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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:08,309 Narrator: SMOKE FILLS A PASSENGER PLANE 2 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:09,577 SIX MILES IN THE SKY. 3 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,614 [GASPING] 4 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:15,783 [COUGHING] 5 00:00:15,816 --> 00:00:18,286 Pilot: WE'RE ON MAYDAY. WE'RE GOING DOWN. 6 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:21,889 Narrator: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN AS THE SMOKE SPREADS. 7 00:00:21,922 --> 00:00:24,292 THE CREW TRIES DESPERATELY TO LAND THEIR STRICKEN PLANE. 8 00:00:24,325 --> 00:00:25,493 Attendant: WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. 9 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:26,660 PUT YOUR HEAD ON YOUR LAP. 10 00:00:26,694 --> 00:00:28,596 Pilot: WE'RE GOING TO NEED FIRE TRUCKS. 11 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:32,366 Controller: THEY'RE STANDING BY FOR YOU. 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,436 Narrator: WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SMALL PROBLEM AT FIRST 13 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,338 HAS BECOME A LIFE-OR-DEATH STRUGGLE 14 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:40,441 FOR EVERYONE ON BOARD AIR CANADA FLIGHT 797. 15 00:00:45,113 --> 00:00:47,181 Flight attendant: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE STARTING OUR APPROACH. 16 00:00:47,215 --> 00:00:48,416 Pilot: WE LOST BOTH ENGINES! 17 00:00:48,449 --> 00:00:49,650 Flight attendant: PUT THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE. 18 00:00:49,683 --> 00:00:50,618 EMERGENCY DESCENT. 19 00:00:50,651 --> 00:00:51,752 Pilot: MAYDAY, MAYDAY. 20 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:53,787 Flight attendant: BRACE FOR IMPACT! 21 00:00:53,821 --> 00:00:54,722 Controller: I THINK I LOST ONE. 22 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:56,557 Man: INVESTIGATION STARTING... 23 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:59,493 Man: HE'S GONNA CRASH! 24 00:01:09,537 --> 00:01:13,307 Narrator: EARLY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1983. 25 00:01:13,341 --> 00:01:17,345 SUPPERTIME ABOARD AIR CANADA FLIGHT 797. 26 00:01:17,378 --> 00:01:20,013 CAPTAIN DONALD CAMERON HAS BEEN WORKING FOR AIR CANADA 27 00:01:20,047 --> 00:01:21,549 FOR 17 YEARS 28 00:01:21,582 --> 00:01:25,453 AND HAS FLOWN ALMOST 5,000 HOURS IN A DC-9. 29 00:01:25,486 --> 00:01:28,422 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HE GETS TO EAT FIRST. 30 00:01:28,456 --> 00:01:30,324 Donald Cameron: HOW'S YOUR SEAFOOD? NICE? 31 00:01:30,358 --> 00:01:32,460 Narrator: BEFORE HE CAN DIG IN, 32 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:35,129 HIS FIRST OFFICER CLAUDE OUIMET WILL HAVE TO FINISH. 33 00:01:35,163 --> 00:01:36,297 Claude Ouimet: GOOD. 34 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:39,167 [LAUGHING] 35 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,835 Narrator: THE JET IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLIGHT 36 00:01:41,869 --> 00:01:43,904 FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, TO MONTREAL, 37 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:47,841 WITH A STOPOVER IN TORONTO. 38 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:51,245 THE HEAVY CLOUD COVER BELOW HIDES SOME LIGHT SHOWERS, 39 00:01:51,279 --> 00:01:54,415 BUT AT THEIR CRUISING ALTITUDE OF NEARLY 33,000 FEET, 40 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:55,849 THE VIEW IS CLEAR AND BRIGHT. 41 00:02:01,555 --> 00:02:04,225 THE DC-9 IS ONLY HALF FULL TODAY, 42 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:08,596 WITH 41 PASSENGERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PLANE. 43 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:10,164 Woman: CAN I HAVE SOME TEA, PLEASE? 44 00:02:10,198 --> 00:02:12,032 Narrator: 24-YEAR-OLD DIANNE FADLEY 45 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:15,769 IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION. 46 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:17,137 Dianne Fadley: WE HAVE A NUMBER 47 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:19,072 OF DIFFERENT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. 48 00:02:19,106 --> 00:02:23,010 ONCE A YEAR THEY HAVE A LARGE CONFERENCE, 49 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:27,581 AND AT THIS TIME IT HAPPENED TO BE IN TORONTO. 50 00:02:27,615 --> 00:02:31,151 Narrator: RAYMOND CHALIFOUX IS 23 AND RECENTLY MARRIED. 51 00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,187 AN ENGINEER, HE'S RETURNING HOME 52 00:02:33,221 --> 00:02:35,022 FROM HIS FIRST-EVER BUSINESS TRIP. 53 00:02:35,055 --> 00:02:36,557 Raymond Chalifoux: IT WAS A LITTLE BIT FRIGHTENING 54 00:02:36,590 --> 00:02:38,091 BOTH FOR ME AND FOR MY WIFE. 55 00:02:38,125 --> 00:02:40,761 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GONE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, 56 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:43,231 SO FIRST TIME WE WERE SEPARATED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, 57 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:47,201 SO IT WAS KIND OF INSECURING FOR ME, YEAH. 58 00:02:49,270 --> 00:02:50,704 Narrator: AND A FEW ROWS FURTHER UP 59 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:54,942 SITS A GROWING LEGEND IN THE WORLD OF FOLK MUSIC. 60 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:58,212 STAN ROGERS IS JUST 33, 61 00:02:58,246 --> 00:03:00,214 BUT HIS CAREER IS BEGINNING TO TAKE OFF 62 00:03:00,248 --> 00:03:02,650 OUTSIDE OF HIS NATIVE CANADA. 63 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,319 Paul Mills: I THINK STAN'S BEST-KNOWN SONGS 64 00:03:05,353 --> 00:03:07,888 CELEBRATE ORDINARY PEOPLE. 65 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:09,657 THE SONGS ARE REALLY ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE 66 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,592 RISING TO THE OCCASION 67 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,461 AND BECOMING HEROES ON THEIR OWN. 68 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:23,471 Narrator: JUST BEFORE 7 O'CLOCK, 69 00:03:23,504 --> 00:03:26,774 THE PLANE IS A LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY TO TORONTO. 70 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:28,108 [POPPING] 71 00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:29,377 Ouimet: WHAT WAS THAT? 72 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:34,548 IT'S RIGHT THERE. I SEE IT. 73 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:37,351 RIGHT THERE. 74 00:03:37,385 --> 00:03:38,519 Cameron: YEAH. 75 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:41,154 Narrator: THREE CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAVE POPPED OUT. 76 00:03:41,188 --> 00:03:42,456 LIKE FUSES, 77 00:03:42,490 --> 00:03:44,358 THEY PROTECT DELICATE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS ON THE PLANE 78 00:03:44,392 --> 00:03:45,726 FROM BECOMING OVERLOADED. 79 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:49,630 Cameron: LIKE A MACHINE GUN. 80 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:52,333 Ouimet: YEAH. ZAP, ZAP, ZAP. 81 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:54,335 Narrator: THE THREE BREAKERS ARE FOR THE FLUSHING MOTOR 82 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,737 IN THE TOILET AT THE REAR OF THE PLANE. 83 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,506 CAMERON DECIDES TO GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES 84 00:03:58,539 --> 00:04:01,842 BEFORE HE TRIES TO RESET THEM AGAIN. 85 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,312 Ouimet: SOMETIMES IT OVERWORKS AND OVERHEATS, 86 00:04:04,345 --> 00:04:05,979 AND THEN THE BREAKER POPPED, 87 00:04:06,013 --> 00:04:08,482 AND THEN IT COOLS OFF, 88 00:04:08,516 --> 00:04:10,651 AND THEN YOU PUSH THE BREAKER AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. 89 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:12,320 SO PUT THE SNAG IN THE LOGBOOK, 90 00:04:12,353 --> 00:04:13,987 AND THAT'S IT. 91 00:04:14,021 --> 00:04:16,457 Cameron: SOMEONE MUST HAVE PUSHED A RAG DOWN THE TOILET OR SOMETHING, 92 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:18,859 JAMMED IT AND IT OVERHEATED. 93 00:04:18,892 --> 00:04:20,260 Narrator: CAMERON THINKS 94 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:23,364 THAT SOMETHING MUST BE STOPPING THE MOTOR FROM WORKING PROPERLY, 95 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:24,765 BUT IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. 96 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,767 TOILETS GET BLOCKED ALL THE TIME. 97 00:04:30,438 --> 00:04:31,639 SEVERAL MINUTES PASS 98 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:36,009 AS THE PLANE CONTINUES ON ITS WAY TO TORONTO. 99 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:38,746 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LAURA KAYAMA AND JUDI DAVIDSON 100 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:40,781 ARE BUSY SERVING UP DINNER IN THE CABIN. 101 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:44,117 IN THE COCKPIT, 102 00:04:44,151 --> 00:04:46,720 IT'S CAPTAIN CAMERON'S TURN FOR DINNER. 103 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:49,690 BUT FIRST HE WANTS TO RESET THE THREE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. 104 00:04:49,723 --> 00:04:52,059 WITHOUT THEM, THE TOILET WON'T WORK. 105 00:04:52,092 --> 00:04:53,694 THE REST OF THE FLIGHT COULD GET UNCOMFORTABLE 106 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:55,396 FOR THE PASSENGERS. 107 00:04:55,429 --> 00:04:58,065 Cameron: POPS AS I PUSH IT. 108 00:04:58,098 --> 00:05:00,133 Narrator: HE'S GIVEN IT MORE THAN EIGHT MINUTES, 109 00:05:00,167 --> 00:05:02,069 BUT WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH THE WASHROOM, 110 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:03,571 IT ISN'T FIXING ITSELF. 111 00:05:05,906 --> 00:05:07,140 IN THE CABIN, 112 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:10,944 ONE OF THE PASSENGERS COMPLAINS ABOUT A DISTURBING ODOR. 113 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:13,581 Judi Davidson: YEAH, THAT IS A STRANGE SMELL. 114 00:05:13,614 --> 00:05:14,782 LET ME TAKE A LOOK. 115 00:05:17,918 --> 00:05:19,152 Narrator: CONNIE KIRSCH, 116 00:05:19,186 --> 00:05:21,589 A TEXAN HEADED FOR A BUSINESS MEETING IN TORONTO, 117 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:24,358 IS SEATED AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE. 118 00:05:24,392 --> 00:05:28,095 Connie Kirsch: I HAD SMELLED A PECULIAR SMELL 119 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:31,164 WHERE I WAS SITTING, 120 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:34,201 AND I...IT STRUCK ME AS ODD. 121 00:05:34,234 --> 00:05:35,636 ACTUALLY IT WAS A WIRY SMELL. 122 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,606 IT WASN'T A SMOKE SMELL. 