Deadly Trap | Burning in Flames inside a Boeing 737 | British Airtours 28M
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2020
- Terrifying moments as a British Airtours Boeing 737 bound for Corfu from Manchester suffered an engine failure and burst into flames ahead of take-off.
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If we make the exit area smaller we can get two more seats on the plane.
That's exactly what happened.......
Did I just hear the voice of the Dark Lord O'Leary?
Great thinking, hey!! RIP. Thanks for a terrifying but realistic video, earth, wind and fire elements all played a role.
tommy g.
Profit over safety?
@@ivannovotny4552 Always!
It is because of this incident that all furniture (both in the home and commercially) now has to be made using fire retardant coverings and combustion modified foam. I was serving in Greater Manchester Fire Service at the time, though I didn't attend, and it sent a shockwave through the whole brigade. Our Deputy Chief Officer was instrumental in pushing for changes in the the use of foam fillings and seat coverings. If those rules had been in effect at the time many more, if not all the passengers may well have survived. It is unfortunate the pilot parked the aircraft with a fair breeze towards the aircraft on the fire side but he acted in what he thought at the time was the passengers best interests. Some of my colleagues had to undergo extended trauma counselling.
How come there was no explosion? I mean a car on fire makes a pretty big explosion, would have expected that a plane with all the kerosen it has would have made a pretty huge blast
That awkward moment when a breeze kills 50 people.
@@pianosenzanima1 You watch too many movies. It's very rare for a vehicle fire to result in an explosion. Mythbusters weren't even able to ignite a gas tank when shooting it with tracer rounds.
Darren MacKenzie The Fire Brigade were fabulous and according to the final report, they responded to fire before the pilots even noticed the plane was on fire. The report apportioned blame to everyone but the pilots and even criticised the fire hydrants which had nothing to the do with the fire. Strangely, the report does not attribute any of the loss in the way the plane was parked.
@@BillyBobpeeps I'm not sure why you would direct that comment at me. I made no comment about the fire brigade, and feel they had amazing bravery. Did you read what I said, and who it was directed at?
That's so tragic. I was thinking that everyone would survive since the pilots stopped the plane quickly....
Yeah, there was so much going "right" on the response. Pilots did their best to stop and help, fire brigade started the response earlier than the alarm due to their awareness and diligence, attendants did their best to clear and open exits even with the faulty designed door. If only the exit wing passenger knew immediately how to handle it, the clearance even a foot larger, fire retardant materials. So many things, each one costing lives. Those poor people.
That's what I thought too. They immediately aborted takeoff, and fire crews were right on it. It's scary how fast it spread.
RFtinkerer p
I agree with that also the pilots should have stopped on the runway everyone would have survive i think partly to blame was the pilots
Paul Marshall I thought the same
This incident changed so many areas of aviation safety. Excellent video. My local airport, and I've been Air Cabin Crew here for 15 years. We regularly review this, and other incidents/accidents in annual recurrent training. This one always hits hardest.
@A Tangerine done.
I did, three times now.
@A Tangerine also done.
This is the reason why people should know how to evacuate an aircraft, how to react quickly when there is emergency.
Exactly. Pay attention when the attendants make the emergency evacuation rules, because it may save a life or lives.
The real issue is the duration of time someone can remain ambulatory when a fire and its toxic emissions happens... a few breaths a handful of seconds. You cannot breath one breath of that and be functional to make effort to evacuate. And, without actual practice of evacuation you are very much not likely to effectively do so. Undergo military aircraft crash in water training you would know its the same in a cabin fire but it is fire and smoke...
czcams.com/video/-53kaP6dZeI/video.html
Even if u act swiftly...there will still b a bottleneck of ppl
@@Mrs_Canary naturalpn7 Undergo military aircraft crash in water training you would know its the same in a cabin fire but it is fire and smoke... you only have your first try to figure it out with no help! czcams.com/video/-53kaP6dZeI/video.html
It is also another reason why the inebriated should not be allowed to board.
(No. I am NOT saying there was any onboard this accident: Talking 'generally'.)
The last thing you want in such circumstances are those "people".
