The Worst Crash in US History: American Airlines 191 | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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  @Goabnb94 · 2 years ago

  They can say that planes should be able to fly while losing an engine, but that usually refers to an engine that needs to be shut off, not when the engine breaks off, damaging other parts of the plane, leaking fluids, affecting aerodynamics, and worse of all, right at takeoff. This isn't a "glide safely to the ground from cruising", they had no safety of altitude to figure out what happened and respond with a margin for error.

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  @AE6YT-Glenn · 2 years ago

  I knew someone on that flight.  She was one of our sales reps returning to the plant for a meeting.  Forever rest in peace, Rebecca.

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  @EnduringFoliage · 2 years ago

  This crash is one of four fatal crashes with that flight number. That's why no U.S. airlines have the flight number 191. It's considered a cursed number in aviation

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  @ds7900 · 2 years ago

  It's still sad to learn that the crew chief, Earl Russell Marshall, who monitored the aircraft during its final inspection, committed suicide.  He couldn't live with the tragedy.

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  @davidclaro152 · 2 years ago

  That crash still haunts me at times because my dad was almost on that flight. He had finished a business meeting in Chicago early and was trying to get on that flight. Fortunately, he was told that the flight was completely booked, so he had to wait for his original flight. Man, was he lucky and I’m always blessed that he is still around.

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  @goodoakpress · 2 years ago

  A friend of mine knew Captain Lux personally. He was a friend of her family, and she called him Uncle Walter. She told me he hadn't been scheduled to fly that day, and at the last minute traded places with the pilot who was was supposed to take that flight. She also told me about how his widow had to hire an answering service, because she was getting too many crank calls from people claiming to be American Airlines and saying he needed to get back to work. It amazes me how heartless and evil people can be.

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  @9Apilot · 2 years ago

  As aircraft mechanics we have studied this incident in-depth in training.

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  @Tishers · 2 years ago (edited)

  The engine just didn&apos;t fall off and drop down. It was under full thrust and when the rear pylon broke free the engine tried to go forward and instead rotated on the front pins. That caused it to go up and over the wing. As it did that it tore out the hydraulic lines that were above the engine.<br>The stress fractures were also complicated by the means of lifting the engine/pylon assembly. They were using a forklift to raise the engine up to take the load off of the pins. What had happened was that in the middle of removing the pins they had a lunch break and it was left with half the pins still in and the forklift to take the weight. The forklift had a very slow leak in its hydraulic cylinder so over the lunch break the load was taken up entirely by the remaining pins.<br>The NTSB report even went so far as to find the forktruck that was used and to do forensic inspections on it as well.

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  @bwilliams463 · 2 years ago

  That last photo of the plane rolling over is haunting.

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  @moviefanatic22 · 2 years ago

  My Dad&apos;s brother was on that flight, he was coming home from Vietnam to be with his wife who was having their first child, a baby girl, my cousin! My father was devastated when he heard about this horrific accident! My father recently passed away in Feb. and I bet he&apos;s up there with his brother in paradise! RIP Dad and Uncle Rick 😢

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  @korbell1089 · 2 years ago

  The miracle in all this was the fact that only 2 people on the ground were killed. If you look at a map of Chicago, this could have been so much worse.

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  @tracitorello7511 · 2 years ago

  I saw this plane crash walking home from school. I was with my brother and we looked up to see a plane sideways and falling. The boom and following fire will last with me for a lifetime. I was in 1st grade and have been petrified of flying ever since. God bless those poor souls on that flight.❤😢

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