in the lead up to christams 1995 (december 20) a american 757 departs miami for cali columbia with 164 people on board two hours late due to seasonal traffic it is one of the passengers 21st birthday as well. the 757 is pretty automated a few seat swaps just before decent including th birthday girl acctually makes a difference interestingly in saving a few lives as well as witihni a family. cali doesn’t have radar in the 90s due to millitants so they need to report a lot to th econtroller but when they are cleared direct to cali they delete the way points from the computer so they don’t exacty know where they are and leads to more confusion with a runway change forcing them to rush but would have made up time if they were succesful eventually heading to the 2nd way point but accidently turn towards bogota by the time they realise they are lost and head back towards the airport they are too low and hit a mountain killing all but 5 people (the birthday girl the man who her parents embarrased her talking to (the parents die) and the dad and two kids (the son dies later the mom was killed in the crash). the cause was pilot error with the speed breaks the final straw in what sealed their fate.
next itme how long can a 707 circle answer not forever.
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