Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 12.10 Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)

Mayday Episode 12.10 Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)

Episode Premiere

March 11, 2013

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Information

Episode Premiere

March 11, 2013

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Cast and Crew

Director

George D'Amato

Screenwriter

Greg Gransden

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Bill Lake
Donald Burda
Tim Gammon
Kerry Griffin
Thomas Mitchell

Synopsis

On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 is preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. It runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely populated area, killing 10 and seriously injuring 24 of the 189 on board. According to the NTSB, the pilot failed to acknowledge the warnings of the remaining crew regarding the aircraft's fuel state, while the remaining crew failed to adequately communicate the situation. The NTSB recommendation from this event led to the industry-wide implementation of Crew resource management (CRM) protocols.