Mayday - Season 5 Episode 9 : Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)

0:00:00 / 00:46:26
HD
Download
Watch Now
Mayday - Season 5 Episode 9 : Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
7.7/10 by 3 users
Title:Mayday - Season 5 Episode 9 : Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
Air Date: 2008-06-04
Season Number: 5
Episodes Number: 9
Guest Stars: Hrant Alianak (Captain Erdem), Jorge Molina (First Officer Gergin), Sam Tabar (Relief Pilot Evrenesoglu), Francisco Trujillo Avalos-Davidson (Santo Domingo Controller), Philip Shepherd (Robert MacIntosh Jr.), Sam Kalibar (Enmanuel Souffront), Santiago García (Maintenance Technician), Frank Longo (Flight Simulator Pilot)
Stars: Stephen Bogaert (Self - Narrator (voice)),
Overview
On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain finds that his airspeed indicator (ASI) is not reading properly, though the co-pilot's ASI is showing the correct speed; the aircraft subsequently crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots became confused and believed that both ASIs were malfunctioning, leading to loss of control of the aircraft. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers died. The cause of the disaster was believed to be a wasp that built a nest in one of the aircraft's pitot tubes, which was incorrectly left uncovered during the aircraft's extended stay at Puerto Plata airport.
Seasons List