Refusing To Learn From Mistakes / The Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Tragedy

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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A DC-10 suffers explosive decompression while climbing to cruising altitude. Turkish Airlines Flight 981 has a cargo door burst open while climbing. This was not the first time this exact situation has occured, but safety recommendations were not implemented to prevent this from happening a second time. What is the fate of this flight? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by Fundrise (http://fundrise.com/blackboxdown) BetterHelp (http://betterhelp.com/blackboxdown) and HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown16 and use code blackboxdown16) 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	March 3rd, 1974. Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonald's Douglas DC 10 with 346 people on board,
1:15.7	is taken off from Paris's Orally Airport, bound for London's Heathrow Airport.
1:20.4	The normally empty flight is filled to the brim with passengers due to a strike affecting some
1:24.4	British airlines. Due to the extra passengers, the flight takes off 30 minutes late and begins climbing
1:29.2	in an easterly direction before turning north. The flight is clear to flight level 2-3-0,
1:33.9	but when crossing through about 10,000 feet, the plane suffers from explosive decompression.
1:38.7	The crew struggles to control the plane, but the plane slams into the ground, killing all on board.
1:43.2	Shockingly, this is not the first time a DC-10 has suffered this type of decompression.
1:47.9	How did the steadily-floss slip through the cracks? Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.
1:55.4	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown. It's Gus and Chris. Good morning, Chris. Good morning.
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