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Currently Playing: How Did A Decimal Point Doom Varig Flight 254?

Use code “pilot” at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/pilot ----------------------------------------------------- “Ladies and gentlemen, we have no idea where we are!” These are probably the last words you want to hear from your pilots and yet, but a variation of this is exactly what the passengers of Varig flight 254 were about to hear... Now, what led up to this absurd situation is both a fascinating tale of the limitations of the human mind and a lesson in how NOT to act in a cockpit. Stay tuned. ----------------------------------------------------- Admiral Cloudberg: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/ If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot Our Connections: 👉🏻 Exclusive Mentour Merch: https://mentour-crew.creator-spring.com/? 👉🏻 Our other channel: youtube.com/mentournow 👉🏻 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot 👉🏻 BOSE Aviation: https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Social: 👉🏻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MentourPilot 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot 👉🏻 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MenTourPilot 👉🏻 Discord server: https://discord.gg/JntGWdn Download the FREE Mentour Aviation app for all the lastest aviation content 👉🏻 https://www.mentourpilot.com/apps/ Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. SOURCES ----------------------------------------------------- Final Report: https://sistema.cenipa.fab.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/RF_PPVMK_ACIDENTE_03_09_1989.pdf Amazon Footage: classic old videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UMQbyP9b5w&ab_channel=classicoldvideos Football Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn2XS2NxLh4 Radar History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FTYnWID3DI Radio Broadcast: Binu VV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysJQ2jikUo