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The story of Olympic airways flight 411 is one of the most fascinating and nail biting stories I have ever covered on this channel. A fully loaded Boeing 747, suffering a crippling engine failure during departure, almost crashing into downtown Athens. Enjoy!

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Sources


Website Article: PEOPLE NEWS
http://peoplenews.gr/?p=8186

Wikipedia Article: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic...

Captain Interview: AdsPast 2
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Aristotle Onassis: Nationaal Archief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristot...

Alexander Onassis: UNKNOWN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...

Olympic 747: M.Ortle via Flickr
https://simpleflying.com/olympicair...

Peristeri Stadium: footballticketnet.com
https://www.footballticketnet.com/gre...

Interamerican Building: Andrzej Otrębski
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Engine: Mgw89
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...

KC135A taking off with water injection to its J57 engines: USAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_i...

U.S. Air Force B52G: SSgt. Phil Schmitten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum...

Boeing 747200 model by Felis747
Xplane LGAV Athens scenery by Moraitis Vangelis
Livery by Aahz

CHAPTERS


00:00 Intro
00:55 Flight history
01:42 The aerodrome
02:04 A unique area
03:05 Crew / flight information
04:20 Water injection system
08:24 What went wrong?
08:55 Takeoff roll
10:34 Skimming the rooftops
14:49 Critical speeds
15:26 Ground effect
17:44 Resolution
20:28 Disclaimer

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