Air Transat Flight 236 Runs Out Of Fuel Over The Atlantic | Mayday | On The Move

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  • On 24th August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots glide the aircraft to a safe landing at a naval base in the Azores.
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  • @dirkdejager5764
    @dirkdejager5764 Před 2 lety +85

    Greetings, First Officer Dirk DeJager here. I appreciate the time and effort put into this clear, concise and succinct documentary that vividly depicts the events of Air Transat Flight 236.

    • @user-xo6so1fe3c
      @user-xo6so1fe3c Před 2 lety +11

      Why you’ve rejected to participate in the episode? Your opinion as a direct witness is extremely important.

    • @gbalkarr
      @gbalkarr Před 2 lety +7

      Congratulations sir, hats off

    • @mperhaps
      @mperhaps Před rokem

      HOLY SHIT. YOU'RE SERIOUS? 22 FUCKEN YEARS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T MADE CAPTAIN? That is amazing. So that's TWO aviation records in your lifetime. First one for distance gliding and the second one for sucking at what you do. Be proud of both those records. Man, 22 years experience and no company wants you sitting in the big boy chair. You certainly were born with a name for sucking: Durk Dah Jag. Love it.

    • @xjapan3
      @xjapan3 Před rokem +2

      Flight Simulator doesn't count. There aren't any good Payware aircraft for the Airbus A330, anyway.

    • @saudinightmare8034
      @saudinightmare8034 Před rokem +4

      Hello Sir, Why don’t you share Videos about aviation. Thanks 🙏

  • @collinmcdaniel5683
    @collinmcdaniel5683 Před 2 lety +330

    This episode sounds like it took place within a PVC pipe

  • @mauricepowers8079
    @mauricepowers8079 Před 2 lety +178

    Whoever mixed the Audio totally blew it. Background drowned out the vocal script for a huge percentage.

  • @deprofundis3293
    @deprofundis3293 Před 2 lety +13

    That passenger's statement at the end about the captain sums it up exactly. Not a hero but a hell of a pilot.

  • @cerealchild166
    @cerealchild166 Před 2 lety +54

    The audio needs fixing!!!

  • @letsgoratata5361
    @letsgoratata5361 Před 2 lety +15

    Kudos to both the pilots and the crew as well! You've all done a fab job saving lives of 306 souls...

  • @NH-2024
    @NH-2024 Před 2 lety +57

    Hats off to the Pilots and crew. Respect and love for you.

    • @xyeahtony1
      @xyeahtony1 Před 2 lety +4

      eh lets not praise the pilots for surviving since they created the problem in the first place.

    • @JuanRodriguez-wg4vh
      @JuanRodriguez-wg4vh Před rokem

      Yeah the pilot is my papa 😂

  • @knuteknoll6747
    @knuteknoll6747 Před 2 lety +34

    Why this sound like it was recorded in a toaster

  • @akiira69
    @akiira69 Před 2 lety +28

    Please fix the echo in the audio.

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer Před 2 lety +165

    I’ve watched so many of these aircraft stories that my wife is getting irritated about me saying rotate when we start moving off in the car , Fantastic job from the pilot

  • @mickeylocklear783
    @mickeylocklear783 Před 2 lety +45

    He has been the only pilot to glide a plane of that size that far, too date, if I am correct. Watching all these different documentaries, if the pilots like this man flying this plane had been flying a lot of the other ones, I don’t think we would have lost some people.

  • @postersm7141
    @postersm7141 Před 2 lety +15

    This video sounds like it was recorded inside of a bathroom inside of a tunnel inside of a tube

  • @logan1715
    @logan1715 Před 2 lety +19

    sound effects way too loud :/

  • @deliagroer2613
    @deliagroer2613 Před 2 lety +8

    It's so easy to comment on their response but in the moment it's their reaction that saved lives on the end.

  • @isabellind1292
    @isabellind1292 Před 2 lety +70

    I hope I never see my flight attendant pointing a flashlight out of the window at 35,000 feet.😮

  • @dorothykilgallenwasmurdere1653

    Omg. The music is louder than the Narrator, and they all sound hollow like.

    • @howlingbeats2544
      @howlingbeats2544 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah, the editing is terrible.

    • @michaelcar4012
      @michaelcar4012 Před 2 lety +2

      @Connor Fabiano i know even the music on our TV is to load. We have to keep our remote control in our hands to constantly turn it down. I get so disgusted i just shut it off.

    • @prithivraj2187
      @prithivraj2187 Před 2 lety +3

      maintenance negligence. Not computer error. Fuel leak caused by maintenance negligence. Lives have been saved by good pilots.

    • @jabels4479
      @jabels4479 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah its really annoying.

    • @st.peterunner8758
      @st.peterunner8758 Před 2 lety +8

      They probably took the video from somewhere else and changed the audio to not get a copyright strike. Pretty annoying though

  • @elchaposexcitingadventures1674

    These types of videos show up usually a week before I am flying somewhere for some reason. The ones that do never end up as well as this one.

    • @AaronDrake22
      @AaronDrake22 Před 2 lety

      Here’s a tip stop travelling there’s a global pandemic and is the travellers that are making the virus spread vaccinated or unvaccinated you can still get sick and it still spreads and as long as it spreads it’s not gonna go away

    • @AaronDrake22
      @AaronDrake22 Před 2 lety +1

      Humanities greed is going to make us all implode on ourselves because this virus it’s just never gonna go away as long as people travel during a pandemic will always have the pandemic and governments will be running our lives in fear mongering Propaganda for the rest of our lives forever dictated

    • @Whatupitskevin
      @Whatupitskevin Před 2 lety +1

      You'll be fine. Most of these accidents were 20+ years ago unless you happen to be flying on an old russian turboprop lol

    • @brandonsantoro47
      @brandonsantoro47 Před 2 lety

      @UCb2PrN5yGVdQis_IsMTEo0w no you are incorrect. It's a numbers game. And a small sphere with 8 billion lives is the real reason for the spread.. besides ppl have to travel! For work, family, for supplies and services..
      Picture this scenario....
      If your child had a child and you have already waited 2 yrs to see them, meanwhile the China virus rages hard the entire time.. nothing has improved over the entire 2+ yrs now! NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
      So.... here we are, current...
      It's time for some decisions to be made. There aren't many options:
      #1) You keep waiting around.. maybe, just maybe (if you're an optimist), you decide to keep waiting.. maybe you can meet your grandchild next Christmas... or maybe, you wait & wait. 10 yrs go by and still there's no change.
      #2) You decide that living your life how you want to is the best decision. Instead of how other people, strangers (like you) want everyone else to act, think, & live..
      Who knows what the correct answer is. If there even is 1. All I know is that by next Christmas, every single person will have been dealing with this virus for over 1,000 days.. hell, we're already over 700.. so think about that before crucifying someone for traveling.. postponed events for 700+ days (100 weeks)!

