@@yehanmudalige6596 I don’t think so. I think he said they were still in their seats just sitting there dead. He served in the Air Force in Vietnam and I don’t think he saw something as haunting as that
The Captain of the DC-9 had just returned from a 6 year medical leave. The Co-Pilot lied several times prior to the flight about his history and military career to seem more equipped. The Captain essentially handed over complete control of his plane to his lying Co-Pilot and it cost him dearly.
True however there was enough blame to go around. Mistakes by the tower, bad route signage, faded route paints, lights not working. So there was more than just the bravado of the first officer and the timidity of the Captain to take control. But you are right that had the first officer admitted he was lost this crash would not have happened.
I had a boss who was on the DC9, during this incident. He was uninjured, apart from significant hearing loss and required hearing aids. When the topic came up, people would always say he was charmed, not to have been killed. Not long after he became my boss (about a decade after the accident) he suddenly took an extended medical leave. I'm not sure of the precise cause, but he collapsed as he was being sent home, because the doctors couldn't find anything wrong. It was only then, they realized he was having a rash of mini-strokes. He passed away at 52 years old, not long after that.
@@fna1013 Nah, the best time is right when you take off, 200 feet into the air. Or when you are descending for landing. That's where most incidents take place.
I was working as a baggage handler for NWA in DTW that day. Earlier before dawn a large wet heavy snow had fallen. Snow removal operations had pushed large high berms of snow to the outward edges of the runways. As morning progressed and the temperature warmed, it seemed clouds of fog were being generated. Visibility was quickly and vastly reduced
That looks like it couldve been a lot worse. For what it is, that was some damn fast reaction from the pilots to only have 8 casualties. Cant imagine the terror the pilots especially must have felt though seeing a BOEING just zooming at them
The real airports have many different signs and markings that pilots can see in the fog. Most are very bright and yellow with black text. The modeling they used for this show doesn't include any of that so it's not a full depiction of an actual airport.
The signs at this airport at this time were very poor. The crews complained about them again and again but the airport authority, a typical government agency, did little to nothing about improvements. People died and lives ruined because of it. The tower could have stopped the takeoff and should have, the DC9 crew reported they were lost in the fog and thought they were on a runway.
Imagine ducking down to pick up something, and when you get back up everyone on your side is decapitated and the side of the plane has a hole through it
The tower is the controlling agency in determining the visibility for takeoff. If this captain, especially with NorthWest Airlines, refused the takeoff by trying to insist the tower was wrong would have been infront of the chief pilot facing disciplinary charges. We, the pilots of NWA, complained for years over the POOR signs and markings at this airport. They did nothing. We also complained about the maintence practices a NWA on the aircraft. ONE thing, for a reason I can't understand is why the death of a flight attendant and some passengers as not discussed in this video, I watched the complete video. Was it whitewashed form the records so Smithsonian did not see it, or something else. It was a BIG, BIG part of this tragedy and should have been brought up. The 727 right wing just showed a fairly clean tear off at the end. Fact, one third of the wing was gone and fuel from that wing was gushing fuel.
At the same time if the pilots were lost why didn't they contact the tower to inform them? I mean it's all what it's at this point, but at least the tower could have stopped all take offs and landings until the aircraft was found and guided to where they should have been
They did! they were under the control of DTW ground, if some out there don't know, is in the tower. The DC9 told ground they thought they were on a runway. It was ground responsibility to immediately notify the tower operator to stop all traffic.@@Gutenburg100
Aaron Austrie Yea...that was so horrific. The fact everyone on one plane was killed....except for the lady who faked out the crew to stay behind. Her sneaky act (because of a love) saved her life. That day is every passengers, pilots, crews, and ATC nightmare made real. Only 9/11 was worse. Ironically The Miracle on the Hudson was pretty horrific for the the ATC talking to Sully over the air. When he lost contact he assumed the plane was down and everyone was dead. It’s standard procedure to remove the ATC communicating with that plane when this. Happens. They need to make in depth statements and notes what happened because the FAA is going to analyze everything to the atomic level. That ATC was being consulted and prepped to make official statements when another ATC burst in and let him know the plane actually landed in one piece in the Hudson and there were clearly survivors...heck looked like everyone made it! The ATC who though everyone was dead nearly burst into tears....of joy hearing that. Few ATCers return to their job after a disaster happens. Most are either fired, or to to traumatized to return to work. ATC is HYPER stressful work and have high divorce and mental health crisis rates. I have only heard of a hand full of cases where ATC returned after a horrible accident. One did in India after it was clear an in air collision between 2 planes were NOT his fault. He in fact did everything correct to a T. It was bad weather and bad communication in one of the other aircraft in the air. He returned, and was later asked to train new ATC how to keep the same thing that happened to him....from hopefully happening again. It I could see in the interview what happened still haunted him. You could see it in his eyes. But he returned to make sure what happened NEVER happens again.