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a drink, especially when flying.... but all things in moderation and with due consideration, eh?
I feel SO GUILTY for being so excited for my favorite channel to upload, because it's such a sad video.
Thank you for taking the time to research, create, edit and post these videos. I love this channel so much. As soon as I found it it quickly became my most watches channel. The content can sometimes be depressing, but if we can learn from these incidents then they dont die in vain.
They say you die 2 deaths, one when your body dies and another when you and your name are forgotten. With these videos it helps to not forget the victims. These have always been made and presently respectfully, I feel that they are very nice tribute.
Believe me. As a Manchester native we never forget the lives lost. In T1 theres a plaque in their memory.
The pleasure is derived from improvements made to aircraft safety. Each disaster offers great opportunity to improve.
Completely heartbreaking to see this...Never could I imagine in my 10 years of flying, a more terrifying way to leave this world. No matter the yearly RET Training, there are always unforeseen circumstances such as this. May God be with all whom perished so tragically. And a million and one thank yous to the Flight Channel for bringing this to us in memory of all whom passed ~~~~~💔
I bet the survivors never took a flight ever after
pianosenzanima why the passengers never took the flight ever after?
@@QFSAviationMini trauma?!
@Chloe St John
*CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE SOULS LOST ABOARD
BRITISH AIRTOURS FLIGHT 28M*
Thank you all...And may the peace and love of God be unto you always wherever you are 💜
In the final report of the investigation, the pilots were commended and no fault or error was attributed to them.
Probably because I am tired - did the pilots make it out? Thanks!
Antonia Jane both pilots got out.
They should have taken off and landed in water to put the fire out
Antonia Jane Yes, the pilots stayed in the cockpit while the fire burned the main cabin, that is according to the final report; they were going through check lists for the engine shut downs; afterwards they exited safely without any interaction with the passengers. On line is a copy of this report, so too are newspaper pictures of the aircraft showing how the windward half of the aircraft was melted by the wind and flames impinging on the plane. There was a duplicate occurrence about a year ago in O'Hare but this time they pilots parked the plane with the burning wing so as it ended up downwind of the cabin with the result the flames blew away from the plane and the paint on the cabin wasn't even scorched. Even still, it was horrific to see the CZcams clips of the mayhem and terror within the cabin even though no one was burnt in any way.
The O'Hare fire was three years ago. See link: czcams.com/video/_ElI8yq8ooY/video.html
Atleast the pilots didnt take off. Aborting was one of the best decisions they made. If they took off, everyone would of died no doubt
It was very fortunate that they were not past V1 when this happened.
@@lizlovsdagmara5525 Well, if V1 had passed I would have aborted anyway. Overrun or loss of control?
have not of.
There is a counter argument that had they got into the air and shut down the engine, the fire would have blown itself out, and they would have been able to land safely with loss of no lives, but it was still considered the correct thing to do at the time to abort take off.
@@lizlovsdagmara5525 This is exactly what happened to Air France flight 4590.
A piece of metal debris from a Continental Airlines DC10 got into the engine of the Air France aircraft during takeoff, causing the engine to catch fire. However unlike the incident in this video, flight 4590 was past V1, so they had to take off and tried to turn back and failed, crashing fatally. This incident, alongside 9/11, were the two reasons why Concorde was retired by its only two operators, and we would never see a supersonic airliner again.
Many important lessons and insights came from this deadly accident. Today's planes and evacuation procedures are much safer than they were in 1985. I am a private pilot and also a boat pilot. The first thing I was taught about handling a fire situation on a boat is to maneuver the boat to put the fire downwind (leeward).
Fortunately, I knew this very well when an Evinrude 115 outboard motor caught fire in my 20-feet boat after several unsuccessful attempts to start it on a lonely island in the Paraná River, Argentina.
I managed to steer the boat with the oar to place the fire leeward and then my friend could put it off with the extinguisher. Nothing serious happened.
In the British Airtours accident -that I have studied from different sources-, the plane was taking off from runway 24 with a 6-knot headwind. The captain aborts the maneuver and makes a 90º right turn on link D before stopping. The plane stopped heading 330, with the wind coming from 250 and the fire was in the left wing. The fire was at the upwind side!
