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The Plane That Flew Too High (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708)

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August 16th, 2005 Several hours behind schedule, West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 finally takes off from Panama City en route to Martinique. The aircraft flies through weather so severe that the pilots must divert to avoid it. In addition to the turbulence, the pilots have another problem; their engines are not providing enough thrust. To solve this issue the pilots drop down to a lower altitude, but before they can reach it a Stall Warning fills the cockpit. The plane is flying too slowly to remain airborne. Before the pilots can figure out what has caused the problem, the aircraft drops from the sky and crashes on a remote Venezuelan farm. By far the worst aviation disaster in the country's history, a small team of Venezuelan investigators must now determine what brought down one of the safest airplanes in the world.

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  • Originally Aired August 19, 2011
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Network Discovery Channel (CA)
  • Created July 20, 2019 by
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  • Modified August 2, 2022 by
    O_Corvo