Terrifying: This Flight Crew Isn't Sure What Hit Their Plane! 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

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  • Operation Desert Storm, February 22, 1991: a USAF refueling plane experiences a violent leftward turn, mid-flight. For a few tense moments, the crew aren’t sure if the plane has malfunctioned or if they’re under attack.
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  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Před 3 lety +360

    Never underestimate wake turbulence. They were lucky that the other two engines managed to hold on because they were nearly blown off.

  • @tian.-.
    @tian.-. Před 3 lety +328

    “The engines are gone”
    Flight engineer: I-… don’t know what to say to that

  • @nathancard884
    @nathancard884 Před 3 lety +124

    Man: "The engines are gone!"
    Music: 💃💃🕺🕺🕺

  • @Asphyxiation12352
    @Asphyxiation12352 Před 3 lety +346

    I'm happy all aboard survived and may captain Sweeny get the medal of honor 😊

    • @anggahartoto
      @anggahartoto Před 3 lety +34

      I believe all crew members got an honor for that

    • @Asphyxiation12352
      @Asphyxiation12352 Před 3 lety +16

      @@anggahartoto I'm happy for them and have a nice day ma'am 😊❤

    • @two3470
      @two3470 Před 3 lety +8

      They gotten the Polaris Award pretty much the Medal of Honor but just for pilots

    • @capenterjojo3373
      @capenterjojo3373 Před 2 lety +2

      How come they survive without the engines

    • @two3470
      @two3470 Před 2 lety +4

      @@capenterjojo3373 I watched it and if I’m pretty sure I think they deployed the speed brakes because their decent was rapid

  • @v12ts.gaming
    @v12ts.gaming Před 3 lety +105

    Real answer: a wake turbulence from another KC-135 causes this KC-135 to turn sharply to the left and right, breaking off both left engines.

  • @lexusdriver1963
    @lexusdriver1963 Před 2 lety +52

    Mission Disaster is one of my favorite Air Crash Investigation (Air Disaster) episodes ever because we see the crew working together in the event of an unexpected emergency and getting the plane back to the airport safely. The crew working together is a true show of Crew Resource Management. No matter how senior or junior you are: Captain, Senior First Officer, First Officer or Second Officer flying a jetliner or any large airliner or in this case a large military jet plane you work together as a team.

  • @bandabanderos
    @bandabanderos Před 2 lety +22

    “How was the flight?”
    “Oh not bad, just lost a couple engines, no biggie”

    • @lotslivingonthestreet
      @lotslivingonthestreet Před 2 lety +1

      ATC : Are you declare emergency?
      Pilot : negative, my engine just gone but not emergency

  • @pieseldatches
    @pieseldatches Před 3 lety +81

    I'm just happy that it wasn't a passenger flight. I can't imagine the horror being in a plane that's literally rolling and lost two engines in mid-air.

    • @raqu7066
      @raqu7066 Před 3 lety +11

      Check El Al Flight 1862

    • @ddharris8566
      @ddharris8566 Před 3 lety +10

      @@raqu7066 Even though El Al was a civilian flight, it was a cargo jet and the majority of deaths were from the ground.

    • @lionman3378
      @lionman3378 Před 2 lety +1

      Can't imagine the horror of those family onboard Iran national plane that was shot down by biggest world biggest terrorist (the united states' military) in 1988

    • @potato1907
      @potato1907 Před 2 lety

      air trans whatever?
      I'm pretty sure it was a similar thing but not sure if it was wake turbulence
      edit: it was this czcams.com/video/5eg0MgOFZVc/video.html

    • @potato1907
      @potato1907 Před 2 lety

      @@lionman3378 I'm getting political with this but I'm pretty sure a bunch of other nations have shot down wayy more passenger planes (such as the soviet union)

  • @GameOver-yr7ms
    @GameOver-yr7ms Před 3 lety +45

    Aircraft crew : Engines are gone
    Atmosphere of the plane now : sad flute 😂😂

    • @pokoknya
      @pokoknya Před 3 lety +5

      Titanic flute

    • @AbhishekSanyalTGV
      @AbhishekSanyalTGV Před 2 lety +1

      Funnily enough, when I read sad flute, I thought of that funny Titanic flute

  • @YYPeh
    @YYPeh Před 3 lety +53

    Smart move there by the captain to level off the aircraft using speed brakes during the sharp bank/roll to the sides. Are non Air Force pilots taught that?

