Japan Airlines Flight 123 Accident (12 Aug 1985) - Cockpit Voice Recorder [English Subbed]
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- Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Osaka International Airport (Itami). The Boeing 747-SR46 that made this route, registered JA8119, suffered mechanical failures 12 minutes into flight and 32 minutes later crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometers from Tokyo, on Monday 12 August 1985. The crash site was on Osutaka Ridge (おすたかのおね, Osutaka-no-One), near Mount Osutaka. All 15 crew members and 505 out of 509 passengers died, resulting in a total of 520 deaths and 4 survivors. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history. The official cause of the crash according to the report published by Japan's then Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission is as follows:
1. The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.
2. The subsequent repair of the bulkhead did not conform to Boeing's approved repair methods. Their procedure calls for one continuous doubler plate with three rows of rivets to reinforce the damaged bulkhead, but the Boeing technicians fixing the aircraft used two separate doubler plates, one with two rows of rivets and one with only one row. This reduced the part's resistance to metal fatigue by 70%. According to the FAA, the one "doubler plate" which was specified for the job (the FAA calls it a "splice plate" - essentially a patch) was cut into two pieces parallel to the stress crack it was intended to reinforce, "to make it fit". This negated the effectiveness of two of the rows of rivets. During the investigation Boeing calculated that this incorrect installation would fail after approximately 10,000 pressurizations; the aircraft accomplished 12,319 take-offs between the installation of the new plate and the final accident.
3. When the bulkhead gave way, the resulting explosive decompression ruptured the lines of all four hydraulic systems. With the aircraft's control surfaces disabled, the aircraft became uncontrollable.
This is the CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) recorded while the accident was happening.
日本航空123便墜落事故（にほんこうくう123びんついらくじこ）は、1985年8月12日午後6時56分、日本航空（当時）123便、東京（羽田）発大阪（伊丹）行、ボーイング747SR-46（「ジャンボジェット」、機体記号JA8119）が群馬県多野郡上野村の高天原山に墜落した事故である。事故調査は、「同機がしりもち着陸事故を起こした後のボーイング社の修理が不適切だったことによる圧力隔壁の破損が原因」とする航空事故調査報告書が1987年6月19日に公表され終了している。運輸省航空事故調査委員会による事故調査報告書によると、死亡者数は乗員乗客524名のうち520名、生存者は4名であった。死者数は日本国内で発生した航空機事故では最多であり、単独機の航空事故では世界最多である。航空事故調査委員会が結論付けた事故原因の要点は以下の通りである。
1. 1978年6月2日に伊丹空港で同機がしりもち事故を起こした。
2. その後のボーイング社による修理が不適切であったため、
飛行の度に客室へ与圧を繰り返す内に圧力隔壁に金属疲労が蓄積した。
3. 金属疲労が限界を超えたため、飛行中に圧力隔壁の破壊が発生した。
4. 圧力隔壁から漏れ出した空気が後部の空洞を伝って垂直尾翼を破壊し、
航空機後部の4系統ある油圧操縦システムの全てが失われて操縦不能に陥った。
5. 油圧の無い状況でフラップを出しすぎたため、急激なダイブに陥り墜落した。
この動画は事故当時にコックピット内で録音されたCVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder)による音声記録です。
The pilots were true heroes. After this accident, investigators put 4 different flight crews through the same situation in a flight simulators. All 4 crews crashed the plane and none of them even managed to keep it in the air as long as the JAL 123 crew did.
That's pretty amazing when you consider the simulator crews had two huge advantages: They knew what the problem was and they had peace of mind of knowing it wasn't going to kill them.
+TheStapleGunKid Having that peace of mind can be your undoing. If you know your about to die, you'll gain that extra level of adrenaline that'll have you preforming at your absolute best as you try to survive.
I'd be using my adrenaline to shit more. I understand what you are saying but I'd loose it.
+TheStapleGunKid I salute the Japanese heros, they did the best they could do. I hate paper pushers that always trying to blame others to save money they are the worst of the worst!
The human mind achieves great things under duress.The mere possibility of no consequence brings about a casual air which can be deadly.
+Marc Bogart The Oxford Dictionary definition of "hero" is "a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities" - by the second of those three categories alone, they *were* heroes, whether or not your childhood perception of what a hero is lines up with that. As OP's comment outlines, they achieved more than most pilots could even with foresight of the situation.
Actually I think the final word of the captain is "もうだめ”. It literally means "there is no way to go", more like "we can not do anything now" or "we can not help it anymore". Anyway the captain and his crew are all real men. They fought till the end. Honorable.
thanks for the translation
cincin75ytb Hey you got the same amount of likes as the flight number!
+cincin75ytb It's the end!
PULL UP!
PULL UP
PULL UP
BANG!
*Silence*
Thank you for the translation. I think those words mean a lot more.
cincin75ytb The most accurate translation to that is actually "it's the end".
Its hard to imagine trying to fly a plane with only thrust levers, alarms sounding, relaying information to ATC, communicating with flight crew, and confronting your own mortality. Truly an amazing act of courage.
Not to mention the fact that it seems that they never donned their oxygen masks and appeared hypoxic for the first 20 odd minutes of the accident, before they finally got into a somewhat stabilised descent. Only, that descent happened towards some mountains. Definitely the most harrowing CVR for me to listen to.
Not to mention an incredible display of competence!
i realize for the first time that the captain knew it was over almost immediately. No hydraulics. You hear it in his voice. Still he worked the problem tirelessly. The recording is incredibly poignant.
Don't forget that some people did survive this crash.
Those pilots are absolutely heroes.