The captain followed the common rule to leave the runway through a taxiway, and all taxiways were at his right.
If the plane had turned 90º to the left - even if it had to be done on the same runway or even on the grass - the most probable outcome would have been that there were no fatalities.
I understand that neither the captain nor ATC were trained in 1985 to follow this simple rule of thumb in the event of a plane fire at an airport and the aircraft is still maneuverable. But, unfortunately, I do not see that this conclusion has been drawn as learning, at least with the importance that it deserves to be emphasized.
My question for professional pilots: have you been trained to maneuver the craft to locate the fire downwind in a case similar to this?
And for air traffic controllers: have you been trained to give precise instructions to pilots to carry out such a maneuver?
Conclusion: The 737-200 was a lethal fire trap, with extreme vulnerability to fire, toxic cabin materials, and malfunctioning exits. Have these grievous deficiencies been resolved in current 737 models?
The interior materials on this flight were found on all other passenger aircraft at the time. This crashed overhauled everything about flammability, evacuation, and airport firefighting. The problems were not specific to just the 737-200, it was on all aircrafts.
bboucharde Yes, all planes are under regulations to prevent things like this from happening. Interior materials have fire resistant coatings and are made to be less toxic when burnt. More space is also required for overwing exits now. Keep in mind this was a long time ago where aviation had many fewer regulations.
Timothy Simpson it was that crash that introduced floor lighting. The cabin was already full of smoke by the time the plane landed and passengers couldn’t find the exits
Yes but they fall out of the sky instead.
Probably, but now new problems as jet nose dives un commanded into terrain .
In 1985 I was a young flight attendant and completely shocked by this incident.
What a horrific way to loose your life while desperately fighting for it amidst growing smoke and heat.
Later I realised that flying was far more risky back then, than it is today. Many things have been improved for more safety.
R.I.P.😢
My goodness, how horribly tragic. Watching this was so emotional for me. Those poor people... I can’t begin to imagine the pain and fear they felt. My heart goes out to them and their families.
The worse was the airport helicopter debacle for the 1972 Munich Olympics where the terrorists burned the tied up and stacked like logs Israeli Olympic team!
@@kimballscarr both tough wanks tbf
RIP for 55 people
Thanks TFC to created this video
⦃Deรtгøψeг GamiŇg⦄ i could see your lack of english bud
@@6z0 is being an English teacher on youtube your side job bud
B I am a english teacher in real life lol
B so technically i guess it could be
Siluro ok
I remember it on TV. My wife lost a friend in this accident, thank you.
Oh sorry to hear about it
Damn I just have to say this one had my eyes watering. These videos are so well made and by far the best out of all the other flight channels.
This gave me chills. How terrifying. This is one of the worst,kind of the same kind of horror as the Saudia L1011. Thank you heros, and to the families who lost loved ones. RIP
I love this too. I love the death ones.
Even if your vids are recorded in a simualtor its still better than national geographic :L
You’re goddamn right hes better than all of the other flight channels, because he IS the flight channel
It is because of this accident that EPL (Emergency Path Lighting) was introduced on the Aisles of all commercial Aircraft.
This and another, Air Canada flight 797 developed a laboratory fire, and while evacuation was taking place, smoke blocked passengers view of the exits, eventually a flashover occurred and almost everyone still in the plane was killed
@@ivebeenmemed They had a laboratory on the plane? Wow, futuristic.
@@dx1450 He meant lavatory lol
@@proximated2890 I know, that's the joke.
That new intro is sick, you just keep getting better and better TFC. Keep it up!
Also, R.I.P to those 55 people onboard.
Did you mean "slick" by any chance?
@@EricIrl
Quite possibly "sick" is in the realm of "cool" and "hot" lingo being positive yet opposite. Perhaps one day we will understand our own language expressions if ever. ;)
Yes, 'sick' means really really good. Almost makes you sick, it's so good. Remember gnarly? "Difficult dangerous or challenging". But it gained a whole new meaning after it's use by teens in the mid 80s.
@@bigbaddms I get confused with all this modern lingo. I'm still not sure what "Fab" or "groovy" means.