    • @mef12727
      @mef12727 Před 2 lety

      @@brandonsantoro47 I agree, if we meaning the entire human race stayed inside for 2 weeks. The virus would have either killed it's host or killed itself. This wouldn't be an issue at all.

  • @MichaelJohnson-fe8tm
    @MichaelJohnson-fe8tm Před 2 lety +244

    The mechanics were qualified, aware, concerned and brought it to management's attention. Penny pinching management was at fault.

    • @buttafan4010
      @buttafan4010 Před 2 lety +21

      Passenger safety is determined by corporate profit and greed. Arrest the secretary of transportation.

    • @michaelmelvin3263
      @michaelmelvin3263 Před 2 lety +14

      Absolutely!!! Total greed is the cause of this accident, he said small mistake ! My ass, almost cost 300 deaths and say the had small mistake. Should be larger punishment for this, possibly jail time.

    • @buttafan4010
      @buttafan4010 Před 2 lety +5

      General Strike! Now or Never!

    • @buttafan4010
      @buttafan4010 Před 2 lety +7

      @@michaelmelvin3263 With a penetince program option at current prison labor slave wages ... put 'em to work for US for a change. Start by having 'em dig a few graves for passengers as they are slaughtered by the airline industry. Or perhaps Etching names of the deceased in granite tomb stones. The top CEOs should be personally fined and the money used to pay reparations to the families of the deceased such as those of Ralph Nader's niece.

    • @Nill757
      @Nill757 Před 2 lety +2

      Pilot error

  • @TheGoldenRoad65
    @TheGoldenRoad65 Před 2 lety +95

    As a former USAF hydraulic technician, you always have the option to call B.S. on any situation. No matter what you are told to do. Fault falls on whoever signed off on the maintenance logs.

    • @mike777yeah
      @mike777yeah Před 2 lety +12

      Hey brother USAF. Wonder if inexpensive chafe tape wrap would have at least kept this from happening. We were trained if a piece of paper could fit through near touching parts that it was good. Had my doubts. I worked on fighters. F-4. F-15. F-111. etc.

    • @rylanmacdonald6416
      @rylanmacdonald6416 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, blame mx. F it right?

    • @mike777yeah
      @mike777yeah Před 2 lety +8

      @@rylanmacdonald6416 My opinion is that the A380 does not have a centerline fuselage fuel tank. Therefore transferring fuel to balance/feed the aircraft went the other wing faulty engine then leaked out to the airstream is nuts. What they need to do is install a portable cargo style fuel cell for emergencies to desperately keep the fuel you have THAN sleeping with the fishes.

    • @WorkWizdom
      @WorkWizdom Před 2 lety +1

      But buddy BS can only guide you through phone without knowing exactly what you are going through. At the end of the day you as a pilot need to land the plane in one piece.

    • @armandomejiatakara818
      @armandomejiatakara818 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mike777yeah
      I'm only an electrician, and you offer a valid solution. It now would become a question of where to mount lightweight spare storage that would not hold fuel unless it was transferred from a leaking source, for instance

  • @OPTIONALWATCH
    @OPTIONALWATCH Před 2 lety +8

    That pilot is a rock star! How the hell did he glide an AirBus and land it?

  • @LWRC
    @LWRC Před 2 lety +57

    The pilot's first warning was low engine oil temperature and high pressure. Certainly sensors can fail but to have two sensors giving bad signals on a system is highly unlikely. In addition, once the cross feed valve was opened and fuel transferred into the low tank and the fuel level didn't stabalize quickly, the captain should have realized that something else must be happening and shut off the crosscfeed valve!!!

    • @kjhghhff
      @kjhghhff Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed, using common sense, one could determine that the tank showing as low was losing fuel and the cross feed should have been shut down and the plane flown on one engine, which it is capable of.

    • @LWRC
      @LWRC Před 2 lety +7

      @@kjhghhff We have the benefit of after the fact analysis. I don't know the level of understanding of these aircraft systems by the pilots but at least, they should have thought about it but to just turn on the cross feed valve and let it go without monitoring the low tank fuel level was catastrophic!

    • @igoski1582
      @igoski1582 Před 2 lety +2

      Your comment was what I was thinking while I was watching. If opening the cross feed made the other tank lose fuel too, that means CLOSE IT BACK quickly.

    • @ericbeck1461
      @ericbeck1461 Před 2 lety +2

      You guys pilots ? 😂

    • @gingerbaker4579
      @gingerbaker4579 Před 2 lety

      Are you stupid? Another pilot explains a more probably likeness of those warnings than a fuel leak. Gods gotta love youtube posters. Deaf, dumb & low comprehension skills.

  • @Buch_2024
    @Buch_2024 Před 2 lety +64

    As a Boeing pilot I came to some conclusions - purely based on this video: at the moment they had odd engine indications, I'd monitor the engine (presuming that the indications were within normal operating limits) however, I'd be looking for the nearest available airport and start pulling up the weather for that airport as well as alternates.
    Secondly, as soon as I'm receiving a fuel imbalance on the same side as the engine that is already under suspicion, I would be suspecting a fuel leak, keep that crossfeed closed and point the jet towards the nearest suitable/available airport. If there's any doubt, there's no doubt.
    The first thing you want to do with a fuel leak is protect what fuel you have remaining and isolate any systems that may be problematic.
    The computer systems on modern jets are extremely reliable and are very, very rarely incorrect. Disbelief in the systems accuracy is an extremely odd position to adopt from my point of view.
    As soon as their indications are showing massive fuel loss, why wouldn't they close the crossfeed and stop feeding the leak/action the fuel leak non normal check list?! Nobody (at least from any reputable company) shall hang you for diverting under such circumstances.
    Again, purely based on what I see in this video, it seems like an acute mishandling of the situation by the flight deck - however they made a good approach.

    • @LordOfTheBored
      @LordOfTheBored Před 2 lety +4

      True. I also wondered why people stuck to their protocol (ie check list) instead of doing the most logic thing under these circumstances namely close the crossfeed valve.

    • @donnwawelugo879
      @donnwawelugo879 Před 2 lety +4

      You said it all. The pilot's judgement was poor. He should have never cross-fed the other engine since he can use one engine successfully.

    • @PlateletRichGel
      @PlateletRichGel Před 2 lety +5

      I've always wondered why there aren't simple attitude indicators and fuel indicators that work with floats and gravity. In an emergency when you distrust computers, you can get analog readings. I'm in a similar field very critical, and one of the things I do in similar situations is apply the simple laws of physics to my problem so I can get information I can trust. One of the things that's important is to get information one can totally trust to troubleshoot and work the problem. These guys were frozen in a panic on this problem. Instead of troubleshooting, they started rechecking calculations over and over. For example, if the stewardess had a lamp outside the plane that would light up the engine, she would have seen the leak. Capt. Piquet was on the right track. Trust instruments guys.

