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00:00V-1, rotate.
00:03As Air Algerie Flight 6289 lifts off from Tamanrassit, Algeria,
00:09Gear up.
00:10Air traffic controllers hear an explosion.
00:21The plane crashes into the desert.
00:24102 people are killed.
00:28Investigators examine engine debris found on the runway.
00:32Looks like there's a fatigue crack in the nozzle guideway.
00:35They know an engine failed, but not why the pilots couldn't recover.
00:40Pilots are expected to fly out of a situation either on takeoff or landing where they've lost an engine.
00:46The investigation reveals a crew that was struggling, not with the plane.
00:51Let go. Take your hand away.
00:52I let go. I let go.
00:54But with each other.
00:55Which one of them is actually flying the plane?
01:20It's early afternoon in the middle of the Sahara Desert in Algeria.
01:25The crew of Flight 6289 readies for its upcoming journey at the remote Tamanrassid-Aguenar Airport.
01:36Seatbelts. Seatbelts.
01:39There are 97 passengers on board.
01:43Among them, members of the local football team headed to a tournament and military personnel.
01:49Seatbelts. Seatbelts.
01:50Though there are some European nationals, almost everyone on board is Algerian.
02:06Now the instrument transfer switches. Normal.
02:13In the cockpit, preflight checks are underway.
02:17Your damper. On.
02:22Today's flight is operated by Air Algerie, a state-owned national carrier.
02:28Air Algerie is a publicly owned company that is owned by the country of Algeria.
02:33The country takes a lot of pride in this particular airline because it is the face name of the country
02:43as it goes all around the world.
02:486289, you're casting latest weather.
02:50Yes, the wind is calm. Temperature 23. Q&H 1020. QFE 965.
02:58Copy. We'll call you back for engine start.
03:0244-year-old Fatima Yousfi is the first officer of this flight.
03:07She is Algeria's first female commercial pilot.
03:12The female first officer was one of the first women to be hired in an airline in Algeria, which would
03:20be a big deal in such a male-dominated field, especially in that country.
03:25As the first woman to pilot a Boeing 747 trans-oceanic flight, Lynn Ripplemeyer knows what it's like to blaze
03:33a trail.
03:37Aviation was then and still is, in some cases, a boys' club.
03:44Back in the beginning of when women were initially beginning in aviation here in the States, maybe it's like it
03:52was for her, that it was unusual.
03:59Taman Rasset, 6289. We request clearance for Khardaya.
04:04Received. We will call you back.
04:10Hey, Bualam.
04:11Hey.
04:12We've got some Taman Rasset football players back there.
04:15Oh. Tell them we're rooting for them this weekend.
04:1948-year-old captain Bualem Benawicha has over 10,000 flying hours.
04:241,000 of those hours are on the Boeing 737.
04:28The captain was highly experienced, had been flying for over 20 years and then flown all kinds of aircraft from
04:34small aircraft to large jetliners.
04:386289 Taman Rasset.
04:40Go.
04:41Start approved. Call back for taxi.
04:43Roger.
04:46At 3 p.m., the pilots get clearance to start up the engines.
04:52Okay, before I start checklist. Fuel quantity.
04:569,800 kg.
04:59Pumps.
05:02On.
05:05Flight 6289 is a Boeing 737-200, an early generation of the popular twin-engine jetliner.
05:15The Boeing 737 is one of the most common types of commercial airliners in the world, and there are different
05:22variations of it.
05:24The Boeing 737-200 is an original version of the 737, so it's an older model, and it's not as
05:33highly sophisticated in technology as the current 737s.
05:42Flight 6289 will be departing from Taman Rasset, with a scheduled stop in Gardaia, and then on to the capital,
05:51Algiers.
05:51The total flying time is approximately 3 hours.
06:01That is taxi, Air Algerie, 6289.
06:066289 Taman Rasset. Taxi onto runway 02, and backtrack, wind 030 at 10 knots.
06:14Roger.