Finally a captain who refused to take off after hearing a loud noise💛
Notification: you have a TFC video waiting.
Me: locks all doors, turns off all lights and prepares for education!
I can never get enough of this channel! This is education without being bored to tears! Thank you for all your hard work, TFC!
Damn, the fire moved so fast! I wonder if people had kept their composure, how that would have affected the survival rate. I also wonder if the limited width at the wing escape route and the poor placement of seats is why those seats are now more spacious and so valued by taller passengers.
Manufacturers back then just thinking about meeting the minimum safety requirements, how can the emergency exit entrance be 10 inches wide!
Indeed, but, considering the circumstances, it's difficult to fault the passengers for losing their composure. Studies have demonstrated that people on fire or under imminent threat of bursting into flames are more likely to exercise poor judgement than their peers who are not in a combustible environment.
Science, huh?
Jeffrey Dodson, I do not fault the passengers at all. I know I could not do better and would probably do worse. My curiosity is just academic, I suspect they would be close and the panicked ones may have been faster once the knot was sorted. With the speed of the fire they had very little time either way.
In the "Air Disasters" show, they examined this detail thoroughly and found out that the narrow exit near the galley caused passengers to smash together and block the exit. It was too small. Once 2 passengers were wedged in, they were smashed from behind by others and couldn't go through, or go back. They ran a test where they offered to pay the 'evacuees' a bonus for exiting, and the exact thing happened as they suspected... they got wedged and stuck.
under the circumstances explained here no one was going to keep their composure.
Although this was heartbreaking, I must commend you for an exquisitely produced video. You are the best of the best.
Really heartbreaking to watch. I can't imagine how terrifying it must have been in the cabin. That a fuselage could be breached by fire in such a short period of time was ridiculous. Rest in peace to all who lost their lives. Just heartbreaking. Amazing job with this video, FC.
I appreciate that you make the video the perfect size to zoom in on with my Note 10+ without cropping out anything. You're the only CZcamsr that does this. Kudos!
Thanks for creating this one. Rip for the 55 souls 💔
Great job with the graphics and effects here. I am always looking forward to your next video! A+! 🇨🇦
One of the best channels on YT! We learn something new everyday as life is a constant learning process. Thank you for these. I'm so glad I subscribed!! :-)
I actually saw this while I was working at Manchester Airport (Southside - Can't remember now if I was working at Grosvenor or NEA - they were next to each other and I worked for both companies during this time) but I can remember just staring at the flames in horror.
I’m English, I remember this appalling disaster well- it shocked the country . Very 😞. There were numerous examples of heroic bravery that day.
Not mentioned surprisingly was the huge permanent difference this made to airline travel. Rapidly modifications were made : non flammable materials ( weren’t before 😯!!) everywhere, fire fighting equipment for crew carried, that stupid rear “ escape door” seat bs redesigned, and the reason there are parallel rows of lights along a planes floor illuminated when stopped etc is entirely down to this horror.
1985- A nightmare year for civil aviation 😔
"late 2018- early 2019" allow us to introduce ourselves
@@vojta4045 k
The airlines think of the money saved by repairing parts instead of replacing them.
It's the same as state highway authorities knowing in advance that the decision to not do expensive excavation but instead to curve highways around higher topographical features, will cost lives because more accidents occur at curves as opposed to straight highway.
@@Randomvideos-zi7pe not even close
@@dezznutz3743 k
The only people who seemed to be on their A game was fire response ! Shout out to them
Not sure about that. Why couldn't they put out the fire? The tools were too small?
@Silver Leaf
Stopped the aircraft crosswind, unfortunately.
A full plane of fuel can burn for hours despite continuously foam. Go look up many disasters. Some have taken nearly a day to deal with. Sometimes it’ll just keep dripping out of the fuel tank but you can’t do anything to plug it. So it drops and reignites over and over. Putting out a leak fire like this quickly is near to impossible. The fire crew did as well as they could. Fire is quick and doesn’t care.
NichohlasLopez: Agreed....acted on their own initiative and arrived minutes earlier than they would have had they waited for the "official" alarm.
