HOW did this plane end up crashing into the Himalayas?? | The Mystery of Thai 311

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    On July 31st, 1992, a Thai Airways Airbus A310 carrying 113 passengers and crew mysteriously vanished over the Himalayan mountains in Nepal. There had been no distress signal from the pilots.
    Days later, the wreckage was discovered miles from anywhere the plane should have been flying. How had the crew of this flight ended up so far off course? When investigators analysed the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, they were baffled.
    For years, flight 311 would serve as a case study for airline pilots worldwide, and as a cautionary tale for anyone flying into mountainous areas. This is the story of Thai Airways flight 311.
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  • @GreenDotAviation
    @GreenDotAviation  Рік тому +23

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    • @fairlinda1
      @fairlinda1 6 місяців тому +1

      Can u name the background music to this? Amazing videos!

  • @BridMhor
    @BridMhor Рік тому +956

    The co-pilot knew they were going in the wrong direction over mountains but still was afraid more of the captain rather than afraid for his life.

    • @greenesyt563
      @greenesyt563 Рік тому +130

      Hierarchy always kills in aviation

    • @-danR
      @-danR Рік тому +99

      Captain's last thought: "I've had to do all this incompetent nincompoop's work for him and then he starts pestering me with stupid questions, and now he's getting me _killed._ . No wonder they never made him a captain."

    • @AchuthanKarnnan
      @AchuthanKarnnan Рік тому +17

      Similar case happened in pakistan....

    • @rebelusa6585
      @rebelusa6585 Рік тому +17

      Both pilot and co pilot were incompetent. Pilot made several serious error too.

    • @chucklesplayz
      @chucklesplayz Рік тому +4

      The first officer??

  • @themobseat
    @themobseat Рік тому +278

    @1:34 "Many of these passengers had booked this trip so that they could experience the breath taking view of the Himalayan mountains first hand."
    That's eerie foreshadowing.

    • @richardcranium3579
      @richardcranium3579 Рік тому +28

      Physically becoming part of the view isn’t the same a viewing.

    • @nntv86
      @nntv86 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@richardcranium3579Not about the "view" but the "breath taking" part

  • @CombustibleL3mon
    @CombustibleL3mon 2 роки тому +695

    Imagine losing a family member or friend in a flight like this and then learning that the accident happened because the captain was arrogant :/ So avoidable

    • @xonx209
      @xonx209 2 роки тому +54

      When they saw the cliff in front of them, did the copilot say "Captain, who's more incompetent?"

    • @noorjahan1333
      @noorjahan1333 2 роки тому +16

      Don't blame the captain only. Major fault was lack of radar system in kathmandu international airport.

    • @noorjahan1333
      @noorjahan1333 2 роки тому

      @@PiggoNZ no one shoul blame the captain only. Major fault was lack of radar system in kathmandu international airport.

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 2 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @CombustibleL3mon
      @CombustibleL3mon 2 роки тому +1

      @@PiggoNZ Very valid point

  • @patrickm.4754
    @patrickm.4754 Рік тому +122

    The first officer was also heard saying "Turn, turn. Let's go back!." To which, the captain replied "False reading! False reading!". The last thing the voice recorder picked up was "Oh, no...".

    • @augusthoglund6053
      @augusthoglund6053 4 місяці тому +17

      This is exactly why the first officer being "more forceful" wouldn't have helped.

    • @azerack955
      @azerack955 3 місяці тому +6

      was the "oh no" from the pilot or the FO?

    • @tee228
      @tee228 2 місяці тому +1

      last thing the captain heard was "retard, retard"

    • @thegolfdude
      @thegolfdude 2 місяці тому +1

      source?

  • @zekeonstormpeak4186
    @zekeonstormpeak4186 2 роки тому +181

    If you don’t trust your aircraft warnings or your copilot, it’s not going to end well!!

  • @Rhythm1906
    @Rhythm1906 2 роки тому +415

    This incident shows us the importance of situational awareness and sharing of workload between the pilots. Even if the first officer wasn't allowed to become a captain, it doesn't means that he is not allowed to fly the plane. This accident had multiple factors like no Radar, no cardinal directions or self-dominance which could have been prevented.

    • @julosx
      @julosx 2 роки тому +13

      This self dominance thing had been wayyyyy too long in the tooth already in 1992 given the CRM programs started to be implemented around 1980.

    • @xonx209
      @xonx209 2 роки тому +21

      All that the copilot had to say was "look at your compass heading, it's pointing north".

    • @joefox9875
      @joefox9875 Рік тому +17

      @@xonx209 Yes. He had been told he was an inferior pilot, so he didn't.

    • @RatPfink66
      @RatPfink66 Рік тому

      @@julosx CRM goes against many cultures - the military chain of command for one, and especially traditional Asian cultures, where respect for your betters doesn't just mean courtesy, it means absolute deference.
      But given that Thai Airways hasn't had a fatal in 30 years, maybe, just maybe, lessons have been learned.

    • @Rosnmahat
      @Rosnmahat Рік тому

      Huss is there anyway so I'll

  • @ripwednesdayadams
    @ripwednesdayadams Рік тому +216

    I have noticed a pattern in a lot of aviation disasters. Specifically in situations where pilots make a mistake without realizing it. When the plane alerts them to the problem, the pilots often think that there is a problem with the plane instead of realizing that they made an error. Are electronic or mechanical problems common in planes or are the pilots over confident in their abilities?

