Stalling in the Sky and Crashing Just Before Landing

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  • čas přidán 11. 10. 2023
  • Find out why the Airbus A310 operating as Thai Airways Flight 261 stalled and crashed into a swamp during its landing attempt at Surat Thani Airport, Thailand.
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  • @marinablueGS
    @marinablueGS Před 9 měsíci +297

    I'm amazed ANYONE survived.

    • @timonsolus
      @timonsolus Před 9 měsíci +16

      Me too.

    • @johneyon5257
      @johneyon5257 Před 9 měsíci +15

      and it sounds like many who died - drowned - rather than succumbing to injuries

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Před 9 měsíci +19

      ​@@johneyon5257What is even more weird is that most of the survivors where seated in the front part of the plane.

    • @johneyon5257
      @johneyon5257 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@williamromine5715 - yeah - many many people commented on that - those of us who have seen a lot of these videos have mostly heard that those near the tail were more likely to survive - and i think scientific studies have come up with similar results - altho - the statistical advantage wasn't enormous - which implies that many survivors aren't in the tail section

    • @Success_Loves_Speed
      @Success_Loves_Speed Před 9 měsíci +4

      Especially at night and in swampy ground.

  • @Barnaby_bo
    @Barnaby_bo Před 9 měsíci +61

    I'm amazed anyone walked away from that

    • @roughboy2956
      @roughboy2956 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I don't think they walked away🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @AkkarinAviation1307
    @AkkarinAviation1307 Před 9 měsíci +11

    One of the survivors is the famous singer in Thailand named James Reaungsark, firstly he had a serious injured but after 3 months in hospital, finally he’s back, so he had his other name called “Iron Lungs Singer”

  • @TawanMomo
    @TawanMomo Před 9 měsíci +21

    really surprised to see this one come out before the more infamous TG311, but happy that you make a coverage of this flight as well

  • @incubrian
    @incubrian Před 9 měsíci +21

    this just goes to show you how many bad pilots are still out there. they get the job, do the training, have the cert, but really instead of true aviators, they're just operating a bus in the sky very poorly, in an effort to get people from one place to another as quickly and cheaply as possible. these guys sadly were not aviating. what a tragic loss for these passengers.

    • @TillyOrifice
      @TillyOrifice Před 9 měsíci +3

      Speaking as a bus operator, I resent being used as an insult. Personally, even if I have to do three go-arounds I _never_ lose control of the vehicle's pitch.

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Amen. The once proud profession has entered a sad state of affairs.

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah Před 9 měsíci +1

      Agreed. The so called pilots sucked.

    • @sidhayes6168
      @sidhayes6168 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@TheFailedmessiah Too bad you were not the pilot on this flight. You would have saved them all in a perfect landing on the runway.

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah Před 9 měsíci

      @@sidhayes6168 not me, but my good friend has a Cessna and he would do better, he’s going for his commercial license, he’s a smart cookie.

  • @marcbrunjes8686
    @marcbrunjes8686 Před 9 měsíci +184

    I was so impressed about this detailed projection. Believe me, I can judge it, because I am one of the survivors of that crash.

  • @danielkokal8819
    @danielkokal8819 Před 9 měsíci +33

    great channel you got. love the "no narration". your captions always tell a clear story

    • @malcolmwhite6588
      @malcolmwhite6588 Před 9 měsíci

      Each to their own Daniel I agree it’s a great channel but I would prefer the narration assuming it was good quality narration like some of the other aviation videos on CZcams are

    • @danielkokal8819
      @danielkokal8819 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@malcolmwhite6588 most of them use the narration to inject drama
      and pathos into the story, and use overblown music. they produce
      in segments. TFC tells a contiguous story in direct fashion, and doesnt
      try to elicit any emotion, but pays homage to the victims as well. no one
      else does it like that. the re-enactment channels I find hokey.

    • @malcolmwhite3567
      @malcolmwhite3567 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@danielkokal8819 true - not all but a lot do, and I didn’t think I would say this, but I find it quite relaxing just to look at it and quietly read the subtitles and peacefully taken the drama. I guess you would say, but they are certainly presented quite respectfully.

  • @Eseseso494
    @Eseseso494 Před 9 měsíci +62

    Honestly surprised so many survived and that most of the survivors were at the front, considering that the front of the plane slammed into the ground.

    • @staernpeder
      @staernpeder Před 9 měsíci +20

      I'm quite sure that the front of the plane didn't hit the ground like it's shown in the video. No way!

    • @timonsolus
      @timonsolus Před 9 měsíci +3

      I think the nose hit water, not land?

    • @bucket4270
      @bucket4270 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@timonsolusthe front would still impacted the ground first so the fact that the passengers at the rear died instead of the front makes no sense at all according to the crash that is shown in this video. I believe that the pilot did manage to get the front pointed upward but there weren’t enough altitude to avoid the crash.

    • @MilkTossapol
      @MilkTossapol Před 9 měsíci +8

      I remember TV report because the tail impact first on hard ground near the end of the runway and caugh fire. The front of the plane crash on the rubber tree field before plummet in to the swap.

