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  • These 5 plane crash survivors shared their incredible stories on Air Disasters.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 216

  • @kHaN_AHmAdD
    @kHaN_AHmAdD Рік тому +121

    Pilots of the DC 10 need some real respect for getting almost everyone safe even after a crash.

  • @DawgPoundEnjoyer
    @DawgPoundEnjoyer Рік тому +97

    Can’t imagine how much trauma these people have gone through. So glad they seem to be doing very well.

  • @maxgodtankspubg3089
    @maxgodtankspubg3089 2 роки тому +210

    Timestamps:
    0:14 Spanair flight 5022
    3:25 NorthWest flight 255
    5:42 United flight 232
    9:28 Air China flight 129
    13:02 Asiana flight 214
    DON’T MENTION IT!!!

    • @louieosumo
      @louieosumo 2 роки тому +14

      I was angered at those first 2, i mean how could they have missed critical steps in configuring their plane for takeoff! Similar to Lapa 3142 and Delta 1141

    • @maxgodtankspubg3089
      @maxgodtankspubg3089 2 роки тому +7

      @@louieosumo ​ On Spanair flight 5022, when the plane was taking off, the camera clearly showed that the flaps were not extended at 1:48.

    • @louieosumo
      @louieosumo 2 роки тому +5

      @@maxgodtankspubg3089 indeed, but the FO says: Engine failure? Wrong answer, it was 0 flaps configuration. Because of a broken relay earlier, the pilots still think it was engine failure regardless.

    • @ThePierre58
      @ThePierre58 2 роки тому +7

      Well thanks, I mentioned it anyway !

    • @maxgodtankspubg3089
      @maxgodtankspubg3089 2 роки тому +4

      @@ThePierre58 lmao no you didn’t

  • @jjaa6157
    @jjaa6157 Рік тому +14

    One of my neighbors actually thought I was on Northwest 255. Thing is, the flight I was on went from Buffalo to Detroit. I got chills when she told me.

  • @MONi_LALA
    @MONi_LALA 2 роки тому +172

    That tour guide have a freaking divine intervention. He was about to get fire. But he almost died and survived being a "hero"

    • @wesleydeandradegalvao6247
      @wesleydeandradegalvao6247 9 місяців тому +2

      "Fire"? You are meaning "fired"?

    • @termsups.3476
      @termsups.3476 5 місяців тому

      ​@@wesleydeandradegalvao6247he meant "on fire"

    • @VL27-c3e
      @VL27-c3e Місяць тому

      he had the luckiest unluck of all time

    • @R-E-X-
      @R-E-X- 28 днів тому

      @@termsups.3476 disco inferno 🔥

  • @sandsehott
    @sandsehott Рік тому +60

    How some passengers literally walk out of a complete wreckage...is beyond belief

  • @ZestyAv
    @ZestyAv Рік тому +8

    The fact that a celebrity missed his flight at the right time as he watches his flight crashed, spainair

  • @pomegranteappleson1628
    @pomegranteappleson1628 Рік тому +47

    8:51
    You could see the pilots pain/guilt and how he still suffers today.
    Why’d it cut off like that? How many people survived?

    • @surimi7283
      @surimi7283 Рік тому +21

      185 out of 296 people on board survived the crash of United 232. It's a bit of a miracle, considering the state the plane was in. You can look it up (full story) on major aviation channels on YT as the 'Impossible Landing'. Personally, I find even more captivating the pesonal accounts of two of the pilots, captain Haynes and off-duty captain Fitch. Two of captain Haynes' long string of safety lectures are on YT, as are several recordings on Errol Flynn's 'Leaving the Earth' document about captain Fitch.
      Sadly, Denny Fitch, who you mention, does not suffer anymore today, as he died about 10 years ago, and Flight 232's captain died several years ago. They're both heroes to me.