123 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:41,609 Narrator: A WISP OF SMOKE IS LEAKING OUT OF THE WASHROOM. 124 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:44,311 THE SMOKE AND THE ACRID SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC 125 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:47,648 TAKES DAVIDSON BY SURPRISE. 126 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:50,283 THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CLOGGED TOILET. 127 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:55,889 OTHER PASSENGERS ARE BEGINNING TO NOTICE THE SMOKE 128 00:05:55,923 --> 00:05:58,058 AND THE SUFFOCATING SMELL. 129 00:05:58,091 --> 00:06:00,093 [COUGHING] 130 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:02,362 Laura Kayama: SERGIO, THERE'S A PROBLEM IN THE WASHROOM. 131 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:04,432 JUDI SAYS THERE'S A FIRE. 132 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:07,267 Sergio: OK. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE. 133 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,169 Narrator: CHIEF FLIGHT ATTENDANT SERGIO BENETTI 134 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,772 IS IN CHARGE OF THE CABIN CREW. 135 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:12,906 Kayama: AS A PRECAUTION, 136 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:14,542 WE'RE MOVING EVERYONE A FEW ROWS UP. 137 00:06:14,575 --> 00:06:18,746 [COUGHING] 138 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:21,915 Narrator: THE SMOKE IS NOXIOUS AND OVERPOWERING. 139 00:06:21,949 --> 00:06:24,351 BENETTI CAN'T SEE ANY FLAMES. 140 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:27,054 HE SPRAYS THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER INTO THE TINY WASHROOM, 141 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:28,789 TRYING TO COAT EVERY SURFACE. 142 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:35,028 Chalifoux: AS SOON AS I SAW THAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER, 143 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:36,229 SOMETHING WENT THROUGH MY MIND. 144 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:38,899 THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG. 145 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:42,335 THE GUY SEEMED TO HAVE THE THING UNDER CONTROL, 146 00:06:42,369 --> 00:06:44,404 SO HE'S GONNA DO HIS JOB 147 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:47,207 AND THINGS WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. 148 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,145 Narrator: IT'S 2 MINUTES PAST 7, 149 00:06:52,179 --> 00:06:54,014 JUST 11 MINUTES SINCE THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS 150 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:56,584 FIRST POPPED OUT. 151 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:58,385 LAURA KAYAMA BRINGS CAPTAIN CAMERON 152 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,220 THE DISTURBING NEWS. 153 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,489 Kayama: EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN. 154 00:07:01,522 --> 00:07:03,056 THERE'S A FIRE IN THE WASHROOM IN THE BACK. 155 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:06,159 THEY JUST WENT BACK TO GO PUT IT OUT. 156 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:08,061 Ouimet: YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK? 157 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:11,231 Cameron: YEAH, GO. 158 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:14,868 Narrator: A FIRE ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT 159 00:07:14,902 --> 00:07:18,171 IS ONE OF THE WORST SITUATIONS ANY CREW CAN FACE. 160 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:20,974 THE PLANE IS SOME 6 MILES HIGH. 161 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:22,543 WHAT STARTS AS A SPARK 162 00:07:22,576 --> 00:07:26,213 CAN TURN DEADLY IN A FEW SHORT MINUTES. 163 00:07:26,246 --> 00:07:28,148 BUT AT THE MOMENT, 164 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:31,685 CAMERON DOESN'T KNOW HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS. 165 00:07:31,719 --> 00:07:33,987 Cameron: YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, IN 1983, 166 00:07:34,021 --> 00:07:37,691 PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT. 167 00:07:37,725 --> 00:07:41,261 AND THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 168 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:44,164 OF THIS SORT IN THE INDUSTRY, 169 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:46,834 SO IT REALLY DIDN'T ALARM ME THAT MUCH. 170 00:07:49,236 --> 00:07:50,771 Narrator: OUIMET FINDS THE SITUATION 171 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:52,806 IS WORSE THAN HE EXPECTED. 172 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,175 Benetti: I DIDN'T SEE ANY FLAMES WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR BEFORE, 173 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:58,345 BUT I SPRAYED IT REALLY GOOD WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. 174 00:07:58,378 --> 00:08:00,781 Ouimet: YOU THINK IT WAS A CIGARETTE IN THE GARBAGE? 175 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:03,416 Benetti: NO, NOT REALLY. 176 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:04,752 Ouimet: OK. 177 00:08:04,785 --> 00:08:06,053 [COUGHING] 178 00:08:15,095 --> 00:08:17,831 Ouimet: CAN'T GET BACK THERE. SMOKE'S TOO HEAVY. 179 00:08:17,865 --> 00:08:20,333 I THINK WE BETTER GO DOWN. 180 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:22,536 Narrator: BUT FLIGHT ATTENDANT SERGIO BENETTI 181 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:25,372 HAS A VERY DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION. 182 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:26,874 Benetti: YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. 183 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,342 I THINK THE SMOKE'S EASING UP. 184 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:32,379 Narrator: IT'S A CONFUSING MOMENT FOR CAPTAIN CAMERON. 185 00:08:32,412 --> 00:08:35,683 Cameron: SOME COMPONENTS DO FAIL FROM TIME TO TIME 186 00:08:35,716 --> 00:08:38,051 THAT ARE NOT SEVERE OR SERIOUS ENOUGH 187 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:39,853 TO CAUSE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. 188 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:42,556 THAT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS THING. 189 00:08:42,590 --> 00:08:43,991 Narrator: WHEN OUIMET AND BENETTI 190 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,458 WERE AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE, 191 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:46,860 THE SMOKE SEEMED THICK, 192 00:08:46,894 --> 00:08:49,797 BUT NOW IT APPEARS TO BE SUBSIDING. 193 00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:52,733 Ouimet: OK. IT'S STARTING TO CLEAR NOW. 194 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:54,768 BUT I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK IF THAT'S OK. 195 00:08:54,802 --> 00:08:55,969 Cameron: YEAH, THAT'S OK. 196 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:58,839 TAKE THESE GOGGLES. 197 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,273 I'LL LEAVE MY MASK ON. 198 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:01,408 GO BACK WHEREVER YOU CAN, 199 00:09:01,441 --> 00:09:03,043 BUT DON'T GET YOURSELF INCAPACITATED. 200 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:04,344 Ouimet: NO PROBLEM. 201 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,445 NO PROBLEM. 202 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,482 Narrator: IF IT'S JUST A BROKEN TOILET MOTOR, 203 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:12,720 CAMERON CAN STILL MAKE IT TO TORONTO. 204 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:15,923 BUT IF IT'S MORE SERIOUS, HE'LL HAVE TO LAND IMMEDIATELY, 205 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:19,092 BEFORE THE SMALL INCONVENIENCE BECOMES A DEADLY PROBLEM. 206 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,464 THE CREW IS GROWING CONCERNED. 207 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,334 THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED PASSENGERS TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE JET, 208 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:32,105 AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM THE CREEPING SMOKE. 209 00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:33,373 CAPTAIN DONALD CAMERON 210 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,209 IS WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FROM THE BACK OF THE PLANE, 211 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:39,379 WHEN SUDDENLY HE'S GOT A NEW PROBLEM. 212 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:41,649 THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT IS ON. 213 00:09:41,682 --> 00:09:43,817 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PLANE, 214 00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:46,754 INCLUDING SOME IN THE COCKPIT, BEGIN TO FAIL. 215 00:09:46,787 --> 00:09:48,722 [BEEPING] 216 00:09:48,756 --> 00:09:51,659 Cameron: THE AIRPLANE BASICALLY LOST 217 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:55,295 ALL ITS SOPHISTICATED NAVIGATION AND ATTITUDE INFORMATION. 218 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:57,631 SO I WAS LEFT VERY SUDDENLY 219 00:09:57,665 --> 00:10:01,568 WITH, I THINK, THREE INSTRUMENTS PER ENGINE 220 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:04,237 AND FOUR FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, 221 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,706 WHICH WERE VERY PRIMITIVE. 222 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:08,709 THEY WERE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FLOWN 223 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:11,544 A WORLD WAR II BOMBER WITH. 224 00:10:11,578 --> 00:10:14,247 Narrator: WITH HIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS STARTING TO SHUT DOWN, 225 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:16,817 CAMERON CALLS THE NEAREST GROUND CONTROL. 226 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:19,286 Cameron: MEMPHIS CENTER, THIS IS AIR CANADA 797. 227 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:22,856 Controller: AIR CANADA 797, INDIANAPOLIS CENTER. GO AHEAD. 228 00:10:22,890 --> 00:10:25,225 Cameron: YEAH, WE'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HERE. 229 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:26,727 WE MAY BE OFF COMMUNICATION SHORTLY. 230 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,562 STAND BY. 231 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:32,933 Narrator: CO-PILOT CLAUDE OUIMET IS AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE. 232 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,336 THE WASHROOM DOOR HANDLE HAS BECOME HOT TO THE TOUCH. 