Air Midwest Flight 5481 || Dead Weight

Air Midwest Flight 5481

Aired~30 April 2008

On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formulae for calculation of passenger weights.

Type of aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D