Panic Over The Pacific | China Airlines Flight 006
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China Airlines Flight 006 (callsign "Dynasty 006") was a daily non-stop flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport. On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP used to conduct the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following the flame-out of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at FL 410 (41,000 ft.)(12,500 m). The plane rolled over and plunged 30,000 ft (9,100 m), experiencing high speeds and g-forces (approaching 5g) before the captain was able to recover from the dive, and then to divert to San Francisco International Airport.
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I think this was the most unexpected safe landing I’ve seen.
I can’t believe they pulled out of that dive without tearing the plane apart..... but to actually reorient before smacking the ocean and have enough control surfaces intact to land with functional landing gear??
Jesus.
thats why aviation pilots should never give up, and keep flying the plane , even if the situation seems hopeless
Boeing used to build them well.
That same aircraft was repaired, but now sits collecting dust in Tijuana, Mexico airport. Saw it today, did a little research and found this video.
wonder if they bother to clean up the absolute mess in the cabin?
oh cool. I go to san luis a lot so im always at that airport. do you know where exactly its located? would love to see it next time i go
It's amazing what you can find.
@@alexaj.4562 You can find it on google maps' satelite view, it's the lone 747 with a "Global peace ambassadors"-livery.
It's a cargo plane now, isn't it?
Wow, 1985 was a horrific year for plane crashes, and this incident could have easily added to the total fatalities. Their recovery was incredible flying, regardless of what they did to put themselves in that situation. It is also a real study of what a fatal plane crash must seem like for the passengers. What a thing to live through.
I saw this aircraft while working at SFO in 1985 shortly after it landed …..It was a short version of a 747 and had wing and tail damage . I remember thinking how lucky the people on board were to survive all that …..
Amazing how Captain Ho was fired after being overworked and stressed out by a system that should have taken this into account... The guy didn't deserve to be fired...
Dem Ho's ain't loyal
@bwahahaha ! not his fault. he was disoriented!
@bwahahaha ! How many pilots do you think would be able to recover an aircraft from such an upset, though? Or land it with so much damage? I think he was an excellent pilot. All pilots make mistakes, and if the chain of events happens to be there, it can result in disaster. The chain of events was definitely here -- but it didn't result in disaster, thanks to the skilled piloting of the captain.
Normally I'd agree with you, but he could have killed everyone on board. He didn't follow proper procedure and it created a crisis
I don't think firing was unfair.
I prefer to take my chances in a casino, not in an airliner
Wow, well despite the findings of some pilot error, I still think the crew did incredibly well to recover from that nosedive and land safely. It must have been terrifying for all, thank God no losses.
I have to say that the stresses that this plane was put under and for it not to break up is incredible. This 747 deserves some attention because it performed like a champ.
My Lord!!! I can't imagine the horror experienced by everyone on board. So glad they all survived!
I absolutely cannot fathom being upside down in a jet, and living to tell about it
They were in gods hands
Tim Green same
They are the Lucky ones they live for another day
The "pucker effect".....
I can't believe this plane actually made a safe landing after all that. And I can't believe the crew considered continuing on to Los Angeles. My God, I could not get off of that plane fast enough and I'm sure the passengers wanted to kiss the ground ASAP.
Probably they weren't thinking correctly after they just pulled themselves out of what almost was a crash. They were like "wow, we're actually alive" and blurted it out before they realized how extensive the damage was.
Captain: We'll continue to Los Angeles.
Passengers: Yeah, nevermind we just experienced 5G force on our bodies, the plane rolled upside down, we descent 30 thousand feet in 2,5 minutes. It's all good back here, THANKS FOR ASKING ANYWAY !
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MrGilRoland LOL
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Another incredible case of get-there-itis. "Well, we almost died, but, somehow we didn't...might as well stick to the schedule."
Hahahaahaahhahahahahaha.....
Nice. Overwork your pilots and then fire them when they blunder because of fatigue.
+Alex - It's every airlines way. Fly as many flights as possible, regardless of proper maintenance (or not), and known mechanical problems. Overwork pilots. Keep planes flying in the air no matter what. Slim profit margin in the industry, so they have to generate maximum revenue (and flights). I wonder how often the airline executives of these airlines actually fly their own airline.
Actually this is nearly every job I've ever worked....and I've had quite a few jobs over the years. A company will put its employees through hell, then cut them loose when they are overloaded to make themselves look good.