@@equarg Are you referring the Indian ATC as V.K. Dutta from the 1996 mid-air collision? If so, I didn't know the weather around the time of the incident was bad. Cloudy, sure, but that was just about it.
From what I have read from survivors and in details, most of the dead were pretty much decapitated, including a kid or what appeared to have been one. Supposedly one of the victims head was found in the wing but never was confirmed.
I can't believe this kind of such a horrible situation can be happened...with such a modern engineering day's...I hope it Will not ever happen again... My condolences to the family who lost there loved ones
Final Cause: Co Pilot of Flight 1482 was telling some fictional heroic things to Experienced Captain who had 7 years of medical leave. Flight 299 pilots delayed the takeoff due to issues, might be. Then Flight 1482 pilots taxied to the left side of the runway where Flight 299 had to takeoff and suddenly when Flight 299 took off, they saw Flight 1482 and turned but didn't. Then, both planes collided. 727 have wingtip damage which means it can be repaired. Even all survived. DC-9 had a damage on the right cabin which cause to fire. 8 died. So, the real cause is Pilot Error on the DC-9. If any corrections, please reply honestly. I have seen the episode of this.
In addition, there were other errors as well, all of which contributed to the cause. Visibility was below minimum, which meant the control tower should have closed the airport. There was an argument with two people working the control tower about this. One (female) made the estimation that the airport should be closed based on a machine calculation of some sort. The other-a male who may have been the senior of the two, said he could eyeball it and visibility was okay. He won out. Secondly, the 1482 captain and co-pilot knew they were lost on the runway before they even turned on the active runway, and should have pulled over when they realized this, as per regulations. Instead they told the tower that they were completely lost out there and a running commentary ensued. The co-pilot thought he knew where they were, despite his inexperience, and told the captain to turn on the active runway, thinking it was the parallel taxiway. This was a role reversal that shouldn’t have happened. Then they passed two lights that would have indicated they were on 21C active runway. These are meant to cut through low visibility with bright bulbs, but those bulbs were burned out. So the fault was placed on all three entities, the airline, the FAA (control tower) and Wayne County (runway lights). Due to the heavy fog, all of the emergency vehicles went to Flight 299 initially. They didn’t see 1482 for maybe 20 minutes (not sure about exact time).
I don't think that just saying "pilot error on the DC-9" is completely accurate. All of the parties involved made choices that day that contributed to the outcome. NW 1482 got lost, and kept going, despite both pilots repeatedly expressing concern and confusion, rather than stop and figure out where they actually were. ATC kept operating flights despite deteriorating weather that was below minimums, failed to effectively communicate with aircraft on the field, and failed to notice that an aircraft was reportedly travelling eastbound on taxiway that runs North/South. Wayne County Airport continued to operate a hazardous runway/taxiway intersection, despite it being clearly confusing and hazardous in good weather. The crew of NW 299 clearly recognized that they were below minimums (evidenced by the First Officer saying "Definitely not a quarter-mile, but at least they're calling it") and still elected to continue their takeoff despite having minimal visibility and response distance. Northwest Airlines knew of training that would improve crew communication, decision-making, and workload, and chose to save money instead. It's a web of causes, some more important, some less so, that, when all taken together, lead to the collision.
@Jaylen Jackson this. Plus seems more concrete than pedals as most time is spent in the air where it does and in a car it does so when in terror we revert to instinct and it seems right. People underestimate, when sitting in doors with the lights on in the warm just how much sheer bloody panic can grip anyone however highly trained when things have gone very badly wrong. Outside of special forces possibly anyone is susceptible. They literally had just worked out its a runway then the captain thinks a bit like Cooper in Interstellar if that's a runway (a wave and its heading away from us) then that means (peers into fog/checks out the back) cue dramatic music as huge plane accelerating to take off speed looms out of the fog. Your brain short circuits to lizard responses fight or flight and you can't fight the thing you just have to GET OUT THE WAY! Well instinctively you wanna go left so you grip the thing most obviously that goes left however wrong in reality.
Everyone is complaining about the short episode but they don’t realize how much a full episode costs to produce. Even a short like this costs thousands to produce.
So, My dad was on the flight on the DC-9 He was returning home to see his wife his son and me (the oldest) And I Got A call from the hospital saying oh hey ur dads in the hospital blah blah blah So i tell my mom and we both said oh crap and we rushed to the hospital just to find out he suffered minor injuries and like a few weeks he's all healed hes still alive just i was so worried about him, that i almost fainted.