    • @summerforever6736
      @summerforever6736 Před 9 měsíci

      Exactly it makes no sense

  • @NeonDreams7
    @NeonDreams7 Před 9 měsíci +6

    *The captain was not aware of the altitude until the stall warning*
    "Yeah so, This giant globe thing in the dash.. durr, I wish in all my 10,000 hours that I'd figure out what that was. " - The Pilot

    • @tbamagic
      @tbamagic Před 6 měsíci +1

      That pilot and 1st were idiots

  • @spbengaming607
    @spbengaming607 Před 9 měsíci +27

    Watching this since starting, this channel is a masterpiece ❤🎉

  • @andrewphillips6563
    @andrewphillips6563 Před 9 měsíci +12

    I don't understand this crash at all. The "very experienced" pilot had multiple warnings of an impending stall, and his failure to lower the nose was inexcusable. SMH

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +5

      I understand it because I know that airline pilots often suck at actually flying the airplane. And automation is not improving that trend.

    • @topsteve9898
      @topsteve9898 Před 5 měsíci

      Yes absolutely - it beggars belief!

  • @ronaryel6445
    @ronaryel6445 Před 9 měsíci +10

    Nice video. It is clear the Captain and his First Officer did not watch their instruments. They relied on feel to tell them their third landing attempt and go-around were like the first two sets - which is exactly what pilots are told not to do. They needed to watch their instruments, especially in the dark. I don't suppose anyone thought to move the VOR, or even better, install ILS on that runway?

    • @GoldenMushroom64
      @GoldenMushroom64 Před 9 měsíci

      How flights are allowed to take place at night when pilot’s only visibility is through that tiny ass windshield is beyond me

    • @kidpagronprimsank05
      @kidpagronprimsank05 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Funding. Common trouble even now. Plus, it was not Hat Yai or Phuket that was (is) better equipped.

    • @johannesdenholt4928
      @johannesdenholt4928 Před 9 měsíci

      That is exactly what I was thinking. The instruments are there for a reason. Use them.

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah Před 9 měsíci

      You gotta trust your instruments UNLESS your instruments are malfunctioning. But the instruments are there for a reason. Its like ok, as a trained pilot you should be able to land your plane safely even if you saw nothing out of the front window. These were not pilots. They were chimpanzees mashing buttons. RIP to the ppl who died.

    • @chris22capt
      @chris22capt Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@TheFailedmessiah no. You can't do a safe landing without visual unless you got a minimum ILS CAT II and your aircraft is certified for autoland, so not in this case. In this case, they should watch their instrument until minimum and if they still not able to find the runway at that point, they should go around.

  • @dickbeale9731
    @dickbeale9731 Před 9 měsíci +70

    It’s one thing to screw up the approach, and even the go around, but this is complete insanity. Airplanes have warning bells, and many other things to tell you things are not going well, and this was no exception. As soon as that star warning sounded and the stick shaker activated, both pilots should’ve been pushing forward on the yoke. The fact that the first officer didn’t speak up or come on the controls is insane.

    • @gusmc01
      @gusmc01 Před 9 měsíci +12

      I agree but it probably wouldn't have changed the outcome. It was a low altitude stall so even if they pushed nose down, they would have run out of room before recovering. If they had been monitoring their instruments they wouldn't have stalled in the first place.

    • @RAAFLightning1
      @RAAFLightning1 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@gusmc01 yeah but why did they allow the pitch angle to reach 48 degrees in the first place???

    • @GoldenMushroom64
      @GoldenMushroom64 Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@RAAFLightning1stress of the go-arounds along with pure idiocy.

    • @rxw5520
      @rxw5520 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Ur mom was in the rear lavatory. Nothing could be done to correct the weight shift.

    • @tanyawieczorek6603
      @tanyawieczorek6603 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@rxw5520omg lol

  • @enigmawyoming5201
    @enigmawyoming5201 Před 9 měsíci +75

    Excellent job as always! And thank you for NOT doing audio narration on this episode.

    • @Richest_Person_in_the_World
      @Richest_Person_in_the_World Před 9 měsíci +1

      He doesn't do voice, being a voicecel

    • @minimap1
      @minimap1 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I don’t think he’s ever dove audio narration…?😊

    • @enigmawyoming5201
      @enigmawyoming5201 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@minimap1 I think he did a while back, and tried it again with AI just a month or two ago.

    • @enigmawyoming5201
      @enigmawyoming5201 Před 9 měsíci +2

      At any rate, there have been episodes with no captions and a “voice like sound” was saying the words. Whatever is was, most viewers disliked it.

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 Před 9 měsíci +6

      He does narrate, people tell him not to. He uses captions, people tell him not to do that. He can't win.

  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Před 9 měsíci +92

    I’m surprised that 45 people actually survived.

    • @octopusmagnificens
      @octopusmagnificens Před 9 měsíci +19

      Then the impact could not be like the one we see here.

    • @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb
      @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb Před 9 měsíci +4

      I know

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@octopusmagnificens Yes, nobody could have lived through that. I don't think the depiction of the approach track was accurate either.

    • @MB-hc2xw
      @MB-hc2xw Před 9 měsíci +17

      @@octopusmagnificens The fact that it went into a marsh/swamp may have helped, as opposed to crashing into hard terrain.

