En route from Cold Bay, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight 8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller from one of its four turboprop engines flies off and tears a hole in the fuselage. Rocked by explosive decompression, the pilots fight to control the plane as the cabin and cockpit fill with heavy fog.

Unable to descend to a safer altitude and with their emergency oxygen running out, they are flying straight out to sea in a plane on the verge of tearing itself apart. The pilots bring the plane to within a few hundred feet of the runway, but quickly realize that they are travelling too fast.

Once on the ground, the plane’s tremendous speed is more than the emergency brakes can handle. They burst into flames. The plane then veers off the runway, runs into a ditch and comes to a grinding stop. After a six-hour ordeal, the crew has safely landed the crippled plane, saving the lives of everyone on board.

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From Season 12 Episode 1 "Fight For Control": On board Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight 8, after a propeller flies off tearing a hole in the fuselage, the engines are stuck at full throttle. With their control column jammed in place, they have no way to steer the aircraft. The pilots suspect the manual throttle cables and control cables have been severed.

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