NARRATOR: August 7, 1997,
Fine Air cargo flight 101
prepares to take off from Miami
to the Dominican Republic.
At 12:30 PM, when Flight
101 taxis to its runway,
First Officer Petrosky
recites a familiar drill.
 OK, standard final procedure.
If there's a problem prior
to V1, which is 130 knots,
the pilot in command
will abort the airplane.
Treat anything after V1
as an in-flight emergency.
 Sounds good.
NARRATOR: At 12:34, the
tower makes contact.
 Fine Air 101, Flight heading
270 cleared for takeoff.
 Takeoff 27 right.
Fine Air 101 heavy.
 OK, four spooled
and stable, max power.
OK, coming up on 60
knots, power set, 80.
V1, rotate.
NARRATOR: The plane
lifts off the runway.
[ENGINE ROARING]
 OK, easy, easy,
easy, easy, easy.
 Gear up.
[CLICK]
NARRATOR: The air
traffic controller
is alarmed by what he now sees.
[CLATTERING]
 What's going on?
 Whoa.
Whoa.
NARRATOR: The crew fights to
get the plane under control.
 Too low, gear.
Too low.
Too low, terrain.
 What's happening?
 Too low, terrain.
 Pull up.
[ALARM BLARING]
 No!
[CRASH]
 Where's your emergency?
 Yes, there's been a plane
crash at 72nd and 25th.
NARRATOR: It's the
unthinkable, a plane
crash in the heart of Miami.
The plane's three-man
crew and security
guard are confirmed dead.
[SIRENS BLARING]
