Every Plane Crash From Air Disasters (Season 13) | Smithsonian Channel
A look at every plane crash featured in Air Disasters Season 13, including the 2011 Reno Air Races Crash, Flight 780, and more.
0:00 Intro to 'Every Plane Crash From Air Disasters Season 13'
0:29 Engines fail on approach to Hong Kong
4:02 A mystery substance wreaks havoc on Flight 780
7:17 Disturbing footage of 2011 Reno Air Races crash
10:08 Was this P-51 Mustang modified to the point of instability?
12:58 Did this flight suffer from a rudder malfunction?
15:10 How an oil pressure alarm misled pilots
18:03 Plane approaches runway at an extreme angle
20:20 Did this pilot lack the training to land at Guantanamo Bay?
22:37 A plane crashes after takeoff in the heart of Miami
25:16 Eyewitnesses report a fire in one of flight 101's engines
27:27 Investigators get an anonymous tip into a plane crash
29:54 Did a faulty throttle bring down this Romanian plane?
32:58 Were Tarom Flight 371 pilots fit to fly?
35:22 A plane runs into trouble as it prepares for take off
37:57 Did strong crosswinds cause this plane to abort take off?
41:19 Investigators of flight 821 run into multiple dead ends
43:39 Was Flight 821 brought down by a 737 design flaw?
46:22 Did this flight crew have the training to fly a Boeing 737?
50:01 Did Lamia Flight 2933 simply run out of fuel?
52:54 Investigators relive final moments before 2016 crash
56:12 Why locating the four corners of a plane crash is essential
58:24 Was icy weather a factor in this plane's fatal crash?
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Narrator: It's an overspeed Me at home eating Kit-Kats: That's not good
Me at work eating doritos: That's not good...
@@glitchmanshandle lol
@@goldennugget36 I remember it kit-kat too.. not gonna lie.
😂😂😂 i said the same thing in my head
Me on the toilet: That's not good...
Every airport is - one of the busiest airports Every captain is - from an air force Every passenger is - on the trip of a lifetime Every pilot has - thousands of flying hours Every aircraft is - one of the safest in the world Every flight is - a routine flight Every crash is - one of the worst in aviation history Every aircraft is - fuselage after the crash Every viewer is - waiting for the plane to crash
hotel trivago
Every investigator - makes a startling discovery
Every black box listener - Its what we didnt hear that made us question this
@Shane888 Davies ehh. At least this channel doesn't sensationalize as much as the news. We get some facts. But yeah disaster breakdown does much better job of only giving info and not exaggerating things
@Shane888 Davies this may be true. But by extending that notion we end up seeing nothing but devils around every corner.
Me to the guy next to me on the plane: hey buddy wanna watch something fun?
lol... EEEEVIIIILLLL.. sounds like something I would do XD
smh
It would have been funny if he smiled and said yes, I hope you wanted to be on a youtube video about a plane crashing.
TORTURE 😂😂😂😂
Hell nah
*shows Overspeed in the screen* pilot: it's Overspeed narrator: It's an overspeed signal
plot twist: it's overspeed.
ATC: Yep it's overspeed
A signal the aircraft is flying too fast..
it was overspeed and ended with the speed being over
MAYDAY
The first one, the hard landing at Hong Kong, resulted in 57 injuries and 0 fatalities. Damn good job by the pilots to land that plane safely.
Scary man, what a scary thing to see. Awesome pilots landed it with seconds to spare.
@@dragonk234 I always wonder that in situations like these, do the pilots usually become friends for life after experiencing something so traumatizing/heroic? Surely, there isn't a day that comes where they shake hands and then go their separate ways. I don't know, maybe I'm just a sentimental person like that lol
@@ballaking1000 i wonder that too haha
Scary to think something as simple yet complex as the water absorbing powder getting into a valve can endanger the entire flight and take out the engines.
