Boeing 747 Breaks Up Just After Takeoff | Falling Apart Over New York (With Real Audio)
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- A Boeing 747 operating as TWA Flight 800 takes off from New York JFK Airport on a routine flight to Paris, France. However, 12 minutes after liftoff, the aircraft explodes in mid-air and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York. Find out what really happened.
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Here’s the story of TWA flight 800, one of the saddest 747 crash in aviation’s history. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones on board N93119. ❤
your videos are great thank you
So sad. 😞❤️
Thanks for yr great channels which indeed is resourceful. 👍
This was one of the first conspiracies that really became a thing online.
Could you make JAL Flight 123?
My best friend, Jamie Silverman, 15, was on the plane with her family. I have suffered emotional anguish every day since the accident. It never goes away.
So very sorry for the loss of your friend and her family. May everyone on that flight rest in peace.
@@beadbird More like rest in pieces !
@@gertjanvandermeij4265 Don't cut yourself on that edge.
Please do as I say, ask God to heal your broken heart and He will. God healed mine in 2008.
@@gertjanvandermeij4265 somebody's desperate for attention.
My high school teacher was on that flight. She was so excited for this trip to Paris. It breaks my heart that she died in this manner. I will never forget her.
So sorry for your loss, this is so sad😟
So Sorry. 😢😮😱 That's Terrible. Lord have mercy.
I wonder if the pilots tried to save the flight, not knowing that the nose had been separated from the rest of the airplane. I wonder if any of the passengers knew what had just happened to them as they climbed upwards before started falling back down.
My condolences. 😢💔
@@User-jr7vfare you stupid?. The cabin broke off with the pilots inside!. They were spinning uncontrollably towards the sea. What were they going to do?. As for the passengers, I'm sure that the fireball cemented their fate. There's always one idiotic comment on here.
My son’s friend David Babb was on this flight with his Aunt and Uncle. So very sad for the New Wilmington Pa community. 😢 I will never forget this.
It's all Boeing's fault
@@serenadevon nope your stupid to think that
I knew and flew with that entire crew
I had flown with the Captain not long before 😢❤️✈️
I will never get over losing my colleagues and all of the passengers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Prayers for All. 🙏
Prove it
There are no words to describe this heart breaking loss of life, hugs.
I'm sorry for your loss and the whole TWA family. My dad was a TWA captain. He started with them in 1954 and stayed until they were swallowed up by American. My dad was George Anton. Did you know him?
🧢🧢🧢🧢
What really gets me about this crash is how you can hear the other pilots in the area rallying together and doing their utmost to give information to the ATC. Truly professional. While they were sadly unable to save any lives that day, they still did their best in making sure the wreckage was located as quickly as possible. And that "God bless him" from what I presume to be the Eastern pilot was just heartbreaking. Can't help but hear the defeat in the poor guy's voice, even if there was nothing more he could do.
nothing more to add
Beautifully expressed. It was another sad moment in the event.
I was left speechless! what a tragic event and to hear the pilot from the other aircraft say "God Bless him" broke my heart 💔 as this was for real. RIP all 230 souls.
I agree my friend...
Indeed...I agree. So sad the loss of life and I'm sure the other pilots empathize and agonized over seeing that crash.
In remembrance:
Captain Ralph George Kevorkian, 58
First Officer Steven Edward Snyder, 57
Flight Engineer Richard Gordon Campbell, 63
Flight Engineer Oliver Krick, 25
Flight Attendant Dan J. Callas, 22
Flight Attendant Jacques Charbonnier, 65
Flight Attendant Constance B. Charbonnier, 49
Flight Attendant Janet Louise Wolf Christopher, 47
Flight Attendant Debra Collins DiLuccio, 47
Flight Attendant Arlene Ellen Johnsen, 60
Flight Attendant Raymond A. Lang, 51
Flight Attendant Maureen Lockhart, 49
Flight Attendant Sandra Jean Meade, 42
Flight Attendant Grace Melotin, 48
Flight Attendant Marit E. Rhoads, 48
Flight Attendant Mike Schuldt, 51
Flight Attendant Melinda Diane Wright Torche, 46
Flight Attendant Jill Ziemkiewicz, 24
Sandra Aikens-Bellamy, 49
Jessica Aikey, 17
Christian Alex
Matthew Alexander, 20
Otis Lamar Allen, 49
Ashton Lamar Allen, 16
Svein Amlund
Jule “Jay” Edward Anderson, 49
Patricia Ann Marion Anderson, 41
Seana Anderson, 27
David Alfred Babb, 13
Daniel Baszczewski, 18
Charles R. Beatty, 49
Myriam Bellazoug, 30
Arthur Benjamin, 58
Joan Evelyn Bauer Benjamin, 56
Line Berthe
Maurice Berthe
Nicolas Bluestone, 18
Michelle Bohlin, 15
Luc Yvon Bossuyt, 52
Leonie Bouhs
Jordan Michael Bower, 17
Rosemary Braman-Mosberg, 47
Michel Breistroff, 25
Edwin B. Brooks Sr., 82
Ruth D. Brooks, 79
Mirko Buttaroni, 26
Monica Omiccioli Buttaroni, 23
Anthony Caillaud
Daniel Caillaud
Joseph Arthur “Jay” Carven, 9
Paula Ann Carven, 42
Jacques Cayrol
Jenny Chaillou
Ludovic Chanson, 12
Monique Chemtob
Constance Coiner, 48
Ana Duarte Coiner, 12
Monica Eileen Cox, 16
Pamela Lee Crandell, 29
Daniel Creamades
Marcel Dadi, 44
Anna D' Alessandro
Francois Darley
Cybele Deboisredon
Sylvain Delange, 35
Judith Delouvrier, 48
Dominiques D’Huimieres
Deborah Ann Lorson Dickey, 41
Douglas Clair Dickey, 47
Christine Bailey D'Iorio
Peitro D'Iorio
Warren Dodge, 47
Guy Dupont
Larkyn Dwyer, 11
Daryl K. Edwards, 41
Marie Ellison, 67
Clara Jean Ersoz, 59
Namik Ersoz, 63
Douglas Alan Eshleman, 35
Alexandre Estival
Dierdre Mairead Feeney, 16
Vera Feeney, 52, Kilmore
Mohammed Samir Ferrat
Richard “Rod” Foster, 61
Didier Foulon
Carol Ann Schelb Fry, 54
Rosaria Pares Furlano
Daniel Gabor, 27
Daniel Gaetke, 32
Stephanie Lynn Thomas Gaetke, 32
Claire Aldona Gallagher, 15
Jean Paul Galland
Clair Gasq
Francis Gasq
Donald Ellis Gough, 56
Steven K. Graham, 39
Charles Henry Gray III, 47
Renee Greene
Donna Griffith, 36
Joanne S. Griffith, 39
Julia Danielle Grimm, 15
Cyril Grivet
Anne Gustin
Beverly Hammer, 58
Tracy Anne Hammer, 28
Lars Hansen
Eric Harkness, 23
Lawrence Harris
Ghassan Haurani, 50
Nina Haurani, 53
Sandra Hazelton
Rance Hettler, 18
Susan Hill, 44
Jean-Pierre Hochard
David Hogan, 47
Virginia Pelaez Holst, 31
Eric B. Holst, 32
James Hull, 45
James H. Hurd III, 29
Lonnie Ingenhuett, 43
Benoit Jacquemot
Susanne Jensen, 31
Courtney Johns, 18
Eleanor Johnson, 50
Jed Johnson, 47
Leonard Johnson, 53
Romana Jones, 64
Amanda Marie Karschner, 17
Margot Krikhan, 51
Andrew Krukar, 40
