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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:10,610 NARRATOR: A passenger plane is completely obliterated 2 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,746 in the California hills. 3 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,115 It would have been a horrifying experience. 4 00:00:15,115 --> 00:00:17,784 NARRATOR: A 747 vanishes over the Atlantic. 5 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:22,255 747s do not fall out of the sky. 6 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:25,125 NARRATOR: Fire erupts during a landing in Taiwan. 7 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:26,192 What the hell? 8 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,628 [screaming] 9 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:30,130 Mayday, mayday, mayday! 10 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:38,171 NARRATOR: Three accidents all linked to lapses in security. 11 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:40,173 When the system fails. 12 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,141 What's the problem? 13 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:41,708 [gunshot] 14 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,109 I'm the problem. 15 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:47,747 [gunshots] 16 00:00:47,747 --> 00:00:51,184 NARRATOR: A routine flight can turn into a tragedy. 17 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:52,819 MARY SCHIAVO: The most basic rule 18 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:55,789 of security, which is every person, every time, 19 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:59,659 every flight matters every single time. 20 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:02,362 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting our approach. 21 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:03,663 PILOT: We lost both engines. 22 00:01:03,663 --> 00:01:04,464 ANNOUNCER: Put the masks over your nose. 23 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:05,665 Emergency descent. 24 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:07,267 PILOT: Mayday, mayday, mayday! 25 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:08,468 Brace for impact. 26 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:11,771 [suspensful music] 27 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:28,488 NARRATOR: Los Angeles International Airport, one 28 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:29,823 of the busiest in the world. 29 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:34,861 At Terminal 1, passengers and crew 30 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,796 taking a flight to San Francisco are making 31 00:01:36,796 --> 00:01:38,331 their way through security. 32 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:41,835 [beeping] 33 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:53,713 They board Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771. 34 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:56,216 If you set me up with a Scotch on your way back. 35 00:01:56,216 --> 00:01:57,717 NARRATOR: Among the 38 passengers 36 00:01:57,717 --> 00:02:00,653 are several PSA employees. 37 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:02,822 It's very common for airline employees 38 00:02:02,822 --> 00:02:05,258 to commute between cities for work. 39 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:07,727 And so people would take a bus to work, 40 00:02:07,727 --> 00:02:11,331 many airline employees take a plane to work. 41 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:12,966 NARRATOR: Captain Gregg Lindamood has been 42 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:17,237 flying with PSA for 14 years. 43 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:18,238 Brakes. 44 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:19,472 Brakes set. 45 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:22,575 Flaps up. 46 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,410 Spoilers retracted. 47 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:27,413 NARRATOR: First Officer James Nunn joined the airline 48 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:29,516 only the previous spring. 49 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:33,253 He's logged thousands of hours in the cockpit. 50 00:02:33,253 --> 00:02:33,887 Thrust levers. 51 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:40,393 NARRATOR: Today, they're piloting a British-built BAe 52 00:02:40,393 --> 00:02:41,895 146 Commuter Jet. 53 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:50,537 The flight to San Francisco will take just over an hour. 54 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:52,739 Can you ask him how it's been? 55 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,641 NARRATOR: About halfway through the flight, 56 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:58,511 Captain Lindamood worries about some mild turbulence. 57 00:02:58,511 --> 00:03:00,880 Center, PSA 1771. 58 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,315 Any reports on the ride ahead? 59 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:05,451 We've had a little continuous light chop. 60 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:08,321 RADIO: PSA, this is Rocky Mountain Center. 61 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:10,023 It's not too bad. 62 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,025 [gunshots] 63 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,426 My God! 64 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:14,394 That was a gun. 65 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:15,295 Yeah. 66 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:18,598 Squawk 77, Squawk 77, we've had a gun 67 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:22,302 fired on board the aircraft. 68 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:37,250 NARRATOR: Moments later, Flight 1771 plunges into a steep dive. 69 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,518 NARRATOR: Moments later, Flight 1771 plunges into a steep dive. 70 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:42,322 Police find the crash site 175 miles northwest of Los Angeles. 71 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:46,326 Almost nothing remains of the 30-ton passenger jet. 72 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:48,628 This is one of the worst air disasters 73 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:52,332 in California's history. 74 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:55,635 STEVE BOLTS: There were no wings, there were no fuselage, 75 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:57,537 there was no-- 76 00:03:57,537 --> 00:03:59,772 there was no tail section, there were no aircraft seats. 77 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:01,908 There was just papers. 78 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,843 Papers everywhere. 79 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:11,517 And the strong smell of aviation fuel. 80 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:17,624 We're making a frantic search throughout this remote cow 81 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:20,960 pasture looking for survivors, and we can't even 82 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,931 find deceased human beings, much less 83 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,567 human beings that had survived. 84 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:34,641 NARRATOR: 43 people died on board Flight 1771. 