This plane hit WHAT?? American 1572

Get a 7-day free trial and 25% off your Blinkist membership! https://www.blinkist.com/greendot Thanks to Blinkist for sponsoring this video! ------------- Join the Green Dot Patreon for exclusive perks 😎   / greendotaviation   Join the Discord!   / discord   Become a YouTube member 📺    / @greendotaviation   -------------- On November 12th, 1995, an American Airlines MD-83 carrying 78 passengers and crew is making its final approach to Bradley International airport in Connecticut. It’s running late, and the crew are eager to make it to the airport. The area is blanketed by torrential rain and turbulence, and the two pilots are struggling to keep the aircraft on course. The winds are so strong that the control tower had to be evacuated, and is now occupied by a lone supervisor who hasn’t manned a tower in years. Fighting severe turbulence, the pilots struggle to see the runway through the rain. A small mistake they made minutes beforehand would now come back to haunt them, as they start to slip below their minimum descent altitude… ------ All music licensed through Epidemic Sound MD-80 by Flythemaddog.com Final Report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A... Picture of accident aircraft: Anthony92931, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons -------- 00:00 Intro 00:53 Blinkist Ad 02:08 Flight background 04:10 Departure and climbout 05:40 Initial Descent 08:39 Bradley's weather and turbulence 10:10 Weather update 12:39 A wrong setting 13:00 Approach chart 17:16 Descent to MDA 19:00 American Airlines Approach Procedures 19:50 Accident sequence 22:30 Aftermath and Investigation 24:06 A positive note