How many lives did that alone save?
elbuggo:
There is a limited amount of foam you can carry even on a mammoth 8 wheel machine such as those at Manchester Airport.
They were state of the art at the time.
The plane was fully loaded for a long flight with fuel....once burning it is extremely difficult to "smother" with foam....simply due to aircraft design....you cannot easily exclude air from such a burning fire being constantly fed with "fuel & oxygen" and only water will remove the "heat" side of the "Fire-Triangle".
Yes, the final position of the aircraft in relation to the wind direction certainly played a part.....but so did the difficulty opening the right-hand forward door.
Not to mention the problems with the "over-wing-escape-hatches" (Compounded by the 'need' to cram in as many seats as possible on a charter flight.)
Then there is the question of the materials used in the planes' construction.
Most of those who died did so from smoke inhalation:
Not heat from the actual fire.
Your thinly-veiled criticism of the Fire Crew is totally unwarranted.
(Are you, perchance, a citizen of the USA?.... Just wondering.....)
Bollocks. I was there, and they weren't the only ones. Arthur Bradbury, Joanna Toff, Sharon Ford and Jacqui Urbanski were awarded the.Queen's Gallantry Medal. Jo was entering the smoke filled cabinn (one survivor told me it was like treacle), and pulling passengers to safety.
Excellent remake of this accident and amazing animations added as well. Not to much more could have gone wrong to make it any worse. It appears everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Thank you tfc for the amount of time you invest in your video's. I don't know if a lot of folks realize what it takes to put one of these video's together and you do it very well. Thank you as always for your time and hard work, this is why you are the NUMBER ONE AVIATION channel.
Thanks man. I’m glad you appreciate my content!! 😊😊
Videos get more detailed every season. Love the channel!
Incredible, you are getting better and better with each video. So impressed!
Full credit to the flight crew who gave their best to evacuate the passengers under really challenging circumstances. We get annoyed when they ask us to put our bags away properly, but they are trained and dedicated. Full respect.
Why the hell isn’t everybody watching this CZcams channel?!?
More stellar work. Thank you!!
I remember this accident vividly, I flew out of Manchester a few days after it and can still see the scorch marks on the ground. It was my girlfriend's first time flying, also one of the stewardesses was new in the job and scared so I had to sit holding my girlfriend's hand on one side and the stewardesses hand on the other side. RIP to all that were lost.
TheFlightChannel: Uploads* Me: sees notification, stops breathing to click, slicks so fast I'd swipe my finger off*
Respect for the effort you put in your videos
Quality content as always. RIP the 55 passengers who left the world.
Wow! You are almost at 1m subs! You deserve it! Lots of hard work goes into these recreations! Thank you so much for sharing that hard work and talent ! Amazing Recreation as always!
I beg you, for one day you can rebuild the flight vasp 375.....
I know it was not a fatality, but, this was a flight, like many others that have in this channel, where there was an act of heroism on the part of a pilot, so, I think that it deserves a reconstruction.
Thanks.
Every time I board a plane I count the seats to the exits in both directions. I also count the doors to exit stairs when in a hotel or apartment. A minute of preparation could save your life in a fire where smoke was too thick to see the exits. I was on the 29th floor of a building on fire once and the smell of smoke is very scary. I exited the building immediately and fortunately there were no fatalities. Check your fire alarms, keep fire extinguishers up to date. Preparation helps you survive!
My heart goes out to people who lose their lives in the line of duty., there must be a special place in heaven to honor them.
@Brummiewellington don't waste your time replying to this moron.Been spamming non stop..😒
Tears are literally shedding from my eyes awesome job by the both the FO and Capt!!! Bravo guys
I absolutely love the music on your videos it’s almost like ASMR to me sooo relaxing.. best videos ever
These memorial videos, for such they are, are superb at describing accidents in detail, to remind us all that this world has heros, dedicated people whose whole concern is saving people. Also, in outlining why accidents happen, hopefully ensuring that they don't happen again.
Nice Video theflightchannel
It should'nt be an over wing escape hatch but a proper door.
You should get credit for that suggestion.