233 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:39,206 HE DOESN'T EVEN RISK OPENING IT. 234 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:41,574 FACED WITH A POTENTIAL FIRE ON BOARD, 235 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,310 THE CREW HAS NO CHOICE 236 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:47,014 BUT TO LAND THEIR PLANE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 237 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,716 Ouimet: I DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 238 00:10:51,218 --> 00:10:53,520 I THINK WE'D BETTER GO DOWN. 239 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:56,189 WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. 240 00:10:56,223 --> 00:10:57,057 BRIEF THE CABIN CREW. 241 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,425 Benetti: YES, SIR. 242 00:10:58,458 --> 00:11:00,861 Narrator: AS SOON AS THE DECISION IS MADE, 243 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:02,629 ANOTHER WARNING LIGHT GOES ON. 244 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:05,598 THEY'VE JUST LOST MOST OF THEIR EMERGENCY POWER. 245 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:08,068 Ouimet: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE FAILURE HERE, 246 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:11,238 AND IT'S STARTING TO BE COMPLICATED, 247 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:14,374 SO WE'RE GOING DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO LAND. 248 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:16,009 Ouimet: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. 249 00:11:16,043 --> 00:11:17,144 Narrator: A SMALL PROBLEM 250 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:19,446 HAS SNOWBALLED INTO AN ALL-OUT EMERGENCY. 251 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:21,281 Ouimet: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. 252 00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:23,483 Controller: THIS IS LOUISVILLE CONTROL. OVER. 253 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,918 Ouimet: AIR CANADA 797. 254 00:11:24,952 --> 00:11:27,888 WE HAVE A FIRE ON BOARD. WE ARE GOING DOWN. 255 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:31,892 Controller: CAN YOU POSSIBLY MAKE CINCINNATI? 256 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:33,626 Ouimet: ROGER THAT. 257 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,997 Narrator: CINCINNATI IS 28 MILES AWAY. 258 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:39,032 THEY CAN MAKE IT. 259 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:41,068 CAPTAIN CAMERON BEGINS AN INITIAL DESCENT 260 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:43,737 TO 4,900 FEET. 261 00:11:43,771 --> 00:11:46,639 THE CREW HAS SWITCHED TO EMERGENCY BATTERY POWER, 262 00:11:46,673 --> 00:11:51,011 BUT MANY OF THE PLANE'S INSTRUMENTS AREN'T FUNCTIONING. 263 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:54,214 Ouimet: SO ALL WE HAD LEFT WAS DC EMER POWER, 264 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:57,050 AND THAT'S ONLY GOOD FOR RADIOS, BASICALLY. 265 00:11:57,084 --> 00:11:58,852 Narrator: IT'S NOT ONLY INSTRUMENTS. 266 00:11:58,886 --> 00:12:01,521 CAMERON FINDS THAT A CRITICAL PIECE OF HIS PLANE 267 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:04,024 ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. 268 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:07,427 THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE TAIL OF HIS DC-9 269 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,461 IS FROZEN, 270 00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:11,765 SET FOR CRUISING AT ALMOST 33,00 FEET. 271 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:14,034 CAMERON USES THE PART THAT'S STILL WORKING-- 272 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,268 THE ELEVATORS-- 273 00:12:15,302 --> 00:12:16,770 TO MAKE THE PLANE DIVE. 274 00:12:16,804 --> 00:12:19,272 BUT LIKE A CAR THAT'S LOST POWER STEERING, 275 00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:21,041 THE AIRCRAFT RESISTS. 276 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,343 AS CAMERON PUSHES ON THE CONTROLS, 277 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,477 THEY PUSH BACK 278 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:27,380 WITH A PRESSURE EQUAL TO 44 POUNDS. 279 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:30,851 Cameron: THE AIRPLANE BECAME VERY HEAVY, 280 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:33,453 AND IT TOOK MY TOTAL CONCENTRATION 281 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,122 TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. 282 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:38,191 [COUGHING] 283 00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:39,626 Narrator: AN ACRID, BITTER SMOKE 284 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:42,462 IS CREEPING FORWARD FROM THE BACK OF THE PLANE 285 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:47,500 AND SEEPING IN FROM THE SEAMS IN THE FUSELAGE CEILING. 286 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:53,073 IT HOVERS LIKE A CLOUD OVER THE PASSENGERS' HEADS. 287 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,608 Chalifoux: INCREDIBLY HARSH SMOKE 288 00:12:55,642 --> 00:12:57,978 THAT WAS REALLY IRRITATING YOUR THROAT. 289 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:01,581 YOU HAD TO TAKE REALLY, REALLY SMALL, SMALL BREATHS. 290 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,050 OTHERWISE YOU WOULD CHOKE. 291 00:13:03,083 --> 00:13:05,853 [COUGHING] 292 00:13:05,886 --> 00:13:07,988 Fadley: I COULD SEE IT RISE. 293 00:13:10,991 --> 00:13:15,262 IT WAS TRAVELING ALONG THOSE LUGGAGE RACKS, YOU KNOW, 294 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:16,396 COMING FORWARD. 295 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,065 Kayama: SEATBELTS. 296 00:13:18,098 --> 00:13:19,499 [COUGHING] 297 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:21,201 Narrator: THE SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC 298 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:22,535 FILLS THE AIR. 299 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:24,905 [COUGHING] 300 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:30,410 DROPPING OXYGEN MASKS COULD MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. 301 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:31,378 Cameron: I COULD HAVE DEPLOYED 302 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:33,113 THE OXYGEN MASKS TO THE PASSENGERS, 303 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,414 BUT IT'S FORBIDDEN. 304 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,383 YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO USE THE OXYGEN MASKS 305 00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:40,653 IN CASE OF A MASSIVE DECOMPRESSION 306 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:42,956 OR A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. 307 00:13:42,990 --> 00:13:44,457 NOT FOR FIRE. 308 00:13:44,491 --> 00:13:50,597 [COUGHING] 309 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:53,233 Kirsch: I WAS CRYING AND SCARED. 310 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:55,435 I WASN'T HYSTERICAL. 311 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:57,237 THE GENTLEMAN SITTING NEXT TO ME 312 00:13:57,270 --> 00:14:00,473 EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IF I WOULD NOT CRY 313 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,976 AND IF I COULD, YOU KNOW, CONSERVE MY... 314 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:04,711 NOT BREATHE SO FAST 315 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:06,379 THAT IT WOULD CONSERVE THE OXYGEN, WOULD HELP US, 316 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,048 AND NOT TO WORRY, 317 00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:09,449 THAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, 318 00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:12,319 THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THESE SORT OF SITUATIONS. 319 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:15,155 [COUGHING] 320 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:16,823 Narrator: AS THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS 321 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,525 RIPPLE THROUGH THE PLANE, 322 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:20,393 THE P.A. SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN. 323 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:23,330 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STRUGGLE TO SHOUT DIRECTIONS, 324 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,732 BUT IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO BREATHE. 325 00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:27,734 [COUGHING] 326 00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:31,071 IN 1983, IT'S NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE 327 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:34,341 TO TELL PASSENGERS HOW TO OPEN THE EMERGENCY DOORS, 328 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,608 BUT IN THIS CASE, 329 00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:37,477 THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE TAKING NO CHANCES. 330 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:38,745 Davidson: ...AS FAR AWAY FROM THE PLANE AS POSSIBLE. 331 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,347 [COUGHING] 332 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,186 Narrator: AS SMOKE BEGINS ENTERING THE COCKPIT, 333 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:50,057 THE CAPTAIN'S SITUATION IS BECOMING CRITICAL. 334 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,858 FOR THE FIRST TIME, 335 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:55,996 OUIMET TALKS TO THE CINCINNATI AIRPORT. 336 00:14:56,029 --> 00:14:59,832 Ouimet: APPROACH, AIR CANADA 797. 337 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:02,635 WE'RE ON MAYDAY. WE'RE GOING DOWN. 338 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:05,705 Controller: AIR CANADA 797. CINCINNATI APPROACH. 339 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:07,907 PLAN RUNWAY 3-6 ILS, 340 00:15:07,941 --> 00:15:09,943 AND THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ALERTED. 341 00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:12,612 DO YOU HAVE TIME TO GIVE ME THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY? 342 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:14,114 Ouimet: WE HAVE A FIRE IN THE WASHROOM. 343 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:17,450 WE'RE FILLING UP WITH SMOKE RIGHT NOW. 344 00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:18,818 Controller: SAY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, 345 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:21,554 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND AMOUNT OF FUEL. 346 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:23,890 Ouimet: WE'LL COPY THAT LATER. 