85 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:36,876 Come on up here, guys. 86 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:38,111 NARRATOR: Investigators from the National 87 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:42,749 Transportation Safety Board and the FBI are soon on the scene. 88 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:44,017 Have you ever seen anything like this? 89 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:55,061 When the aircraft hit at such a high speed, 90 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:58,531 it impacted and basically compressed 91 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:00,366 the earth, and then-- 92 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:02,735 and then it released and it blew everything 93 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:05,371 back out of the hole. 94 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:07,073 With a total destruction of the aircraft, I mean, 95 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:09,442 you had limited amounts of information 96 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:12,445 that you could gather from the wreckage. 97 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:15,048 NARRATOR: But this is not only an accident site, 98 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:17,583 it's also a potential crime scene. 99 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,886 RICHARD BRETZING: We knew that gunshots had been heard 100 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:21,854 by the air traffic controllers. 101 00:05:21,854 --> 00:05:23,556 [gunshots] 102 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:25,525 JAMES NUNN (ON RADIO): Squawk 77, squawk 77, 103 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:28,027 we've had a gun fired on board the aircraft. 104 00:05:28,027 --> 00:05:30,897 If the reports of gunshots were accurate, 105 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:33,066 then I realized immediately that we 106 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,734 had crime aboard an aircraft. 107 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:42,041 NARRATOR: But perhaps the pilots and controllers were mistaken. 108 00:05:42,041 --> 00:05:44,911 It's up to the NTSB to determine exactly 109 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:48,548 what happened on Flight 1771. 110 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:52,752 You try to arrive on scene with a totally objective view 111 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:54,454 of what's going on. 112 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,789 NARRATOR: The FBI is searching for evidence of a crime. 113 00:05:56,789 --> 00:05:59,559 The NTSB for clues about the crash. 114 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:03,529 If they can recover the black boxes, they may find both. 115 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:05,431 That's about the first thing you do when you get on scene, 116 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:07,100 you find the cockpit voice recorder. 117 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,802 You can't overemphasize how important that was, 118 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:12,805 in this case because we had no airframe left to work with 119 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:17,477 and we really had no wreckage in the normal sense of the word. 120 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:19,445 NARRATOR: After hours of searching 121 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:22,615 through the shattered remains, the effort finally pays off. 122 00:06:22,615 --> 00:06:24,984 They find the plane's two black boxes. 123 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:30,690 At the NTSB laboratory in Washington, 124 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:36,462 Dennis Grossi examines Flight 1771's badly damaged CVR. 125 00:06:36,462 --> 00:06:39,499 DENNIS GROSSI: The case itself was basically crushed. 126 00:06:39,499 --> 00:06:42,101 It was bent in like somebody grabbed it and pushed it 127 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:44,704 together like that. 128 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:48,608 And this is hardened steel, and we assess the impact forces 129 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:56,549 around 5,000 Gs. 130 00:06:56,549 --> 00:06:58,885 NARRATOR: Dennis Grossi knows the immense impact may have 131 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:01,988 ruined any chance of hearing the last words from the cockpit 132 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:06,692 of Flight 1771. 133 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:07,727 All right. 134 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:09,529 Let's give it a listen. 135 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:12,265 NARRATOR: Despite suffering huge impact forces, 136 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:15,635 the audiotape is still intact. 137 00:07:15,635 --> 00:07:18,871 Flaps up. 138 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:20,873 Spoilers retracted. 139 00:07:20,873 --> 00:07:25,244 NARRATOR: The first 28 minutes of the flight sound routine. 140 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:27,914 We hear the flight crew talk, you know, 141 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:30,550 do their normal procedures. 142 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:33,186 NARRATOR: But in the final two minutes, 143 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:36,289 events take a chilling turn. 144 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:38,257 Sure sounds like a gunshot. 145 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:41,727 And then all of a sudden, they hear and we hear 146 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:44,197 on the recording this gunshot. 147 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:45,898 NARRATOR: The tape confirms what the pilots 148 00:07:45,898 --> 00:07:49,001 had reported-- two gunshots. 149 00:07:49,001 --> 00:07:50,303 JAMES NUNN (ON RADIO): My God! 150 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,704 GREGG LINDAMOOD (ON RADIO): That was a gun. 151 00:07:51,704 --> 00:07:53,105 JAMES NUNN (ON RADIO): Yeah, I know. 152 00:07:53,105 --> 00:07:55,041 It was actually a very sobering moment 153 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:57,677 because we realized that we were listening 154 00:07:57,677 --> 00:08:01,047 to a very routine flight that suddenly 155 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,148 became anything but routine. 156 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:10,556 The door to the cockpit was heard open, 157 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:13,893 and a female voice, presumably the flight attendant, 158 00:08:13,893 --> 00:08:17,029 was heard to say in a voice that was filled with alarm. 159 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:18,664 There's a problem, captain! 160 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:20,233 And we heard a voice, a male voice, which we presumed 161 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,901 to be the captain saying-- 162 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:23,769 What's the problem? 163 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:24,237 I'm the problem. 164 00:08:28,774 --> 00:08:32,078 NARRATOR: Investigators now know that an unidentified male 165 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:35,147 shot the flight crew. 166 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:36,249 DENNIS GROSSI: It's always startling when 167 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:37,750 you hear something like that. 168 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:41,187 When you hear the commission of a murder. 