Fuck China
@RedneckSpaceMan There's a good Wikipedia page about it. The plane was repaired and flew for another 12 years.
Alex Lielbardis nah man, they 100% deserved to be canned.
Look how many fatalities there could’ve been!! You can’t come that close to killing hundreds of people and then expect to go back to work after that.
Tired, overworked, or just a good old fashioned pilot error, it doesn’t matter homenuggets. I’d can ‘em too because that’s a huge liability.
Imagine if they went back to work and 2 years later, end up killing everyone onboard in a horrific crash.
The airline would have to explain to the NTSB and more importantly, the families of the deceased, and basically admit that these pilots came close to crashing the plane 2 yaaaars ago as well. You can’t explain that one away, that they allowed these pilots to come back to work after a near fatal crash and that as a result of letting them fly again, they have killed hundreds of people 2 years later.
There would be lawsuit after lawsuit, so much that the airline would 110% go out of business and file Chapter 11
One single engine outage on such a massive plane should never have caused such a mess. Regardless, I'm very impressed with the way they made up for their errors, and I'm equally as impressed with the fact that such a small number of people were injured.
Catherine Hackett
You'd be surprised what can happen. Every situation is unique and different.
I agree with you Katherine...can you image if someone like F/O Pierre "tithead" Bonin were flying the plane? They would have been dead for certain.
@@jonlaroche5239 yeah 😒😞. I mean they took a normal situation and turned it into a disastrous and complicated situation. Whereas here, it’s already crazy, you think Pierre would have handle it without plubbing a few things up
@@pankajkushwaha2288 Pierre would have flown it straight into the ground at 600 mph.
@@jonlaroche5239 haha 🤣😂😅🤪
"This is the captain. As you may have noticed, we have encountered some minor turbulence, which is why I have lit the Fasten Seat Belts sign."
Just unbelievable that they got that wreck of a plane back on the ground.
God answered people's prayers.
I do think if they counted before and after landing they might have missed a few nuts and bolts.
CEO: it's ok. Plane will be lighter to fly so we save more on fuel.
It's like the dark side of Oprahs car give a way:" you get a nut, you get a nut, you get a nut....everybody gets a peace of this plane! No, no taxes this time "
God's Manifest Presence at work!!!
well the plane was working fine and even with 1 of the engines out it's still flyable. Harder to beliebe the series of mistakes done by a trained pilot.
+jeff ouellette God also doesn't answers people's prayers goes hand-in-hand
Even if it was a pilot fault: My honour for landing a plane with broken elevators after experiencing 5G force and massive stress without any casualty!
I didn't know they had elevators on a plane. Can't these lazy passengers take the stairs?
Lol
@Andres Olmos - thanks, I'm here all week.
5g is not bad dumbass
@@matvediting From "aerospace medicine" Microsoft Encarta,
"If a force of 4 to 6g is sustained for more than a few seconds, the resulting symptoms range from blackouts to total death."
It's not dangerous most of the time but if you lost conciousness then yeah it's almost certainly game over, which is why most pilots are trained to hold between 4-9g to counter that, and that won't certainly work everytime especially for aging pilots..
Hell these Chinese pilots pulled off a frickin miracle.. thought for sure that freefall was it and dudes pulled up out of it...WoW
It says more about the superb 747 than it does about the pilot.
They're Taiwanese pilots.
@@prg2812 Who piloted the plane?
@@prg2812 Yes: It says this all started when the superb 747 had an engine failure.
Same I was expecting to hear the infamous “PULL UP” about 4 times
I remember back in 1978 when I took my first flying lessons that my instructor Bob Thieman. (I think). Explained to me (during stall and recovery) that when recovering from a stall with the nose down the plane picks up speed quite rapidly. I remember saying; “ Bob, your telling me with the engine set at cruise power and the nose pointed down we will go really fast ?” I don’t mean to brag, but I already guessed that was the case. Bob was a great instructor. He covered every detail.....even the obvious ones, and 43 years later I am able to write this note. You pilots know what that means.
The pilot and is crew are heroes in my mind. To gain back control of that spiraling plane was amazing.
Captain: Okay, disengage the autopilot. (Litte does he know)
(Disengages)
(Plane banks 140°)
Pilots: Wow, bad idea bad idea.