@@ballaking1000 after watching almost every series of Mayday, I think that’s exactly what’s happens, most pilots who go through stuff like this end up being friends for life, which I’ve always found sweet as it means they have a strong bond and a friend who understands exactly what they went through is they ever need to talk about it
Now when I board a plane and they ask me where I would like to sit, I'm gonna reply, 'inside the black box'
Underrated comment 😁
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🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
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If only! I wonder how expensive a ticket would be if that could work? Unfortunately, even if a person could fit inside a black box, the S & R would probably just find human pudding inside an intact black box, since they can handle G forces we can't.
Ah yes. 1 hour of triggering my fear of planes
There is no need to be afraid of flying. Since flying is becoming safer every time
Dont fret, the saying we learn from our mistakes is very true like for example, when there was a mid air collision, the aviation industry implemented the tcas system to prevent any more mid air collisions so it gets safer over the years
The show goes back years to get these crashes. I was afraid to fly but then decided to learn everything I could about commercial aviation, including how planes fly, how their engines work, rudders etc. Now I can't wait to get a window seat where I can watch everything the back of the wing is doing, which lets me know what is going on in the cockpit. These are marvelous machines.
don't worry, planes often only crash once
@@Cissy2cute I use to feel like that then the Boeing Max incidents happened.
Hands down the best voice for voice-overs, takes me back to being a kid watching documentaries.
18:11 I felt pretty bad for the Kalitta Air pilots. Their fatigue was caused by the fear of losing their jobs. A previous employee had been fired because he wouldn’t fly fatigued and the pilots knew about that.
Damn that's pretty sad 😔
The Crash of Kalitta Air/American International Airways Flight 808 was the first accident to involve pilot fatigue. Eventually the First Officer and Flight Enginner returned back to flying but Captain didn’t because of his back injuries
@@Interdictiondeltawing And the first officer also eventually joined the NTSB as an investigator
@@Powerranger-le4up yep
Everyone survived flight 808
There's a surreal level of dedication to these recreations when you get actors to not only replicate the pilots, but the investigators who figured out why everything happened.
That's why I love the show "Air Disasters". Investigators just won't give up no matter how long it takes.
Easiest paycheck those C grade actors will ever make
@@androidphone4271 Yup, my cousin acts in stuff like this. They're hoping to make it big one day lol.
you have to strech one sentence to an hour long show so thats what you get
@@vengefulbeauty hey bro I hope you are not lol'ing at your couz?
These are so addicting.
But terrifying
true
True
So true
Super duper true
With the P-51, if a trim flap broke off it would cause a sudden change in aerodynamics, especially if the trim flaps were adjusted to extremes. One trim flap falling off could cause the plane to roll as well as pitch.
The Mustang had a trim tab riveted in position, that's what fell off, the stabilizer was too small to counteract. Also the stick force was beyond most human's ability.
Several of these are cropped too tightly, cutting off the actual cause of the crash. VERY frustrating!
It’s because each actual crash = 1 full 45 minute episode and this entire video for and entire season is only an hour
I wish they had included the results of each investigation, even if just a summary of each.
Would have made a much better video.
They never do! It's very frustrating and I don't understand why they cut each segment short 😤
@@Holly_Zena Then pay.
@@cessnacitation-x pay what?
@@Holly_Zena Pay for the show, it's a TV show, pay for it.
The scariest part about flying- when u realize how actually far from the ground u are. Flying= the safest way of travel ever until your plane receive some error. Then can easily turn into the nightmare
Statistically, it's not safer to fly. Obviously, your chances of dying in a car accident is greater because you drive wY more than you fly. However, you are more likely to survive a car accident over a plane crash.
