The DEADLY Secret That Ripped This Plane APART! | Dan-Air Boeing 707

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On the 14th of May 1977, a Dan-Air Boeing 707 freighter was on a routine approach into Lusaka, Zambia, when something almost no crew in history has ever experienced happened. Suddenly the aircraft tore apart. There was no warning, no system failure, and nothing the pilots could have done.

So what happened? Let's find out.
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.

SOURCES
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Final Report: AAIB
https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/1977/19770514_B703_G-BEBP.pdf

Aircraft Used: B707-320C by Microsoft/Aeroplane Heaven
https://www.flightsimulator.com/marketplace/

707-100: Jerrold Webber
https://www.flightaware.com/photos/view/1102355-efac160b5755e96774ff0bdcd08379f22f1bc7a4/staffpicksmonth/size/xga

707-200: Jon Proctor
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18379891#/media/File:Boeing_707-227,_Braniff_International_Airways_JP6839061.jpg

707-300: Ralf Manteufel
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707

707-400: Ralf Manteufel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Condor_Boeing_707-400_Manteufel.jpg

BMPD: ialta.aero
https://ialta.aero/the-boeing-maintenance-planning-document-mpd

""Shrinking the Earth"" | Boeing Age of Aerospace, Ep. 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1gI6VFnoBM

Dan Air 707: stevefowler747
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Dan-Air_Boeing_707_crash

Dan Air 707: UNKNOWN
https://www.tasmanchester.com/danman

DH Comet: Tony Hisgett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet#/media/Filee_Havilland_Comet_RAF_Museum_Cosford.jpg

Comet Crash 1: Ministry of Information official photographer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_115

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_115

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ4ld9wHYjo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DTrLN8uMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTMXvTgaF4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17minbHjwc&t=602s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH9ly7LaypQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDMxx3dn020

https://www.onestopndt.com/application-notes/metal-fatigue-the-basics

https://fatigue-life.com/fatigue-physics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_%28material%29

https://avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-moving-washington-headquarters/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ODcEQIryE

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