Which would mean removing a seat from each side as the door has to pull inwards to be opened. Bit like the A321’s. and it would have to be a flight attendant who opens it so needs more crew on such a small plane
The design of the 737 overwing exits has changed since this incident. They are now very easily opened by pulling one handle and are hinged at the top. A powerful spring mechanism takes over when the handle is pulled. The exit rapidly opens outwards, flips up, and stays attached to the fuselage along its top edge, not obstructing flow or having to be placed on seats or thrown outside. A very much better design.
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I am really sorry that I can’t give you more than 1 like per video, believe me you deserve more
Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them Oh God, And Let The Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them, May They Rest in Peace. Amen.
They are not "resting".
Always so sad :/
Yesss I was waiting for this episode!! Omggg
Love your videos! ❤️
Credit to the firecrew who acted before even recieving a call. If it wasn't for their speed of action, this could've been a lot worse.
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Your visualizations are very well-done, @TheFlightChannel. That can't be a small amount of work!
This accident changed lots of procedures for flight crew and cabin crew and also for aircraft engine and cabin design. There were many lessons learnt, unfortunate that so many had to die first. Thankfully we also treat people better today after a traumatic event. The captain died recently after suffering Parkinson’s for many years, which was probably brought on by this trauma being suppressed. Lovely man, he didn’t deserve this.
Great presentation. Love the realism depicted. Keep up the good effort.👍
Thanks for the video, it's sad that people lost their lives, may their souls rest in eternal peace.
I'm aware you read these comments. I watch your videos when I'm working late at night on databases and reports. Sometimes I'll notice when you've improved on a cinematography idea or the way you cut the music is a little different. Nuances. I enjoy them. They catch me.
I was chatting in-game to a random person while flying my B-29 in a custom match in War Thunder last week and how I was listening and watching one of your videos on my other monitor, and he said he creates music like I create videos. It was a nice change of pace while flying at 30,000 feet to my bombing destination, how we were talking about music. I paused your video for a few minutes. He linked me to his music and I was surprised that it fit into the style that you portray through your cinematography. I let it play through his entire album. I called off the bombing strike and maintained FL300, flying off into the scenery of Germany, enjoying this weird 4AM journey through solitude and self-reflection with your videos in mind.
He has this piece called "Mattawa". I think it would fit nicely into a future video of yours. Great guy. Goes by lowtide.
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Give it a shot. Or not. I'll continue watching and enjoying your videos, and I'll continue listening and watching your future artistry at work telling the stories of those who can't, and giving a form of relief to those who survived.
RIP All lost, I remember this event as it happened a couple of months after I had left the RAF.
Colin Boneham what’s the RAF?
Royal Air Force
It was standard in that era to clear the runway, so the runway was not blocked.
This was a good idea that was not thought through.
Once the aircraft is covered by emergency vehicles, the runway is blocked anyway.
And the airfield must close if the emergency vehicles are in use.
So now the pilots are told to just stop on the runway.
Wow! Amzing fire animation in the cabin, really great
stfu
@@fbcaware8805 shut the fuck up?
I agree.
THIS is why I read that safety pamplet EVERYTIME I fly! You never know!
Amazing video.
I hate/love this channel. I love it for the quality, they are very interesting, and detailed. I hate it because I watch 1 video, then 2hrs later I realized I watched 10 lol great stuff!
Great video as always. Just curious if you plan on moving to MS Flight 2020? Graphics as you know are unbelievable!
I hope no one died because of people trying to get their overhead luggage down! They needed to move extremely fast!
I wasn't here in 1985. My family told me about this disaster (panic on the runway). I have seen a reconstruction of the British Airtours on air crash investigation. Lessons has been learned after that happened.
Im a proud Mancunian (meaning someone born and grown up in Manchester) and everyone in Manchester who is old enough to remember this, we never forget the tragedy which occured on this dark day
Splendid video ✈️👍🏻
Exceptional video!
A horrifying experience for sure for those poor people !
This video was so well done that it almost felt like we were there ! I was starting to sweat and panic myself !
Great video
I remember this as it happened just 8 days before my 16th birthday and it was classed as local news as I lived in Manchester at the time. Very sad
Nice video !
