Delta Air Lines Flight 1086

What neither pilot knows is that on this morning, a combination of bad weather and psychological factors would conspire with the unique feature of the MD-88's design to make a safe landing all but impossible.

This is the story of Delta Airlines Flight 1086.

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Over this time, he had racked up about 11,000 hours of flying experience, about 3,000 of which were on MD-80 series aircraft.

Both pilots had spotless safety records and were variously described by colleagues as being highly skilled and professional team players.

At 25 minutes past nine that morning, flight 1086 took to the skies above Atlanta.

The first officer was flying the aircraft for this leg of the journey.