169 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,356 That's five shots so far. 170 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,091 RICHARD BRETZING: And then we could 171 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:49,695 hear the cockpit door shut again and another final shot, 172 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:53,132 the sixth shot. 173 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:55,101 NARRATOR: Before the tape ends, they 174 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:58,304 hear one last ominous sound. 175 00:08:58,304 --> 00:09:00,740 BOB DICKENS: Within about five seconds, 176 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:02,842 we picked up what's called a windscreen noise-- 177 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:06,112 in other words, you could tell that the aircraft 178 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:07,246 was accelerating. 179 00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:11,784 The plane's in a dive. 180 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:13,619 The engines are revving. 181 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:15,788 NARRATOR: 65 seconds after the murder 182 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:22,628 of its crew, Flight 1771 smashes into the California hills. 183 00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:24,363 RICHARD BRETZING: It helped us to understand what we were 184 00:09:24,363 --> 00:09:27,867 investigating the heinousness of the crime 185 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,201 that we are investigating. 186 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:37,176 DENNIS GROSSI: It just confirms that this wasn't an accident, 187 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:40,680 that it was, in fact, a crime, and the FBI 188 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,716 would be taking over the investigation from here on out. 189 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:46,319 NARRATOR: The FBI must find out who 190 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:48,421 was responsible for this mass murder. 191 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:50,856 STEVE BOLTS: It's establishing who had motive, 192 00:09:50,856 --> 00:09:55,027 establishing who had access, establishing 193 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:57,029 who was the intended victim. 194 00:09:57,029 --> 00:10:01,901 Somehow, someone managed to get a gun on that plane. 195 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:05,004 NARRATOR: A weapon was smuggled through LAX, one of the world's 196 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:07,406 busiest airports. 197 00:10:07,406 --> 00:10:11,844 Let's find out how that guy got on the plane, all right? 198 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:15,047 NARRATOR: If the FBI can't find the hole in security, 199 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:16,282 more lives could be at risk. 200 00:10:22,898 --> 00:10:27,769 through the wreckage of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771. 201 00:10:27,769 --> 00:10:30,205 They're looking for an uncommon piece of evidence 202 00:10:30,205 --> 00:10:32,040 at a crash site-- 203 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,475 a murder weapon. 204 00:10:33,475 --> 00:10:36,211 That's a hydraulic line, probably from the main gear. 205 00:10:36,211 --> 00:10:37,245 BOB DICKENS: The FBI, bear in mind, 206 00:10:37,245 --> 00:10:38,780 knows how to investigate crime. 207 00:10:38,780 --> 00:10:40,215 They don't necessarily know how to investigate 208 00:10:40,215 --> 00:10:41,750 an aircraft accident. 209 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:44,086 So we-- we would go ahead and do our normal 210 00:10:44,086 --> 00:10:46,988 investigative procedures and make that information 211 00:10:46,988 --> 00:10:48,223 available to the FBI. 212 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:52,761 NARRATOR: Finding the weapon could 213 00:10:52,761 --> 00:10:58,734 help the FBI identify who fired shots on board Flight 1771. 214 00:10:58,734 --> 00:11:02,104 We weren't sure that that we would succeed because the field 215 00:11:02,104 --> 00:11:06,808 of debris was so wide and the impact had reduced the airplane 216 00:11:06,808 --> 00:11:07,743 to so many small pieces. 217 00:11:21,823 --> 00:11:24,292 We were very, very fortunate, when we found the gun. 218 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:27,129 It was an unbelievable stroke of luck. 219 00:11:37,105 --> 00:11:40,475 NARRATOR: It's a .44 Magnum. 220 00:11:40,475 --> 00:11:45,113 The shattered pistol leads to a morbid discovery. 221 00:11:45,113 --> 00:11:47,015 BOB DICKENS: When we found what was left of the gun, 222 00:11:47,015 --> 00:11:50,118 there was a portion of the finger between the trigger 223 00:11:50,118 --> 00:11:51,820 and the trigger guard. 224 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:54,422 That went back to the FBI Lab in Quantico, Virginia. 225 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,296 NARRATOR: The FBI has a weapon, a crime 226 00:12:01,296 --> 00:12:05,167 scene, and 42 murder victims. 227 00:12:05,167 --> 00:12:07,102 What they don't have is the identity 228 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:10,172 of the 43rd person on board-- 229 00:12:10,172 --> 00:12:12,841 the killer. 230 00:12:12,841 --> 00:12:19,948 And the way he smuggled a gun onto Flight 1771. 231 00:12:19,948 --> 00:12:24,286 The FBI soon uncovers a gaping hole in the security system 232 00:12:24,286 --> 00:12:26,154 at Los Angeles International Airport. 233 00:12:31,026 --> 00:12:35,030 What they had set up is a bypass for a crew 234 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:36,865 members and airport employees. 235 00:12:36,865 --> 00:12:38,466 You would show your badge and they 236 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,302 would allow you to bypass both the metal 237 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:42,504 detector and the X-ray unit. 238 00:12:42,504 --> 00:12:46,374 It was a big loophole. 239 00:12:46,374 --> 00:12:48,043 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the killer 240 00:12:48,043 --> 00:12:50,478 was an airline employee? 241 00:12:50,478 --> 00:12:52,981 Using the passenger manifest, investigators 242 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:55,317 identify four male employees who worked 243 00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:59,187 for either Pacific Southwest or its parent airline, US Air. 244 00:13:04,392 --> 00:13:06,895 Forensic specialists lift a fingerprint 245 00:13:06,895 --> 00:13:09,364 from the piece of skin found in the trigger guard. 246 00:13:14,970 --> 00:13:19,174 They compare it to prints of employees on the flight 247 00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:20,208 and find a match. 248 00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:25,380 The killer is identified as David Burke. 249 00:13:31,419 --> 00:13:33,622 RICHARD BRETZING: David Burke, he was one of those employees 250 00:13:33,622 --> 00:13:36,124 who would go in after he landed and help 251 00:13:36,124 --> 00:13:38,126 to clean up the inside. 252 00:13:38,126 --> 00:13:41,363 NARRATOR: Investigators now know David Burke smuggled a gun on 253 00:13:41,363 --> 00:13:45,634 board, but they don't know why. 254 00:13:45,634 --> 00:13:47,669 RICHARD BRETZING: A motive gives you understanding. 255 00:13:47,669 --> 00:13:50,572 It helps to develop the full mosaic of the crime. 256 00:13:53,408 --> 00:13:55,377 NARRATOR: At the crash site, a clue 257 00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:57,245 is found in the midst of the papers 258 00:13:57,245 --> 00:13:58,580 that scattered after impact. 