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The first 100 people to download Endel by clicking the link below will get a free week of audio experiences! https://app.adjust.com/b8wxub6?campaign=greendotaviation_june&adgroup=youtube ----- 🟢 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GreenDotAviation Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/E7P9abauTs 🌏 YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCNU6LWB66VR48V58d2KOg/join ---- New York City, March 5th, 2015. A Delta Airlines MD-88 is on final approach to Runway 13 at La Guardia international airport. The city is being battered by a snowstorm, and the pilots of this flight are cutting it close with their decision to land. Their aircraft is heavy, the runway is short, and when they break out of the clouds just seconds before landing, they discover that it’s covered with snow. There is now no margin for error. If the pilots make any mistakes, their aircraft could slide off the runway, and into the freezing waters of Flushing Bay. What neither pilot knows is that on this morning, a combination of bad weather and psychological factors would conspire with a unique feature of the MD-88s design, to make a safe landing all but impossible.... ------- Final report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1602.pdf Pictures: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons All Music licensed through Epidemic Sound ATC audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ovTbKGsfb0 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Endel Ad 01:51 Flight background 02:42 Pilot backgrounds 04:00 Weather discussions 05:20 Braking Action 07:01 Autobrake 08:40 Approach 10:26 Landing 12:00 Post-crash Confusion 13:51 Investigation 16:00 A concerning finding 17:33 Recommendations and Improvement