Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587) (S13E04)
S13E04
On November 12, 2001, merely two months post-September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 departs from John F. Kennedy Airport but quickly loses control. The plane tragically crashes in the Queens neighborhood, resulting in the deaths of all 260 passengers and crew members aboard, as well as five individuals on the ground. The disaster is attributed to the first officer's incorrect use of the rudder, which caused the vertical stabilizer to detach after the aircraft encountered wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that had taken off shortly before.
Show
True Jackson, VP
Episode
S13E04
Air Date
Jan 06, 2014
Season 13 Episodes
S13E01
Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
S13E02
Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)
S13E03
Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)
S13E04
Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
S13E05
Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)
S13E06
Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
S13E07
Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)
S13E08
Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)
S13E09
Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
S13E10
Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)