259 00:14:01,082 --> 00:14:04,920 DENNIS GROSSI: All of the paper on the aircraft, any-- 260 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,622 any of the insulation material on the aircraft, all 261 00:14:07,622 --> 00:14:10,258 that light stuff got blown up into the air 262 00:14:10,258 --> 00:14:15,263 and then the wind carried it for, I believe, miles. 263 00:14:15,263 --> 00:14:18,199 NARRATOR: Investigators come across a note scribbled 264 00:14:18,199 --> 00:14:20,468 on an air sickness bag. 265 00:14:20,468 --> 00:14:23,271 The handwriting is a match to David Burke's. 266 00:14:23,271 --> 00:14:25,006 RICHARD BRETZING: Hi, Ray. 267 00:14:25,006 --> 00:14:28,944 I think it's sort of ironical that we end up like this. 268 00:14:28,944 --> 00:14:32,714 I asked for some leniency for my family, remember? 269 00:14:32,714 --> 00:14:35,550 Well, I got none, and you'll get none. 270 00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:43,491 NARRATOR: The "Ray" in the note is identified as airline 271 00:14:43,491 --> 00:14:46,328 station manager Ray Thompson. 272 00:14:46,328 --> 00:14:47,629 He was David Burke's boss. 273 00:14:54,369 --> 00:14:56,638 Three weeks before the crash, Burke 274 00:14:56,638 --> 00:14:59,040 was fired from the company after being 275 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,643 caught on tape stealing from the in-flight bar proceeds. 276 00:15:05,046 --> 00:15:07,349 RICHARD BRETZING: He then came back for an appeal hearing 277 00:15:07,349 --> 00:15:09,451 on the day of the flight. 278 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:11,686 I've reviewed your file. 279 00:15:11,686 --> 00:15:14,522 He was terminated by Ray Thompson. 280 00:15:14,522 --> 00:15:16,925 Your appeal, it's been denied. 281 00:15:21,663 --> 00:15:24,165 That termination interview was-- 282 00:15:24,165 --> 00:15:27,135 was not a placid one. 283 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,036 Thank you. 284 00:15:28,036 --> 00:15:28,937 Very much. 285 00:15:33,174 --> 00:15:37,679 NARRATOR: That same day, Burke buys a ticket for Flight 1771, 286 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:41,716 a flight he knew Ray Thompson would be on. 287 00:15:41,716 --> 00:15:44,019 Ray Thompson lived in San Francisco, 288 00:15:44,019 --> 00:15:46,721 and he flew regularly on that flight 289 00:15:46,721 --> 00:15:49,190 to return to San Francisco at the end of the day. 290 00:15:49,190 --> 00:15:51,159 It was common knowledge among the employees 291 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:54,729 that Ray Thompson would be on that flight. 292 00:15:54,729 --> 00:15:57,065 NARRATOR: Exploiting the employee bypass, 293 00:15:57,065 --> 00:16:00,535 Burke goes through security without being scanned 294 00:16:00,535 --> 00:16:02,637 carrying his .44 Magnum. 295 00:16:11,046 --> 00:16:12,113 Ray! 296 00:16:12,113 --> 00:16:14,082 [gunshots] 297 00:16:14,082 --> 00:16:17,419 Ray Thompson probably has the most merciful of all 298 00:16:17,419 --> 00:16:19,788 the deaths on that plane. 299 00:16:19,788 --> 00:16:21,423 FLIGHT ATTENDANT: There's a problem, captain! 300 00:16:21,423 --> 00:16:23,091 What's the problem? 301 00:16:23,091 --> 00:16:25,393 [gunshot] 302 00:16:25,393 --> 00:16:27,095 I'm the problem. 303 00:16:27,095 --> 00:16:30,398 [gunshots] 304 00:16:39,841 --> 00:16:42,544 NARRATOR: Burke takes his own life, plus the lives 305 00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:43,711 of everyone on board. 306 00:16:48,283 --> 00:16:51,753 [explosion] 307 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,630 The tragedy of Flight 1771 compelled the Federal 308 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:05,333 Aviation Administration to take urgent measures 309 00:17:05,333 --> 00:17:08,470 to tighten security. 310 00:17:08,470 --> 00:17:15,310 The FAA came out and canceled the bypass authority, 311 00:17:15,310 --> 00:17:17,879 so therefore, air crews and employees 312 00:17:17,879 --> 00:17:19,647 would have to go through the normal screening 313 00:17:19,647 --> 00:17:21,316 as any passenger would. 314 00:17:21,316 --> 00:17:26,187 Now it's-- it's required that any employee that leaves 315 00:17:26,187 --> 00:17:27,822 an airline, whether they've been fired or quit 316 00:17:27,822 --> 00:17:30,425 or retire or whatever, must turn their credentials 317 00:17:30,425 --> 00:17:32,327 in immediately. 318 00:17:32,327 --> 00:17:33,895 Getting on an aircraft with a gun now, won't say that 319 00:17:33,895 --> 00:17:36,197 it's impossible, but it's-- 320 00:17:36,197 --> 00:17:38,433 it's next to impossible. 321 00:17:38,433 --> 00:17:41,769 NARRATOR: All of these measures have made flying safer, 322 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:44,506 but nothing can completely eliminate the risk 323 00:17:44,506 --> 00:17:46,141 of another David Burke. 324 00:17:46,141 --> 00:17:48,343 One of the things that sometimes is difficult 325 00:17:48,343 --> 00:17:51,379 for those of us in the industry to deal with when we have to go 326 00:17:51,379 --> 00:17:53,848 through security, for instance, and do absolutely the same 327 00:17:53,848 --> 00:17:55,583 thing that everybody else does-- wait a minute, 328 00:17:55,583 --> 00:17:57,385 don't you recognize who I am? 329 00:17:57,385 --> 00:17:58,753 I'm the pilot. 330 00:17:58,753 --> 00:17:59,187 No. 331 00:17:59,187 --> 00:18:01,322 We need 100%. 332 00:18:01,322 --> 00:18:03,591 If we put a barrier up, the barrier is only 333 00:18:03,591 --> 00:18:05,894 as good as it is consistent. 334 00:18:05,894 --> 00:18:08,229 And that's true whether we've trained our-- 335 00:18:08,229 --> 00:18:10,865 our people at the front counter to never do certain things 336 00:18:10,865 --> 00:18:12,901 or accept certain things or whether we're talking 337 00:18:12,901 --> 00:18:14,669 about what gets past the entrance to the gate 338 00:18:14,669 --> 00:18:15,703 and on an airplane. 339 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,378 NARRATOR: Air India Flight 182 flies across the Atlantic six 340 00:18:23,378 --> 00:18:25,547 miles above the ocean surface. 341 00:18:25,547 --> 00:18:29,717 On its way from Canada, the 747 is heading to London, 342 00:18:29,717 --> 00:18:31,653 and then continuing to New Delhi. 343 00:18:34,923 --> 00:18:39,394 Captain Hanse Singh Narendra is a veteran Air India pilot. 344 00:18:39,394 --> 00:18:41,696 Satwinder Bhinder serves as first officer. 345 00:18:49,404 --> 00:18:53,141 There are 329 people on board, including passengers and crew. 346 00:18:55,777 --> 00:18:58,213 Six minutes after 8:00 in the morning, 347 00:18:58,213 --> 00:19:00,548 First Officer Bhinder makes radio contact with air 348 00:19:00,548 --> 00:19:03,351 traffic control in Ireland. 349 00:19:03,351 --> 00:19:05,987 Shannon, Air India 182, good morning. 350 00:19:05,987 --> 00:19:10,425 Station Collins Shannon, go ahead again, please. 351 00:19:10,425 --> 00:19:16,864 Air India 182 is 5-1 north, 1-5 west at level 3-1-0. 352 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:20,935 Estimate FIR at 0735. 353 00:19:20,935 --> 00:19:23,538 RADIO: Air India 182, Shannon, roger. 354 00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:24,839 Cleared for landing. 355 00:19:24,839 --> 00:19:28,543 Flight level 3-1-0. 356 00:19:28,543 --> 00:19:32,413 NARRATOR: Air India Flight 182 is flying below two planes, 357 00:19:32,413 --> 00:19:36,284 causing their three signals to momentarily converge on radar. 358 00:19:36,284 --> 00:19:40,955 But when they diverge, only two planes are visible. 359 00:19:40,955 --> 00:19:43,925 Air India 182 is no longer on the screens 360 00:19:43,925 --> 00:19:45,226 at air traffic control. 