    • @georgittesingbiel219
      @georgittesingbiel219 Рік тому +54

      After watching a number of these videos, I'm convinced that the pilot is usually unschooled in operating a plane's computer system. The younger FO often will have a better understanding, but the older pilot will disregard the FO. Just my opinion.

    • @dylanbennett958
      @dylanbennett958 Рік тому +16

      @@georgittesingbiel219 I’ve noticed that too man. I’ve heard several of his stories where the younger less experienced pilot is completely disregarded because of an ignorant and arrogant pilot and moments later everyone is dead. Not even enough time for the co pilot to at least get in a “I told your dumbass” I don’t quite think a lot of people truly understand just how quickly things can go bad and when they do time might seem to carry on but it’s truly extremely fast. You’ll hear a lot of passengers say “it felt like we’re falling forever’ but for the pilots they feel they don’t have enough. I heard a fighter pilot say once when they do there extremely low flying maneuvers they have something that tells them how quick it’ll take for them to hit the ground from the height and speed they’re traveling at and sometimes it’s only 2-3 seconds. SECONDS!!!! Think about that. So basically one small mistake at that moment is going to be catastrophic

    • @gernhard.reinholdsen
      @gernhard.reinholdsen Рік тому +1

      Overconfidence is my guess

    • @MisterPlanePilot
      @MisterPlanePilot Рік тому +35

      As a pilot, I can tell you that is human nature, to nearly automatically disbelieve what an outside stimulus is telling you and instead believe and look for anything to affirm your current mental model. It is called confirmation bias. Humility is an extremely hard thing to have as a human, and the best pilots have it. There are a lot of incidents just like this one where the pilot doesn't believe what the information is telling him, but what you haven't heard is the many more where the pilot realizes he did something wrong, believed what his aircraft was telling him, and quickly fixed it.

    • @suryakiranpenumatcha3905
      @suryakiranpenumatcha3905 9 місяців тому +5

      It's called confirmation bias

  • @spambot7110
    @spambot7110 2 роки тому +408

    if you're spatially disoriented, from your perspective you've just been teleported to a random position and orientation and should proceed as such. maybe they should implement that as a feature in flight simulator training, sometimes you fly into some clouds and suddenly you're facing the wrong way and 10km north. maybe add it to the lore of pilot stories as a new type of gremlin that teleports your plane when you least expect it. then you don't have to risk questioning your superior's innate sense of reality itself and getting into an argument about who's right, you can just point out that the gremlins did that thing that they sometimes do where they teleported the plane, we gotta re-figure out where we are.

    • @ronniewall492
      @ronniewall492 2 роки тому +13

      PLANES SHOULD BE MONITORED BY SATELLITE TRIANGULATE POSITION.
      THEY COULD ALSO DOWNLOAD DATA IN REAL TIME REPLACING THE BLACK BOXES.

    • @HotChook
      @HotChook 2 роки тому +87

      @@ronniewall492 IF YOU PRESS CAPS LOCK ON YOUR KEYBOARD YOU DONT HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPITALS

    • @ronniewall492
      @ronniewall492 2 роки тому

      @@HotChook THEY ARE AN AID FOR A DISABILITY.

    • @ronniewall492
      @ronniewall492 2 роки тому +2

      @@HotChook WHY DO PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT CAPS?
      YES EVERYONE KNOWS THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE YELLING.
      THEY HELP ME TYPE

    • @VisibilityFoggy
      @VisibilityFoggy 2 роки тому +32

      This is a good description. I once suffered spacial disorientation while piloting a boat in extremely thick fog and turned to an incorrect heading, which was going to bring me crashing up onto an island - and this was WHILE my full-color GPS chartplotting display (boat version of avionics) was right in front of me. It never happened to me before and never since, but I count it as one of the scariest moments of my life. Fortunately within a few minutes I was back on course. I imagine adding the variable of altitude makes this much worse all around.
      This can also happen to novice boaters at night, but you actually tend to pick that up and get used to it fairly quickly.

  • @johnfisher747
    @johnfisher747 2 роки тому +199

    I can’t imagine what that sounded like, a fully laden passenger jet slamming into a cliff face at 600 miles per hour, I bet it’s a sound you’d never forget

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 2 роки тому +21

      probably, like, bang

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 2 роки тому +85

      @@longfade the video specifically mentions a nearby village of people that heard it

    • @rainscratch
      @rainscratch 2 роки тому +6

      @@longfade Correct, it is indeed a silent world as such. Without the combination of moving/vibrating air, eardrums and a brain to interpret the motion of the ear drum there is no actual sound.

    • @theflyinghobbit
      @theflyinghobbit 2 роки тому +11

      I'm pretty sure for most of the passengers, it'll also be a sound they never heard

    • @Karma2Babylon
      @Karma2Babylon Рік тому +1

      @@theflyinghobbit
      Pretty sure the crew heard each other going “Oh f¥@#!!!”

  • @budwhite9591
    @budwhite9591 Рік тому +54

    We aren’t lost, the compass is wrong, the FO is wrong, the controller is wrong! yall moved the airport! At least the captain got his point across

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +23

      and the ground proximity warning was wrong. He got his point across that he shouldn't be flying a plane.

