Why Couldn't This Plane Climb? (Lufthansa Flight 540) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN
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In the latter half of the 20th century, the Boeing 747 became the most iconic plane in the skies. With its four engines and distinctive upper deck, the plane could fly several thousands of kilometers on a single load of fuel and carry over 350 passengers, depending on the seating arrangement. The plane was incredibly popular with airlines and the general flying public alike, national flag carrier airlines from all over the world wanted one of these planes in their fleets. Despite its admiration though, the 747 would have many fatal accidents over its years of service. In this video we’re going to examine the first of these disasters. Lufthansa Flight 540.
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thank you. I was there in Nairobi on that morning and remember the huge cloud of black smoke rising about a mile from where I was staying, didn't find out until a couple of hours later that it was the Lufthansa crash. There was a call for urgent blood donations on the radio and I remember going to the main hospital and giving them a pint. Over the years I have mentioned this disaster to many people and have rarely ran into anyone who has even heard of it.
Well done for helping out that day.
It’s also Africa and as an African-American living in the states they seldom show news reports of other countries problems especially in Africa and other Black or African communities. It’s sad but unless we research and bring media attention to it these things don’t get on the news unless a white person specifically from the states was on board or involved then it would have been major news.
My father worked for KLM Nairobi at the time and had already left for work. He had an old WWII receiver with which we could catch the Tower and I used to tune in when I wasn't at school. I can't remember now the sequence of events in the Tower but I remember calling my father at the office to tell him. Terrible business.
Keep in mind (viewers) that many 747 accidents were not the plane’s fault; ie runway incursion, improper repair (tail strike), bombing, Soviet missiles, eg. Love you videos and excellent narration.
The old Lufthansa livery was my favourite. The yellow and blue colour on the tail went together perfectly. I used to live near the flightpath into Heathrow airport and it was always rare to see a Lufthansa coming in to land.
I agree. The ‘old’ Lufthansa livery was absolutely iconic. The ‘new’ all-blue look is boring and makes it look like a nondescript regional airline similar to 100s of others. A complete fail.
Some of the 747-830s used by Lufthansa these days are painted in this legacy livery. They still fly to Johannesburg every day.
@@nexus_plexus agreed.
They have one that's registered as Yankee Tango that has the old livery, minus the silver belly of course. But it looks pretty much the same as this one. It goes all over the world from Johannesburg to LAX, Tokyo, Miami, etc.
I'm glad they explained the use of wing flaps. I used to think when the "flaps" lever was pulled, the wings started flapping.
Good one!
This made me literally laugh. Thank you!
They don't???? Damn
😂👍
I know it's an old thread, but the wings on an airliner are subject to flap fairly regularly just because the plane (I guess?) wants a stretch or something... Having had a seat or two over the wing (and the accompanied briefing for over-wing exits) watching just how much they flap was only unsettling the first couple times... nothing an in-flight beer didn't fix, though. ;o)
Wow, never realized lufthansa had such a major accident. Thank you for making this!
I suppose pretty much every long running major operator, has had at least one major incident, unfortunately.
@@exiletsj2570 qantas hasn't had any
@@Eminialetta Bullshit QF32 --google it you muppet czcams.com/video/JSMe1wAdMdg/video.html
@@Eminialetta really? Goddamnnn
Wrong
Hadn’t heard of this crash. Thank you for providing such a such a detailed account of it. The content was easy to follow and narrated beautifully.
Beautifully narrated? They can't even get their dates straight.
@@billolsen4360 A date issue would have literally nothing to do with the narration. It'd be an issue with the scriptwriting.
@@billolsen4360 Breath in relax and go to another channel. Y’all aren’t the same person and obviously ppl will agree to disagree. @ someone to make fun of their opinion is corny.
I had no idea there was a fatal passenger air crash of this magnitude at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Thanks for this insight.
Air crashes in general were unfortunately pretty common in those years.