    • @kmac622
      @kmac622 Před 2 lety +2

      I was wondering the exact same thing about cross feeding. Why would you not isolate that engine? Seems pretty logical to isolate that engine after multiple indications that something is faulty.

    • @Amoth_oth_ras_shash
      @Amoth_oth_ras_shash Před 2 lety

      @@PlateletRichGel suspect it is partly because such indicators only be trustworthy in very 'stable' flight conditions....any trubulance , or 'content shaking' events would render float and gravity mechanical indicators near pointless , but thats just my two cents ontop my head...
      on the other hand ,i guess some built in sensors in tanks at set lvls could give a garantied 'rough' reading even in turbulence ..then agen its not like these systems are designed or built over night so for every ''lay man common sense'' idea.. there might be 2 or three reasons for why not ;) ...the same way like having 'bulk head gauges & sensors every x lenght of and dual pipes and manual control for pilots '' might sound excellent on papper..but extra weight and the borderline air craft carrier sized control needed for it ehh ^^
      this sounds like part of the reason for the situation was management , yet the pilots interesting mix of what sounds like some poor judgement yet decent decisions made parts of the emergency worse ,and other parts of it 'better'

  • @xxbigkisses
    @xxbigkisses Před rokem +3

    those pilots did an incredible job !!

  • @indigofella
    @indigofella Před rokem +4

    very good landing and good to know all the passengers and crew members were safe.👍️

  • @joelnshimirimana
    @joelnshimirimana Před 2 lety +39

    I'm impressed that these heavy planes can glide with no power for that long! But they should have stopped crossbleeding after a while and chanced keeping one engine at least. It wlda bn a less stressful and dangerous situation with one engine.

    • @ronarnett4811
      @ronarnett4811 Před 2 lety +10

      @Ivan Schlotzky Hey, you have an indication of a fuel leak because transferring fuel from one tank to the other didn't solve the problem at all. Stop the fuel transfer.
      If it is a computer display error then nothing will happen to the right engine. If the right engine runs out of fuel, then luckily you didn't end up transferring your remaining fuel into a bucket with a hole in it.
      Either the computers were wrong and there was no problem to begin with. Or the computers were correct and all the visible evidence was that transferring fuel wasn't helping but was depleting your available fuel. (and rapidly at that).
      Either way, stopping the fuel transfer after a few minutes was an obvious prudent thing to do. You don't have to be a genius to figure that out. The manual even told them to stop the fuel transfer if they thought it was even possible that there was a fuel leak. (and rightly so)

    • @wakeuppeople7327
      @wakeuppeople7327 Před 2 lety

      All aircraft are required to fly with 1 engine. Having both out sure F you hard. Just glad people survived most don’t If you look at it. It’s the safest way to travel. More likely to be hit by a bus or lightning

    • @MCircuits
      @MCircuits Před 2 lety +2

      Well those who says shut the crossfeed. It was not on their checklist. If something terrible happen on which we might don't know. If any decisive move out of that freaking manual will.mean end of their flight career.
      People just tend ti say they should have done this or done that.
      We all just a passenger of a freaking airplane driven by computerd, and when they fail, it is all bout the pilots experience and handling the situation under pressure.
      So stop acting as if u all know better. If not, then fly one yourself. Lol

    • @ronarnett4811
      @ronarnett4811 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MCircuits unfortunately,, you seem to have missed the checklist part in the video where it said......do not cross freed is there is a possible fuel leak.......... The checklist instructed the pilots to exercise judgement. They did not do so.

  • @dwetick1
    @dwetick1 Před 2 lety +5

    All airlines need someone who can say "I don't care what it costs, I want it done".

  • @damonstanley9188
    @damonstanley9188 Před 2 lety +21

    I've watched this a few times and although I have no idea what they were going through, from what I've seen I don't understand the guy at the end who says "Do I think he's a hero.... No". He saved your life pal. I get there were some mistakes but the pilots did a great job. Maybe I'm missing something.

    • @tonyfurneaux3399
      @tonyfurneaux3399 Před 2 lety +2

      The pilots did a great job, and are hero's, but as usual big companies will nit say that, as they might have to pay a few bucks more.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tonyfurneaux3399 If your crossfeed valve is ON after you`ve seen a fuel drop in one of the wing tanks you actually must take some of the blame..

    • @brianjschumer
      @brianjschumer Před 2 lety

      Guys who lose their hair in their 20's tend to be cynical

    • @PetThePeeves
      @PetThePeeves Před 2 lety

      I think he means the pilots were incredibly professional and resourceful but we’re doing a job where they know this is a potential outcome. I’m an educator and I kind of feel the same way when one of us is lost in a shooter situation, including if I should myself die. We know it’s a possibility and I believe no adult should be in my field if they wouldn’t put their own life in the line to save kids. Sounds harsh, but it’s true and becoming more of a reality in the US all the time. I get what he means…they’re amazing at what they do, they saved lives, but they were doing their jobs. They just did them above and beyond expectations. That’s how I’d feel if I were god forbid in an actual live shooter situation. I’ve been in 4 lockdowns where we had no communication for several minutes and had to assume they were real, so I know, at the least, how it feels to do what I’m trained to do AND improvise as needed…secure the students first, assess potential escape routes, find creative ways to create weapons out of classroom objects (although I already have several in key points around the room because as an art teacher I have access to a lot of tools that COULD become weapons if you know HOW to use them that way), position myself by the door but out of sight so I’m first and then run through all of the self defense and offense tactics I can use to become both a problem and therefore make the room less attractive as a target and to distract from hidden students, ways to quickly and quietly communicate instructions to students as changes occur, evaluate which students are most likely to hold it together so I can appoint a couple of leaders I case i am myself incapacitated and then remember the most important things to communicate to them in a precise and quiet manner-where the best escape routes are, what the best way to fight back is and what to use, to help as many escape as possible, not to worry about me/adult in the room but focus on their peers, to zig zag if they must run, makes sure all phone ringers are turned off…, map out locations of students in my head and memorize it in case there is a need to rescue instead of evacuate so those that follow SWAT can be alerted, review all potential safe houses in the area and communicate directions to the students that can listen, think about where snipers could easily hide if it were a group effort…if I have time sweep the room and hide evidence of students (backpacks, iPads) so it appears I’m on a planning period, have a phone check to ensure they’re all silent, remove my own jewelry and shoes if they’re loud ones, go ahead and have my own phone in my emergency contact mode as my EC text is changed to “SOS intruder -students in room” if I have time so that they can give that info to responders, put my “can’t touch this” tape on my hands so I can fight back or deal with broken glass etc., rehearsing what I could say in my head if the intruder were a student I knew since in some cases intruders or hostage takers can be talked down enough to slow the attack, put the stools under the correct window along with a screwdriver so students can escape that way if needed, use my watch for communication with colleagues if needed so I can use my phone for emergency alerts, turn off the alarm to my own home (it’s two blocks away and In one situation I did in fact give directions and the best access point to the “leader students” as the school’s identified meet up location for evacuations isn’t very secure either and my house would be). Every year I have at least one student in every class point out the obvious-a shooter is most likely a current or former student and already knows the school set up as well as lockdown protocol. That’s why being able to adapt and react is so important and that’s the best answer I can give them. For us it’s not going to be run/hide/fight….hide will have to be first. Then fight. Lastly if it’s possible to escape, run to a specific meeting point in a zig zap fashion, identifying the places along the way that may be safe to hide in if they cannot make it to that location. After that we do the best we can. It’s not a reassuring answer but it’s the truth. I think pilots are in a similar situation. There are a lot of plans in place and a lot of training, but at the end of the day this is a risk of the job and if that’s too much to handle it isn’t the job for you.
      I get why what he said might upset some people, but I also very much get what he means. They did their job. Exceptionally, and saved lives in the process, but this is what they’re trained to do. And if it’s a scenario they’re not trained for, they’re trained to assess all potential solutions using their professional knowledge.