    • @anonracer95
      @anonracer95 Рік тому +1

      Are you trolling 😂

    • @mofleh177
      @mofleh177 3 місяці тому +2

      @@cantfindmykeys And what is this mount Everest (or whatever) is doing here anyway?

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys 3 місяці тому +3

      @@mofleh177 Oh, yes, a mountain suddenly appeared from nowhere.. he probably wouldn't notice Mt. Everest if it was in his lap.

  • @JanieHutchison
    @JanieHutchison 6 місяців тому +7

    My 27 yo niece, her 27 yo husband and their 5 children ages 8 years to 8 month old twins perished in this crash. I have carried contempt for that captain for decades.

    • @Dave-dh7rt
      @Dave-dh7rt 7 днів тому

      Wow, what a piece of shit captain. Sorry for your loss

  • @kevinwydler4405
    @kevinwydler4405 2 роки тому +274

    Your production quality is just amazing! Together with mentour and airspace you are one of my absolute favourite air crash documentary channels. The way you produce and explain things actually makes your content more appealing then newer ACI episodes, which have a far bigger budget than you. Thank you for putting the time and effort in!

    • @GreenDotAviation
      @GreenDotAviation  2 роки тому +23

      Thanks for the kind comment! Glad you're enjoying the videos :)

    • @RipRoaringGarage
      @RipRoaringGarage 2 роки тому +15

      @@GreenDotAviation Youre better than Mentour. He got full of himself and went in way of his head on things he doesnt comprehend. Its common with pilots and drivers, thinking they understand engineering, or the complexities of their industries because they know how to operate the machine. I used to love his stuff a lot, but when you see more and more mistakes that he refuses to acknowledge, its similar to the captain of this flight. CRM becomes ever more important, in all facets of life, when emotions get more and more heated, and logic and reason fail.

    • @localguide8638
      @localguide8638 2 роки тому +4

      @@RipRoaringGarage totally agree 💯

    • @Rhythm1906
      @Rhythm1906 2 роки тому +3

      @@RipRoaringGarage agreed 💯

    • @pmacca4830
      @pmacca4830 2 роки тому +5

      Not feeling much love for Mentour on here.Personally i enjoy his content an couldn't give a Donald Duck if he is full of himself or not...

  • @KJ010
    @KJ010 7 місяців тому +24

    Very unfortunate my 24 year old cousin was on this flight. Finally, after 31 years I know the actual cause for this air crash.😢

  • @pcowdrey
    @pcowdrey 2 роки тому +45

    The captain considered the first officer incompetent. But- which one was the really incompetent one?
    Taking on unrealistic workload, ignoring his first officer, ignoring GPWS? The incompetent one was the captain. =PC=

    • @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32
      @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 2 роки тому +11

      It's my experience in the workforce that those who are the most incompetent are also the first to accuse others of incompetence.

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 2 роки тому +2

      @@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 Yes.

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 2 роки тому +3

      And not to forget: Ignoring the ATC who was wondering why the aircraft was so near to the airport.

    • @thecompanioncube4211
      @thecompanioncube4211 4 місяці тому +1

      I don't think passanger aircrafts are nimble enough to climb and avoid the towering Cliffs of himalayas if they start the climb when they get GPWS warning

    • @indianfan1029
      @indianfan1029 3 дні тому

      Not just the Himalayas, but any other place. From all the crash videos i have seen, it seems that the GPWS warning system has saved 0 planes from crashing. I mean i dont want to sound negative, or for the system to be removed, but whats the point of having a system that has a 0% success rate.

  • @ironlionzion1380
    @ironlionzion1380 Рік тому +33

    Our safety of flying today was earned in the blood of many earlier flyers who were not as lucky.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому

      RIght on. Let's see how that covid vaccine works out. At least we have 100 years of trial and error with aviation. And still no guarantees.

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee 2 місяці тому

      like most if not all scientific inheritance. doctors use to deliver babies without washing instruments or their hands. we have come a long way. super apes on a spinning rock

  • @stephengrimmer35
    @stephengrimmer35 2 роки тому +119

    Six minutes to troubleshoot the flight managenent computer when a quick glance at the compass would tell them it's right! Shame they weren't dealing with a JFK controller, no intimidation there. Another great and detailed analysis of a little-known case. Thanks.

    • @alexburke1899
      @alexburke1899 2 роки тому +14

      JFK controllers have a working radar though:) It’s seems like in a lot of these crashes the airport doesn’t have a working radar and/or ILS system. Even LAX had a crappy radar until a bunch of people died, then they spent the money to upgrade to a better one. Seems like a common thing that an airport has an CFIT or mid-air collision and suddenly find the money to buy, fix, or upgrade their radar.

    • @stephengrimmer35
      @stephengrimmer35 2 роки тому +15

      @@alexburke1899 true, but it doesnt excuse arrogance or incompetence. I flew into Luanda, Angola in the jump seat many times in the 90's and the PF was ESPECIALLY vigilant precisely because of lack of radar!

    • @NicolaW72
      @NicolaW72 2 роки тому +2

      @@stephengrimmer35 Indeed, exactly.