Nah the scarier part is that you have no control over any situation that occurs
And that's why my feet stay on the ground and on land
you guys have a funny way of making me never want to get in another airplane lol
lol
Agreed
Im literally at the airport waiting for my flight
@@niji_fannnnnnn bruh
@@niji_fannnnnnn tell us if you crashed
I know that statically I've got a much greater chance of being struck by lightning than on a plane... After compulsively watching this stuff for days, I sure feel like it's certain death the next time I hop a flight though 🤦🏽♂️
IKR
Mortality rates are the key, folk say you've more chance of being in a car crash which is true, you've more chance of walking from a cr crash than any plane crash though.
Wait until the plane gets stuck by lightning
@@BobMarley-qh7qz facts!!!
@Dee....well, lightning or crash, either way, it'll be quick!😎
Hey y’all, if this is making you scared to fly, it’s about 1 in 5 million of crashing, and if you’re gonna crash? It’s a 1 in 11 million chance of actually dying. Flying is the safest way to travel. The only reason it’s so widespread when crashes do happen is because it’s so rare.
So that means you can’t die? Get real. Maybe the next one you might be a statistic. You forget about reality looks like these days
@@AC-te9dr tell me you don’t know how statistics work without telling me you don’t know how statistics work
@@songbirdsystem1465 just because chances are low, doesn’t mean that it’s never happening. There is still a chance. If so, then say it’s impossible
@@AC-te9dr I never said it wasn’t impossible???? I just said the chances are extremely low.
@@AC-te9dr ????????? Are you a slow person
9:30 Interesting that as a WW2 plane dives to the ground, a stuka siren plays.
WW2 Vets: Goddamnit Jerry GET DOWN
everyone TAKE COVER
That's Hollywood stock sounds for ya
@OneHairyGuy 70+ man in a 70+ plane A recipe for disaster
@@ACFloyd and especially if the plane is modified,and the fact that other people had problems with a modded plane that is the same type as this accident that from what I know killed one pilot back in 1999 I believe it was
These video compilations are either "this was the main cause of the accident. What has led to this point? On to the next crash" or "both the plane and the crew were qualified, and the likely cause for the accident has just been ruled out. On to the next crash."
I'm sure removing the weapon systems on the P51 also effect the speed heavily. The P51 originally had 6 m2 50 caliber browning machineguns. Each one weighing atleast 100 pounds with their mounts, probably more. I can only imagine how the loss of 300 to 400 pounds of weight per wing would effect the harmonics of the airfoil.
It's probably not that much of an issue. There have been lots of privately owned P-51's that fly just fine without guns. And if it were, it would be easy enough to add weight to the wings.
That aircraft had flown before. Pretty sure something broke
Yeah, I didn't think so. If anything it would perform better.
The trim tab broke causing the plane to veer upwards at 17gs incapacitating the pilot. He blacked out and fell forward on the stick sending the inverted plane straight into the VIP seating section
@@CreepinCreeper01 Yes, I know the trim tab broke. But the trim tag broke because it was not reinforced to handle the higher speeds he was pushing. He was pushing this P51 faster than the Me262 fighter jets could fly
They are always hitting us with that, *"statistically speaking flying is one of the safest forms of transportation and percentage wise has far less fatalities in comparison to automobiles."* What they don't tell us is, there are far more cars on the road than planes in the sky. The numbers are the reason automobile accidents happen more frequently, even with that said a single car accident may only result at a minimum of 1 person injured or a casualty. Whereas airliners have the potential to take out hundreds of passengers in one single event. If the number of passengers and planes in active service equated to the same number of drivers and cars on the road we'd have an epidemic of death on a massive scale. If you think about it, this show is like in its 15th season with an average of 10 episodes a season and does not appear to be slowing down due to a lack of material. If you ask me, the shows longevity and success points out a freighting reality and I still can't seem to get enough. 😀
So true. Yet I love traveling 🤦♀️
But ya don't need to fly . Sure aren't taking plane to Walmart or grocery store on a daily basis .
80% of fatal aircraft accidents happen before the year 2001, I think you shouldn't try to be all smart when you don't even know basic statistics or aviation.