  • @donlew8222
    @donlew8222 Před 2 lety +55

    So happy for everyone on board and their families. God bless! :-)

    • @r0bbyinchins
      @r0bbyinchins Před 2 lety

      It wasn't god who saved those people it was the amazing skills of the piolets

    • @justinojara9169
      @justinojara9169 Před 2 lety +2

      @@r0bbyinchins now look at you

    • @r0bbyinchins
      @r0bbyinchins Před 2 lety

      @@justinojara9169 look at me for what???

  • @drafter3412
    @drafter3412 Před 2 lety +4

    Totally made my week! Thank you!!

  • @dominicseeders8618
    @dominicseeders8618 Před 2 lety +15

    _Man, Tommy Lee Jones is the epitome of a cool navigator/pilot_

  • @rscott2247
    @rscott2247 Před 2 lety +9

    Despite actual passengers recounting the event, I found this quite nerve racking to watch !

    • @WorkWizdom
      @WorkWizdom Před 2 lety

      Imagine what the passengers and flight crew went through

  • @LillianCrawfishDE
    @LillianCrawfishDE Před 2 lety +6

    "I don't think these airplanes would make very good boats" Sorry, I just had to laugh at this.

    • @rominn2184
      @rominn2184 Před 2 lety

      ^ lol, yeah, it's similar to how in Poseidon, they say "well, these boats weren't designed to float upside down"..

    • @buttafan4010
      @buttafan4010 Před 2 lety

      Passenger safety is determined by corporate profit and greed. Arrest the secretary of transportation.

    • @dvdcnly
      @dvdcnly Před 2 lety

      sully's a320 didn't sink in the hudson...it was towed to a dock and then lifted out of the water.

  • @eileennono5039
    @eileennono5039 Před 2 lety +7

    This episode is uploaded on Wonder's channel but with better sound. Having the sound effects louder than the narration isn't a good choice for a documentary.

  • @FerroequinologistofColorado

    One of my favorite episodes of mayday.

  • @petercarreiro7793
    @petercarreiro7793 Před 2 lety +2

    OMG I went to school with the passenger Daniel Rodrigues. We went to St. Matthews and archbishop Romero. Glad to see you alive.

  • @DNTMEE
    @DNTMEE Před 2 lety +29

    For those having a hard time understanding the people talking in some parts of the video, click the CC button. It's not perfect but it can help a lot.

    • @rominn2184
      @rominn2184 Před 2 lety +1

      ^ Yeah, the music is WAY too loud in many points.

    • @openphoto
      @openphoto Před 2 lety +1

      The voices are much reverb.

  • @leonprince5793
    @leonprince5793 Před 2 lety +8

    Out of 306 passengers they only have one person being interviewed wow!!!

    • @richardberger326
      @richardberger326 Před 2 lety +1

      WOW what a strange comment. Not surprised based on Leon past. 🤣

  • @barkz2265
    @barkz2265 Před 2 lety +8

    If you are losing fuel on only one side, shut the crossover off and fly with one engine, they waited until the both engine's stopped before admitting they had a fuel problem

    • @bowwow255
      @bowwow255 Před 2 lety +1

      That causes bank angle and imbalance.

    • @berniepfitzner487
      @berniepfitzner487 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bowwow255 what would you rather?
      A: fly on one engine. Make an emergency landing.
      Or
      B: Die.

    • @bowwow255
      @bowwow255 Před 2 lety

      @@berniepfitzner487 turn off the working engine aswell and glide. Like as we all know what happened to the concord. Here the case was a broken pipe shaking in the tank. Which means abrasing around which can cause serious fire.

    • @dvdcnly
      @dvdcnly Před 2 lety

      @@bowwow255 it was on the engine, not the tank. they had changed an engine and used the wrong bracket to separate the fuel and oil lines. the mechanic should have told his supervisor to f*** off, he wasn't going to use the wrong bracket. that's what happens when getting the plane out of maintenance to make money overcomes doing it correctly.

    • @mike777yeah
      @mike777yeah Před 2 lety

      @@bowwow255 A A380 does not have a center fuel cell to transfer to it?

  • @Kimmy-pw8tm
    @Kimmy-pw8tm Před 2 lety +43

    Hooray to those inexperienced pilots. You were faced with THIS IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE IT WORK. I’m very proud of you both.

    • @robertbruner7429
      @robertbruner7429 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes, no kidding. They didn't panic, and saved everyone's life. At first I thought this was the video about the plane where a mistake was made by not converting fuel from Imperial to Metric, but this one has a much happier ending.

    • @livenfree
      @livenfree Před 2 lety +3

      @@robertbruner7429 that one everyone lived too.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +8

      If your crossfeed valve is ON after you`ve seen a fuel drop in one of the wing tanks you actually must take some of the blame..

    • @tommynickels4570
      @tommynickels4570 Před 2 lety +5

      The pilots made egregious errors and almost killed everyone.

    • @vgrof2315
      @vgrof2315 Před 2 lety

      Who said the Captain was inexperienced?

