How a Design Quirk led to DISASTER! | FedEx Flight 80
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Published8 months ago
Duration48:07
Video ID7ByKXt3xAtg
Languageen-GB
CategoryPeople & Blogs
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FedEx Flight 80 was approaching Narita, with two experienced pilots at the controls. In just a matter of seconds this flight went from routine to complete disaster, a difficult landing with an unforgiving aircraft led to a crash that stunned the aviation world.
This is the full story of FedEx Flight 80.
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.
SOURCES
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FedEx flight 80 final report
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/eng-air_report/N526FE.pdf
FedEx flight 14 final report
https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/1997/19970731_MD11_N611FE.pdf
China Airlines flight 642 final report
https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/1999/19990822_MD11_B-150.pdf
Lufthansa Cargo flight 8460 final report
https://www.bfu-web.de/EN/Publications/FinalReports/2010/Report_10_2X003_MD11_Riyadh.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1
MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sF2ChV78N9OCLobcBEmLBTbCXocIMGhE/view?pli=1
MD-11 Propulsion Controlled Aircraft
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/md-11-propulsion-controlled-aircraft-2/
Captain Shem Malmquist
https://malmquistsafety.com/
Extra b-roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf1_T4ruZ68
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