    • @Allylonng1416
      @Allylonng1416 8 місяців тому +1

      @@surimi7283it’s on seconds from disaster as well

    • @MyulMang
      @MyulMang 6 місяців тому +5

      @@surimi7283 Indeed. And the JAL 123 accident just 4 years ago also helped them to understand the failure of hydrualices.

  • @Altitude747
    @Altitude747 6 місяців тому +13

    Not so fun fact: Deadmau5 was supposed to be on the spanair flight but just barely missed it because his previous flight came in late.

  • @AndyL1707
    @AndyL1707 Рік тому +7

    How do you turn off that warning? 2:21 😂😂😂 😂❤❤ *he was probably annoyed at it*

    • @nanaplayz_
      @nanaplayz_ 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@SouthernAVgeekLikes747Yes. I agree. He wasnt annoyed. He wasntry save his passengers, himself, and his plane.

  • @Englishacademy194
    @Englishacademy194 2 роки тому +51

    Awesome explanation even visually challenged people can understand the whole story. Thank you so much for the hard work you guys did for us.

  • @roni6376
    @roni6376 Рік тому +8

    As for the crew of United flight 232, I will always have respect for them, they showed creativity and all their skills to save the plane.
    But it's terribly sad that it didn't work out.
    They were flying steadily from 11.5 kilometers and at 30 meters the plane lost stability, literally at the finish line, it was as if a runner had lost a race because he would have hit a pole with flags.
    Capitan Al Haynes, Bill Records, Flight Engineer Dvorak and Denny Fitch are true heroes and will always have my respect 👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊

  • @ToniaVienze
    @ToniaVienze 9 місяців тому +6

    Flight 232 is the best episode of air crash investigation special report

  • @ryinite
    @ryinite 7 місяців тому +7

    I cant imagine the guilt that pilot feels for surviving when most didn't.

    • @CHUNLIENHUSIAST
      @CHUNLIENHUSIAST 5 місяців тому +1

      there was more survivals than fatalities

  • @nantaplayztdsroblox6068
    @nantaplayztdsroblox6068 2 роки тому +20

    Spanair flight 5022 stalled because if you look at the wings the flaps are retracted while taking off. , flaps increases lift so that's why how it stalled

  • @compositestechbb9087
    @compositestechbb9087 Рік тому +6

    Pro-tip: I've seen alot of these, if your pilots are sweaty before take-off things wont go well.

  • @azam198
    @azam198 2 роки тому +41

    I’m addicted to these videos

    • @MeowAdi1008
      @MeowAdi1008 Рік тому +5

      Yeah me too ... I watch these even when I'm waiting at the airport or when in the plane 😂

    • @JayMcd91
      @JayMcd91 Рік тому +4

      @@MeowAdi1008I’m a former flight attendant. I watched these videos mid flight

    • @Aviationcrashesfacts10
      @Aviationcrashesfacts10 10 місяців тому

      Me too

    • @divayanche1
      @divayanche1 10 місяців тому

      Me too 😂

    • @hrtz4anna
      @hrtz4anna 8 місяців тому

      For reall

  • @Bedwarsspace
    @Bedwarsspace 2 місяці тому +1

    No matter what anyone say the united 232 pilots are a legend they many to save so many people even though they didnt save everyone most would be dead without them

  • @ABC-ti7xq
    @ABC-ti7xq Рік тому +6

    May they all rest in peace

  • @BrunoMarsYouTube-26
    @BrunoMarsYouTube-26 Місяць тому +1

    Air China 129
    129 Deaths
    32 Survivors
    ( From my fellow aviators)

  • @Sahilprakash1999
    @Sahilprakash1999 11 місяців тому

    8:25 First Officer Bill Records: LEFT GO TO THE LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT.
    8:35 Captain Alfred C Haynes: we're turning, we're turning, we're turning

  • @OrderDanie
    @OrderDanie 7 місяців тому

    bro the second i saw someone talking after showcasiong the plane, a wind of relief hit me lol

  • @bcraftr
    @bcraftr Рік тому

    2:03
    "something's going wrong"
    "nah i thought everything was ok"

  • @AviatorRixi
    @AviatorRixi 2 роки тому +6

    I was just looking at the channel a few hours ago! As soon as I scrolled down the menu, I saw this as my notification cause I am subscribed! Thanks for uploading!

