Heading Towards A Disaster | Flying Blind | Mayday: Air Disaster

PART 1 | This is the story of what happens when the computers fail and the pilots are left Flying Blind in the dark. This reveals flaws in the computer systems that remained hidden throughout the aircraft's history and how a simple error can a lack of training can bring a giant and complex airliner to a fatal end.

Aeroperu Flight 603 bound from Lima, Peru to Santiago, Chile is a lightly loaded night flight. All appears to be normal as they leave the runway but as soon as they take off, the pilots notice a confusing set of alarms and instrument indications. The computer sounds an Overspeed warning followed by a stall warning stating that the plane is travelling too slow. The crew become confident of the tower's altitude readings and ignore the ground proximity warning when it appears again. Fooled by the false confirmation of their altitude and unable to see in the dark, the crew crash the plane into the ocean.

Don't forget to check back on our channel for part two on Wednesday! Do you think if the pilots listened to the computer readings for the second time, the outcome would have been different?

From Season 1 Episode 4 "Flying Blind": This is the story of what happens when the computers fail and the pilots are left Flying Blind in the dark. All appears normal on Aeroperu Flight 603 as they leave the runway to go to Santiago, Chile but as soon as they take off, the pilots notice a confusing set of alarms and instrument indications. The computer sounds like an Overspeed warning followed by a stall warning. After several mixed readings, the crew become confident and ignore any other warnings. Fooled by previous false information and unable to see in the dark, the crew crash the plane into the ocean.

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