Glad I’m not 8 years late to this to get it in my recommendations
me too
😂
**plane takes sudden turn on runway with aircraft with plenty of grip and weight + knowing well that the weather conditions were fine.** Investigators: "Must've been the wind..."
I watched about 2 hours of these already So addictive
I remember flying into Chicago on my way home to BWI and the cross winds when we were landing there had us landing almost sideways. It was freaky. The nose was off the the side of the run way.
It seem like a common theme, but I really did watch these all throughout my last flight, and I think it was comforting in a weird way.
I've been told to self isolate for 10 days and this is the first thing to show up in my recommendations. Isnt that good timing
Yeah i got into watching it the same way 😂
Yes.
" we're gonna break a record today " I mean, not the kind he wanted.
Bruce Ismay said the same thing about the Titanic Maybe no more breaking records on mobile giants 😅
I think we have all had days where it seemed 2+2 didn't equal 4 , but its bad when YOUR PILOT has that kinda day
All these episodes are distressing but its addictive as well...
One crucial mistake in these reenactments: They completely forget to contact ATC.
Enjoyed this immensely. Very uplifting.
It was very down to earth. 😁
I'm enjoying these re-creations and the compelling way the stories are told. A big omission, I feel, with the Reno Air Races crash in 2011, is that you talk about the "disaster" but don't tell us how many deaths and serious injuries were caused, as follows: pilot James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, and ten people on the ground were killed and 69 more on the ground injured.
Yeah they do that on purpose. That way you'll be curious enough to purchase an episode. Smithsonian don't play around with those copy right strikes so you won't find many air disasters on KZhead. Alas there is a channel who has uploaded every episode of may day disasters and you can watch them for free. In the actual 60 minute episode they did go into detail about that so I assumed they just omitted it for time versus not addressing it in the compilation. Hard trying to summarize a hour episodes in 5 minutes.
I love the reenactor for Clint Crookshanks - they just have the most similar vibes across the board of recurring roles.
A big thank you for whoever took the time to edit together just the facts of all the air disasters for this season of AD. No trudging through the re-enactments and repetitions of the facts. Now do this for all the 12 seasons before this one!!! ;-)
Damn, I need to see the full episodes now
Ok just when I want to know what really happened the story changes! so frustrating that you didn't include the final report in the edit of some of these episodes...
Oh honey. Just watch the individual episodes versus compilation videos. They go in depth about all that information over there.
Not a video I was looking for, before I go to sleep for work tomorrow but I I’m glad I watched👍
And the camera men survived each and everyone of these plane crashes....😁
Cameramen are immortal, everyone knows it
Now you know when u are in disaster you will be the one to film to survive hahahahahah lmao😆
it's a cgi/camera in the airplane just in case something happens
@@SasukeSimp bro we know it was a joke
I just love smithsonian channel videos
It galloped so hard that it turned people into ghosts!
Love the series ... Thank you!
To say that flying is the safest way to travel is darn difficult to believe when I'm seeing so many crashes on KZhead !!!
Its a bit annoying that we dont get to find out the cause of the accidents as you just go straight to the next video when their about to solve it.
0:37 wow, I didn't know that John Cena was also a pilot
SO IT ISNT JUST ME
Saw this episode at least three times. Awesome event.
The first one didn’t seem like harm but realizes that 57 people got injured
To describe the aircraft that crashed as a P-51 Mustang was inaccurate, the modifications probably had less than 10% of original build aircraft left, to try and push its top speed to 500 mph would not be very good for the 70 years old components, they probably would have gone way way beyond their original expected lifespan, whilst the warbirds look spectacular and sound even better I don’t think I would ever want to fly one, you just can’t ask a vintage aircraft to be as strong as it was when new.
And the P-51 Mustang wasn't designed for speed, it was designed for Long Distance, Armor, Firepower and Endurance
Aircraft don't really use "Armour"
Very good video. Subscribed!
