The Distraction That Killed 101 People (Eastern Air lines Flight 401) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN
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How did the most modern passenger plane of its day, crash on what should have been a routine approach into Miami for the pilots. That was the question posed to investigators looking into the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. The aircraft in question was brand new, introduced to the airline market that same year. For 1972, the technology on board was well ahead of its time. The answers surrounding the cause of the disaster were found not to be with the plane. So what did investigators find when they opened up the plane’s black box. What caused this deadly crash in the Florida Everglades?
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good stuff mate cant wait for every Saturday when youse upload keep up the bloody good work
talk about Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 next
Hiya! Hope all is well.☺️
Incorrect... At 1:45 you say that the tristar had the first autoland. Close, but that was the Trident.
in our slang...'spook' means spy, uknow..... and Eastern is not a normal civilian airline...
"Florida is highly unusual", never were truer words spoken.
Dang I just wrote almost exactly what u did. I mean I said truer words…Deleted it, but that’s pretty cool
Be careful. Do not issue the summoning for Florida Man!😱
You mean the people, the geography, or both?
A’ho brother. Sometimes I wonder .
Florida man is based 👍👍👍
Also, for non-Floridians, the Everglades is that big-there are zoning laws that limit the expansion of urban development for the sole purpose of preserving one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet.
However, we have tried our best to f**k it up. It is now dominated by Burmese Pythons that have destroyed the indigenous species and wild life. I first saw as a little kid in the 60s. It was so amazing.
I read the book Ghost flight 401 and halfway through someone stole it at work so I bought another and finished it . I had heard about the accident and 8 years later 1980 got the book. Very realistic even for skeptics .
Hopefully those laws hold. Wetlands are among the densest areas on the planet for both biomass and biodiversity and so may have been drained for vector control and urban expansion. They are critically needed areas both to fight greenhouse gasses. And water pollution. The loss of wetland areas fuels extinction all up and down the food chain.
The Everglades are pretty and an very interesting ecosystem, but its certainly not one of the most unique ecosystems as there *lots* of unique ecosystems all over the planet. Its one of many unique ecosystems, however its ofc just as important to protect the Everglades as it is to protect other unique ecosystems and ecosystems in general.
"Florida is highly unusual." Evergreen commentary, lol.
ETA: the ghost stories surrounding the plane parts are fascinating to me for their folkloric value. The 1970s were the start of Eastern Airlines' financial and labor woes, and I wonder if the salvaging of parts from such a gruesome crash really stirred up some feelings about whether or not the executives even gave a crap about their employees. Ghost stories are fundamentally about the hope that something transcends the unfairness of life on earth, after all, so I wonder if people just kind of willed this legend into being to express their dissatisfaction with the company. I mean, the stories certainly pissed the company off and got them to remove the salvaged parts.
Yes! Similar to a tulpa! I agree with your observation.
What's REALLY fascinating is that in the '70's, while the practice wasn't uncommon, it was a lesser known function even inside the industry. Most pilots, attendants, and other staff did NOT know parts were salvaged from "dead" planes to be put back into service. That was something in the mechanics and technical side, and there were NO such documentaries "exposing the truth" of industry in the day, either...
SO when accounts being researched are from hundreds of un-associated people who had no business even knowing about part salvage or recycling, LET ALONE which planes actually had recycled parts from 401 installed... How does that fit a "conspiracy to show disapproval of the airline management's handling or respect for the dead"???
It makes it a very dubious claim... NOT that I'm casually just calling out "BS" here... It's MAYBE possible word gets around other ways... BUT an awful lot of claims aren't so easily dismissed out of hand when you really dive into "first hand accounts"... ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Having worked around flight crews, I can say that these are some of the most no non-sense, grounded people the airlines could hire. "Ghost" stories from an employee would have been one of the fastest ways to stay on the ground.
@@henryjames8654 I don't know... I think that sort of depends on the context of the story and the telling...
Ghost stories being pressed up the line through the office and "complaint" forms, yeah... EASILY the quick ticket to never fly again...
Girls' night out and sharing spooky stories over drinks... Psh.. I don't know. I doubt it there.
That was part of my point. "not calling BS" at random... SO it would be possible for word to get around if it could get out at all... BUT there was a growth of concerns through the 80's and a mass of audits into the 90's about "bad parts" on planes. Granted, was largely about counterfeit and less than aviation quality parts being sold to airline mechanics and operators, BUT if the flight crews and Attendants would have no idea about "cheap knock-off parts" in their planes, how would they know about "disrespectful recycling of dead people's parts" in their planes... The two sides of the industry are just too far apart.
