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Seconds from disaster. Season 3, episode 9, Chicago air crash /

In Chicago in 1979, a packed aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from the Chicago International Airport into a trailer park community, resulting in the deaths of 273 people. The cause of the crash prompts an extensive review and overhaul of aviation maintenance protocols.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Darlow Smithson Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Metcalfe, Nick (Producer, Director), Guinness, Peter (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2006.
Series:Engineering case studies online (video)
Subjects:
Aircraft accidents > Human factors.
Aircraft accidents > Investigation > Illinois > Chicago.
Airplanes > Maintenance and repair.
Aéronautique > Accidents > Facteurs humains.
Aéronautique > Accidents > Enquêtes > Illinois > Chicago.
Avions > Entretien et réparations.
Aircraft accidents > Investigation.
Illinois > Chicago.
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:In Chicago in 1979, a packed aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from the Chicago International Airport into a trailer park community, resulting in the deaths of 273 people. The cause of the crash prompts an extensive review and overhaul of aviation maintenance protocols.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jan. 25, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.).
Playing Time:00:50:14