Especially given that such an event was basically unprecedented. UAL232 just (in an absolutely crazy coincidence) happened to have Denny Fitch on board, who had studied this exact incident and as a result that incident had a comparatively better outcome. This aircrew was just giving it their all without prior knowledge. Absolute heroes.
Only 4 people survived
@@93seronica It's a shame it is only 4, but the pilots did an amazing job for there to be surviors
They did!? I mean, I know it's not many, but it's a litte comforting, this recording was absolutely crushing
@@WedThursday I think there was more that survived it's just that rescue was late
Afterwards, Captain Takahama's daughter became a cabin attendant. Sasaki(co-pilot) and Fukuda(Aircraft engineer)'s son became a plane pilot.
They are flying in the sky just like their fathers.
Cat nip hero fathers have hero sons and daughter，respect them all
Respect.
But, after he died? That sounds terrifying in my opinion. Like I wouldn't wanna be on a plane after seeing this.
My mom became a pilot in the air force after both of her parents died in a plane crash when she was 18... It really must be something when you pursue the same type of career that killed your parents...
@Aggressive Tubesock Someone has to do it.
These pilots deserve a goddamn statue. Total respect and skill, the bird was just too wounded. What a sad way to die.
@@slavetrader1489 Fuck off!
@@slavetrader1489 stupidity at its finest.
i dont think its a sad way to die, pilots know the risk of being a pilot, so in my prespective this is a greatest, bravest, and the honorous way to die. they do everything they could to keep the plane in control but as u said before its just too wounded
@@slavetrader1489 nigga what
slave trader Uh dude? Trying to fly a plane that has lost absolutely all forms of conventional control is beyond difficult. Especially at the time, making a safe landing was pretty much impossible, especially since at the time, it was assumed that the loss of all hydraulics was so impossible, that nobody trained for it.
Keeping a severely crippled 747 with only different amounts of engine thrust for over half an hour isn’t easy at all, even in a simulator, especially since engines take time to respond (and a large passenger jet like a Boeing 747 takes time still to move) and is compounded by how engines don’t respond in a linear fashion (some will spool up a little faster than others). The crew never had a thought of “The plane’s out of control, might as well just die”, more like “We’ll probably die anyways, but let’s try our damndest to make a life threatening situation less so”.
The crew of United Airlines 232 had the same situation (loss of all forms of conventional control) and while they did manage to bring their crippled DC-10 to the ground, it was a crash landing. Over 60% survived, however. It also helped that one of the crew that helped (Dennis Fitch, who was a DC-10 instructor pilot) had known about JAL 123 (UA232 happened afterwards) and had some knowledge about what might happen in such a situation. Another factor was that unlike Japan’s mountainous terrain, Iowa was mostly flat, which meant more altitude just in case something goes wrong. UA232 also had the benefit of having their vertical stabilizer still intact. JAL’s stabilizer was torn off when the bulkhead failed.
In both cases however, the crew tried their absolute hardest to make a totally fatal situation at least much less so. And in both cases, the cause was maintenance error (faulty repair on JAL123, inadequate fan disk inspection procedures on UA232 plus manufacturing defect)
The japanese military took 14 hours to arrive to the crash site, which caused more deathes that could've been saved if they arrived faster, the 4 survivors said they were able to hear many people screaming all night in the forest. I can't imagine how terrifying that must've felt
Very True, the US military was first to arrive but were called back by the Japanese Authorities. 🤦♀️ They even radioed a signal to the Japanese and a nearby air base. I’m not sure how management was like back then but wow. I’m shocked by this delay. If only authorities didn’t call back the US military. Refusing help in moments like this is a BIG Mistake.
This is what happened few days ago in karachi where a plane crash in a residential area ..there was a lot of fire and people heard screaming but nobody dared to go inside the fire ..2 survived only ..
Omg so scary rip
I think it is huge problem. Even if it was rainy outside and also dark, Japanese military came to crush site after 12 hours. But, the accident happend before sunsat, so they should have go and search right after it happened.
Also, the Japanese military didn't think there wasn't a survivor, they only want to find CVR and FDR to find why it was happened. It is huge immoral for people who was survived right after the crash to think so! They could alive and keep going their life. The think was same with cutting off their possibilities.
@@HeyCentauri For all their successes, Japanese authorities can have serious bouts of incompetence and xenophobic arrogance especially when foreigners (Gaijin) are involved. It was pure arrogance rejecting the help of the USMC on that day.
It was also a contributing factor to the Fukushima disaster, when the plant was designed and American GE engineers pointed out that the backup generators were at risk of flooding, the Japanese management ignored them.
Captains talking to him like a father to a son, telling him to hold on and telling him when’s doing good. Heartbreaking.
"It's the end." The saddest last words I've heard in my entire life.
Cleb-Ster No. The saddest words were:
*"TERRAIN TERRAIN. PULL UP. PULL UP."*
I think so that.. too sad last words I've heard...
It's always ends like this, Clab...we just.die..
Pilot says もうだめ means literally there's nothing to do anymore
That's more good translation.
もうだめだ
Anyway, it's so sad wards.
Its a miracle that they even kept the plane aloft for 32 minutes with all hydrallic systems down
Can you fly a plane with just basic controls? Like with no hydrallics?
+Chen Kevin no you cant
It wasn't just the hydraulics being down, they also lost the vertical stabilizer in the explosive decompression. So not only did the crew have virtually no control but their aircraft lost a major part of it's aerodynamic stability.
