Synopsis

In February of 2000, Emery Worldwide Flight 17 departed Sacramento Mather Airport, its hold filled with freight containers. Shortly after liftoff, the aircraft began a series of violent dives and leftward banks. The pilots fought to regain control of the damaged DC-8, striving for a return to the airport, but the plane crashed a mile short of the runway, claiming the lives of all three crew members. Initial investigations focused on the possibility of improper cargo loading, but a far more distu