  • @sumeetbeniwal6365
    @sumeetbeniwal6365 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Seeing the angle that it crashed, I thought everyone aboard died. But thank god 45 people were given a second chance to live

  • @b.t.356
    @b.t.356 Před 9 měsíci +7

    I was surprised to have learned that there were 45 survivors, I thought in my head that everyone on board had passed away. My stomach was doing gymnastics the entire time.

    • @K1OIK
      @K1OIK Před 9 měsíci +2

      grow a pair.

    • @Cleanmybass
      @Cleanmybass Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@K1OIKHave you stopped beating your wife yet, burt?

    • @wiggs5598
      @wiggs5598 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@K1OIKThat's not very nice, Burt.

    • @K1OIK
      @K1OIK Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@wiggs5598 but true.

  • @marcusjohnson7441
    @marcusjohnson7441 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Been here since 30k subs or so.. keep up the great work and take care!!!

  • @roberthagedorn290
    @roberthagedorn290 Před 9 měsíci +6

    11:07 15 people survived with no serious injures. The aircraft even burst into flames upon crashing in this nightmare. I wonder how those 15 peoples' lives changed afterwards.

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc Před 9 měsíci +1

    Very sensitive retelling of a horrible tragedy, thanks as ever TFC.

  • @karenhoward6712
    @karenhoward6712 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I am astounded that anyone survived! So tragic. Your videos are stellar!!! 🤩

  • @D__Lee
    @D__Lee Před 9 měsíci +12

    This video sent shivers through me. HUMAN ERROR . . .

  • @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb
    @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb Před 9 měsíci +18

    You are so good at showing every little detail that other shows miss keep up the great work

  • @jiggsborah7041
    @jiggsborah7041 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I used to have to wait for various aviation documentaries etc to come up on TV but since I hooked up with wifi and threw away the decoders I have a lot of excellent channels to watch and your channel is superlative. Thanks for the great work 😊😊😊❤

  • @timf2279
    @timf2279 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Amazing anyone survived that crash.

  • @gort8203
    @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +17

    6:26 During the missed approach "the angle of attack gradually increases from 10 degrees to 48 degrees". You must mean aircraft pitch attitude, because I assume that angle of attack would be well past stall for this aircraft.

    • @stevejohnson9283
      @stevejohnson9283 Před 8 měsíci

      I concur. It was the pitch that increased. However the AofA cannot go passed the stall as, at the stall the aircraft stops flying and the nose drops.

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 8 měsíci

      @@stevejohnson9283 Yes the nose will drop, but actually with sufficient elevator authority the angle of attack can go well past stall and remain there.
      Actually, don't even need much elevator authority if the airplane is in a spin. In a stabilized spin the inboard wing is more stalled (higher AOA) than the outboard wing, and the greater drag imparts the yawing moment.

  • @OldGlaseye-gf7si
    @OldGlaseye-gf7si Před 9 měsíci +17

    Not flying the aircraft. Not watching the Gyro as they went around. Nor the airspeed, nor the altimeter..Not sure what these two WERE looking at.

  • @BoeingJetJockey
    @BoeingJetJockey Před 9 měsíci +1

    You left out the key factor in this accident(and many similar A300/A310 accidents/incidents)….
    The Airbus’s Alpha floor protection. It drives the pitch trim all the way up so when the pilot releases the pressure the plane will pitch up with full authority causes the plane to stall.
    The after thought procedures…hold the runaway trim wheel so that the trim switches trips off.
    In this accident, what I remembered was that the plane pitches up so high (and stalls) and it hammerhead down to one side and dove down to the swamp.

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947
    @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1947 Před 9 měsíci +3

    That thumbnail is brutal

  • @OshinTorek
    @OshinTorek Před 9 měsíci +14

    For the sake of seat selection, could anyone explain why many of the survivors were from the front portion of the aircraft? Didn't its nose hit the ground first?

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +8

      I doubt the video is accurate on the angle of impact because that depicted was not survivable. I also doubt it is accurate as to the angle of ground track toward the runway.

    • @Melissa-SC73
      @Melissa-SC73 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Honestly, I thought the safest place to sit in a plane was in the back and isle seat. Good question though about this video. Following.

    • @scottfranco1962
      @scottfranco1962 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Hard to say. The two factors are whiplash shock (front hits then tail is whipped to the ground much harder) and also that many aircraft break in half on impact, leaving the tail section on its own.

    • @MarissaNye
      @MarissaNye Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@Melissa-SC73often it is but it really depends on the crash itself.

    • @MarissaNye
      @MarissaNye Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@gort8203and it seems like many that were killed drowned not killed on impact.

  • @11bfollowme19
    @11bfollowme19 Před 9 měsíci +11

    i will never fly ever again, but i do love flight simulators

    • @Difixed
      @Difixed Před 9 měsíci +6

      why not

    • @Dick_Z_Normas
      @Dick_Z_Normas Před 9 měsíci +10

      US commercial aviation has suffered only one fatality in the last 11 years. Car crashes have taken hundreds of thousands of lives in that same period. Are you afraid to drive?

    • @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb
      @TrinaMillenheft-us4pb Před 9 měsíci +5

      Just think every time an airplane crashes the faa and ntsb learn from their mistakes and fix the problem

    • @floridaman5125
      @floridaman5125 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Maybe due to age, you never know.