Just an observation: the 747 and all other widebodies are not so loved by passengers if they are seated in the middle. It's awful. (of course this is in reference to economy class)
Try sitting in the rear of a 747. Bounce, Bounce, and bounce.
@@elizabethwarman9028 Nothing can beat the A340, definitely.
767 is barely a widebody but it's the only thing I've flown with 2 isles and the middle seats were great. Granted, 2-3-2 isn't 2-5-2 or anything..
My aunt, great aunt, and great uncle were on this crash as three of the 12 Americans onboard. Thankfully they all survived. Thank you for making this video - it helps me understand what truly happened that day.
It's interesting that despite the 747 having several serious incidents it never seemed to inherit the same reputation as like the DC-9. IDK what the numbers are in terms of deaths per flight or whatever but still, rather than being called the "death plane" like the DC-9 the 747 is an icon
I wasn't aware that the DC9 had a reputation like that. Odd.
The DC10 had that legacy. It was the eventual downfall of the company that produced it McDonnel Douglas.
Unlike the DC-10, which I'm guessing you meant, most of the well known incidents of the 747 weren't caused by a design flaw of the plane.
It all depends on the number of total units built. There were almost 1600 747s built so even a number of bad accidents is a pretty small percent but technology for sure came a long way.
I think y'all are forgetting location factors, the DC10s crashes happened in places like the US and France, this crash happened in a relatively newly independent Kenya which places you'd think would get the highlights in world news?
Nice to learn a bit more about this accident. Keep up the good work and greetings from germany!
I’m a teacher and always look forward to the weekends - but Saturdays are always even better because it’s when your videos drop (here in the western US, at least)! I join you in wishing our Ukrainian friends well - I truly hope this invasion ends and they have the space and time to recover as much as possible. 🇺🇦
You also invade iraq and afghanistan you hypocrite
@@fairussukarno1400 Thank you for your reply, Fairus. I have actually talked about this with my husband, and we abhor the violence that our presence in Afghanistan and Iraq has brought to the citizens who live there. I did not bring up the occupation of those two nations in my reply because I was thinking of the current situation in Ukraine. However, I see and acknowledge the fact that the United States has acted much like Russia - unfortunately, we went into countries that nobody in the world theater seemed to care about. We have also discussed how the same thing has happened to many African countries, and absolutely nobody else in the world gets involved or seems to care.
Unfortunately, it seems as though a people’s worth (in the eyes of powerful countries) seems to depend upon whether they are a western nation and - horrifically - on the color of its peoples’ skin. It is not right, not at all. While I still support the people of Ukraine during this unprovoked invasion, I also see and stand with the people of Afghanistan, who are suffering from the war we precipitated there and our sudden withdrawal, and the people of Iraq, who are still dealing with the conflict that has ravaged their nation.
War is always terrible - and often meaningless. I am so sorry if it has touched anyone you love, or a nation you live in and take pride in.
@@kristita_888 what an incredible reply. I was gonna say something rudely sarcastic to them, but you hit the nail right on the head.
Best teacher omg 😂
@@squillz8310 Why? Being Persian I can completely understand where they are coming from. Yes their reply was slightly rude but it's true. I appreciate her for replying and appreciate and respect people like her. But it's true, the amount of attention Ukraine gets particularly from white European and Northern American people is disgraceful as compared to: Afghoniston, Pakiston, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Yemen, etc. The reality is America and Europe have played significant roles over the years in being like Russia so...
just from those end credits you do i came to see that you are such a wonderful person. im happy to have found your channel, love your work to bits
In the interest of design flaws on the 747 being dismissed and Boeing preferring to blame the pilots, I would suggest you make a video of Air India Flight 855
A few comments: 1) the aircraft hit an airport access road near the end of the runway, ripping off the rear section of the jet. The remaining fuselage spun 180 degrees so that ended up facing back towards the airport and setting fire to the left wing. 2) The engines did not need to be shut down - they had ripped off their mountings. 3) Flames did not initially enter the body of the aircraft. This happened after nearly all of the mobile passengers had left the aircraft, although there is evidence that some trapped people died in the fire. 4) No-one saw the pilot/co-pilot helping to evacuate passengers. The main people doing this were the steward and stewardess at the exit in front of the main wing section on the right of the aircraft. The only other working exit was over the main wing on the right. Tom Scott (the steward by the door) specifically discounted seeing the pilot helping and as he was by the main functioning exit, he would have known if he was being helped. I don't know of anyone that claims to have been helped out of the jet by the pilot/co-pilot.
