Prepare for the unbelievable! This compilation showcases some of the most astonishing and heart-stopping air disaster videos ever captured, leaving you on the edge of your seat.
Journey through incredible moments of aviation near-misses and extraordinary survival stories. We delve into the events that push the boundaries of what seems possible in the skies.
Witness the courage and quick thinking that have led to miraculous outcomes against all odds. These clips offer a profound look at the resilience of the human spirit.
Discover the thrilling accounts of pilots and passengers who faced unprecedented challenges in the air. These are stories you won't soon forget.
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Journey through incredible moments of aviation near-misses and extraordinary survival stories. We delve into the events that push the boundaries of what seems possible in the skies.
Witness the courage and quick thinking that have led to miraculous outcomes against all odds. These clips offer a profound look at the resilience of the human spirit.
Discover the thrilling accounts of pilots and passengers who faced unprecedented challenges in the air. These are stories you won't soon forget.
#AirDisaster #AviationSafety #IncredibleMoments
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00:00There are few events that shake a man or woman to their core like an impending air disaster.
00:05Despite being the safest means of travel by far, there is always this eerie feeling of
00:09what if I'm the unlucky one anytime one steps on a plane.
00:13For most people, this fear is unrealized, but for the unlucky few, the fear manifests into a living nightmare.
00:19The hair follicles rise and the eyes dilate while one looks around for escape
00:23as there is a crescendo of chaos in the cabin and cockpit alike.
00:27These are some of the craziest air disasters videos of all time.
00:31Cathay Pacific flight engine failure.
00:33On the 13th of April, 2010, 309 passengers and 13 crew members were on board from Indonesia to Hong Kong
00:40when the unthinkable happened.
00:4230 minutes after takeoff, while 12,000 meters above sea level, the crew received a strange error message
00:47referring to a fault in one of the two engines.
00:50The crew contacted maintenance control to relay the error message and discuss the fluctuations,
00:54but the flight was decided to be safe as other relevant engine parameters were normal.
00:58The inevitable was temporarily delayed.
01:00Strike one.
01:01Almost two hours after departure, the same message reappeared on the screen.
01:05Maintenance control was contacted again to review the issue.
01:08With all the other engine parameters being normal, continuing on to Hong Kong was again deemed safe.
01:13Strike two.
01:13After another two hours elapsed, the aircraft was on descent to Hong Kong.
01:18When, this time, there was double trouble, the screen displayed two error messages.
01:22The second message signified a compressor stall in the second engine, a potentially serious engine problem.
01:27The flight crew responded by moving the second engine's thrust lever to the idle position.
01:32To compensate for the stalled second engine, the crew set the first engine to maximum continuous thrust.
01:38Following these actions, the crew contacted Hong Kong Air Traffic Control,
01:42requesting the shortest possible route to the airport and priority landing.
01:46A few minutes later, the aircraft was in descent and approaching an altitude of 2,438 meters
01:52when the crew's worst possible fear was realized in the form of three words,
01:56Engine 1 stall.
01:57Mayday was immediately declared by the crew.
01:59The aircraft's only functional engine also suffered a compressor stall,
02:03and if you remember, it had already been previously set to maximum continuous thrust.
02:07The engine's rotational fan speed slowly spooled up to about 74%,
02:11and there was an immediate error message of overspeeding.
02:15As the flight approached the airport, the crew found that the movement of the thrust levers
02:19failed to reduce thrust below 74%.
02:22While speeding excessively with this excess speed,
02:25the crew still had to plan for an emergency landing.
02:2711 minutes after declaring the mayday,
02:29the aircraft touched down hard at a speed of 426 kilometers per hour,
02:33176 kilometers per hour,
02:35over the normal touchdown speed for that aircraft.
02:38The plane hit the concrete and bounced,
02:40briefly becoming airborne again until it slammed down hard
02:43while causing the left engine to scrape against the runway surface.
02:47Five of the aircraft's eight main wheel tires deflated.
02:50Smoke and flames emanated from the landing gear,
02:53and the captain ordered an emergency evacuation,
02:55during which 57 passengers were injured,
02:58of whom 10 were transported to the hospital.
03:01Aseana Airlines Flight 214,
03:04291 passengers and 16 crew members were on a scheduled flight across the Pacific
03:09from Seoul, South Korea to San Francisco, USA.
03:12After the overnight flight,
03:14they were prepared to land early in the morning of July 6, 2013.
03:18Almost half of the passengers were Chinese citizens,
03:20with about 70 students and teachers traveling to the United States for summer camp.
03:2549-year-old Captain Li Zhongmin was in the cockpit,
03:28as both an instructor-captain and pilot-in-command,
03:31which was his first flight as an instructor.