Dear pilot, sorry for flying you so often, and giving you a faulty plane with a twice "repaired" engine that ended up failing, after which you fell into an unctrolled barrel roll but you saved everyones life so it's your fault
-NTSB
ToeBean Addiction NTSB has no control over pilots or jurisdiction over non-American flights or responsibilities of maintenance or making sure pilots know how to actually recover from a mistake with a simple fix.
Steven, if the NTSB has no say on foreign planes/pilots that fly to the US then they shouldn't be allowed here. If they don't equal or better American standards then it is best they fly elsewhere. Your simple fix is only a simple fix if the pilots recognize what the cause of the problem is. Also, the problem itself might be easy enough, but they also have to deal with the results of the plane's error too. One simple problem can cascade into a disaster if it isn't easily recognizable for what it is. I tend to agree with ToeBean about the engine. Too many lives depend on the engines working as they should to blow it off with an argument over jurisdiction and maintenance responsibilities. Any engine that fails twice within a short time should be replaced or the plane grounded until repaired to standards.
TedBronson1918 the NTSB makes recommendations for US based airlines. They have zero regulation responsibilities for foreign airlines. They will usually advise any investigation that has a US built aircraft. They have zero power to do anything else. The FAA can force US airlines to follow the recommendations that the NTSB comes up with. The European airlines usually follow suit. The rest of them may or may not. As for maintenance most airlines will care about fixing the problems some like Southwest would rather pay fines then fix the airplanes. So you want to fly on an airplane that has a faulty engine. Yikes.
I understand how it works, but damned if I like it. I still say that any plane allowed to fly into US territory should be up to US standards. We DO have the authority to say what is acceptable in our airspace.
As far as flying goes, I no longer trust airlines. I have no intention of being a sardine on their aircraft. I can fly Space-Available on military hops. The seats aren't crowded, ground and air crews are professional and held to high standards, and the passengers behave like civilized human beings. I'll take that any day
If Southwest would rather pay fines than fix faulty equipment, they won't be paying with my money. Such an airline should be grounded to prevent them from endangering lives with their negligence. I say YIKES ! that they're allowed to take people on as passengers with known faulty equipment. It's a recipe for disaster, and I like to be someplace else when those occur
TedBronson1918 US standards being airplanes are allowed to skimp on safeties as long as the FAA takes bribes from them. The US will not allow foreign airlines in the US if they have bad safety records. That's all they can do. They can't tell them how many pilots are flying or how much experience they have in that particular aircraft. The military right now has an extremely bad habit of planes crashing down, but it's okay to skimp on repairs to balance a budget.
Even so that it was attributed to pilot error, still an amazing and heroic recovery by the flight crew.
Planes flying smoothley:
Engine 4:im bout ruin this mans whole career
I wonder how many of them took a bus on down to San Francisco
It would suck though because they'd still have to catch a plane to get back home, if they were from Taipei. I'd probably just drink all the booze before the flight and hope to sleep the whole way.
😂
I would have been on that bus too
Whoa, I think he deserves a lot of credit for recovering that airplane. That was nothing short of astonishing, everyone survived. He probably never wanted to fly again after that, possibly PTSD.
China Airlines fired him after the incident
While I realize the crew was fatigued, the proper thing to do in this and every other emergency is to immediately disengage the autopilot and hand fly the plane.
Further, every flight control instrument always has at least one independent backup. If you suspect an instrument isn't working, cross-check it with the others. It will very quickly become obvious what is working and what is not.
I always carry a 3" and 4" rubber suction cup in my flight bag. These are usually used to cover fully functional instruments during training and checkrides but if I had a malfunctioning instrument it'd be better to cover it rather than risk believing it.
That plane behaved exactly as every plane with asymmetrical thrust would. There is no excuse for any pilot to trust the autopilot with an engine out. Hand flying it would have been simple, even with an engine out.
