Air Crash Investigation YouTube Video
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3 Greens YouTube video recreating and explaining how the accident of Avianca 052 happened.
Avianca 052 was flying from Medellin, Colombia to New York (JFK) in 1990 when significant delays resulted in it holding three consecutive times on approach. The pilots failed to calculate a latest diversion time which resulted in them ending up in an emergency fuel situation where they barely had enough fuel to make it to the airport. A failed approach and further delays resulted in the Boeing 707 running out of fuel and crashing to the north of the airport.
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Captain - Colombian. Aged 51. Experienced operator at Avianca who has flown the Medellin to JFK route many times. English is his second language and struggles to understand instructions from ATC. Slight Spanish accent.
ATC 2 - ATC 2 is the approach controller at New York who directs aircraft onto an approach for the runway. American accent.
American Accent - “Avianca 052 heavy New York approach thank you. Reduce speed to 180 if you’re not already doing it. You can expect an ILS 22 left. Altimeter 2969. Proceed direct Deer Park.”
Slight Spanish Accent - “Are we going to intercept the localizer at 2000?”. “Can I lower the landing gear yet?”
Colombian. Aged 28. Not very experienced on this aircraft but has operated this route before. Fairly proficient in English but fails to effectively communicate with the captain later in the flight. Very slight Spanish accent.
“That’s right to 180 on the heading an ah we’ll try once again. We’re running out of fuel.”
Flight Engineer - Colombian. Aged 45. Experienced flight engineer and has been with the airline for many years. Slight spanish accent.
ATC 4 - ATC 4 is a “hand off controller” who assists the enroute and approach controllers in handing off aircraft. American accent.
Slight Spanish Accent - “The go around procedure is stating that the power is to be applied slowly and to avoid rapid accelerations and to have a minimum nose up attitude.”
American Accent - “Avianca 052 just coming on CAMRN can only do 5 more minutes in the hold. Think you’ll be able to take him or I’ll set him up for his alternate.”
ATC 2 - ATC 2 is the approach controller at New York who directs aircraft onto an approach for the runway. American accent.
ATC 3 - ATC 3 is the tower controller at New York who clear aircraft to takeoff and land on the runway. American accent.
“Slow him to 180 knots and I’ll take him he’s radar three southwest of contact and I’ll put him on a 40 degree heading.”
“Avianca 052 I have a windshear warning for you ah. At 15 an increase of 10 knots at 1500 feet and then an increase of 10 knots at 500 feet reported by a 727.”
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