This video is masterfully made, and shows this tragedy in a very good way. God bless the people that died.
interesting to watch in this case how the tail seats were the most compromised in a runway fire scenario; contrary to a ground colission where the cabin up to the middle fuselage gets the most damage
I was thinking exactly the same, had decided to sit in the tail section next time we flew after watching all these crash videos, maar nou ja!
Flight channel should be awarded a medal for outstanding true online utube video's.....
You don't have to even be in the air for a plane to become a death trap!
I’m addicted to this. Channel but I always cry if anyone dies.this is my home Airport making it worse. I Applaud the fire officers entering a burning plane I’m delighted they got awards from the Queen and the brave staff.. I applaud the pilots decision making to .I think today’s craft are designed to make it easy to escape they practise getting everyone off in chutes in a few minutes now. RIP my heart is with the families of the dead ✈️🇬🇧💕🌷😥
Beside heartbreaking incident I really appreciate the firefighters who proactively got into action upon hearing the thud sound... But a very tragic death...
My first ever flight was on a British Airtours leaving Gatwick to Palma. This was the first time I have ever heard of this disaster. All those poor souls on board
August 1985 literally happened in threes! 😮😮😮
Such a tragic day. 😔
Amazing video.Thank you and Boeing 737 always rockzz. Sorry for the lost souls. RIP
Well done! The new interior graphics added much depth to this tragic accident. 😥 Would like to see Quantas 32 and BA 009.
Heartbreaking... that aside for a moment, this was even better than your previous videos, excellent as they have been. It's been fun watching the evolution in your superb productions.
So many things wrong...all leading to a cascade of steps leading to a huge loss of life. I have never been able to believe that materials have been used all along in passenger aircraft - even knowing that the vast majority of passengers survive a crash or on-tarmac event. Even the clothing worn by the aircrew may be flammable or can melt sticking to flesh and causing much greater burns... I don't get it.
Years ago I was taking a late-night flight to Atlanta sitting in the back of a pretty crowded MD-80. The passenger sitting next to me was an attractive woman probably about my age (mid-40s at the time). It was loud back there between the engines so we didn't really chat except to pantomime back and forth when the drinks cart came around. An hour or so into the flight and we started to manage a little small-talk. She asked if I was active duty as I was still wearing a flight suit from some rotary-wing flying late that afternoon. No, I just hadn't taken time to change as I was headed home for a hot shower and a warm bed. Well, she said, if my brother had been wearing one of those, he'd probably be alive today. That's a kind of small talk breaker... I expressed my sympathy but she wanted to continue. "You remember that Southern flight that came down just outside of Atlanta a few years ago? Well, my brother was one of the surviving passengers who ran to a house nearby. He lived long enough to get to the door and call for help but died of his burns before they got him to the hospital."
She was talking about a DC-9, flight 242 that came down in a thunderstorm and lost a number of people who would have otherwise survived due to burns and smoke inhalation. The woman felt that if her brother had been wearing Nomex rather than the polyester or nylon blend clothes he had on he could have survived the fire because the fabric wouldn't have melted to his skin.
All this just makes me wonder why flammable carpets and seat covers along with other materials that off-gas toxins like cyanide are still used. Not every crash is sure death. When it comes to a family member like my fellow passenger's it really seems we should do everything possible to give survivors a chance when they are able to walk away from an accident. If the fates let them survive punching a hole in the ground, just think of how sad it is to die of preventable burns or smoke inhalation a short time later.
Your sad story brings up another point - we as passengers should also think about what we wear on flights - I remember a corner of my nylon dressing gown slipping between the bars of a heater one evening, and the speed it went up in flames was astonishing, melting into plastic in microseconds. Thank goodness I had not tied the belt, and managed to slip out of it instantly. While we can't wear flame retardant suits, I will remember never to wear highly flammable clothes in future, and I'm surprised it's not advised by airlines, its something we don't think about..
48 perished from smoke which means 5 perished from fire. That's horrific. As a former flight attendant, this was one of my biggest fears - fire. We were told that if a fire started, we had seconds to contain it because within a minute or so the entire cabin could be on fire. This was also back in the late 80s when people were allowed to smoke too.