Further, I'm no pilot, and never was, but my father was, back in the day. Back then there was a non-flexible statement, that kept folks alive. "Trust your instruments, and pay attention to them." That's what killed that young Kennedy Fellow, and his new bride. That's what made this a bigger mess. It seems odd to me , with that many trained eyes aboard, why someone didn't speak up. I'm for following orders, but at some point, someone should have questioned things or the pilot. Maybe I would be a failure, as a pilot, but my entire life, I have used common sense, and a willingness to at least listen to the opinions of others. There is bound to be closed circuit cameras, allowing someone in the cockpit to see that things aren't normal in the passenger's area, when people, and parts are flying everywhere. Engine number 4 needs to be properly fixed, or the entire plane scrapped; no excuses. If it were me, I'd scrap the plane. Since that engine has caused problems twice lately, I doubt the same pilot was at the controls each time.
Before the late 70s, it was common for the crew to never question a captains decision. If you did, there was a pretty good chance you'd be fired for insubordination.
Then came the crash of United 173 at Portland Oregon in 1978.
I was in the process of getting my Airline Transport Pilots license when it happened and a couple of guys in the ground school class had actually flown with that captain. All of them said the same thing.....he ran his cockpits with an iron fist. Everyone knew better than to even think of questioning anything he did.
That plane, a DC-8, had a landing gear problem and eventually ran out of fuel as a direct result of the captains refusal to acknowledge his crews input.
As a result, the concept of 'Crew Resource Management' was implemented and is still used today.
In a nutshell, CRM requires the captain to seek and take seriously, the input from all crew members but he will still make the final decision. It also absolutely prohibits any sort of recourse against any crew member who questions the captains decisions.
It's possible that China Airlines doesn't use CRM, and if so, this incident is a testament that they need to.
Thank you sir. I just knew that outside the military, there had to be a better way. Thanks again.
RR KNL, as you say, the crew was fatigued, which can impair reaction times and such. Yes, the correct response would have been to disengage the autopilot and correct the bank, as the captain had successfully done in his simulator training. Why he didn't in this case -- who knows? I suspect fatigue was working against him. It's easy to say in hindsight what he should have done.
All three pilots looked at the ADIs and all believed they had malfunctioned. This was after the autopilot was turned off and the aircraft yawed and rolled. They were in cloud at the time and had likely never experienced their aircraft suddenly lurching to the side and rolling over as it did. The fact that the autopilot slowed the right bank may have lulled them into a false sense of security when the autopilot was turned off. The plane then went over and they weren't ready for it -- hence the confusion of the pilots with regard the instruments.
There is no excuse; what it is is a mistake, likely compounded by fatigue. Apart from the initial error regarding the engine malfunction, the crew responded commendably, pulling the aircraft out of a 10-km spiralling dive and landing the plane with significant damage and without the aid of the elevators.
You can focus on the bad, but, at the end of the day, the captain was human, he made a mistake, but he showed extraordinary airmanship in saving the plane.
If I remember rightly, with United 173, the autopilot remained engaged after the first engine flamed out and only disengaged after the second engine went. The captain of that flight was a good pilot, too; he just made a mistake and was unlucky enough that there was no break in the chain of events leading to the crash. He'd had something like 27,000 hours worth of safe flying under his belt. But like the China Airlines captain, he got fixated on a problem and, essentially, forgot to fly the plane.
Totally agree, however if you ask me the autopilot should have been engaged as soon as they hit severe winds (so before engine 4 started to fail) further to this given that engine 4 throttled down to steady and then flamed out the captain should have throttled down engine 1 to compensate and level the aircraft and then proceeded into a fairly steep dive to around FL280 (or under 30,000ft) before attempting a restart...... I can see why they sacked him....
What an amazing recovery. Although, I hope that current pilots are trained to deal with situations like this and to not make rash decisions. Very well made video, as well. The realism is amazing. I'm looking forward to more!
In the middle of clouds with zero visibility they decide their instruments are wrong. Come on guys.
Dan Stinson exactly. That's when you want to SOLELY depend on the instruments!
I wonder what the plan was.
Captain Ho was overworked and fatigued as well, by the way.
@@fancyyahoo What's the excuse for the other flight crew members?
@@Raison_d-etre Well he was the captain, and they just followed his order and decision, yes there was poor CRM here but asian countries are known for their strict rule to follow people above them and yes that's really shitty, i don't say his mistake is easily forgivable and firing him might be a good choice for what he did but he is still a very skilled pilot, since not many pilots able to recover such giant plane with that condition in record, not to mention he was being overworked and lost focus because fatigue is also partly the company fault as well, blaming entirely on him seems not quite right since i also could say the same thing that all of that won't happen if they fixed the engine properly before..
tldr: It's asian airlines, CRM suck so much since they have strick rule to never disobey their leaders
wow that's remarkable that the captain was able to save the plane after 2 dives like that. it's a shame he was fired, even though he saved everybody
Liquid • I so agree!
