Engine Falls Off During Takeoff / American Airlines Flight 191

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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An engine falls off an airplane as it is taking off. American Airlines Flight 191 has just reached takeoff speed when the engine falls off the airplane. What caused the engine to leave the aircrat and what happened to this flight? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by LiquidIV (http://liquidiv.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Burrow (http://burrow.com/blackboxdown) and The Jordan Harbinger Show (http://jordanharbinger.com/start) 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	May 25, 1979. American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonald Douglas DC-10 with 271 people on board,
1:15.6	is taking off from Chicago's O'Hare Airport for a flight to Los Angeles's LAX Airport.
1:20.7	Immediately after takeoff, the crew experiences a failure in their number one engine.
1:24.5	The crew goes through their checklists and attempts to climb in order to gain altitude.
1:28.0	The DC-10 begins rolling to the left and crashes back into the ground,
1:31.6	hitting a hanger on the airport property and killing all on board as well as two people on the ground.
1:36.6	The entire flight lasted less than 50 seconds. What caused this engine to fail?
1:41.0	Why did the plane crash when it should have been flyable with two other working engines?
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