Add in what you're suggesting, and there's just about GOT to be some credibility somewhere... ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 The wreckage belonged to EAL. What should they have done with the parts? I don't see the problem with using a coffee pot or a microwave from 401 on another plane, and I would hardly call it "disrespectful recycling of dead people's parts". (You actually wrote that.) I think EAL mishandled the whole situation by acting all butthurt about it. They could have put those parts in a museum (Ripley's - whatever) after the stories were published. They could have controlled the narrative and positioned themselves as the sensitive company that hears the needs of the families - if the families were even bothered by it. (I've never heard that they were.) They could have enhanced their image instead of coming across as the assholes in the story, which imo they weren't. I miss EAL. They were the first airline I flew on. I had plastic models of some of their planes. I hated it when they went under, and it sucks that a stupid PR blunder over a ghost story was actually a part of that.
I wonder if this accident is part of why modern aircraft now have two bulbs per illuminator. It’s a common thing nowadays, even my car has two LEDs per warning light. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that each bulb in an aircraft is powered from either electrical bus, so bulb 1 is on bus A, bulb 2 is on bus B, etc.
With LED lights a lot more of them can be installed in tiny places. The L1011 had incandescent bulbs throughout. They burned hot and used a lot of energy. But as I pointed out in this thread the entire bulb assembly could have been swapped out with any of the other identical bulb assemblies. The crew could have diagnosed the problem in a couple of minutes. The crew should have known how to swap lightbulb assemblies. Some pop out when depressed and some just pull out. It’s sad they allowed their attention to go in every direction but the correct one.
@@MovieMakingMan
The light bulbs were of a type known as TUNGSTEN FILAMENT - This is the correct terminology
@@andrew_koala2974 They are the same thing. Edison used over 2000 filaments in his attempts to make the longest lasting light bulb. That was the late 1870s. It wasn’t till 1904 when tungsten was used. An incandescent lightbulb merely has a tungsten filament.
Yes. This and the other crash is the reason there are two leds. Saw this fact yesterday on Mayday.
Lockheed probably used Staco series 40 annunciators which have 4 bulbs. (These things were introduced in 1969) You can configure them in a single group of 4 bulbs or 2 groups of 2 bulbs, with 2 different ground connections and ostensibly 2 different 5v or 28v sources. Did all 4 bulbs burn out, or was the indicator wired in single ground circuit config and that ground circuit was faulty?
I grew up in Miami, remember how successful Eastern was. This is still one of the most terrifying disasters for me. All I can think about is the primordial funk of the Everglades. Gators, brackish water, and the monumental work of the rescuers. God bless them all. Thank you Chloe for another first rate analysis. We all appreciate your hard work and dedication.
My next door neighbor was on that flight. She survived and I got to ask her what she remembered. I was awestruck.
can u tell us whats her story ? im sure many people would like to know more
@@eatmerawww69 If I remember correctly, she was seated somewhere in the middle of the airplane. She said the captain had come on and explained that they were dealing with a light bulb issue and that they would circle for a bit and then be on the ground in no time. She said that she knew they were nowhere near the airport because there were no lights anywhere outside. She then recalls the left wing dipping to the left as though they were turning and all of a sudden the plane started to cart wheel on its side after hitting a tree. She woke up in the water on and clump of sawgrass. When she saw helicopters flying above she was screaming I'm alive, I'm alive, waving her hands. She was brought into the hospital in a bag . She had broken bones all over. She was just glad to be alive.
Wow.
@@howward4071
Hit a tree in the everglades Howie?
@@alhanes5803 that's what she said.
I'm always baffled when i hear this story that they weren't satisfied when they did the light test that the bulb was merely burnt out. It is a test created to literally see if illumination is working properly.
Yeah, some accidents are plain stupid. And haven't they dedicated all this effort to the lightbulb this wouldn't have happened. But furthermore it gets me thinking about all the other close calls in the industry that happened that we don't know about because the pilots didn't decide to do some small stupid mistake that could lead to other disasters.
I have a German vanity license plate on the front of my car that says "TRISTAR" - many assume it's a nod to the Mercedes logo, but it is indeed a reference to this magnificent aircraft. Thank you for sharing some details about it. The L1011 really was special.
And of course, as always, excellent video. I always look forward to your work!
