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Go to https://brilliant.org/MentourPILOT/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. ----------------------------------------------------- As a pilot, there are a few situations you hope you’ll never EVER have to encounter and one of them is the total loss of controls of your aircraft, with no checklist to help you solve it. This is going to be a bone chilling account of one of the most consequential aviation accidents in modern history but it’s also a story of airmanship and a willingness to keep flying the aircraft, no matter what! Stay tuned! ----------------------------------------------------- If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot Our Connections: 👉🏻 Exclusive Mentour Merch: https://mentour-crew.creator-spring.com/? 👉🏻 Our other channel: youtube.com/mentournow 👉🏻 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot 👉🏻 BOSE Aviation: https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Social: 👉🏻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MentourPilot 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot 👉🏻 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MenTourPilot 👉🏻 Discord server: https://discord.gg/JntGWdn ----------------------------------------------------- Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Final Report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0201.pdf Aircraft Used: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 FLY THE MADDOG X EXPANSION MD-83/88 MSFS by LEONARDO SOFTWARE https://secure.simmarket.com/leonardo-software-house-srl-fly-the-maddog-x-md-83-and-md-88-msfs.phtml DC-9: Cory W. Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9#/media/File:NWA_DC-9_(278668845).jpg MD-81: EK056 https://aerocorner.com/aircraft/mcdonnell-douglas-md-81/ MD-82: skybrary.aero https://www.skybrary.aero/aircraft/md82 MD-88: GeorgeM757 https://aerocorner.com/aircraft/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88/ Boeing 717: AEMoreira042281 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_717#/media/File:Delta_Air_Lines_Boeing_717-2BD_N966AT.jpg McDonnell Douglas Factory: Piergiuliano Chesi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas#/media/File:McDonnell_Douglas_Long_Beach_08.jpg Alaska Airlines: exploredesign https://www.exploredesign.com/wp-content/uploads/20181026-as-mcg-akair1677.jpg Crash Site: KC Alfred https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-BOUND-JET-PLUNGES-INTO-SEA-88-FEARED-DEAD-3239934.php#photo-2386028 Crash Site 2: MSNBC https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-BOUND-JET-PLUNGES-INTO-SEA-88-FEARED-DEAD-3239934.php#photo-2211489 Site 3: Bryan Chan / AP Photo https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F-BOUND-JET-PLUNGES-INTO-SEA-88-FEARED-DEAD-3239934.php#photo-2211489 ----------------------------------------------------- CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Pitch control 03:46 - The Mechanics 07:21 - Maintenance 11:54 - The previous crew 13:42 - Climbing 17:45 - Contacting maintenance 20:51 - Troubleshooting the problem 24:04 - Holy s**t! 29:17 - Unloading the aircraft 32:54 - “At least upside down we’re flying“ 37:45 - A hero