American Airlines Flight 965
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Oct 19, 2026
EmmetHOST
In a few short minutes, these mistakes would result in the deaths of nearly everyone on board.
EmmetHOST
Air crash documentaries often say that such and such an incident sparked a change in the aviation industry, but American Airlines Flight 965 is truly one of the few crashes which have had this effect.
EmmetHOST
In this episode, we'll explore exactly why a stellar crew flying a state-of-the-art aircraft for one of the best airlines in the world made so many crucial mistakes.
EmmetHOST
This is a story about the interaction between man and machine, and about the limitations of flight training.
EmmetHOST
Above all, however, it is a story of human psychology.
EmmetHOST
This is the story of American Airlines Flight 965.
EmmetHOST
American 965 departed Miami International Airport in Florida at 25 minutes to 7 in the evening on December 20th, 1995.
EmmetHOST
It was bound for Cali, the third most populous city in Colombia.
EmmetHOST
When investigators recovered and analyzed the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, they discovered a shocking picture of confusion in the cockpit in the flight's final minutes.
EmmetHOST
If you've seen my previous video on the crash of American Airlines Flight 965, which occurred just three years after this incident, the loss of situational awareness here may ring a bell.
EmmetHOST
In fact, the crew of Flight 965 had actually been given this flight as a case study on how not to operate an aircraft.
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Investigators cited this loss of situational awareness as the primary contributor to the crash of Flight 311.
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It is.
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But we are gonna deconstruct that sequence of just seemingly minor human mistakes and these disastrous technological misunderstandings that brought down American Airlines Flight 965.
speaker_4HOST
And, you know, to really understand how that specific chain gets built-
speaker_3HOST
Mm-hmm
speaker_4HOST
Heavy seasonal traffic just clogging the runways, overbooked flights, gate agents who are stressed out of their minds.
speaker_3HOST
Right.
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And amidst all this churn, you have the real human element of Flight 965.
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You've got people like Mercedes Ramirez.