    • @ko6jay681
      @ko6jay681 Před 2 lety +7

      yes

    • @justicelut
      @justicelut Před 2 lety +17

      All pilots are trained to use speed brakes for different applications!

    • @guneetify
      @guneetify Před rokem +1

      Never taught to be used in extreme situations like this. Just fir normal application and sone emergency procedures.

  • @faridkalouch7962
    @faridkalouch7962 Před 3 lety +113

    These are literally *SOOO* addicting to watch

    • @ilhanhaque1809
      @ilhanhaque1809 Před 3 lety

      Yeah

    • @dzenishadzic664
      @dzenishadzic664 Před 3 lety

      Better than a movie. Just grab some popcorn and turn on smithsonian channel

    • @helwatywahab5236
      @helwatywahab5236 Před 3 lety

      This accident no in wikipedia/google_-😢😢😢

    • @Meghnaaad
      @Meghnaaad Před 3 lety +1

      You are writing this comment in hope of getting likes. 😂😂😂
      This comment is in every single one of their videos.

    • @thulasiramgogula9368
      @thulasiramgogula9368 Před 3 lety

      Yes

  • @rampagoetech7024
    @rampagoetech7024 Před 3 lety +12

    The good thing is, they're survived

  • @padmavathys7284
    @padmavathys7284 Před 3 lety +9

    Engines : Okay We have worked a lot...Time to leave...Take care, bye...😅

  • @shaofuchang515
    @shaofuchang515 Před 2 lety +13

    They were lucky. Grissom KC-135E aircraft 58-0013 lost two engines, and the aircrew was still able to land with no loss of life. crew encountered jet wash. The unexpected jet wash pitched them so violently from side-to-side, that somewhere in the process, both engines on the left side of the tanker were torn free, leaving the fully loaded tanker with very serious control problems. the entire crew was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their skill in safely landing the aircraft. They tried to duplicate the feat in the simulator and crashed every time.
    Meanwhile a similar incident was a KC-135A, 58-0002, entered a thunderstorm near Killeen, Texas. Two engines separated and one of the engines struck the tail, causing loss of control. The aircraft crashed on a hillside, killing all four crew on board. That was back in 1959

  • @PHOENIX-kl6ig
    @PHOENIX-kl6ig Před 3 lety +8

    “The engines are gone”
    “Roger”

  • @nihaoyt5835
    @nihaoyt5835 Před 3 lety +43

    If this happened before takeoff: Captain: Why is the right wing sounding so quite? *Boom Operator leaves seat and comes into cockpit* Boom Operator: There's a problem Pilots: What problem?! Boom Operator: Engine one and two is missing?

  • @Commentator541
    @Commentator541 Před 2 lety +12

    He remembered the training - let’s give him a medal. :D

  • @Amummu
    @Amummu Před 3 lety +8

    Great presence of mind by senior pilot... Glad all alive in the end..

  • @thedave5748
    @thedave5748 Před 2 lety +4

    Its good to see one of the crew men commenting in current time - so you know they made it...

  • @ididyermom3273
    @ididyermom3273 Před 3 lety +7

    They Hit Genie on Flying Carpet!! They killed Aladdin!!

  • @LaniakeaDenizen
    @LaniakeaDenizen Před 3 lety +10

    Excellent sideways acting by the guy at 1:45 there.

  • @itzrektevolved9519
    @itzrektevolved9519 Před 3 lety +6

    1:20 did i see the airspeed drops??

  • @gemstonegamingisautistic1877

    To all the comedians who are happy that the camera man survived
    Dead Joke

  • @scottgamedev8542
    @scottgamedev8542 Před 3 lety +16

    Like a wiseman once said: "If you don't know what hit your plane, just find out".

  • @thishandlesucks-webcookie
    @thishandlesucks-webcookie Před 3 lety +28

    "Never board a plane when you see a Smithsonian crew onboard."
    please stop those comments

  • @saadinan7616
    @saadinan7616 Před 2 lety +8

    Amazing skilled pilot!

  • @peter-pan2011
    @peter-pan2011 Před 3 lety +4

    We need daily Iv watched them all over so many time I love em !!!!