If he had backed off on engine 1, the plane would have remained in a balanced state and none of this would have happened. He proved his incompetence - firing justified.
Norman Cole yeah I agree with you
David Darby The captain was also overworked and fatigued.
Liquid The Pilot Caused The Whole Thing
Bravo, thank you Allec very well Illustrated had me glued the whole time.... keep it up
Let's see a video of BA flight 9 that flew through volcanic ash on its way to Australia.
'Hi, honey, how was your day?... Well, I barrel-rolled a 747 from 40,000ft - how was yours?'
JE-SUSSSS! Amazing, magnificent. 'Great video! Well done, Allec. I watched this on a 27" screen, at night, with the room lights off. It was quite like being in the plane, better really, because you have the views from outside, and the marvellous sounds of the jets. Bruce Thomson in New Zealand.
What resolution is your screen?
Bibasik7 SUPER NINTENDO
Although the narration and flight sequences weren't in synch, I agree he did a pretty good job of making this video.
Bruce Thomson Very true! Nice to see other NZders also enjoy his content : )
I am watching on my 55" TV and no lights on and it looks awesome!
Can't believe they we're able to save that plane.. there was not one intact flight surface left when they handed...the 747 is an incredible plane!!!
Capt. Ho: "I'm tired, I need something to wake me up"
FO Chang: "Barrel Roll?"
Capt. Ho: "You're reading my mind Chang!"
FO Chang: "Just don't get your feet wet"
I am so pleased to say that these fligtchannel videos are most comforting. They prove how competent these international pilots and crew are ; I feel safe. Thank you one and all. Carolina
I saw this recreated account on TV in a documentary about airline accidents. It made it look like there was no one responsible for this accident. The passengers and crew pulled 5gs coming out of this dive. At least no one was killed. Despite the fact that Capt Ho did a remarkable job of saving the plane, and being overworked by fatigued at the time, don't think he deserved to be fired.
"Miracle on 34th cloud"
CocaColaMan2733
Injuries people who didn't take belt seats because they left seats to Bathrooms and crews injured while serving the passengers a meals before the plane rolled cause crews falling and get injured because crews haven't use safety belts. Lot of passengers were not injured because of they wear belt seats are safe for prevent being falling.
Omg these pilot's are amazing. Since joining this channel I am amazed time and time again.
These 3 men deserve an award. As do many others.
The knowledge and skill they must have is amazing. Thanks this channel is great!!
I think the captain and the first officer both did a remarkable job in saving not only the aircraft, but everyone’s lives including their own. Fatigued and overworked are probably understatements! I cannot believe that they were fired after bringing in the aircraft. This remarkable landing also shows the airworthiness of the 747SP. The amount of engineering, manhours of design and development that went into that aircraft at an age where computers, laptops, cellphones, and the interweb were not even in their infancy, but completely unheard of! I highly credit the captain, the first officer, and Boeing for saving everyone’s lives.
So many times Asian pilots hesitate to fly manually when conditions warrant. Pilot the plane, take the controls, and be prepared to do so at any time. Situational awareness!
They are horrible on the road as well...
Not all asian pilots are like that.This was in the 80s. Pilots from Singapore airline, Japan and Nippon airlines, Hong kong's Cathay Pacific airlines are one of the best in the world.
Ya..so after extreme G forces and a couple of rolls, the pilots manage to save this big ass jumbo jet from disaster, only to have all these armchair quarterbacks chastising them for every little thing they did wrong; nevermind the fact that everyone surivived to see another day and not end up human food for the sharks.
Thanks for Re-Uploading😄😄😄
I really like the way these are done. Thanks for posting them. :)
One thing that seems to be the overwhelming theme in your videos is that no matter how many 1000's of flight hours the captain has, when an emergency happens the pilots seem to rarely make the right decisions.
That's because he mostly only does the crashes. He rarely does emergencies that don't end in disaster. Can we assume there are many emergencies where the pilots *do* do the right thing, and thus we never hear about them?
They don't make videos about the guys who quickly do the RIGHT thing...