  • @tonjura7694
    @tonjura7694 Před 2 lety +10

    Narrator's voice is too low and can't hear it over everything else

    • @audreemaurice4899
      @audreemaurice4899 Před 2 lety +2

      I put. Subtitles it’s better to understand;)

    • @tonjura7694
      @tonjura7694 Před 2 lety

      @@audreemaurice4899 but you can't listen to it in the background and understand what's going on

  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Před 2 lety +13

    This was eventually made into a 2010 movie called Piche: The Landing of a Man.

  • @LeemWills
    @LeemWills Před 2 lety +8

    I love the intro we are in an emergency

  • @liceous
    @liceous Před 2 lety +7

    Actor playing the captain is hottttt

    • @ydro11
      @ydro11 Před 2 lety +1

      His name is guy richer, french canadian actor from Quebec,canada.

    • @Nill757
      @Nill757 Před 2 lety

      Ghoul

  • @3a.m.284
    @3a.m.284 Před 2 lety +26

    You always know it’s a bad sign when no one from the accident will comment on what happened.

    • @OwlRTA
      @OwlRTA Před 2 lety +6

      to be fair, this episode was made before the investigation was fully finished, so I'm not sure if they would've been allowed to talk while the final report was being made.

    • @3a.m.284
      @3a.m.284 Před 2 lety +2

      @@OwlRTA oh that’s interesting to note, makes sense then

    • @carlholland3819
      @carlholland3819 Před 2 lety +3

      if it was really bad nobody would be alive to comment

  • @contingenceBoston
    @contingenceBoston Před 2 lety +6

    Is the audio producer on vacation or something? Did someone accidentally overlay the mixed-down audio track with the original audio from the reenactment with an offset of like .05 seconds?

    • @andrewthomson
      @andrewthomson Před 2 lety +1

      In recognition of Indigenous Instruments Day they decided to add didgeridoo sound effects.

  • @SaharaColeman
    @SaharaColeman Před 2 lety +7

    The passenger Marco looks like Prince Jackson(Michaels Son). The audio sounds like when the volume is too loud and you blow your speakers. “No assistance required yet” anytime something goes the slightest bit wrong someone needs to know.

    • @pyro226
      @pyro226 Před 2 lety +2

      He overlaid airplane sounds and added echo to interviews because he's uploading copyrighted material and is trying to avoid youtube's detection algorithm. He murdered the audio.

  • @vincitveritas3872
    @vincitveritas3872 Před 2 lety

    Searched for this for ages thank you

  • @dorothybrowne3518
    @dorothybrowne3518 Před 2 lety

    Outstanding Congratulations All Crew .Unbelievable success and miracle beyond words Amen ....J

  • @rickr7599
    @rickr7599 Před rokem +3

    I just watched this episode on tv.....Congrats to you and Mr.Piche....you both deserve all the accolades. I cannot imagine the stress you both were under while gliding this big bird safely down. The "experts" said you did not trust the computer....well, in that chaotic situation I don't think many other pilots would either!....damn govt investigators...they want to blame who ever they can...they try to make themselves look good to their public.

  • @baldominobarboza4989
    @baldominobarboza4989 Před 2 lety +6

    That pilot knew what he was doing. Hell of a pilot.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety

      Actually he didnt🤨

    • @mikeboston421
      @mikeboston421 Před 2 lety +1

      the captain would have let them all die in the ocean after running it out of fuel, the first officer who was silenced in this 'study' saved all of them, pleading with the idiot captain to at least stay close enough to land to be able to land the plane if/when they ran out of fuel

  • @rchard6345
    @rchard6345 Před 2 lety +1

    WOW ! .. what a story 😮 .. exciting to watch .. and I was very happy at the end ! 🙂👍

  • @richardservice2452
    @richardservice2452 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for this video very much an eye opener...

  • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
    @foxiedogitchypaws7141 Před 2 lety +23

    Fantastic pilot's. I would feel very safe to have either one flying a plane. Their knowledge is priceless.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +5

      What!?🤨🤪

    • @tonij4073
      @tonij4073 Před 2 lety +7

      Not really avoiding all those warnings..they should've got fired.

    • @BSenta
      @BSenta Před 2 lety +9

      Lol i would trust the autopilot more than these two

    • @tonij4073
      @tonij4073 Před 2 lety +2

      @@BSenta 😆 🤣

    • @SteveJobIess
      @SteveJobIess Před 2 lety +9

      Right engine shuts off
      Pilots: computer error
      Plane crashes into ocean
      Pilots: computer error

  • @alward4810
    @alward4810 Před 2 lety +76

    Earlier vintage aircraft, like DC -8, DC- 10, 747, L1011, were made up of a 3 man crew, 2 pilots, and a Flight Engineer, who among other things were responsible for all system operations, including fuel. They also had an in-depth knowledge of how these systems were designed and worked. A flight engineer, would have recognized that the high oil pressure, maybe caused by a colder oil temperature. A colder oil temperature could be caused by a higher fuel flow thru the oil / fuel heat exchanger on the engine, which warms the fuel and cools the oil temperature. Hence a leak down stream of the oil fuel heat exchanger. Had the oil temperature risen the leak would have been upstream of the heat exchanger. This is the time the leak started, causing higher fuel flow. At first sign of a fuel imbalance, fuel flow, fuel used, and fuel quantity should have been checked. Doing this would have determined where the leak was coming from. Which Wing tank, or engine? Probably engine leak… to confirm shut down affected engine, pull fire handle to shut off fuel going to engine. Re check fuel quantities again, confirming leak has stopped, then feed operating engine from both tanks. Unfortunately, the trend today, is to teach pilots how to react to a situation, by following the checklist, rather than having an in-depth working knowledge of all the systems. A check list can never cover every situation. The Air Transatlantic pilots did an excellent job, with the tools they had to work with. Most importantly, They saved lives.

    • @jamesblack4156
      @jamesblack4156 Před 2 lety +5

      747 best plane ever to date

    • @88njtrigg88
      @88njtrigg88 Před 2 lety +4

      The OP comment has made me reflect on how Airbus are now conducting research into one pilot only !??

    • @Miadolph
      @Miadolph Před 2 lety +5

      The third man costs money and they are all about profit. Sad really

    • @brianallison1913
      @brianallison1913 Před 2 lety +4

      @@88njtrigg88 keep in mind the military already has unmanned aircraft armed with bombs that are trusted to differentiate enemies and civilians. Cars without drivers are already in existence. And we have a leader who can't even construct a sentence(which probably means he can't complete a thought) who has the control of the nuclear buttons. It's a literal freak show out there.

    • @CarlosMorales-dn8ww
      @CarlosMorales-dn8ww Před 2 lety

      Ohhh..yeah

  • @CloudHindlen
    @CloudHindlen Před 2 lety +9

    As far as the fuel situation goes. If before I would have hit the transfer switch. I would have made absolutely sure that there was no leak in the right engine. Considering that is where all the warning signs were pointed to I would have either shut that engine down or let it flame out and keep the fuel and left engine to fly with. Only as a last resort would I have ever reluctantly started transferring fuel to the other tank's...that being said they did absolutely well in getting that plane semi safely on the ground. They had the luck of the Irish on their side that day. And that is all they had going for them.