  • @GEORGIABOY23
    @GEORGIABOY23 Před rokem +1

    I love how this show stopped right in the

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 Před 3 lety +2

    Excellent work fellows!!😎🇺🇸

  • @hecklersfan991
    @hecklersfan991 Před 3 lety +7

    Guys when this plane two engines were gone it didn’t make it stall nor turning to right it made an emergency landing and it landed safely :)

  • @derpyto3z
    @derpyto3z Před 2 lety

    I swear this is the first time Air crash investigation has used the actual real engine sound rather than the mundane one they normally use

  • @Interdictiondeltawing
    @Interdictiondeltawing Před 3 lety +3

    2:12 my maneuvers in war thunder

    • @helwatywahab5236
      @helwatywahab5236 Před 3 lety

      Did yo know??!!!
      This accident no in wikipedia/google
      Me be like: 😢😢😢😭😭😭

    • @Oshawottlover23
      @Oshawottlover23 Před 3 lety

      @@helwatywahab5236 why u cring?

    • @helwatywahab5236
      @helwatywahab5236 Před 3 lety

      @@Oshawottlover23 i sad....and i search in wikipedia or google they not found this accident😭😭😭

  • @strikezero01
    @strikezero01 Před 2 lety +1

    the engines are gone!?
    what the hell!! 0_o

  • @tram_modmaster
    @tram_modmaster Před 3 lety +1

    when your engines go engineer be like what was that

  • @OfficialDoggyYT
    @OfficialDoggyYT Před 3 lety +9

    I actually watched this a few weeks ago on Air Crash Investigation on National Geographic, the cause? Wake vortex of the plane infront caused the plane to bank more then 110 degrees over in less than 1 second, the stress causes both engines on the left wing to fall off, there was never a fire.

    • @sharoncassell9358
      @sharoncassell9358 Před rokem

      That would cause asymmetry unbalancing the plane. They would need to add rudder to compensate for that not just speedbrakes. There was a lot more maneuvering than that.

  • @Skybound_travel
    @Skybound_travel Před 2 lety +1

    Epic recovery!

  • @rheycabuloy2012
    @rheycabuloy2012 Před 2 lety +5

    Boom Operator: "The engines are not on fire"
    Captain: Ahhh thank goodness.
    Boom Operator:They're not on fire.. They're gone!
    Captain: 🤔🤔🤔

    • @mathialagan3528
      @mathialagan3528 Před 2 lety

      😂😂

    • @HimanshuVerma-vk6nf
      @HimanshuVerma-vk6nf Před 2 lety

      Captain: *thinks for a moment* Roger that

    • @sharoncassell9358
      @sharoncassell9358 Před rokem

      Good thing engines ejected so no fire could cause more trouble. It just changed the balance of the plane and it banked more.

  • @Mark_A50
    @Mark_A50 Před 3 lety +4

    reminds me about el al 1862

  • @LeemWills
    @LeemWills Před 3 lety

    crazy thank god they wee safe after

  • @miguelreyes5924
    @miguelreyes5924 Před 3 lety +4

    Bro but what the hell happen? Why your videos doesn't have end 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @canalcaribeno
    @canalcaribeno Před 2 lety

    Great channel.👍🏻

  • @paulchew7675
    @paulchew7675 Před 2 lety

    Watched this last night. Very interesting.

  • @ronhazlewood6767
    @ronhazlewood6767 Před 3 lety +8

    So what happened? What caused the engines to fall off? Where's the rest of the story?

    • @Powerranger-le4up
      @Powerranger-le4up Před 3 lety +5

      Wake turbulence from another passing KC-135 ripped two of the engines and left the other two just barely holding on.

    • @v12ts.gaming
      @v12ts.gaming Před 3 lety +4

      But the plane managed to land safely

    • @anusha6033
      @anusha6033 Před 2 lety

      @@Powerranger-le4up
      Oh god okay

  • @dougdesrosiers4571
    @dougdesrosiers4571 Před 3 lety

    Maybe someone should call Santa to see if he's missing any reindeer.

  • @q80aziz
    @q80aziz Před 2 lety

    Thus we are hung into eternal suspense .

  • @kathymcmahon5308
    @kathymcmahon5308 Před 3 lety +4

    Where is the rest of the video? I hate when they show only half.

  • @andrewparrott7260
    @andrewparrott7260 Před rokem

    Just a bit disconcerting when two of your four engines fall off on a mid routine flight. 🤔😖😫😫

  • @jaredhaas4168
    @jaredhaas4168 Před 2 lety +11

    It baffles me that these aircraft that cost 100s of millions of dollars and have every sensor and gauge you can think of, don't have cameras looking at every engine and control surface. Cameras are so light, cheap, and small these days. Why do they rely on having a crew member visually walk back and look out the window instead of being able to view the engines and control surfaces on a screen from the cockpit? Pilots are forced to piece together a puzzle based on sensors and warning lights instead of being able to visually see that, yep, that engine is gone, or that flap is stuck, or whatever.