Exactly
And it's also a miracle that 4 people survived the crash.. But it's also sad for the other 520, which died :(
Everybody talks about his sad last words, but the Captain says other great things in this video, in fact what the Captain says at 6:19 :「これはだめかもわからんね」 which they translated here as "It seems we couldn't help it" could just as correctly be translated as "this (situation)_might_ possibly be hopeless" or "we might be screwed here, I don't know." This became slightly memetic in Japan for its badass understatedness when they released the CVR along with some of his other sayings like はいじゃないが "don't just say 'yes!'" and どーんといこうや "just give it a try like BOOM!"
So the Captain became admired not just for his heroism but for his likable personality, which I think is touching.
The pilots may be dead, but their extreme professionalism in how they handled the plane helped pave the way for safer flight. Rest in Peace.
+++
POWA POWAAAAA
@@zillertalernazihassIs there anything wrong with what they said?
The crew saved four lives. They showed great honour and their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Never gave up.
Wolf 32 they would have saved more had an earlier rescue been allowed, but that’s not anyone’s fault other than whoever gave the order to hold the rescue back.
@@LunaCidnie
I think he referred to the pilot team. Not the rescuer team. I too think that they did a great job to at least give the lowest impact to the plane during the crash. They did their job perfectly to the very end. May they souls rest in peace.
Technically they saved more, the lackluster response from Japanese authoirties cost more...
They tried so hard that they managed to crash with the biggest amount of survivors possible. Unfortunately even those efforts were in vain since the government fucked up the rescue and ended up leaving them to die.
At least 4 managed to survive after the utter incompetence of the people in charge, which is a testimony to the pilots efforts and ability.
no telling how many really survived the inital crash.
That's beyond fucked up.
You can tell they tried their best.
ikr? R.I.P. them dudes really gave it all she's got.
From the Wikipedia article: Subsequent simulator re-enactments with the mechanical failures suffered by the crashed plane failed to produce a better solution, or outcome; none of the four flight crews in the simulations kept the plane aloft for as long as the 32 minutes achieved by the actual crew
That's impressive. They really did their absolute best, right until the end.
May they rest in peace.
Today marks 35 years since the crash.
Rest in peace, gone but not forgotten.
Respect. Ces pilotes sont de véritables héros. Je n'imagine même pas leurs peurs.. J'imagine aussi les passagers... Quelle tragédie.
35 years
To the people who died
R.I.P
Yeah... Rip
RIP 😔
RIP
RIP
123 Likes...
RIP..
I feel tremendous respect for this crew. I truly believe that their professionalism and bravery represent the highest level of dignity a human being can reach. They're gone too soon, but their strength during those 32 minutes exceeds what most of us can do in a whole life.
Michel well said
We have the same name! And I absolutely agree with your comment.
And the higherups wasted those 32 minutes.
Well said 👁️🙏
You do the best you can in life, then you get killed by something. Everybody, 100% of us.
These guys did the best they could in a really scary, desperate situation and in truth nothing they did would have mattered. They did their duty right to the end, and then everybody died. That is how it goes sometimes. You don't often get to choose WHEN, but you often do get to choose HOW you die.
RIP all those who didn't make it. This is absolutely one of the most chilling videos I've ever seen, yet such a valuable insight into such a horrific disaster.
Earth Uncut TV Well said. Horrible tragedy.
520 died, only 4 survived. Many more survived the crash but the died before rescue arrived.
When this tragedy happen. Im not born yet.. Rip to all dies.. They wacthing with god right now..
How are Americans an assailant in this, exactly? Just curious.
Probably referring to the faulty repair done by Boeing which is said to have caused the break off of the vertical stabilizer.
I am deeply impressed by the flight crew's discipline, even with stress and fear in their voices, showing to us they very well knew and were sure not to be able to safely land this aircraft anywhere.
The captain even refused to try to land at Nagoya, with it's airport located amidst densely populated areas. He knew exactly what was going to happen.
My highest respect to those brave men!
Since this tragic accident many things have been improved to make flying safer. Today's hydraulics and control back-up systems of the 747-8 are much different and safer than those systems back then.
And for the worst case, rescue efforts have also been improved.
R.I.P.
Haneda airport is surrounded by even more density than Nagoya - unless they took the approach from the south, but even so that is more dangerous and they were approaching from the north anyway. I don't think he refused Nagoya because of its location in a highly dense area - maybe he was already set on going back to Haneda and changing airports would add more to the confusion and stress he was feeling.
There have been a lot of plane crashes in history, but this one has always been one that has particularly stood out to me. I couldn't even imagine how difficult it must have been to keep the plane airborne as long as they did, the odds were stacked against them and they tried their absolute hardest. Their realization and acceptance of the situation at hand and their soon to be deaths is a truly horrible thing to have to listen to, I really hope that they at least knew in their last minutes that they did everything in their power to save the plane and they didn't have too much guilt and fear.
Tried that in a Simulator, I crashed in less than 7 minutes. These pilots were true heroes RIP
Atleast they saved some life
@@TheVeemonis there a online version of it?
6:44 “Hey there’s a mountain ahead” “I know”
Honestly the most terrifying words. Can’t believe their calmness.
It's like "if we fall here, we can't kill more people in ground"
MahouneArrow ; I’m afraid so...although it is tricky point to mention.
"can you descend?"
"guaranteed"
Pilots are usually calm people. Otherwise they wouldn't choose this job 😅
FUUCK, the Captains were so brave, fighted with the machine till end... Even when the end was near, They were saying "Sir" all the time, and that "Its.....THE END". Really sad that they didnt make it :(
MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers! Why are you so personally butthurt?
MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers!
You're misinformed, once JAL 123 was in its final minutes, an American C-130 stationed at 345 TAS was sent out. After the crash, the Americans found the wreckage 20 minutes later, and UH-1H helicopters were sent out to assist.
