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Black Box Down

Sliding Off The Runway

Black Box Down

Black Box Down

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

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Two flights overrun the runway while trying to land and takeoff. Air France Flight 358 tries to land during a thunderstorm and Emirates Flight 407 tries taking off, but is too slow. What events led to these planes overrunning the runway? 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 Honey (http://joinhoney.com/blackboxdown) and 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-Z's production.

0:07.0

August 2, 2005.

0:09.0

Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340, is nearing the completion of its flight

0:14.0

from Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport to Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

0:19.0

The weather in Toronto is stormy and all 309 people on board are experiencing strong turbulence.

0:24.0

The plane touches down, but the passengers relief quickly turns to panic

0:27.0

as the plane slides off the end of the runway, crashes into a ravine, and catches fire.

0:32.0

Passengers on board are frantically trying to escape despite some ex-speed inaccessible due to the fire.

0:38.0

March 20, 2009.

0:40.0

Emirates Flight 407, an Airbus A340 with 275 people on board, is on a take-off role in Melbourne, Australia, bound for Dubai.

0:49.0

The plane reaches 168 miles per hour, and the captain calls for the first officer to rotate the plane to take off.

0:55.0

However, the plane's nose pitches up, the tail strikes the runway, and the plane fails to become airborne.

1:01.0

With only 3,400 feet of runway left, the captain takes control, pushes the throttle to maximum in an effort to get the plane off the ground.

1:08.0

Does he have enough space to take off? And what are these two incidents having common?

1:12.0

Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.

1:17.0

Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down. It's Gus and Chris. Hello Chris.

1:20.0

Hello. That was my dog dropping his bow.

1:25.0

And Chris's dog, Bugger. Hello Bugger. How's it going?

1:28.0

He's a happy... He's like, I got a new bow and I'm going to drop it on the floor.

1:35.0

As always, I want to follow us on social media, on Twitter and Instagram, at Black Box DownPod.

1:41.0

Unfortunately, there's no Bugger on those social media accounts. We just post images and supplemental information for the incidents that we talk about on this show.

1:49.0

Maybe I'll get an airplane or captain's uniform for Bugger, and then we can have a reason to post Bugger.

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