Unlocking Disaster Part 4 - Air crash investigation/Mayday

A Boeing 747 operating as United Airlines Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Auckland is above the Pacific Ocean when part of the RH forward fuselage rips off. An electrical short circuit caused the cargo door lock mechanism to fail and the cargo door was blown open by the force of the cabin pressurization. Nine people are ejected from the aircraft; some are still strapped to their seats. The Boeing 747 safely lands at Honolulu without any more loss of life.

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[pistonsrule50]

the parent should join the NTSB. they r the type of ppl for it. they r smart enough to find out wat happen and the most important, they r honest

[RixceU]

McDonnell Douglas had pretty bad lock systems on the DC-10 cargo doors in the beginning as well.

[krazytyme]

I'll never understand outward opening doors on planes. I mean, I get that they allow more room for baggage, but that does not excuse the lessening of safety. More than one accident has been caused because of outward locking door design. I'll never understand why all doors aren't plug doors.

[OghamTheBold]

Lobbying for murder

[publicmail2]

The Campbell s are the real heroes!

[publicmail2]

The Campbells are the real heroes!

[Kaitlynzxk]

U r great lee's father! Brave

[SilviaVra]

Wow this is like the 3rd Episode i watch and the desaster happends beacouse of the bad cargo doors going wrong. What the hell is going bad with those McDonnell Douglas company....Dosn't he undesratand that pepole dies from his stupid mistakes that he's not fixing .. !!!!

[scottandmonica]

ONLY THE NTSB KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAVE TOLD US "PORKIES"!!!. This brave dad showed that they were hiding the truth and he achieved that because he was already an engineer. We are not engineers so WHO KNOWS the number of times they have hidden thing!. M.

[ebonyloveivory]

See. This is what happens when they go for profits instead of safety. When will these companies ever learn?!