The problem was that at the time, the area of the crash and the very poor visibility and weather made it near impossible to land at the crash site.
MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers!
Could someone get this stupid dickface away from this video please?
MrApache101 noooo the japanese refused help.
MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers! No but 24 minutes after the crash US found the crash site, they intended to approach but there was an order to them to return the base with no reason. Thats why there were only 4 survivors. According to Yumi Ochai, one of 4 survivors, there were more than 4 survivors, she could hear them crying, but due to the injuries and the cold night a lot of people couldnt make it but only 4 people.
It's heartbreaking looking at their flight path and seeing how close they were to successfully steering the plane back to Haneda airport. They were less than ten minutes away when they finally started to lose the battle with the controls.
They were doomed regardless. Once the stabiliser came off, that was it.
They still huge possibily won't be able to land it, especially since they couldn't control almost anything with the plane and the speed, but yeah they might had a chance like United Airlines flight 232..
It was hopeless, the entire hydraulic system was severed in the explosion, even if they had managed to reach the airport, landing would’ve resulted in the same outcome, crashing. Not to mention it would’ve been seriously dangerous to any traffic entering the airport or even in the airspace around the airport. So it would’ve made an already horrible tragedy far worse.
The pilots were in a dire situation, I have every respect for what they did, they saved four lives and gave passengers time to say goodbye in notes. It’s such a chilling scenario.
@@10191927 Apparently it was Japan SDFs fault that only 4 survived... If they would have made it back to the airport the 50 something people who initially survived the crash might have made it.
Even if they did reach Haneda there’s no way to land that plane without crashing it hard. There were no controls on the airplane, the only reason it stayed that long in the air is because the pilot somehow figured a way to use the engines thrust to keep it in the air.
The plane was going up and down uncontrollably until it crashed.
Jesus Christ. Fought a totally uncontrollable airliner into the ground. Never surrender. They did their very best.
It's like driving down the freeway without a steering wheel and no brakes
+Me.K Bruuhhh
+Me.K It was very spectacular but at the same time they failed.
They did better than could be reproduced in simulations by anyone else.
They had no chance of actually landing, but kept themselves in the air in the hopes they can find a solution, or just a natural urge to not die.
ray Gordon
Yes they drove a car using only accelerator. Rip
ray Gordon Lol
I am almost moved to tears because I could feel the effort of the pilot and co pilot trying to save the plane. The last words are still stucked in my head till today. I have no idea why I watched it again. My deepest condolonces from Malaysia to everyone affected by this tragedy.
Does the "last words" are still stucked in your head until today?
I can't believe, after everything they did, they didn't make it. I'm truly shattered to see that they didn't get the happy ending they deserved for being some of the most skilled pilots out there. True heroes, and as long as this video is out there people will never forget their true heroism.
Without controls heading so close to haneda and flying more than 30 minutes is a miracle .
"Alright...You may speak in Japanese from now on"
I'm weeping because this is when they understand the state of this emergency and it's probability of doom
I was wondering why they told them to speak in Japanese. 😥
@@timmy841212 Pilots are meant to speak in English to ATC. However, given the exceptional circumstances, it would probably make it easier for the pilots to speak in their native language, as speaking in their non preferred language would detract focus from the emergency at hand.
@@kfcking9548 Ah I got you...
and he thanked for that :'(
This was a final act of kindness to the pilots and when I heard that I felt a pain in my heart.
事故当時、機長はテレビやマスコミに色々と叩かれていたが、
しかしこのボイスレコーダー聞いていると、最後の最後まで諦めなかったのがわかる。
亡くなりなられた520人のご冥福お祈りします。
They did their best, true hero's.
@@VickersV The media are barbaric guys.
@@VickersV you're right.
ياخي ترا امك سوس
これはダメかも分からんね
This is truely horrifying. From the desperation in the pilots' voices to the warnings heard in the background.
The plane was doomed and yet these men kept going. They tried even though in the end they knew it was over. Brave men like them should be honored for keeping an out of control plane so long in the air as they did.
I can't really imagine how the passengers on board must have felt. In those 32 minutes, they had enough time to say goodbye to their loved ones.
In my opinion, this is the most tragic and heartbreaking accident in aviation history. My condolence to everyone who lost their loved ones, and in memory for the souls that have been lost in this terrible accident.
These two pilots deserved a martyr's respect. No wonder Japanese people are so honorable. They never give up till the end. Salute
Captain Takahama was once a pilot of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and he did his utmost best to try to save the passengers until the very last moment, together with other 2 flight crew, making full use of all his knowledge, skill and technique about risk management based on more versatile experiences. God bless all of them
Captain Takahama, Captain Crespigny, Captain Sully etc. all the “heroes” have experience in the military field. They know what flying a plane is all about... rip 123.
god blessed no one
@@theyaduvanshiindian391 Haynes also had the advantage of knowing the situation he was in through Fitch, while also flying a more manageable aircraft in the DC-10. Both are heroes nevertheless.
@@theyaduvanshiindian391 It was not poor CRM, you have to remember in Japan especially in 1985 the Captain was very well respected and the FO understood his position.
Truly god bless the captain and everyone else on the flight
This tears me up so badly, and I'm not really sure why. The pilots fought so hard. My prayers go out to everyone on that flight.
Marc Bogart Great, I totally agree with you. He is getting payed to fly that plane and assure passengers' life. He is responsible for the death of the ones who were unlucky to be on board. It's ironic to see random jerks glorifying the pilots that were actually on duty and had to land it safe and sound. 11 Westerners were on board, it must've been hard for everyone. Rest in peace.
actually you two are clowns they kept that plane flying longer then most who reattempted to keep it flying they did an amazing job keeping it up while trying to land it they had no hope and wasn't the fault of the pilot for that damaged part. Blame the airline for poor maintenance not the pilots who did far better then what most could do to keep it flying and find a way to land..
justsomedude69 why didn't god save them?