347 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,058 WE DON'T HAVE TIME. 348 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:30,430 Narrator: GREGORY KARAM IS THE APPROACH TOWER CONTROLLER. 349 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:32,966 HE'S THE LIFELINE FOR THE STRUGGLING JET. 350 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,235 HE CAN'T SEE THE PLANE ON RADAR YET, 351 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,569 BUT HE KNOWS IT'S IN TROUBLE. 352 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:41,641 ALMOST 13 MINUTES AFTER 7:00, 353 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:45,912 KARAM CATCHES SIGHT OF FLIGHT 797 ON HIS RADAR. 354 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:50,417 Gregory Karam: AIR CANADA 797, YOU ARE NOW FULLY IDENTIFIED. 355 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:54,087 THIS WILL BE A NO-GYRO RADAR APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 2-7 LEFT. 356 00:15:54,121 --> 00:15:56,489 DESCEND NOW TO 3,500 FEET. 357 00:15:56,523 --> 00:16:01,661 YOUR POSITION IS NOW 1-2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. 358 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:05,132 Narrator: THE CREW NEEDS TO BE GUIDED IN FROM THE GROUND. 359 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,467 STRUGGLING TO SEE THROUGH THE DENSE SMOKE, 360 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,336 THEY COULD EASILY VEER OFF COURSE. 361 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,007 KARAM WILL TALK THEM DOWN, 362 00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:16,443 WATCHING THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 363 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:19,179 IN THE CABIN, 364 00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:23,383 THE SMOKE AND HEAT ARE BECOMING UNBEARABLE. 365 00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:26,953 Chalifoux: MY THOUGHT WAS, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA CRASH." 366 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,921 THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MYSELF 367 00:16:28,955 --> 00:16:31,158 BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY PAPERS WITH ME. 368 00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:34,927 SO I STOOD UP, I TOOK MY WALLET IN THE COMPARTMENT 369 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:36,429 AND PUT MY JACKET ON 370 00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:40,267 SO THAT THEY COULD IDENTIFY MY BODY. 371 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:41,801 Ouimet: WHERE'S THE AIRPORT? 372 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,671 Karam: TWELVE O'CLOCK AND EIGHT MILES, AIR CANADA. 373 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:46,973 Ouimet: OK. WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE IT. 374 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,341 WE'RE GOING TO NEED FIRE TRUCKS. 375 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:50,443 Karam: THEY'RE STANDING BY FOR YOU. 376 00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:52,612 CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND AMOUNT OF FUEL? 377 00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:55,348 Ouimet: WE DON'T HAVE TIME. IT'S GETTING WORSE IN HERE. 378 00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:57,650 Karam: UNDERSTOOD, SIR. TURN LEFT NOW. 379 00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:00,420 YOU ARE ONE HALF-MILE NORTH OF FINAL APPROACH. 380 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:08,761 [SIRENS] 381 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,134 Narrator: FINALLY, THE CREW SEES THE AIRPORT. 382 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:20,473 Ouimet: OK. WE HAVE THE AIRPORT. 383 00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:22,709 Karam: THE TOWER HAS YOU IN SIGHT. 384 00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:24,611 YOU NEED NOT ACKNOWLEDGE FURTHER TRANSMISSION FROM ME, 385 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,579 AIR CANADA 797. 386 00:17:26,613 --> 00:17:29,416 YOU ARE CLEARED TO LAND. 387 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,219 YOU ARE FOUR MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. 388 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:33,520 GOOD LUCK. 389 00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:38,491 Narrator: IN A THICK HAZE OF SMOKE AND SOOT, 390 00:17:38,525 --> 00:17:41,128 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LAURA KAYAMA AND JUDI DAVIDSON 391 00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,995 FEEL THEIR WAY ALONG THE AISLE, 392 00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:45,232 TRYING TO REASSURE THE PASSENGERS. 393 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:47,234 [COUGHING] 394 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:50,002 THEY CAN'T GET PAST THE TWELFTH ROW. 395 00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:52,239 THE SMOKE AND THE HEAT ARE OVERWHELMING. 396 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,918 FIGHTING THE RELUCTANT CONTROLS, 397 00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:08,621 CAPTAIN CAMERON'S STRENGTH IS BEING PUSHED TO THE LIMIT. 398 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:17,864 Karam: 797, THE TOWER HAS YOU IN SIGHT. 399 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,754 Narrator: SQUINTING THROUGH THE SMOKE, 400 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:44,924 THE CREW OF FLIGHT 797 LANDS HARD. 401 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,759 AT 20 MINUTES AFTER 7:00, 402 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:49,796 THE AIR CANADA PLANE IS ON THE GROUND. 403 00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,300 IT'S LESS THAN 30 MINUTES 404 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:58,438 SINCE THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY TROUBLE ON BOARD FLIGHT 797. 405 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:01,073 Chalifoux: WHEN WE TOUCHED THE GROUND, 406 00:19:01,107 --> 00:19:03,443 I ASSUMED THAT WE'RE SAFE NOW. 407 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:06,613 NOW LET'S GET OUT OF THIS AIRPLANE. 408 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:09,616 Narrator: BUT INSIDE THE PLANE, THE SMOKE ISN'T LETTING UP. 409 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,551 PASSENGERS ARE UNDOING THEIR SEATBELTS 410 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:15,822 AND TRYING DESPERATELY TO ESCAPE. 411 00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:17,557 Kirsch: I GOT UP OUT OF MY SEAT 412 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,260 AND I REMEMBER PUTTING MY HANDS UP ON SOMEONE'S BACK 413 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,962 AND IT WAS LIKE WAITING IN A LINE, 414 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,666 AND I KNEW THAT WAS ONE LINE I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT VERY LONG, 415 00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,835 SO I TURNED AROUND AND WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION, 416 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:30,437 NOT KNOWING I WAS ACTUALLY HEADING TOWARDS 417 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:32,171 THE FRONT OF THE PLANE. 418 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,577 [SIRENS] 419 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,112 Narrator: SERGIO BENETTI IS THE FIRST ONE TO THE DOOR. 420 00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:41,614 [COUGHING] 421 00:19:41,648 --> 00:19:44,784 [SIRENS] 422 00:19:44,817 --> 00:19:47,487 HE'S HELPING GASPING PASSENGERS ESCAPE. 423 00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:51,924 Benetti: GO! GO! GO! 424 00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:01,200 Narrator: THE CABIN IS PITCH BLACK 425 00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:02,402 AND BURNING HOT. 426 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:08,308 IN THE COCKPIT, THE CREW QUICKLY SHUTS THE PLANE DOWN. 427 00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:11,511 THE FIRST OFFICER ESCAPES THROUGH THE EMERGENCY WINDOW. 428 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:13,913 IT'S A 16-FOOT JUMP TO THE GROUND. 429 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:27,026 PASSENGERS HAVE OPENED THREE OF THE OVER-WING EXITS. 430 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:30,430 BUT EVEN WITH THE DOORS OPEN, THE EXITS ARE ALL BUT INVISIBLE. 431 00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:33,099 THE SMOKE IS TOO THICK. 432 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:39,071 [COUGHING] 433 00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:41,140 Kirsch: I SAW A LIGHT, 434 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:42,475 AND IT WAS THE DOOR THAT HAD OPENED. 435 00:20:42,509 --> 00:20:44,911 SOMEONE HAD OPENED THE DOOR. 436 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,814 AND I REALIZED WHAT IT WAS AND RAN TO THE DOOR, 437 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:51,384 AND HELD MY--I JUST PUT MY FACE OUT SO I COULD BREATHE. 438 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,257 Narrator: PASSENGERS WHO HAVE FOUND THE EXITS 439 00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:00,993 SLIDE OFF THE WING AND STUMBLE TO SAFETY. 440 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:05,732 ON THE GROUND, LAURA KAYAMA AND JUDI DAVIDSON 441 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:09,836 FRANTICALLY MOVE PASSENGERS AWAY FROM THE DEADLY PLANE. 442 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:13,272 FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES SURROUND THE PLANE. 443 00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:14,941 THEY DOUSE THE PLANE'S EXTERIOR 444 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:16,809 AND THE GROUND BENEATH WITH FOAM, 445 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:19,979 FEARING A FUEL FIRE, OR WORSE--AN EXPLOSION. 446 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,983 THROUGH THE COCKPIT WINDOW, 447 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:27,219 OUIMET CAN SEE CAPTAIN CAMERON SITTING IN HIS SEAT 448 00:21:27,253 --> 00:21:30,690 LOOKING DAZED AND SLUMPED TOWARDS THE WHEEL. 449 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:32,359 Ouimet: THE FIRST THING THAT GOT MY ATTENTION 450 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:36,295 WAS TO SEE DON'S FACE IN THE WINDOW 451 00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:39,699 AND REALIZE THAT HE WAS NOT COMPLETELY CONSCIOUS. 