Barbara Kwan, 40
Patricia Kwiat, 20
Kimberly Kwiat, 26
Jane Elizabeth Reardon Labys, 52
Antoine Lacailledesse
Alain LaForge
Yvon Lamour
Ana Leim
Elaine K. Loffredo, 50
Jody Lee Loudenslager, 17
Britta Lohan
Patricia S. Y. Loo, 55
Dalila Lucien, 17
Elias Luevano, 42
Katherine Elizabeth “Katie” Lychner, 8
Pamela Rogers Lychner, 37
Shannon Evian Lychner, 10
Francois Manchuelle, 43
Etienne Maresq
Nicolas Maresq
Betty Ruth Martin, 69
Salvator Mazzola, 36
Pamela Cobb McPherson, 45
Giuseppe Mercurio, 26
Rodolphe Mérieux, 27
Avishaim Meshulam, 32
Pascal Michel
Amy Carole Siekerman Miller, 29
Elizabeth Miller, 50
Gideon Beiler Miller, 57
Joan Williams Miller, 60
Kyle Miller, 29
Robert Miller, 62
Angela Jean Murta, 53
Alecia Carlos Nelson, 45
Twyla Nelson, 8
Cheryl Nibert, 17
Gadi Notes, 29
Caitlin Marie O'Hara
Janet O'Hara, 39
John O'Hara, 39
Rebecca Jane Olsen, 20
Alan Orman, 49
Elsie Ostachiewicz, 49
Chelsie Ostachiewicz, 8
Huguette Paquet
Ingrid Paquet
Serge Pares, 29
Judy Ellen Penzer, 48
Marion Ott Percy, 77
Dennis Price, 49
Peggy Price, 49
Brenda Kay Graham Privette, 46
Rico Puhlmann, 62
Elizabeth Puichaud
Jacqueline Remy
Clyde Kirk Rhein Jr., 43
Scott Rhoads, 48
Brent Richey, 26
Annelyse Richter
Noemie Richter
Celine Rio
Kimberly Rogers, 17
Yonaton Michael Rojany, 19
Barbara Romagna, 76
Katrina M. Rose, 26
Judith Kathryn Rissel Rupert, 53
Barbara Scott, 39
Joseph Scott, 13
Michael Scott, 44
Michelle Seaman, 19
Anna Maria Shorter, 47
Brenna Rae Siebert, 25
Chrisha Louise Siebert, 28
Candace Silverman, 22
Etta Silverman, 53
Eugene Silverman, 54
Jamie Silverman
Olivia Simmons, 50
Kristina Skjold
William R Story, 51
Carnie Straus
Lydie Teang
Rachama-Chan Teang
Josette Thiery
Mauro Tofani, 46
Larissa Uzupis, 15
Lois Rose VanEpps, 58
Rick L Verhaeghe, 48
Lani Warren, 48
Jacqueline Alexis Watson, 18
Jill VictoriaWatson, 32
Thomas Ralph Weatherby III, 13
Monica Michelle Weaver, 16
Ruben Windmiller, 66
Eleanor Veronica Manganiello Wolfson, 51
Wendy Yvonne Wolfson, 16
Bonnie Wolters, 44
Judith Yee, 53
Jean-Jacque Zara, 59
Very thoughtful, for your part.
This is the terrible thing about plane crashes. There are usually couples, brothers and sisters, entire families simply wiped out. And the ages have a wide range. Here the oldest is 82, while there are three 8 year olds. Truly tragic.
Thank you for writing out this list.
Thank you🙏
May they all rest in peace🙏
Jed Johnson was Andy Warhol's boyfriend.
I was chief cabin crew on Alitalia 609, was taking drinks to the captain and SFO at the time and saw the debris floating. As crew our hearts went out to our colleagues at TWA plus all those involved. Said a silent prayer as we flew over.
I am certain the passenger lost consciousness as soon as the hull broke. We can only hope nobody experienced the fire and impact.
Content warning:
I have watched several videos that made educated guesses on the impact of the passengers. The pilots most likely died instantly and the passengers of the front half have the plane (of the part that wasn’t the nose) were most likely decapitated.
Was this one with kids on board Just ring a bell on this very sad anyway.
I never saw them mention how many were onboard.
@michaelrocky4571 At 5:42 it reads 212 passengers and 14 crew.
@@robh7671yes a high school French club from Pennsylvania.
I was a flight attendant for TWA in 1996 when this happened. I was home when my bonus daughter came out of her room practically screaming that a TWA plane had gone down. I went to the TV instantly and saw the images of fire on the water where the plane had impacted. My heart sank further than it ever had in my life to that point, knowing I'd lost several brothers and sisters in that tragedy. When you work for an airline, you really do become part of a family, and you mourn their loss as if it was your own. Still hard to think about that day every year, even 26 years later. 😭💔
What does bonus daughter mean?
@@houseofsolomon2440 I wondered the same thing.
@@houseofsolomon2440 Same
@@houseofsolomon2440 Step?
I was in the army stationed at Fort Stewart, GA. We were a rapid deployment base and we were immediately put on alert because we were told it was a possible terrorist attack. And again, a week later we were put on alert when a bombing happened at the olympics in Atlanta.
This is a absolute true story, I was leaving for basic in the Army and had a layover on this exact day, of course my flight was delayed, I walked right by TWA ticket counter and lounge area and saw everyone of these people getting ready to board, I left about half hour later only to learn the sad truth, wow I can still see there faces,there was a mom with two daughters there I’ll never forget them I don’t know why that family sticks in my mind but knowing how they suffered, Jesus I couldn’t imagine today losing my sons that way and my wife, I pray for the families everyday, again a great video
Pam Lychner and her two daughters?
Both precious little girls had blond hair, mom was absolutely beautiful, that’s why I remember them, such a beautiful family
Was that them I’ve watched documentaries but could never be certain
I'm sure everybody died very quickly given how the fire went right through the plane so I expect everyone was dead long before the plane impacted
I'm so sorry 😞 I can imagine that is very hard to this day. Their souls, I'm sure, thank you for thinking of them still ❤️
RIP my dear friend and superstar photographer Rico Puhlmann on this flight... you are missed bigtime buddy... :(
I am retired now. However, I used to work for TWA years ago. When I heard about this flight, I was in shock! Even when TWA was hijacked back in the 80's. Many prayers for these families! My family is an airline family, and we always said prayer for safe travel.
🙏🏼🕊🤙🏽🌺
N9lpne of you were paying attention...Americans are always so ready to over look b.s. 100 witnesses were outside that besutiful.clear night and saw a missile. The dmb fk navy accidentally shot it down and it was covered up. Google missile in background man holding birthday card night of TWA crash...if it hasn't been taken down. A man and woman got ten years for taking a piece of a seat to be analyzed, pink missile fuel mark. Many French people died on that flt and Pierre Salinger kept saying it was a missile then suddenly he went quiet.
imagine being a pilot, flying a plane miles above the ocean, and watching another plane explode. i can't even begin to imagine what went through all the cockpit crews heads watching that
"Thank fuck it wasn't us".
@@charlesmiller3278
😅😅😳
My husband was flying over Balboa Park when PSA went down in San Diego. He cancelled the rest of his flights and went home - he felt awful.
Theres definitely some form of PTSD there now that wasn’t before.