Eck Everyone has to die sometime, right?
Marc Bogart nope, you're wrong and you're fucking clueless about aviation. top flight crews haven't even been able to keep a plane up for 32 minutes in a SIMULATION. you lose.
This has to be the most tragic and sad incident in aviation industry in my opinion.
Hats off to the cockpit crew, they tried their best.
RIP to all the beautiful souls.
I'm listening to this in 2023 with tears in my eyes. How absolutely terrifying, I can't even imagine
This happened 30 years ago today. RIP to all 520 victims. The attempts to keep this flight in the air by the pilots were heroic.
August 12, 2015 9:55 pm
whattheheck1000 this vid is 9:56 mins long coincidence
Deus de o reino dos céus descanso para os heróis que fizeram o que puderam e também os passageiros...
4 years now
I remember there was one survivor, an off-duty stewardess sitting on the back.
@@RK831 4 survivors
Wow. That's true professionalism!. They left, high dignity and courage for their family . May your souls rest in peace .
I have just learned this was the last moments of the life of Sakamoto Kyu, the song-ambassador who brought to America the delightful and lovely song renamed Sukiyaki. Evidently he spent time in the last half hour writing a goodbye letter to his wife. His genuine radiant smile fairly brings out the sun. If you are too young to have grown up with this mega 1960s hit, pull it up here live and watch this young man. Thank you to Kyu and his family for sharing him with us. We could use a giant dose of this sweet man.
Omg I know that song, it's so poetic and lovely composed. RIP to him and those who perish on this crash. 😔
The fact that they manage to continue to fly the plane for the next 30 minutes is actually incredible. Their perserverance is beyond amazing. I just wanna say how shook and amazed by them.
I swear that "whoop whoop - Pull up" will be the nightmare sound for the rest of my life. One of the saddest tragedy.
And you think that beep that your car makes when your seatbelt isnt attached, is annoying...
30 years ago today - RIP JAL 123.
What heroic fight by the crew until the very end.
Kaipeternicolas - Very heroic. Kept their cool as much as they could, co-pilot still calling his Capt sir.
Khanada Azeleia So brave
Kaipeternicolas Beyond brave
+Kaipeternicolas Truly. Poor souls, they did everything they could.
+Kaipeternicolas They did what they were trained to do and they did it with courage and excellence. Too bad it wasn't enough, the aircraft was simply uncontrollable. They couldn't have done it any better than they did.
This is heartbreakingly terrifying. Also you can tell these pilots really tried the best they could under very difficult circumstances.
That the captain had the presence of mind to communicate in his non-native language in a situation he knew was hopeless brought my admiration for him even higher. May all who perished rest in peace.
They have to communicate in english. Even private pilots in Japan would communicate in English.
@@HeathWPwhy tho? I get for an international flight but they were a 1 hour domestic one
Thanks for English subs. We wouldn't be able to understand without the transcription
“It’s the end.”
*Sounds of the impact on the hill and final crash sound*
That’s so heartbreaking to hear.
Yeah
And the fact that there would've been no survivors at all if it crashed while intact. Irony
@@lIlIlIlI-gs2qxthey were crashing into a mountain at a high speed I’m surprised people actually survived
Almost 35 years have gone by and I still get emotional when hearing and reading about this disaster. I am not Japanese but Japan is a country very close to my heart. Much respect for the heroic efforts of the pilots. RIP
Weeb
R.I.P to all the victims. So much respect to the pilots who fought til the end, they tried to save the plane. That is truly heroic.
The elapsed time from the bulkhead explosion to when the plane hit the mountain was estimated at 32 minutes - long enough for some passengers to write farewells to their families. Subsequent simulator re-enactments with the mechanical failures suffered by the crashed plane failed to produce a better solution, or outcome; despite best efforts, none of the four flight crews in the simulations kept the plane aloft for as long as the 32 minutes achieved by the actual crew
ray Gordon - Wow. Heroes, all of them. Amazing that the farewell letters survived the crash.
ray Gordon Pilots were so brave. If there is a god then he has a funny sense of humour.
I see you copypasted the last paragraph of the Wikipedia entry. Good citation.
Yep, that Captain Takahama and first officer were quite the team! Captain Takahama would’ve gone on to be such a excellent pilot and well respected. ❤️
ray Gordon Was a water landing out of the question? Seems like Japan would be best place to try such an emergency landing..
I dont often comment on youtube videos, but these pilots... true heroes
The professionalism of the flight crew is remarkable, they wrestled this plane for such a long time to try and save themselves, their fellow colleagues and their passengers. Also the calmness of the purser in the recording, along with the (very haunting) picture from inside the cabin which shows a Flight Attendant seemingly comforting her passengers always gives me a little hope that passengers, whilst undoubtedly worried, remained relatively unaware of their eventual fate until the very end.
As an ex-English teacher in Japan (1998) I had a student who served in the JSDF rescue team for this doomed flight. He still seemed somewhat traumatized after many years and occasionally liked to talk to me in his class about his experience on the mountain.
i've seen photos from the crash site, it's extremely sad and disturbing, i could not imagine being there in person
charred bodies, people's arms and legs, even remains hanging from trees
i'm in awe at the four that survived, they hit the mountain at almost 400mph, not to mention the many more that survived the initial impact but passed overnight
@@subadanus6310i haven’t seen them i need them for a project
That was a shocking accident. This accident is considered to be the most horrific disaster because over 500+ people killed just in a one single flight. So sad :( I've seen through some comments and I see some people are heartless making fun of this. You should feel lucky because you are still alive today, sitting on your chair with your keyboard. While 520 people were dead just in one day.