    • @aaronwalker8847
      @aaronwalker8847 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah. That was stupid - The blame is with faa for allowing idiots to be pilots. Old school pilots who didn't rely so heavily on computers , and those trained by them directly are much better pilots - they tend to find a way to land a plane in all kinds of bad shape. They use common sense and experience and often figure a way to get unlandable planes on the ground safely. Because their minds are sharp and they know how the planes equipment all works.
      Whereas , folks who rely on computers, rely on computers to know how the plane works and wholy on the computer for navigation - can barely land a perfectly good plane in adverse weather , much less can they solve problems, improvise , and land a crippled plane.

    • @alexburke1899
      @alexburke1899 2 роки тому +15

      @@aaronwalker8847 Old school pilots had more accidents and died more often though. I don’t think technology has made air travel less safe. It’s still almost always human error and rarely a computer error. I agree modern planes are more complicated and it would be hard for a old Spitfire pilot to figure out but I still think they are much safer. There’s always going to be untrained pilots and airlines that don’t provide enough training. With bad weather and mountains it’s kind of impossible to fly without being instrument rated and with modern gps.

  • @ninelaivz4334
    @ninelaivz4334 Рік тому +42

    I experienced this problem. I thought I had done an 180 degree turn but had actually done 360, but luckily it was only a walk in the forest so it was just a pretty long walk back.
    Another time I was stuck in ridiculous traffic on a German autobahn and needed to get to France before my ferry left. I left the autobahn and used a compass to keep me going in a generally correct direction. I got to see some beautiful views and found my way to France!

    • @jameslimburn4210
      @jameslimburn4210 9 місяців тому +8

      Did you suffer the same flaps failure on the walk?

    • @assrammington7961
      @assrammington7961 5 місяців тому +2

      @@jameslimburn4210yeah his butt flaps fell off

    • @jameslimburn4210
      @jameslimburn4210 5 місяців тому

      @@assrammington7961 it has happened to us all at one time or another…

  • @starfish370
    @starfish370 2 роки тому +63

    I must congratulate you on the high quality of your videos, both in audio-visual presentation and your calm, authorative narration...well done!

  • @CynthiaSchoenbauer
    @CynthiaSchoenbauer 2 роки тому +93

    Thank you! You helped me finally understand a problem of why some people act the way they do. He considered the other person incompetent. He took on his duties. Arrogance and the "desire to always be the smarter one and teaching the incompetent" is a stance my father continually took with me even though he knew I was smarter than him in that area and he needed to open up to my input and at least consider it and then value it if it was correct and also useful too.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +12

      I guess he thought he was smarter than the ground proximity warning, too.

    • @armandperez1677
      @armandperez1677 Рік тому +3

      @@cantfindmykeys the guy operating the ground warning might of bin a bipolar lesbian.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +5

      @@armandperez1677 lol what? I guess anything is possible.

    • @autoteleology
      @autoteleology Рік тому +2

      @@armandperez1677 hilarious

    • @RachelSings21
      @RachelSings21 4 місяці тому +1

      Sorry you had that experience xxx

  • @SgtWicket
    @SgtWicket 10 місяців тому +9

    I can't imagine hearing the ground proximity alert and my first response being "eh false alarm probably."

  • @HarharMahadev-bb1hi
    @HarharMahadev-bb1hi 2 роки тому +82

    Someone I know died in this crash. It still is fresh in my mind.

  • @rebeccaoneill9363
    @rebeccaoneill9363 Рік тому +21

    Your content is so well done! Thank you! I'm a school bus driver and it may sound weird but alot of these plane crash docs have made me a safer driver. There's alot to learn from.

  • @EdwinNixon.1888
    @EdwinNixon.1888 Рік тому +9

    Green Dot,been watching your channel about a week and love your content..Keep it up,great stuff

  • @matgeezer2094
    @matgeezer2094 5 місяців тому +23

    An international airport without radar??? That's crazy

    • @KHAIKHAI777
      @KHAIKHAI777 3 місяці тому +3

      that was in 1992...

    • @insanity2058
      @insanity2058 3 місяці тому

      The ATC crew were working since 9 months

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee 2 місяці тому +2

      @@KHAIKHAI777 exactly. not crazy at all. actually standard in a year that was a few years removed from the 80s lol

    • @indianfan1029
      @indianfan1029 3 дні тому

      Also imagine all the pilots over the years, from the 40s till 90s without any incident.

  • @heartfeltteaching
    @heartfeltteaching 2 роки тому +19

    Cool. Please also do a video on the PIA crash that happened in the same area that same year!

  • @himtheemperoradityaofindia
    @himtheemperoradityaofindia 6 місяців тому +5

    Indian here. I can never understand how on earth they chose Kolkata as an alternative while there were far closer alternatives both inside Nepal and in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India

  • @Secretlyanothername
    @Secretlyanothername 2 роки тому +23

    As with so many crashes, authority differentials are a major cause. And it's hard to imagine an international airport without radar.

    • @rainscratch
      @rainscratch 2 роки тому +2

      Indeed impossible to imagine that any airport was allowed to be built, let alone function, without radar. Think back to the world's worst air disaster at Tenerife. Both airports in difficult terrain and subject to frequent fog/visual impairment. Tenerife had no ground radar and this one had no radar at all.

    • @matzmn
      @matzmn Рік тому +1

      Even harder to imagine that some international airlines actually fly to the airport without radar. Why did they take that kind of risk?

    • @MantasNan
      @MantasNan Рік тому +3

      @@rainscratch Imagine flying to Africa or Asia in 1980s lmao Radars in these regions lol Enjoy.