06:15Taxing for runway 02, then backtracking, 6289.
06:21As they taxi to the runway, passengers settle in for the journey.
06:39We are ready, 6289.
06:446289 Taman Rasset, cleared for takeoff runway 02, wind 330 at 12 knots.
06:49Clear for takeoff on runway 02 at SGD 6289.
07:03You have 90 knots.
07:05100 knots.
07:07Elise.
07:22V1.
07:24Rotate.
07:29But, seconds after takeoff…
07:32Gear up a loud explosion rocks the airplane
07:43What's going on the pilots assess the situation? Let's go. Let's go. I let go. I let go
07:53Passengers sense something has gone wrong
07:58We have a small problem 62 89
08:05The 737 is approaching a stall
08:1562 89 are you in emergency?
08:31The pilots make desperate attempts to recover the aircraft
08:36But their efforts are in vain the plane goes into a freefall
08:42The passengers brace themselves
08:53The plane bursts into flames and skids across the desert just outside Tamanrasset Airport
09:02Emergency response is immediately activated and firefighters rush to the scene
09:15The impact and fire that ensued afterwards made survival very unlikely for the passengers in the aircraft
09:23But then against all odds rescuers discover a survivor
09:30Not within the wreckage but lying in the distant sand clinging to life a
09:35A gentleman seated all the way in the back that didn't have a seat belt on so when the airplane
09:41crashed and broke apart
09:42He was thrown free
09:45He shows only faint signs of life as an ambulance rushes him to hospital in critical condition
09:53Defying all expectations the man's condition soon stabilizes and he begins to recover
09:59This passenger's luck cannot be overstated in what was algeria's worst aviation accident at the time
10:09He is the sole survivor out of 103 passengers and crew
10:14While the country mourns the tragic loss of a football squad
10:19Algerian and french families grieve their loved ones and soon demand answers
10:29The investigation into the crash of flight 6289 is conducted by a commission of inquiry
10:37established by the algerian ministry of transport
10:41They receive support from several international agencies
10:45including the ntsb
10:47America's national transportation safety board
10:51I was the u.s accredited representative for this accident to assist the algerians initially
10:56I wasn't going to travel to the scene however the u.s ambassador to algeria requested our assistance
11:05While algerian investigators await the arrival of their american colleagues they interview the taman rasset air traffic controller
11:16Did the pilots indicate that there was an issue
11:21The first officer called only seconds after takeoff
11:27We have a small problem 6289
11:30Pilots typically are hesitant to call mayday mayday or
11:35Announce some type of emergency particularly if they really don't know what the situation and the critical nature of the
11:44situation is
11:46And what was the problem they didn't say but I heard something that
11:52Sounded like an explosion
11:54Seconds later the plane was falling out of the sky
11:59You said an explosion that's what it sounded like
12:05Like a bomb
12:10Couldn't say
12:15So in 2003 algeria was not the safest place there was bombings and terrorist activities because they were coming out
12:21of 11 years of civil war
12:26When the plane fell was it in one piece yes it was
12:32Investigators found the airplane intact there are no claims of responsibility by terrorists
12:38So it pretty much ruled out that there was some type of nefarious means to bring the aircraft down
12:44Can you describe how the plane fell
12:48It was
12:50Nose up and crashed near the threshold of runway 20
12:57The controller and other witnesses saw that the airplane was struggling to climb had a nose-high pitch attitude
13:05And then impact the ground
13:09Eyewitnesses recall that the plane struggled to gain enough lift to remain airborne an indication it was in a stall
13:18One week after the incident algerian investigators are joined by a member of the ntsb
13:27The air traffic controller and witnesses described seeing a stall and one witness remarked that the landing there was down
13:36If the landing gear is still down while the aircraft is trying to climb it creates a lot of drag
13:43on that airplane
13:44It takes a lot of thrust and a lot of power to maintain the climb to overcome all that drag
13:50from the landing gear
13:52That would affect a plane's ability to climb but
13:55That alone wouldn't cause a stall
13:57That has to mean something else
14:00Do you have to load sheets?
