Stalling On Takeoff

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A passenger flight stalls after takeoff, forty feet above the ground. Spanair Flight 5022 is attempting to takeoff for its second time. Seconds after leaving the ground, the plane begins to stall and bank to the right. What happened to make this flight stall so quickly? 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 Gabi (gabi.com/BLACKBOXDOWN) and ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown) 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 Restartese production.
0:04.4	August 20, 2008.
0:09.6	Span Air Flight 5022, a MacDonald Douglas MD-82 with 172 people on board, is preparing
0:16.2	to take off from Madrid, Spain, in route to Grand Canaria, Ireland.
0:20.5	The crew has already had to abort one takeoff due to a problem with the temperature probe.
0:24.4	Now running more than an hour behind schedule, the crew starts taking off for a second time.
0:29.3	Immediately upon becoming airborne, things go wrong.
0:32.0	The plane can't seem to climb properly, it begins banking to the right.
0:35.3	The plane only gets to about 40 feet off the ground before crashing and ending up in a river
0:39.5	bed.
0:40.5	154 people perished with only 18 surviving this incident.
0:44.7	What happened that kept this plane from taking off like normal?
0:47.2	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
0:52.6	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
0:54.1	It's Gus and Chris here to talk about planes.
0:55.9	Hi Chris.
0:56.9	Hello.
0:57.9	I want to remind everyone to follow us on social media on Twitter and Instagram at Black
1:01.7	Box DownPod.
1:03.1	We post images and videos and things that we can't necessarily adequately convey in an
1:08.6	audio podcast.
1:10.0	There's some very awful images of this incident.
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