The Tragic Consequences of Putting Business Before Safety | Avianca Flight 52 | Mayday: Air Disaster

Avianca Airlines Flight 52 en route to New York from Bogota, Colombia was flying in blue skies when it was put in its first holding pattern. What the flight crew didn’t know, was that the East Coast was experiencing a terrible storm that was disrupting air traffic. Why did the Chairman of the NTSB resign, following a flawed investigation? Want to watch full episodes? Check out this playlist: /playlist/PLiXVS8S6-YAUBts83-WRHLjn1DCSSNcjb Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 2 Episode 6 " Missing Over New York": January 25, 1990 - Air traffic controllers on America’s north-east coast are getting worried. A huge storm is coming in, which will throw the world’s busiest airspace into confusion. Flights will be delayed, airports may have to be closed. And yet their bosses are insisting that it should be “business as usual”. There was little hint of all this as Avianca Airlines Flight 52, a Boeing 707, flew in blue skies over Florida. It was en route from Bogota, Colombia, to New York, carrying 158 passengers and crew. But the trouble was soon to begin. Over Richmond, Virginia the plane was put into a holding pattern, circling endlessly in clear blue skies. Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget. Subscribe to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster channel here: https://bit.ly/2PQnaMI #MaydayAirDisaster #MaydayInvestigation #AirEmergency #MaydayEpisodes #planecrashes #airplanecrashes #aviationaccidents #Fullepisode #airplanedisasterdocumentary #aircrashinvestigation #AF8969 #911

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