Stalling at the Speed of Sound

A Boeing 727 approaches the speed of sound as it climbs to cruising altitude.

Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 is on its way to pick up the Baltimore Colts. The indicated airspeed continues to rise as the plane climb, but eventually stalls anyway. Find out what happened to this plane on this episode of Black Box Down.

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