@@sherisagall9670 bro it was an insid3 job
My aunt and uncle were watching two neighborhood girls whose parents and grandparents were on this flight, going to Paris for their anniversary. They had to tell them what happened and coordinate with relatives who would take them afterwards. Heart goes out to everyone lost and their families that endured ❤
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This is so heartbreaking ! 😪
🧢🧢🧢
Blessings to them Today and always.
This is absolutely one of my worst fears and it’s only gotten worse the older I get. My heart goes out to everyone on that plane, their family and friends. We can only hope that all passengers were knocked unconscious after the initial break up. Just talking about this has my heart rate through the roof.
Why
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@@l21n18because despite the fact that air is statistically the safest form of travel, when something goes majorly wrong, the horror experienced can be the most extreme form of horror. Even if surviving.
Me too. As a child it was like a neat ride. As an adult I hate it and it only gets worse.
@@unknownportalmusic Exactly
EastWing saying, “God bless him,” is so incredibly sad.
I'm an atheist, but hearing that - the sentiment - made me tear up.
In 1988, my future wife was a 20 year old student who'd missed her flight out of Europe for home. That flight happened to be the Lockerbie 747. Whenever I see anything that has to do with aircraft disaster, I think about how blind fortune allowed me to marry a wonderful woman and have two amazing young men as sons. And my heart aches for those who perished.
Sorry, I can't help myself. But you are a grown man with grown men for sons and THAT'S your CZcams name?
@@surindersingh724 😂😂I had to take another look at his user name......
@@surindersingh724 Indeed. I am Mike and I'm extremely moist - Never ferget!
Grown and moist, I like it
Blind fortune? God's will.
The atc repeatedly calling for TWA 800 and then realizing it was them who exploded breaks my heart
My neighbor was a Coast Guardsman in command of a motor whaleboat who responded to this crash. He wasn't given any details about it, and thought it was a light aircraft he was headed for. Then he spotted flames on the surface of the sea. Getting closer, suddenly he could see passengers, still attached to their seats, floating to the surface. They tried to pull people aboard but could see there was no hope.
My parents were on the Athens to JFK flight. The flight right before this one. It was their 10th anniversary trip. It’s still affects them, especially my mom. It could’ve been them that lost their life and my siblings and I would’ve been orphans. What a tragedy for all these victims and their families.
I've thought about those passengers that got off from Athens & how fortunate they
felt to be alive!( I worked at JFK when the first 747's came in 1970 (loading the galley
with food & drink) & marveled at its enormous size!) That night, I was heading to
work at 11p.m. @ SUNY, in Nassau Cty. & was delayed by rescue vehicles, headed to
the nearest land to the crash site! To me, a 'terrorist attack' should never be ruled out!
im lucky you have a mom and dad, still.
That's crazy your parents literally took the last flight of that plane
@@rongendron8705 Unless someone really messed with the circuits aforehand, and even despite that- any competent mechanic or supervisor thereof would have raised concerns and stopped that flight. I would have, and probably would've been canned for it (as the result would have been no crash, ergo no cause proven). I think TWA, iconic as it was, was in decline at that time, and had to keep up face with their newer competition in order to stay relevant. I now think there was pressure on mechanics and others to keep things moving timely. And I loved TWA, but they let themselves age out. It could and should have been stopped from flying. You don't pull fuses and breakers to get around safety constraints. The short circuit was constant, until such time that heat and oxidizing limits were able to ignite catastrophe.
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"I think that was him."
"I think so."
"God bless him."
Those words are painful to listen to... the realisation that they've just witnessed a catastrophic accident, but they still have a job to do.
I grew up in NY and remember that radio chatter specifically, very chilling. They don’t know who that was? How is that possible?
No accident.
It was a missile.
@@u2mister17 you are correct.
@@donnamariedavidson5065 PBS had a special, before the curtain was dropped, that aired with the original government agencies and the first thing they said when they sat down was, " We know it was a missile but was there a second missile?"
So much BS from our masters.
Look into who the passengers were that day and you will find out why they were shot down.
i used to work on planes. I'm really nervous flying. the fact that this doesn't happen more often surprises me. aircraft companies are moving from safety and quality assurance to a profit model. results are what we're experiencing today with airlines and boeing. perhaps other manufacturers as well.
Well stated -- this term cannot get out of my head every time I read or see one of these tragedies -- The Normalization of Deviancy. Taking short cuts, not going back to fix something that those working on the part knows it is broke or not working properly. For something like a TV or computer, OK, but when you are justifying shortcuts on parts that go on airplanes, ships, cars, medical devices, in building of our homes, etc., etc. -- items that can take life, that is unacceptable.
D e i hires too, like Boeing
I was on a TWA flight in the summer of 1992 from Dayton OH to San Jose CA. I remember my grandma flagging down one of the flight attendants and whispering something to her. I wasn’t paying much attention at the time because it was my first time flying and my first time to California. When we landed, I remember the entire runway was flooded with emergency personnel vehicles.
I flew home two weeks later by myself. I didn’t know until I got home that those emergency vehicles were waiting, prepared, for our plane. An engine was on fire. My grandma told the flight attendant she smelled smoke. Nobody told me until I got home… had they, I would have still been living in California to this day, 32 years later.
I also flew home from California, directly over the Twin Towers, exactly one month to the day before 9/11.
RIP to those who lost their lives on TWA flight 800 and to all who lost their lives on 9/11/01.
🙂
I was the chief purser on Alitalia 609 from JFK, after take off I’d gone into the flight deck to ask the guys if they wanted a drink. The capt was in already on the radio with the ground with this communication on what they’d just witnessed. All I saw was the flames in the sea. Very somber flight home to Milan. RIP to all involved
I was supposed to be on that flight with my parents and brother. About two weeks before, our TWA Getaway tour was canceled due to not enough people signed up. They asked if we still wanted to use the airfare tickets but we declined. We were refunded and we went to Hawaii instead. I think of everyone on board as well as the families affected, every anniversary.
Wasn’t y’all time to leave this planet I’m glad at least you and your family are survivors 🙏🏽 Gods plans
It wasn’t your time to leave this planet because GOD loves you and wants you to repent and believe on The LORD JESUS CHRIST so you can be in the Kingdom of GOD. You were saved so you could share The Gospel Of JESUS CHRIST were ever you go !!! I pray may all the people who lost loved ones on this flight come to faith in CHRIST JESUS !!!
What A story. Thank God.
@@cushturah Freak.
It wasn’t your time, that’s why people must trust their instincts
My grade school ESL teacher Mrs. Miller was on this flight. I didn’t know her much other than seeing her in the hallway, but she always had this sort of elegant pleasantness about her. Our town was devastated when this happened. Such a tragedy.
Suddenly everyone in this comment section knows someone on the plane 💀 yeah dude sure you did.
apparently the whole miller family was on that plane from the names in the list
I’ve seen so many of these I’ve almost become numb to them but this one got me emotional. Just hearing the other captain say “god bless him”
every year a million and nearly a half people die in car crashes world wide and millions more badly injured--nobody cares
Do these plane crashes make you not go on planes
I just cannot begin to imagine the horror and terror everyone felt on that plane. God bless them all.😢
I agree. As a retired aircrew member I remember the number of flights I crewed and can only imagine the fear everyone must have experienced.
I don't know if this will help you but it's given me a different outlook on our passing, it's called Soul Crossings with Cash Peters.
He draws what he sees as we go from our death, as we leave our bodies, and then go into the light.
It's really different for everyone.
@@lorimiller4301 I almost died and i saw myself going out of my body and seeing people around me and could even hear everything but just before going out of my body saw all my past life very fast! Very weird! I came back because someone saved me from drowning!
