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Air Crash Investigation: Flying Blind

Mayday (2003)

Documentary, Crime, Drama, Historical | Canada, France, UK

Director: Gary Lang

National Geo | Tuesday, 9 August 2022 | 18:00

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Tuesday, 9 August 2022 18:00

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 23:00

Thursday, 28 April 2022 18:00

Thursday, 13 January 2022 16:00

Sunday, 9 January 2022 14:00

Rating: 8.2/10

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 3 - Flying Blind

SYNOPSIS

Aeroperu flight 603 takes off from Lima at night but its airspeed and altitude indicators malfunction and the Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific west of Peru on October 2nd 1996 killing all 70 souls on board. Official Cause: Maintenance failure. The aircraft's three static ports were obstructed by masking tape.

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Writer: Gary Lang

Producer: Jenny Apostal, Andre Barro

Narrator: David Bamber, Stephen Bogaert

RUNTIME: 46 min

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