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Hello fellow Aviators!

We recently published our second full length documentary about the tragic disaster of UTA flight 772 in 1989 on our second channel. We put about 3 months of work into the production of this video, its research and we came across many incredible details which makes this aviation disaster truly eyeopening. Many of you have probably heard about the Lockerbie bombing in the Year 1988. What if I tell you, that the crash of UTA772 is very closely connected to this event?

Feel free to check out our documentary and find out 🕵🏼‍♂️

Thank you all and take care!

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EgyptAir Flight 864 – Explosion In Bangkok

On December 25, 1976, a Boeing 707 was approaching Bangkok when it descended far too early — and never leveled off.
Instead of aligning with the runway, the aircraft slammed into a weaving Mill facility in an industrial area.

The crash killed all 52 people on board as well as 19 people on the ground.
There were no signs of technical failure. The cause? Likely crew error and a misjudged descent.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/msr864-explosion-in…

#MS864 #EgyptAir #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Boeing707 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1976

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Lufthansa Flight 005 – Too Slow To Recover

On January 28, 1966, a Lufthansa Convair CV 440 was on final approach to Bremen Airport in poor weather conditions.
Visibility was limited. The runway was wet. And the crew initiated a go around maneuver.

But as the throttles came forward, the crew pitched the nose of the aircraft up too steeply — and right into a stall. They were too low and too slow to recover from it.
It banked left, struck the ground, and exploded into flames.

All 46 people on board were killed.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/dlh005-too-slow-to-…

#LH005 #Lufthansa005 #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Convair440 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1966

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Varig Flight 820 – Hazard in the Lavatory

On July 11, 1973, a Varig Boeing 707 was descending toward Paris when smoke began filling the cabin.
Passengers struggled to breathe. Visibility dropped to zero. Chaos broke out.

The source? A smoldering fire in the rear lavatory — unnoticed until it was too late.

The crew attempted an emergency landing in an open field, just miles from the airport.
They made it — but by then, 123 out of 134 people had already lost their lives. Most succumbed to the inhalation of the toxic smoke.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/vrg820-hazard-in-th…

#RG820 #Varig820 #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Boeing707 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1973

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Air India Flight 855 – Lost in the Climb

On January 1, 1978, a Boeing 747-200 departed Bombay on a routine flight to Dubai. Just minutes after takeoff, the aircraft began to bank sharply.
Within seconds, it rolled uncontrollably and plunged into the Arabian Sea.

All 213 people on board were killed.

Investigators found no mechanical failure. The cause? A loss of spatial orientation — and a simple instrument misreading that turned fatal. How could one simple instrument failure bring down the Queen of the Skies?

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/aic855-lost-in-the-…

#AI855 #AirIndia #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Boeing747 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1978

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Flying Tiger Flight 66 – Crashed At Puchong Ridge

On February 19, 1989, a Boeing 747 freighter was descending toward Kuala Lumpur in the morning darkness and scattered clouds.
Everything was working: the instruments, the weather, the terrain warning system.

And yet, the aircraft slammed into a hillside near Puchong Ridge — killing all four crew members.

The cockpit voice recording revealed a haunting truth: the Ground Proximity Warning System gave multiple alerts… but the crew never responded to them. Just seconds before impact, they finally realized they had only 100 feet of altitude left. The resulting fire burned for nearly two days.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/ftl66-crashed-at-pu…

#FT66 #FlyingTiger66 #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Boeing747 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1989

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LOT Flight 5055 – Poland's Worst Crash

On May 9, 1987, a LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin Il-62M departed Warsaw on what should have been a routine flight to New York.
Shortly after takeoff, an engine catastrophically failed — not due to age or misuse, but because it had been built wrong from the start.

A missing set of ball bearings caused a chain reaction: total systems failure, fire, and loss of control. The pilots nearly reached Warsaw Airport for an emergency landing but it was too late. The fire destroyed vital flight controls and the aircraft crashed into a forest just a few kilometers away from the safe runway.
183 people died in what remains Poland’s deadliest aviation accident.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/lot5055-polands-wor…

#LOT5055 #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #IL62M #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1987

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British Airways Flight 009 – All Engines Gone

On June 24, 1982, a British Airways 747-200 was cruising over the Indian Ocean when something unthinkable happened:
All four engines failed.

With no power and no clear reason why, the aircraft began a silent glide through darkness — with 263 lives at stake.
There was no Airport in reach and the crew already prepared for the worst - ditching the aircraft in the middle of the pitch black ocean. Then suddenly all engines came back to life and the plane made a successful emergency landing at Jakarta.

What caused this sudden, total failure? And how did the crew pull off a miracle recovery?

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/baw009-all-engines-…

#BA009 #AviationHistory #EngineFailure #Boeing747 #AirDisaster #1982 #AirCrashInvestigation #CloseCall

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The Tenerife Disaster – Aviation's Worst Catastrophe

On March 27, 1977, two fully loaded Boeing 747s collided on the runway in dense fog at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife.
One was just cleared for takeoff. The other was taxiing down the exact same runway.

The result: a fiery explosion that killed 583 people. Only 61 survived.

Miscommunication. Assumptions. A tragic chain of errors that changed aviation forever.
This accident remains the most deadly crash in the entire aviation history.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/klm4805-and-paa-173…

#TenerifeDisaster #Tenerife1977 #AviationHistory #KLM #PanAm #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1977 #Boeing747

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Avianca Flight 052 – Drained To The Last Drop

On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 052 ran out of fuel just miles from JFK Airport in New York.
After circling for over an hour due to traffic delays, the Boeing 707 lost power to all four engines and crashed in a wooded suburb on Long Island.

73 of the 158 people on board were killed.
The tragedy was mainly caused by language barriers, miscommunication, and missed urgency.

📖 Read the full Article on Substack:
👉 blackboxarchive.substack.com/p/ava052-drained-to-t…

#AVA052 #Avianca052 #AviationHistory #PlaneCrash #Boeing707 #AirDisaster #AirCrashInvestigation #1990

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