14:01Yes right here
14:04One of the big questions is about the aircraft weight because if you're too heavy
14:08You won't climb as well as if you're within the weight envelope
14:14Investigators review the plane's load sheet to see if the plane was overweight before takeoff
14:20Looks like the first officer made some corrections here
14:24While reviewing the load sheet the first officer notices the fuel weight is wrong
14:30And changes it from 8800 kilograms to the correct amount of 9800 kilograms
14:42So with those corrections the way to take off would have been
14:4648,708 kilograms and the maximum weight allowed at takeoff would be 49,500 kilograms
14:54The first officer noticed that there was a thousand kilo difference and the passenger count was a little bit off
15:01Which didn't make a whole lot of difference in the overall weight and balance
15:05But did show that she was very attentive in her duties
15:09The aircraft weight was right up against the maximum takeoff weight even though it was heavy
15:14The aircraft weight shouldn't have affected the performance too much
15:18What mechanical failure?
15:21I'll get the maintenance reports
15:26Investigators make sure that the maintenance is clean and the aircraft has a clean bill of health prior to the
15:31flight
15:36It was up to date in its maintenance cycle
15:39No work deferred no technical exemptions
15:42The maintenance reports provide no leads
15:46Maybe there was an environmental factor at play
15:51Take a look at this
15:53Did the location of the airport have something to do with the stall?
15:59Temperature's 23 degrees celsius, so it's hot
16:03Tamara set is in a harsh desert climate and the high temperatures can affect the aircraft performance and climb
16:10And the airport sits at 4518 feet above sea level
16:15At this altitude the air is already thin if you factor in the heat
16:20It's high density altitude that affects the performance of the airplane
16:26So it's generating much less lift over the wings so it takes longer to get the airplane airborne
16:33So just a few pounds below max takeoff weight high elevation airport
16:37High temperature landing gear extended
16:41That could definitely cause a plane to stall
16:43But that doesn't explain the explosion right
16:48What are we missing?
16:56Investigators study the crash site of flight 6289 for evidence that could explain the explosion heard seconds after takeoff
17:06So the first point of impact is here
17:145396 feet from the takeoff point
17:17Skidded through the airport perimeter fence across the road and came to rest here less than 300 feet outside of
17:25the airport
17:34Planes destroyed by the fire the main wreckage is practically in one piece
17:38Except for the rear section
17:40And look at this debris
17:43This was on the runway right about here
17:48Engine debris
17:52On the runway we found a large quantity of engine debris which is indicative of an engine shelling
17:57When a large quantity of engine blades are thrown out the back end of an engine
18:04It's an old adage in accident investigation what fails first falls first
18:12So if they find debris prior to finding the wreckage then they know that happened prior to the accident
18:18So one of the engines blew out that must have been the explosion the controller hurt
18:24What caused the engine failure?
18:29We needed to get our eyes on those engines to determine which failed and why it failed
18:35Investigators begin a visual inspection of the plane's engines starting with the right one
18:41Take a look at the fan blades
18:45Heavy deformation
18:47It was definitely rotating at the time of impact
18:51On the right engine we showed that it was turning at impact
18:54We don't know what exactly what level of thrust it was rotating at
19:00If the right engine was operating on impact then did the left engine fail
19:10These turbine blades have far fewer deformations than the right engine looks like it was barely moving
19:17The hot section is completely torn apart
19:21In an engine's hot section fuel is ignited in a combustion chamber generating a powerful stream of hot air that
19:29spins the turbine blades
19:33The damage is evidence that the left engine failed
19:37We knew that the failure was in the hot section so we had to follow every lead that we could
19:42to determine where the failure occurred
19:51There's a bunch of blades missing from the hot section
19:55The missing pieces are most likely the debris that we found on the runway
19:59We found that the hot section was basically corncobbed as we say
20:04There was not many blades left in the hot section and there was metal all over the place
20:10What caused the blades to break?