Thousands of people die each day. But yes, to have so many perish in one single accident is almost unfathomable
@Bautista Cincunegui 4 survived after the crash but die later due to no quick help from paramedic. Well its very amazing job from the pilot, he keep those 4 person life longer than he should be.
@@bondankai13 all 4 survived the aftermath I think
There was even an American on that flight, but he ended up becoming one of the dead victims on it
The scariest parts for me is that you can hear the plane crashing a few seconds before the audio cuts out. That and the fact that many survivors died of injuries that would have not been fatal if they were actually rescued in time
Samuel Jansen Yeah, the second part was the Japanese's fault. Marines were ready in 20 minutes to collect survivors, but Japan told them to return to base. 14 hours pass and only 4 survivors lasted that long, an off-duty flight attendant, a 12 year old daughter, and a mother and her daughter.
Whaaaatttt that’s horrible
Yeah I read about this story, it's quiet sad
Yes an off duty flight attendant who survived claimed she heard screams and moaning that slowly stopped as the night went on. They could have saved more. It's very likely.
@@HarmonicVector what about the Americans giving back the aircraft after faulty repairs
There probably would've been a lot more than 4 survivors if the JSDF didn't drag their heels after the crash. There was a United States Air Force C-130 in the air the same time as Japan Airlines Flight 123 and they were monitoring the situation. About 20 minutes after the crash, they flew over the crash scene and radioed the coordinates to the JSDF for rescue operations (being a C-130 and it being on a very dangerous mountain, that's about all they could do). Then the JSDF sent an UH-1 Huey over the crash site. The crew said they didn't see any survivors, despite not even landing or repelling down to check.
...So what did the JSDF do? They waited over 10 hours for the sun to rise the next day. One of the survivors, a flight attendant for Japan Airlines that was catching a ride as a passenger, said she woke up after the crash to lights and the sound of a helicopter which promptly left. And as night went on she heard the screams and cries of passengers slowly drop off. It was freezing and many of them were injured, but with injuries that COULD have been survivable... If they were left on a freezing mountainside for half a day.
To think these pilots and crew fought that hard to try and save the aircraft and the JSDF couldn't even be bothered to go out in the cold and night to save people that were dying...
Indeed there were more survivors as testified by some of the 4 eventual survivors.
There is a lot of things unexplained. As you mentioned, the USAF was sent back by JSDF request. Passengers left for dead overnight. But there are accounts of JSDF arriving on the crash site prior to the officially announced rescue mission.
What were they doing?
Pisses me off just remembering that. They should have been held accountable too.
Japan deserves the third nuke.
JAL 123 and GOL 1907 are two of the most haunting audio recordings I’ve listened to and the bravery and skill of their crews is astonishing. Both crews attempted to keep the aircraft in the air for as long as they could even with the deck stacked against them.
I’d like to also add UAL 232 to this comment for their bravery, despite losing an engine and all of their hydraulic systems, they still managed to save over half of the nearly 300 people on-board.
The GPWS became the scariest thing in this entire video.
"Sink rate"
*whoop whoop!* "PULL UP!"
CPT: It's... the end!
all pilots are same, since commercial jet are so hard to escape stall compared to military jet..
Yeah! Really makes you think. Wondering what they were going through!
You have to admire the pilots for fighting to the very end. When investigators recreated the crash to discover if there could have been any other outcome, nobody could keep the plane flying for the 32 minutes the pilots did. I couldn't imagine a worse hell fighting for 32 minutes to regain control of a vehicle that was doomed .
True airmanship on the flight deck of JA8119 was shown that day. They tried their absolute best. Respect.
Also... 0:23
"...shitekudasai." "flight level 150."
Well, the CVR did that I suppose.
してください.. wait, isn't cvr just recorder? I think crew did announcement..
32 minutes of pure horror. Those pilots were amazing enough to have kept the plane up that long.
Thank you for just putting this audio record without any useless explanations! 👌🏼
Initially the flight crew was ridiculed as incompetent by the media. This recording shows they were heroes and among the best pilots in recorded history (no one could match their skills in simulations, not even close). On top of that 4 people survived the crash, again due to the pilots skills.
The pilots chose to fly back to Haneda where surrounded by a mountain in order to not thrust into the city near Nagoya where many people living. They were trying not give much victims as much as possible. RIP.
jia_m Kamikaze style with full throttle into the side of a mountain like a boss.
Grow up
little kid!
***** Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Penis Peppers
jbloun911 lol
Damn good fight. They never gave into despair, and did everything humanly possible to land the plane.
I'm usually cool under fire, but if I was flying and my hydraulic systems gave way, I'm not sure if I could maintain my composure. It's petrifying just to think about.
RIP Japan Airlines Flight 123.
+Video James and till the last moment they were so respectful (yes sir, no sir), no hysteria, no bitching in the face of imminent death. Men of honor..
"It's the end"
This was......
intense....
最後まで機体の制御に集中していた副操縦士と機関士に敬意を表します。
I agree
😢
Omg! "Its the end"he said, damn they did their best!
These pilots are by far THE best airline pilots I've ever seen, Much respect to these guys and those efforts on trying to bring a crippled plane on the ground. Rest In Peace Legendary Aviators.
The GOL 1907 crew and more specifically their captain stand alongside them
Japanese are fighters
i dont think ive ever seen such dedicated pilots. this breaks my heart, respect to everyone on the plane, i hope they rest easy.