    • @GoldenMushroom64
      @GoldenMushroom64 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Dick_Z_Normasflying is very safe right up until something goes wrong. Flying will NEVER become totally foolproof. Many car crashes are not fatal and come with airbags and seatbelts that aren’t completely useless unlike plane seatbelts

  • @lunayoshi
    @lunayoshi Před 9 měsíci +4

    Huh. Usually the people that survive a plane crash are the ones sitting in the back of the plane. Interesting that this was the inverse.
    Great video as always, TFC!

    • @MarissaNye
      @MarissaNye Před 9 měsíci

      There’s actually quite a few crashes where people in the front were the ones to survive.

  • @badakbhin3169
    @badakbhin3169 Před 9 měsíci +3

    The co pilot is my friend San Chalermsanyakorn . We graduated from flying school in January 1995. He started his job with third officer ( system operator) with airbus A300-B4 . And few years later he upgraded to be second officer (co pilot) with A300-600 and A310 . At that time when the accident happended I was a co pilot flying B777 flight TG 620 from BKK to KIX via Manila just few hours after landed at KIX airport (Osaka Japan ).

    • @wendymorgan6651
      @wendymorgan6651 Před 9 měsíci

      Your mate needs to give his job up before he kills innocent people

    • @trustkillxxxx
      @trustkillxxxx Před 9 měsíci +1

      nahh.. i call bullshit.

    • @robertl426
      @robertl426 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@trustkillxxxx I understand that people lie on the internet all the time, but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt here. He provided quite detailed information, so I'm inclined to believe him as there's nothing that obviously points to a lie. Sometimes we just have to give people the benefit of the doubt unless evidence (such as comment history) proves otherwise.

    • @robertl426
      @robertl426 Před 9 měsíci

      @@wendymorgan6651 The Co-Pilot died in the crash.

    • @badakbhin3169
      @badakbhin3169 Před 7 měsíci

      @@robertl426 yes

  • @1Dustin
    @1Dustin Před 9 měsíci

    Your channel is brilliant man.

  • @margeebechyne8642
    @margeebechyne8642 Před 9 měsíci +2

    So tragic. Was really surprised any survived. And many drowned in waist deep water? I sincerely hope they moved the VOR to a better location. Very important when you have conditions where the pilots need to rely on them. RIP 101 souls. Thank you for another great presentation.

  • @stirgy4312
    @stirgy4312 Před 9 měsíci +4

    What, did they just overcompensate on that third attempt? And it was amazing that there were any survivors ❤️

  • @scottfranco1962
    @scottfranco1962 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Small nit pick: in an IFR approach it is never called a "go around". Its always a "missed approach". DON MUEANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT has since received an ILS approach. Although this is clearly pilot error, it is well known that ILS is the safest approach, followed by VOR/LOC, and the least safe begin non-aligned VOR approaches (approaches where the VOR radial is not aligned with the runway). In this day and age there shouldn't be any air carrier serviced runways without a precision approach. Its just penny wise and pound foolish.

  • @Georgiaboy43
    @Georgiaboy43 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Graphics are just incredible! Great job TFC!

  • @sebastianstyles9750
    @sebastianstyles9750 Před 9 měsíci +14

    How some of the passengers survived this crash in the front portion of the plane is beyond recognition of physics.

    • @hillarybillary21
      @hillarybillary21 Před 8 měsíci

      “Understanding” of physics but ya

    • @sebastianstyles9750
      @sebastianstyles9750 Před 8 měsíci

      @@hillarybillary21 aww thanks HillBilly Holly. I’m sure you have a BIG understanding of physics with the size of your fun-bags. Two basketballs bouncing up and down while you walk, adding weighted pressure to your lower back. Speaking of back, are you still able to sleep on it or do you need to sleep on your side to reduce stress from the surgery? Anyway blow up doll…OOPS I mean Doll, have a nice day, but yah.

  • @mrlodwick
    @mrlodwick Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thank YOU.

  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e Před 9 měsíci +3

    That thumbnail is wild though 🤣🤣🤣

  • @_HardLand_
    @_HardLand_ Před 9 měsíci +1

    i love your videos keep your good work your 1 one fun
    😅😅😅

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong Před 9 měsíci

    It’s a bc miracle that anyone survived. My initial thought when the pilot pulled up on the throes attempt was that he was frustrated and perhaps was a little “aggressive”.

  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Před 9 měsíci +9

    It amazes me that they tried three times. They should’ve diverted after the second attempt.

    • @timonsolus
      @timonsolus Před 9 měsíci

      Agreed. Maybe the pilots felt too tired to fly back to Bangkok, and so were 'desperate' to land, even in unsafe conditions?

    • @MoreBuffMoreMuff
      @MoreBuffMoreMuff Před 9 měsíci +4

      Actually if I counted correctly they bailed on the third attempt and were trying for a 4th time.

    • @shawn1689
      @shawn1689 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@MoreBuffMoreMuffok, it’s not just me, this is the comment I was looking for

    • @deepthinker999
      @deepthinker999 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MoreBuffMoreMuffI believe after the 3rd try the pilots were planning on diverting to Bangkok.