452 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:42,469 Cameron: I COULDN'T GET OUT OF MY SEAT. 453 00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:45,905 I'D START AND I'D GET MY ARSE UP IN THE AIR LIKE THAT 454 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:48,541 AND I'D BE PUSHED BACK BY THE...I HAVE NO IDEA. 455 00:21:48,575 --> 00:21:49,542 IT WAS AN INVISIBLE FORCE, 456 00:21:49,576 --> 00:21:51,611 BUT IT WAS PROBABLY SMOKE AND FIRE. 457 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:56,048 Narrator: DESPERATELY TRYING TO SAVE THE CAPTAIN'S LIFE, 458 00:21:56,082 --> 00:21:58,084 OUIMET TELLS FIREFIGHTERS TO COVER HIM WITH FOAM. 459 00:21:58,117 --> 00:21:59,552 Ouimet: SPRAY THE COCKPIT! 460 00:21:59,586 --> 00:22:03,356 Cameron: IT WAS A SOAPY ICE-COLD MIXTURE 461 00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:05,858 THAT DRENCHED ME. 462 00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:07,259 Narrator: IT WORKS. 463 00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:10,797 CAMERON STIRS AND CLIMBS OUT THROUGH THE COCKPIT WINDOW. 464 00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:15,802 Ouimet: DON! THERE HE IS! DON! 465 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:22,141 Narrator: BARELY 90 SECONDS HAVE PASSED 466 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:23,443 SINCE THE PLANE LANDED, 467 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:28,381 WHEN SUDDENLY THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF FLIGHT 797 IGNITES. 468 00:22:28,415 --> 00:22:32,251 THE FLAMES ROLL THROUGH THE CABIN LIKE A TRAIN. 469 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:34,120 CAPTAIN DONALD CAMERON 470 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:36,956 IS THE LAST PERSON TO GET OUT OF THE PLANE ALIVE. 471 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:42,194 Ouimet: WE KNEW THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE AIRPLANE 472 00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:44,196 UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT POINT. 473 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,765 THAT WAS...THAT WAS FINISHED. 474 00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:49,669 Narrator: THE CABIN FIRE 475 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:51,904 BREAKS THROUGH THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE. 476 00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:53,740 [DISTANT SIRENS] 477 00:22:53,773 --> 00:22:56,943 BLACK SMOKE CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES. 478 00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,778 [COUGHING] 479 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,581 FLIGHT ATTENDANT LAURA KAYAMA BEGINS TO COUNT. 480 00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:03,916 Chalifoux: I WILL REMEMBER THESE WORDS FOREVER. 481 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:08,888 SHE TOLD US TO LINE UP SO THAT SHE COULD COUNT THE SURVIVORS. 482 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:11,991 IF THERE WERE SURVIVORS, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE DEAD. 483 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:16,028 Kayama: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22... 484 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:19,298 [WAILING] 485 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,633 Narrator: INCLUDING THE CREW, 486 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:23,470 THERE HAD BEEN 46 PEOPLE ABOARD THE PLANE. 487 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:25,438 BUT THERE AREN'T 46 PEOPLE ON THE RUNWAY. 488 00:23:28,541 --> 00:23:36,883 Fadley: I REALLY THOUGHT THAT IF THE PILOT COULD LAND THE PLANE 489 00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:39,719 WE WOULD ALL GET OFF. 490 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:43,255 BUT I KNEW, WHEN I LOOKED AROUND, 491 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,091 I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE ALL THERE. 492 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,996 Narrator: THE PASSENGERS WHO ESCAPED THE PLANE 493 00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:52,398 SUFFER FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND MINOR INJURIES, 494 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,133 BUT MOST ARE NOT BADLY HURT. 495 00:23:57,069 --> 00:24:01,974 Fadley: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IF YOU GOT OFF THE PLANE, 496 00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:03,375 NOTHING WAS WRONG. 497 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:05,512 I MEAN, THERE WAS MAYBE A SPRAINED ANKLE, 498 00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:08,748 MAYBE SOMEONE HAD A BROKEN ARM OR SOMETHING. 499 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:11,383 YOU MADE IT AND YOU WERE COMPLETELY FINE, 500 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:12,451 OR YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT. 501 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:19,291 Mills: I GUESS IT WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT. 502 00:24:19,325 --> 00:24:21,661 I DECIDED TO CALL AIR CANADA. 503 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:23,395 I SAID, "I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF A FRIEND OF MINE 504 00:24:23,429 --> 00:24:26,165 WAS ON THIS FLIGHT IN CINCINNATI." 505 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:29,401 AND SHE SAID, "ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY?" 506 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,403 I SAID, "NO, I'M JUST A CLOSE FRIEND." 507 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:37,109 AND SHE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW IF HIS WIFE IS ALONE?" 508 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:39,646 AND I SAID, "WELL, YES." 509 00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:42,615 AND SHE SAID, "WELL, SHE MAY NEED SOMEBODY WITH HER." 510 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:52,592 Narrator: STAN ROGERS, THE RISING MUSICAL STAR, 511 00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,694 DIDN'T MAKE IT OFF THE PLANE. 512 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,569 Cameron: CINCINNATI GROUND. 513 00:25:02,602 --> 00:25:04,103 THIS IS CAPTAIN OF THE AIR CANADA FLIGHT 514 00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,873 THAT'S ON FIRE HERE. 515 00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:09,676 Narrator: CAPTAIN CAMERON RADIOS CINCINNATI GROUND CONTROL 516 00:25:09,709 --> 00:25:12,645 FROM AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE NEAR HIS PLANE. 517 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:15,281 HE HAS A SOBERING MESSAGE. 518 00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:16,949 Cameron: IT SEEMS THERE ARE 23 PEOPLE 519 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:18,618 LEFT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. 520 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:20,853 IS THERE A SCHEDULED CARRIER RUNS INTO HERE 521 00:25:20,887 --> 00:25:22,454 THAT COULD MAYBE GIVE AID AND SHELTER 522 00:25:22,488 --> 00:25:25,925 TO OUR STRANDED PASSENGERS? 523 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:27,426 IT'S PRETTY COLD OUT HERE. 524 00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:35,534 Narrator: WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM 525 00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:40,573 HAS TAKEN THE LIVES OF 23 PEOPLE. 526 00:25:40,607 --> 00:25:43,943 WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY FIRE? 527 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,845 WHAT WENT SO HORRIBLY WRONG? 528 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,916 NOW THE BURNT SHELL OF A DC-9 529 00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:54,186 SITS ON THE RUNWAY AT THE GREATER CINCINNATI AIRPORT. 530 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:58,625 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING AIRPLANE DISASTERS IN YEARS. 531 00:25:58,658 --> 00:26:00,226 WITHIN THE HOUR, 532 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,461 INVESTIGATORS FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 533 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:04,230 ARE ON THE SCENE. 534 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:09,501 THE FIRST GRIM TASK OF THE INVESTIGATORS 535 00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:13,840 IS TO RECOVER THE BODIES OF THE DEAD-- 536 00:26:13,873 --> 00:26:16,575 21 CANADIANS AND 2 AMERICANS. 537 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:20,980 MANY ARE BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION. 538 00:26:25,618 --> 00:26:27,519 ALMOST ALL OF THE VICTIMS 539 00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:29,121 ARE FOUND IN THE FRONT HALF OF THE PLANE 540 00:26:29,155 --> 00:26:33,525 BETWEEN THE WINGS AND THE COCKPIT. 541 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:36,495 SOME ARE STILL STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS. 542 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:39,732 OTHERS ARE FOUND IN THE AISLES. 543 00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:41,533 AND EVEN THOUGH ALL THE PASSENGERS 544 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,569 HAD BEEN MOVED UP EARLIER IN THE FLIGHT, 545 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:45,504 TWO BODIES ARE FOUND NEAR THE REAR, 546 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:47,006 BEYOND THE WINGS. 547 00:26:49,809 --> 00:26:52,311 John Petrakis: BECAUSE OF THE DENSE SMOKE IN THE CABIN, 548 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:57,583 THE PASSENGERS COULDN'T SEE WELL ENOUGH TO FIND THE EXITS. 549 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:00,787 AND TWO PASSENGERS WENT BEYOND THE OVER-WING EXITS 550 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:04,590 AND SUCCUMBED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 551 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,325 Narrator: INVESTIGATORS TAKE BLOOD SAMPLES 552 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:07,894 FROM THE BODIES. 553 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:10,062 THEY FIND DEADLY LEVELS OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS 554 00:27:10,096 --> 00:27:12,832 THAT WERE PRODUCED AS THE PLANE BURNED. 555 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:15,702 Petrakis: WHEN WE DID TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES, 556 00:27:15,735 --> 00:27:17,269 WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE 557 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:19,739 THAT THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT HIGH LEVELS 558 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:22,574 OF CYANIDE AND FLUORIDE IN THE BLOOD, 559 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:24,877 AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE. 560 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:26,012 Narrator: IT'S NOT KNOWN 561 00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:28,614 IF THE TOXIC FUMES KILLED THE PASSENGERS. 