Thanks for the video!
reno is my hometown and it hurts me even though i wasn’t there
All planes should have small markings in their structure, like a jig saw puzzle, that show where the part fit! Then when there is a crash it would be possible to get most of the plane put back together. At least a lot easier if possible. It can be done with any metal marker that simply rolls around the plane leaving minute numbers.
crashes happen so rarely that nonone would want to pay for this feature.
@@alexanderw.648fax but general aviation crashes are a lot more regular (still quite rare tho)
These are amazing.to watch
10:25 "The moment you know it's serious" -Guy who has an extreme farmers tan disregards everything and goes shirtless.
At least i’m not 7 years late
I am 😕
The pilot of the Reno Air races crash didnt witness his death. His plane pulled up so sharply that it must have caused him to pass out instantly due to G-Forces. Or so I read, Somewhere. the spectators on the other hand....those were very much awake....
Before they answer I’m going to say the extra weight shifted when the plane elevated to the back, making it pitch up putting more power only hurt it.
Just wanted to say Rest in Peace to everyone who has lost their lives, god bless their families, and Angels please look out for everyone who flies and may have issues during their flights. Y’all be good out and up there! Peace!! ☮️
Me about to start class: Good afternoon guys... *silence* It's brighter here: 1 HOUR OF PLANE CRASHES! Me again: Class is finished, see you next week. My students: :O
34:26 the investigator actor is the same guy who played the terrorist who hijacked the plane in a previous episode. Solid actor!
I've never seen such oscar winning acting!! 😂
That’s why I don’t do air shows, the chances of a fatal crash is always heightened.
NIce that it started with a non -lethal crash :)
For the first incident of the video, ik for any air craft you need power to land in case the plane stalls and slams too hard onto the ground. But couldn’t they shut off the over powered engine and use engine two as their main, despite the recent malfunction? Realistically speaking it’s not the worst idea but it’s better than landing with an engine at 74% thrust.
They couldn't. The cause of the engine troubles was a fuel contaminant: a desiccant (something to absorb water, like in those sachets of beads that are in everything these days) got into the fuel supply and then jammed up the fuel flow control valve so it couldn't move. Once those are jammed up, you have zero control over the throttle. So while Engine 1 was stuck at full thrust, Engine 2 was stuck at idle because the pilot reduced thrust before the fuel valve got completely jammed.
Thanks for sharing
Spider-Man on one of the: “Hey Alexa. Play I ain’t woried bout it by one republic”
Too many precious lifes are taken so quickly it's devastating beyond recognition.
I love the Smithsonian institution and all.. and if I was sitting here and fully paying attention to the episode,I imagine it'd be great!. But as I am use to full episodes on one crash, and try to do things around the 🏠,I come back and what what happened to the first plane ,or three other ones that I was waiting for them to do a full investigation,and then do an explanation for us . So I'm thinking they are gonna circle around to the modified race plane...then they just keep coming up with new crashes...wow! Now I need to rewatch this when I have nothing else to do...if I want to know ,that is.🙄🙂👍 Guess what I can fully pay attention and still get other stuff done... And so there isn't supposed be this gel in the fuel,and they don't know how it got out of the transfer pumps filter. Stop...alright that's what I figured,so now let's move on to the modified race fighter ...and of course it was modified..., In a hanger they go to see why some other plane crashed... Oh wait it's not me ,I'm not the one suffering from ADHD !it's this show. And again they leave one for another...I guess this episode is just the previews for the full episodes?! So after rewatching the whole thing and rewinding where they seem to just jump ahead to another crash...it's not me,it's the show,it doesn't actually solve any of these, maybe just the one where the pilots weren't trained properly to land in that tight space. Or was it the other one.?.. don't know . Scratching my head, it's just that I'm used to having the accident not only solved ,but for them to fix what went wrong,for it never to happen again.
the video is just plane crashes not why they happened
@@Barry.B.Benson i guess i just assumed they would do an investigation... i guess I'm wrong to have done so.... thanks for pointing that out. Cheers!
