HOW an Impossible Failure CRASHED this Boeing 767

#Lauda Air Flight 004 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bangkok, Thailand, to Vienna, Austria. On 26 May 1991, the thrust #reverser on the No.1 engine of the #Boeing #767-300ER deployed in flight uncommanded, causing the aircraft to enter an uncontrolled #dive.

What happens in the following seconds could only be described as the sum of all fears.

CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Intro
00:34 - A Brief History
01:27 - Turbofan Engines
03:20 - Reverse Thrust
05:25 - Past Incidents/Certification
08:01 - Documented Issues
10:16 - The Flight Crew
12:21 - Takeoff & Climb
14:08 - ECAM Messages
16:04 - Adjusting The Trim
18:00 - Thrust Deployed In-Flight
19:17 - Why Did This Happen?
20:17 - A Violent Dive
21:47 - The Sum Of All Fears
24:33 - What Went Wrong?
25:30 - Authorities Take Action
27:25 - Aviation Changed

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