562 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,517 ALL THAT'S CERTAIN IS THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ESCAPE 563 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:33,619 BEFORE THE FLAMES TORE THROUGH THE PLANE. 564 00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:43,629 WITH THE BODIES REMOVED FROM THE CABIN OF FLIGHT 797, 565 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,398 INVESTIGATORS BEGIN DIGGING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE 566 00:27:46,432 --> 00:27:48,968 TO TRY AND FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 567 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,503 AMONG THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE FBI. 568 00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:54,073 Petrakis: THEY WERE INVESTIGATING 569 00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:57,443 TO DETERMINE WHETHER TERRORISM MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FACTOR, 570 00:27:57,476 --> 00:28:00,012 SO THEY WERE ON SCENE RIGHT AWAY, 571 00:28:00,046 --> 00:28:04,516 LOOKING AT THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. 572 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:07,519 Narrator: THE FBI EXAMINES PIECES OF THE PLANE'S FLOOR, 573 00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:09,655 SAMPLES OF WATER FROM THE WASHROOM, 574 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:13,259 EVEN A PLASTIC VIAL FOUND ON THE FLOOR. 575 00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:15,527 Dick Hill: THE FBI BECAME INVOLVED VERY EARLY 576 00:28:15,561 --> 00:28:21,033 BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRIME TAKING PLACE 577 00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:25,237 TAKES PRECEDENT OVER AN ACCIDENT. 578 00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:28,507 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING 579 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:31,243 THAT WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH AN INCENDIARY DEVICE 580 00:28:31,277 --> 00:28:32,912 OR A SMALL EXPLOSIVE DEVICE 581 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:36,348 OR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE FUSED TO START A FIRE. 582 00:28:36,382 --> 00:28:38,684 THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE 583 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,386 OF ANY CRIME BEING COMMITTED 584 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:44,590 AND IT WAS PROBABLY ACCIDENTAL IGNITION, 585 00:28:44,623 --> 00:28:50,096 AND SO THEY THEN LEFT AND NTSB TOOK OVER THE ACCIDENT. 586 00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:52,298 Narrator: HAVING DISCOUNTED THE POSSIBILITY 587 00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:54,433 THAT THE FIRE WAS DELIBERATELY SET, 588 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:57,569 INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER THE NEXT OBVIOUS CAUSE-- 589 00:28:57,603 --> 00:28:58,604 A CIGARETTE. 590 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:04,143 WHEN SMOKING ON PLANES WAS STILL ALLOWED, 591 00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:06,813 THE MOST COMMON SOURCE OF FIRES IN A WASHROOM 592 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:08,447 WAS THE TRASH CONTAINER. 593 00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:17,589 INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE THE TRASH CONTAINER 594 00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:20,659 AND FIND THAT THE TOP IS BURNED AWAY, 595 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:21,961 BUT THE TRASH CHUTE 596 00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:25,497 AND THE CONTAINER BEHIND AND BELOW THE SINK ARE INTACT. 597 00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:28,000 INSIDE THE CONTAINER ARE REMNANTS OF PAPER, 598 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:30,236 SCORCHED BUT NOT BURNED. 599 00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,571 THE FIRE COULD NOT HAVE STARTED HERE. 600 00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:39,645 WITH THE MOST OBVIOUS POTENTIAL CAUSES DISCOUNTED, 601 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:42,214 INVESTIGATORS BEGIN TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE, 602 00:29:42,248 --> 00:29:45,084 LOOKING FOR WHAT HAD STARTED THE FIRE. 603 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:49,555 STUDYING THE HISTORY OF THE PLANE, 604 00:29:49,588 --> 00:29:52,224 HILL UNCOVERS SOME STARTLING FACTS. 605 00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,864 IN THE YEAR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, 606 00:29:57,897 --> 00:29:59,932 76 SEPARATE MAINTENANCE ISSUES 607 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:03,702 HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP IN THE PLANE'S LOGBOOK. 608 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,071 ALL WERE DEALT WITH, 609 00:30:05,104 --> 00:30:08,474 BUT STILL, IT'S AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. 610 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:15,581 THE PLANE'S TROUBLED HISTORY DIDN'T END THERE. 611 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:18,684 FOUR YEARS EARLIER, THE REAR BULKHEAD HAD FAILED, 612 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:22,588 CAUSING AN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION. 613 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:25,858 THE CREW HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. 614 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,430 Cameron: IT KNOCKED OUT A LOT OF ELECTRICAL CABLE 615 00:30:31,463 --> 00:30:34,066 AND HYDRAULICS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, 616 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:38,004 AND THE GUY DID A HELL OF A JOB BRINGING IT BACK TO BOSTON. 617 00:30:38,037 --> 00:30:41,073 Narrator: THE PLANE WAS REPAIRED AND PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. 618 00:30:41,107 --> 00:30:42,774 BUT HILL FOCUSES ON THE WIRES 619 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:46,012 THAT HAD TO BE STITCHED TOGETHER AFTER THE ACCIDENT. 620 00:30:46,045 --> 00:30:51,683 A BAD REPAIR JOB COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 621 00:30:51,717 --> 00:30:53,852 Hill: THERE WERE WIRES THAT RAN THROUGH THERE 622 00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:57,789 THAT HAD BEEN CUT, SPLICED BACK TOGETHER. 623 00:30:57,823 --> 00:30:59,992 Narrator: INVESTIGATORS STUDY ALL THE WIRE SPLICES 624 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:02,028 THEY CAN FIND ON FLIGHT 797 625 00:31:02,061 --> 00:31:04,330 THAT WEREN'T DESTROYED IN THE FIRE, 626 00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:07,733 BUT THEY FIND NO EVIDENCE OF ARCING OR SHORT-CIRCUITING. 627 00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:09,101 IT'S ANOTHER DEAD END. 628 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:14,706 INVESTIGATORS TURN THEIR ATTENTION 629 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:16,042 TO THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER 630 00:31:16,075 --> 00:31:18,110 AND THE POPPING CIRCUIT BREAKERS. 631 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:20,112 [POPPING] 632 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:22,748 Ouimet: WHAT WAS THAT? 633 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:25,317 IT'S RIGHT THERE. I SEE IT. 634 00:31:25,351 --> 00:31:26,452 RIGHT THERE. 635 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:30,156 Cameron: YEAH. 636 00:31:31,991 --> 00:31:33,459 LIKE A MACHINE GUN. 637 00:31:33,492 --> 00:31:37,129 Ouimet: YEAH. ZAP, ZAP, ZAP. 638 00:31:37,163 --> 00:31:39,966 Narrator: THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIP AS A PRECAUTION. 639 00:31:39,999 --> 00:31:41,733 WHEN THEY BEGIN TO OVERHEAT, 640 00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:43,535 THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS TURN OFF, 641 00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:46,405 CUTTING ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO THE MOTOR. 642 00:31:46,438 --> 00:31:51,043 IT'S A SAFETY FEATURE SO THE MOTOR WON'T CAUSE A FIRE. 643 00:31:51,077 --> 00:31:52,144 Cameron: POPS AS I PUSH IT. 644 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:56,448 Narrator: INVESTIGATORS NEED TO KNOW 645 00:31:56,482 --> 00:31:59,651 IF THE BREAKERS WERE TRIPPED BY A FIRE THAT HAD ALREADY STARTED, 646 00:31:59,685 --> 00:32:03,089 OR WAS THE MOTOR ITSELF THE PROBLEM? 647 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:06,692 THE NTSB BUILDS A MOCK-UP OF THE PLANE'S WASHROOM 648 00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:10,829 AND FORCES THE FLUSH MOTOR TO SEIZE. 649 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:15,401 THEY WANT TO SEE IF IT COULD HAVE STARTED THE FIRE. 650 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,503 THE SEIZED MOTOR REACHES A TEMPERATURE 651 00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:19,871 OF 802 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 652 00:32:19,905 --> 00:32:20,939 IT'S HOT, 653 00:32:20,973 --> 00:32:22,074 BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO IGNITE 654 00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:24,343 PARTS OF THE WASHROOM AROUND THE MOTOR. 655 00:32:35,021 --> 00:32:37,723 AS THEY LISTEN TO THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER, 656 00:32:37,756 --> 00:32:42,161 INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER A PUZZLING CLUE. 657 00:32:42,194 --> 00:32:44,830 THREE MINUTES BEFORE THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED, 658 00:32:44,863 --> 00:32:46,832 THE RECORDER PICKED UP ANOTHER NOISE. 659 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:48,134 [STATIC] 660 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:50,236 IT WAS THE SOUND OF ELECTRICAL ARCING, 661 00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:51,537 LIKE STATIC, 662 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,105 REPEATED EIGHT TIMES. 663 00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:55,407 THE NOISES WEREN'T AUDIBLE TO THE CREW. 664 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:02,581 HIDDEN FROM VIEW ON ANY AIRPLANE IS A RIVER OF WIRING. 665 00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:04,683 INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON A CABLE 666 00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:08,287 COMING FROM A GENERATOR BELOW THE WASHROOM FLOOR. 667 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,822 INSULATION HAD RUBBED OFF TWO WIRES, 668 00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:13,859 MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR SPARKS TO BE PRODUCED-- 669 00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:16,195 SPARKS THAT COULD START A FIRE. 670 00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:17,329 Hill: THERE WAS EVIDENCE 671 00:33:17,363 --> 00:33:19,331 THAT THERE WAS SOME ELECTRICAL ARCING, 672 00:33:19,365 --> 00:33:20,466 BUT IT COULD HAVE OCCURRED 673 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:24,170 AFTER THE INSULATION HAD BURNED ON THOSE WIRES. 