  • @sheldonk5634
    @sheldonk5634 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I was working at Surat Thani at the time. Not unusual for weather to turn quickly. Story was why the pilots didn’t head back to Bangkok. Also heard about the harrowing rescue. At that time there were only 2 flights per day from Bangkok to Surat Thani. The airport was also shared with the Royal Thai Air Force

    • @paulweston285
      @paulweston285 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Why not divert to Koh samui ?

    • @BudSchnelker
      @BudSchnelker Před 9 měsíci

      Is it really a 1:55 flight time to Surat Thani? I always took the train south, but I don't remember it being quite so far.

    • @sheldonk5634
      @sheldonk5634 Před 9 měsíci

      Sounds as a reasonable time. Know that was enough time for a meal service.

    • @badakbhin3169
      @badakbhin3169 Před 9 měsíci

      @@paulweston285 Samui airport is too small and the runway is too short for A310 landing. At that time it has other 2 airports are Phuket and Hat-Yai airport available for A310 landing .

    • @badakbhin3169
      @badakbhin3169 Před 9 měsíci

      @@BudSchnelker It is around 55mins - 1 hour from BKK to Surat Thani

  • @edutaimentcartoys
    @edutaimentcartoys Před 9 měsíci

    amazing video

  • @psalm2forliberty577
    @psalm2forliberty577 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Wow how tragic crash and unnecessary.
    Hard to imagine a VOR point not aligned with the runway is that not odd and and unexpected ?
    It would seem that on the third go round the pilot's experience spatial disorientation while ignoring their instruments showing and excessive pitch-up, just sad and hard to imagine such experience pilots making such an error and leading to such loss.
    I think that overreliance upon autopilot controls can allow flight cruise to that rack up high numbers of hours while still having relatively low hours of hands-on flying ability and when that moment when such as required comes they just are not able to muster the skill required to control the plane properly.
    RIP to the 101 victims in Jesus name.

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +1

      A VOR can never be on or too close to the runway. They are enroute navigation aids and sometimes approaches are charted off VOTS that are not even on the airport. You can expect to come in at an angle up to 30 degrees off runway centerline. That's why so much visibility is required for a VOR or TACAN approach. You may have to maneuver a bit to align the aircraft for landing.

  • @aviationreid
    @aviationreid Před 9 měsíci +7

    So, I have been watching your videos for quite some time, and here are some that i am requesting that you add.
    Day 3.
    Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise flight 612
    Korean airlines 858
    1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash
    TAN 414
    Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560
    Ural Airlines Flight 178
    Libyan Arab airlines flight 114
    Libyan Arab airline flight 1103
    TWA 800 (Not the one that crashed in New York, but the one that crashed in Italy)
    Kenya airways flight 431
    Aero flight 311
    LOT Polish airlines flight 007
    LOT Polish airlines flight 5055
    Delta airlines flight 723
    World airways flight 30
    Eastern airlines flight 375
    Air Greenland 3275
    Ariania airlines 701
    Air Canada 621
    Vnukovo flight 2801
    UTA 120
    UTA 772
    United airlines flight 227

    • @trainmanbob
      @trainmanbob Před 9 měsíci

      That'll put a few people off flying.

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 Před 9 měsíci

      Easy, Dumbo. One or two suggestions are enough.

  • @airease7108
    @airease7108 Před 9 měsíci

    The pitch attitude increased to 48 degrees, the angle of attack could not have been that high. Good video!

  • @finley_seth
    @finley_seth Před 9 měsíci

    great work! got a reccomendation for your channel: thought it would be cool if ya analyzed the famous "cast away" flight, even if it's fictional, and could be analyzed in any way, but just an idea:)

  • @mattcolumbia7948
    @mattcolumbia7948 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Where is the guy that always says he was on that flight?

    • @cabovermike
      @cabovermike Před 9 měsíci +4

      Look at above comments he's there , i'm smelling BS,....(30 COMMENTS UP)

    • @JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst
      @JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst Před 9 měsíci +3

      He's here, unfortunately

    • @mattcolumbia7948
      @mattcolumbia7948 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst just found him. Too pathetic.

  • @spaceace1006
    @spaceace1006 Před 7 měsíci

    Because of this channel, Allec Josh Ibay and others, I will NEVER EVER board any kind of aircraft ever again!
    Compared to most people, I didn't travel by air much. Never rode on an airliner until January 1977 when
    I turned 19! Quite a few 727 and DC9 rides DCA - ATL - Birmingham and back. My last trip was from Dulles to SF to Hilo & back. That was 2012 with my Wife. She passed in 2017😢

  • @m.larminamelendres8267
    @m.larminamelendres8267 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Theflightchannel how come you are still not making a video of what happened to Philippines airlines

  • @OfficialSamuelC
    @OfficialSamuelC Před 9 měsíci +13

    When a captain forgets to look at their instruments.

    • @wokewokerman5280
      @wokewokerman5280 Před 9 měsíci +2

      ...when you can't see anything out front, trust your attitude indicator and fly by it and airspeed - until otherwise. I am not a big fan of some airlines pilots, and their skills.....

