Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204) Mayday : Season 12 Episode 5
TV-14 National Geographic 45m
Aired: August 31st, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EST on National Geographic
On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempts to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a severe thunderstorm, but crashes into a muddy swamp four miles (6.4 km) away. The cause was the pilots not following visual flight rules that could have prevented the crash while the aircraft was being pushed by a downdraft.
