Air Crash Investigations - A Wounded Bird

On 21 August 1995, the left-side engine on Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 partly tore itself from its mounting creating excessive drag which caused the aircraft to fall out of the sky killing nine people. A propeller, damaged by metal fatigue, caused the initial engine failure.
Type of aircraft: Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia.
Cause of disaster: Faulty maintenance, Metal fatigue in the propeller.

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[SharpAceMedia]

@mcmlxvi Too much pressure on thier minds that they forget =\

[mcmlxvi]

They should have dumped the fuel before the impact.

[Marmalade624]

nice, thanks for the upload