20:13Let's get some of these parts out on the table
20:16And we wanted to further tear down the engine
20:19We wanted to look at the failures under the microscope
20:21We wanted to look at the metallurgical aspects of the failure
20:24We wanted to look to see if there was a bird strike
20:28Investigators begin by examining components from the hot section in search of pre-existing defects
20:36Managed to remove the sediment from the nozzle vein
20:45Nozzle guide vanes direct the hot air flow in the combustion chamber to the blades of the high-pressure turbine
20:52causing them to spin
20:59Nozzle guide vanes direct the hot section in the nozzle guide vanes
21:14Looks like there's a fatigue crack in the nozzle guide vanes
21:19Investigators find evidence of fatigue cracks in two of the left engine's nozzle guide vanes
21:26This type of cracking occurs over time and as the engine ages
21:30These cracks get slightly larger and and eventually they will fail and it will destroy the entire engine
21:38If this was a progressive failure why wasn't it caught earlier
21:44This type of cracking is typical of an older engine and it's a progressive failure
21:49So that gets us into the question of what was the maintenance history?
21:52What was the inspection criteria that was used by the operator?
21:57Investigators look into the engine's repair history
22:02It looks like the left engine was completely overhauled four years ago
22:07When would have been the last time they looked at the nozzle guide vanes?
22:10During the hot section maintenance inspection, which was last year
22:15Any mention of cracking? Any work done on any of them?
22:21Inspections of the hot section are meant to catch fatigue cracks
22:25So why weren't these found?
22:28Since this was an Algerian registered aircraft it falls under the authority of the Algerian civil aviation authority
22:35For oversight of the inspection, not the faa which typically has more stringent requirements
22:42The crack formed at some point it was missed during the inspection last year
22:47It grew and grew until point of failure and then blew out at takeoff
22:51That explains why the engine failed
22:54Not why the plane stalled
22:57Pilots are expected to demonstrate their ability to fly out of a situation either on takeoff or landing where they've
23:05lost an engine
23:07Investigators examine the crew's training records to determine if they knew how to handle a single engine failure on takeoff
23:17The first officer's last exercise in engine failure during takeoff was four months ago
23:22The captain's training was even more recent only two months before the crash they both should have known what to
23:27do in this situation
23:31They've got the airplane veering to the left
23:35There's no way they didn't know that engine failed
23:39So what did they actually do?
23:46Investigators prepare to listen to the cockpit voice recorder from Air Algerie flight 6289
23:54It was very important for us to listen to the CVR to determine how the pilots dealt with this engine
23:59failure
24:00Got it queued up to right before takeoff
24:05V1
24:07Rotate
24:15Get up
24:16Gear up
24:19They hear the sound of the engine failing five seconds after takeoff
24:25Bismillah what's going on
24:29Let go let go
24:30I let go I let go
24:35They transferred control in the middle of an emergency
24:38That didn't even sound like a proper transfer
24:41He just took the controls
24:43For another pilot to take control
24:46From the pilot who is flying the pilot needs to say I've got it
24:51Taking control of the airplane
24:53Without saying he was taking control made things worse for him and for the first officer
24:58The captain is the pilot monitoring he shouldn't be taking over he should be diagnosing the problem
25:04So to either of them identify a left engine failure
25:09After handing over control to the captain the first officer realizes they aren't properly configured to climb with only one
25:17engine
25:20Get up or are we okay
25:22But there's no response from the captain
25:27We have a small problem 6289
25:296289
25:33Just seconds after the engine failure the situation deteriorates as the plane begins to stall
25:45There are no attempts by the pilots to work together to identify or troubleshoot the problem
25:52Let's go take your hand away. I let go. I let go. Let's go. Take your hand away. Let go
25:59Seconds later the ground proximity warning activates indicating the plane is getting dangerously close to the ground
26:08Please take your hand away
26:11Both pilots really didn't know what the other was doing didn't know what the other expected of them and may
26:17well have been working at cross purposes
26:19And as a result of that the team performance broke down
26:25Don't sink don't sink
26:32I don't hear a single mention of engine failure
26:35And why was he telling her to let go so many times was she trying to take back control of
26:39the plane?