These planes runway taxi process and procedure can by fully automated to ensure all planes have multiple beacons that communicate with ground based beacons comfirming positions at each 'gate'...No more asking pilots where they think are in fog or darkness... Technology is simple and cheap to install in every plane...
Technology never fails either, does it? If you can't even make out the markings/signs because the weather is so bad, maybe you shouldn't leave the gate at all.
The DC9 was uninjured during the accident.the DC9 was trying to going to the left but it was too late the DC9 wing just burst down causing the 8 passengers to die.Then in the DC9 northwest was no injuries.They try there best to push to the left.Wow rest in peace😢
I'd probably not expect someone to do something as stupid as actually taxi onto a runway without notifying me Which the crew did in real life, five seconds before collision
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Where have i seen the DC9’s first officer before, was he Southern 242’s captain? And i’m sensing crew issues here, they read back “roger” twice after instructions that are required to be read back in full.
I don’t know what happened but maybe telling the passengers to go to the other side could save them but if the fog wa too thick then I feel sorry for them
In fog conditions in a car is dangerous, but, to try to taxi aircraft in fog conditions, didn't know airports allowed that, is very very dangerous, catastrophe sadly!🙏
I love how in the recreation he turns the yoke to avoid colliding with the other plane on the runway. Just a tip...turning the yoke on the ground does NOTHING to steer your plane. It's either done with the rudder pedals or the tiller.
That was a prank my high school intro to flight teacher would pull on new pilots who were doing instructor flights. While on the ground he would steer the yoke left and right and yell out something like, "OH NO WE'RE NOT TURNING AHHHH!!!" I sadly never got to experience it myself.
And of course, the armchair pilot of that airplane had several minutes to think that through, right? No. He was in an emergency, and his instincts took over. Hard left gave him a small chance of maybe lifting that right wing. The 727 was somewhere around or slightly over 100 knots, enough airspeed to have at least some lateral control, though obviously not enough.
The thing is that if you look at the airspeed indicator, they were already past 80 knots. The tiller wouldn't have done shit. Also, muscle memory is a very powerful thing
Amazing it wasn't worse, like the 747 crash on a runway with another plane in Spain or one of their islands. It was terrible. 500 or so perished. Just sloppy mistakes with tired confused ATC & pilots. It's amazing the industry still works somehow. Too much pressure goes💥.
I guess NorthWest Flight 255 which crashed departing Detroit just 3 years prior to this accident which resulted in 148 Fatalities didn’t make the list huh?
IDK the speed they were at or how far away they noticed the DC10 but I'm guessing full back pressure, full left rudder, and full left aileron roll. Would instantly stall but if past Vs, they might have been able to get that right wing up in time and get ~100 ft agl. But idk the speed or distance so it's all speculation.
This collision infuriates me a bit in the sense it was not necessary because in such weather conditions the flight tower should make sure the runway was clear before since he can’t see the runway
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My grandfather was on the scene after the crash. He saw the bodies. 30 years later he’s 71 and it still haunts him
The bodies must have been sliced in half
@@yehanmudalige6596 I don’t think so. I think he said they were still in their seats just sitting there dead. He served in the Air Force in Vietnam and I don’t think he saw something as haunting as that
there were only 8 deaths among the 190+ survivors lol
Ask him if the pilots were killed on the DC-9.
@@xxxxxxuan "lol", 8 deaths is still alot. you can still easily be traumatized by seeing 1 dead body. also quite disrespectful
The Captain of the DC-9 had just returned from a 6 year medical leave. The Co-Pilot lied several times prior to the flight about his history and military career to seem more equipped. The Captain essentially handed over complete control of his plane to his lying Co-Pilot and it cost him dearly.
Any word on what happened to the Captain after this?
Sources?
@@vizio2003
Captain never worked as pilot again
True however there was enough blame to go around. Mistakes by the tower, bad route signage, faded route paints, lights not working. So there was more than just the bravado of the first officer and the timidity of the Captain to take control. But you are right that had the first officer admitted he was lost this crash would not have happened.
did the pilots survive?
I had a boss who was on the DC9, during this incident. He was uninjured, apart from significant hearing loss and required hearing aids. When the topic came up, people would always say he was charmed, not to have been killed. Not long after he became my boss (about a decade after the accident) he suddenly took an extended medical leave. I'm not sure of the precise cause, but he collapsed as he was being sent home, because the doctors couldn't find anything wrong. It was only then, they realized he was having a rash of mini-strokes. He passed away at 52 years old, not long after that.
Wow. Thx for that cheerful story!
what casued the mini strokes
@@randomrazr I recall mention of there being lots of small cysts. But, if the cause was ever determined, I did not hear it.
wow, that is very interesting
@@randomrazr the covid vaccine caused it.
