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The Plane That Fell from the Sky

on BBC One London

On 4 April 1979 a Boeing 727 with 89 people on board went out of control and plummeted 33,000 feet in 44 terrifying seconds. Just two seconds from crashing the pilots regained control. But why did it happen?
CBS correspondent Bill Kurtis brought together the passengers and crew to re-create the near disaster— and to ask why, nearly five years later, there is still bitter argument about why Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
BBC presentation PETER KENYATTA

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Bill Kurtis

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