.8	You know what you should do?
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