26:40Which one of them is actually flying the plane?
26:43When all is said and done the pilots did not work together without more information from the flight data recorder
26:49We really don't know exactly what they did to control the airplane
26:54Investigators turned to the flight data recorder or FDR from flight 6289
26:59to determine how the pilots tried to recover from the loss of the left engine
27:05Flight data recorders are important to investigators because it gives them information
27:10On how the pilots were operating the airplane and how they were managing the critical situation they were in
27:19Not much here
27:21Older plane older FDR
27:25And it doesn't actually tell us how the pilots were handling the engine failure
27:30Because we only had five parameters on the FDR
27:32We had to go to Boeing and ask for a detailed aircraft performance analysis
27:37To determine what happened on this accident flight
27:43Using the FDR's limited data
27:46Boeing's performance study includes a reconstruction of engine operations and flight controls in the final moments of the flight
27:56So there is the left engine losing its thrust after it blows out
28:02That's odd
28:04The data from the fully functioning right engine shows something unexpected
28:09Look at the thrust from the right engine
28:12Yes, it seems to be going up and down
28:15But we know it was working fine
28:17That can only mean one thing
28:23Bismillah, what's going on?
28:26The team finds evidence of thrust being added to the right engine
28:31Let's go, let's go
28:33And then pulled back
28:34I let go, I let go
28:37When one engine fails
28:39What you need is maximum power on the other engine, not reduce it
28:45So thrust is pulled down, then back up, then down, then back up again
28:53We have a small problem, 6289
28:566289, come at last
29:02Let go
29:06It's as if they were having some sort of a tug of war
29:10It shouldn't have been
29:12The first officer did the right thing by increasing the power of the right engine
29:17What likely happened is that the captain wasn't fully aware of which engine had failed
29:21However, the first officer knew that the left engine had failed
29:26And was trying to push up the throttle on the right engine to keep them from stalling
29:34Let go, take your hand away, I let go, I let go
29:36Let go, take your hand away, let's go, I let go
29:39Don't think, don't think
29:43The captain's basically telling the first officer to get out of his way, to leave him alone
29:49To let him be in charge of the airplane by himself, which he was
29:56Knowing that the left engine had failed, the first officer might have been trying to help things out
30:00by increasing the power on the right engine
30:11The moment the captain reduced the thrust on the right engine and never returned it to takeoff thrust
30:16With the gear down, it doomed the flight
30:22Pilots should have been able to work together to recover the plane
30:25These planes are designed to fly with a team
30:29Pilot flying, pilot not flying
30:31Both have very specific roles that they are trained to do
30:36But especially in emergencies
30:38They stay in their roles, they help each other, they work as a team
30:42And this crash could have been avoided if they would have done that
30:48Why didn't the crew of Air Algerie Flight 6289 work together to prevent the loss of 102 lives
30:59Okay, I'll queue it up to the pre-flight preparations
31:05Investigators returned to the cockpit voice recording of Flight 6289
31:10To understand why there was a lack of coordination between the two pilots
31:16Northern instrument transfer switches
31:19Normal
31:21Your damper
31:23On
31:26They listen as the first officer works through the pre-flight checklist
31:31They're surprised by what they don't hear
31:35Where's the captain?
31:37Is she doing the flight preparation by herself?
31:41I'm sure she's doing the flight
31:42Visualization mode selector
31:44Auto
31:45Okay, flight instruments
31:48We found that the first officer was actually in the cockpit by herself
31:53Conducting most of the pre-flight work without the captain
31:59It's unusual for the captain not to be present during the pre-flight
32:04Because there are responsibilities that the captain has to get his side of the airplane ready
32:10It's just inappropriate for the captain not to be in the cockpit during the pre-flight
32:15And it's actually kind of rude
32:18It's only after the first officer completes the pre-flight preparations that the captain enters the cockpit
32:25The last Q&H 1019
32:281019 roger
32:30Good afternoon captain
32:31How are we looking?
