Mayday : Panic over the Pacific
China Airlines Flight 006 is less than 500 kms from Los Angeles when disaster strikes. A series of small problems - beginning with the failure of the jet's fourth engine - snowballs into an all-out emergency.
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Panic over the Pacific
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- China Airlines Flight 006 is less than 500 kms from Los Angeles when disaster strikes. A series of small problems - beginning with the failure of the jet's fourth engine - snowballs into an all-out emergency.
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- China Airlines Flight 006 is approaching Los Angeles when the fourth engine of the 747 fails causing the plane to stall.
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- After plummeting over 10,000 feet in a matter of seconds, the pilots are able to regain control... for a moment...
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- After losing their sense of direction, the place breaks through the clouds and the crew is able to see the horizon and right the plane.
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- With the elevators not responding, the plane's captain lands the 747 by modulating engine thrust. Large chunks of the tail had been ripped off during the decent.
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- Investigators interview the flight crew and compare their stories to those told by the in-flight data recorder. The stories don't match up and the crew appears to be responsible for the incident.
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- The NTSB looks at the captain's sleep patterns in the days leading up to the incident. Jet lag is believed to have played a roll.
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