Break Up Over Texas (Continental Express Flight 2574)
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (3 votes)
5 Discovery Sky History National Geographic Channel National GeographicSeason 11 - Episode 4
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (3)
On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 is nearing the end of its intra-state flight from Laredo, Texas, to Houston. As the pilots are preparing to land, the aircraft tips into a dive and falls out of the sky as the left wing tears apart. All 14 people on board die. Improper maintenance caused a section of the horizontal stabilizer to break loose during flight, after which the pilots had no control.