Unqualified Pilots Crash Plane / Aeroflot Flight 821

Black Box Down

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The captain and first officer get overwhelmed and crash the airplane. Aeroflot Flight 821 is approaching its destination when the two pilots get confused and overwhelmed. The captain is underqualified and neither pilot is very familiar with the plane they are flying. How did two unqualified pilots be left in charge of this flight? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown14 and use code blackboxdown14) ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.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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1:07.4	September 14th, 2008. AiraFlaught Flight 821, aboing 737 with 88 people on board,
1:14.4	is preparing to land in Perm, Russia after a two-hour flight from Moscow. While approaching
1:19.1	the Perm airport, aircraft has a last minute change in their approach pattern.
1:22.7	The captain seems upset and exchanges some turswords with the air traffic controller.
1:26.4	The controller asks the crew if everything is okay because they keep missing turns and begin climbing
1:30.7	when they should be descending. The crew becomes overwhelmed with the landing procedure,
1:34.5	and the first officer can no longer control the plane.
1:36.8	He asks the captain to take over, but the captain refuses, stating that he can't do it either.
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