Galloping ghost: *booms* A crowd: AAAAAAA
Great videos Smithsonian. Thanks for sharing.
being a pilot is like....holding your life and all the passingers life then just some guy who controls a plane. rip those pilot who died in crash😥
Very critical situation captured by Smithsonian channel Thank you 🙏
Love the way the video changes to another story without telling you first... LOL
Kudos to the Pilot ! Nice Work Indeed !!
i was taught that 98% of all air crashes are due to human error, i think that's used as a sales pitch. When something breaks on the aircraft, are the reports stating "the pilot missed a rusty washer on pre-flight, chalk it up to human error" 😂😂😂
mm unfortunate for them(company) to not be held liable and resulting in bankruptcy. blame it on the pilot, meanwhile plane mechanic engineers who also don't spot it, are clear of blame
Well that's not entirely wrong. If that rusty bolt was something on the preflight check and the manufacturer and airlines made it clear that if that bolt is rusty then they need to not take off. It's only the airline or manufacturer's fault if that bolt has a known failure rate and is supposed to be replaced regularly and the airline chooses to ignore replacing it regardless of the flight crew inspections.
When they didn't die, I clapped.
Good idea: Racing a modified P-51 Bad idea: Not testing a modified P-51
I love how for Flight 780 had more then 300 passengers and they make it seem like there is only 20 people on it 😂
am I the only one? For the most part, this looks like a compilation of inconclusive air mishaps; without a conclusion of most of the cases, it's difficult to learn anything!
Do you people not understand that these clips are meant for you to want to buy the full episodes? They're not going to post everything when they spent money for this production.
Out of 100 views how many folk would actually go on to say ooh ill buy the series? I wouldn't think that many but then again I've been wrong on many things previously!
Yeah, that does kinda suck, no conclusion. Just gonna have to watch the complete episode(s).
Want to see the complete episodes? KZhead search: Air Disasters.
@@BobMarley-qh7qz how many? More than 0 and that's a success
Why do half these cut off before they give you the reason??
Marketing, so you're curious what happened so you'll buy the episode
@@No-is2cj Yea not that desperate
The galloping ghost was about to break a world record😞
Please don’t comment “first” People died. (Edit for clarity)
Yes please
@@BLU_Engineer *youre
@@BLU_Engineer you’re
But you commented “first” before as well-
Best videos. They give anxiety.
Literally everyone saw the strobe light all apart from the captain. Flight engineer and first officer were literally screaming and pointing it to him but he just couldn't see it
With the second crash with the p-51's sound effects are wrong. The sound effect used is from the Ju 87D "Stuka" Diver.
im watching this while waiting to get on a plane 😄
Did it go well? 😀
@@robloxtipshelper We will find out on the next season of Air Disasters. 😂
Need one of these videos for every season of air disasters.
I'm flying in a plane at about 25000 feet and KZhead gives me notification of the new episode of aircrash investigation.
If you're getting notifications while flying in a plane then you're breaking the law by not turning airplane mode on.
@@cessnacitation-x😂
Isn’t this a fun video to watch before going on a 10 hours flight tomorrow ^^
12:39 idk if they've found the cause of the crash eventually, but at those speeds a subsonic pressure wave can form on the wing surfaces, it can move towards the back end of the wing, and if it ends up on the elevators this kind of accidents can happen. not sure it was that but it sounded plausible to me.
I am saving this video and will be playing with loud volume on the plane which i am getting it in middle of May 😬
Add an "Hey I think thats our plane" to make it spicier lol
u should say its the same model like the plane we are in atm BUT they fixed it they said :D
Landed that plane perfectly! This was a good one
meter shows an open, genius declares "it must be a short circuit"
I’m glad I didn’t discover this BEORRE I flew two weeks ago
First one looks like John Cena😂
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Nothing like a good plane crash to start the day.
narrator:it's overspeed me:Well that's no good
Of course this is the season i just finished 😂