Air Crash Investigations
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Air Crash Investigations
On July 17 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slid off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport, Sao Paulo, and crashed at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a filling station and exploded. A total of 199 people aboard the plane and on the ground were killed. Aviation and engineering experts investigate to uncover what went wrong to cause such a catastrophe.
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Air Crash Investigations
On 16 August 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 flew through a thunderstorm. Shortly after, the pilots reported that both engines had failed and a few minutes later the plane crashed into a cattle farm in Venezuela, killing all 152 passengers and eight crew on board. Aviation engineers and experts investigated and made the shocking discovery that there were no faults with the engines and pilot error was solely to blame for this tragedy. What mistakes were made by the pilots that ultimately led to this catastrophe?