674 00:33:24,203 --> 00:33:27,539 Narrator: IN SPITE OF COUNTLESS HOURS OF INVESTIGATION 675 00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:29,075 AND NUMEROUS TESTS, 676 00:33:29,108 --> 00:33:30,442 IN THE END, 677 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:33,779 THE NTSB CAN'T PINPOINT THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 678 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:37,316 THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE. 679 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:40,619 Hill: JUST BECAUSE OF THE VAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE 680 00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:42,821 THAT WAS DONE IN THAT CONCENTRATED AREA 681 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,090 AROUND THE LAVATORY 682 00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:46,458 WHERE THE FIRE BURNED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME 683 00:33:46,492 --> 00:33:49,461 AND POSSIBLY DESTROYED ANY OF THE EVIDENCE 684 00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:51,663 OF WHERE THE FIRE ACTUALLY IGNITED. 685 00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:54,433 [COUGHING] 686 00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:55,767 Narrator: EVEN IF THEY'LL NEVER KNOW 687 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:57,869 THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE, 688 00:33:57,903 --> 00:33:59,871 INVESTIGATORS TRY TO UNDERSTAND 689 00:33:59,905 --> 00:34:02,141 HOW IT COULD CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE. 690 00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:03,909 THERE HAD BEEN HEAT AND SMOKE, 691 00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:05,977 BUT NO ONE HAD SEEN ANY FLAMES 692 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:10,015 UNTIL AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH THE JET. 693 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,085 Hill: WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE THAT HAS INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION, 694 00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:15,287 WHEN IT HAS A LACK OF OXYGEN, 695 00:34:15,321 --> 00:34:17,823 THEY WILL PRODUCE COMBUSTIBLE GASES. 696 00:34:17,856 --> 00:34:19,391 THOSE GASES THEN CAN COLLECT, 697 00:34:19,425 --> 00:34:21,193 ESPECIALLY IN THE CROWN OF AN AIRCRAFT. 698 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:26,232 Narrator: THE FIRE HAD BURNED OUT OF SIGHT 699 00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:28,267 BEHIND THE WASHROOM WALLS, 700 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:31,670 AND THE SMOKE, HOT GASES, AND FUMES INTENSIFIED 701 00:34:31,703 --> 00:34:34,806 AND SPREAD INSIDE THE WALL SPACE FROM THE WASHROOM 702 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,577 THROUGH TO THE CABIN WALLS. 703 00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:41,180 THOSE SPACES ACTED AS A SORT OF CHIMNEY 704 00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:43,882 FOR THE GASES AND SMOKE THAT THE FIRE WAS CREATING. 705 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,356 ALTHOUGH THE FIRE REMAINED CONCEALED 706 00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:52,758 BEHIND THE WALLS AND CEILING PANELS, 707 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:56,562 THE SMOKE AND HOT GASES ENTERED THE CABIN THROUGH EVERY SEAM, 708 00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:58,630 GATHERING IN THE UPPER SPACE IN THE CABIN 709 00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,932 AND PRESSING DOWN ON PASSENGERS. 710 00:35:00,966 --> 00:35:02,668 [COUGHING] 711 00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:06,071 Hill: THE INACCESSIBLE AREAS AND THE CABIN AREA 712 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,006 ARE ALL LINKED TOGETHER 713 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:11,910 THROUGH SMALL CRACKS AND CERVICES AND SMALL OPENINGS. 714 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:15,681 THE PLANE IS ONE BIG PRESSURE VESSEL, 715 00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:17,616 WITH EVERYTHING BEING THE SAME, 716 00:35:17,649 --> 00:35:19,285 EQUILIBRATED TO THE SAME PRESSURE. 717 00:35:19,318 --> 00:35:21,420 SO SMOKE AND GASES IN THOSE AREAS 718 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:24,656 WOULD FAIRLY QUICKLY START TO PERMEATE 719 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:27,092 INTO THE PASSENGER CABIN. 720 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,961 [COUGHING] 721 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:32,731 Narrator: WHEN THE DOORS WERE OPENED DURING THE EVACUATION, 722 00:35:32,764 --> 00:35:34,800 AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF OXYGEN 723 00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:37,469 WAS SUDDENLY AVAILABLE TO FEED THE FIRE. 724 00:35:37,503 --> 00:35:39,104 THE MORE INTENSE THE HEAT, 725 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,374 THE MORE OXYGEN-HUNGRY A FIRE BECOMES. 726 00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:45,444 THE GASES IGNITED WITH THE FORCE OF AN EXPLOSION. 727 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:49,781 [SCREAMING] 728 00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:52,551 Hill: ONCE YOU HAVE A FLASHOVER, 729 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,686 YOU PRODUCE HEAT, TOXIC GASES, 730 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,888 AND YOU BURN UP ALL THE OXYGEN IN THE CABIN, 731 00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:58,490 AND IT BECOMES NON-SURVIVABLE. 732 00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:06,698 Narrator: THE TECHNICAL PART OF THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, 733 00:36:06,732 --> 00:36:08,434 BUT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS 734 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:11,403 ABOUT HOW THE CREW RESPONDED TO THE FIRE. 735 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:14,673 Cameron: THE FIRST OFFICER SAID, "IT'S STARTING TO CLEAR NOW," 736 00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:19,378 AND AT THAT POINT I RECKONED THAT THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL. 737 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:20,712 Narrator: COULD THEY HAVE DONE MORE 738 00:36:20,746 --> 00:36:24,015 TO PREVENT THE TRAGEDY ON BOARD FLIGHT 797? 739 00:36:30,456 --> 00:36:31,990 NTSB INVESTIGATORS 740 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,694 ARE UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. 741 00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:38,397 BUT AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE, 742 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:42,601 THEY'RE READY TO RELEASE THEIR REPORT. 743 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:46,672 THE REPORT ON THE LETHAL FIRE ABOARD AIR CANADA FLIGHT 797 744 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:50,141 IS PUBLISHED A YEAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. 745 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:52,878 IT'S A LANDMARK IN AIRCRAFT SAFETY. 746 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:57,283 BUT IT IMMEDIATELY MAKES FOR CONTROVERSIAL HEADLINES. 747 00:36:57,316 --> 00:37:00,886 THE NTSB POINTS OUT THAT THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE 748 00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:02,187 WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED, 749 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,257 EITHER BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS OR THE FIRST OFFICER. 750 00:37:05,291 --> 00:37:08,159 THE CAPTAIN WAS NEVER TOLD NOR DID HE INQUIRE 751 00:37:08,193 --> 00:37:11,196 AS TO THE PRECISE LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE FIRE, 752 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,599 WHICH HAD BEEN REPORTED TO HIM. 753 00:37:13,632 --> 00:37:15,066 Man: WITH THAT IN MIND, 754 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:18,437 WHAT TYPE OF FIRE DID YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD? 755 00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:21,106 Cameron: A BIN FIRE. 756 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:23,342 Ouimet: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. 757 00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:25,911 Narrator: AND THE REPORT ASKS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. 758 00:37:25,944 --> 00:37:28,213 Ouimet: AIR CANADA 797, WE HAVE A FIRE ON BOARD. 759 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,215 WE ARE GOING DOWN. 760 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,850 Controller: CAN YOU POSSIBLY MAKE CINCINNATI? 761 00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:35,354 Ouimet: ROGER THAT. 762 00:37:35,387 --> 00:37:38,256 Narrator: IF HE'D BEGUN TO DESCEND SOONER, 763 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:41,126 COULD THE CAPTAIN HAVE LANDED AT STANDIFORD FIELD AIRPORT 764 00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:43,261 IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY? 765 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:45,464 IT WAS A FEW MINUTES CLOSER. 766 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:50,001 THE REPORT AND THE MEDIA ATTENTION IT GETS 767 00:37:50,035 --> 00:37:53,739 ARE DEVASTATING TO CAPTAIN CAMERON AND HIS CREW. 768 00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:56,074 SOON AFTER THE REPORT IS RELEASED, 769 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,044 THERE'S AN OUTCRY AMONG PILOTS IN THE INDUSTRY. 770 00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:03,014 THEY RESENT ITS IMPLIED CRITICISM OF FLIGHT 797'S CREW 771 00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:05,517 AND THE SUGGESTION THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEGUN THEIR DESCENT 772 00:38:05,551 --> 00:38:09,020 FIVE MINUTES SOONER. 773 00:38:09,054 --> 00:38:10,822 SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, 774 00:38:10,856 --> 00:38:13,425 THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION SUBMITS A PETITION 775 00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:16,127 THAT DEFENDS CAMERON AND THE CREW. 776 00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:17,696 IT MAKES AN IMPACT. 777 00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:20,466 THE NTSB RELEASES A REVISED REPORT, 778 00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:24,936 INCLUDING THE PETITION BY THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION. 779 00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,237 IN THE PETITION, 780 00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:28,907 FIRST OFFICER OUIMET WRITES AN IMPASSIONED DEFENSE 781 00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:32,344 OF LANDING THE PLANE WHERE AND WHEN THEY DID. 782 00:38:32,378 --> 00:38:35,447 THE ISSUE WASN'T ONLY THE DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, 783 00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:38,183 BUT THE REQUIRED RATE OF DESCENT. 