361 00:19:47,762 --> 00:19:50,898 Air India is not showing up. 362 00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:56,437 Hold on a minute Air India 182, this is Shannon, 363 00:19:56,437 --> 00:19:57,272 do you read, over? 364 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,782 Yes, it's Michael Quinn at Shannon. 365 00:20:07,782 --> 00:20:11,986 We have a plane off-radar. 366 00:20:11,986 --> 00:20:13,755 NARRATOR: Shannon air traffic control 367 00:20:13,755 --> 00:20:16,524 alerts search and rescue teams. 368 00:20:16,524 --> 00:20:17,525 A 747 carrying 329 people vanishes into thin air. 369 00:20:29,003 --> 00:20:32,774 We have a plane off-radar. 370 00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:34,309 NARRATOR: Several ships in the area 371 00:20:34,309 --> 00:20:38,813 keep watch for any signs of the missing 747. 372 00:20:38,813 --> 00:20:40,848 Its last known position is approximately 373 00:20:40,848 --> 00:20:44,952 180 miles Southwest of Cork. 374 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:47,088 Two hours after the plane disappears, 375 00:20:47,088 --> 00:20:49,691 a passing cargo ship confirms the worst. 376 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:53,828 Floating wreckage is spotted. 377 00:20:57,699 --> 00:21:00,568 Then, bodies. 378 00:21:00,568 --> 00:21:04,839 It becomes clear that all 329 people on board have died. 379 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:13,881 Most of the wreckage, including the black boxes, 380 00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,883 has sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic 381 00:21:15,883 --> 00:21:21,356 over an area spanning 60 square miles. 382 00:21:21,356 --> 00:21:27,061 What caused the 747 to fall out of the sky over the Atlantic? 383 00:21:27,061 --> 00:21:29,731 Could it have been a bomb or some other kind 384 00:21:29,731 --> 00:21:32,367 of catastrophic mishap? 385 00:21:32,367 --> 00:21:35,937 SALIM JIWA: The search for the black boxes was urgent and-- 386 00:21:35,937 --> 00:21:39,073 and three countries participated in it. 387 00:21:39,073 --> 00:21:43,010 England, Ireland, and India. 388 00:21:43,010 --> 00:21:44,879 NARRATOR: It takes two weeks for searchers 389 00:21:44,879 --> 00:21:46,714 to detect the radio beacon emitted 390 00:21:46,714 --> 00:21:49,550 by the plane's black boxes. 391 00:21:49,550 --> 00:21:54,155 They lie more than 6,500 feet below the surface. 392 00:21:54,155 --> 00:21:56,157 On the fourth attempt to retrieve them, 393 00:21:56,157 --> 00:22:01,462 a deep sea submersible salvages the recorders. 394 00:22:01,462 --> 00:22:04,632 SATWINDER BHINDER (ON RADIO): Estimate FIR at 0735. 395 00:22:04,632 --> 00:22:06,734 MICHAEL QUINN (ON RADIO): Air India 182, Shannon, roger. 396 00:22:06,734 --> 00:22:08,603 Cleared for landing. 397 00:22:08,603 --> 00:22:10,605 NARRATOR: Both the flight data and cockpit 398 00:22:10,605 --> 00:22:14,041 voice recorders paint a picture of a routine flight. 399 00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:15,243 HS KHOLA: The cockpit voice recorder 400 00:22:15,243 --> 00:22:18,579 indicated that there was no abnormality in the cockpit, 401 00:22:18,579 --> 00:22:20,081 no-- 402 00:22:20,081 --> 00:22:24,118 no emergency every conversation was normal. 403 00:22:24,118 --> 00:22:25,052 Customs? 404 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:26,254 Yeah. 405 00:22:26,254 --> 00:22:28,723 Customs sealed two-- sealed the bar before its arrival. 406 00:22:28,723 --> 00:22:30,958 [muffled radio comms] 407 00:22:30,958 --> 00:22:31,959 NARRATOR: The cockpit voice recorder 408 00:22:31,959 --> 00:22:35,730 cuts off at exactly 14 minutes and one second 409 00:22:35,730 --> 00:22:39,100 after 8:00 in the morning. 410 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:41,502 Khola checks the flight data recorder 411 00:22:41,502 --> 00:22:44,739 and finds the same story, a perfectly normal flight 412 00:22:44,739 --> 00:22:48,743 until the FDR loses power at, again, 14 minutes 413 00:22:48,743 --> 00:22:51,112 after 8:00 in the morning. 414 00:22:51,112 --> 00:22:54,515 Khola turns to the recovered wreckage for more clues. 415 00:22:54,515 --> 00:22:57,051 When he examines the floor of the front cargo bay, 416 00:22:57,051 --> 00:22:59,487 he notices something unusual. 417 00:22:59,487 --> 00:23:02,223 HS KHOLA: We found that it had holes which 418 00:23:02,223 --> 00:23:03,958 are of a very special nature. 419 00:23:03,958 --> 00:23:08,029 Penetration from inside to outside at a very high speed. 420 00:23:08,029 --> 00:23:10,631 NARRATOR: Similar holes are found in the sidewall 421 00:23:10,631 --> 00:23:11,899 of the cargo bay. 422 00:23:11,899 --> 00:23:15,102 These also appear to have been blown out from the cargo hold. 423 00:23:19,140 --> 00:23:22,143 The clues point to what took down Flight 182-- 424 00:23:25,746 --> 00:23:27,248 a bomb. 425 00:23:27,248 --> 00:23:29,817 PETER ST. JOHN: And so when the bomb went off, 426 00:23:29,817 --> 00:23:33,688 the explosion would have taken out the computers completely, 427 00:23:33,688 --> 00:23:35,623 and there would have been absolutely dead silence, 428 00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:37,124 and that's precisely what happened. 429 00:23:40,161 --> 00:23:44,999 NARRATOR: How did a bomb get on board Flight 182? 430 00:23:44,999 --> 00:23:47,201 Police and crash investigators in Canada 431 00:23:47,201 --> 00:23:49,470 scour the passenger list for clues. 432 00:23:53,574 --> 00:23:57,211 Air India Flight 182 originated in Toronto, 433 00:23:57,211 --> 00:23:59,947 but many passengers had connected via another flight 434 00:23:59,947 --> 00:24:03,017 from Vancouver. 435 00:24:03,017 --> 00:24:05,253 Canadian investigators make a breakthrough 436 00:24:05,253 --> 00:24:08,756 when they interview a check-in agent at Vancouver Airport. 437 00:24:08,756 --> 00:24:11,259 She tells them about a difficult passenger 438 00:24:11,259 --> 00:24:14,028 who wanted to get on the Air India Flight in Toronto. 439 00:24:16,831 --> 00:24:18,199 You're going to Toronto? 440 00:24:18,199 --> 00:24:21,702 And I want my bag checked through to Delhi. 441 00:24:21,702 --> 00:24:23,070 Sir, I can't do that. 442 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:24,739 Your reservation is only confirmed to Toronto. 443 00:24:24,739 --> 00:24:26,207 This true? 444 00:24:26,207 --> 00:24:27,875 NARRATOR: The passenger insisted his bag be checked 445 00:24:27,875 --> 00:24:29,143 all the way through to India. 446 00:24:29,143 --> 00:24:32,046 Then I have to pick up my bag. 447 00:24:32,046 --> 00:24:33,881 I can't check your bags through to India 448 00:24:33,881 --> 00:24:35,583 if you are not confirmed. 449 00:24:35,583 --> 00:24:37,685 NARRATOR: The passenger got belligerent. 450 00:24:37,685 --> 00:24:39,253 I can't-- 451 00:24:39,253 --> 00:24:40,221 NARRATOR: The ticket agent was facing a long line 452 00:24:40,221 --> 00:24:43,024 of people waiting to check in. 453 00:24:43,024 --> 00:24:44,759 Oh-- OK, OK, OK. 454 00:24:44,759 --> 00:24:47,228 I'll check it through, but you have to check with Air India 455 00:24:47,228 --> 00:24:49,230 when you get to Toronto. 456 00:24:49,230 --> 00:24:51,599 NARRATOR: The man's luggage was loaded, 457 00:24:51,599 --> 00:24:55,703 but he never boarded the plane bound for Toronto. 458 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:59,807 SALIM JIWA: The ticket identified him as M. Singh. 459 00:24:59,807 --> 00:25:03,077 It simply had an initial, but no full name. 460 00:25:03,077 --> 00:25:05,112 We believe that name to be-- 461 00:25:05,112 --> 00:25:07,014 was fictitious, and that the person 462 00:25:07,014 --> 00:25:08,149 never intended to travel. 463 00:25:11,986 --> 00:25:13,788 PETER ST. JOHN: She broke the rules. 464 00:25:13,788 --> 00:25:16,924 As they were, she should not have allowed that to go through 465 00:25:16,924 --> 00:25:18,993 for New Delhi interline. 