Captain Starts a Nose Dive / China Airlines Flight 006

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A Boeing 747 starts nose diving towards the Pacific Ocean. China Airlines Flight 006 is cruising normally towards California when the crew thinks an engine has failed. While trying to restart the engine, the captain doesn't notice a continuous bank to the right and the plane enters a nose dive. Were the crew able to regain control of the plane? Find out in this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by FightCamp (http://joinfightcamp.com/blackboxdown) HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown14 and use code blackboxdown14) and SoloStove (http://solostove.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Black Box Down Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.6	February 19th, 1985. China Airlines Flight 006, a Boeing 747 with 274 people on board,
1:15.6	is on route on a Trans-Pacific flight from Taipei, Taiwan to Los Angeles, California.
1:20.3	The trip is largely uneventful, and the aircraft is about 300 miles west of San Francisco.
1:25.5	After passing through some turbulence, the flight engineer begins to notice that the number 4 engine
1:30.0	doesn't seem to be responding, and has possibly flamed out.
1:32.8	The crew begins troubleshooting the engine, and in the process, the first officer informs the captain,
1:38.1	the plane debuts to be banking to the right. The captain disables the autopilot,
1:42.2	and the plane immediately becomes uncontrollable. The plane rolls right, goes into a deep bank,
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