@@mysterytour5983 Happy you are still here with us. If you dont mind me asking, do you believe in god?
Praying for each of those who perished and their families.
I cannot imagine how terrifying this must’ve been for these poor people.
Yeah can't imagine being shot down by your own government.
I think the medical consensus was that the majority died from blunt force trauma as a result of the initial explosion - many of the recovered bodies had broken necks. It is likely that some survived towards the back of the fuselage though. What really annoys me about this horrific incident are the conspiracy theories. They are the least likely explanation - and would have required a cover-up involving hundreds or thousands or people that simply would not have lasted.
@@mookie2637 Why not? It's lasted for the JFK assassination and the moon landing!
Then a fireball entered the cabin and burned like half the people
@@yankeetango Do you have proof of your claims?? Suggest you read Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi and Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Mel Ayton and David Von Pein for the JFK assassination. Also Moon Hoax: Debunked by Poolo Attivissimo, both books destroy the conspiracy theories.
Reporting the explosion and at the same time having to fly your airplane...i cant imagine the stress level...
One of my favorite Vogue photographers Rico Puhlman died on that flight. Took great shots of Cindy Crawford
It is believed by some that passengers in the rear section of the plane could have remained very conscious until the plane hit the water. THAT is about as terrifying a way to die that I can conceive.
Yeah, you would wonder what you did to deserve this kind of ending? Did I kill someone in a previous life? Not the way you want to depart.
I hope they all quickly became hypoxic and didn’t suffer.
@@jasontimperley9199 I'll never complain about a delay or lack of leg room again. That's some brutal stuff. Just the air /flames blasting in at 400mph +.
And then, it gets WORSE.
@@jasontimperley9199 One of the reasons some think the passenger were aware of what was happening is because they were only at 13,000 feet at the time of the explosion. Had they reached cruising altitude, they would have, indeed, become hypoxic and passed out well before hitting the ground.
As it occurred, I would guess many people went into cardiac arrest caused by quite literally being scared to death. The disorientation of the entire event must have spared some as well, being unable to fully comprehend the magnitude of the moment. Apparently, many of the dead were still strapped into their seats. Presumably, waiting for the captain to extinguish the seat belt sign.
@@JCDofNYC That is truly dreadful.
I've heard the audio before, and the tone shift you hear in their voices when they realise which plane it was... heart-breaking.
French guitarist Marcel Dadi, friend of Chet Atkins whom he played with days before at the Opry was on that flight. RIP to all the victims
Yes. An excellent musician. He and Bill Keith were very good friends. He recorded a Nashville album and named a song for Bill, “Billy the Keith”. Bill played that song on the album along with fellow friend and banjo player Bobby Thompson (of Hee Haw)
I worked with a pilot who was on that plane as a passenger. It is still difficult for me to believe how he died.
As a retired B747 Captain...I can tell you the radio transmissions indicated TOTAL professionalism...by the book, attention to detail. These guys were SHARP. I doubt you could have had a more experienced, capable flight crew. So sad for the new FE. I lived in Westhampton, New York flying G3's (after airline retirement) out of Islip at the time. The wife of a co-captain of mine who lived in Quogue saw the entire thing...from the ground. She just happened to be looking and it greatly grieved her when she found out what it was.
I was just going to say, the level of calm professionalism with the “god bless him”, while maintaining their cool to transport their own passengers & crew safely to completion is so.. chillingly comforting and commendable. Thank you to all pilots for guiding us safely through the skies even when witnessing and reporting a shocking loss of your own. You’re all heroes in my book.
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My dad was an avation attorney in Washington D.C. He showed me transcripts with pilots last words before the end, "OH shit"! were the most common.
I also thought the Captains talking on the radio were very professional. Their attention to detail was amazing
then she saw the missile go up and hit the plane! i remember hearing the interviews and video and witnesses see the missile!
I was a TWA pilot at that time. I had bids in for 727 Captain, with next choice 747 copilot. I got the 727, and was the junior captain at all of TWA. Had just one pilot senior to me taken that slot, I would have been the most junior copilot on the 747. The pilot who got that 747 bid, was my friend. He was on reserve, and was assigned to deadhead on flight 800, which he did. So, I missed being that guy, by a strike of fate. I knew about 8 of those who perished. The flight engineer in training, was the son of my friend that I’d known since 1978😢. Prayers to all, RIP
I worked with Hobie Tomlinson after his TWA retiremen,t who was a Senior Captain at that time. He flew that exact aircraft a couple of days previous, since he spent most of his career on the JFK-Rome run.
@@briglad5274 See my name in my posts. What’s your name? I somewhat knew Hobie. I was based in JFK for many years. He enjoyed being in management. I finished up 40 years as a line pilot in 2018, with AA. 28 years on the 767😳
@@davidmangold1838 Screen name is a contraction of my name. Brian Gladden. I worked with Hobie at Heritage Flight out of BTV from 2005 to mid 2007, when he was flying charter there. I was doing line service. Small operation (compared to TWA). About 60 employees. Hobie was Safety Director and Captain on our two Citation 560XL's and the four King Air C-90's we ran. I recall him telling me he was over 38,000 hours at that point. We also had a former United 767 Instructor Captain working with us then too. David Kent. I haven't talked to Hobie in a loooong time but at nearly 75, Dave is still flight instructing out of KLEB.
@@briglad5274 all interesting to hear. Sounds like it was a good operation. Glad Hobie had life after TWA/AA. I’ve been 100% retired since January 2018. 54 years flying was enough. 28k hours and 18k in the 767. TWA was way better than AA😡. Now I fly my 1945 v tail bonanza when I have somewhere to go.
You know the truth, then, don't you.
Thank you for all the hard work you do on these videos. The production quality is better than most network television's coverage. I really hope you are making a good living off of this channel, because you deserve it.
RIP to all who lost their lives. AND Bravo to all the engineers at Boeing and NTSB for pulling up all the pieces and piecing it all back together again to solve the problem. I remember engineers from many top schools were invited to help with recreating the tank explosion to know for sure what happened.
They created quite a "story", certainly!
That "God bless him" really broke my heart. Such a tragic incident.
RIP to all those on that plane.
Me too 😢
Amen
@@TheGuyInTheCar43what part are y’all talking about please?
@@idontknowmuch3441 at the 12:00 time stamp ❤️
He knew.
I remember this like it was yesterday. Such a horrific event. I also remember the controversy surrounding this crash. Countless people stating they saw something rising from the ocean (implying a missile). I never followed things to that extent. This was a well done video.
I did follow the story. The 2013 movie TWA Flight 800 offers incontrovertible evidence of a cover-up. Investigators of the crash came out 17 years later to reveal government actions interfering with the investigation.
Anybody interested in this crash should see that documentary..
@@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber You are correct and one of the only ones to state what really happened. The cover up was so obvious. Our government does not work for us anymore!!
No way their story makes sense - absurd.
Likely a military mishap, covered up.
SevenPlanets777-Scifi-tuber Correct. I haven’t seen the documentary but I knew many people came out later saying it was a coverup.
What a terrifying way to die. My deepest sympathies to the families left behind.
Imagine the few moments between the cockpit being ripped off and the hull of the aircraft crashing into the water. I imagine many if not most passengers were still alive and conscious during that. Each second must have felt longer than a century. What a horrible way to go. Sorry for all the lives that were lost that day.
they weren't conscious
@@mikegrabowski7483they were for a while but lost consciousness on the way down
@@highaltitude787 GTFO of here. No they were not
@@mikegrabowski7483 just curious, not trying to get into a CZcams comment war with you. There were reports that 19 of the victims had water in their lungs at the time of autopsy. Water in the lungs indicates that there was at least one breath taken by these 19 people. Does that not indicate that those 19 were at least semi conscious upon impact? The majority of people were either dead or passed out immediately, there is no denying that fact, but it's hard to dispute that water in the lungs of 19 is solid indication of them being alive at least for a brief moment as they went into the water. I can't even imagine the horror of such a thing to go through, but that is the story of the autopsy results.