Sure? German license plates must have 2 to 5 letters plus 1 to 4 numbers. ;-)
@@DaveChimny dude said a vanity plate. You order online and type whatever you want and they put it on for you. It’s not a real plate.😂😂
@@swivmustang he should just have not mentioned German. Because this has nothing to do with a German plate
The annual report for Eastern Airline for 1972 made mention of the payment they received from the hull insurer, which if I recall correctly, stated the payment "resulted from the involuntary conversion of the asset." That's some big-dollar wordsmithing..
"Florida is highly unusual" 🤣
*Florida is highly unusual*
Understatement of the decade.
Former 35 yr resident here. Absolute truth. Left in 85 for my sanity and safety.
@@sarahalbers5555 did you see some guys hosting a alligator wrestling contest with the gators they stole from gator land and the host was a mouse from Disney world
My aviation consultant group has been working with the 401 survivors who make up the Eastern Airlines Flight 401 memorial/ tribute group since 2009. This December 29th on Thursday 29th December, 2023 at 1pm on the 50th anniversary of the crash we are dedicating a memorial stone a prelude to the bigger memorial which has been designed by Miami, Florida architect firm Brockhouse and Associates to the 101 souls lost. The event will be in Miami Spring near the Miami Springs Golf Club. My friends surviving passenger Ron Infantino who lost his wife of 27 days will be there as well as surviving flight attendants Beverly Raposa ( who sang Christmas Carrolls) to keep the survivors calm as well as Mercy Ruiz who help a baby, baby Miguel Junco live after his parents died. Also from Saturday January 14th to Saturday March 19, 2023 at History of Miami Museum we are having a Eastern Airlines Flight 401 art exhibition. Years ago, I recruited a local, world known artist called George Rodez were he recruited 11 artist and they painted L-1011 models produced by my friends at Atlantic Models.
Wow. Thank you for sharing.
First time my parents and I visited Florida, we broke down on the highway. Everglades all around us. We were there for hours in the dark, and that was bad enough. Can only imagine what it was like for these survivors
BEA Tridents had autoland before the L1011 entered service.
The L-1011 is my favorite aircraft. It was also my first wide body - TWA on STL-SFO in June 1984.
Disaster Breakdown: *Posts video every Saturday*
Me, EVERY single Saturday morning: “Yaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!” with a little happy dance
Thanks so much for watching even after all this time! :)
And it is always sooo good!
@@DisasterBreakdown You’re amazing. I love your work, and I’m a lifetime sub! 😊
I've been that focus before. I was then hit by a rollercoaster. I was working on the track at the time, and almost finished with my work. They told us to duck out of the way when it was running. I was like almost done, almost done. Yeah. Whack
All aboard the SS Concussion!
The most beautiful plane of all time. Glad I got to fly on it five times.
With which airlines?
I Definitely Agree, Wish they were still around and Flying. Such a Majestic Aircraft. And i Love the "S-Duct" Design, Way Nicer than the Douglas Design of sticking Engine #2 Right in the Tail.
@@avgjoeavglifeDelta
The only reason why the L-1011 was less successful then the DC-10 was not because it couldn’t outshine the DC-10 but it was more expensive to build an L-1011 than a DC-10 or even the more advanced MD-11 and because it came into the market later than both the DC-10 and B747
The L1011 was quite distinctive.
All Tri Jets were so cool!
I’ve been wondering; would you at all be interested in making videos on other transportation disasters? Boat and train accidents are what come to mind. I just think you’d do wonderfully.
hes got one about a train that derailed I think you would like if you haven't seen it yet
I was just thinking about doing a train related video. I'll have to see what there is in the way of simulation for it
@@dontwatch8435 Like the German ICE disaster or Amtrak’s Frankford junction wreck in Philadelphia
Yes that’s a great idea
@@DisasterBreakdown Train Simulator 2002 might do the trick 😜
I remember watching a TV movie called Ghost of Flight 401. I'm a skeptic as far as the paranormal goes but it wasn't a bad movie.
I think I saw that move back in the 1990s.
@@Eric_Hutton.1980 That sounds about right to me. I think it was made in the late eighties.
@@cottagebob2551 it came out in 78
@@icey2203 Thanks. I stand corrected. :)
Cottagebob2551
I enjoyed it too.
I’ve been really enjoying your channel the past few weeks, and just wanted to thank you especially for including captions!! It makes things so much easier for me and I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. Have a good one :D
Totally agree with all
"Florida is highly unusual" - truer words have never been spoken.