This recording still haunts me. It’s easy to forget plain crashes until you realize there were real people in there and nothing gives you that realization more clearly than hearing their last words. Rip heroes.
こんなにめちゃくちゃ頑張って、それでも駄目だって思った時のパイロット達の心境を思うとすごく辛い
Sorry japan 😩
中曽根が謝るべき
@@SenalAxe へ？
@@SenalAxe それな。
9:45
3人とも最後まで本当によく対処したと思う。自分たちの命の心配より、大勢の旅客を乗せた状態で絶対に落としてはならないという強い気持ちがよくわかります。機長が最後の最後「もうダメだ」と言わなければならなかった時の気持ちを考えると辛いですね。
それが、あさはかである。
乗務員、乗客達は、
覚悟を決めて海に落ちる準備をしていたのに、
まさかの山奥フルパワーとは無念です。
そもそも、はじめから
マズイ!なんか爆発したぞ!
といいながら、ライターウンとか・・・
普通は爆発した機体を一番困難で負荷のかかる
Uターンをしようとは思わないでしょう。
ライターウンの結果、バンクがつきすぎて
バンクとるな、ストールするぞと怒ってる。
オールロスなのに、何しろかにしろと怒るバカりで
冷静な判断ができてなく、このあともミスバカり犯しつずける。
なにわともあれ、このレコードを聞いて、
凄いえらいと賞賛してる人の知能を疑う。
想像力もないのか、思いやりも無いのか。
乗客などむしだ。赤ん坊を抱いたお母さんもいたし
子供も沢山、親子連れで乗ってたのに無視。
そのた自殺した人もいただろう。
その後遺族は、もう年を取られて
キツイ登山も無理で慰霊にもいけない。
普通の規定通りに落ちていたら
沢山の人が助かったのだし慰霊も続けれる。
@@user-lh1ov5wo8b コピペばっか張ってて草
@@user-lh1ov5wo8b 🙊
@@user-lh1ov5wo8b 海こそ広すぎてどこに着陸できるかわからないし捜索も難航機体の引き揚げも更に難しい しかも全員死亡は確実
そういうデマ信じるキッズいるからコピペして回るのやめなよね
Just to think 520 souls killed. 35 years on may they never be forgotten.
最後まで諦めず戦った機長達を尊敬します。どうか安らかに…
At first, the captain Takahama was falsely accused by public because the media emphasized his words,“ドーンと行こうや!” or “Just give it a try like BANG!”
At that time, JP police had the only a few part of the CVR voices public, so people misunderstood him.
But, several years later, one investigator who thought this wasn't fair revealed all the CVR voices and resigned his job.
So, now no one blames the captain.
We know his struggle to save the lives.
His body didn't be found except the part of the jawbone and five teeth.....
Thanks for this comment. Good to know more about this tragedy. The captain and his bravery is so respectable. He just literally fought till the end. ご冥福を祈っております。
Man, poor captain. Possibly the explosion destroyed the mayor part of his body.
The nose was the part which presumably impacted first.so it's plausible that all the crew members sitting in the cockpit had their bodies completely incinerated or crushed.
Yes, they could only bury Captain Takahama‘s teeth. Poor guy. Many of the dead were badly burned. It’s great they have a shrine on the mountain. I‘m sure they all appreciated it! ❤️
Then the goverment and media at that time must be so worst doing things like that. Poor the captain as other side of the world think that he is an actual hero and salute for that investigator who's being fair to open in terms of recovering the captain's name and also quitting his job. He must be feel guilty for what the media did and of he sit still and keep silence it would be broke his heart so he takes a courage to spill the tea!
What brought me here was my private student telling me that she was on the next flight after this one...and was lucky that she missed this flight as she was late and it was full.
Feel bad for ATC officer, he must be having a nightmare with the thought of talking to the peoples who were soon gonna die
9:45 "it's the END" - that made me terrified....
respect
There is 2 noises. I suppose the first is when the wing hits the ridge, the plane bounces an additional 3-400 meters and then hits the ground. Those two or three seconds of silence must have been extremely terrifying.
For the pilots to keep the plane in the air for 32 minutes with massive structural damage, no hydraulics, using engine power alone and trying to overcome the effects of hypoxia is astounding. For that they have all my respect. R.I.P to those who died that day. They will never be forgotten ❤
And out of the four flight crews who simulated the event afterwards, despite knowing all the parameters and not having to deal with the stress levels of having their lives hanging in the balance, none of them could reproduced the 32-minute success that the JAL 123 achieved in the heat of the moment.
Terribly tragic result, but an astounding display of skill. RIP.
This video was the best sequencing of the audio events I've heard so far.
Very well-made!
This is the single most saddest audio recording I've ever listened to, the pilots were the most brave ones and managed to keep the 747 above ground for more than 30 minutes. The way they said "It's the end!" sent chills down my spine. Rest in peace to all the lost ones .
They wrestled that uncontrollable plane as long as they could. True professional hero’s stuck in an impossible situation. I hope their families are proud of their efforts. 🙏🏾
Honorable pilots. They did an amazing job until the end and deserve to be remembered.
I feel very depressing this night when I think about the passengers' family had been suffering the pain of lost for 30 years. RIP jl123 for all 520 victims. Mourning from China. Although we country involved in conflicts these days, but cherish the humanity we shared, wish peace for us, no more died for stupid war.
Search "2018纪录片 日本航空123号《来自123航班的信息~33年的真相》" in CZcams, more story from the victims' family.
