
#787 - FFAF: What's Crew Resource Management? (The Very First FFAF!)
The Counsel of Trent
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The Story of an Air France 447 Stalking
In 1999, a McDonnell Douglas DC 10 is flying. It had engines under the wings, two engines, and it had an engine in the tail section. There was a malfunction in the tail engine that severed the hydraulic lines. The plane's crippled. They've lost almost complete control trying to figure out a solution. So there was actually a DC 10 instructor on this flight with a pilot who knew how to fly these planes. And they all worked together like clockwork at one point. When you look up Sioux City landing where the plane lands then goes up into a fireball - what happened? A failure of communication and crew resource management.
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