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They Were Too Late (Air China Flight 129) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN

If you found this video to be interesting, be sure to subscribe as there is a new video every Saturday. This video also went out to my Patrons on Patreon 48 hours before going out publicly. Consider joining here from £1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/DisasterBreakdown Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chloe_HowieCB For the country of South Korea, the nation has seen more than its fair share of air accidents. One of the deadliest to involve South Korea occurred on April 15th, 2002. Air China Flight 129 crashed into the side of a mountain whilst navigating to its destination airport. What investigators were later trying to figure out, is why. The airport in question is one of the largest airports in South Korea, serving the large city of Busan and the surrounding areas. it has a set of standard procedures that pilots always follow. Planes come and go so often at Gimhae International Airport that the fact that this accident occurred lead to many asking the question of, what actually went wrong here? So let’s delve into Air China Flight 129 Sources: https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/2021-03/B-2552.pdf https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020415-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20200601131401/https://chineseaci.com/public/Appendix_6_CAAC_comments.pdf https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/missing-the-point-the-crash-of-air-china-flight-129-d0160792e2cc https://www.icao.int/apac/meetings/2012_rrss/w3%20circling%20-%20bali%20[compatibility%20mode].pdf https://simpleflying.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-boeing-767/ https://simpleflying.com/ups-new-boeing-767-order/#:~:text=The%20aircraft%20will%20be%20delivered,signs%20of%20continuing%20the%20project. https://www.thinkaviation.net/circling-approaches/ https://www.code7700.com/case_study_air_china_129.htm#section3 https://skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/1486.pdf