A Wounded Bird

Aired on 01/30/2005, Narrated by Jonathan Aris

On 21 August 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, is climbing to its cruising altitude when a blade on the left-side propeller comes off. The imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting, creating excessive drag. The aircraft rapidly loses altitude and crashes, killing nine people. Metal fatigue in the propeller blade caused its failure.

Technical Specs

Video Codec: : AVC
Video Bitrate: : 2,165 kbps
Video Aspect Ratio: : 1.78, (16x9)
Video Resolution: : 1280x720
Scan type : Progressive
Audio Codec: : AAC LC
Audio language: : English
Audio Bitrate: : 160 kbps
Audio Channels: : 2 (stereo)
Run-Time: : 52mn
Framerate: : 29.970 fps
Container : MP4
Part Size: : 870 MiB
Source: : DVD
Encoded date : 2014-07-19
Encoded by: : Egilman