Pilots Flew Their Plane to the Wrong Side of a Mountain Range 🏔️ Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

December 20, 1995: the pilots of Flight 965 had no idea that their plane had veered off course leaving them in a parallel valley to where they should have been. They decided to head directly for Rozo airport-unaware that a wall of mountains stood in their way.
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[@joecrammond6221]

a sad thing about this crash is, they were close to the top when they crashed, had the pilots disengaged the planes speed brake, they would have made it

[@KuostA]

yup. total travesty ugh. shouldn't the speed brakes should have retracted automatically with a TOGA push? or by firewalling the throttles?

[@louieosumo]

Because they're flying at night, and with no visible horizon, they lost their situational awareness

[@camiloriverosmartinez641]

As a colombian i know how horrible is to flight at night in this country, over the cities is okay, but when flying over the countryside the nightmare begins.
You can't distinguish up from down because everything is the same darkness, and you know the mountains are there, you just can't see them.

[@fastspeed684]

@@KuostA the 787 spoilers automatically retract upon application of full engine power. this is the first Boeing aircraft with that feature, and if that technology was invented earlier, it probably would've prevented this incident

[@KuostA]

Mindboggling how they didn't impliment that earlier. seems like such basic common sense smfh. btw nice name, I call my dog that lol @@fastspeed684

[@LSBPS7614]

Five passengers, all seated within two rows of each other, survived the initial impact, but one died two days later of his injuries. In addition to the four human survivors, a dog, which had been in a carrier in the cargo hold at the time of the crash, survived the accident.

[@KuostA]

wow. that's incredible about the dog. would love to hear its story too. any info?

[@julyanroldan3837]

What about children

[@leonekaidenborja7088]

@@julyanroldan3837yeah 2 did

[@louieosumo]

They got lost and flew towards the mountains, and they tried to avoid it, except with the speed brakes enabled, they weren't able to avoid it fast and high enough

[@julyanroldan3837]

The cause was poor visibility

[@louieosumo]

@@julyanroldan3837 yep, night was their worst enemy

[@pessensei6283]

couldn't they just climb if they weren't sure of the route/bearings?

[@fastspeed684]

@@pessensei6283 they were in a hurry. they should've ascended to the minimum safe altitude listed on their charts but they decided to keep going

[@Dinkinity9690]

This is the reason why I fly in daylight

[@Lady_hypoxia]

Lol you know if you fly in daylight you're landing at your destination will be at evening or at night not necessarily in the afternoon

[@theadventureinsider]

@@Lady_hypoxia Depends on how long the flight is and/or when during the day

[@theadventureinsider]

Also, pilots are literally trained to land a plane without being able to look out the window. Instrument rating check flights have you land the plane with vision only of the instruments. As long as the plane's systems are well-kept and you know how to use it, you can land the plane like you're pulling into a spot at an empty Walmart parking lot

[@carolharris2401]

If they don't know where the airport is why are they descending. Why couldn't they have told this to the ATC. Yeah they don't have radar to see them but they could have helped them locate where they are

[@carolharris2401]

So basically the pilots are lost and there getting ready to land. If you don't know where you are why the heck are getting ready to land . You want to climb and figure out where you are even if you have to do a go around

[@kingnicolas7262]

I like this man's documentaries, they are sweet to watch

[@SAZ_8888]

So cool

[@bogeymalone]

Note to self: always sit in the strongest section

[@davidalejandromartinezpena677]

What a pity they just didn't animate the impact... The animation helps out a lot to comprehend the dynamic... This particular plane slide crept around several meters after impact... Even to the point of starting climbing the mountain top which was on the impact route

[@dbclass4075]

This particular episode is quite old. Around 6th or 7th season.

[@davidalejandromartinezpena677]

@@dbclass4075 Second in fact... From 2004

[@cubeheadexists]

they could have just.. turned..

[@KrisCanada]

Problem was they got confused where the runway was because I don’t think they had a radar

[@Ran_spotter]

Rip ❤

[@jackwoods9604]

Flying Blind & Confused in 1 of These Machines Full of Passengers...Nuts...They Could Not Climb to a High Altitude and Troubleshoot Problem up There?

[@_r.a.z.e.r_]

Next video please 😂❤

[@SajidAli-bt7hs]

so sad

[@Damirandtoothless]

I have the same model with the same code……..IS THIS AN COINCIDENTAL MODEL PLANE!?

[@mirak3050]

how did the atc not see that they were offcourse?

[@Myuser5321]

they didn't have the equipment to to so

[@liamb8644]

Even though by 1995 radar was not a new thing a Colombian cartel had disabled their equipment 3 years prior

[@reymanayan81]

hi

[@GinoCento]

I often watch this show but always change the channel when that doofus pillow guy commercial comes on.

[@AustinCity501]

Jal 123

[@bayufirmansyah3727]

PSA

[@johnbenjiebarnuevo1489]

most a critical parts of flight is landing and takeoff

[@avihaansingh7432]

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[@avinashpandey1906]

fifth

[@wwe412]

This is what will happen when too much computer gadgets become more reliable on in airplane the pilots lost situation awareness an had there computers fly the plane

[@pokay4372]

First

[@algerianguy348]

@@dalleaudalleau8144 why tf you are sending random links bro

[@julyanroldan3837]

This plane won’t be repaired