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"I think that was him. God bless him." Makes me well up every time I hear it. I try to approach safety studies in a rigorous, cool and scientific way, but sometimes it really hits you.
...for aviators to see another go down like that, especially a big commercial plane, must be shattering, numbing...
My eyes got wet during the whole conversations, especially when they repeatedly called for TWA 800 and they never answered... 😢💔
I remember this and also remember how there were people saying they saw a missile fired from the ground up to the plane. Never knew what the official report was till now.
Some of this technical explanation doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, like why the AC pack was only located an inch from the fuel tank. I still believe that there's at least a 50% chance that this plane was blown out of the sky by a missile. For the government to admit that would cause a whole host of problems. Another case: Everybody remembers Flight 93 on 9/11. It's the plane that crashed into the field near Shanksville, Pa. The very next morning, CNN had a reporter at the Indian Lake marina standing next to a large beached commercial jet engine. The implication was that if that jet engine was from Flight 93, it had to have been shot out of the sky since the distance between the marina and the crash site was 6.5 miles. Guess what…………CNN never showed that reporter or footage again. Never….showed….it….again. I know this because I had my tv glued to CNN the entire next two days. Oh, and there were numerous eyewitness reports of a small, white, unmarked, private jet flying around the Shanksville area moments before the crash. I will NEVER be convinced that that plane wasn't shot out of the sky. Of course, I'd never have blamed Bush for his actions if he'd made the decision to do so, but the political heat would have been massive.
@@ayokay123 Thanks for this update. Yes, this is till quite a mystery especially with all of the things you mentioned.
Some people? There were 200 witnesses to one or more missiles rising from the water to the plane.
That plane was accidentally shot down by the United States Navy who were in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Long Island doing exercises. They had missiles onboard that Navy ship that did not have any explosives in them. If a missile of that type was fired at an airplane, it would not leave any residue of explosive material, but it would still totally annihilate an airplane. There was a lot of mystery to this flight. Do your own research. RIP.
That is absolutely terrifying as hell. You cant even go over how scary that entire situation is. Dont even wanna think about it. To see the plane rip apart like that. Rest in peace to all on-board.
@@bobby1970 but you drive a car? Our roads are much deadlier than the skies. You just don't hear about how many people perish daily in vehicle wrecks.
@@janepatterson6372 I’m sorry, but die in a car crash no matter how terrible would still be less horrifying than that.
@@janepatterson6372 Dumb comparison.
@Charles NOT a dumb comparison at all!
When a plane goes down it's a huge deal compared with the daily fatal car accidents that happen across the world.
@@sarcasticallyrearranged It's a dumb comparison. It's not about dying in a crash in general but about how terrifying the situation must have been. I bet many of the people weren't even dead the time they were falling down and witnessed such a horrific sight before falling to their deaths.
Yes, air travel is considered to be safer than road travel where disaster like this is not expected but it happens and when it happens, it happens in a worst way possible than a typical road accident. Reason why air crashes get more attention than the road ones.
I was a TWA ticket agent at JFK at that time. 😢 I will never forget it for the rest of my life. It was my day off and one of my coworkers called me hysterically and told me what happened. I put my uniform on and drove to our TWA terminal. 😭😭 It’s the worst experience in my life, seeing all the family members of the deceased showing up at the terminal screaming, crying, throwing themselves on the ground..OMG! I try not to talk about it because I break down every time. We end up going to the hotel just outside the airport to assist our managers and other personnel’s including The Red Cross with the families of the deceased. There were people on the ground in the lobby crying and as employees without training for situations as this, we hugged them and cried so much. So many unaccompanied children perished not to mention our other dear beloved passengers and our crew. We also had a dead head crew onboard traveling to Paris to bring back an aircraft…. They all perished! I remember a young flight attendant fresh out of training, this was her first flight. She perished. This is the worst experience in my life😭😭. This pain will never go away!
R.I.P. you beautiful souls! You’ll never be forgotten. TWA 🙏🏾😭😭
Wow incredible. Makes you wonder how people can carry on after such a disaster. So sad
My brother in law was the captain on that flight rip 🙏 twa and all aboard 🙏 😢 and the families. After all these years, it still hurts 💔 to think about it. Peggy
I noticed that so many of those children seemed to be unaccompanied, at least nobody else had their same last names, so I wondered. Very sad and tragic for everyone involved, but I can't imagine the pain of putting a small child on a plane unaccompanied and have that happen. I can only imagine how this tragedy has always affected you. God bless you and bring you peace.
@@peggyminer7925 I am so sorry for your loss, God bless you and your family.
@@joshandrews7592 My dad put me on a plane from NY to Atlanta in the late 60’s. I had to wear a name tag and the stewardesses took good care of me. Didn’t think much of that back then. So sorry for those who have suffered the loss of family, friends and loved ones in plane accidents. 😔🙏🏼😢 (You couldn’t pay me or give me enough drugs to get on a plane now, even though I believe they’re safer.)
My nephew was the chief (and only) reporter from the USCG sent to cover this tragedy. He was deeply affected & suffered a great trauma as a result. The pictures I saw were heart wrenching
When this crash happened? Can u say
@@nitiandfrens 1996, July
So Sorry😢
---- > Were any of the crew or passengers recovered?
When did this happen?
Who can EVER forget the VERY moment we heard about this horrific tragedy, EVER ?? My Late husband & I had been planning another trip to Europe. To Paris, actually. I LOVE France. But my fear of flying FAR outweighs my love of France. Less than seven months before, we had returned from a two-month vacation of both France & Germany. My husband was unaware of how ill he was & I knew we had less than a full year left to us. Still, I could NOT bring myself to make reservations for this trip, my fear of flying, as I've said far, FAR exceeds my terror of just walking onto a plane. I cannot even imagine the terror these innocent people experienced. I just pray all these children, women and men were deep in the middle of a hungry kiss, a tight hug, a silly laugh, a song of love, a flirty wink, a loving whisper, a loving touch, holding hands, a loving embrace, a sexy squeeze, a loving smile, or hopefully, maybe even a slow dance. Anything, EXCEPT, what my mind ABSOLUTELY refuses to accept. This year, I send this to the Families of all the Souls lost that day. I have NEVER been able to forget that day, nor will I ever !!
On 17 July 2023, it will be 27 years that they ALL left us and every year, I repeat the same words of "High Flight" by John MaGee, Jr. These words mean so much to me. My Late husband was a pilot, and I know exactly what these words meant to him, as well as to other Pilots in the Military.
John MaGee, JR wrote "High Flight" on 3 September 1941, only three months before he would die, in a flight accident. John was an American, born in China, to Missionary parents. John earned a Scholarship to Yale, but in 1940, John enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and became a Pilot. On 3 September 1941, John finished writing "High Flight" & sent it to his parents. On 11 December 1941, John's Spitfire, collided with another plane over England & he was killed instantly. John's mother was British & he is buried near his parents. John was 19 when he died.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings:
Sunward I've climbed & joined the tumbling mirth.
Of sun-split clouds------and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of------wheeled and soared and swung.
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue.
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy Grace,
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew-----
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the Face of God.
