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NARRATOR: A passenger plane
is completely obliterated
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in the California hills.
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It would have been a
horrifying experience.
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NARRATOR: A 747 vanishes
over the Atlantic.
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747s do not fall
out of the sky.
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NARRATOR: Fire erupts
during a landing in Taiwan.
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What the hell?
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[screaming]
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Mayday, mayday, mayday!
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NARRATOR: Three accidents all
linked to lapses in security.
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When the system fails.
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What's the problem?
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[gunshot]
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I'm the problem.
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[gunshots]
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NARRATOR: A routine flight
can turn into a tragedy.
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MARY SCHIAVO: The
most basic rule
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of security, which is
every person, every time,
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every flight matters
every single time.
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ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
we are starting our approach.
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PILOT: We lost both engines.
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ANNOUNCER: Put the
masks over your nose.
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Emergency descent.
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PILOT: Mayday, mayday, mayday!
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Brace for impact.
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[suspensful music]
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NARRATOR: Los Angeles
International Airport, one
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of the busiest in the world.
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At Terminal 1,
passengers and crew
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taking a flight to San
Francisco are making
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their way through security.
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[beeping]
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They board Pacific Southwest
Airlines Flight 1771.
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If you set me up with a
Scotch on your way back.
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NARRATOR: Among
the 38 passengers
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are several PSA employees.
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It's very common
for airline employees
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to commute between
cities for work.
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And so people would
take a bus to work,
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many airline employees
take a plane to work.
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NARRATOR: Captain Gregg
Lindamood has been
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flying with PSA for 14 years.
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Brakes.
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Brakes set.
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Flaps up.
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Spoilers retracted.
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NARRATOR: First Officer
James Nunn joined the airline
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only the previous spring.
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He's logged thousands
of hours in the cockpit.
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Thrust levers.
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NARRATOR: Today, they're
piloting a British-built BAe
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146 Commuter Jet.
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The flight to San Francisco
will take just over an hour.
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Can you ask him how it's been?
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NARRATOR: About halfway
through the flight,
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Captain Lindamood worries
about some mild turbulence.
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Center, PSA 1771.
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Any reports on the ride ahead?
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We've had a little
continuous light chop.
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RADIO: PSA, this is
Rocky Mountain Center.
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It's not too bad.
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[gunshots]
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My God!
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That was a gun.
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Yeah.
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Squawk 77, Squawk
77, we've had a gun
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fired on board the aircraft.
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NARRATOR: Moments later, Flight
1771 plunges into a steep dive.
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NARRATOR: Moments later, Flight
1771 plunges into a steep dive.
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Police find the crash site 175
miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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Almost nothing remains of
the 30-ton passenger jet.
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This is one of the
worst air disasters
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in California's history.
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STEVE BOLTS: There were no
wings, there were no fuselage,
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there was no--
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there was no tail section,
there were no aircraft seats.
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There was just papers.
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Papers everywhere.
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And the strong smell
of aviation fuel.
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We're making a frantic search
throughout this remote cow
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pasture looking for
survivors, and we can't even
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find deceased human
beings, much less
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human beings that had survived.
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NARRATOR: 43 people died
on board Flight 1771.
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Come on up here, guys.
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NARRATOR: Investigators
from the National
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Transportation Safety Board and
the FBI are soon on the scene.
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Have you ever seen
anything like this?
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When the aircraft hit
at such a high speed,
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it impacted and
basically compressed
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the earth, and then--
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and then it released
and it blew everything
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back out of the hole.
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With a total destruction
of the aircraft, I mean,
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you had limited
amounts of information
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that you could gather
from the wreckage.
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NARRATOR: But this is not
only an accident site,
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it's also a potential
crime scene.
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RICHARD BRETZING: We knew
that gunshots had been heard
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by the air traffic controllers.
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[gunshots]
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JAMES NUNN (ON RADIO):
Squawk 77, squawk 77,
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we've had a gun fired
on board the aircraft.
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If the reports of
gunshots were accurate,
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then I realized
immediately that we
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had crime aboard an aircraft.
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NARRATOR: But perhaps the pilots
and controllers were mistaken.