  • @pyro226
    @pyro226 Před 2 lety +7

    You completely murdered the audio on this video by introducing echo and overlaying loud airplane sounds.

  • @theophilusboateng8936
    @theophilusboateng8936 Před 2 lety +8

    OMG i was crying watching this May day my soul has been set free about the time both of the pilot reached the airport this 2 pilot deserves an award more than this because i was in bad mood and thing they are all going to died but God also show their mercy on them by stoping the plane from crash this video made my day great.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +4

      News flash..there is no God. If there ever was he is dead now..

    • @Nill757
      @Nill757 Před 2 lety

      Pilots could have cut off leak and fumbled around in denial until the fuel ran out. Other pilot stated they ignore sensors on Airbus aircraft routinely. Must be computer error. Must be frost on the sensor. It’s pathological among many pilots , and these two should be working in fast food.

    • @296skipweld
      @296skipweld Před 2 lety

      @@speedbird9313 & you know this how?

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety

      @@296skipweldReality of life..

    • @freespeachrulez
      @freespeachrulez Před 2 lety

      @@speedbird9313 a fool says in his heart that there is no God and God's don't die, our human flesh does.

  • @Williamb612
    @Williamb612 Před 2 lety +20

    250k is a ridiculously small amount…and imagine the PTSD hundreds of the passengers must have suffered…let’s hope the airline was held accountable for these cases as well

    • @Mcf412
      @Mcf412 Před 2 lety

      That’s just the fine. They probably had to refund every passenger, deal with potential lawsuits, fix the plane, and pay for investigations. No way this incident cost the airline under $1MM, potentially much more with bad press

  •  Před 2 lety +2

    Leak would be first thought jesus who trains these people.

  • @jhonmacraimbanajokora8657

    No modern drama can replicate the intense feeling of an air emergency

  • @mikeflores2000
    @mikeflores2000 Před 2 lety +12

    History is lost to pilots for not remembering Gimli Glider air crash of 1983 also running out of fuel. I doubt pilots have Engineering degrees that would have provided them the logic to deduce fuel leak much earlier rather than dismiss to sensor error.

    • @FordRangerGuy2011
      @FordRangerGuy2011 Před 2 lety +3

      this is true, but the gimli glider crash wasn't caused by a fuel leak but actually a miscalculation of the amount of fuel added by the fuel truck before the plane left the airport

    • @ydro11
      @ydro11 Před 2 lety

      Gimley glider was at the time in canada where we switch from using english system of measure to french metric system. So fuel man did put only half of the required fuel. It was no leak, but rather of bad training in calculating with the new measure system. Before we used gallon, pounds and miles, and we switche to liter, kilogrammes and kilometer. The fuel man just got mixed up. That is the story of gimley glider.

  • @daklakdigital3691
    @daklakdigital3691 Před 2 lety +8

    THIS video ís white wash. Captain Piche's aeronautical history is well documented in public records.
    Captain Piche learned many of his unorthodox flying skills from the time he was flying, early in his career, drug running from South America to the USA. Drug runners used tricks & skill to land so it looks to radar trackers like their aircraft "dropped out of the sky".
    Captain Piche used this landing skill to lose speed and land the Air Transat safely. All this is fully documented in public records.
    Captain Piche retired, still with Air Transat earlier in 2021.

    • @ydro11
      @ydro11 Před 2 lety +1

      Well actually , it true but false... Robert flew up north Quebec province as a bush pilot ( very very remote area on floats) but in the 80' aviation went low and no more job for pilots, so he took the smuggling job ,but got caught soon after he started that. So it is true that he did smuggled drugs, but the real experience of flying, he got from flying as bush pilot up north. ( you guys might not even be able to imagine the sort of flying you get up here) USA have 100% radar coverage , here in Quebec we dont have 25% of territory which is radar coverage)

  • @the1andonly
    @the1andonly Před 2 lety

    Great documentary on this incident. The music is a bit too loud, but I kept watching till the end. Subscribed.

  • @KingHuzaifa
    @KingHuzaifa Před rokem +1

    Great work by actors and background voiceover artist and editors

  • @francinebanez8207
    @francinebanez8207 Před 2 lety +15

    Kudos to the pilots 👏👏👏👏👏👏😭

    • @aerocap
      @aerocap Před 2 lety

      Hell of pilots, I love them.

  • @seanc5226
    @seanc5226 Před 2 lety +3

    Sound quality is poor.

  • @michaelmansun6203
    @michaelmansun6203 Před 2 lety +1

    I would crap my pants for 15 minutes straight.

  • @marksonkrestkofiosei9414

    Absolutely amazing crew💕❤️🙌👌🌟💪🙏💯

  • @MichelleQuintiaVLOGS
    @MichelleQuintiaVLOGS Před 2 lety +6

    I’ve seen this video with clearer audio on another channel called ‘Wonder’ months back. I thought this is a ‘new’ documentary. Is this channel owned by Wonder too?

  • @carlel4219
    @carlel4219 Před 2 lety +7

    I could only imagine the fear that would go in anyone s head when confronted with a situation of this type. My God....

    • @ConradSNIPER
      @ConradSNIPER Před 2 lety

      We can never fathom what goes on in their mind - there's no need to be.

    • @armandomejiatakara818
      @armandomejiatakara818 Před 2 lety

      @@ConradSNIPER
      My wife and I are fortunate to know how we will react when faced with eminent death. We faced incoming North Korean ballistic missiles on Jan 13, 2017. Ppl were crying and screaming outside. In town, there was gridlock. Where's everybody going? We're on an island 3000 miles from the next nearest land mass.
      After battling blocked outgoing lines and speaking to loved ones on the mainland, my wife and I sat quietly on the bed with our boy between us. He purred loudly as we both pet him.
      "Jerk. He's ALREADYin heaven" I told my wife. She smiled, "I love you".
      " I Iove you, too". Then we waited quietly to die. For 38 minutes we waited. We could hear speeding cars, ppl screaming and crying, air raids sirens.....for 38 minutes chaos ensued. But the missiles never came. The emergency alert was canceled. And everyone went on about their business. Rarely to be mentioned again. Funny how only certain tragedies are covered by the media, the ones they DO overcover are accusatory against conservatives. Does anyone know what happened that night in Las Vegas? What about the nonexustent riots? The list goes on, but I won't.