03:33He had about 3,220 hours of flying experience in a Boeing 777.
03:3945-year-old Captain Li Kang-Cook was receiving his initial operating experience training,
03:44and was halfway through Aseana's IOE requirements.
03:47He had just about 43 hours of flying experience in a 777.
03:50Right from the bat,
03:52the flying experience of both captains seemed a bit deficient,
03:55and it was cited as one of the contributory factors for the crash
03:57by the United States National Transportation Safety Board.
04:01The other major contributory factor
04:02was the unavailable complex flight control systems,
04:06specifically, the instrument landing system's vertical guidance.
04:09The guidance system had been taken out of service a month prior,
04:13and a notice to air missions to that effect had been issued.
04:16The flight was largely uneventful until it was time to land.
04:19The flight was cleared for a visual approach to land,
04:21and the crew was told to maintain a speed of 330 kilometers per hour
04:25until the aircraft was 9.3 kilometers from the runway.
04:29The problem had started just about 82 seconds before the eventual impact.
04:33Analysis showed that the plane's approach was too slow and too low,
04:37and multiple passengers vividly recall the plane's bizarre proximity
04:41to the water on its final approach to land,
04:43which caused water to thrust upward as the engines were spooling up
04:46in the final moments before impact.
04:48The plane eventually crashed short of the runway threshold.
04:51The landing gear, and then the tail,
04:53struck the seawall that projects into San Francisco Bay.
04:56The tail section, as well as the left engine,
04:59separated from the aircraft.
05:00The fuselage and wings rotated counterclockwise
05:03approximately 330 degrees as the plane slid westward.
05:07After a moment, a dark haze of smoke rose from the wreckage.
05:10Of the 307 people on board, three died,
05:14and another 187 were injured, 49 of them critically.
05:18It was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 777
05:21since the aircraft entered service in 1995.
05:25Emory Worldwide Flight 17
05:27It's February of 2000,
05:28and 43-year-old Captain Kevin Stables
05:31is the pilot for Emory Worldwide Flight 17.
05:33It's a domestic freight flight that is flying from Reno to Dayton.
05:37It should be just another routine takeoff,
05:39but all of a sudden, they realize that there's a problem.
05:42The airplane rotated when it went off the runway.
05:45The staff immediately know that they need to go back to the airport
05:47and get things under control.
05:49The pilot declared an emergency
05:50and let the traffic controller know that this was a serious situation
05:54and that they had a problem.
05:55They couldn't get the plane to balance,
05:57and it continued to climb and then dip repeatedly.
06:00They needed to get back down to the ground safely
06:02and as soon as possible.
06:03The pilot thought he could pull it off,
06:05but while he attempted to land,
06:07part of the plane made contact with a two-story building,
06:10causing them to crash into a salvage yard.
06:12All three crew members were killed in the accident.
06:16China Air Flight 120 Runway Explosion
06:18China Airlines Flight 120
06:20prepares to make a standard landing when everything goes wrong.
06:24It's a clean landing with no issues.
06:26The engine is off and they are parked,
06:28but all of a sudden,
06:29a radio call alerts the pilot and the rest of the staff
06:32that the plane is on fire.
06:33They managed to get the plane safely landed,
06:36but the flight attendants were having trouble
06:38getting the passengers to calm down.
06:40Everyone is desperate to get off the plane as soon as possible.
06:43They managed to evacuate the plane of all the passengers,
06:46but some staff members remain on board.
06:48They know they are running out of time.
06:49Every second that ticks by
06:51could possibly be bringing them closer and closer
06:53to the plane exploding.
06:55And sure enough, it does.
06:56Using the emergency escape rope
06:58that's designed into 737 cockpits,
07:01the pilots were the last to exit the aircraft.
07:03In fact, you can see that the impact of the explosion
07:05was felt by a pilot while struggling out the tiny window,
07:09causing him to take a daring leap onto the ground,
07:11thankfully, without injuries.
07:13It was a remarkable save
07:14that quite easily could have ended very tragically.
07:18Rouge Learjet goes down.
07:20We have a developing story, as you may have heard.
07:22There is a civilian Learjet.
07:24It's 1999,
07:25and air traffic control was aware
07:27that a Learjet had gone rogue,
07:29but they didn't know why.
07:30Several possibilities could be at play here.
07:32The jet may have experienced technical difficulties,
07:35malfunctioned,
07:35or even possibly been hijacked.
07:37The safety of everyone on board was now in jeopardy.
07:39They know the plane will eventually run out of fuel,
07:42likely somewhere over the Dakotas,
07:43but what if it hits something in the process?
07:45F-16 fighters were sent to track the aircraft,
07:48as it's important to ensure
07:49that wherever the plane lands,
07:51it doesn't hurt even more people.
