Seaplane Tragedy in Miami / Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

December 19th, 2005. Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight 101, a 58 year old Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard seaplane with 20 people on board, is taking off from the Miami Seaplane Base, bound for a short 25 minute flight to Bimini in the Bahamas. The seaplane accelerates across the water and becomes airborne, but less than a minute after taking to the skies something goes wrong. Eyewitnesses on the beach report seeing the plane’s right wing come apart from the plane and catch fire. The plane impacts the water, killing all on board. What happened to Chalk’s Ocean Airways 101? Why did the wing separate from the fuselage? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN to get 50% OFF 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses Go to http://joinhoney.com/BLACKBOXDOWN to get Honey for free. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get $100 off any eBike purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:08.0	December 19, 2005.
0:10.3	Chalk's ocean airways flight 101, a 58-year-old grum in G73 turbine mallard seaplane with
0:17.0	20 people on board, is taken off from the Miami seaplane base bound for a short 25-minute
0:22.2	flight to Bimini in the Bahamas.
0:25.0	The seaplane accelerates across the water and becomes airborne, but less than a minute
0:28.7	after taking to the sky, something goes wrong.
0:31.0	Eyewitnesses on the beach report seeing the plane's right wing come apart from the plane
0:34.7	and catch fire.
0:36.2	The plane impacts the water, killing all on board.
0:38.8	What happened to Chalk's ocean airways 101?
0:40.9	Why did the wings separate from the fuselage?
0:43.2	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:46.2	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
0:51.0	It's Gus and Chris and we're back.
0:52.6	Hello Chris.
0:53.6	Hi.
0:54.6	Seaplanes.
0:55.6	A seaplane.
0:56.6	Have we never seen a seaplane before?
0:57.6	No.
0:58.6	I like seaplanes.
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