  • @NEXUSEDITZ2024
    @NEXUSEDITZ2024 2 роки тому +93

    Let’s appreciate how hard the team worked to produce these awesome videos!!! 🎉🎉🎉

    • @NoelHasAName
      @NoelHasAName 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, i appreciate both nat geo and smithsonian

    • @Sir-Darmstadt
      @Sir-Darmstadt 2 роки тому +2

      Seriously the amount of work for the 23+ seasons made by the Canadian Company Cineflix

    • @learnaskdiscover596
      @learnaskdiscover596 2 роки тому

      Very 👍 ✔️

    • @natebessette273
      @natebessette273 2 роки тому +1

      Mayday and Wonder are real good too

    • @NoelHasAName
      @NoelHasAName 2 роки тому

      @@natebessette273 there plane videos are alsonstolen from nat geo

  • @rudolphsteenkamp2672
    @rudolphsteenkamp2672 Рік тому +5

    At minute 11:00, I felt really bad for the Korean toor guide

  • @jayasmrmore3687
    @jayasmrmore3687 Рік тому +9

    Airports have their own fire department, I think they should have their own medical as well

  • @stevenavery6297
    @stevenavery6297 2 роки тому +7

    Ok. I know it's animated but I know a lot about the crash of UA232. The airport it crashed at was sioux city municipal Airport. Not large enough to handle a 747. But at 8:38 in the foreground you can clearly see a 747.

  • @philipkalin1928
    @philipkalin1928 Рік тому +19

    Ben Levy is a true hero.
    Keeping it cool after a plane crash, jees…

  • @Singhtochannel
    @Singhtochannel 5 місяців тому +1

    2:03 i didnt know what happened to flight 5022 but it might be the slats and maybe one of the slats on the right wing might have suddenly retracted resulting in a right bank and a deadly crash

  • @NIGHTSHADELY
    @NIGHTSHADELY 9 місяців тому +3

    I wish the endings explained a little more , ie why plane crashed how many deaths vs survivors.

  • @ShockedGlob
    @ShockedGlob 5 місяців тому

    Imagine having left your passport and bag in the hotel lobby and almost getting fired then made 20 of them seat at the very back only for YOU to save their lives. Bro really used all his remaining aura😅

  • @Eric-qo8vv
    @Eric-qo8vv Рік тому +2

    The back of the plane saved their lives

  • @JetAeroaviation
    @JetAeroaviation Рік тому +1

    1:47
    Captain: Rotate
    Flaps and Slats: you forgot me, look like we are going to hell

  • @CallePilot
    @CallePilot 11 місяців тому +1

    I’m from Sweden so i understand she

  • @ielaypogi
    @ielaypogi Рік тому

    2:45 Pilot:Fly the plane fly it
    Very Useful

  • @msfox103able
    @msfox103able Рік тому +3

    Ive never been on an airplane. What is it like?

    • @nanaplayz_
      @nanaplayz_ 10 місяців тому +3

      When on takeoff, it feels like theres a gentle force pushign you down

    • @wesleydeandradegalvao6247
      @wesleydeandradegalvao6247 10 місяців тому +2

      Most are safe, But others like Air France, with 12 crashes, are dangerous.

    • @wesleydeandradegalvao6247
      @wesleydeandradegalvao6247 10 місяців тому +2

      But you're fine inside, cuz 79% of the survivors are and were in the back, also choose big planos, they have good Weight distribution.