Published: April 9, 2019, 4:25 PM
Florida man threatens to destroy everyone... with army of turtles
Hah. Was literally going to post this exact same comment
the perfect out of context quote
“Florida man arrested after hiding alligators in his truck.”
Published: 18 hours ago
_THE TURTLES ARE COMING! WALK AWAY! AT A LEISURELY PACE!_
Thanks for the great content Chloe!
this video was so well detailed!! I really enjoyed it and your structure of videos makes it easy to follow!
great video, as always! the wider context at the start and the little reference to the ghost stories at the end were both really interesting to me!
You do such great work. Glad you did a video on this one.
“Remembered fondly…” Yeah, I’d say that’s accurate. I took a couple of flights on the L1011 when I was a teenager. It was an incredibly quiet, comfortable, and smooth-flying plane. I even got to visit the cockpit and chat with the pilots…very cool experience. I was sad when it got retired. Even though it was a one-off failure for Lockheed, it ended up being a very reliable, safe, and much beloved plane by both passengers and pilots. It’s amazing the level of automation they achieved in the 1970s, but maybe it was too much for an era where automation was limited on every other plane.
Thanks for going over this disaster in detail. It was a tragedy, but it’s good that lessons were learned. And thanks for including the ghost story…I heard it many years ago, and found it interesting it wasn’t more well known.
I was just thinking yesterday of requesting this accident be covered on your channel! 😆
He took forever to get to it. Trust me.
100k? You deserve millions!
I worked on the Tristars and they were LIGHT YEARS ahead of the deadly DC-10 with its blow out cargo doors and engine faults! I happily flew many hours on the L-1011 but I would NEVER set foot on the DC-10 let alone FLY in one. Many aircraft have a window into the nose undercarriage bay to visually check the 'flag' has popped up and the gear is locked. This accident was a sad case of 'hyperfocus' on one small lamp.......dropping them into the Everglades.....RIP to all those souls....Dont be too quick to write off the ghost stories! I read many articles and books on this accident and people seeing the 'entities' could describe them PERFECTLY. When asked if they had read books about the crash of 401 most had not even HEARD of this incident! On once occassion Don Repo appeared on a flight that had parts from the lost aircraft on - that aircraft was having problems. Certain actions he indicated to the staff to check - saved the aircraft from going down! Makes you think doesnt it. He was there TO PROTECT. After this appearance he was never seen again - probably now at peace having protected that airframe. He sadly was killed when he went down into the 'hell hole' under the flight deck to visually check the nose undercarriage was locked. When the aircraft hit the ground he had no way of escape......
You're right, this was a good one! Keep up the great work! While I can get early access to your videos through Patreon, I always save them for Saturday morning. I look forward to it.
13:10 I'm confused. Did Eastern Air deny reusing salvageable parts from that crash, or did they deny the ghost stories? I thought the reused parts were a confirmed fact, used to bolster a ghost story: as, as far as I recall anyway, the witness had no idea the galley had been reused from a crashed plane. It's a bit of a misplaced modifier if the former, or dangling modifier if the latter. (Sorry, airplane nerd who grew up with a newspaper reporter as a mom, had corrected grammar hammered into me from the moment of my birth.)
Both I believe
There was a crash and two parts were used in two other planes from it . Both planes experienced hauntings afterward.
czcams.com/video/hJzjNSdxo70/video.html
This is a quite good video about the reported hauntings. Basically says that the airframe was a total loss and none of the parts recovered were ever reused and that
the accounts of the hauntings came from a book and probably weren't legitimate.
Good, clear, spoken narration.
Keep up the good work.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! i have your notifications on and i anticipate every video!!! surprised you’re only reaching 80k and not 800k with how great these videos are!! watching the evolution of the video production quality has been so satisfying !!! i binged the entire channel as soon as i knew what it was all about
I heard about this accident or Mentour Pilot channel I was waiting on you to make this video 👏🏽
I am fascinated with these stories, mainly because of my fear of heights. But the way you explain the terminology and technology for those of us not aviation lingo smart, in a way we can understand is amazing
I always find this one chilling. The idea that you survive a plane crash only to succumb later to infection. One documentary on this accident I saw said that it was a blessing and a curse (the bacteria filled mud) because it helped staunch bleeding.
Thank you for this video, as always we get treated to top quality content. And by the way, I really like your "story voice".
Luv the channel and the contents of ur videos always a great listen 4 me even tho i cant c the actual videos but i dont need 2 because u give such a great description of everything . Thankyou 😃😃
I love the background music, well done man
I have been waiting for this one for so long
Finally
This is truly a tragedy ,amazing work 🥰
recently subsribed your content is top notch, and captivating keep it up
How many airline pilots does it take to change a lightbulb? "Are you flying the plane?" "No, dummy, I'm checking a lightbulb, to see if it needs changing!" "Oh ... OK."