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It's up to the NTSB
to determine exactly
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what happened on Flight 1771.
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You try to arrive on scene
with a totally objective view
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of what's going on.
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NARRATOR: The FBI is searching
for evidence of a crime.
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The NTSB for clues
about the crash.
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If they can recover the black
boxes, they may find both.
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That's about the first thing
you do when you get on scene,
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you find the cockpit
voice recorder.
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You can't overemphasize
how important that was,
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in this case because we had
no airframe left to work with
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and we really had no wreckage
in the normal sense of the word.
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NARRATOR: After
hours of searching
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through the shattered remains,
the effort finally pays off.
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They find the plane's
two black boxes.
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At the NTSB laboratory
in Washington,
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Dennis Grossi examines Flight
1771's badly damaged CVR.
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DENNIS GROSSI: The case
itself was basically crushed.
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It was bent in like somebody
grabbed it and pushed it
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together like that.
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And this is hardened steel,
and we assess the impact forces
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around 5,000 Gs.
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NARRATOR: Dennis Grossi knows
the immense impact may have
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ruined any chance of hearing
the last words from the cockpit
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of Flight 1771.
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All right.
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Let's give it a listen.
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NARRATOR: Despite suffering
huge impact forces,
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the audiotape is still intact.
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Flaps up.
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Spoilers retracted.
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NARRATOR: The first 28 minutes
of the flight sound routine.
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We hear the flight
crew talk, you know,
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do their normal procedures.
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NARRATOR: But in the
final two minutes,
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events take a chilling turn.
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Sure sounds like a gunshot.
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And then all of a sudden,
they hear and we hear
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on the recording this gunshot.
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NARRATOR: The tape
confirms what the pilots
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had reported-- two gunshots.
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JAMES NUNN (ON RADIO): My God!
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GREGG LINDAMOOD (ON
RADIO): That was a gun.
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JAMES NUNN (ON
RADIO): Yeah, I know.
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It was actually a
very sobering moment
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because we realized
that we were listening
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to a very routine
flight that suddenly
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became anything but routine.
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The door to the
cockpit was heard open,
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and a female voice, presumably
the flight attendant,
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was heard to say in a voice
that was filled with alarm.
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There's a problem, captain!
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And we heard a voice, a
male voice, which we presumed
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to be the captain saying--
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What's the problem?
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I'm the problem.
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NARRATOR: Investigators now
know that an unidentified male
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shot the flight crew.
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DENNIS GROSSI: It's
always startling when
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you hear something like that.
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When you hear the
commission of a murder.
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That's five shots so far.
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RICHARD BRETZING:
And then we could
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hear the cockpit door shut
again and another final shot,
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the sixth shot.
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NARRATOR: Before
the tape ends, they
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hear one last ominous sound.
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BOB DICKENS: Within
about five seconds,
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we picked up what's called
a windscreen noise--
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in other words, you could
tell that the aircraft
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was accelerating.
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The plane's in a dive.
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The engines are revving.
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NARRATOR: 65 seconds
after the murder
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of its crew, Flight 1771 smashes
into the California hills.
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RICHARD BRETZING: It helped
us to understand what we were
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investigating the
heinousness of the crime
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that we are investigating.
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DENNIS GROSSI: It just confirms
that this wasn't an accident,
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that it was, in fact,
a crime, and the FBI
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would be taking over the
investigation from here on out.
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NARRATOR: The FBI
must find out who
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was responsible for
this mass murder.
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STEVE BOLTS: It's
establishing who had motive,
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establishing who had
access, establishing
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who was the intended victim.
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Somehow, someone managed
to get a gun on that plane.
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NARRATOR: A weapon was smuggled
through LAX, one of the world's
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busiest airports.
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Let's find out how that guy
got on the plane, all right?
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NARRATOR: If the FBI can't
find the hole in security,
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more lives could be at risk.
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through the wreckage of Pacific
Southwest Airlines Flight 1771.
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They're looking for an
uncommon piece of evidence
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at a crash site--
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a murder weapon.
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That's a hydraulic line,
probably from the main gear.