    • @rbb9369
      @rbb9369 Před 2 lety

      So true!

    • @BenoitRAG3
      @BenoitRAG3 Před 2 lety

      ummmm....... where would they mount to have a good view that wouldn't lead to drag and all that jazz? The systems are in place to allow them to figure that out already.

    • @jaredhaas4168
      @jaredhaas4168 Před 2 lety +2

      @@BenoitRAG3 If they can put a camera in my phone flush, they could do it on the fuselage and wings. I don't see how it would add any measurable drag, weight, or expense. If they already have the systems to figure it out, why did the crew member in this video have to walk back to look out the window? Sensors and gauges are great, but the Mark 1 Eyeball is still one the most important sensors on any machine. Allowing the pilots to do a visual inspection from the cockpit seems like an asset with no real drawback.

    • @BenoitRAG3
      @BenoitRAG3 Před 2 lety

      @@jaredhaas4168 I'll just let you ponder on this one little fact. WERE it so easy, why has no airplane manufacturer done it? You don't think there's a correlation there?

    • @jaredhaas4168
      @jaredhaas4168 Před 2 lety +1

      @@BenoitRAG3 By that logic anything that hasn't been done can't be done.

  • @tajayshepherd977
    @tajayshepherd977 Před 2 lety

    Am happy that all survive captain sweeny gets medal of honor

  • @muhammedziyan6188
    @muhammedziyan6188 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow! 😃 a video from Saudi Arabia I'm in Saudi Arabia as well!

  • @oralrobert5536
    @oralrobert5536 Před 2 lety

    Kindly show till the end....

  • @NinjaFox311
    @NinjaFox311 Před 2 lety

    You should cover Alaska airlines flight 261 which crashed into the Atlantic (I think) in 2000 that was flying inverted until it crashed

  • @lavanyachella6515
    @lavanyachella6515 Před 3 lety +12

    I know this, The planes crew lets another plane pass them but not at a very safe distance, This created turbulence which turned the plane left and right. Since the g-force limits exceeded on the left wing due to which the two engines on the left wing detached.

    • @joecrammond6221
      @joecrammond6221 Před 3 lety +4

      luckily deploying the speed brakes when they did saved the plane, that and good team work between the crew

    • @_R-R
      @_R-R Před rokem

      The direction of the wind blew the turbulence into them. Everything else was by the book.

  • @Kiran_360_movement
    @Kiran_360_movement Před 3 lety +5

    Actually the plane flew into the wake turbulence of another kc 135 and the engines couldn't bare the pressure of these banks so they broke off causing the bank.

  • @doicare9407
    @doicare9407 Před 3 lety +2

    Why do I get this recommended 1 week before I go on holiday

    • @anusha6033
      @anusha6033 Před 2 lety

      Not a good sign babe I hope you are doing fine now

  • @k-awticbeats5765
    @k-awticbeats5765 Před 3 lety +2

    The lack of info in your videos is unreal

  • @seanmathews3148
    @seanmathews3148 Před 3 lety +6

    The true backround is whale-05 was following another Boeing KC-135, and they whale-05 when to the left, and the other went to the right, switching places mjid-flight. Because of this, they sufered SEVERE turbulence.

  • @The_Duggler25
    @The_Duggler25 Před 3 lety +1

    Seriously why isnt this show on Amazon

  • @nikhilsunny7791
    @nikhilsunny7791 Před 2 lety +1

    How can I watch full videos on this

  • @KNGexp
    @KNGexp Před 2 lety +1

    The banks make sense because you could definitely feel a several ton turbine leaving the airplane.

  • @AartiKumari-ri4vh
    @AartiKumari-ri4vh Před 2 lety

    Where can I watch the full episode ??

  • @RaisedLetter
    @RaisedLetter Před rokem

    Almost like a military version of El Al 1862

  • @vikrantsingh8156
    @vikrantsingh8156 Před 2 lety

    Where to get full episodes??