I have been here since you just hit 1K subs you’ve grown so much ^ and the quality had improved so much love this ^
I've been here since pre 10k and it's kinda satisfying and really nice to see the channels you've been with for a while start to grow and grow.
That Chapter has well over 1 million subs and I was one of the first 50k which makes me feel special lol
You sound just fine. Have never heard of this accident. Thank you very much for posting.
I don't know why I watch these videos in the airport before flights but here I am again
It's interesting that it's another Boeing plane that had a flaw that Boeing dismissed. Makes me wonder how they would react if more reports of flaps failure had reach them.
American boeing: Flaps
French Airbus: Le Flaps
Do airline manufacturers design cockpits (ergonomics, function, etc) with no external inputs or do they gather external groups of pilots to give their suggestions for the most intuitive and functional operation within a cockpit? It seems so many designs are either lacking or poorly done that they are the result of only internal personnel. If only internal personnel were used ‘group think’ could take over or one dominant person could have too much influence over design.
During design stages at NASA we had extensive brainstorming sessions with a variety of people with different areas of expertise inputing their ideas.
Glad you were feeling better. Absolutely love this channel!
In a world where I can no longer even count on 2 tacos from Jack in the Box costing .99 cents, I’m sure glad I can count on a weekend disaster breakdown or two 🥺❤️
It’s the consistency that counts!
This comment says so much about our world today, I can relate so much.
You can't depend on many things in life, but one of them is that there will be a quality video uploaded here every Saturday.
I had not heard of this accident before now. Thanks for making a great video about it.
One of the best analysis channel in youtube
That’s one hell of a coincidence that this vid drops and I just got off of a LH 744 from FRA.
Great words at the end of the video! Ukrainian people have to stay strong ✊🏻🇺🇦
That's right. Russia has always had evil government & dictators and now Putin The Dick-Tater
RUSSIA DONT HAVE TO STAY STRONG
Because the 747 involved in the accident had the registration D-ABYB, it’s still unassigned to any Lufthansa 747-8 although the same letter combination is used. After D-ABYA comes D-ABYC, then D-ABYD and then D-ABYF, but that’s another story...
Thought that was general practice
Did German registrations get reissued?: I'd always thought that each registration was a one-off and would 'die' with the disposal/destruction of the aircraft to which it had been applied.
@@None-zc5vg they can be reassigned as often as you want (I think). Of course the aircraft which had the registration before has to either leave service or change registration but other than that it shouldn’t be much of an issue. Lufthansa did that with many aircraft families already, other airlines as well.
The first letter of the registration code is prescribed and depends on the aircraft, the rest can pretty much be chosen by the airline and how they like it to be!
Yes, "iconic" is apropôs for the 747. "The Queen of the Skies" -- singularly responsible for the term "Jumbo Jet" and thumbing its 41-Section at Airbus's extravagant failure, the A-380. Just the right size, no new airports required! (duh!)
The 777 *ALWAYS* had the folding wing as part of its design. I helped create videos of that feature when it was known as the "767-X" (kudos to the geniuses at Boeing's model department!!)
She is the Queen of the Sky. Rip Amen. Thank you friend.great video. Amen 🙏.
On the accident plane: "Hessen"
On the 3D visualisation: "Niedersachsen"
Me, a German: 🤯
Nice one Chloe!