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BOB DICKENS: The
FBI, bear in mind,
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knows how to investigate crime.
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They don't necessarily
know how to investigate
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an aircraft accident.
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So we-- we would go
ahead and do our normal
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investigative procedures
and make that information
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available to the FBI.
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NARRATOR: Finding
the weapon could
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help the FBI identify who fired
shots on board Flight 1771.
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We weren't sure that that we
would succeed because the field
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of debris was so wide and the
impact had reduced the airplane
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to so many small pieces.
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We were very, very fortunate,
when we found the gun.
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It was an unbelievable
stroke of luck.
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NARRATOR: It's a .44 Magnum.
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The shattered pistol leads
to a morbid discovery.
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BOB DICKENS: When we found
what was left of the gun,
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there was a portion of the
finger between the trigger
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and the trigger guard.
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That went back to the FBI
Lab in Quantico, Virginia.
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NARRATOR: The FBI
has a weapon, a crime
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scene, and 42 murder victims.
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What they don't
have is the identity
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of the 43rd person on board--
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the killer.
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And the way he smuggled
a gun onto Flight 1771.
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The FBI soon uncovers a gaping
hole in the security system
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at Los Angeles
International Airport.
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What they had set up
is a bypass for a crew
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members and airport employees.
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You would show
your badge and they
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would allow you to
bypass both the metal
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detector and the X-ray unit.
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It was a big loophole.
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NARRATOR: Is it
possible that the killer
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was an airline employee?
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Using the passenger
manifest, investigators
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identify four male
employees who worked
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for either Pacific Southwest
or its parent airline, US Air.
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Forensic specialists
lift a fingerprint
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from the piece of skin
found in the trigger guard.
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They compare it to prints
of employees on the flight
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and find a match.
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The killer is identified
as David Burke.
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RICHARD BRETZING: David Burke,
he was one of those employees
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who would go in after
he landed and help
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to clean up the inside.
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NARRATOR: Investigators now know
David Burke smuggled a gun on
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board, but they don't know why.
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RICHARD BRETZING: A motive
gives you understanding.
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It helps to develop the
full mosaic of the crime.
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NARRATOR: At the
crash site, a clue
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is found in the
midst of the papers
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that scattered after impact.
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DENNIS GROSSI: All of the
paper on the aircraft, any--
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any of the insulation
material on the aircraft, all
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that light stuff got
blown up into the air
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and then the wind carried
it for, I believe, miles.
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NARRATOR: Investigators
come across a note scribbled
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on an air sickness bag.
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The handwriting is a
match to David Burke's.
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RICHARD BRETZING: Hi, Ray.
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I think it's sort of ironical
that we end up like this.
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I asked for some leniency
for my family, remember?
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Well, I got none,
and you'll get none.
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NARRATOR: The "Ray" in the
note is identified as airline
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station manager Ray Thompson.
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He was David Burke's boss.
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Three weeks before
the crash, Burke
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was fired from the
company after being
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caught on tape stealing from
the in-flight bar proceeds.
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RICHARD BRETZING: He then came
back for an appeal hearing
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on the day of the flight.
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I've reviewed your file.
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He was terminated
by Ray Thompson.
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Your appeal, it's been denied.
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That termination
interview was--
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was not a placid one.
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Thank you.
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Very much.
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NARRATOR: That same day, Burke
buys a ticket for Flight 1771,
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a flight he knew Ray
Thompson would be on.
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Ray Thompson lived
in San Francisco,
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and he flew regularly
on that flight
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to return to San Francisco
at the end of the day.
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It was common knowledge
among the employees
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that Ray Thompson would
be on that flight.
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NARRATOR: Exploiting
the employee bypass,
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Burke goes through security
without being scanned
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carrying his .44 Magnum.
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Ray!
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[gunshots]
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Ray Thompson probably has
the most merciful of all
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the deaths on that plane.
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FLIGHT ATTENDANT: There's
a problem, captain!
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What's the problem?
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[gunshot]
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I'm the problem.
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[gunshots]
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NARRATOR: Burke takes his
own life, plus the lives
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of everyone on board.