@@waschosen- I m from India nd i would like to say the same thing
RIP to all the poor souls on this flight who left the world on 08-12-85. I have researched a lot of air plane crashes, and I will tell you right now that this flight crew handled this disaster with every ounce of bravery, integrity, and acumen as humanly possible. They were calm and focused in the midst of an unprecedented disaster. Much love and respect to all the poor souls and family members who lost loved ones in this disaster.
Rip to all the passengers and the crew who tried the impossible for as long as they could. May they all Rest In Peace and be remembered.
An extremely sad and haunting recording. Managing to fly such a damaged and uncontrollable airplane for more than 30mn is incredible.
What bravery and skill by captain and crew.
+BananaGangsta Ethnic slurs aside, you do realize that JAL 123 happened in 1985 and the DHL incident in 2003? Yes, both aircraft lost hydraulics, but the conditions are different: different aircraft of different weight and aerodynamics, extensive damage to the tail in one case. You can't compare the two. Simulations of JAL 123 were conducted and even with knowledge at hand, no one was able to pull off what the actual crew did. Given the terrain, the damage, and the erratic behaviour of the aircraft, I'd say their chances of a safe landing were extremely small. Both crews displayed remarkable skill - there's no need to take that away from either of them.
That was ruthless
+SlaveTrader Either you're doing this to get people pissed off or you're just a complete dumbfuck.
There was nothing the pilot could do to make the landing.
We salute the crew for flying for about 30 minutes in this condition.
この動画、何度も見ています。何回見ても、機長の最後の「もうダメだ！」の声が辛くて涙が出ます…。何が起こったかわからない状況で、多数の乗客を載せた機体で、なんとか飛行を安定させようと全力を尽くしたことがわかります。貴重な記録です。亡くなられた方々への冥福を祈ります。
Respect. They did their best.
The US army was going to search for survivors soon after crash happened, but was refused by the Japan Self Defense Army. Japanese army thought no one survived and entered the crash site 1 day later due to bad weather. Still 4 managed to survive. The army was heavily criticized for this act as there could be way more lives saved if they entered the crash site immediately (possibly over 30 people)
@一山田They laid on the hill overnight before Japanese crews reached them. To me that's inexplicable.
一山田 After losing radar contact, a U.S. Air Force C-130 from the 345th TAS was tasked to search for the missing plane. The C-130 crew was the first to spot the crash site 20 minutes after impact, while it was still daylight. The crew radioed the location to the Japanese and Yokota Air Base and directed an Iroquois helicopter from Yokota to the crash site. Rescue teams were assembled, prepared to lower Marines from helicopters. However, American offers of assistance in mounting a search and rescue mission were declined by the Japanese government who determined that the mission would be undertaken by the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and that outside help was not necessary. It remains unclear why the offers were declined.
一山田 I usually would agree but in this case the Americans had the tools to mount a night time investigation. The JSDF didn’t and instead assumed no one survived and waited till dawn, at least 30 other people might have survived the accident had the USAF been allowed to conduct a rescue operation
One of the survivors also said they heard a ton of crying and moaning and screaming throughout the night of the crash, but said they gradually stopped one by one. Meaning some people survived the initial crash and more could have survived if rescue was quicker.
I would guess that’s why it is Japan’s territory and the US are not supposed to do anything except when asked switch parties and countries
This recording gives me the chills on my skin that it somehow makes me scared. Respect to the people in the cockpit.
they tried so hard to land and keep all alive... never forget
I don't have words... They fought for so long...
('pull up' creeps me out)
same...but they did they best, every person was a hero
9:33 You can hear the feedback getting louder as they're getting closer to the ground. It's the sound of the engines going to the ground and being emitted back to the air. Similar to the phenomenon where you drop something in a bucket full of water which causes a wave, and when the wave hits the edge, it creates an another smaller wave which goes towards the spot where you dropped something.
Your somehow right but it sounds like something different
人生の最期を捉えた数十分あまりのリアルな音声。今生きている自分たちの中に深く刻まれる貴重なもの。このパイロット達の生きた証に感動さえ覚える。どうか安らかに。
Alle von cpp müssen nicht schreiben wer auch von da ist *_*
Meine Rede. Finds echt so unmoralisch so etwas unter so einem Video zu kommentieren
hallo
@@littledevil4610 jeden das seine
@@dbd_feelings974 machts an der Sache aber dann nicht viel besser
Ich komm von da lolpolo
can you imagine we are listening to dead peoples talking and they are dead but we are listening to them
I know. ..
+Dju julien yeah it is sir
+Kevin Wesam yes sir
Same goes for all the music artists that have died.The person is gone but the legacy stays on.
you could say that about all the dead music artists too
Such a gentle pilot. Miss them.
Yes, that Captain Takahama was a special pilot. I‘m sure he loved every minute of his job up until he died. I‘m sure he was well respected at work! ❤️
This is the most terrifying audio I’ve ever heard in my life, you can hear the desperation of the pilots during the last moments of their lives. I can’t imagine being inside of a plane that is uncontrollable, just utter fear and hopelessness.
Actually the four survivors told most passengers had already prepared to die and actually accepted their fate. "just utter fear and hopelessness." That's the *first* reaction. But after a while when people realize they're highly likely to die they devote their last moments alive thinking about their loved ones and decide to spend their last moments alive in a dignified way.
Don't believe me? *Read any report of people facing disasters* . Knowing they might die most people simply accept it and let go. They prepare to die and feel at ease.
Also, most of the passengers were Japanese and they have a different way of facing death. To them it's something which can happen at any time if "karma decides it". For this reason they decide it's something they can't escape or influence.
機長 副操縦士 航空機関士の奮闘に、心からの敬意を表します