The Plane that Couldn't Land | Avianca 052

🟢 Did you like this video? Support the channel and get exclusive perks on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/GreenDotAviation Follow me! 👇✈️👇 https://discord.gg/w7bZWQARJv https://www.instagram.com/greendot_aviation/ https://twitter.com/Green_Dot_Av ---- January, 1990 It’s a hectic evening at New York’s JFK airport. Storms are closing in, and controllers are scrambling to land as many aircraft as possible, while they still can. Stuck in a holding pattern to the south of the airport, is a Boeing 707, operated by Colombian flag carrier Avianca. Inside, its 149 passengers are anxious to get down. But as the minutes tick on, the plane begins to run dangerously low on fuel. What you’re about to watch is not a story about fuel, or weather, or air traffic control. It’s a story about people, and how they react - and don’t react - when pushed, to the edge. This is the story of Avianca flight 52. ------ Final Report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/accidentreports/reports/aar9104.pdf Video mentioned at the end of the episode: https://youtu.be/1aHLVpcumxw?si=eVosHZcjqZZePSzg ---- 00:00 Intro 01:03 Flight and Crew Background 02:52 Where is George? 03:50 Fuel 05:45 Flight 052 departs 07:58 Looking ahead 11:27 Hold on a minute 13:55 Onwards and downwards 19:57 Options narrowing 25:40 Finally, Approach 28:56 Special procedures 32:05 Final Approach 37:50 Disaster postponed 39:10 Circling back 45:17 Double trouble 46:58 Silent glide 48:29 Lessons and Changes ---- Music licensed through Musicbed and Epidemic Sound: MB01XTENMR2FBWP -------