Can you PLEASE start including a link to the FULL episode in these short teasers? Thanks.
Sorry to spread the bad news but. Its a show they want you to buy it
The show usually airs on TV, idk what channel for everyone else but for me it airs on channel 131
On UA-cam Movie it costs around USD12 for one whole season episodes.
Also remove the jingle at the end
It aint free
You guys really shouldn’t put “It’s brighter here” after telling me about how 8 people died and it was the worst accident of it’s kind in 20 years.
I know! I feel really ashamed!
man, that same year im sure there was 1 car accident where 8 people died what the hell was that guy talking about
Yes
Patrolling the Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For a Nuclear Winter
@@John_Schmitt i dunno what to say Lol
If anyone's wondering what happened to the 727, it aborted takeoff and stopped on a safe space on the runway, everyone on board survived.
It’s a DC 9
@@nihaoyt5835 He’a talking about the 727…
Thank you , i started wondering
Thank you
@@khizerahmad47 Islam is false
documentary: "making it the deadliest incident of its kind on US soil"
smithsonian: its brighter here!
yea...that joke kinda died
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@@vihaansethi5140 just like the people on DC-9 😔
@@Vajra98 😱
"this is a runway!!"
No shit... 😂
2:00 yaa
There just stupid actors that know shit
where else did they think they land on the fucking control tower
*lands on fucking taxi way*
Could have landed on a runway, then taxied onto another runway thinking it was a taxi way.
"Most deadly accident on US soil in two decades"
*Cue happy outro music*
Sxsxxxxx
Indah rencana mu TUHAN
@Ilsah Ahmed indah 🌺 TUHAN
It should be “It’s darker here”
@Ilsah Ahmed yeah...Dark joke
*people die *
Smithsonian : “It’s brighter here “
thats facts.
I thought they had removed this lol
Bro stop saying this over used comment on his channel
They didn't lie. Fire *is* bright.
This joke is stale
Date: 3/12/1990.
Survivors (Total): 190.
Deaths (Total): 8.
Flight: Northwest Airlines Flight 299 And
Northwest Airlines Flight 1482.
Thank you!!
I happend in December, not March.
@@ihatewhitey6689 in Europe I’m pretty sure they swap the days and month around so it would be 12/3/1990 if you live in the United States
@@thehunterzdown6225 The rest of the world. Not Europe.
@@cessnacitation-x ok
Pro tip: NEVER EVER watch a Smithsonian video before boarding a flight.
Gotta download and wait till takeoff to press play, just as those engines are reving up
@@fna1013 Nah, the best time is right when you take off, 200 feet into the air. Or when you are descending for landing. That's where most incidents take place.
My parents literally watched one a night before our flight and I wanted to die
I was working as a baggage handler for NWA in DTW that day. Earlier before dawn a large wet heavy snow had fallen. Snow removal operations had pushed large high berms of snow to the outward edges of the runways. As morning progressed and the temperature warmed, it seemed clouds of fog were being generated. Visibility was quickly and vastly reduced
So it was foggy? Yeah. I think we all figured that out.
@@trawlins396 Considering the carnage and the number of people that died, I'd rather Shit on your response
@@trawlins396 shut up that comment was interesting
Are the markings and the boards onnthe runways clearly visable?
You know your in Trouble when Smithsonian channel camera crew hops on
so funny
Aggressively turning the yoke gave me a laugh. I guess it's not as easy to show viewers he was putting his left foot down
Actors and directors don't know how planes work anyway.
in an emergency situation, Would probably move every single thing you possibly can even if it doesn’t work just in the van hope that it would
It's instinctive
@@JKiler1 they do know. In other episodes they used to turn the plane in a taxiway using the front wheel. I forgot the actual name lol.
@@noahthesarcastictd the tiller?
“This is a runway”
OMG NO WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS A HIGHWAY
Same🙂👍
They thought it was a taxiway. As in, the portion of airport surfaces used to access the runways. Not the runway itself.
Clearly you don’t have a clue why he said that. So fucking silly
@@Oreo98 boi we know because at that time they were on the runway and the pilot shocks that why is he on the runway he should be at the taxiway
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"The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli."
Next thing you will say Titleist golf balls were found in the fuel tanks
I miss Seinfeld too..
That looks like it couldve been a lot worse. For what it is, that was some damn fast reaction from the pilots to only have 8 casualties. Cant imagine the terror the pilots especially must have felt though seeing a BOEING just zooming at them
They should make more caution and signs because of the pilots having less visibility.
And then add more signs to show that there are others signs that need to be observed. lol
The real airports have many different signs and markings that pilots can see in the fog. Most are very bright and yellow with black text. The modeling they used for this show doesn't include any of that so it's not a full depiction of an actual airport.