32:33Um, good
32:34I completed the pre-flight checklist
32:36I tested your oxygen and everything is set to go
32:39Good, good
32:43Captain Benwisha is late
32:45Leaving his responsibilities to the first officer
32:48When the captain showed up he was not in the mindset of
32:52Getting brought up to speed or being part of the team of setting the cockpit up for the flight
33:01Heading
33:02Zero two zero
33:04Altitude
33:06Investigators then hear the pilots performing their before start checklist
33:10Two eight zero
33:12You know, I could have been on the team with those boys back there
33:16Give me a break
33:18Who's the third voice?
33:19Flight attendant
33:23The only male flight attendant is the chief flight attendant
33:28Okay, takeoff speeds
33:31As part of the checklist the first officer reviews the takeoff speeds
33:38V1 144 knots
33:42VR 146 knots
33:43You're saying you were good enough to turn pro
33:46Yeah
33:47I was a good footy player
33:49You wanted a scout come watch me play
33:50Yeah, they were scouting you to mow the pitch
33:54Um, V2 150 knots
33:57Okay, that's enough
33:58I understand
33:59Can we go?
34:01I got it, I got it, let's go
34:08So the captain is just carrying on a conversation with his friend
34:10While they're doing their before start checklist
34:13What is even worse is he cuts her off before they could even finish it
34:18One of the most important parts of the information that she was trying to give were the takeoff speeds
34:24And then there should have been a briefing of an engine failure departure
34:31At this airport that was a special departure that needed to be briefed
34:35It was ignored
34:39Did the captain become more focused once they began to taxi?
34:44Roger, taxiing for runway is zero two
34:48What investigators find most shocking is what they hear next
34:56Where are we eating tonight?
34:58That place across from the hotel
35:01Oh, you always go back to the same place
35:04I like what I like
35:06We are now cheers
35:08Plenty of good spots to eat
35:10They are completely distracted
35:12They're violating every sterile cockpit rule
35:16During critical phases of flight
35:18extraneous conversations and non-essential conversations
35:21between the crew members are prohibited
35:23Not only is the captain dismissing the first officer
35:26He has this casual attitude about basic safety practices
35:31It's possible he was more interested in talking
35:34to the flight attendant than reviewing the briefing with the first officer
35:38It's possible that he had been through so many
35:40pre-flight takeoff briefings that at that time he felt it was unnecessary
35:49Bismillah, what's going on?
35:55Let's go, let's go, let's go
35:56I let go, I let go
35:57As a result of his dismissive attitude the captain is unprepared to properly respond
36:03when the crisis occurs shortly after takeoff
36:10Had the pilots completed their pre-flight safety briefing
36:13their response to the engine failure might have been very different
36:24Gear up
36:28Engine failure left engine fly v2 plus 25
36:33Lowering the nose to 12 degrees
36:36v2
36:38Gear up
36:39Once the plane was stabilized the pilots could have returned safely to the airport
36:45Engine failure is actually a relatively common occurrence every pilot needs to be prepared and trained
36:51So instead of letting the first officer fly the plane while he diagnoses the issue
36:56He tries to do everything himself
36:58And transferring control during an emergency situation?
37:02There was never a positive transfer of control
37:05The captain just took the control yoke away from the first officer
37:11So he injected himself in the emergency
37:14Let's go, let's go
37:20I let go, I let go
37:22The captain took control at the worst possible time when he was out of the loop
37:27And by not assigning responsibility to her he gave himself the responsibility of doing two things at once
37:33Diagnosing the nature of the engine problem
37:36And then flying the airplane
37:39Please!