John Gillespie MaGee, JR
3 September 1941
9 June 1922 -- 11 December 1941
Excellent graphics and a well-put-together overview, great job!
When you know the circumstances and sequence of events that lead to things like this, it’s crazy to think about how thin the line between life and death can be and you’d never even know it.
Apparently, in this case, it was 5 centimeters. Amazing that there was so little space with zero insulation between the packs and the tanks.
I would've been screaming for Jesus to take me before impact to have to die
@@txbill2512 eh, it was a missile. There's pretty much no denying it at this point.
@@blackieblack Sure mate.
@@txbill2512 No, actually, it was almost certainly shot down. We can't be certain of course, but the fact that TWA Captain Mundo signed a sworn affidavit saying that on his flight from Athens, Greece, he not only emptied the center fuel tank, but that he had also vented it of any fuel vapors debunks the FBI & NTSB center fuel tank theory.
Not that in matters anyway, because in 2022, former Navy Operations Specialist, William H. Teele, III, from the U.S.S. Carr, came forward as a whistle blower reporting that the U.S. Navy had accidentally shot down TWA Flight 800, on July 17, 1996.
There is plenty of evidence though and it's all out there; but you will never go seek it out yourself and even if you tried, most of the internet is sanitised these days anyway.
My friend had a huge number of relatives from France that had come over for their first trip to America, and meeting their American relatives, and were on their way homeward bound back to France. An entire section of family, his aunts, uncles and young cousins all perished that day. 😢 God bless them all.
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The Miller family?
Heart breaking.
RIP to *Dr Ghassan Haurani and his wife Nina* - my family knew theirs and this was an absolutely devastating loss!
I thought that flight 800 was the one a lot of people said it was hit by something fired from the ocean and the government said it was not, just an optical illusion? At that time the Navy was also doing exercise in the area.
Yes - this was hit, intentional, unintentional ?
Yes many eyewitnesses came forward saying they saw a missile hitting it from the ocean. Unintentional of course. There are two books on the subject “Nightfall” and the downing of Flight 800
There were a lot of people that said that. They were all told it was an optical illusion, all of them?. I don't believe that for a minute. Just like swamp gas were UFO's!
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My sister was planning to fly to Paris to meet our other sister that was already in Europe on vacation. She was looking at plane tickets and had two options: TWA800 or another flight leaving a day later. Luckily, she decided to stay an extra day in NYC and purchased a ticket for the other flight.
czcams.com/video/mqL0V1XaU7Q/video.html it was an job
I was in a plane accident too last October 23 2022 in cebu philippines via KE631 it's was extremely scared. We are very lucky all passengers and crews are alive. A million thanks to God for everything.🙏🙏🙏
Yeah sure 🙄
Whew thankfully 😅
As an aircraft mechanic, it was mandatory to study this accident annually.
@BOB K Old planes can fly just fine if they're taken care of properly, and in accordance with scheduled maintenance. This 747 was not by any stretch of the imagination. Failure to clean up after maintenance, aged and unserviceable wiring, neglect, it all added up to a massive tragedy.
The NGS system installed on aircraft after this was the biggest waste of money. Damn system always has issues
Accident?
@@Sarasdad91 Yes, Accident. A result neglect, and bad maintenance
@@cdrocrossdiscovery it wasn't an accident
July 17 th is my Dad’s birthday. We lived outside NYC and I remember driving home and they interrupted the music to report the loss of flight 800. We were coming home from a birthday dinner for my dad in Edgewater NJ
My friend Christina was a flight attendant for twa..she took that day off..that was supposed to be her flight...two of her girlfriends also flight attendance took that flight....I heard the news the day it happened..I was at a loss..
My heart goes out to that high school class on board on their way to Paris. I'm 17 and I can only put myself in their shoes and imagine if that were my class on that plane with my friends. Truly so sad and terrifying for all of the poor people.
Oh my god u serious wow that's so horrible a whole highschool class and that kind of disaster ..
I didn't know there was a high school class on board. I remember taking a trip to France when I was a Junior in high school. I got to sit in the front right window seat on the upper deck of our 747. It was a very memorable flight.
Wow, I had no idea. Was the plane explosion in the Final Destination franchise inspired by this tragedy?
@@btsarmyzona8541 Yeah actually. The detectors of the Final Destination movies were tasked with making an X-files episode of TWA800 back in the late 90’s but the episode was eventually scrapped. The directors liked the episode script so much they ended up just making into a movie which is what we know as Final Destination
My ex-wife's son was part of that class. She said he missed the flight, although I don't remember why.
I grew up on Long Island and I remember this. We’d go down to the ocean and see them pulling wreckage out of the water. They were pulling bodies and wreckage out for what seemed like forever. The bodies were taken to the morgue a few miles from my old house, I always thought about them as I would pass it. It’s the crash that stopped me from flying for many years.
Your Gov at work
@@777RockNRollin it was a pretty gnarly explosion that sent wreckage all over. If I remember the search areas were huge. They rebuilt the plane out in Calverton to rebuild in this massive hangar so the NTSB can investigate. They were trying to collect every single piece they could, bodies included.
But your car is about a million x more dangerous.
A car don’t carry as many souls as a airplane. So people need to stop comparing a car crash to a airplane crash.
Exactly. Those comments be so annoying. Also, no one would rather drop thousands of feet from the sky ; and even suffering from burns at the same time .
My biggest fear of flying has always been succumbing to a plane crash.
I returned from Italy on a plane and experienced turbulence so bad that I never flew again. My father was in the RAF as a Fitter Engineer, and although was very good at his job as an Engineer, he did fly but was always a little nervous.
Are you serious right now that's all people's fear of flying what else is there but a plane crash in a plane...................
You know more peuple die in the car that in the plane ?
@@achillelegrand1680 not to be mean but I literally don’t care I do not want to fall from the sky. You cannot survive a plane crash the way you can a car crash
@@jadagarcia7673 well actually ☝️🤓
This is also the flight many citizens reported seeing a missile take down. Search for the documentary.
I believe a missile took it down. Of course no one would admit that.
i wouldn't be surprised that most DOWNED flights have some GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE involved. Look at how often Russian / Iranian planes go down. Are we in the USA next?
czcams.com/video/q8WAd_gBHek/video.html horrific stuff, not sure what happened to the missile sightings.
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What a horrible disaster and how awful that nearly every single pilot was extremely experienced, probably nearing retirement age. Yet not one of them, with all of their combined years of experience could have done a thing to save this doomed flight. Such a tragic story. My heart and prayers go out to all of the families affected by this. Thank you for handling this recreation, as always, with such respect and compassion and factual research and animations.
The plane was due for a big inspection imo and the long hours of operating with only a short break on the ground....I don't want to think of all the near misses of accidents, those machines need to be in the air all the time to make money.In this case, the financial profits were paid in blood.
If the research came from FBI or miltary source, its not factual.
I'd like to know what the pilots attempted to do after the explosion
Hard to do anything as a pilot when your aircraft is hit by a missile.
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 the plane was hit by a missile
Taking a moment to appreciate all the hard work that went into the making of this video. I never heard the communication with ATC before.
RIP to all the victims of this terrible disaster.
Superb presentation of a tragic event.
You never know the hour or day. May their end have been quick and painless. To their survivers, my deepest sympathies.
A message to the people who missed that flight or was on the previous flight, you should be thankful that you are still alive to this day. RIP to all 230 passengers on TWA flight 800.
That was divine intervention from above! 😢
Wow!! That was a lot of passengers.. how very sad.
