Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481) (S05E04)
S05E04
On January 8, 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 tragically crashes into a hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport just moments after departing for Greenville. All 21 individuals aboard perished, while one ground worker sustained injuries. Subsequent investigations revealed that improper adjustments to the pilots' controls during maintenance were a major factor, alongside the aircraft being overloaded because of an outdated method for calculating passenger weights.
Show
Mayday
Episode
S05E04
Air Date
Apr 30, 2008
Season 5 Episodes
S05E01
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
S05E02
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
S05E03
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
S05E04
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
S05E05
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
S05E06
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
S05E07
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
S05E08
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
S05E09
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
S05E10
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