37:40By trying to fly the plane and diagnose the problem on his own
37:45The captain took on too much
37:49It put the first officer in a very difficult position
37:53She's now in the supportive role the non-flying role waiting to be told what to do
37:59And he's not giving any helpful orders other than let go
38:07Why would an experienced captain so brazenly dismiss his first officer's help risking the lives of everyone on board?
38:21Investigators look into the pilots backgrounds in an attempt to understand why the captain took over from his first officer
38:28In the midst of an emergency
38:31So the captain actually had twice as many flying hours as the first officer
38:36The captain was both qualified as a captain on a 737 but also as a first officer on a 767
38:43Perhaps his attitude was that flying the 737 was not that big of a deal because
38:49I fly a 767 which is much more sophisticated and highly technical
38:55But she had more hours on the 737
38:58Not only did she have more experience flying the 737
39:01That's the only plane that she was flying
39:05I think there's a good chance that had she been left alone
39:08She would have flown the airplane out of the scenario that we saw in this accident
39:14Question is would he have reacted the same way if the first officer was a man
39:20In 2003 at the time of this crash
39:24Here in the states female airline pilots only constituted less than six percent of the pilot population
39:30And it really hasn't changed that much in the 20 years since then
39:35The first officer was algeria's first female commercial airline pilot
39:41My friend male pilots in this part of the world
39:46Aren't used to sharing a cockpit with women
39:51I think algeria is becoming fairly westernized but in some cultures
39:55There is the feeling that a man has to be up in the cockpit in case anything goes wrong
40:00Why did this captain take control from the first officer when she was doing an okay job at that point?
40:06And I think you can't rule out the possibility that there may have been some
40:10Gender stereotyping on his part that played a role in it
40:16Sadly this accident was totally preventable
40:24Investigators now have a clear picture of what led to the crash of flight 6289
40:32V1 144 knots
40:39After arriving late and allowing the flight attendant into the cockpit the captain interrupted a crucial pre-flight safety briefing
40:49V2 150 knots
40:51Okay, that's enough. I understand
40:54Can we go?
40:55I got it. I got it. Let's go
40:57The captain demonstrated a lax attitude towards cockpit protocols
41:04Fatigue cracks in a nozzle guide vane in the plane's left engine were reaching their braking point
41:10And when the guide vane failed
41:13It set off a chain reaction
41:16High-speed metal fragments ripped the engine apart
41:21Let's go. Let's go. I let go. I let go
41:23When crisis struck the captain decided he needed to be the one to handle the controls
41:29And took over flying from his first officer before even identifying the problem
41:35The engine failure alone was not the cause of this accident engines fail and pilots are trained to
41:42handle those emergencies
41:46Failing to retract the landing gear after the engine failure made recovery more difficult
41:52Let's go take your hand away. I let go. I let go. Let go take your hand away. I let
41:57go
42:05It was the captain's assumption of control of the aircraft without properly identifying the nature of the emergency
42:12His failure to raise the landing gear and his lack of adherence to standard operating procedures that eventually doomed the
42:21flight
42:23As a result of this accident algeria's commission of inquiry makes several recommendations
42:31They recommend that air algeri along with other operators ensure that their crew resource management training programs
42:39Emphasize the importance of handover procedures and task sharing in the cockpit
42:45But in the 1980s they had captains who were trying to fly a team airplane solo
42:53So a lot of training went into it to teach that your best resource is your team you support each
42:59other and work together as a team
43:02for the safety of the airplane
43:05The fact that the captain insisted on taking over control of the airplane at that critical moment
43:12Cost everybody on that airplane their lives
43:17I felt particularly affected when I saw that the accident was preventable
43:23And I think the investigators did the best job they could trying to discover why the crew made the errors
43:28that they did
43:29The next time that happens people won't die as a result of that
43:34For lynn rippelmeyer it's one more example of why the industry needs to continue evolving
43:41The airlines now are much more open to hiring women to not having gender bias
43:49Realizing that women do have a lot to contribute to the industry
43:55And I think it's up to women now to step up to the plate and take the opportunities that the
44:00career offers they're amazing
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