Aeroperu Flight 603 crash (1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQRfnXBBPGE
The most hillarious series of fuckups and misunderstandings leading to a leisurely descent into the ocean at night.
Simplified:
> maintenance team does a paintjob
> forgets to remove masking tape from sensors
> pilot does not notice
> night flight over the ocean
> sensor is erratic and then gets stuck at 9700 feet and 370 knots
> crew decides to return to airport
> throttle too low due to confusion
> backup (radar) altimeter starts going crazy with warnings
> crew asks tower for altitude
> tower is receiving altitude from the airplane and the controller does not know it
> trust the controller
> listen to "too low, terrain" for a few minutes
> do nothing
> bounce of the water and crash
♡ i identify as an eldritch horror beyond human comprehension ♡
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