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400 feet. captain collins realizes something is terribly wrong and calls for maximum thrust. the jet's nose tilts up 10 degrees and they start to climb. but as they pull up, the dc-10's underbelly and wings gouge into the slope of mount erebus an active volcano. 70 tons of jet fuel ignite the cabin. the tail engine breaks off and roars up the slope, along with a horrifying trail of burning wreckage. deputy police officer ted robinson radios the crew. he's met with ann eerie silence. >> we kept calling 901. others were also calling flight

The captain instructs the flight attendant to prepare for a landing. then air traffic control and the captain accepts 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 ...

Approach to the original runway. then, once flight computers have gotten the airbus into position, he'll go manual and circle to land at the new runway, runway 5. flight 5148 begins its descent. they plan to land in 15 minutes, but there's growing tension and a growing problem in the cockpit. the captain is getting behind his breakthrough jet. >> getting behind the airplane is a widely used statement to say that the pilot's thinking of what's going on is behind where the airplane actually is. >> at 7:13, the captain switches to manual even earlier. otherwise he'll have to wait for three other ...

Out in the cockpit. [ siren sound ] the flight engineer starts to read off their altitude. 500 feet. 400 feet. captain collins realizes something is terribly wrong and calls for maximum thrust. the jet's nose tilts up 10 degrees and they start to climb. but as they pull up, the dc-10's underbelly and wings gouge into the slope of mount erebus an active volcano. at 300 miles per hour. 70,000 tons of jet fuel ignite the cabin. the tail engine breaks off and roars with a horrifying trail of burning wreckage. deputy police officer ted robinson radios the crew. he's met with an eerie silence.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the aircraft is just over 10,000 feet. >> dave was excited to think that he was the commentary on board that would them all about it. >> but today, the weather isn't cooperating. majestic 12,000 foot mount airbus is shrouded in clouds. collins asked air traffic control if it's possible to make his descent. >> they got destructions at jim's request to circle lower and be able to show their passengers something of the area. >> 237 passengers are straining to get a glimpse of land marks, like the station they should be seeing any minute. when suddenly the warning system b...