    • @msfox103able
      @msfox103able 9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for your comments :)

    • @nanaplayz_
      @nanaplayz_ 9 місяців тому +1

      @@msfox103able Yw :D

  • @Lockheed_L1011
    @Lockheed_L1011 10 місяців тому +2

    DeadMaus51 almost died on Spainair 5022 when he missed his flight last second but the flight was Spanair 5022

    • @wesleydeandradegalvao6247
      @wesleydeandradegalvao6247 9 місяців тому

      1: Who is he? Im from Brazil, so i don't know him.
      2: He missed Spainair 5022, but he really missed the flight? And what is the aftermath he experienced?(Example: injuries at flights 255, from Northwest airlines with Cecilia Cichan and other 5 in the ground, and the 61 survivors at the Tenerife disaster, at Pan Am 1736, since no one survived at KML 4805)
      3: What he saw after flight 5022, according to reports?

    • @Vyansya
      @Vyansya 4 місяці тому

      ​@@wesleydeandradegalvao6247 he is a famous electronic music producer

  • @JetAeroaviation
    @JetAeroaviation Рік тому +1

    12:13 Bro thought the runway is the Mountain 💀☠️

  • @ChannelOfChallanges
    @ChannelOfChallanges 11 місяців тому +1

    they NEED to make a thing about alaska 1282.

  • @richardsimon6637
    @richardsimon6637 2 роки тому +1

    I love these vids

  • @Boomdays261coolguy
    @Boomdays261coolguy 5 місяців тому +1

    12:11 is the sadest clash

  • @Tds_Avation
    @Tds_Avation Рік тому +2

    OK THE GIRL WAS LUCKY THAT SHE SURVIVED THE CRASH OF NORTHWEST 255 IM VERY SHOCKED

  • @cooperdsfuntv
    @cooperdsfuntv Рік тому

    There 2 more on another channel of delta 191
    And the sole survivor of Vietnam 474 it’s called
    “I spent a day with Plane crash survivors”

  • @BrunoMarsYouTube-26
    @BrunoMarsYouTube-26 Місяць тому

    New to aviation but I know that UAL232's CVR, we all know the words ( Those facts are from my fellow aviators)

  • @KillerAG380
    @KillerAG380 2 роки тому +2

    We need a new episode on Yeti Airlines Flight 691 summary after the investigation is solved

  • @RoSpaceXoffical
    @RoSpaceXoffical 2 роки тому +3

    HOW DO YOU MAKE THERE VIDSSS BEHINDE THE SENENSE PLS

    • @Nishyfishy180
      @Nishyfishy180 2 роки тому +1

      What? Bro learn how to spell.

    • @RoSpaceXoffical
      @RoSpaceXoffical Рік тому +1

      @@Nishyfishy180 bro i was rushing cuz of my flight

  • @Say_cheese-x6x
    @Say_cheese-x6x 7 місяців тому +1

    Why did you forgot air Canada flight 143

  • @pomegranteappleson1628
    @pomegranteappleson1628 Рік тому +5

    Wish they said the # passengers and # of survivors.

  • @redtreestimeline8960
    @redtreestimeline8960 Рік тому +2

    3:35 this takes place in an alternate universe where Mexico lost “Baja California” after “The Mexican-American war”

  • @acidalex420
    @acidalex420 2 роки тому +6

    🌚 okay but you didn’t really let them explain their stories

    • @victormanguy8156
      @victormanguy8156 2 роки тому +3

      thats because they gotta squeeze in 5 stories in 16 minutes including the outro

    • @pomegranteappleson1628
      @pomegranteappleson1628 Рік тому +1

      Right could’ve made the video longer. Or made like part 2 or 3.

  • @Assassin42767
    @Assassin42767 Рік тому +6

    At 5:26, Cecilia survived the crash!? She got very lucky, but badly injured...

    • @pomegranteappleson1628
      @pomegranteappleson1628 Рік тому +4

      Did anyone else survive, it didn’t say.

    • @ltk.mp3
      @ltk.mp3 Рік тому

      y
      es it did, it say "sole survior" sjhe was the only one@@pomegranteappleson1628

    • @lotusvaporeon2473
      @lotusvaporeon2473 Рік тому +5

      @@pomegranteappleson1628 When the clip starts at 3:29 it says up top that she was the only survivor...