784 00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:40,452 AS IT WAS, THE PLANE BARELY MADE THE DESCENT 785 00:38:40,486 --> 00:38:42,488 TO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AIRPORT. 786 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,201 STILL, 787 00:38:56,234 --> 00:38:58,470 THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD'S REVISED SUMMARY 788 00:38:58,504 --> 00:39:00,238 DOESN'T PULL ALL ITS PUNCHES, 789 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,675 POINTING A FINGER AT CAPTAIN CAMERON. 790 00:39:03,709 --> 00:39:05,110 THE REPORT STATES 791 00:39:05,143 --> 00:39:07,879 THAT THE TIME TAKEN TO EVALUATE THE NATURE OF THE FIRE 792 00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:10,882 AND TO DECIDE TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT 793 00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:13,351 CONTRIBUTED TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT. 794 00:39:16,121 --> 00:39:19,357 20 YEARS LATER, THE STATEMENT STILL STINGS. 795 00:39:22,093 --> 00:39:24,062 Cameron: I AM GLAD THEY WERE ALL... 796 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:25,997 THE PEOPLE THAT GOT OFF GOT OFF. 797 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:28,099 I'M VERY SORRY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET OFF 798 00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:30,001 DIDN'T GET OFF 799 00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:32,504 BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT GETTING THEM THERE. 800 00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:34,172 THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME. 801 00:39:37,843 --> 00:39:40,345 ALL I KNOW IS THAT I DID THE BEST I COULD. 802 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,118 Narrator: ALONG WITH THE COMMENTS 803 00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:49,154 ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CREW, 804 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:52,157 THE NTSB RECOMMENDS A HOST OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 805 00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:57,863 PERHAPS IF THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN FULL, 806 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:01,867 SOMEONE WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE SMELL OF SMOKE SOONER. 807 00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:05,136 BUT WHAT THE WASHROOM OF FLIGHT 797 COULD HAVE USED 808 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:07,138 WAS A SMOKE DETECTOR. 809 00:40:07,172 --> 00:40:09,240 THEY WEREN'T STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY, 810 00:40:09,274 --> 00:40:11,076 BUT AFTER FLIGHT 797, 811 00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:13,344 ATTITUDES AND REGULATIONS CHANGED. 812 00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:20,819 EVEN THOUGH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DID RECEIVE SOME TRAINING 813 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:22,788 IN DEALING WITH FIRES ABOARD A PLANE, 814 00:40:22,821 --> 00:40:24,790 IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. 815 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:26,091 BUT WHAT WAS MORE OBVIOUS-- 816 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:28,560 THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WEREN'T PROPERLY EQUIPPED 817 00:40:28,594 --> 00:40:29,961 TO ATTACK FIRES. 818 00:40:29,995 --> 00:40:32,397 WITHOUT FULL FACE-MASKS AND OXYGEN, 819 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,232 THEY COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO FIGHT FIRE 820 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,168 WHILE HOLDING THEIR BREATH. 821 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:39,805 IN THE YEARS AFTER FLIGHT 797, 822 00:40:39,838 --> 00:40:42,340 ATTENDANTS RECEIVED BETTER EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 823 00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:49,447 THE CABIN CREW HAD ALSO MADE SPLIT-SECOND DECISIONS 824 00:40:49,481 --> 00:40:52,851 THAT HELPED SAVE LIVES. 825 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:54,653 MOVING PASSENGERS FURTHER UP THE PLANE 826 00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:56,622 AND HANDING OUT WET TOWELS 827 00:40:56,655 --> 00:40:58,156 MINIMIZED THE EFFECTS OF THE TOXIC SMOKE. 828 00:41:01,026 --> 00:41:02,761 THEIR DECISION TO TELL PASSENGERS 829 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:05,196 TO OPEN THE EMERGENCY EXITS OVER THE WINGS 830 00:41:05,230 --> 00:41:07,132 WAS NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE, 831 00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,701 BUT IT LET SOME PASSENGERS ESCAPE MORE QUICKLY 832 00:41:09,735 --> 00:41:12,337 AND WAS EVENTUALLY ADOPTED AS A ROUTINE PRACTICE. 833 00:41:17,175 --> 00:41:18,510 FINALLY, IT BECAME OBVIOUS 834 00:41:18,544 --> 00:41:20,612 FROM THE LOCATION OF SOME OF THE BODIES 835 00:41:20,646 --> 00:41:23,414 THAT PASSENGERS DIED BECAUSE OF PRECIOUS SECONDS LOST 836 00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:27,886 TRYING TO FIND THE EXITS IN THE PITCH BLACK. 837 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,655 WHAT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? 838 00:41:29,688 --> 00:41:31,189 TRACK LIGHTING ON THE FLOORS 839 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:33,124 AND BUMPS ALONG THE OVERHEAD BINS 840 00:41:33,158 --> 00:41:35,994 THAT IDENTIFIED THE ROWS WITH EMERGENCY EXITS-- 841 00:41:36,027 --> 00:41:39,130 FEATURES THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME STANDARD. 842 00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:43,168 [COUGHING] 843 00:41:43,201 --> 00:41:45,704 Hill: AS A DIRECT RESULT OF 797, 844 00:41:45,737 --> 00:41:46,972 A NUMBER OF RULES WERE CHANGED, 845 00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:50,375 INCLUDING A MORE STRINGENT TEST FOR SEATS, 846 00:41:50,408 --> 00:41:53,044 A HEAT RELEASE AND SMOKE REQUIREMENT 847 00:41:53,078 --> 00:41:54,913 FOR CABIN INTERIOR PANELS, 848 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:58,216 A REQUIREMENT FOR SMOKE DETECTORS IN LAVATORIES 849 00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,952 AND HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN THE CABIN. 850 00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:02,420 Kayama: WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. 851 00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:04,055 PUT YOUR HEAD ON YOUR LAP. 852 00:42:04,089 --> 00:42:06,091 Narrator: BUT THE CHANGES WERE TOO LATE 853 00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:08,794 FOR THOSE WHO DIED ON FLIGHT 797, 854 00:42:08,827 --> 00:42:12,230 LIKE THE MAN SITTING BESIDE CONNIE KIRSCH. 855 00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:18,503 MONTHS AFTER THE CRASH, HIS WIFE TRACKED CONNIE DOWN. 856 00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,606 Kirsch: SHE SAID, "I JUST UNDERSTAND 857 00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:22,674 MY HUSBAND WAS THE ONE THAT WAS NEXT TO YOU, 858 00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:25,611 AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW WAS HE, 859 00:42:25,644 --> 00:42:30,015 WHAT WAS HIS SPIRITS?" 860 00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:33,418 AND I SAID, "HE WAS IN GREAT SPIRITS. 861 00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:34,786 HE WAS VERY NICE. 862 00:42:34,820 --> 00:42:36,822 HE LET ME SIT NEXT TO HIM 863 00:42:36,855 --> 00:42:39,691 AND EXPLAINED TO ME HOW TO BREATHE." 864 00:42:39,725 --> 00:42:42,594 THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. 865 00:42:42,628 --> 00:42:46,632 Narrator: STAN ROGERS WAS ANOTHER VICTIM OF FLIGHT 797. 866 00:42:46,665 --> 00:42:49,234 HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF HIS LIFE 867 00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:53,138 AND GROWING CAREER. 868 00:42:53,171 --> 00:42:57,075 Mills: I LOVED HIS GENEROSITY AND HIS LOYALTY AS A FRIEND. 869 00:42:57,108 --> 00:42:59,645 AS AN ARTIST, HE WAS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS 870 00:42:59,678 --> 00:43:01,913 THIS COUNTRY'S EVER PRODUCED. 871 00:43:01,947 --> 00:43:05,651 AND IT WAS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE PLEASURE AND HONOR 872 00:43:05,684 --> 00:43:09,120 TO BE WORKING WITH HIM. 873 00:43:09,154 --> 00:43:11,923 HE STILL GETS LOTS AND LOTS OF AIRPLAY, 874 00:43:11,957 --> 00:43:14,225 AND SO HIS LEGEND GROWS. 875 00:43:18,864 --> 00:43:20,799 Narrator: SOMETIME AFTER THE ACCIDENT, 876 00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:23,802 TWO AIR CANADA EMPLOYEES SHOW UP AT DIANNE FADLEY'S DOOR 877 00:43:23,835 --> 00:43:26,838 IN DALLAS. 878 00:43:26,872 --> 00:43:29,975 Fadley: THEY BROUGHT MY BIBLE. 879 00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:34,980 IT'S DARK BECAUSE IT WAS BURNED AND SINGED, 880 00:43:35,013 --> 00:43:37,282 BUT IT'S A PAPERBACK BIBLE, 881 00:43:37,315 --> 00:43:41,486 AND IT DID NOT COMPLETELY BURN UP. 882 00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:49,594 THIS IS JUST A REMINDER TO ME THAT GOD WAS WITH ME, 883 00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:55,000 AND I BELIEVE HE PROTECTED ME. 884 00:43:55,033 --> 00:43:56,167 AND, YOU KNOW, 885 00:43:56,201 --> 00:43:58,737 HE WAS THERE WITH ME. 886 00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,610 Narrator: CAPTAIN CAMERON AND HIS CREW 887 00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,946 EVENTUALLY RECEIVED SIX SEPARATE AWARDS 888 00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:11,817 FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS ON FLIGHT 797, 889 00:44:11,850 --> 00:44:16,321 INCLUDING RECOGNITION FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 890 00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:19,390 BUT THEY'RE ALL STILL HAUNTED BY THE NIGHTMARE. 891 00:44:19,424 --> 00:44:21,092 Ouimet: YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE. 892 00:44:21,126 --> 00:44:22,093 THERE'S NO QUESTION. 893 00:44:22,127 --> 00:44:23,561 YOU FEEL GUILT. 894 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:27,432 YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOUR LICENSE. 895 00:44:27,465 --> 00:44:29,935 YOU FEEL VERY... 896 00:44:29,968 --> 00:44:31,770 VERY SMALL. 897 00:44:31,803 --> 00:44:35,006 Cameron: IT'S JUST A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET EVERYBODY OFF. 898 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,808 IT STILL BOTHERS ME. 69030

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