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[explosion]
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The tragedy of Flight
1771 compelled the Federal
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Aviation Administration
to take urgent measures
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to tighten security.
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The FAA came out and
canceled the bypass authority,
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so therefore, air
crews and employees
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would have to go through
the normal screening
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as any passenger would.
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Now it's-- it's required
that any employee that leaves
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an airline, whether
they've been fired or quit
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or retire or whatever,
must turn their credentials
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in immediately.
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Getting on an aircraft with
a gun now, won't say that
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it's impossible, but it's--
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it's next to impossible.
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NARRATOR: All of these measures
have made flying safer,
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but nothing can completely
eliminate the risk
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of another David Burke.
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One of the things that
sometimes is difficult
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for those of us in the industry
to deal with when we have to go
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through security, for instance,
and do absolutely the same
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thing that everybody else
does-- wait a minute,
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don't you recognize who I am?
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I'm the pilot.
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No.
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We need 100%.
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If we put a barrier
up, the barrier is only
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as good as it is consistent.
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And that's true whether
we've trained our--
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our people at the front counter
to never do certain things
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or accept certain things
or whether we're talking
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about what gets past
the entrance to the gate
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and on an airplane.
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NARRATOR: Air India Flight 182
flies across the Atlantic six
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miles above the ocean surface.
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On its way from Canada, the
747 is heading to London,
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and then continuing
to New Delhi.
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Captain Hanse Singh Narendra
is a veteran Air India pilot.
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Satwinder Bhinder
serves as first officer.
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There are 329 people on board,
including passengers and crew.
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Six minutes after
8:00 in the morning,
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First Officer Bhinder makes
radio contact with air
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traffic control in Ireland.
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Shannon, Air India
182, good morning.
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Station Collins Shannon,
go ahead again, please.
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Air India 182 is 5-1 north,
1-5 west at level 3-1-0.
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Estimate FIR at 0735.
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00:19:20,935 --> 00:19:23,538
RADIO: Air India
182, Shannon, roger.
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Cleared for landing.
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Flight level 3-1-0.
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NARRATOR: Air India Flight 182
is flying below two planes,
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causing their three signals to
momentarily converge on radar.
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But when they diverge, only
two planes are visible.
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Air India 182 is no
longer on the screens
360
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at air traffic control.
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Air India is not showing up.
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Hold on a minute Air
India 182, this is Shannon,
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do you read, over?
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00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,782
Yes, it's Michael
Quinn at Shannon.
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We have a plane off-radar.
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NARRATOR: Shannon
air traffic control
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alerts search and rescue teams.
368
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A 747 carrying 329 people
vanishes into thin air.
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We have a plane off-radar.
370
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NARRATOR: Several
ships in the area
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keep watch for any signs
of the missing 747.
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Its last known position
is approximately
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180 miles Southwest of Cork.
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Two hours after the
plane disappears,
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00:20:47,088 --> 00:20:49,691
a passing cargo ship
confirms the worst.
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00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:53,828
Floating wreckage is spotted.
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Then, bodies.
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00:21:00,568 --> 00:21:04,839
It becomes clear that all 329
people on board have died.
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Most of the wreckage,
including the black boxes,
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00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,883
has sunk to the
bottom of the Atlantic
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over an area spanning
60 square miles.
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What caused the 747 to fall out
of the sky over the Atlantic?
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Could it have been a
bomb or some other kind
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of catastrophic mishap?
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SALIM JIWA: The search for the
black boxes was urgent and--
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and three countries
participated in it.
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England, Ireland, and India.
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NARRATOR: It takes two
weeks for searchers
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to detect the radio
beacon emitted
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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.
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00:21:54,155 --> 00:21:56,157
On the fourth attempt
to retrieve them,
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00:21:56,157 --> 00:22:01,462
a deep sea submersible
salvages the recorders.
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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.
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00:22:06,734 --> 00:22:08,603
Cleared for landing.
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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.
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[explosion]
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00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,175
The lid blows right out
and there's a flash fire.
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00:42:36,213 --> 00:42:38,282
NARRATOR: Taiwan's
Aviation Safety
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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00:44:00,898 --> 00:44:01,899
and evolve with those threats.
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