  • @localguide8638
    @localguide8638 2 роки тому +20

    Great to see extremely high quality videos and explanations to these situations, well done.

  • @djplayzyt1234
    @djplayzyt1234 2 роки тому +47

    It’s sad because the F/O Tried to tell the captain that the GPWS Was happening and the captain said it was false

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +15

      The captain was an idiot. And if I was that F/O that's what I would be telling him because if he was going to get everyone killed I would speak my mind loud and clear. Especially when he ignored the ground proximity warning.

    • @kuro9410_ilust
      @kuro9410_ilust Рік тому

      there was an old thai interview about this very accident and his colleagues and family said that he was also a scum irl who cheated on his wife and being mean to his peers not just the fo from this accident

    • @richardcranium3579
      @richardcranium3579 Рік тому

      @@cantfindmykeys and was going to move high up in the airline…….

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому

      @@richardcranium3579 who was? The idiot captain? Well, I guess he didn't get his chance but unfortunately he killed all those people.

    • @alexlo7708
      @alexlo7708 Рік тому

      @@cantfindmykeys You should take the control stick rather than just speak out loud.

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr Рік тому +7

    This reminded me of how there are only a few pilots cleared to fly to or from Bhutan simply because it’s so risky.

  • @pip07200
    @pip07200 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks for the hi quality video. RIP crew and passengers.

  • @aviationworld4119
    @aviationworld4119 2 роки тому +6

    This channel always have great videos,great explanation ✌️

  • @shenzo2000
    @shenzo2000 2 роки тому +1

    another awesome video, can't wait till next week

  • @direcut16
    @direcut16 Рік тому +8

    not the first time we’ve seen someone ignore the GPWS like this.. even if they *think* it’s faulty it can’t hurt to climb

    • @augusthoglund6053
      @augusthoglund6053 4 місяці тому +3

      Exactly, the consequences of it being false are just so astonishingly small in comparison.

  • @johnswift1736
    @johnswift1736 Рік тому +4

    Fantastic view of the mountains flying in from the south. Done it many times. The way out is different. We circled out. A member of the airport staff called Kathmandu was a saucer airport.

  • @jakubbuzuk2912
    @jakubbuzuk2912 24 дні тому

    @GreenDotAviation i've recently come across your channel and its by far one of the best aviation incident channels on youtube. Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @Mf_CHIP
    @Mf_CHIP 2 роки тому +6

    Great Video :)

  • @oliviaisinspace
    @oliviaisinspace 2 роки тому +5

    Your videos are one of my favorite parts of the week! Can you do a video about one of the Delta crashes at DFW? 🙏🥺

  • @markegg7680
    @markegg7680 2 роки тому

    👍👍👍 great narration and content, out of all youtube channels, your channel is the only channel I have ever looked for "have I missed any content ... is there anything I haven't seen yet?"

  • @mycroftsanchez901
    @mycroftsanchez901 2 роки тому +43

    I have watched so many of these 'air desaster' stories and two things strike me as odd and should be addressed for safety.
    1/. There seem to be several airports without radar, particularly in hazardous terain areas. How is this allowed?
    2/. Pilots flying in poor conditions suddenly get a terain warning, they instantly give full power and pull up but still crash. Why does the terain warning not go off in time to save the aircraft in so many cases?
    Anyway thank you for posting these videos, they are well put together and very informative.

    • @jeysonbraun4250
      @jeysonbraun4250 Рік тому +13

      1. Each country is responsible for installing and maintaining radar equipment. Some countries have less resources and radar is not always a priority. Of course, more and more are gaining radar coverage nowadays considering many of these accidents happened 30 plus years ago.
      2. GPWS (Ground Proximity warning... or terrain), is done by onboard radar looking forward. It can't always work well with enough time for outclimbing the obstacle if the aircraft is going very fast and /or the terrain ahead is too steep, as in a sheer cliff ahead. Especially back then, 30 plus years ago, without GPS and computing power we have now, If it was programmed for more of this sudden climbing terrain, the GPWS would give many false alarms on more normal descents and approaches, making it a problem as well.

    • @huskkyy
      @huskkyy Рік тому +5

      @@jeysonbraun4250 Hi, just for clarification, GPWS does not have its own radar system. It’s GPS based and works off of a pre documented terrain map

    • @jeysonbraun5205
      @jeysonbraun5205 Рік тому +7

      Hi, I don’t think you are correct… GPWS works off the Radio Altimeter using it’s radio waves to map off obstacles within a certain altitude/distance. First iterations came out in the 1970’s well before GPS. Today GPS nav programs do warn of obstacles and altitude conflicts but that is not the same as GPWS.

    • @huskkyy
      @huskkyy Рік тому +7

      @@jeysonbraun5205 Hey, I am an A350 FO and I’m not familiar with systems on other aircraft however in the airbus, I don’t believe it’s tied into the radio altimeter, electing to use aircraft position and velocity to determine whether the aircraft is at risk of a collision. You’re right about the GPS statement though, I misspoke there and you’re right that GPWS was working before GPS was used in aviation. They do however did have IRSs and did have an accurate picture of aircraft position and velocity, even before GPS.
      However, in the 737-800, A3XX family, and even the Q400, it’s entirely computational and position based and does not use the Radio Altimeter or Radar. GPWS and EGPWS in the airbus is disabled with the IRSs in ATT mode, meaning it does not keep track of position rather just how the aircraft is moving.
      Again, I could be wrong in other cases however for my aircraft specifically it’s not tied into the RA.

