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Black Box Down

The Los Angeles Runway Disaster

Black Box Down

Black Box Down

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

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A Boeing 737 lands while another plane is on the same runway. USAir Flight 1493 is given a last minute runway change when on approach into Los Angeles International, but SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569 is on the same runway waiting for takeoff instructions. What events led to both of these planes being on the same runway at the same time? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show (http://jordanharbinger.com/start ) Hello Fresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown12 and use code blackboxdown12) and Gabi (http://gabi.com/BLACKBOXDOWN) 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 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 Ruestur-Z's production.

0:07.0

February 1st, 1991.

0:09.0

US Air Flight 1493, a Boeing 737 with 89 people on board, is about a land at Los Angeles'

0:16.5

LAX Airport. After an uneventful flight from Columbus, Ohio, the crew is trying to contact

0:21.5

the tower to confirm they are cleared to land on runway 24-left. After a short delay,

0:26.5

the tower gets back to the crew and confirms they are cleared to land on 24-left. The plane

0:30.9

touches down smoothly and as the nose of the plane comes down and the gear touches the runway,

0:35.5

the pilots realize to their horror that there is another plane on the runway. With no time

0:39.5

to evade, the 737 slams into the back of the plane on the runway and they both burst into

0:44.0

flames and skid off the runway immediately. Why was there another plane on the runway?

0:48.3

Who is to blame for the steadily oversight? Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.

0:52.5

Hello everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown. It's Gus and Chris. Hello Chris. Good morning.

0:58.5

Good morning. We're breaking the illusion good afternoon. Maybe good evening depending on

1:02.5

when you're listening. Oh, that's true. Well, it's good morning for us. You made me gasp

1:06.5

whenever it's like a touches ground and then there's another plane on the runway. I was like,

1:10.5

yeah. We'll get into the nitty gritty of it, but the pilots of the 737 do not see the

1:15.5

other plane as they're coming into land and they don't see it even when their main landing gear

1:20.5

touches down. It's not until like the nose because you know, the nose of the plane is still up for

1:23.5

a little bit. It's not until the nose comes down and the nose gear touches the runway that they see.

1:27.4

There's another plane right in front of them. That's wild. But before we get into the nitty gritty,

1:31.7

I do want to remind everyone to follow us on social media at Black Boxdown pod on Twitter and

1:36.7

Instagram. I was looking at our Twitter the other day. We should have more followers. We have a

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