Aviation Disasters : Uberlingen mid-air Collision || Aviation Accidents explained video

A Boeing 757F operated by DHL was flying to Brussels, Belgium with one intermediate stop at Bergamo. Onboard the flight were 2 crew members. In the command of the flight was Captain Paul Phillips, 47 of age, with an experience of 12,000 flight hours, including 4,145 hours on Boeing 757. The first officer named Brant Campioni, was 34. He had accumulated more than 6,600 flight hours with 176 of them were on Boeing 757. 13:30 Flight 611 departed from Bahrain airport for a cargo flight. Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia A Tupolev-Tu-154M aircraft, operated by Bashkirian Airlines was on a chartered flight to Barcelona, Spain. It was carrying 60 passengers and nine crew. Forty-five of the passengers were Russian schoolchildren from the city of Ufa who were on a school trip organised by the local UNESCO committee to the Costa Dorada area of Spain. The aircraft was Tupolev TU-154. It was built in 1995. It had flown about 10,788 hours. The last technical inspection was done on 28 June 2002. 18:48 Flight 2937 took off from Domodedovo international Airport for its destination Barcelona, Spain. 19:10 The Boeing 757 landed at Bergamo airport after a flight time of 05 hours 40 minutes. In Bergamo, the airplane was refuelled, unloaded and reloaded with cargo. 21:06 Flight 611 took off from Bergamo for its destination Brussels while flight 2937 was flying towards its destination Barcelona. The Captain of 757 contacted ACC Zurich, at this time, the aircraft was at...