    • @wilsjane
      @wilsjane Před 9 měsíci +3

      That is why during manual ascent, the pilot monitoring should be focused on the instruments and leaving navigation and chatting to ATC until they have levelled off.
      Alternatively, they could have set the ascent on autopilot, with one pilot keeping an eye on the instruments.
      Manual flying is always good for maintaining pilot skills, but in situations such as on the video, it is a two man job.

  • @peacebethejourney1
    @peacebethejourney1 Před 9 měsíci

    P.s. love your work....

  • @alwaysabondgirl1301
    @alwaysabondgirl1301 Před 9 měsíci +5

    I think the layout of the airport needs to redone. Too many trees and the VOR needs to br centered. So sad that many died. 😔💔

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The VOR is never centered. A VOR can never be on or too close to the runway. They are enroute navigation aids and sometimes approaches are charted off VORS that are not even on the airport. You can expect to come in at an angle up to 30 degrees off runway centerline. That's why so much visibility is required for a VOR or TACAN approach. You may have to maneuver a bit to align the aircraft for landing. It is not a precision approach, and not even a localizer non-precision approach.

  • @H-Zazoo
    @H-Zazoo Před 9 měsíci +1

    This doesn't really explain why they stalled on the go-around and why they failed to respond to the stall warning and recover. It's a fairly clear process. Apply power, fly runway heading with a stablized climb then follow the missed approach procedure. Go-arounds are common particularly in places like Thailand with highly changeable weather. Pilots do this all the time without stalling. There is more to this story than we are seeing here.

  • @JimAllen-Persona
    @JimAllen-Persona Před 9 měsíci +2

    How could the Jeppsson charts leave off that minor detail?

    • @kidpagronprimsank05
      @kidpagronprimsank05 Před 9 měsíci

      It happens quite a bit actually from what I watched Mayday, and read some accidents.

  • @2puffs770
    @2puffs770 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Isn't that the very definition of insanity, doing the same thing , over and over, expecting a different result?

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Its not a video game with a programmed situation, it is real world with variability. The actual visibility can be different for each approach. You can miss seeing the runway due to a low lying cloud that is not there for the next approach. As long as the weather is reported as legal for the approach it is not insanity to try it again. A properly flown approach where you never see anything is perfectly safe -- if not, why would you even do it the first time?

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 Před 9 měsíci

      You saw that quote too?!?

  • @UKbrownSkinBoy
    @UKbrownSkinBoy Před 9 měsíci +2

    Just curious, but what do you mean when you wrote that the Pilot's were "Channelised"? I don't understand your context.

    • @jmWhyMe
      @jmWhyMe Před 9 měsíci +2

      Tunnel vision. Focusing on one thing to the expense of everything else

  • @HDCAMAN
    @HDCAMAN Před 9 měsíci

    Mind blowing visuals

  • @gort8203
    @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +8

    You'd think after practicing twice the third time would have been flawless.
    If the VOR is on the left side of the runway they should have been tracking in from the right of runway centerline, not the left. The final approach course will cross the runway centerline prior to the threshold, so they would have to look to the right of the nose to see the runway, but they would not be to the left of the runway centerline unless flying an incorrect inbound course. I'm not sure the video depiction duplicates the actual track of the aircraft.

  • @mookie2637
    @mookie2637 Před 9 měsíci

    This feels very much like the proximate cause wasn't the go-arounds as such, but the disorientation caused by stress and conditions, especially the lack of an external visual ref.

  • @mannybaquero2129
    @mannybaquero2129 Před 9 měsíci

    It’s a miracle anyone survived

  • @maltheartistme
    @maltheartistme Před 9 měsíci +1

    hello, flight channel. could you possibly do polish air force 101? if you can’t, that’s perfectly fine. also, good video.

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger4121 Před 9 měsíci

    How sad. May all the victims rest in peace 🙏

  • @desdicadoric
    @desdicadoric Před 9 měsíci

    How frequent are go arounds? I’ve flown many many times and never had one

  • @jmWhyMe
    @jmWhyMe Před 9 měsíci +7

    From your simulation it looked like they didn't retract the gear on the third attempt. That could have contributed to the stall and the attitude issues.

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +5

      I don't assume the video depiction of that is accurate, but even if the gear was down would not make enough difference in rate of deceleration, pitch trim, or stall angle of attack to materially contribute to the crash.

    • @jokers7890
      @jokers7890 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I don't think that is correct. Prematurely retracting the landing gear slows the plane down and makes it even harder to come out of a stall, not the other way around as it might seem. There are many videos on this channel showing precisely this situation, in which if the pilot had the landing gear down it would have prevented the accident, such as on larger jets like the 747.

    • @jmWhyMe
      @jmWhyMe Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@jokers7890 I think you both have it backwards. Gear down INCREASES DRAG. That SLOWS the plane which contributes to the stall. It can also cause disruption to the air flow affecting the pitch.

    • @gort8203
      @gort8203 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@jmWhyMe Gear drag is parasite drag so gear down at very slow speed is not that much drag. The flaps produce more drag. The gear drag is not that significant in terms of this accident, where the airplane never gained much speed and the deceleration after liftoff was caused by the extreme pitch attitude.
      Also, initiating gear retraction can cause an increase in drag on many airplanes because the large gear doors that were closed extend into the airstream and also allow airflow to trip over the edges of the open wheel wells. On some airplanes in the event of an engine failure on takeoff you are taught to delay gear retraction until definitely out of ground effect and accelerating.

