CHAOS in the cockpit. Birgenair 301 (Patreon)

Seconds after takeoff, a Boeing 757 carrying 189 passengers and crew is in grave danger. Alarms blare in the cockpit as the three pilots struggle to understand what is happening their aircraft. The instruments they have been trained to trust, are lying to them. And what’s worse, time is running out. With every passing second, their plane is losing speed. If it gets too slow, it will fall out of the sky. Will the pilots be able to diagnose their problem before they lose control of their aircraft?

This is a story about how a small inconvenience can snowball into a full blown emergency. But more importantly, it’s a story about the importance of teamwork in the cockpit, especially in crisis. This is the story of Birgenair flight 301.