@@born2fly94 oh ok, I haven’t been to an airport in a very long time because of the pandemic. Thanks for clarifying.
The signs at this airport at this time were very poor. The crews complained about them again and again but the airport authority, a typical government agency, did little to nothing about improvements. People died and lives ruined because of it. The tower could have stopped the takeoff and should have, the DC9 crew reported they were lost in the fog and thought they were on a runway.
@@chucksdesk makes sense. I think most of the signs and lights turn on at night, while at the airport it was foggy BUT it was daytime.
Narrator: "8 people are killed"
Outro: *iT's BrIgHtEr hErE*
Okay, I'll stop.
No I won't *giggles*
How do you put your text in bold on UA-cam?
@@Fitzcam1 when you write something put a * on both sides of the part of the sentence you want to make bold eg. *HEHE*
it’s ironic I love it
Hmmm ok.... *test test test*
*SWEET* Thanks for the tip.
i feel like 8 people dying in 2 plane crashes is a damn miracle. In that time, it wasnt un common for 8 people to die getting the plane started shit
Unfortunately it isn’t always the case....
Yes, it could have been worse.
Imagine ducking down to pick up something, and when you get back up everyone on your side is decapitated and the side of the plane has a hole through it
The tower is the controlling agency in determining the visibility for takeoff. If this captain, especially with NorthWest Airlines, refused the takeoff by trying to insist the tower was wrong would have been infront of the chief pilot facing disciplinary charges. We, the pilots of NWA, complained for years over the POOR signs and markings at this airport. They did nothing. We also complained about the maintence practices a NWA on the aircraft. ONE thing, for a reason I can't understand is why the death of a flight attendant and some passengers as not discussed in this video, I watched the complete video. Was it whitewashed form the records so Smithsonian did not see it, or something else. It was a BIG, BIG part of this tragedy and should have been brought up. The 727 right wing just showed a fairly clean tear off at the end. Fact, one third of the wing was gone and fuel from that wing was gushing fuel.
At the same time if the pilots were lost why didn't they contact the tower to inform them? I mean it's all what it's at this point, but at least the tower could have stopped all take offs and landings until the aircraft was found and guided to where they should have been
They did! they were under the control of DTW ground, if some out there don't know, is in the tower. The DC9 told ground they thought they were on a runway. It was ground responsibility to immediately notify the tower operator to stop all traffic.@@Gutenburg100
Hey the good news is that "It's Brighter Here!"
2:11 < play that 3 times
2:22 < play that once
2:13 < play that once
0:11 < play that once
You're hilarious!
This reminds me of the Tenerife disaster. I watched a documentary on it twice
Aaron Austrie
Yea...that was so horrific.
The fact everyone on one plane was killed....except for the lady who faked out the crew to stay behind.
Her sneaky act (because of a love) saved her life.
That day is every passengers, pilots, crews, and ATC nightmare made real.
Only 9/11 was worse.
Ironically The Miracle on the Hudson was pretty horrific for the the ATC talking to Sully over the air. When he lost contact he assumed the plane was down and everyone was dead. It’s standard procedure to remove the ATC communicating with that plane when this. Happens.
They need to make in depth statements and notes what happened because the FAA is going to analyze everything to the atomic level.
That ATC was being consulted and prepped to make official statements when another ATC burst in and let him know the plane actually landed in one piece in the Hudson and there were clearly survivors...heck looked like everyone made it!
The ATC who though everyone was dead nearly burst into tears....of joy hearing that.
Few ATCers return to their job after a disaster happens. Most are either fired, or to to traumatized to return to work.
ATC is HYPER stressful work and have high divorce and mental health crisis rates.
I have only heard of a hand full of cases where ATC returned after a horrible accident.
One did in India after it was clear an in air collision between 2 planes were NOT his fault. He in fact did everything correct to a T.
It was bad weather and bad communication in one of the other aircraft in the air.
He returned, and was later asked to train new ATC how to keep the same thing that happened to him....from hopefully happening again.
It I could see in the interview what happened still haunted him. You could see it in his eyes.
But he returned to make sure what happened NEVER happens again.
equarg can u link to the interview you’re referring to please ?
@@equarg
Are you referring the Indian ATC as V.K. Dutta from the 1996 mid-air collision? If so, I didn't know the weather around the time of the incident was bad. Cloudy, sure, but that was just about it.
Tenerife was before CRM. A lot of that was the result of a stubborn KLM Captain.
@@sanfordberg4880 no. It wasn't. He wasn't only partly to blame.
Ah... if you’re lost, should pilots tell that to the ATCT? I don’t know but it’s something I would have done!
