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The yellow rotor blade flew four hundred meters - could they stop the crash?
A yellow rotor blade flew 400 meters from the wreckage as a prototype Sikorsky S-61L broke apart over Compton - could they stop the crash?
The yellow rotor blade flew four hundred meters - could they stop the crash?
In this episode, we follow the minutes before and after Los Angeles Airways Flight 417 came apart over a Compton neighborhood on August 14, 1968. We lay out the aircraft, the crew, and the mechanical clue that baffled inspectors - could routine checks have missed a lethal crack?
Person: Captain Kenneth Lee Waggoner
Event: Los Angeles Airways Flight 417 breakup
Date: August 14…
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