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But it's not anything out of the ordinary. >> the weather in cali is come and clear so the air traffic offers a straight in approach to runway 19. the crew accepts the runway change even though first officer williams says they'll have to scramble to make it in time. >> a runway change is not an unusual circumstance. the thing that you have to recognize is if it shortens the distance that you have to fly to get to the end of the runway, can you get down in time. >> the jet is descending more than 1400 feet a minute, as pilots fall further and further behind their landing checklist. suddenly fli...

-- calm and clear, so the air traffic officer offers a straight in approach to runway 19. the crew accepts the runway change even though first officer williams says they'll have to scramble to make it in time. >> a runway change is not an unusual circumstance. the thing that you have to recognize is if it shortens the distance that you have to fly to get to the end of the runway, can you get down in time. >> the jet is descending more than 1400 feet a minute, as pilots fall further and further behind their landing checklist. suddenly flight 965's ground proximity warning system sounds in the c...

>> for passenger frank christmas's daughter, the emotional scars run deep. >> i hated the word mount erebus. i just did not want to know about it. but when i got there and saw it, it's the most beautiful place on earth. and i am consoled 100% that dad's final resting place is in such a beautiful place. coming up -- >> american airlines flight 965 explodes into a mountainside in the dead of night. >> it was just the loudest scariest sound i had ever heard.

Landing. and then they accept a runway change that will speed up their arrival time. but first officer don williams says he'll have to scramble to get down in time for the shorter approach. >> modern jets are so aerodynamically efficient, one of the greatest challenges in flying them is getting them down and getting them to slow down. speed breaks or flight spoilers are devices used to help increase the descent rate to help it slow down. >> the captain deploys 965 speed brakes and types in the letter r for rozo, the code for the radio beacon a few miles short of the runway. but instead of flyi...

Limited air traffic control services puts additional workload on the pilots. >> the weather in cali is come and clear so the air traffic offers a straight in approach to runway 19. the crew accepts the runway change even though first officer williams says they'll have to scramble to make it in time. >> a runway change is not an unusual circumstance. the thing that you have to recognize is if it shortens the distance that you have to fly to get to the end of the runway, can you get down in time. >> the jet is descending more than 1400 feet a minute, as pilots fall further and further behind the...