    • @jmWhyMe
      @jmWhyMe Před 9 měsíci

      @@gort8203 parasite drag is not so bad? Give me a break.
      I get that on an engine failure, you are concerned about power. That wasn't the case here. The gear down time is transitory, and was definitely contributing to the stall, and while not a pilot, I have seen gear contribute to pitch instability. On go around, gear up is part of the immediate checklist with positive climb rate, which they initially had, but since they weren't paying attention to procedures or their instruments, this got lost.

  • @737Parkie
    @737Parkie Před 9 měsíci

    Nice we have RNAV approaches now, which keep us on a constant descent path to the runway. No more “dive and drive” type approaches.

  • @theghostoftravel
    @theghostoftravel Před 9 měsíci +1

    prayers for those who survived this horrific crash as they'll need forever consulting watching others perish

  • @ChristopherWhite-mh8dl
    @ChristopherWhite-mh8dl Před 9 měsíci

    What was the speed on impact??

  • @Krebbulous
    @Krebbulous Před 9 měsíci

    It’s prob not healthy I watch these before my flights but man I love them

  • @g-uy9me
    @g-uy9me Před 9 měsíci

    But didn't the pilot do exactly the same thing on his first two go arounds? Why didn't he stall on the first two steep ones he did? Or did he only go up at a really steep high rate on the third and final go around?

  • @patrickunderwood5662
    @patrickunderwood5662 Před 9 měsíci

    Strange that the pilot started to recover by pushing nose down, but then relaxed pressure and let it go again. With the all-blue attitude indicator right in front of his face, in IMC. His eyes (the eyes of BOTH pilots) should have been glued to the thing. What else do you have to look at? But of course, we’re all sitting in our recliners watching a video, not piloting an airliner in the dark and rain. And, as others have pointed out, the video implies a nose down, inverted attitude at impact, which certainly would have killed everyone instantly. Bit of an unusual lapse for this excellent channel.

  • @SwitchMonkey
    @SwitchMonkey Před 9 měsíci +2

    Stalling in a swept wing jet? Well, I don’t even want to think about. The amount of airspace it takes to recover, the aerodynamic stresses on the air frame? People who have survived it? Well that was just dumb luck

  • @ClearedAsFiled
    @ClearedAsFiled Před 9 měsíci +1

    Simply unbelievable that experienced pilots FAILED to properly execute a go around by reference to their attitude indicator and STALLED the plane....sooooo sad

  • @youtube-ventura
    @youtube-ventura Před 9 měsíci +3

    I guess expecting pilots to check the artificial horizon is asking too much. This is why I'm afraid to fly - because some pilots have forgotten the basics of flying an aircraft.

  • @zulqadarrrashid6201
    @zulqadarrrashid6201 Před 9 měsíci

    Most unfortunate and tragic.
    Rest in Peace 🙏
    Prayers from Pakistan

  • @MrCapi55
    @MrCapi55 Před 9 měsíci +1

    6:35 "During the third Go Around the Angle of Attack gradually Increased from 18 to 48 degrees...
    But WHY? WHY?. WHY?!!!

  • @guyseeten2755
    @guyseeten2755 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I thought the automation in an Airbus would prevent it from stalling. When the pilots keep pulling on the sidestick, the automation should override this command. So why did the plane stall?

    • @Demoralized88
      @Demoralized88 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Airbus's first 2 planes (A300 and A310) had traditional Yokes like Boeing and didn't have the flight envelope protection that started with the A320 and digital sidesticks. I'm pretty sure the AP had basic stall recovery had it not been disengaged but, flown manually, they had no protections beyond what anything else had.

  • @peterresetz1960
    @peterresetz1960 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Nighttime spatial disorientation and ineffective crew management.
    Crew management has to be the biggest factor in the crash, in that the copilot should have his attention affixed on the flight gauges, and calling out to the captain what the aircraft is doing as per the flight gauges. I'm not trying to blame the copilot, as the CVR will have all of a verbal transaction. It is just beyond me that there is two displays that show angle of attack. How was it that both instrument gauges were ignored ?
    It would be a more informative video if there were more details of what the captain and copilot were doing, as per the investigation of the two pilots saying to each other during the crisis moment. Or is it that the investigation is still open ? The FDR data obviously has been released as per its usage in the production of this video.

  • @ImperialDiecast
    @ImperialDiecast Před 7 měsíci

    i think the final plunge animation at 7:42 is wrong. there is no reference to this on wiki. all sources say it crashed due to a stall and loss of speed. so think of it like air france 447, nose up till it hit the swamp

  • @lincolnyaco5626
    @lincolnyaco5626 Před 9 měsíci

    "...Crashing Just Before Landing"
    amazing! I would not have thought such a thing possible!

    • @user-pg7hk5kf1j
      @user-pg7hk5kf1j Před 6 měsíci

      What?