Very high quality video 👍🏻
Thank you ❤️
this shit like morning cartoons to me 🍿 thank u for the upload
Thank you for watching
great video as always! really clear explanation :)
As much money at stake in accidents, the airline's reputation and overall horror, hiring a outside trained set of eyes similar to the numerous carrier deck checks would pay for itself easily. I remember a MD-80 crashed on t/o and icing on the wing was the cause. Here in Columbia SC, middle of summer on 100 degree days I would place a ladder at the root of the wing. Then visually look for ice. Then a crew member went up , looked and then ran his hand across the surface. Mandatory. Eventually the practice stopped but no more MD-80 icing accidents on t/o.
A tragic and extremely sad event your video is very informative thank you for making it RIP to the 59 flight angels of flight LH540
10:14 Little bit confused. How could the checklist call for the bleed valves to be closed when they are the ones that provide the engine start up air??
Most aircraft require bleed air to be off for take off to assist
You sound fine - glad you're feeling better ☺️
Another awesome video Chloe!! 🤗🙌🤗
Enjoyed the video. Been following for a few months and learned a lot from all these incidents. I have a video idea. Have you ever heard of Aloha Airlines Flight 243? I think you would find it interesting. My parents remember seeing in on the tarmac when they were in Hawaii when the incident happened.
2:50 "Le Flaps" - was this a french plane?
Yes it was
Stands for Leading Edge Flaps
Great video as per usual 👌
ngl lie been waiting all day for this video!
I absolutely love the background music
Ooo am early great video! Love watching these as I find them interesting but also I keep in mind there was loses big rip to everyone! ❤️
Thanks for watching. I've dropped this video early myself this week
i love all your videos but extra thank you for subtitles :D
Great video
The leading edge devices shown when talking about flaps are Krueger flaps, not slats.
I'm From Kenya, but I will always remember this Tragedy.
Thank you for thinking of us here in Ukraine.
Very detailed account of this accident (as usual). Good. But, I think you could cut the piano music - your videos stand up on their own - the music is a distraction.
It just goes to show, every airline has its dirty laundry.
Video is good 😊 make a video about JAT367 or Zagreb midair collision
The Zagreb incident is on my list!
@@DisasterBreakdown ok
For me, this is actually the only accident I've ever heard of from Lufthansa
Thanks for an interesting video. However it would nice if the speaker at Disaster Breakdown could pronounce the first officers name correctly.
3:13 747 drift-king
Great video! Will there be a discord server for fans soon? If you want to I can help set it up
is it possible that the "engine vibrations" was actually buffeting due to the incipient stall?
@Disaster Breakdown Are you going to any collaborations with other content creators that do similar content to yours? If you consider doing a collab, I highly suggest you do one with @Green Dot Aviation.
I'd certainly be open to it! I have a few creators in mind that I'd be happy to work with :)
Oh, I missed this. I get to hear your lovely, soothing voice.
... Describing a deadly plane crash.☠️
Yaay new video
Thanks for watching!
Since flap-settings on take-off are so critical, wouldn't it be sensible to have them repeated several times during the preflight checklist run-through ?
They are.
Forgotten in Germany and never heard of...a Lufthansa plane, yet a LH 747, can't crash.
1:19 "The plane itself was brand new. It was delivered to Lufthansa four years previously, in 1970."
4 years old is still pretty new.
Cpt. Krack?
Well that's gotta be a sign of the things to come.
What happend to the pilots? Is they get fired or continued to work?
Have you ever thought about documenting the events of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
There are videos about malaysa airline but to this day still hasnt been found! So sad 239 lost their lives!
I remember this crash!
I believe I reacall that some problems with the aircraft looms, stories of people swinging on them to stretch them for some reason would indicate obvious problems.
Did either pilot explain why they did not add more power? Was it just the vibration they thought they felt at take-off, or were they trying to abort at that time? There were four mighty big jet engines on that plane, and it needed full power at that time... 🙄
I would ASSUME they didn't know which engine was vibrating, and if they were at over 75% thrust already an engine failure would result in loss of power.
@@0x8badf00d it wouldn't have mattered after positive rate turned to negative rate.
firewall it.