  • @amnaamir5206
    @amnaamir5206 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video and I hope you have a good night sleep good too

  • @hilldoggydogg635
    @hilldoggydogg635 Před 2 lety +2

    I watched this documentary in Bratislava, Slovakia, with a ticket home to Vancouver on AirTransat, lol. Back in 2005.

  • @armandomejiatakara818
    @armandomejiatakara818 Před 2 lety +7

    My wife and I waited for North Korean cruise missiles to hit Hawaii. The emergencty alert said we had only minutes to take cover. My wife has only her brother living and they’re not that close. I tried calling my mom in Texas, but all outgoing calls were blocked, which is ridiculous. I finally got through to my nieces on Messenger, they relayed the message to my mom. Incoming calls were not blocked. We talked for 2 minutes. She lives within 90 miles of White Sands Misille Range so if this thing got out of hand, mom could at least evacuate. We said our love yous and I gathered our boy
    (Kitty) and took him in my arms upstairs where my wife was waitng.
    I placed our boy between us and he purred loudly as we both pet him.
    “Jerk. He’s ALREADY in heaven” I told my wife. She smiled, “I love you”.
    “I love you, too” I said. Then we waited. For 38 minutes we waited. The alert was canceled. The misilles never came. Damn politicians playing games. But I learned something about my wife and I. We know that when we die, we won’t be afraid. There were ppl outside crying and screaming. In town, there was gridlock. In our home, we were at peace.

  • @NevadaLamb
    @NevadaLamb Před 2 lety +9

    I’ve never been afraid to fly, but after this I’m not so sure about flying over a large body of water. 😬😬

    • @robertbruner7429
      @robertbruner7429 Před 2 lety +3

      It's safer than a boat, buses can't, leaving airplanes are our only real choice. I feel so safe when I'm up there. I last flew about three months ago and slept through the whole trip including takeoff. The flight attendant woke me when we got there.

    • @johnh8705
      @johnh8705 Před 2 lety

      Take a double dose of sleeping pills. You'll either wake up or it'll be quick

  • @barbarachipman9436
    @barbarachipman9436 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic job!!!!

  • @Livinlivin836
    @Livinlivin836 Před rokem +1

    Imagine successfully landing an airplane that had a fuel leak and the airline you work for sues you for saving everyone’s life’s. Screw that air company.

  • @r0bbyinchins
    @r0bbyinchins Před 2 lety +31

    The pilots and crew in these videos are absolutely amazing.. The composure they demonstrate is unbelievable.... I really respect them so much... Its amazing the things pilots overcome....true heroes ....i wouldnt get in a plane if I had to for any reason at all. But for those of your who do. I wish you all the safest of travels

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety

      Oh, Rob..🙆🏻‍♂️🙄

    • @r0bbyinchins
      @r0bbyinchins Před 2 lety +1

      @@speedbird9313 oh rob what???

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +9

      @@r0bbyinchins Well in these videos you are correct sometimes..but in this video you`re dead wrong.
      To open the crossfeed valve and actually just monitor the fuel qty as it gets lower and lower is just mindblowing incompetent🤨

    • @r0bbyinchins
      @r0bbyinchins Před 2 lety +4

      @@speedbird9313 they still landed the damn thing. your not impressed obviously but everyone else sure seems to be

    • @kinkane5566
      @kinkane5566 Před 2 lety +1

      @@r0bbyinchins I'm impressed, definitely heroes so many of the pilots in these videos. I went through a period where I wouldn't fly anymore but I ended up getting over it because of the sheer need for me to travel overseas. I'm always weary of being over long stretches of water for this very reason but these days most of the time I'm going from DFW, LAX, or SFO to ICN the route sticks largely to the coast and is reasonably close to alternate landing points. Every once in a while I get nervous if I'm on a route and we're smack dab in the middle of the ocean. In the event of this video I'd be running up and down the aisle like a maniac I'd be so afraid of ditching in the ocean.

  • @FarmerFpv
    @FarmerFpv Před 2 lety +5

    I would never risk my life or my passenger's life. If I even had a suspicion of a fuel leak I would stop transferring fuel and declare an emergency. This is why I hate flying, I don't fly if I don't have to. You never know who is up in the cockpit and how arrogant and ignorant they are. People say it's safer than driving or whatever the statistics are I don't want to be that one statistic. This is why I'm going to take a train to Hawaii next time I go.

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 Před 2 lety +2

    The pilot looks just like a young Tommy Lee Jones and the co-pilot like preacher Joel Osteen! 🤣🤣

  • @davewatts6724
    @davewatts6724 Před 2 lety

    I have been in several large aircraft crashes over the years, mid air collisions, water landings and fires,
    I can tell you that every time it happens I am calm and helpful to other passengers.
    We all die every time, but we are polite and never raise our voices and always kind and courteous.
    When you are dying?
    Do not panic.

  • @mikemaj8467
    @mikemaj8467 Před 2 lety +13

    Great story! A question that comes to my mind is why did Rolls Royce not include a hydraulic pump assembly with the new replacement engine? The maintenance department was probably not aware they needed one I'm guessing. Not saying they are totally to blame but should share responsibility.

    • @southerncross86
      @southerncross86 Před 2 lety +5

      They should not provide a new 3ngine without the full,setmof connectors pipes to the aircraft

    • @rylanmacdonald6416
      @rylanmacdonald6416 Před 2 lety +1

      Engineers u means

  • @charleshammer2928
    @charleshammer2928 Před 2 lety +4

    Continental used to run transatlantic flights from EWR to London using boeing 757's. Range wise west to east was fine. On rare occasions if they ran into unusually strong headwinds on the return to EWR, they would have to divert to Gander to refuel. A friend who flew this route frequently, told he experienced this.

    • @njdxnjdx
      @njdxnjdx Před 2 lety

      No one is interested in your friends travels. It is irrelevant

    • @johnathanmyers7033
      @johnathanmyers7033 Před 2 lety +3

      That's actually interesting, to me at least. Thanks for sharing.

    • @ronarnett4811
      @ronarnett4811 Před 2 lety +2

      @@njdxnjdx Actually, in a discussion about near tragedies resulting from a shortage fuel on transatlantic flights it is highly relevant. Especially since Gander is no longer operational.
      Many a plane was saved by landing at Gander due to some emergency including dozens when transatlantic flights were diverted from the U.S. in the hours after 9/11.

    • @yvonneleslie7681
      @yvonneleslie7681 Před 2 lety

      @@njdxnjdx Who peed on your conflakes this morning?

    • @mich8292
      @mich8292 Před 2 lety

      @@njdxnjdx 🤣🤣🤣

  • @scottjohnson9912
    @scottjohnson9912 Před 2 lety +1

    That was some very good flying by the pilot and co pilot .