  • @legendkhanproductions5263

    Great movie

  • @iqrarraja90
    @iqrarraja90 Před 3 lety +1

    Please make longer videos

  • @TheRealHusk
    @TheRealHusk Před 2 lety

    I like the Smithsonian is using emojis now

  • @endevour.4218
    @endevour.4218 Před 3 lety

    yu should do that one where the c130 hercules that crashes in the philippines

  • @irfansheikh9063
    @irfansheikh9063 Před 2 lety

    Where can I watch this whole episode ?

  • @visheshtirthani4494
    @visheshtirthani4494 Před 2 lety

    Where to find full video

  • @dmitriypopykin2003
    @dmitriypopykin2003 Před 2 lety

    Just crazy flight

  • @shadysnare5547
    @shadysnare5547 Před 2 lety

    what episode and season is this?

  • @malkakannangara8125
    @malkakannangara8125 Před 2 lety

    Good pilot

  • @chanakaweerasinghe1505

    How can i see full video

  • @pdcdelacruz3138
    @pdcdelacruz3138 Před 3 lety +2

    Where is the full episode

  • @Sahilprakash1999
    @Sahilprakash1999 Před 3 lety +3

    February 6th 1991 United States Air Force KC-135 callsign is Whale 0-5 with 4 crew members on board Flys to the night mission into the middle east warzone

  • @starguy2718
    @starguy2718 Před 3 lety

    Over 20 years in the USAF, and he's only a Major?

  • @RobloxFunX
    @RobloxFunX Před 2 lety

    in 1:42 did i just heard the Boeing 747 take-off warning

  • @rodolfoayalajr.8589
    @rodolfoayalajr.8589 Před 3 lety

    Sad for short video.

  • @rayankhan8308
    @rayankhan8308 Před rokem

    When the engines slipped the plane took a bank angle leading to less altitude (for anyone who is confused).

  • @andrejjan2240
    @andrejjan2240 Před 2 lety +1

    Air Disasters, which season and episode, please?

  • @MrTwinkie797
    @MrTwinkie797 Před 2 lety

    I have not seen this episode :O

  • @ahmedrshd1160
    @ahmedrshd1160 Před 2 lety

    bro I'm from Pakistan but from Jeddah I was really shocked after knowing that this happened in my home city

  • @PlayBarbie
    @PlayBarbie Před 2 lety

    The engines are gone and broken out without fire, I think they were broken from the metal side

  • @jeremiahpeter8481
    @jeremiahpeter8481 Před 3 lety +3

    Looks like the engines are hawing fun in the are....

  • @rndmpinkiepie64
    @rndmpinkiepie64 Před 10 měsíci

    I mean, silver lining: no fire

  • @chanakaweerasinghe1505

    How can i see full invistigation

  • @heyitsme8222
    @heyitsme8222 Před 2 lety

    Where can de have full clip

  • @jackjack6054
    @jackjack6054 Před 2 lety

    Link whit full video pls

  • @aviciifan2719
    @aviciifan2719 Před rokem

    Dude just wanted to eat his food 1:38

  • @badweetabix
    @badweetabix Před 2 lety

    This video and the poster failed to mention that there were 2 aircrafts on this flight and the incident occurred soon after the second aircraft passed it and due to wind condition the wake turbulence of the other aircraft washed over this aircraft causing it to violently bank left.

  • @orbitalpotato9940
    @orbitalpotato9940 Před 2 lety

    cant have a fire if theres no engine

  • @raiderjames85
    @raiderjames85 Před 3 lety

    What episode is this?

  • @rockwin7111
    @rockwin7111 Před 2 lety

    Plzz upload full episode

  • @MarcusCliff
    @MarcusCliff Před 2 lety

    What episode was this please

  • @zaharahorrorgaming8624

    Wake terbulance is so Important to Be careful about. Wake terbulance happens when The wing had low pressure on top and high on below. When the two differences meet a circiling flow of air is created. It's easy to recover. If a Cessna takes off after a Boeing jumbo jet the Cessna will crash. That's why they say " heavy"

  • @stephenson1958
    @stephenson1958 Před 2 lety

    I do not understand why opening the airbrakes stabilised the plane?

  • @erichvonsilas1768
    @erichvonsilas1768 Před 3 lety

    its MAGIC

  • @beltigussin81
    @beltigussin81 Před 2 lety

    So how did they land

  • @AkkarinAviation1307
    @AkkarinAviation1307 Před 3 lety +1

    How to survive from the plane crash
    Be a camera man

  • @mothswing7776
    @mothswing7776 Před 2 lety

    OH DAMN THATS BAD 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