They did, but the controllers assumed that they plane already had taken off
9 people die>
Smithsonian: Its brighter here w lovely music
The “it’s brighter here” ending sums up 2020 honestly. Horrible stuff happens, while the rest of the universe is like “this is fine.”
From what I have read from survivors and in details, most of the dead were pretty much decapitated, including a kid or what appeared to have been one. Supposedly one of the victims head was found in the wing but never was confirmed.
I can't imagine how horrified inside the plane, especially for those who survived on the left side of the plane
"The deadliest incident of its kind on US soil in almost 2 decades"
it's brighter here
Today we have ADS-B on the ground too. I can see other airplanes from the cockpit on our SafeFlight display on the MFD.
"Inside the DC-9 it's chaos" I bet the people in the other plane were none to happy either. They have to stop now.
my grandmas husband was on the 727. Everyone on that plane survived with no/ minimal injuries
I can't believe this kind of such a horrible situation can be happened...with such a modern engineering day's...I hope it Will not ever happen again... My condolences to the family who lost there loved ones
may those 8 souls rest in peace and hope there family move on
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@@Coleschonfielddd not anymore 1M
They said in almost 2 decades because the 1977 tenerife airport collision was 2 decades before the wayne county airport collision
LoL... They stopped the plane on runway, like Bus stops aside a city road 😂😝🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Final Cause: Co Pilot of Flight 1482 was telling some fictional heroic things to Experienced Captain who had 7 years of medical leave. Flight 299 pilots delayed the takeoff due to issues, might be. Then Flight 1482 pilots taxied to the left side of the runway where Flight 299 had to takeoff and suddenly when Flight 299 took off, they saw Flight 1482 and turned but didn't. Then, both planes collided. 727 have wingtip damage which means it can be repaired. Even all survived. DC-9 had a damage on the right cabin which cause to fire. 8 died. So, the real cause is Pilot Error on the DC-9. If any corrections, please reply honestly. I have seen the episode of this.
thanks for valuable short summary of this incident....
Where can we buy the full version
In addition, there were other errors as well, all of which contributed to the cause. Visibility was below minimum, which meant the control tower should have closed the airport. There was an argument with two people working the control tower about this. One (female) made the estimation that the airport should be closed based on a machine calculation of some sort. The other-a male who may have been the senior of the two, said he could eyeball it and visibility was okay. He won out. Secondly, the 1482 captain and co-pilot knew they were lost on the runway before they even turned on the active runway, and should have pulled over when they realized this, as per regulations. Instead they told the tower that they were completely lost out there and a running commentary ensued. The co-pilot thought he knew where they were, despite his inexperience, and told the captain to turn on the active runway, thinking it was the parallel taxiway. This was a role reversal that shouldn’t have happened. Then they passed two lights that would have indicated they were on 21C active runway. These are meant to cut through low visibility with bright bulbs, but those bulbs were burned out. So the fault was placed on all three entities, the airline, the FAA (control tower) and Wayne County (runway lights). Due to the heavy fog, all of the emergency vehicles went to Flight 299 initially. They didn’t see 1482 for maybe 20 minutes (not sure about exact time).
@@nslover150 Look in the video description, you Wildebeest.
I don't think that just saying "pilot error on the DC-9" is completely accurate. All of the parties involved made choices that day that contributed to the outcome. NW 1482 got lost, and kept going, despite both pilots repeatedly expressing concern and confusion, rather than stop and figure out where they actually were. ATC kept operating flights despite deteriorating weather that was below minimums, failed to effectively communicate with aircraft on the field, and failed to notice that an aircraft was reportedly travelling eastbound on taxiway that runs North/South. Wayne County Airport continued to operate a hazardous runway/taxiway intersection, despite it being clearly confusing and hazardous in good weather. The crew of NW 299 clearly recognized that they were below minimums (evidenced by the First Officer saying "Definitely not a quarter-mile, but at least they're calling it") and still elected to continue their takeoff despite having minimal visibility and response distance. Northwest Airlines knew of training that would improve crew communication, decision-making, and workload, and chose to save money instead. It's a web of causes, some more important, some less so, that, when all taken together, lead to the collision.
Smithsonian: 8 people were killed.
Also Smithsonian: *It's brighter here*
" I never seen fog this thick"
San Francisco: first time?
