Mixed Signals | Birgenair Flight 301

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Birgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany. On 6 February 1996, the 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport. All 189 people on board died. The cause was pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from a faulty pitot tube, which investigators believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside it. The aircraft had been sitting unused for two days without the pitot tube covers in place.

Music: The Only Light Is Gone
Artist: Dalo Vian
Listen to the entire music here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvwiGXWIx9o

Credits go to Mayday (Air Crash Investigation, Air Emergency, Air Disasters in other places) for the...

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