Blown Apart Part 3 - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

Blown Apart Part 3 - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

In September 1989, a Partnair Convair 580 plunged into the sea just off the coast of Denmark killing all 55 people on board. Due to the use of non-genuine spare parts, the bolts joining the tail section to the fuselage failed in flight leading to a catastrophic structural failure.

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• In
• September
• 1989
• Partnair
• Convair
• 580
• plunged
• into
• the
• sea
• just
• off
• coast
• of
• Denmark
• killing
• all
• 55
• people
• on
• board
• Due
• to
• use
• non
• genuine
• spare
• parts
• bolts
• joining
• tail
• section
• fuselage
• failed
• in
• flight
• leading
• catastrophic
• structural
• failure

[ilovetogofast88]

It's amazing how the littlest things can lead to dire consequences

[777jonah888]

Yes he is the usual narrator on Discovery in North America. Different countries have their own narrators. I think this guy is the best. Much better than the English guy.

[simpsonfan13]

@hctee this is in case one of the pilots hand slips and on a multi-engine plane, this can lead to accidental push one throttle to far forward and not the other one. look up "asymmetrical thrust" to see why on take off that would be bad..

[tregino]

being a Brit . i prefer the British narrators voice. but its a good series and the

[md65000]

@hctee & @akienwareguy They mentioned this on another one of these programs (AA Flt. 191 I think) and it seemed like it was just a matter of tradition, like a camaraderie in the cockpit sort of thing.

[alienwareguy]

@hctee One of the other episodes showed the same thing, they said that it is a precautionary measure so that if the pilot has a heart attack or something similar then the co-pilot's hand will stop the pilots hand from pulling the throttle back suddenly... also if it is a rough take-off then this helps having 2 hands.

I'm sure thats what they said but yeah :P

[hctee]

why do both pilots have to push the throttle forward? or at least, one of them does it and one of them seems to cover it, ready to do something.

[tommyrjensen]

Sounds a bit like a Canadian accent?

[lepper24dudes]

I think he is also the Narrator of the fist season of Mayday.