    • @lincolnyaco5626
      @lincolnyaco5626 Před 6 měsíci

      I MEAN, ISN'T A CRASH A LANDING--OF SORTS?
      Once you crash, you can't land any further.
      You can't crash...AND THEN land.
      Once yr down, yr DOWN.
      The only way you can crash BEFORE landing
      is to CRASH
      and then somehow rise and land.🛬🛑🛫🛬

    • @user-pg7hk5kf1j
      @user-pg7hk5kf1j Před 6 měsíci

      @@lincolnyaco5626 Not what is meant here. At all. Not even close. Wow.

    • @lincolnyaco5626
      @lincolnyaco5626 Před 6 měsíci

      bad wording then. wow.
      Makes it sound like it crashed 💥and then landed.
      To say, "..it crashed 💥before it landed" is redundant.
      ALL crashes 💥occur before landings. Nu?
      They don't crash before take-offs.
      Get me?
      @@user-pg7hk5kf1j
      💥

  • @andrewmunn1724
    @andrewmunn1724 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I had just started living in Thailand when this happened. A subsequent inquiry found that the pilot made a third approach, procedures said that after 2 attempts it should be aborted. I think the plane had enough fuel on board to make it back to Bangkok.

    • @princesssolace4337
      @princesssolace4337 Před 9 měsíci

      I was shuttling all over South East Asia from 92 till 2013 .... Most of my travels are by land when I got involved with 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games, 1997 Kuala Lumpur Youth World Cup, then 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games followed by 1998 Bangkok Asian Games .... its the best place to live at the Andaman Seas.

    • @chris22capt
      @chris22capt Před 8 měsíci

      It's well known among pilots that if you can't land after 2 attempts, chance is 99% you still can't land on 3rd attempt, so why bother to attempt at all? Just go to your alternate, wait for the weather get better and then fly back to your destination. Just a lil bit annoyance but no one will cry at the sudden funerals.

  • @dawayneduval
    @dawayneduval Před 8 měsíci +2

    wow, scare bus.. so tricky to fly

  • @georgenorris2657
    @georgenorris2657 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I still don't understand why the pilots allowed the plane to pitch upwards so far. Surely they could tell? This is a really mystifying accident. Also, if the survivors were at the front of the plane, it can't have hit the ground by the nose as portrayed in the graphics. I did check the wikipedia report on this accident and an important factor was the inadequate lighting on the runway with many turned off and the lighting at the end of the runway not working.

    • @flyguyry1
      @flyguyry1 Před 9 měsíci

      Its bc it was a swamp. Water and mud allowed much softer impact

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes7349 Před 9 měsíci +1

    that was insane.

  • @karaoke127
    @karaoke127 Před 9 měsíci

    7:50 als ehemaliger A310-Kapitän, der 7 Jahre lang in dieser Funktion auf Flughäfen mit ähnlich ausgestatteten NAV-Hilfsmitteln tätig war (nur 1 VOR oder sogar nur 1 NDB). Ich wage zu behaupten, wenn das Flugzeug wirklich in der hier gezeigten Fluglage auf dem Boden aufgeschlagen hätte wie in dieser Animation gezeigt, hätte eigentlich diesen Unfall niemand überleben können 😢 !! Nicht einmal in einem der stärksten Flugzeuge, die je gebaut wurden. Wie auch immer sumpfig der Boden gewesen sein mag, tut mir leid. Mögen sie in Frieden ruhen.

  • @sheldonk5634
    @sheldonk5634 Před 9 měsíci

    Not sure, at that time only prop planes were landing in Koh Samui and probably airport not supporting that size aircraft. Don’t remember if night flights coming into there

  • @TexasDustin2135
    @TexasDustin2135 Před 9 měsíci

    How the heck did anyone survive that?!?!? That’s wild

  • @riverwildcat1
    @riverwildcat1 Před 9 měsíci +17

    Unspeakable. Insane. Inexcusable. From top management on down, dangerously incompetent. Great graphics.

    • @Cadence-qt2ux
      @Cadence-qt2ux Před 9 měsíci

      Incorrect VOR location? People perished? Meh - noone is repsonsible

  • @Mu3.S
    @Mu3.S Před 9 měsíci

    Please make a vid on Kam Air 904

  • @suekrebs8387
    @suekrebs8387 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Your people look more natural every time

  • @kevelliott
    @kevelliott Před 9 měsíci +3

    'Aviate, navigate and communicate'. Whatever happened to 'aviate' here?

  • @riogrande5761
    @riogrande5761 Před 9 měsíci +1

    How could the pilots miss the attitude indicator showing an extreme climb angle?

  • @sittichaiphranonkhet8052
    @sittichaiphranonkhet8052 Před 9 měsíci +1

    FINALLY MY COUNTRY AIRLINE

  • @buddydeal7695
    @buddydeal7695 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The passengers started jumping out of their seats? Exactly where did they plan to go?

  • @SlyWithMee
    @SlyWithMee Před 20 dny

    Oh by the way the video was great to look at although the fonts used were hard to read. They looked great - the fonts but were tough to read being so closely spaced and white on a relatively light background. I felt quite a discomfort all through trying to push my eyes through the strain of these fonts. I may be the only one due to medical reasons I have still thought to share.

  • @alalal8157
    @alalal8157 Před 9 měsíci

    How did he make captain??

  • @MoreBuffMoreMuff
    @MoreBuffMoreMuff Před 9 měsíci

    They were going to Koh Samui? Did Jack Burns have anything to do with this?