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety

      No, that was actually some very ignorant flying. But hey, good glide👍🏻

  • @mufush
    @mufush Před 9 měsíci

    This was a miracle, bravos to both pilots

  • @blakehorn229
    @blakehorn229 Před 2 lety +7

    My wife went to Germany recently and after being 1 hour over water off the East coast there was heavy shaking out of no where then the pilot came over the intercom and said to buckle up that they had to turn back to the United States as there was a "mechanical issue" that required emergency landing.
    No idea what happened as my wife wasn't given an explanation upon making it back to the states but they deplaned and switched planes entirely.
    She was so freaked out she said screw it and had me come pick her up. Delta gave us a refund on the 3 tickets for my wife and 2 children and they ended up flying out 2 days later.

  • @patriciamariemitchel
    @patriciamariemitchel Před 2 lety +44

    Thank you for this wonderful reenactment of a terrible situation gone bad to worse, yet saved by the immutable design of the Airbus, that truely deserved the name, and pilot finesse that brought more than 300 people safely to the tarmac. Glory to God!

    • @titan9259
      @titan9259 Před 2 lety +5

      You also have American flight 96 which lost it's cargo door while still climbing, they managed to land without anyone getting killed.

    • @stevenrais9360
      @stevenrais9360 Před 2 lety +5

      Glory to the pilots

    • @openphoto
      @openphoto Před 2 lety +4

      God had nothing to do with this.

    • @patriciamariemitchel
      @patriciamariemitchel Před 2 lety +2

      @@openphoto, how do you know?

    • @patriciamariemitchel
      @patriciamariemitchel Před 2 lety +3

      @@stevenrais9360, everyone has to make their choice, who will they serve and who will they give glory to. You made your choice and I made mine.

  • @paulborisiv519
    @paulborisiv519 Před 2 lety +2

    i can barely hear a thing at 49:00 due to the loud ass music, what the hell is the sound guy doing?

  • @apryltube91
    @apryltube91 Před 2 lety +2

    The audio is echoing and robotic. It's hard to listen to.

  • @heels-villeshoerepairs8613

    Without a doubt, LEGENDS! well done pilots.

  • @Gonken88
    @Gonken88 Před 2 lety +3

    We're losing fuel.
    "Must be the computer."
    We're still losing fuel.
    "Must be the computer."
    It's not getting any better.
    "Must be the computer."
    Engine number 2 just died.
    "I still think it's the computer."
    Those older guys sure as shit have 0 confidence in technology.

  • @lliamjurdom9505
    @lliamjurdom9505 Před 2 lety +1

    Attention this is your Captain speaking : We are going to make an unexpected stopover in the Atlantic Ocean ... because someone forgot to check the fuel gauge again ...

  • @MartinRiosIII
    @MartinRiosIII Před 2 lety

    I can watch these all day long

  • @bobm7275
    @bobm7275 Před 2 lety +3

    what about a pilot that flew for hours with fuel pouring out and kept balancing tanks, shut off the engine that is taking all the fuel and continue on one engine.

  • @Kingdarrdarr_17
    @Kingdarrdarr_17 Před 2 lety +13

    This is one of my favorite air disasters

    • @audreemaurice4899
      @audreemaurice4899 Před 2 lety +1

      They made a movie on that disaster but the movies is in French
      «Piché entre ciel et terre»

    • @Kingdarrdarr_17
      @Kingdarrdarr_17 Před 2 lety +3

      @@audreemaurice4899 yeah would love to watch it but I don't understand French

    • @buttafan4010
      @buttafan4010 Před 2 lety

      Passenger safety is determined by corporate profit and greed. Arrest the secretary of transportation.

    • @rolandmwebesa8385
      @rolandmwebesa8385 Před 2 lety

      What do u mean a favorite disaster? Anything like that under the sun?

  • @nomikhan1374
    @nomikhan1374 Před 2 lety

    The voice of the admin is incredible very beautiful ❤️❤️

  • @alexandrebuisson8158
    @alexandrebuisson8158 Před 2 lety

    I love this show!

  • @superdave1263
    @superdave1263 Před 2 lety +52

    Hard to believe that the airliners don’t come with a fuel flow meter. It would tell exactly how much fuel is used or being used.

    • @robertbruner7429
      @robertbruner7429 Před 2 lety +6

      Are you sure they don't? I am not a pilot and don't know; but based upon what I just watched and and then read, a fuel flow meter wouldn't have made a lot of difference as it measures an engines fuel use in real time. The fuel reports _showed_ fuel starvation as they should but the pilots were hoping it was a computer error and continued the cross feed as there was no alternative procedure. The engines were using a normal amount of fuel, cross valves were working as expected, and there was simply not enough to keep them running once it all leaked out from the bottom. Perhaps if they had known what had happened when the first engine burned out they could have stopped the cross feed , but they didn't know. At least that's my take, unless I'm missing something?

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 Před 2 lety +2

      They do..

    • @seikoandora6485
      @seikoandora6485 Před 2 lety +3

      Ofcourse thay have a flow meter .

    • @livenfree
      @livenfree Před 2 lety

      Or a fuel pressure Guage?

    • @TheMrmack070
      @TheMrmack070 Před 2 lety +15

      Pilot fault he didn't believe his instruments. Several times fuel use was calculated and pilot still kept pumping fuel over to the leaking engine.

  • @Sniper5354
    @Sniper5354 Před 2 lety +5

    When two or more independent sensors (in this case temperature and pressure) indicate abnormal readings that are related, it couldn't be a false alarm.

    • @mrkhokhar4895
      @mrkhokhar4895 Před 2 lety

      Not always i dont agree there willbe a fault

    • @michaelmelvin3263
      @michaelmelvin3263 Před 2 lety

      I would think having just checked fuel levels then had low fuel on right that quick would have been a major warning sign too me

    • @michaelotieno6524
      @michaelotieno6524 Před 2 lety +1

      @@michaelmelvin3263 Of course it would be a major warning but it would be a major warning that something is wrong not a major warning about a fuel leak. Like the pilot in the commentary said;
      1. Low oil temperature is indicative of a bad sensor and be of no concern.
      2. High oil pressure is very strange and unusual and is normally about contamination of oil with fuel. They were advised to keep monitoring their oil levels as they suspected an oil leak and not a fuel leak since the fuel gauge was still okay at that point. They never ignored the 2nd alarm.

    • @jamieingram7113
      @jamieingram7113 Před 2 lety

      It can happen look at air France 🇫🇷 fl447 which went down in the middle of the Atlantic ocean

  • @christineschmidt4706
    @christineschmidt4706 Před 2 lety

    Have no clue about it but admire people who bring this planes up and down .for me a mega vormit

  • @timkennedy326
    @timkennedy326 Před 2 lety

    This place looks amazing.