@@lisacaptain8216 I am a follower of Jesus Christ so I do believe in God but I don't understand what you mean exactly. Why would God save some from that flight and not others or all of them? If he intervened and kept some from going then that would mean he meant for the rest to perish then? I've never understood things like this and I suppose I never will. I'm just leaving a comment here in case you have any insight, I'd appreciate hearing it. Thx
I'm sure they know that
@@theroses9048 that's perverse. What about the people who died? I guess God didn't give a fuck about them, huh?
This was the end of the era for TWA after this flight. So sad and tragic. So many tragic bombings, operational problems, and terrorism acts through the 70s to 2001. May the families of the victims be at peace with this tragedy.
Don’t forget the mismanagement of the company, Carl Icahn, and deregulation that was the factors of killing TWA up until the AAL merger in 2001.
They garnered the new nickname:
"The Worst Airline."
Man, TWA didn't deserve this
The only thing i could commnend it is that they surpassed Pan Am in terms of years
The only acts of terrorism throughout this period , can be traced back to the corrupt arrangements between the airline industry as a whole and the NTSB and FAA . Don't blame terrorists , the truth is closer to home .
@@senabecool7232 it was a nasty crash
I remember this day so clearly as I lived in the area and know someone who lost a relative. Watching this animation was gut wrenching. God bless all those lost.
I have to say God rest and bless the innocent, and damn the incompetent and complicit, because I see this as totally avoidable by an airline in its decline. And I love TWA historically. But right is right.
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@@Barefoot433 there is no god stop believing in fairytales
there is no god stop believing in fairytales
@@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIthat's what you believe lol
And if thats the case then who created the big bang lol😂
My condolences to all involved. It was a great loss to the guitar community when hearing gifted French guitarist Marcel Dadi was onboard
May they reopen the investigation and finally give these people justice. To any seamen or airmen involved in this, it's time to step forward.
huh?
@@klinestill I was "channel surfing" on cable that evening, and stopped on CNN. they were showigna black horizon with lights and I thought it might be another invasoin of mideast ala Gulf War I. Started watching and the broadcast narrative that evening had little resemblance to the next day. that evening Naval ships in the area on maneuvers were assisting, as well as local boaters. Multiple witnesses saw streaks of light from the ground going upwards toward the plane, etc, etc, etc. Next day, the NAVY had been transported 200 miles away and were en route to assist. People deserve closure and answers
Exactly. It's a travesty that they have people believe the "official" report. Since, there is plenty proof that this 747 was shot down. There was even a splatter pattern spread accross the top of the center wing tank which tested positive for nitrates. This of course, along with other clues, was never made public...
i don't believe it was a bomb!
I cant even imagine what the poor poor passengers were thinking in those vital seconds. Rest in peace
They were already dead
@@ryanhull2523 you don't know that but most probably were.
They were on fire 🔥
Unimaginable fear! Yet knowing how it’s gonna end🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🥺💔
@@specialkyt they were already dead
I remember hearing a high school track and field standout from the bay area where I'm from was on this flight. Dan Gabor was a 800 meter track star. I saw him run at a few track meets but didn't know him personally. Was shocked to hear he was on flight 800. Rip Dan Gabor
Your Gov at work ,.. I am sorry for you sir
I had the honor of running a few track races with Dan. Having had a chance to meet him, I remember him as a very kind and humble young man. Amador Valley High named a track event in his honor, The Dan Gabor Invitational. RIP
@@777RockNRollin explain
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I am an aviation enthusiast. This tragic accident has gripped me and will not let go. May the victims of TWA flight 800 rest in peace. I am wondering what happened to that patient who was supposed to get that organ. Does anyone know?
They were cornea's for eyes, in a box that is kept on the flight deck.
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My first year working at Boeing, and this happens. And 5 years prior I'd flown on a Fed Ex 747. The other 747 incident that sticks out in my mind is the cargo door flying off taking out a section of the fuselage and controls, and sucked some passengers out. They managed to land that sucker and save the remainder of the passengers, what a scary ride that must have been. RIP to the victims. The other sad time to be at work at Boeing was the 9/11 event.
This strikes me in so many ways. I flew to Athens on TWA that night. I did not know that the plane that exploded had originated in Athens the prior flight. We were delayed departing JFK. I don’t remember hearing a reason for the delay, but I remember hearing of the crash slowly filtering through the plane a few hours into our flight. I still think that there could have been a good chance I passed some of the passengers who died in the terminal.
😢 hugs to you
Happy that you're still here though but sending you hugs for the traumatic memory.
Haunting
How would you have received news while in flight? No cell phones or any method of contact with anyone in 1996. The pilots probably knew from ATC, are you saying the spread the news?
@@RB-lc8lh I think it was known before we took off… we ended up leaving around 10 pm. Just wasn’t well known before takeoff.
I can't imagine losing my wife and kids on a flight like that and being the one who stayed behind for whatever reason. How do you come back from that. Also the way in which the plane broke apart, you know people's last moments were quite long and filled with terror and discomfort if they were concious for the descent. RIP
Such a tragic way to have to accept your loved ones had to die. Yet knowing God's angels were standing by to retrieve them too.
They were alive until they hit the water
@@gregbell3559No they wasn’t, u see all that fire and smoke? the inside of the plane was engulfed in it. They burned to death or died of smoke inhalation I’m sure.
You can't. What devastation
It was like a blowtorch inside. People in front had no clue. Everyone else heard the explosion and saw a fireball coming. Maybe someone in the very back stayed alive long enough to realize the fall b u t they would have been terribly burned and focused on that. Based on simulation fire never stopped and plane started breaking up on the downward arc. Absolutely horrifying.
This channel is SO GOOD! I think I have been a subscriber almost since the beginning! But R I.P to all those on board this TWA-plane..:(
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to ask the family, friends and co-workers of everyone on board that day.
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My mentor, friend and boss Jed Johnson was on this flight - to this day the most difficult thing I’ve ever gone through in my life. At the time it shattered me … devastating.
Prayers for everyone
That name sounds familiar...was he Andy Warhol s partner by chance?
Yes, he was Andy’s boyfriend for 12 years. Very sad, he was a very talented interior designer.
@@maryf259 Andy Warhol was a self aggrandizing fraud of an "artist" that was celebrated for the banality he created. He helped set the stage for other frauds like Damien Hirst and Jeffrey Koons.
It's the celebration of celebrity over talent and creativity.
I was flying into JFK that night, my captain screaming over the intercom for the stewardess to go up front. They wouldn’t let us land we were circling around. My family heard a plane crashed and wasn’t sure if it was our plane. They didn’t want to call my parents. I’ll never forget this night. May all RIP for flight 800
How awful for you that your pilot was unprofessional enough to be “screaming for the stewardess”! Contrast that with the control and professionalism of the ATC and pilots who actually witnessed the disaster yet remained calm and related as much information as they could. Horrifying tragedy all around. RIP
@@lindahoffman2692it’s called shock!
A friend of mine's step-father was on that flight. He was a pilot. Going to France to pick up a plane to fly home. Never made it. Sadly, the father of that same friend died years earlier in a crash here, in NY, 😢 He was a pilot as well. So sad. I remember that night. I was in Westchester County and was on the phone with my other friend when the news broke. My friend lived in Selden (on Long Island). She wasn't far from Moriches Beach. Rumors came out that a missile was seen hitting the plane but was not the case, supposedly.
May all the lost souls on that Flight 800 rest in peace🙏😢💔🙏
Don't believe the fuel tanks exploded without some help aboard or missle. Just like cars in the movies exploding, it doesn't happen.
There were reports on news stations, that the Navy was practicing in that area as well. Practicing what?
