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Atlas Air flight 3591 was scheduled as a domestic cargo flight going from Miami international airport to George Bush airport in Houston, United States. This incident sequence I am about to explain to you took only 31 seconds, about the same time it takes to drink a tall glass of water. During those 31 seconds, years of delayed legislation, a deceitful resume, personal shortcomings and an incredible chain of events came together in a truly frightening way. Let’s investigate
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Links from the video:
The CRASH that Changed US Aviation: Colgan Air Flight 3407
https://youtu.be/o6c3ENr_CRM
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.
Sources
Final Report:
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99013
Aircraft Used:
Boeing 767 Professional Extended Upgrade:
Produced by VMAX
Designed by team members from Flight Factor and StepToSky
https://store.x-plane.org/Boeing-767-Professional-Extended-Upgrade_p_896.html
PRIA: NTSB
https://www.faa.gov/pilots/lic_cert/pria
Soutwest Video: @soutwest Via Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4QWT3Ooj_M&ab_channel=SouthwestAirlines
American Airlines Video: American Airlines Via Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi630LQUNns&ab_channel=AmericanAirlines
JetBlue Video: JetBlue Via Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqJuH6IMUE&ab_channel=JetBlue
NTSB video: NTSB Via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jOkxe8jCW8&ab_channel=NTSBgov
Congress video: C-SPAN Via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItCarNDysY&ab_channel=C-SPAN
Prime Air Video: Amazon News Via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYt9I2Znrik&ab_channel=AmazonNews
Crash 2: NTSB
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Air_Flight_3591_crash_site_3.jpg
CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Keeping track
02:54- The First Officer
04:41 - Further study is needed
07:53 - The Captain
08:54 - Flight preparations
10:58 - Takeoff and cruise
13:06 - Descent clearance
15:06 - Descent planning
17:03 - Weather issues
21:20 - A stretch too far
24:57 - Our position in space
27:08 - Inversion illusion
29:17 - No one noticed the change
33:48 - A tragic end
36:52 - A wake up call