466 00:25:18,993 --> 00:25:24,131 But she was so bullied and so browbeaten by Mr. Singh 467 00:25:24,131 --> 00:25:26,601 in front of everybody else that I think, 468 00:25:26,601 --> 00:25:33,774 to her eternal sadness and heartbreak, she gave in. 469 00:25:33,774 --> 00:25:36,777 NARRATOR: Singh's suitcase didn't raise any red flags when 470 00:25:36,777 --> 00:25:39,313 it was loaded onto the domestic flight from Vancouver 471 00:25:39,313 --> 00:25:42,316 to Toronto. 472 00:25:42,316 --> 00:25:44,719 But after the bag arrived in Toronto, 473 00:25:44,719 --> 00:25:47,655 it faced stricter inspections for the international flight 474 00:25:47,655 --> 00:25:50,124 to India. 475 00:25:50,124 --> 00:25:54,328 Why wasn't the bag flagged there? 476 00:25:54,328 --> 00:25:57,164 When investigators talked to security agents, 477 00:25:57,164 --> 00:25:59,333 they learn that the X-ray machine, 478 00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:01,802 which normally scans every piece of luggage, 479 00:26:01,802 --> 00:26:04,972 broke down that day. 480 00:26:04,972 --> 00:26:07,875 PETER ST. JOHN: The technology, especially the X-ray 481 00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:13,648 technology, were very, very weak, very in their infancy 482 00:26:13,648 --> 00:26:17,318 at that time, and it didn't work reliably. 483 00:26:17,318 --> 00:26:21,656 And in the case of the Air India episode, 484 00:26:21,656 --> 00:26:24,091 the technology went quite badly wrong. 485 00:26:27,194 --> 00:26:29,030 This is what it will sound like. 486 00:26:29,030 --> 00:26:31,799 [beeping] 487 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:33,734 NARRATOR: Instead of the X-ray machines, 488 00:26:33,734 --> 00:26:36,737 security workers used a portable wand 489 00:26:36,737 --> 00:26:40,808 that triggers an alarm if it detects explosive chemicals. 490 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:43,778 But the agents had little experience using it. 491 00:26:50,418 --> 00:26:53,020 Still, everything seemed normal until security 492 00:26:53,020 --> 00:26:54,355 got to Singh's bag. 493 00:27:03,397 --> 00:27:06,834 This would be the last in a series of security lapses 494 00:27:06,834 --> 00:27:10,071 that resulted in the deaths of 329 people. 495 00:27:15,409 --> 00:27:18,379 a suitcase arrives from Vancouver. 496 00:27:18,379 --> 00:27:21,749 It triggers a portable explosives wand, 497 00:27:21,749 --> 00:27:24,085 but the sound differs from the one agents 498 00:27:24,085 --> 00:27:27,922 were told would indicate the presence of explosives. 499 00:27:27,922 --> 00:27:32,927 The suitcase is eventually placed at the front of the jet. 500 00:27:32,927 --> 00:27:35,362 And the passenger who checked in the bag 501 00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:38,799 doesn't board the plane. 502 00:27:38,799 --> 00:27:44,405 Then, as Air India Flight 182 soars over the Atlantic. 503 00:27:44,405 --> 00:27:46,741 Then what about 30 custom seats? 504 00:27:46,741 --> 00:27:48,075 Customs? 505 00:27:48,075 --> 00:27:49,110 CO-PILOT: Yeah, customs-- 506 00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:53,080 [explosion] 507 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:59,386 NARRATOR: Most of the dead are Canadian citizens. 508 00:27:59,386 --> 00:28:02,089 This is the largest terrorist attack and mass 509 00:28:02,089 --> 00:28:05,126 murder in Canadian history. 510 00:28:05,126 --> 00:28:08,362 Police eventually traced the bombing to Sikh extremists 511 00:28:08,362 --> 00:28:10,898 living in British Columbia. 512 00:28:10,898 --> 00:28:15,436 One confesses to assembling the bomb and is sent to prison. 513 00:28:15,436 --> 00:28:17,338 While the suspected mastermind is 514 00:28:17,338 --> 00:28:19,273 killed several years later in India. 515 00:28:22,309 --> 00:28:25,546 After investigators discover the security lapses that allowed 516 00:28:25,546 --> 00:28:29,450 the bomb on board Flight 182, luggage screening 517 00:28:29,450 --> 00:28:33,554 at most international airports is overhauled. 518 00:28:33,554 --> 00:28:35,022 PETER ST. JOHN: In the case of Air India, 519 00:28:35,022 --> 00:28:38,125 the most important thing of all was passenger 520 00:28:38,125 --> 00:28:40,161 baggage reconciliation. 521 00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:48,369 No plane leaves with baggage unattached 522 00:28:48,369 --> 00:28:51,305 to a specific passenger inside that plane. 523 00:28:54,441 --> 00:28:57,278 MARY SCHIAVO: Someone made an exception or someone 524 00:28:57,278 --> 00:28:59,180 failed to follow the rule thinking 525 00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:01,182 it won't matter this one time. 526 00:29:01,182 --> 00:29:02,950 It always does. 527 00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:05,352 The rules are there for a purpose. 528 00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:07,121 And about the time someone decides 529 00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:10,491 they can skip them, even once, is when a tragedy happens. 530 00:29:17,198 --> 00:29:19,166 Hualien Tower, good afternoon. 531 00:29:19,166 --> 00:29:21,502 Uni Air 873. 532 00:29:21,502 --> 00:29:25,472 Visual approach 15 miles out. 533 00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:28,342 NARRATOR: Uni Air Flight 873 is nearing 534 00:29:28,342 --> 00:29:31,545 Hualien Airport in Taiwan. 535 00:29:31,545 --> 00:29:34,348 RADIO: Uni Air 873, continue approach. 536 00:29:34,348 --> 00:29:36,217 Report at 5 miles out. 537 00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:40,621 NARRATOR: The first officer is flying 538 00:29:40,621 --> 00:29:43,390 under the watchful eye of the more experienced captain. 539 00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:50,631 They've been in the air for only 20 minutes, 540 00:29:50,631 --> 00:29:53,234 traveling south, hugging the coastline from Taipei 541 00:29:53,234 --> 00:29:54,301 to Hualien. 542 00:29:57,905 --> 00:30:00,107 AL DICKINSON: It was what you'd call a puddle jumper. 543 00:30:00,107 --> 00:30:01,275 It was a short flight. 544 00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:02,977 You don't expect anything to happen. 545 00:30:06,347 --> 00:30:07,648 NARRATOR: Right on schedule, the crew 546 00:30:07,648 --> 00:30:11,385 prepares to land the MD-90. 547 00:30:11,385 --> 00:30:15,256 But as they close in, the first officer 548 00:30:15,256 --> 00:30:17,925 struggles with the landing. 549 00:30:17,925 --> 00:30:20,060 Too high. 550 00:30:20,060 --> 00:30:20,895 Too high. 551 00:30:24,231 --> 00:30:27,067 You are sinking too fast. 552 00:30:27,067 --> 00:30:28,602 I have control. 553 00:30:28,602 --> 00:30:31,238 NARRATOR: The captain takes over the controls. 554 00:30:31,238 --> 00:30:33,173 You have control. 555 00:30:33,173 --> 00:30:37,278 NARRATOR: The plane touches down with ample runway to stop. 556 00:30:37,278 --> 00:30:39,546 AL DICKINSON: You start rolling and it all irons out. 557 00:30:39,546 --> 00:30:41,582 So you're on the ground and you start to relax. 558 00:30:41,582 --> 00:30:43,284 NARRATOR: But as the plane slows. 559 00:30:46,253 --> 00:30:50,057 [explosion] 560 00:30:50,057 --> 00:30:51,525 What the hell? 561 00:30:51,525 --> 00:30:53,093 NARRATOR: Fire breaks out. 562 00:30:53,093 --> 00:30:56,931 [screaming] 563 00:31:00,367 --> 00:31:01,435 Passengers panic. 564 00:31:05,172 --> 00:31:07,574 Mayday, mayday, mayday! 565 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:09,376 NARRATOR: It's suddenly a fight for survival 566 00:31:09,376 --> 00:31:22,323 on board Flight 873. 567 00:31:22,323 --> 00:31:25,659 Panic is as dangerous as the fire. 568 00:31:25,659 --> 00:31:27,661 AL DICKINSON: You can't expect any passenger 569 00:31:27,661 --> 00:31:30,497 to sit-in his seat and wait for an evacuation. 570 00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:39,640 Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate! 571 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,408 NARRATOR: Fire is consuming the passenger 572 00:31:41,408 --> 00:31:42,943 cabin with terrifying speed. 