This reminds me of an aviation saying which goes something like don't drop the plane while flying the mic. This disaster over a burnt out bulb. Incandescent bulbs failed regularly back then and while I'm sure these bulbs were superior design and over-rated, a burnt out bulb wouldn't be far fetched. While I realize the desire for caution after testing all bulbs and this one not lighting, they probably should have trusted that it was the bulb or related electrical circuitry at that point. Of course hindsight is 20/20.
Very interesting event👌🏻thanks for uploading
Love your channel😁👍🏻👏🏻
Keep up the good work
Valujet Flight 592 crashed about two miles from where Eastern 401 crashed.
I don't know about whisperliner as I use to see, and hear,them going into RAF Brize Norton when I lived in Oxford.I use to go stargazing out in the fields between Oxford and North Hinksey and they would come in along with VC 10's and both where very stentorian.The RAF doesn't use them now and it's some kind of military Airbus variant.
The Everglades is such a beautiful name- I chuckled when you described it as a ”swampy mass”. Very nice to hear your take on this disaster.
I mean it IS a swampy mass though
I immediately remarked on the auto-landing feature, that would be the most problematic for the time, most airlines at that time didn't have the proper equipment for auto-landing so having it is like having a typewriter in this day and age, almost nobody has the stuff to handle or repair typewriters so once it is broken, you likely can't fix it. luckily though, the auto-land was NOT the issue here, it was the fact they tried repairing a light bulb during landing when they SHOULD HAVE WAITED AND LET THE PROPER PEOPLE HANDLE IT!
They weren't sure if the issue was a burnt out bulb or not having landing gear. They wanted to make sure which one it was because while a burnt out bulb is a non-issue for landing, no landing gear is a huge problem. The blame is not on them for trying to diagnose the issue, it's for the fact that everyone in the cockpit was focused on diagnosing the issue, leaving no one in full control of the aircraft.
@@sapinballwizard but once they figured out it was the bulb, they continued to mess with it, did they not?
@@macaylacayton2915 No. They _suspected_ it was the bulb once it failed to activate in the circuit test. The only way to know for certain was to replace the bulb and it's doubtful they had a spare handy. But, when that type of bulb fails, it's often obvious to visual inspection. Which is what the crew was attempting to do.
Trying to get that confirmation wasn't foolish. Their alternative was to land the plane without knowing whether the nose wheel was actually down. The problem is someone should have been focused on flying the plane while others worked the problem and that didn't happen.
@@Emptybee you do realize planes have successfully landed without the gear down right?
@@macaylacayton2915 Yes, but it's extremely dangerous.
"Florida is highly unusual." Chloe, you don't even know the half of it! Florida is so weird!
Who is Chloe?
@@jonfox8010 that's Disaster Breakdown's name
such an underrated channel
6:01 i have a model of that exact tristar sitting on my desk. love this plane
good work
The reason so many who survived the crash died later or lost limbs was because of where the plane crashed. The Everglades are filled with anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobes do not use oxygen for metabolism. In fact they thrive in places where there is no oxygen and are killed by exposure to oxygen. They are what is behind such illnesses as botulism, tetanus and gas gangrene when they enter a break in the skin. Gangrene attacked many of the survivors. Some were treated by placement in a bariatric chamber where the atmosphere is mostly oxygen. Oxygen kills anaerobes. For those who did not respond to this trwatment, amputation was necessary to save their lives. I have often thought that was the most horrifying thing about this accident.
Great job:)
I remember this crash. So sad. RIP. I pray you've learned to deal with it. 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️
People were always like 'They used parts from flight 401' I always knew they hadn't thanks for the confirmation. One of the great 'MayDay' episodes this as well! Thanks DB 🛩✈️🛩
If I die on an airplane you better believe I'm gonna haunt every bit of it lol i'm gonna follow the parts, I'm gonna follow the survivors, I'm gonna stay in the Everglades, I'm gonna be all over every single bit of everything lol
One of your best
there's a great older episode of the black box down podcast about this one along with united 173, both lightbulb issues
I love this channel
Yeaaah.... burn patients+swamp water, I don't even want to imagine that crash site.
Mmmmm new upload i liked this when I 1st heard about it
My favorite trijet. Sad that this crash happened
RIP
To the 101 passengers and crew of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
The Boeing 747SP
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
These are my 3 favorite jet airliners.
