The true-story crash of American Airlines flight 965 was a horrific tragedy, but one that I've found morbidly-fascinating, in part due to the factors involved; but mostly due to how quickly the human error "bullet theory" came into effect as displayed-- as the flight went from completely normal and in control, to total disarray/chaos in the span of a few minutes.
FastForward this actors'-recreation video, from 20:10min - 21:50 minutes in, and watch the most dramatic two minutes of the event.
The recreation is absolutely amazing. What on Earth could it have been like to experience THAT kind of terror... to see a mountain rushing up at you at over 400mph? I don't think Spielberg/Lucas or anyone else could ever even touch that, for horror!
The biggest tragedy of all, in a string of egregious human errors, was that the pilots forgot that they had the spoilers (airbrakes) extended when they made the final desperate climb to avoid the mountain. The aircraft was a Boeing 757-223, which is essentially the Corvette of modern commercial aircraft... if unimpeded, it could've cleared the mountain with ease from their starting point. However, the deployed spoilers severely hindered speed/lift (which is exactly what they're designed to do), and the ship never made it. So sad. So well captured here. I'm just in awe of the job done, so thought I'd post.
FastForward this actors'-recreation video, from 20:10min - 21:50 minutes in, and watch the most dramatic two minutes of the event.
The recreation is absolutely amazing. What on Earth could it have been like to experience THAT kind of terror... to see a mountain rushing up at you at over 400mph? I don't think Spielberg/Lucas or anyone else could ever even touch that, for horror!
The biggest tragedy of all, in a string of egregious human errors, was that the pilots forgot that they had the spoilers (airbrakes) extended when they made the final desperate climb to avoid the mountain. The aircraft was a Boeing 757-223, which is essentially the Corvette of modern commercial aircraft... if unimpeded, it could've cleared the mountain with ease from their starting point. However, the deployed spoilers severely hindered speed/lift (which is exactly what they're designed to do), and the ship never made it. So sad. So well captured here. I'm just in awe of the job done, so thought I'd post.