573 00:31:48,015 --> 00:31:50,317 The 90 passengers and six crew members 574 00:31:50,317 --> 00:31:51,652 have only seconds to escape. 575 00:31:56,190 --> 00:31:57,157 Next! 576 00:31:57,157 --> 00:31:58,325 Come on! 577 00:32:01,662 --> 00:32:02,696 NARRATOR: It takes more than an hour 578 00:32:02,696 --> 00:32:06,333 to contain the massive fire. 579 00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:10,504 28 people are hospitalized. 580 00:32:10,504 --> 00:32:14,575 Many suffering from serious burns. 581 00:32:14,575 --> 00:32:16,977 One passenger will die in the hospital later. 582 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,416 How did fire break out during what 583 00:32:22,416 --> 00:32:23,584 seemed like a routine landing? 584 00:32:28,555 --> 00:32:31,492 Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council must figure 585 00:32:31,492 --> 00:32:33,460 out what caused so much destruction 586 00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:35,129 and threatened so many lives. 587 00:32:40,401 --> 00:32:45,239 KAY YONG: I got a call and said there was a major accident 588 00:32:45,239 --> 00:32:47,408 happened in Hualien. 589 00:32:47,408 --> 00:32:49,043 I immediately rushed back to Taiwan. 590 00:32:57,418 --> 00:32:59,820 NARRATOR: Investigators from the United States National 591 00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:02,222 Transportation Safety Board and the Federal 592 00:33:02,222 --> 00:33:06,360 Aviation Administration arrived to assist in the investigation. 593 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,695 AL DICKINSON: We've seen lots of in-flight fires. 594 00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:11,298 We've seen crashing into things on landing. 595 00:33:11,298 --> 00:33:14,835 I had never seen one where they had some kind of fire 596 00:33:14,835 --> 00:33:18,272 erupt after the aircraft got on the ground. 597 00:33:18,272 --> 00:33:19,073 Very unusual. 598 00:33:23,744 --> 00:33:24,745 OK. 599 00:33:24,745 --> 00:33:27,815 Let's see if the tape can tell us anything. 600 00:33:27,815 --> 00:33:30,717 NARRATOR: Investigators turn to the black boxes for clues. 601 00:33:35,589 --> 00:33:37,124 CAPTAIN (ON RADIO): Too high. 602 00:33:37,124 --> 00:33:39,426 KAY YONG: He was thinking too fast. 603 00:33:39,426 --> 00:33:40,461 I have control. 604 00:33:49,470 --> 00:33:52,306 KAY YONG: The plane gets on the ground without incident. 605 00:33:52,306 --> 00:33:54,475 So far, so good. 606 00:33:54,475 --> 00:33:56,143 TONY JAMES: You could hear the thrust reversers, 607 00:33:56,143 --> 00:33:58,112 you could hear the speed brakes come up, 608 00:33:58,112 --> 00:34:01,482 you could hear everything from the cockpit as being normal. 609 00:34:01,482 --> 00:34:03,183 AL DICKINSON: We could pretty much 610 00:34:03,183 --> 00:34:05,752 rule out the flight crew having anything to do with this. 611 00:34:05,752 --> 00:34:08,555 The first they knew something was different 612 00:34:08,555 --> 00:34:10,124 was when they heard that sound. 613 00:34:13,427 --> 00:34:15,562 CO-PILOT: What the hell? 614 00:34:15,562 --> 00:34:16,797 It came right out of the blue. 615 00:34:25,506 --> 00:34:31,778 KAY YONG: Right away, you thought, it must be a bomb. 616 00:34:31,778 --> 00:34:33,914 NARRATOR: Explosives expert Ed Kittell is 617 00:34:33,914 --> 00:34:36,817 part of the investigation team. 618 00:34:36,817 --> 00:34:37,985 ED KITTELL: There's a lot of pressure 619 00:34:37,985 --> 00:34:43,190 on a post-blast investigator to solve the case quickly. 620 00:34:43,190 --> 00:34:44,925 It could have been a bombing and we just weren't 621 00:34:44,925 --> 00:34:46,660 sure what we were looking at. 622 00:34:49,530 --> 00:34:52,232 NARRATOR: Kittell identifies a likely detonation 623 00:34:52,232 --> 00:34:57,304 point, the burned-out overhead bin above row 8. 624 00:34:57,304 --> 00:35:01,708 But instead of finding the holes typical of a bomb explosion, 625 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:04,244 he finds the aircraft's skin ripped open 626 00:35:04,244 --> 00:35:06,513 along the rivet lines that join sections of the fuselage 627 00:35:06,513 --> 00:35:07,614 together. 628 00:35:10,851 --> 00:35:12,753 ED KITTELL: The effects were more of a 629 00:35:12,753 --> 00:35:15,189 pushing and heaving than a shattering 630 00:35:15,189 --> 00:35:18,125 in a really high-pressure, high-explosive event. 631 00:35:22,362 --> 00:35:23,897 NARRATOR: Kittell concludes it wasn't 632 00:35:23,897 --> 00:35:27,568 a bomb that caused the damage. 633 00:35:27,568 --> 00:35:31,538 But if not a bomb, then what was the source of the explosion? 634 00:35:34,908 --> 00:35:40,380 Let's check the rows near the blast area first. 635 00:35:40,380 --> 00:35:42,916 TONY JAMES: We had no idea what we were looking for. 636 00:35:42,916 --> 00:35:45,619 You just look for anything that's just a little bit 637 00:35:45,619 --> 00:35:48,455 different from something else. 638 00:35:48,455 --> 00:35:51,892 NARRATOR: On the far side, underneath seat 7C, 639 00:35:51,892 --> 00:35:54,761 he spots something unusual. 640 00:35:54,761 --> 00:35:58,765 TONY JAMES: It looked like a bottle or a jug of some sort. 641 00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:00,434 It looked like it had been ripped apart. 642 00:36:00,434 --> 00:36:03,737 It turned out, it was the top third of a bottle. 643 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:07,808 I've found something. 644 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,416 You could smell gasoline instantly. 645 00:36:16,416 --> 00:36:21,555 Not kerosene or the fuel that is used in a jet engine. 646 00:36:21,555 --> 00:36:25,292 It smells like gasoline. 647 00:36:25,292 --> 00:36:27,027 What is this doing on this airplane? 648 00:36:27,027 --> 00:36:31,331 Gasoline is prohibited from any kind of airplane. 649 00:36:31,331 --> 00:36:33,700 NARRATOR: Could this be the source of the explosion? 650 00:36:36,036 --> 00:36:38,438 Investigators order up a chemical analysis 651 00:36:38,438 --> 00:36:39,306 of the fragment. 652 00:36:44,911 --> 00:36:47,014 The piece is soon identified as coming 653 00:36:47,014 --> 00:36:51,351 from a bottle of a common brand of laundry bleach. 654 00:36:51,351 --> 00:36:55,455 But lab results confirm that it wasn't bleach in the bottle. 655 00:36:55,455 --> 00:36:57,958 No question about it, it's gasoline. 656 00:37:03,063 --> 00:37:05,799 KAY YONG: Everybody sort of say, well, bingo, 657 00:37:05,799 --> 00:37:08,368 we found the golden nugget. 658 00:37:08,368 --> 00:37:11,338 NARRATOR: The discovery only raises more questions. 659 00:37:11,338 --> 00:37:14,741 How did someone get gasoline on board an airplane? 660 00:37:14,741 --> 00:37:16,643 And how did it ignite? 661 00:37:16,643 --> 00:37:19,946 [explosion] 662 00:37:25,903 --> 00:37:29,607 ended up on Uni Air Flight 873. 663 00:37:29,607 --> 00:37:30,808 This could take a while. 664 00:37:34,946 --> 00:37:36,814 ED KITTELL: We're looking for things 665 00:37:36,814 --> 00:37:38,716 that are beyond the normal. 666 00:37:38,716 --> 00:37:40,851 We're looking for suspicious behavior. 667 00:37:40,851 --> 00:37:45,323 We're looking for items that are singled out by the screeners. 668 00:37:45,323 --> 00:37:48,259 We're looking for something that's not right. 669 00:37:50,428 --> 00:37:51,262 Look at this. 670 00:37:54,699 --> 00:37:56,934 NARRATOR: A security guard has pulled over a passenger 671 00:37:56,934 --> 00:37:58,002 to inspect his bag. 672 00:38:03,474 --> 00:38:07,011 There were two bottles that we can't quite tell what they are. 673 00:38:10,114 --> 00:38:12,817 Let's see if we can get any closer. 674 00:38:12,817 --> 00:38:15,853 NARRATOR: Could one of these be the bottle containing gasoline? 675 00:38:22,727 --> 00:38:25,096 Sure it looks like a match. 