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Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

Mayday

Season 12Episode 1Aired 2012-08-03
Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska, causing an explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage, Alaska. The propeller fell into the sea, and the cause of the separation is undetermined.