American Airline commercial post 9\11

American Airlines DC - 10 flight 191 crash

The crew of American Airlines Flight 1420 is warned about crosswinds from a thunderstorm during approach to Little Rock National Airport but they attempt to land instead of diverting to another airport. Due to their impatience to get to the airport, during their pre-landing checks the crew forget to preset the spoilers to extend automatically when the aircraft touches down. The MD-82 overshoots the runway and eleven people are killed.

The crew of American Airlines Flight 1420 is warned about crosswinds from a thunderstorm during approach to Little Rock National Airport but they attempt to land instead of diverting to another airport. Due to their impatience to get to the airport, during their pre-landing checks the crew forget to preset the spoilers to extend automatically when the aircraft touches down. The MD-82 overshoots the runway and eleven people are killed.

Just five minutes before its scheduled arrival, the plane went down in the Andes, in the first fatal 757 incident in U.S. history and, at the time, the worst U.S. air disaster since the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 seven years before. Four passengers and a dog survived the crash. This is the Discovery Channel investigation

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A American Airline MD80 did an emergency landing at LR Airport due to smoke in the cockpit. Watch this news report.