Mayday: Air Disasters

S12:E08 - Focused on Failure

United Airlines Flight 173 is troubleshooting a minor landing gear problem when the plane suddenly loses all four engines. Unable to make it to the airport, the DC-8 crash lands in a wooded suburb of Portland, Oregon. 10 of the 189 people on board die in the disaster and it’s up to investigators to figure out how a small mechanical problem somehow brought down a plane.