You know after watching so many of these videos i value and feel lucky about my flights. When i was 8 (born in 2000) I actually got to enter the cockpit post-911 security stuff (my dad was a high ranking military man which might have something to do with it), and the pilots of my flight were amazing and respectable, as are so many of the pilots in these stories that fight through the impossible.
Another good video. A commenter in another channel made the point how great it was that you and a couple of other channels posted today. I added to it that Mentour Pilot also did a video today. It was about the Linate Airport disaster. Quite the day, indeed.
I have a favor to ask you: please do not use background music. It overwhelms your dialogue. I know that some creators use music during their videos, but when one is trying to watch and listen to technical items, I at least, find my brain trying to listen to both the music and the dialogue. Of course, I could use the CC function, but then one can have the funny experience of reading 'vermont' instead of 'Wehrmacht.' That happened the other day during a history video. I mentioned it to the poster as I know he didn't type it; he got a kick out of it too. I don't mind the music at the end when you're rolling your credits and such. But as I said, during the actual presentation, just your voice would be great. Thank you.
This is one of three air disasters that were in Florida, that were featured on the show Mayday/ Air Disaster, there is also a great movie and book on the subject of flight 401
Will you do TWA flight 800?
The swampy water Also actually saved a lot people by plugging up their wounds long enough for help to arrive.
But quite a few survivors died later from bacterial infections the contaminated water and prolonged exposure to the jet fuel, sadly.
That part about the ghosts was cool
The bulb wasn't the cause of the crash, but it started a deadly chain of events that ultimately allowed the pilots to put too much faith in their instruments; mainly the autopilot. Also, they weren't familiar with the intricacies of the autopilot. Very sad, and spooky too. It's the only ghost sighting which was witnessed by many different people who were unknown to each other at the same time in broad daylight in a confined space! Amazing and hard to refute.
The recently deceased astronaut Frank Borman was VP-Operations at Eastern at the time. He described this crash and the aftermath in his autobiography, "Countdown".
Is it any wonder why I chose not to fly.....watching these great videos for entertainment! Love disaster breakdown. Peace be unto you.
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 Next Please!
ohhh yeaaaaahhhhhh i remember seeing a vid on the ghost stories. turns out they were all made up. There was no part harvesting done. There was ONE GUY who made up all these stories in a spooky book he wrote, and the airline considered suing him because he made up the stories about them firing employees (or threatening to fire them), but they decided it wasn't worth causing a fuss about it and giving him attention.
I think this crash was my first crash I ever knew, Just coming back to it feels good.
Coming back to a fatal air accident makes you feel good?
Wow!
What flight simulator you use?
In this video it was a mix of X-plane and Prepar3d
I guess there actually is a good reason to wake up before 8am on a Saturday.
HS Trident was the first plane which was able to land automatically, not Lockheed Tristar
can you do the comet crashes next?
To think that a simple camera system with a built in spotlight aimed at the landing gears & fed to a screen on the flightdeck would solve this issue. Do modern jets have this? Excellent video as always.
Modern air lines have ground proximity warnings and terrain warnings so in theory this should never happen again, in theory.
Here I am watching this video on the 50th anniversary of the incident…
In my opinion. The Lockheed L1011 was the best civil airliner ever constructed by anyone ! It was years ahead if it,s time. Unfortunately Lockheed never built another civil airliner after the L1011 Tristar series. 🙂🙂
I know this is not a accident but can you do that Cayman Airways flight with a fire warning in the cargo hold ?
I worked on 311EA all of the time!
I heard that there was a miss match between the auto pilot captain and copilot display.
Jeeze how loud do you have to make a warning alarm?
How could all the crew NOT hear the warning alarm that they were dropping? Also, it was mentioned that a window was in the lowerdeck so they could see the landing gear. It was night, but they might have seen whether the nosegear wss down
They were talking and distracted at the time so probably just didn't notice the warning, it can happen. I believe that the there was a small cover over the viewing window that the flight engineer wasn't aware of and that was why he couldn't see anything, he just thought it was to dark to see and didn't realize he was just looking at a cover.
I think Mentor Pilot made a video on this one too
Have you read the book about the ghosts of flight 401 on other planes using parts salvaged from the crashed flight 401 plane
Isn’t it strange how some airliners never really became popular despite all the latest tech and comfort for its day
Not so long ago here, Miami. There was a plane that the landing gear failed to Come out