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Airplane was over a place that the pilots didn't understand. clearly, the pilots couldn't see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter mann faults incompetent airline procedures which changed flight coordinates without warning. in a sub...

>> coordinates shift meant that the airplane was over a place that the pilots didn't understand. clearly the pilots couldn't see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter mann faults incompetent airline procedures which changed flight co...

Findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter mann faults incompetent airline procedures which changed flight coordinates without warning. in a subsequent appeal by air new zealand, the new zealand court of appeals faults mann for overstepping his authority but does not overturn his findings. the people of new zealand have never gotten a clear ans...

Reduce speed in such a scenario as in the case of flight 191. neither american airlines or mcdonnell-douglas admitted fault in this accident. but in april 1981, the two companies agreed to share the costs of settlements in more than 200 lawsuits that were filed. the terms of those settlements remain confidential. >> every accident and incident, because of its unique characteristics, we are going to learn something. we have to heed those lessons. we've got to heed those lessons and enhance aviation safety. we don't want those people to have died in vain. coming up next, the cargo door where y...

I want to read one piece in particular where you have this interaction with your mother when you're very young. you say to her, mommy, i have to go. i'm sorry, i say. i want to have a better life. she says to you, what do you know what a better life is? and you say to her, i know what it's not, mommy. you've shown me that much. she says to you, go to hell. i hope you die, it was april 1981 and i'm almost eight. she says this to you when you're eight. >> yes. >> how impactful is that in shaping who you are? >> well, i never really got a chance to know her well. i used to see her as a sister fig...