    • @thebigbosschannelbsw5351
      @thebigbosschannelbsw5351 Рік тому +1

      @@pomegranteappleson1628No one else survived on the girl

    • @ashishjaisinghani3422
      @ashishjaisinghani3422 Рік тому +1

      I feel bad she lost her mother

  • @OrderDanie
    @OrderDanie 7 місяців тому +2

    4:14 that was dark

  • @jjaa6157
    @jjaa6157 Рік тому +3

    I guess that 'mistake' by the South Korean tour guide was overlooked since his group made it out alive.

    • @Arkensius1157
      @Arkensius1157 Місяць тому +1

      In the end, the tour guide was a hero...

  • @Minetaofficialreal
    @Minetaofficialreal 2 місяці тому +1

    0:31 wait so there was a CHILD on flight 5022?

  • @1m_th3_woRzt-XD
    @1m_th3_woRzt-XD 9 місяців тому

    I miss you.

  • @chhornymeng3408
    @chhornymeng3408 День тому

    Yes

  • @Discost
    @Discost 2 роки тому +12

    Rip to all people

  • @Airbus_aviation18
    @Airbus_aviation18 10 місяців тому

    What happens to the 2nd one?

  • @LSBPS7614
    @LSBPS7614 2 роки тому +6

    On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight stalled and crashed on final approach into San Francisco International Airport in the United States. Of the 307 people on board, 3 died; another 187 were injured, 49 of them seriously.

  • @EliasLarsson-ck6qn
    @EliasLarsson-ck6qn 11 місяців тому

    Since the first lady is from sweden i understand what shes saying

  • @smirkyglint5437
    @smirkyglint5437 2 роки тому +2

    What happened at the second ones

    • @katkay4902
      @katkay4902 2 роки тому +3

      Pilots missed the taxi checklist and tripped the breaker that gave them configuration for takeoff warnings. They didn’t extend the flaps or slats

  • @bcraftr
    @bcraftr Рік тому

    #2 they were lucky that the tour guide forgot his stuff

  • @chriswyllie4410
    @chriswyllie4410 Рік тому +1

    #4 I think how she survived is she was small and in the right place

  • @ProGamrX_Editz
    @ProGamrX_Editz 2 роки тому +1

    Can U please do the Season 23 crashes

  • @camillatominehegle7597
    @camillatominehegle7597 4 місяці тому

    IM from NORWAY so i undestaded what the Sweden lady was saying

  • @east8051
    @east8051 Рік тому +2

    how did one person survive northwest 255?

  • @jegortsukanov8990
    @jegortsukanov8990 2 роки тому +6

    Last seen for 2023 top 10 or top 5 disaster history.

  • @jackieronaldwayerston6723
    @jackieronaldwayerston6723 2 роки тому

    Hello, thumbnail Dennis Fitch. Haha.

  • @Adaspoonikwe
    @Adaspoonikwe 4 місяці тому

    I hate riding on planes

  • @kishorishahajishelar1630
    @kishorishahajishelar1630 Рік тому

    Flight 571 of Year 1972 is grearest crash survival of all time

  • @Cyan-zn4js
    @Cyan-zn4js 6 місяців тому

    Where's Eastern 401?

  • @aidataryan4433
    @aidataryan4433 10 місяців тому

    Deadmau5 was on, but he missed his flight and I saw a gear clip when I went over a little like a little pond, but like why did the tail be like rubber when it fell

  • @johncox2865
    @johncox2865 2 роки тому +3

    No explanations of the causes?

    • @YouDontKnowWhoIAm_OG
      @YouDontKnowWhoIAm_OG Рік тому +2

      For this he have a seperate video which you can check out on his channel

  • @SuppeIsCheese
    @SuppeIsCheese Рік тому

    On the animation Spanair flight 5022 didn't have flaps deployed.