They weren't allowed to smoke on take off and it was in 1985. I was there.
I remember this happening.
Tragically,stopping the aircraft crosswind and the wrong side did not help the situation.
God Bless all those who lost their lives in this accident.
nice vid i havent herd of you in a whole
Wow I. Am surprised so many lost their lives . I was on a flight from Orlando fla to Philadelphia pa when the pilot aborted the takeoff. At the time I didn’t know how serious it is to abort take off, however they made us sit on the plane for 45 minutes, hoping to fix the problem, and I was not happy about it because I was not flying on a plane that couldn’t take off. As it turned out, they couldn’t fix it and let us off to find another flight, and upgraded to first class to compensate for the inconvenience. Nice gesture but first class is still confinement. I do not and will not ever fly again!
Most circumstances it is safer for passengers to remain in the aircraft unless there is a catastrophic event occurring.
@@nightflyer3242 WTF? In what way is it ever safer to be on a plane? These airlines are fucking maniacs. If there's a fire or risk of fire, you want everyone off ASAP! And that's coming from a pilot.
@Nora Lincoln
If the potential for a fire event is even remotely possible all passengers and crew should be evacuated from the aircraft ASAP.
@@tiny_toilet A simple mechanical or engine failure does not mean a hazard to the aircraft. If a flight evacuates because of a simple failure it will put its passengers at risk because it's not safe for them to be walking on the ramp, taxiway, or runway. Evacuations also cause injuries, which is not worth it if the matter is controllable by the crew. Also, an evacuation means the airport's emergency services must respond to the aircraft, thus forcing the airport to close while tying up precious resources for actual catastrophic emergencies. Remember, aircrafts have their own fire extinguishing agents, if those are overwhelmed then yes, evacuate.
@@watershed44 No, the majority fires on aircrafts are manageable by the crew themselves. Usually a pull of a fire handle and discharge the bottle is good enough. Evacuations are for catastrophic emergencies that cannot control by the crew. If you evacuate passengers for a simple mechanical failure, it puts them at unnecessary risks and hazards by having them walking on active runways, taxiways, and ramps, plus injuries from accidental falls. Lastly, the airport's emergency services has to respond to any evacuating aircraft, which causes overstretch of resources for something that could've been solved by simply having the aircraft return to the stand.
I saw a show a while ago that showed a piece of airport fire fighting equipment that was a standard foam nozzle on a boom, but it had a tip designed to pierce the roof of the plane and spray foam into the passenger compartment while passengers were still inside the plane.
now I see why they invented that.
Thanks for the great videos and graphics. Would you consider narration in the future, it’s hard to drive and read the story, lol 😂
Great recreation tfc! Rip
My guts turned over a little as this started up, because I remember seeing it on the news, and the subsequent inquiry. Excellent as your videos are, I doubt this one really captures what a horrific incident this was. Two thoughts. First, uncontained engine/fuel system failure and fire on the ground seems to me to be a common failure mode. That 55 people lost their lives so tragically in this incident had the long-term effect of meaning that many hundreds, in future, did not. Second, that the economics of air travel (especially in relation to the 737) should continue to compromise safety should be a matter of utmost regret to the industry - and immediate action by it.
God, I remember being so afraid of flying following this, as I was flying out to Corfu about 3 weeks after this from BHX (on what turned out to be another 737 - 200 series Air Europe flight chartered by InterSun). Never the less, being only 6 years old resulted in what turned out to be a great flight and holiday and a love o commercial aviation since. God bless the folks on that plane that did not make it that far xxxx
AH FINALLY, AFTER SO MANY DAYS!
The fact that the firefighters BLOCKED an exit..
This is almost like a Final Destination movie but through it all, a lot of lives were saved. Outstanding work on the crew, the tower and fire fighters that were already heading out, the second fire truck and to those passengers that pulled through. RIP to those that perished! All these saved lives are thanks to the quick reaction of the pilots and the decision to abort.
"It's just an engine fire, not too big of an issue"
*Sad music starts playing.*
"Oh no."
For some reason this one got to me. I'm speechless. My heart is saddened for those. What a horrible senseless way to die. I am so sad.