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Used to work for TWA back in my 20’s as a Flight Service Manager and when this happened I had been away from the company for nearly 5 years, but it hit home because I had worked that flight on several occasions. God Bless all who perished on that day…
This and Alaska Flt. #261( January 2000) are both in my thoughts most days! I had family friends on both flights, remembering them fondly. RIP to the families of both crashes!!
How tragically unfortunate, I'm sorry.
What the hell are the odds of that. If I were in your shoes I'd never get on a plane again
@@UMadUCauseBadThanks, however I can't dwell on it. With many miles flown, it's in GOD's hands!
@@trob0914 better spiritual man than I fr fr
I never forgot what I was told as a young man and now that I’m 54 it’s about as true as it gets. Throughout the history of mankind only a very fortunate few get to die in their sleep. The rest of us? We go out the same way in, KICKING AND SCREAMING. This is a cold hard fact we ALL must face one day. Live your life as if it were your last day. Always tell the people in your life how much you appreciate and love them. Remember to always be a good and honorable person because your honor is the ONLY thing that you can take with you when you die. ✌️🙏✌️
It's really sad when military takes out your plane with plenty of witnesses ,a whistle blower and decades later people still don't know what happened
Michel Briesroff, a well known hockey player, was on this flight, along with Courtney Whitmore, The sister of Geoff Johns and the inspiration of DC’s Stargirl series. That “I think so” from the Boston controller….I could hear the sadness in his voice…… ugh heart wrenching. Kudos to the controllers and other pilots for pulling together in that situation and acting like one unit. Like a big family of aviators looking out for one another……
Thank you for your awesome flight recreations - part history, instruction & even entertainment..
As I spoke to a 737Max United pilot at my church recently, he was astounded to hear my familiarity with his job.
I said: "I never miss a Flight Channel video".
He laughed & said "that's great neither do I"
I appreciate your support :)
Has to go to church to pray about his actions of choosing to fly for united
@@maxsaviation9512
Have no clue about merits of his employer.
Goes to church & work to support his lovely wife & kids,...just like anyone else lol.
@@psalm2forliberty577 Do churches in America pay you to attend then?
There were multiple videos of this flight that were shown on the news with what appeared to be a an object heading towards the plane, then the plane exploded when the object reached it. I've been looking for these videos for years, but they're nowhere to be found. Coincidentally, a naval training mission involving AA weaponry was happening in that area on when this happened.
Over 250 witness reported seeing the object and were even shown on the news, but these witness reports stopped and were memoryholed shortly thereafter.
Just like the pentagon missile strike on 9/11. Footage of gas station cameras were on the news but they're all completely gone now. In other news Israel tested nuclear weapons on Yemeni rebels--this was reported but now you don't find a whisper about it anymore.
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Coverup it was. Even CIA made a movie
I’m sure the same thing happened after 9/11
That "object" was the plane itself. It was flying upwards after it exploded, which it did twice. No missile was caught on radar, nor did any nearby aircraft or the military helicopter nearly destroyed by falling wreckage see anything, not only that, but the crew conversation on board the plane was normal, no signs of panic, no radar warnings, nothing.
Got chills watching this - I remember being so sad about it as a kid
I remember when this happened I had a strong (and strange) feeling that I knew someone on the flight. When the passenger list was announced, my feeling was very sadly validated. A guy I ran track with in high school was on the flight. I read that he was heading to a friend’s wedding in Paris. He was a really cool guy, very quiet and sweet. He was also a great runner. I was so sad for his mom. Still can’t believe what happened. Prayers for the families who lost loved ones. ❤
He is now jogging in heaven.
czcams.com/video/mqL0V1XaU7Q/video.html it was an job
@@MyEyeOnAi Learn English before you try to post here.
@@maxalberts2003 I found your address, enjoy whats coming
I am not a conspiracy theorist in any way. I am a retired aircraft mechanic that worked heavy maintenance on 747-100,-200, -400 and SP series. The explanation given by the FAA was logical and on point. But I just have one question, in all the years of these aircraft flying earlier to the crash, why didn’t this happen before ?
I wonder if this would have happened if the center fuel tank had been completely filled at JFK? There would have been very little fuel air mixture with a full tank.
@@roberthagedorn290 I was thinking that too!!
At this point i wouldn't believe the US Government or US Government Agencies if they told me the sky was blue and the grass was green.
@@stephenbate933 me also! What has been coming out in the last few years about things that our government has done and is doing makes me question everything!
Because it was a combination of circumstances.
My younger cousin witnessed this when he was probably around 8 to 10 years old. Standing on beach outside their home on the south shore of Long Island. Within 24 hours he was interviewed by the FBI and other investigators. The plane was up there, so not everyone knew what they were seeing. He loved aviation, and knew immediately.
No. Fire in fuel tank. @saturatedsausage7398
I remember this in 1996. The crew and passengers that got off must have felt incredibly thankful when they heard the horrific news a few hours later.
God bless those that perished.
While any fatal crash is a devastating tragedy, usually in crashes caused by mechanical failures you have a flight crew fighting valiantly until the very end that you can take a little bittersweet pride in. At least you get a feeling that they didn't give up and they went down swinging. This disaster has always stuck out to me because not only did these guys not do anything wrong, but they were robbed of any semblance of a chance to save their plane. The helplessness of free falling into the ocean without even being able to put up a last-ditch effort to save themselves and their passengers ... it's just so unbelievably heartbreaking and so infuriatingly unfair.
Have you heard of Swiss air flight 111 who also crashed around the same area in the Atlantic in 98 also due to a fire on board and subsequent freefall of the airframe. These two crashes are kind of very similar, I don't know if he's made the video of the Swissair MD 11 on here yet? I have been looking for it
@@julesjulius187 Yes, TFC made a video on this channel that I have watched about that crash. Even there, while in reality probably just as hopeless a situation as Flight 800 faced; they got to call out a mayday, were fighting the fire however they could, were getting vectors to the nearest airport, etc. There's at least the small comfort that they were putting up a fight and doing all they could until the end. TWA 800 just breaks my heart because they didn't even get that chance. There was literally nothing they could do. And maybe the G-forces knocked everyone out and it was actually a more peaceful way to go than the Swissair crash. Maybe that's the silver lining of a terrible outcome. But again, it just feels so unfair that they never even got a chance to fight.
@@pokes404 yh you're right! Swissair 111 had a few bits more opportunities out of their really bad situation with the fire in the cockpit. The crew was calm, extremely professional and fought very hard for an immediate landing but were still unable to make it.
same was Lockerbie or Überlingen, let alone Germanwings 9525
Your comment really reminds me of JAL123. While both 747 went down, the crew of JAL123 put up a heroic effort with whatever little control they had; whereas with TWA800 they never had a chance to do anything. Absolute tragedies.
My family and I were in from London visiting my parents in New York. This happened the following day. I remember how frightened I was knowing we had to get back on a plane and fly back home.
I wouldnt have
Sorry, this tragedy happened a few days before the start of the Atlanta Olympics. Has it had an impact on the opening of the Olympics?
God that is one of the most incredibly experienced flight crews ever. 120+ years combined at TWA and the Air Force for the 3 pilots. Incredible. Too bad in this particular case it didn't matter.
I guess this was the one that inspired the movie called Final Destinaton (part 1)'s plane crash sequence... Nobody could imagine the horror those people lived though, especially the ones sat in the aft section of TWA800. May all of them rest in peace.
Yes Hollywood needs to push out the fear porn to cement it into peoples minds and psyches. Its essentially a weapon.