676 00:38:25,096 --> 00:38:28,032 NARRATOR: It turns out, the two bottles are identical 677 00:38:28,032 --> 00:38:30,568 and are the same brand of bleach as the fragment 678 00:38:30,568 --> 00:38:31,002 found on the plane. 679 00:38:36,073 --> 00:38:38,576 The guard just put them back. 680 00:38:38,576 --> 00:38:41,045 ED KITTELL: The security person then looked at the contents 681 00:38:41,045 --> 00:38:43,714 and read the contents, did not remove the cap, 682 00:38:43,714 --> 00:38:47,051 did not smell it, but gave it back and put it back down. 683 00:38:54,091 --> 00:38:56,060 NARRATOR: Investigators now question the security 684 00:38:56,060 --> 00:38:58,562 inspector to find out more. 685 00:38:58,562 --> 00:38:59,930 Why did you let the bleach bottles through? 686 00:38:59,930 --> 00:39:02,533 Why didn't you open them to check? 687 00:39:02,533 --> 00:39:06,771 The bottles had bleach, he said it was bleach. 688 00:39:06,771 --> 00:39:10,541 That time, there was a procedure that whenever there 689 00:39:10,541 --> 00:39:14,145 is a bottle, the inspector shall open the bottle 690 00:39:14,145 --> 00:39:19,083 and smell it to make sure it's not a hazardous material. 691 00:39:21,585 --> 00:39:25,056 We're opening the family cabin, needed to clean. 692 00:39:25,056 --> 00:39:26,090 Oh. 693 00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:27,058 OK. 694 00:39:27,058 --> 00:39:29,794 KAY YONG: He did not actually open the cap 695 00:39:29,794 --> 00:39:32,129 and smell it and just let it go. 696 00:39:32,129 --> 00:39:33,798 Can you tell me anything about the passenger 697 00:39:33,798 --> 00:39:35,566 carrying the bleach bottles? 698 00:39:35,566 --> 00:39:36,267 Sure. 699 00:39:36,267 --> 00:39:38,169 I recognized them right away. 700 00:39:38,169 --> 00:39:40,137 NARRATOR: Investigators discovered that the man who 701 00:39:40,137 --> 00:39:42,206 carried the bottle through security 702 00:39:42,206 --> 00:39:45,810 was a Taiwanese athlete named Ku Chin-shui. 703 00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:52,616 KAY YONG: The suspect was a very famous decathlon champion. 704 00:39:52,616 --> 00:39:53,951 Almost everybody knew him. 705 00:39:56,687 --> 00:39:59,490 NARRATOR: When Ku Chin-shui is brought in for questioning, 706 00:39:59,490 --> 00:40:02,460 he explains that after passing security, 707 00:40:02,460 --> 00:40:05,863 he gave his bag to a relative who carried it on board. 708 00:40:05,863 --> 00:40:08,599 He pleads his innocence to the media. 709 00:40:08,599 --> 00:40:11,469 [chinese] 710 00:40:11,469 --> 00:40:13,137 INTERPRETER: Because my family was on the plane, 711 00:40:13,137 --> 00:40:14,972 why would I do such a stupid thing 712 00:40:14,972 --> 00:40:18,175 as to put gasoline on board? 713 00:40:18,175 --> 00:40:20,144 NARRATOR: It's up to the police to determine 714 00:40:20,144 --> 00:40:22,847 if Ku is criminally responsible for the bottles 715 00:40:22,847 --> 00:40:25,483 ending up on board. 716 00:40:25,483 --> 00:40:28,552 Air crash investigators have a different priority. 717 00:40:28,552 --> 00:40:32,123 KAY YONG: We did not look into the motive of the suspect. 718 00:40:32,123 --> 00:40:36,160 What we did care is how to improve safety. 719 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:42,199 So our focus is what happened, how did it happen? 720 00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:44,201 AL DICKINSON: Where we were with a compartment 721 00:40:44,201 --> 00:40:49,740 that we knew had two bleach bottles that had gasoline 722 00:40:49,740 --> 00:40:53,978 in them, we're pretty certain fumes leaked out of them, 723 00:40:53,978 --> 00:40:57,515 and you get to a point when that becomes very flammable 724 00:40:57,515 --> 00:41:00,017 and it doesn't take much to set that off. 725 00:41:00,017 --> 00:41:01,752 KAY YONG: Two bottles of gasoline 726 00:41:01,752 --> 00:41:05,156 end up in an overhead bin, but what caused them to explode? 727 00:41:08,592 --> 00:41:11,562 NARRATOR: Lab technicians comb through all the debris taken 728 00:41:11,562 --> 00:41:14,832 from the aircraft and runway looking for anything that 729 00:41:14,832 --> 00:41:18,202 may have sparked an explosion. 730 00:41:18,202 --> 00:41:21,071 They make an astonishing discovery. 731 00:41:21,071 --> 00:41:23,741 KAY YONG: It was a motorcycle battery. 732 00:41:23,741 --> 00:41:28,078 And that motorcycle battery was also actually something you 733 00:41:28,078 --> 00:41:32,016 should not be on the aircraft. 734 00:41:32,016 --> 00:41:33,617 ED KITTELL: This motorcycle battery 735 00:41:33,617 --> 00:41:36,220 was found a couple of rows away from the bottle, 736 00:41:36,220 --> 00:41:39,223 and the top of the battery has been damaged 737 00:41:39,223 --> 00:41:41,592 and it's exposing the-- 738 00:41:41,592 --> 00:41:44,995 the poles, the positive and the negative terminals. 739 00:41:48,265 --> 00:41:51,035 NARRATOR: Investigators can now construct a theory as 740 00:41:51,035 --> 00:41:54,271 to what caused the explosion. 741 00:41:54,271 --> 00:41:56,240 TONY JAMES: The gasoline may have leaked, 742 00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:01,245 created a vapor inside of that overhead bin. 743 00:42:01,245 --> 00:42:07,117 And as the aircraft came to a sudden stop, then 744 00:42:07,117 --> 00:42:09,954 the battery slid and created an arc. 745 00:42:09,954 --> 00:42:13,090 It would have created the explosion to blow the door off 746 00:42:13,090 --> 00:42:16,627 of the overhead bin. 747 00:42:16,627 --> 00:42:19,797 KAY YONG: We did quite a few simulations 748 00:42:19,797 --> 00:42:25,803 to prove that such scenario could happen. 749 00:42:25,803 --> 00:42:29,640 [explosion] 750 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,175 The lid blows right out and there's a flash fire. 751 00:42:36,213 --> 00:42:38,282 NARRATOR: Taiwan's Aviation Safety 752 00:42:38,282 --> 00:42:40,951 Council concludes, this is the probable cause 753 00:42:40,951 --> 00:42:43,153 of the explosion. 754 00:42:43,153 --> 00:42:45,689 But no clear answer was ever found 755 00:42:45,689 --> 00:42:48,959 as to why someone took banned substances onto the plane. 756 00:42:52,329 --> 00:42:56,934 After six separate trials, Ku Chin-shui was ultimately 757 00:42:56,934 --> 00:42:58,702 cleared of wrongdoing. 758 00:42:58,702 --> 00:43:01,805 The court concluded the evidence wasn't strong enough to justify 759 00:43:01,805 --> 00:43:02,973 a criminal conviction. 760 00:43:07,678 --> 00:43:10,414 Still, the aviation report calls for an overhaul 761 00:43:10,414 --> 00:43:12,716 of the Taiwanese system that screens 762 00:43:12,716 --> 00:43:13,918 for hazardous materials. 763 00:43:13,918 --> 00:43:17,321 Training for security personnel was improved in the hopes 764 00:43:17,321 --> 00:43:19,690 of preventing another disaster. 765 00:43:19,690 --> 00:43:23,127 I'm willing to bet that nobody in screening in Taiwan 766 00:43:23,127 --> 00:43:25,162 ever misses another motorcycle battery. 767 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,869 NARRATOR: Three horrific air disasters 768 00:43:31,869 --> 00:43:36,173 lead to fundamental changes in airport security procedures, 769 00:43:36,173 --> 00:43:39,310 but the threats are always evolving. 770 00:43:39,310 --> 00:43:41,345 For aviation authorities, there's 771 00:43:41,345 --> 00:43:44,315 a never-ending obligation to stay vigilant. 772 00:43:44,315 --> 00:43:46,917 Whatever lessons were learned in the past 773 00:43:46,917 --> 00:43:51,021 will be somewhat relevant in the future, but not 100% relevant. 774 00:43:51,021 --> 00:43:55,225 And the aviation industry, government organizations 775 00:43:55,225 --> 00:43:57,394 responsible for security, and, frankly, even 776 00:43:57,394 --> 00:44:00,898 passengers have to be aware at all times 777 00:44:00,898 --> 00:44:01,899 and evolve with those threats. 60776

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