[5/6] Arrow Air Flight 1285 (S11E03) - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

Split Decision : On 12 December 1985, a charter flight carrying the 101st Airborne Division as Arrow Air Flight 1285 stalled and crashed just seconds after taking off from Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada. All 256 people aboard the aircraft die.

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Film & Animation

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• Air Crash Investigation
• Mayday
• S11E03
• Split Decision
• Arrow Air
• Flight 1285
• Season 11
• Episode 3
• Mayday (TV Series)
• Part 5

[Darthbelal]

@acenace24 a bomb on board that aircraft would've caused some debris to have been trailed behind that plane as that airliner went down. Investigators found no such debris....

[turricaned]

The general rule with air accident investigation is that there are several grades of "quality" when it comes to evidence. Flight recorder data is the top grade, closely followed by wreckage disposition. Eyewitness evidence is quite a way down the list for very good reason. If someone is presenting a case with eyewitness testimony primarily underpinning it (as in the case of the explosive theory), then IMO it's time to be sceptical.

[pivotkid85]

if the scene from part one was true (the air traffic controller watching the flight take-off until it crashed), then this case would've been a piece of cake. and if there was an explosion, the guy would've seen it.

[pivotkid85]

2:33 wow thats the first time i've seen military hostages

[CFITOMAHAWK]

For your info. Evidence of compressor stalls on engines was found. Compressor stalls are due to too high AOA which comes from the pilot pulling like hell on control column in panic 09:06. Everyday airplanes take off with some overload or ice. But only the most brave pilot does the take off. Not all can do it. Pilots CANNOT Panic Pull, that will fuck up any take off even not overloaded or no ice. I was called by Arrow in 1983 via my resume in a Pilot hire agency but I hate jet lag and refused.

[CFITOMAHAWK]

@whoohaaXL They knew they were overloaded but most American pilots are not Spin trained or were not trained to push nose down at low altitude. They probably went into a panic due to longer time to reach Vr, rotated too much, forgot to raise gear, forgot to add some more flaps and kept pulling to stall. Temp was very low and 12,000 pounds over out of 300,000 pound airplane is not big deal, specially at low density alt. take off with enough runway. Cargo pilots do that very often.

[battwann88]

ALL existing pilots should be made to watch ACI episodes so they don't make the same silly mistakes their predecessors did.

[whoohaaXL]

I can't believe these supposed "Well Trained" Pilots can't even recover from a stall. I mean, It was close to the ground but....to pull the nose up when a plane is not getting lift? Un-fathomable. It's a basic rule to put the nose down and increase power during a stall. If I see one more ACI episode where a pilot fucks up during a stall, I'm gonna be wicked pissed.

[Treblaine]

Dumbass conspiracy theorists 

[ssambros]

@turricaned someone was looking for some cheap fame speculating on a tragedy

[Homerard]

@acenace24 Aircraft are made of extremely high quality materials, and have to pass rigorous inspections. The statement "it's not like planes out of tough materials" is untrue. Aircraft are designed to withstand up to 2X their normal operating capacity.

YES, an aircraft would possibly disintegrate in mid-air due to a bomb, but NO, it's not because they are made from "poor qualtiy materials".

[Saitothesushi]

@acenace24 Thats only true to a certain extent. If you had a little amount of explosive you could still blow a small hole in the plane with out its totally failing.

[acenace24]

An explosion probably wouldve caused the plane to fall apart mid-air, its not like planes are made out of tough materials