Pro tip: planes are not controlled with the ailerons/yoke on the ground ;)
@Jaylen Jackson this. Plus seems more concrete than pedals as most time is spent in the air where it does and in a car it does so when in terror we revert to instinct and it seems right. People underestimate, when sitting in doors with the lights on in the warm just how much sheer bloody panic can grip anyone however highly trained when things have gone very badly wrong. Outside of special forces possibly anyone is susceptible. They literally had just worked out its a runway then the captain thinks a bit like Cooper in Interstellar if that's a runway (a wave and its heading away from us) then that means (peers into fog/checks out the back) cue dramatic music as huge plane accelerating to take off speed looms out of the fog. Your brain short circuits to lizard responses fight or flight and you can't fight the thing you just have to GET OUT THE WAY! Well instinctively you wanna go left so you grip the thing most obviously that goes left however wrong in reality.
Captain tries to steer the plane like a car lol Fast and the Furious: 727 Drift
If he hadn't there would have been many decapitations
@SST Aviation How do you steer?
@SST Aviation Well the pilot saved lives by his maneuver. I am from Mi and I don't remember this incident. I was 18 maybe thats why lol
He my boi!
Making it the deadliest Crash Ever
Smithson: Its Brighter Here!
Me: Imma End This Mans Whole Carriour
I think this is the 3rd air disaster that occurred with fog that I've seen. Tenerife, Linate, and this.
Make that 4. Cork, Ireland
Hazard lights on planes anyone?
@@jagirl966it's like stupid is making a comeback in a big way globally
What happened to the 727? Did it fly normally and kept on going to its destination? Or did turn back?
It aborted takeoff, no one on the 727 was hurt
Yep, it suffered wing damage and was repaired and returned to service
it was a hit and run
The wing was repaired and it returned to service shortly afterwards but of course the DC9 was destroyed beyond repairs
“Oh wait this is a runaway”
Everyone is complaining about the short episode but they don’t realize how much a full episode costs to produce. Even a short like this costs thousands to produce.
This clip is just a rip from the full show that this channel has no rights for anyway
@@notaberry2415 You do realize this is the official channel right?
@@asari9731 I came to realize that but I'm too proud to admit my mistake thus will stand behind my words
@@notaberry2415 I respect your choice
@@notaberry2415 well you've stuck to social media rules then 😅
Another great video
Pro tip:
Never be on a plane when a Smithsonian camera crew is onboard
So, My dad was on the flight on the DC-9 He was returning home to see his wife his son and me (the oldest) And I Got A call from the hospital saying oh hey ur dads in the hospital blah blah blah So i tell my mom and we both said oh crap and we rushed to the hospital just to find out he suffered minor injuries and like a few weeks he's all healed hes still alive just i was so worried about him, that i almost fainted.
how old are you
@@Wompo Odd, but I’m 32
@@MBC_alex_1005 32 year old with a roblox pfp? So real
@@HighAltitudeEnjoyerWhats the problem? you expect a 32 to play roblox?
Shades of March 27, 1977, Tenerife, Grand Canary Islands, Pan Am and KLM. Thanks for the video.
“8 people died” -plays light hearted outro-
Flight 299 First Officer: Oh DAMN!!!
The DC-9 Captain: Oh no
The First Officer panic more than the Captain sometimes
Well it makes sense that a captain be more calm than a first officer
These planes runway taxi process and procedure can by fully automated to ensure all planes have multiple beacons that communicate with ground based beacons comfirming positions at each 'gate'...No more asking pilots where they think are in fog or darkness...
Technology is simple and cheap to install in every plane...
Technology never fails either, does it?
If you can't even make out the markings/signs because the weather is so bad, maybe you shouldn't leave the gate at all.
"This is a runway!"
You sure you're a flight captain? 😐
How about u drive in a fog without headlights
It’s because he was suppose to be in the taxi way what are you expecting?
My dads friend was on this flight. The craziest thing is a lady asked him to switch seats before the flight took off. She ended up dying and he lived.
Dark moments..... happy music of Smithsonian channel.
The DC9 was uninjured during the accident.the DC9 was trying to going to the left but it was too late the DC9 wing just burst down causing the 8 passengers to die.Then in the DC9 northwest was no injuries.They try there best to push to the left.Wow rest in peace😢
The plane taking off was a Boeing 727, not a DC9. The airplane that got sliced open was a DC9
Finally, more uploads for airplane ✈️ crashes.
I’m watching this while waiting for my flight at DTW lmao
The captain is quite while the first officer, screams demn!!!
Very professional👌😏😎
Fun fact: this Happened on 2 747's, the 2 planes were, pan am and klm.
I’ve never seen fog like this before
Ok we’re good to go...