    • @mckungsmakong
      @mckungsmakong Рік тому

      I wonder the same as well. It is always the airport that should all the equipments installed and lack there off.

  • @curbyourshi1056
    @curbyourshi1056 2 роки тому

    What a shame. Excellent video, subscribed.

  • @susanpritchard6164
    @susanpritchard6164 Рік тому

    Best videos on u tube fascinating human behaviour for an unplanned event keep up the great work

  • @Caracaraorangeberry
    @Caracaraorangeberry 6 місяців тому +4

    At that time, approach and landing at Katmandu Airport was one of the most technically difficult in the world. That the pilot treated it with such contempt instead of treating each step in the approach with his utmost care, is unfathomable.
    A similar crash occurred on a Pakistani Airline approaching Katmandu not that long before this Thai crash; however, the pilots had misread the chart and believe they were 1000 feet higher than they really were.

  • @HaraldMacGerhard
    @HaraldMacGerhard Рік тому +10

    Arrogance has no place in any teamwork situation. In aviation it can be extremely fatal 😢

  • @belleray2
    @belleray2 2 роки тому +12

    That's a good idea, a compass not showing north, south, east or west, brilliant!

    • @peerpaulin8486
      @peerpaulin8486 Рік тому +3

      If you as a pilot are not able to realize what the numbers in the navigational circular display mean, you just do not belong into a cockpit. 0=North/9=East/18=South/27=west.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому

      and no radar at the airport.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +6

      @@peerpaulin8486 considering that pilot ignored a ground proximity warning, what makes you think he belonged in a cockpit? I doubt he could read a compass based on his other idiotic maneuvers.

    • @peerpaulin8486
      @peerpaulin8486 Рік тому +5

      @@cantfindmykeys You are right. These pilots do not belong into a cockpit. GPWS has a very short warning time. Mostly it's already too late then. He could have monitored the compass in order to avoid flying into the mountains.

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому

      @@peerpaulin8486 I wouldn't let some of these pilots drive my car.

  • @harrythezomby
    @harrythezomby 2 роки тому +1

    Your videos are great; def deserve more views!

  • @roryharvey2727
    @roryharvey2727 Рік тому

    Very well done!

  • @choosetolivefree
    @choosetolivefree Рік тому +8

    It's difficult to understand how a pilot could turn the heading knob without even seeing the actual heading he selected. Don't get why the pilot wouldn't glance at the compass and see his heading and instantly recognize which direction he was flying. Super simple thing to do

  • @Meetology
    @Meetology 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant. As usual.👌🏻

  • @schatter91
    @schatter91 5 місяців тому +3

    No radar in destination airport!! As bizarre and shocking as it gets!

  • @HD_555
    @HD_555 Місяць тому +1

    16:15 ETOPS as a patreon member really loves the Boeing 767 and its impact in aviation lol XD

  • @NicolaW72
    @NicolaW72 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you very much!👍

  • @mrkipling2201
    @mrkipling2201 Рік тому +3

    I can't believe that we were still seeing problems with CRM in 1992. Even after all the training at major airlines, in fact virtually all airlines, and the disasters caused by problems with CRM in previous years. The terrible disaster at Tenerife in 1977 is a prime example of a lack of CRM.

    • @Caracaraorangeberry
      @Caracaraorangeberry 6 місяців тому

      There was a reverse CRM problem that likely contributed to the AA587 disaster in Nov of 2001. The co-pilot was flying and began making bad decisions with the flight controls (multiple rudder reversals) as he entered wake turbulence, yet the captain just sat there and did nothing. had the captain simply said “my airplane” it might have saved that flight.

  • @cullyx2913
    @cullyx2913 Рік тому

    Excellent content

  • @jefferysterner
    @jefferysterner 2 роки тому +60

    It's absurd that, at any time since WWII ended (but most certainly by 1992), that any airport in the world which serves commercial flights is without basic radar services. In my view, that's as big a cause of this accident as anything else: the lack of a generally standard monitoring tool that helps prevent inevitable human errors from becoming catastrophic. Sounds like the report mentioned it as an afterthought. Why do the inevitable situational mistakes by the worker-bees always outweigh the ill-advised deliberate decisions by the bureaucrats? smh

    • @rainscratch
      @rainscratch 2 роки тому +14

      Fully agree. And one of the world's most perilously located airports amidst some of the world's highest mountains, often subjected to fog and heavy precipitation/cloud cover. An insanely absurd oversight. If aircraft are under strict airworthiness, maintenance and regulatory requirements, pilots are under constant health and psych monitoring and re-training, how can any airport be allowed to operate with the most basic safety requirements of such items as Radar?

    • @alexl.4170
      @alexl.4170 Рік тому +5

      The radar at the airport would only have a range as far as the mountains surrounding the airport on each side. In mountainous terrain, ground based radar would be useless. They would have to build a massive mast towering over the peaks surrounding the airport and put the radar on top of that for it to be of any use.

    • @tomortale2333
      @tomortale2333 Рік тому

      ABOVE....STILL IN THE CAVE-MAN MENTALITY......NOT CIVILIZED... N IT SHOWS....

