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Seconds after takeoff, a Boeing 757 carrying 189 passengers and crew is in grave danger. Alarms blare in the cockpit as the three pilots struggle to understand what is happening their aircraft. The instruments they have been trained to trust, are lying to them. And what’s worse, time is running out. With every passing second, their plane is losing speed. If it gets too slow, it will fall out of the sky. Will the pilots be able to diagnose their problem before they lose control of their aircraft?
This is a story about how a small inconvenience can snowball into a full blown emergency. But more importantly, it’s a story about the importance of teamwork in the cockpit, especially in crisis. This is the story of Birgenair flight 301.


Final report:
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Birgen...

Cockpit Voice Recorder Audio:
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Birgenair Livery:
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00:00 Intro
00:58 Flight background
01:28 Pilots
02:32 Boeing 757
02:55 A critical weakness
03:15 Pushback and taxi
04:14 Takeoff
05:18 Problem solved?
06:23 Rudder ratio & trim warnings
07:27 Faulty airspeed indicator
09:37 Autopilot
10:33 Overspeed warning
11:12 Approaching a stall
11:33 Stick shaker
13:16 Cockpit confusion
13:38 Cockpit voice recorder audio
14:19 Aftermath and investigation
15:17 Pitot tubes
16:37 Cause of the accident
17:53 Systems knowledge
18:40 Safety recommendations and improvements
19:54 Thanks!