Others have said this already lol but commercial aviation has a staggeringly high safety margin, far greater than any other form of transportation. Literally thousands of captains make all the right decisions every day of the year.
Thanks! Finally something not ending in a tragedy!
Well who hasn't created or caused a problem in their work by making mistake. It happens, we are not perfect. Good on him for fixing his and getting the plane down with all passengers alive. When I have a bad day no ones life is at risk.
Another quality work from Allec
Thanks For The Reupload
Thank you for this upload
OMG!!! If I keep on watching this, I will never be able to fly again.
"The pilots didn't know which way was up or down"? Isn't that what the artificial horizon display is for?
If you're inverted that's not going to help much. Being in the clouds with no visual reference can be unbelievably disorienting.
@@Sarah.Riedel But pilots are trained vigorously to trust the attitude indicator even when disorientated
Yep. And that's also the ATI the video mentions that the pilots believed was faulty.
@@ariannafrost793 yeah I thought that was the point that they DIDN'T trust it.
I can never figure out why there is NOT a simple ball on a short string - which is tied to the Cockpit Ceiling. If there is mistrust of the ADI's all they need to do is look up. Is the ball swinging and hanging down normally? If so, your plane is NOT upside down. Gravity still works at 40,000 feet. I once read that Fighter Pilots used to spit out saliva, and watch the direction of it, which indicated whether they were the "right way up". Maybe not a ball on a string - but a St. Christopher Medallion.
thank u allec :)
Can't imagine falling 30k feet in that amount of time plus it looked like the plane was flipping over. How afraid were the passengers? They never really indicated it.
Another great vid Allec! Thanks!
I'm glad you re-uploaded this vid, it's the first I've seen it and it's one of your better vids bro....
Holy crap! How did that plane not crash?! I've seen so many other videos on this channel, and I've seen planes crash with much less of a screw-up than these pilots did. I feel bad, because the pilot was fatigued, and the crew screwed up bigtime, but the plane was brought down safely. I hope he's doing alright.
This episode should be called Panic! At the pacific
Is this a Panic at the disco reference?! 😂
Miracle of the pacific. No Hudson crap media hype miracles ..
The 80's were a terrible time for aviation as it had suddenly become so prevalent too fast. But the 90's improved a lot and the 20's did too. Now the 10's are exponentially better. We just keep getting so very much better. That's all that matters.
Im obsessed with these videos now
Thank you for posting them
This had a good final outcome, but it makes me angry to learn of flights where everyone or just one person but the captain recognizes imminent or upcoming danger, yet they say nothing.
Nice job Allec!
I dont care if they were fired or not, this crew deserves praise for getting that on the ground safely. Usually once these airlines do any sort of maneuvers like that and it usually ends in disaster
How wonderful!!! I'm crying, I'm so amazed and happy!!
"and the people were popping up like popcorn; things were flying everywhere! Hot tea, noodles..." :)
....and people. Many Chinese passengers like to stand up and take a stroll during a flight while keeping their seat-belts unbuckled between take-off and landing.
Canadian Plane Spotter airsickness.....and more
...chicken chow mein and deep fried dog balls in batter
most of them don't buckleup at all, specially in asia flights .
Canadian Plane Spotter I agree I bet those passengers suffered injuries from the dive not only that the passengers could’ve got even motion sickness or airsickness
Target fixated on starting the engine while there was something more important going on , like you are rolling :-)
There were two serious injuries on board: a fracture and laceration of a foot, and an acute back strain requiring two days of hospitalization. The aircraft was significantly damaged by the excessive G-forces. The wings were permanently bent upwards by 2 inches (5 cm), the inboard main landing gear lost two actuator doors, and the two inboard main gear struts were left dangling.[1][4] Most affected was the tail, where large outer parts of the horizontal stabilizer had been ripped off. The entire left outboard elevator had been lost along with its actuator, which had been powered by the hydraulic system that ruptured and drained.[1][4]
After repairs were made to the plane, it returned to service on 25 April 1985. It continued in service for nearly 12 years until it was leased to China Airlines' sister company, Mandarin Airlines, on 1 January 1997, and was in daily service for the remainder of that year.[citation needed] Mandarin then sent it to McCarran International Airport for storage.[citation needed] From April 2002 it was owned and operated by a religious organization known as Gospel to the Unreached Millions (GUM), headed by K. A. Paul, and was christened 'Global Peace One'. On 17 July 2005, the FAA suspended its operating certificate due to insufficient maintenance.[citation needed] As of 20 May 2010, the aircraft is kept in a large hangar at General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport in Tijuana, Baja California, and is reported to be in very poor condition.