Dude can you make Twa 800 or turkish airlines 981 video
Did Lufthansa reconfigure the upper deck or did the animated model use a later version?
Some early 747-100s were given the standard ten-window layout found on the 747-200, some of the latter variant also originally had three windows on each side. However, it is likely that Chloe couldn't find an appropriate model at the time she made the video.
i liek ur vidoe everydaey
any form of travel can be dangerous i do not always blame pilots because planes sometimes have issues themselves and most pilots i seen try so hard they would avoid it if they could after trying but it do not take away from all lives lost in crashes but still i find it so interesting these videos it don’t make me scared to fly plz do not get scared of flying as it is not as common as cars everyone in the comments i love you and stay safe and take care of yourself today lets relax together and enjoy this good quality video together 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙much love…xxox
3:58 a bit ironic time lol
Yeah never knew as well
10:50: "As it turned out, the accident plane had actually made numerous take-offs with the leading edge flaps retracted". Wow. This information was completely new to me. This gives the impression, that forgetfulness on the side of the flight engineer was not a major reason for the accident. Perhaps he just performed his usual routine, not knowing that it was faulty.
The high altitude of Nairobi Airport compared to others where those leading-edge-flaps-retratced takeoffs were made meant that in the thinner air the wing couldn't generate enough lift.
Long time ago I decided to never fly in a single Boeing plane, ever, and it turns out that I was right to make these decisions.
2:18 THATS MY LOCAL COUNTRY AIRLINE!!! I LIVE IN CZECHIA LOL😂😊❤
This was the first of many crashes for the 747
2:52 French flap switch😂😂😂😂
May those passengers rest in peace. Correct me if I am wrong, wouldn't it be common sense to increase thrust in the situation of the partial stall? More thrust = more power to climb no? The speed in knots was clearly indicated and the pilot knew the plane wasn't accelerating anymore...
Of course it would be, that was just another indication of the pilots mistakes/stupidity. If I'm piloting a plane on takeoff and it's not accelerating and it's losing altitude, I'm going to be pushing on those throttle levers so hard it would bend them. Even if I thought they were already at full throttle. And that pilot knew they were not. Something was said about them worried about a vibration. What in heavens name are you more concerned about, damaging an engine or crashing! That plane was not even fully loaded. It could have powered its way right out, even in a incorrect takeoff configuration.
Very sad
i know it's a tragedy and probably not right to laugh, but krack and schacke made me laugh.
Never understood the insistence on blaming the plane when the FE forgot to turn the bleed air back on and the pilots did not increase thrust. Two BIG pieces of the puzzle that, when removed, make the crash avoidable and possibly even make this a complete non event.
it's a dem thing today.
blame the manufacturer
@@alhanes5803 we don't give a shit about your petty politics here. Get a grip.
Captain Al Haynes would be rolling in his grave watching you
@@gamma_dablam
OK godwin...
im a recorder
4 years old is not "brand new" ... 🤔
November 20 is my birthday
Boeing . " Where we put money before lives " . And isn't that all the time ?
Respect to the Ukraine and the awesome reign of the 747 respects to all those enwoled in this incident
A 4yrs old plane is not brand new.
Is it just me or the thumbnail kinda looked like a B707 or something
Krack and Schack...
It seems CZcams's algorithm put this one on my screen right after I watched TheFlightChannel's video on this crash. Thx.
I do have a favor: please do not use background music while you are speaking. The music interferes with hearing your voice. Thanks.
The 747s are the start of my anxiety in the air as soon as it takes off my anxiety starts until it lands…… sorry Boeing that’s my honest speech
3:25 Poor Captain!! He faced TWO deadly fates during his life, although only the second one, this plane tragedy, resulted in his death!! However though, the first tragic chapter of his life, is bearing his last name: "Krack"
He survived the crash
Boeing.....
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. My heart goes out to every single Ukrainian and Russian soldier who has been hurt because of this, we don’t need war we need peace 😔