07:53Some of the people on board were famous athletes,
07:55including golfer Payne Stewart
07:57and football player Robert Fraley.
07:59The jet unfortunately crashed
08:00into a hayfield in South Dakota.
08:02There were no survivors.
08:03It was later determined
08:04that the plane lost cabin pressure
08:06and nobody on board had access to oxygen.
08:08The pilot was unable to safely fly the plane.
08:11Nigeria Airways,
08:13Flight 21-20 catches fire.
08:15Mid-flight,
08:16on July 11th of 1991,
08:18Nigeria Airways,
08:19Flight 21-20,
08:20was scheduled to fly from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
08:23to Sokoto, Nigeria.
08:24They had no more than taken off from the airport
08:26when the plane suddenly burst into flames.
08:28Smoke is filling the cabin
08:30and all the equipment is quickly failing.
08:32The flight crew needs to do something fast.
08:34Their passengers are understandably in a panic
08:36and are aware that something is terribly wrong.
08:38They need to get back to the Jeddah airport
08:40as fast as possible,
08:41but the pilot has lost hydraulics,
08:43which means he can't steer the plane.
08:45At this point,
08:46the passengers are struggling to breathe.
08:48What's even crazy
08:49is that the fire spread through the cabin floor,
08:51consuming whatever was in its path.
08:53Some passengers had fallen out of the airplane entirely,
08:56while others were most likely passed out
08:58from the lack of oxygen.
08:59It was complete pandemonium.
09:01The pilot declared an emergency
09:02and alerted the traffic controller.
09:04With all control of the landing gear lost,
09:06the plane would explode upon impact with the ground.
09:08All remaining passengers and crew members
09:10were sadly killed instantly.
09:11It was a major tragedy.
09:13Concorde Flight 4590 Air France Flight 4590
09:17was an international charter flight
09:19scheduled to go from Paris to New York.
09:21It was carrying 109 people,
09:23including the flight staff.
09:25But just shortly after takeoff,
09:27the flight team realized
09:28that they had a major problem.
09:30There was debris on the runway
09:31that they had not anticipated
09:32the plane would run over.
09:34This caused one of the plane's tires to explode
09:36and send up tire fragments flying everywhere.
09:38All the while,
09:40the wheel that had lost a tire
09:41continued to spin at a dangerously fast rate.
09:44It ended up colliding with the tire debris,
09:46sending it flying into the underside of the plane,
09:48causing significant damage to the landing gear.
09:51But that's not the worst of it.
09:52The damage caused the fuel tank to rupture,
09:54quickly causing the fuel to start running out.
09:56The fuel ignited,
09:57causing further significant damage to the plane.
09:59And even though the plane had managed to take off,
10:01they still needed to quench the fire.
10:03But how?
10:04This was an unforeseen situation
10:06for which the pilot could not have prepared or trained.
10:09It's not something he would ever expect to happen.
10:11And now, all of a sudden,
10:13he was in a position to determine the safety
10:15of all of his passengers and crew.
10:17Unfortunately, nothing could be done,
10:18and the plane would eventually crash
10:20into an airport hotel.
10:21Everyone on the plane was killed,
10:22including four employees at the hotel,
10:24and several others were injured.
10:27Fine Air crashing into Miami.
10:29It was August 7th of 1997,
10:31and Fine Air Flight 101,
10:33which was a cargo flight,
10:34was scheduled to fly from Miami International Airport
10:37to Las Americas Airport.
10:38Four people were on the plane,
10:40including a security guard,
10:41and it was expected to be a routine flight.
10:43However, it would turn out to be anything but.
10:46They would run into a problem quickly,
10:47not long after the plane took off.
10:49The plane pitched up quickly into a stall,
10:52recovered briefly from the stall,
10:53and stalled again,
10:55causing the pilot to lose control.
10:56The air traffic controller watched in horror
10:58as he saw that the pilot
11:00was clearly having some serious problems
11:02and flying too low to the ground.
11:04Nothing could be done
11:05as the plane came hurtling
11:07toward the heart of Miami at extreme speeds.
11:09Everyone in the vicinity
11:11and those on the plane
11:12were clearly in extreme danger.
11:14The plane would ultimately crash,
11:15killing everyone on board
11:17as well as a man
11:18whom the plane struck
11:18in a nearby parking lot.
11:20As is proven in these stories,
11:22all it takes is a second
11:23for things to go from normal
11:24to tragically terrible
11:25when it comes to flying on a plane.
11:27What may have started out
11:28as just another normal day in the sky
11:30can literally come down
11:32to a matter of life or death
11:33in just a blink of an eye.
11:35We hope you enjoyed this video.
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