The Terrifying Mid-Air Collision They Tried to Bury

Get 20% off DeleteMe by going to https://joindeleteme.com/DARKSKIES and use code DARKSKIES to protect your privacy! It's April 1, 2001, and Lieutenant Shane Osborn fights the yoke of his EP-3, the aircraft spiraling toward the South China Sea after a collision with a Chinese fighter. With the altimeter dropping rapidly past 12,000 feet, twenty-three Americans grip their harnesses behind him. No one has ever successfully ejected from an EP-3 - at this speed, they'd hit the tail. Even if they could, April means shark breeding season - tigersharks and great whites hunting in massive numbers. At 10,000 feet, the controls finally respond. With the aircraft levelled off, Osborn faces an impossible choice. The only runway within reach is in Hainan Island, on Chinese military base. And inside his cabin are years of NSA intelligence. Every code. Every frequency. Every secret America held in the Pacific. The Terrifying Mid-Air Collision They Tried to Bury --- Join Dark Skies as we explore the world of aviation with cinematic short documentaries featuring the biggest and fastest airplanes ever built, top-secret military projects, and classified missions with hidden untold true stories. Including US, German, and Soviet warplanes, along with aircraft developments that took place during World War I, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War, and special operations mission in between. As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Skies sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact. We do our best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Skies is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas.