Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)

Name: Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
Director: Su Rynard
Released: 2008-04-30
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Mary Krohnert, Jesse Bond, Sharon McFarlane, Nathalie Toriel, Johnie Chase

S5 E4 April 30, 2008 0h 45m ★ 7.2

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Overview

On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die, and one person on the ground is injured. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formula for calculation of passenger weights.