Description of the worst airplane accident of its kind in two decades. Next moment Smithsonian's happy jingle.
i'm curious why the control tower didn't do a quick check with all the other airplanes, to see if someone was also on the runway
I'd probably not expect someone to do something as stupid as actually taxi onto a runway without notifying me
Which the crew did in real life, five seconds before collision
Dare Challenge- Boarding flight just after watching this channel 😂😂😂
That wing on the plane could have decapitated a lot of people
It did apparently! This accident is horrific
Imagine sitting in a plane then you get decapitated by another plane
People:die
Smithsonian:its brighter here
pilot:oh no
other pilot:oh damn
I hate that ppl die🥺🥺.. But I love these videos 😍😍
I totally agree with you. People dying is a terrible thing, but these videos are so well made and interesting
@@kmmediafactory Right it's so bitter sweet like a gift and a curse
pilot: "oh no"
first officer: "oh dam !!!!"
On July 23rd 1983
Air Canada Flight 143
Captain Robert Piearson Survived The Air Canada Flight 143 They Ran out of Fuel In Air Canada Flight 143 Boeing 767
At 41,000 Feet Captain Robert Piearson Attempt to Land Airbase But Front Landing Gear Didn't Come Down Captain Robert Piearson Turn Left And Rudder Right
Called " Side Slip " Boeing 767 Side Slip
There 69 Survivor And 10 Injured And 8 Crew And 61 Passengers On Aboard
Boeing 767 Aircraft Nickname Called " Gimli Glider "
Where have i seen the DC9’s first officer before, was he Southern 242’s captain?
And i’m sensing crew issues here, they read back “roger” twice after instructions that are required to be read back in full.
just as it gets interesting it stops, thanks for that
I don’t know what happened but maybe telling the passengers to go to the other side could save them but if the fog wa too thick then I feel sorry for them
Plane accident occurs
Smithsonian Channel: “It’s brighter here”
“Yes I got the window seat!”
Famous last words
In fog conditions in a car is dangerous, but, to try to taxi aircraft in fog conditions, didn't know airports allowed that, is very very dangerous, catastrophe sadly!🙏
I love how in the recreation he turns the yoke to avoid colliding with the other plane on the runway. Just a tip...turning the yoke on the ground does NOTHING to steer your plane. It's either done with the rudder pedals or the tiller.
That was a prank my high school intro to flight teacher would pull on new pilots who were doing instructor flights. While on the ground he would steer the yoke left and right and yell out something like, "OH NO WE'RE NOT TURNING AHHHH!!!" I sadly never got to experience it myself.
Yes!
And of course, the armchair pilot of that airplane had several minutes to think that through, right? No. He was in an emergency, and his instincts took over. Hard left gave him a small chance of maybe lifting that right wing. The 727 was somewhere around or slightly over 100 knots, enough airspeed to have at least some lateral control, though obviously not enough.
There's that video of the Cessna that goes off the runway and into the hangar, the pilot instinctively does the same in that video
The thing is that if you look at the airspeed indicator, they were already past 80 knots. The tiller wouldn't have done shit. Also, muscle memory is a very powerful thing
Amazing it wasn't worse, like the 747 crash on a runway with another plane in Spain or one of their islands. It was terrible. 500 or so perished. Just sloppy mistakes with tired confused ATC & pilots. It's amazing the industry still works somehow. Too much pressure goes💥.
Tenerife was 13 years before this
That was Tenarife and the ATC wasn't to blame.
OMG that must be pain full hope everyone is ok
Great video!
Your videos are amazing
You do realize this is a trailer for a TV show?
What year was this because on this day -August 16, 1987 148/149 people died at that same airport from a crash this said 1990
But what happened to the 727
The wing that struck the dc9 lost but luckily they managed to stop
The pilots stopped the 727 on the runway. The wing tip had been cut off due to hitting the DC-9 and it got fixed and got back into service.
Proof that history repeats itself
I guess NorthWest Flight 255 which crashed departing Detroit just 3 years prior to this accident which resulted in 148 Fatalities didn’t make the list huh?
They said “of this kind”, meaning a runway incursion.
@@nimbustuba 🙄
like imagine if someone’s grandma was gonna give a gift to her grandson died in there
I miss Northwest Airlines. They were bought out by the vampire company Delta who then took over Memphis International Airport and then abandoned it
This was our Tenerife
When they try to recreate tenerife airport accident irl:
He’s turning the yoke to steer the plane on the ground 😂
"THIS IS A RUNWAY!?!"
seems legit
Since i started watching this channel i wonder how nervous i will be on my next flight
Always post these right before bed. Existential crisis inbound..
IDK the speed they were at or how far away they noticed the DC10 but I'm guessing full back pressure, full left rudder, and full left aileron roll. Would instantly stall but if past Vs, they might have been able to get that right wing up in time and get ~100 ft agl. But idk the speed or distance so it's all speculation.
This collision infuriates me a bit in the sense it was not necessary because in such weather conditions the flight tower should make sure the runway was clear before since he can’t see the runway
I love these (;