    • @cantfindmykeys
      @cantfindmykeys Рік тому +3

      Seriously, there's no excuse for that.

    • @jefferysterner
      @jefferysterner Рік тому +1

      @@alexl.4170 fair enough, but that hardly means it's completely useless; it could still cover whatever area it could cover over the airport, and multiple sources could be used together with a little bit of sophistication built in to cover wider range. Perhaps it wouldn't have prevented this particular incident, but it might have helped.

  • @erikatalks
    @erikatalks 10 місяців тому

    I love your videos and I literally have nothing to do with aviation. Been watching non stop for 2 weeks now

  • @bjornleonhenry9750
    @bjornleonhenry9750 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @billybud9557
    @billybud9557 Рік тому +3

    My students, with only 2 hours in the classroom, know that a heading of 022 is northerly. If you don't know that, you should not drive a bus...........great vid.....thanks for helping us teach.

  • @Aviation1400
    @Aviation1400 2 роки тому +4

    I love your videos

  • @roncoburn7771
    @roncoburn7771 Рік тому

    your videos are great

  • @dansaber4427
    @dansaber4427 Рік тому +1

    Radar installed at an airport. It's an interesting concept. I guess knowing where things are as important? Fascinating.

  • @Matthew...1979
    @Matthew...1979 Рік тому +1

    I just Adore your channel. You keep me entertained at work when there's down-time, and I regularly continue watching when i get home from my loooong shift. I have Microsoft Flight Simulator on my Xbox Series X and tend to recreate your stories on my own. What an amazing channel. I'm extremely grateful to have stumbled across it. Thank you sooooo much!

  • @renzix978
    @renzix978 Рік тому +3

    I went to kalkani in Nepal few weeks ago where the memorial for the deaths from the crash and I saw alot of names of those people who sadly passed away

  • @StellarSTLR1
    @StellarSTLR1 11 місяців тому +5

    The more I learn about how all this stuff works the angrier I get when I hear the decisions these people have made to cause all these terrible incidents.

  • @nightchieftain
    @nightchieftain 2 роки тому +5

    Thanks for making the vid! Watching the vid fresh at the end of my night shift. Greetings from traumatology dept!

  • @user-jd3kb4of2b
    @user-jd3kb4of2b 2 роки тому +1

    Great video! Can you also do an episode on another accident at Kathmandu, the US Bangla 211 from 2018?

  • @MrSturdystratus
    @MrSturdystratus Рік тому

    Well done. New subscriber here

  • @nsambataufeeq1748
    @nsambataufeeq1748 Рік тому +6

    These videos have convinced me that GPWS is a reliable system.

  • @ronniewall492
    @ronniewall492 2 роки тому

    NICE SHOW THREE GREEN

  • @JohnChuprun
    @JohnChuprun Рік тому +5

    Imagine thinking GPWS is a false alarm, that's some dangerous confidence...

  • @ginamiller6015
    @ginamiller6015 Рік тому +5

    I’ve got to think adoption of GPS is going a long way to mitigate this kind of situational awareness difficulties. Navigation has got to be a much easier task now.

  • @bootsarmstrong8421
    @bootsarmstrong8421 Рік тому

    I like the narration.

  • @timelwell7002
    @timelwell7002 Рік тому

    Well explained analysis of this terrible disaster.

    • @timelwell7002
      @timelwell7002 Рік тому

      @Steve Robinson I'm not sure what's 'funny' about a tragic loss of life. You must have a very twisted sense of humour.

  • @shanettacane7101
    @shanettacane7101 Рік тому +1

    Everytime I hear a go around it never ends up good.

  • @raven_1133
    @raven_1133 2 роки тому +1

    Quality as always.

  • @anthonydsouza7174
    @anthonydsouza7174 Рік тому

    THANKS 🙏

  • @CAROLUSPRIMA
    @CAROLUSPRIMA 2 роки тому +13

    Excellent as usual.
    My hearing isn’t what it used to be and a bit more volume would have made this perfect.
    Thanks.

    • @jacksak
      @jacksak 2 роки тому

      Maybe wear headphones? I have bad hearing but wear phones which make a big difference.

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA 2 роки тому +1

      @@jacksak Yeah I wear headphones on my smartphone but watch on TV. It’s a little bit of trouble to synchronize these but worth it.
      Thanks.

    • @GreenDotAviation
      @GreenDotAviation  2 роки тому +8

      Thanks for the feedback, I'll increase the sound levels in future vids.

    • @Secretlyanothername
      @Secretlyanothername 2 роки тому +2

      I often use subtitles on videos, and Green Dot speaks very clearly so these work well on this one. Another option.

    • @CAROLUSPRIMA
      @CAROLUSPRIMA 2 роки тому +2

      @@Secretlyanothername Didn’t occur to me. Thanks.

  • @Onoelo23gf
    @Onoelo23gf Рік тому +2

    Do note that the pilot was required to do very little. Apart from autopilot handling, the captain took over R/T commn. Keeping track of the compass is ingrained into a pilot. That's buggerall of a cockpit load at relatively low speeds. Only a poor pilot will turn 360* in place of 180*. Think of a fighter pilot who flies solo, handling everything from start-up to switch-off. The aircraft is at high speed and altitude variation is very large, to be completed in a short time. He is brought up this way and finds switching over to an airliner easy to handle. He requires snap-snap R/T commn. He might find it confusing for a few months till he understands all civil terms used, that too at a leisurely pace, but that is what a simulator is designed to do.

  • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

    I wonder why not a bird's eye view of the plane and its past path on a display chart that has a preset compass point (typically north) at the top. That would show very quickly that the craft was in the wrong place and/or pointed the wrong way -- and if so, also how it got there. This would have to be modified for flight near a pole, of course.

  • @aekavin
    @aekavin Рік тому +2

    I was watching the video and realising that I’m watching it on the day of their crash anniversary 30 years ago 🙏🏻❤️😭💔

  • @tabuti23
    @tabuti23 2 роки тому +8

    Poor crm,poor airmanship by captain.. 😕

  • @pmc2999
    @pmc2999 Рік тому +2

    Sad that the hubris of the Captain made him unwilling to listen when he was warned a mistake had been made.

  • @FalcoGer
    @FalcoGer 9 місяців тому +2

    Never assume things. And certainly never assume GPWS alarms are false unless you can clearly make out the terrain visually, and even that isn't always simple with snowed in mountains looking like clouds.
    Also I don't understand how any airport where airliners are landing, don't have radar, much less so airports where there is an elevated risk, such as mountains all around.

    • @bogdiworksV2
      @bogdiworksV2 3 місяці тому

      cost cutting, most likely. Related, have you ever watched videos of those dangerous roads in like Pakistan or the Andes? In countries with less stringent safety rules, drivers/pilots put up with conditions that to us look crazy.

  • @majorvonhapenallthetime8602
    @majorvonhapenallthetime8602 2 роки тому +6

    No radar is simply pathetic. It's akin to relying upon a couple ROC observers, trusting to luck on their aircraft recognition and phoning in their sighting to the control tower.

    • @augusthoglund6053
      @augusthoglund6053 4 місяці тому

      You'd think it would take one day of thick fog for people to realize this

  • @awfominaya
    @awfominaya 5 місяців тому +2

    I just keep getting a sense from these videos that if the way point isn't where you expect it to be, gain altitude then figure it out up at altitude.
    Is this taught? Why so many cases where pilots seem to think the flight management computer must be wrong.
    Misplaced waypoint = I did something wrong.
    Right?

    • @nocomments5029
      @nocomments5029 Місяць тому

      Some people can’t admit mistakes. Mistake gives them too much shame. So they gaslight and project the mistake onto someone or something else. Cluster b

  • @rexhall1130
    @rexhall1130 Рік тому +2

    A trend in many of these accidents is no radar.

  • @raniaqueen110
    @raniaqueen110 Рік тому

    This is so sad 😢

  • @xItzSpruce
    @xItzSpruce Місяць тому

    Theres ppl from my home country in from Finland. Anyways idk why but these videos are insteresting idk why. Best one in my opinion was the one that when the plane managed to glide without any passengers dying

  • @billycm8370
    @billycm8370 10 місяців тому +1

    Can we support it another way as Patreon is so clunky and difficult. , just to support you!!

  • @pronto3_
    @pronto3_ Рік тому +2

    What weather plugins are you using for X-Plane? They look really nice

  • @lyedavide
    @lyedavide Рік тому +4

    There will always be people who, justifiably or not, think so highly of themselves that they become arrogant and belligerent towards those working with and under them. In this case, if were the first officer, I would have relieved the captain of his control of the aircraft, and dealt with the consequences later. Better to lose my job than my life. One man's ego killed everyone on that flight. That is the real tragedy.

  • @777Avation
    @777Avation 2 роки тому +3

    How sad, I had a family members, both husband and wife die in this tragic accident.

    • @cakewalk4602
      @cakewalk4602 2 роки тому

      didn't ask doesn't care

    • @777Avation
      @777Avation 2 роки тому +3

      @@cakewalk4602 "didn't ask doesn't care" that basically sums up your IQ lmao

    • @lalruatfela3394
      @lalruatfela3394 2 роки тому +1

      @@cakewalk4602 someone woke up grumpy. Put your pacifier back on and come back when you've outgrown your insensitivity. Oh wait, don't come back at all. Whether or not OP's claims are true or not is irrelevant.

  • @BeyondWoWJunkies
    @BeyondWoWJunkies Рік тому

    So many mistakes it breaks my heart.

  • @andrewstorm8240
    @andrewstorm8240 2 роки тому +1

    KAT didn’t have radar? Crazy!

  • @SRWJ
    @SRWJ 6 місяців тому

    Flight 311, 31st, 113 souls on board.
    Numerology mind cannot miss that!!

  • @crashtestrc4446
    @crashtestrc4446 2 роки тому +2

    Could u please make egypt air 804

  • @Jjjkluejnek
    @Jjjkluejnek 5 місяців тому +1

    It took 4 attempts to reach controller during a landing in monsoon. That’s just pathetic.

  • @SMaamri78
    @SMaamri78 Рік тому +8

    And on top of the tragedy is the fact the captain died without realizing his error. He died thinking he was right.

    • @joefox9875
      @joefox9875 Рік тому +6

      "Soon I can forget about these annoying chatterboxes. Almost there..."

  • @prophetascending9021
    @prophetascending9021 Рік тому

    Top quality upload as usual.