In its final report, the US NTSB stated "The Safety Board can only conclude that the captain was distracted first by the evaluation of the engine malfunction and second by his attempts to arrest the decreasing airspeed, and that, because of these distractions, he was unable to assess properly and promptly the approaching loss of airplane control. The Safety Board also concludes that the captain over-relied on the autopilot and that this was also causal to the accident since the autopilot effectively masked the approaching onset of the loss of control of the airplane."[5]
China Airlines still operates one of its scheduled Taipei-Los Angeles services as Dynasty 006, utilizing the Boeing 747-400 until late 2014, when the Boeing 777-300ER replaced it.[6] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006
I’ve never flown before but this pilot did save everyone on board.
To do what the flight crew did was amazing and obviously skillful.
I know they said pilot error but this was an awesome recovery.
They dont declare an emergency until AFTER 1 engine burns out, 3 stall, two nose dives, and two barrel rolls? Then they decide, oh lets continue on our merry way to LA. Id have been screaming "Put this giant flying metal tube on the first piece of hard land you can and get me the hell off. Heh.
Aviate,navigate,communicate.
The priority is to get the plane back in control. That's I was taught at least.
Joe Joseph There was no reason whatsoever to be talking to ATC while trying to recover from an upset in IMC with an engine out.
Thank God they landed but man the pilots messed up bad several times. One thing is for sure they all needed new undies LOL
Joshua, I love your videos! Great stuff. I'm addicted and subscribed!
I was on my way back from Korea and we were right behind this airplane. There were emergency equipment everywhere . This plane was still parked when we landed and it looked worse than this video shows it.
Whenever they say "the captain decides to disconnect the autopilot" you know they're in trouble.
It would make sense if he knew the nature of the problem or at least enough to decide how he would handle the beast better. In this case... not.
i never understand why when pilots think theres an ADI fault they dont check the backup
its right there, mandatory on every airliner in existence, and its mechanical and unlinked to other instruments
FACT:
The plane is now the property of Global Peace Ambassadors, and has been grounded in my city, Tijuana, on Tijuana's Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport since 2005.
It's really amazing how never knew the plane was once flight 006 :0
This aircraft was repaired and returned to service. It has a permanent excess upwards arc to the wings from the stress of that pullout from the high speed dive...about 2 degrees of arc if I remember right. Boeing engineers inspected it thoroughly and deemed it safe in this condition. It ended service with China Air Lines and was sold to a US company, and was apparently last seen parked in TJ Mexico to hide it from creditors, so I've read.
I woke up 5am for this notification... Im in the US.....
hmmm......
worth it for me though
God damn pilots always assuming their flight instruments are malfunctioning... Why do you think you have them?!? Too many times have this happened.
F/O : "Oh we have a problem"
CAPT : "No, it's a malfunction. Everything is fine"
And then they crash...
The communist bastards in the Chinese government are to blame. The aircraft engine malfunction on previous flights. Why the he'll was it being used.
brady boynton: can you repeat that? China Airlines is from Taiwan........anyway China is no more communist, they are more capitalistic than the US
Communists??? What the hell does that have to do with anything??? This same crap happens to American operated airlines too. What’s the blame for that? Capitalism? Be thankful the pilots was calm and brought everyone to safety. Geeshhh!
Alex Viau
Alex, yeah, I've seen too many of the videos that highlight crashes caused by pilots thinking the instruments are off kilter.
A lot of lives lost and lives forever altered.
Don't take offense at this, please don't, but please, try not to use God and damn together.
Have a good one.
Yeah hongsein ........ you keep thinking that. In fact go over to China and hold up a sign saying just that. You'll be imprisoned in about an hour.
I can’t believe they survived. The footage at the end shows how badly they tore they 747 up. Testament to how well built it was
Cannot stop watching your videos
The fact everyone lived makes this incident absolutely hilarious, I'm just picturing grandma's food tray lifting off her lap while she's holding on for dear life pulling 5Gs while the 61 yard behemoth of a 747 is doing literal barrel rolls over the ocean.
thiis particular 747sp now sits abandoned in tijuana's international airport,it was deemed not flight worthy and grounded,it was purchased from china airlines by global peace ambassadors.its been sitting in the airport for around 13 years.