  • @saoirsecarruthers8384
    @saoirsecarruthers8384 Рік тому

    I’m so confused. What happened to the second one

  • @Viv8ldi
    @Viv8ldi 6 місяців тому

    How did the 4 yesr old survive

  • @Eric-qo8vv
    @Eric-qo8vv Рік тому +1

    No slide yikes

  • @bastibland3899
    @bastibland3899 Рік тому

    När man hör en finlandssvensk 😮

  • @777X-8lover
    @777X-8lover Рік тому

    i thought 130 knots was the one

    • @DomicekDomulikRoblox
      @DomicekDomulikRoblox 10 місяців тому

      I didnt understand any world what just came out of your mouth

  • @cooperdsfuntv
    @cooperdsfuntv Рік тому

    Those wondering on asiana flight 214 only 3 people died they were not wearing their seatbelts

  • @jayasmrmore3687
    @jayasmrmore3687 Рік тому +1

    Please show investigation

  • @BrunoMarsYouTube-26
    @BrunoMarsYouTube-26 Місяць тому

    No way 3 people died on Asiana 214, there had to be nore. I mean the back of the plane ripped off the aircraft, and the A330 or 777 swayed like ul and down, the touchdown was hard ( From My Fellow Aviators and I am the real Bruno Mars)

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail 2 роки тому

    Um...WHY is there a bank next to the runway????

  • @wesleydeandradegalvao6247
    @wesleydeandradegalvao6247 10 місяців тому

    NEXT STOP: GOL Flight 1907.

  • @toddclean547
    @toddclean547 Рік тому

    Do you watchers know how many crashes were caused by no flaps set? This is utterly ridiculous and should NEVER happen. Thus was Spanair 5022. (Two of these wrecks were caused by this)

  • @Turkishairwaysaviation-real
    @Turkishairwaysaviation-real 3 місяці тому

    3:26 flight 225 the sole survivor was a 6 year old girl

    • @FuroTv21
      @FuroTv21 17 днів тому +1

      It was a four year old

  • @alak4743
    @alak4743 10 місяців тому

    1st of a) why didnt the pilot put down thrust to idle because they knew they were gonna land but its gonna be a emergency (spanair)🙄🙄🙄

  • @АлександрМанджиев-й6н

    Джейсон Стэтхэм?

  • @shakibbinkhorshed5321
    @shakibbinkhorshed5321 2 роки тому

    give a video of Pakistani Airline crash

  • @sxnny9554
    @sxnny9554 7 місяців тому

    how to play

  • @ethicseo
    @ethicseo 2 роки тому +1

    Jesus can change yr life ❤

  • @HereIsFlynn
    @HereIsFlynn 2 роки тому +5

    When you see a passenger from the flight you know some survived😌

    • @acidalex420
      @acidalex420 2 роки тому +2

      Wow that’s must’ve been a really hard conclusion for you to come to 😑

  • @Windshearterrainpullup191
    @Windshearterrainpullup191 16 днів тому

    Spainar 5022 was because they didn't deploy flaps

  • @dontreldontrel416
    @dontreldontrel416 Рік тому +1

    It always takes the captain 5 seconds to pull up as if they don't trust the warning.... Every captain hesitates to pull up after the warning ask them to pull up.

  • @GabyHernandez-rv3vo
    @GabyHernandez-rv3vo 8 місяців тому

    😮😮😮😮😢

  • @TheBestChocolate
    @TheBestChocolate 2 роки тому

    wow

  • @philip97224
    @philip97224 2 роки тому

    never i take a md!!

  • @reklem11gaming39
    @reklem11gaming39 Рік тому

    Its good for the most people that there is a translator but for me thats Swedish i know what she saying and the translation very irritable

  • @angrytailsandjosedanieldia6238
    @angrytailsandjosedanieldia6238 2 роки тому +2

    The sole survivor is a 4 year old girl but she is injured

    • @louieosumo
      @louieosumo 2 роки тому +1

      Serves those pilots right for negligence because of missing 1 IMPORTANT STEP: extending the flaps.