Oh wow that's cool! I was able to see it in Google maps, thank you for that info! Very interesting
“Engine 4 failed in two previous flights.”
Then why is it in service?! To be a liability risk?!
I very much enjoyed this one and never had heard of it. Great joy.
I can see why "the elevators didn't seem to be working". It is amazing that Ho landed this thing; I thought they were doomed to be reduced to nothing but charged particles. The damage to the stabilizer is spectacular. What became of the aircraft?
@Spgonahan - that aircraft was parked at SFO for a long time, as I recall for about one year after the incident. During most of 1985 I commuted every two weeks between Texas and Tokyo, Japan, with most of my flights taking me through SFO. I had a pretty good view of that damaged aircraft each time, looking out from the upper deck of a United Airlines 747 -- it was a chilling sight, seeing that China Airlines 747 sitting out there with bits ripped off of it.
Currently is stored in Tijuana Int'l Airport (TIJ)
You can see photos of it's current state
www.jetphotos.com/registration/N4522V
It is now 1 million little stress free spinners!~
*Damn, the plane banked uncontrollably and entered a nosedive, falling 30 000 feet, all because just 1 out of its 4 engines malfunctioned?? wtf*
ubershredder1989: more like the damn CAPTAIN malfunctioned.
the plane banked very slowly to right. captain did not notice till it was too late. during bank, cpt hat ample time to level plane.
That was intense, nice work
love your channel!
I saw this one on the Weather Channel... It was like you described. there was too much automation for this flight!
don't forget they even left the bleed air valve on
Adnan Abdullah What are you talking about?
The plane was inverted, a 747 and the Captain regained control. I wonder how man pilots could attest to that special feat. I have no understanding how people sitting in lovely warm cozy offices drinking hot coffee can decide that the Captain was to blame. The engine had a history and should have been replaced. The man got the plane down on the ground. That’s a survivor and I would fly with him anytime. I say this, can you imagine keeping your cool in a situation like that. To be able to remain focused and not mentally give up, which sadly most do, is evidence of strength of mind. To anyone who’s wise, I’m sure he was reemployed almost immediately.
I watched a documentary film about this incident with this 747 and Capt Ho years after it happened. The way it was depicted was pretty dramatic and hard to believe the dive they went into, losing the amount of altitude they did in under 3 minutes. One of the crew who was interviewed during this documentary about this incident, said before the flight crew took command of the 747, there was trash strewn all over the inside of the cockpit, and their pilots were overworked. When I watched this film, I thought Capt Ho did a great job of recovering the plane, but didn't understand at the time he let his aircraft get away from him by letting it fly into a power dive and losing over 30,000 ft of altitude before he was able to recover. One of the passengers said they were pulling about 5 gs coming out of the dive and another passenger said they had an infant which was turning blue in the face due to the high gs. The plane could've been prevented from losing control because they lost an engine, but can see that due to overwork and fatigue, that Ho didn't use the correct judgement to prevent his aircraft from running away from him. He at least along with the rest of the flight crew was able to recover the aircraft, because all of them was stairing death in the face. It was actually a pretty remarkable recovery, because they came pretty close to crashing.
If that was North Korean Airline, Capt. Ho would not be only fired from the job. He will also face firing squad.
When engine 4 failed the should have reduced power in engine 1 to correct the thrust imbalance.
Okay flight simulator 98 expert.
This was uploaded on my birthday!
I love a story where everyone gets out alive ❤️
why was this video blocked?
Is it me, or was that pretty inept by the pilots to not realize the plane would bank right with not as much power coming from engine 4?
The captain's 15,000 hours of flight experience didn't help at all in this case.
He would have expected the autopilot to handle it, because it was engaged. One of the key features of an autopilot is that it makes the plane fly wings level unless programmed to turn
That had to be terrifying, I don't think I'd ever get within a country mile of anything that even resembled an airplane after that.
If you know you're overworked, as a Captain with other people's lives in your hands, you damn sure need to be telling SOMEBODY so they can get someone else to fly... pilot error almost killed a bunch of people.
Great video and thanks