Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Aftermath Footage

Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram....
Accident Description:
www.instagram....
𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟳𝟬𝟲 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Los Angeles to Seattle with intermediate stops in Salt Lke City, Boise and Lewiston. The flight was being operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (Reg. N9345) on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭.
At 17:16, a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell F-4B Phantom (Reg. 151458) departed NAAS Fallon. Due to deteriorating visibility, they climbed to 15,500 feet northwest of Palmdale. The Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) was operating the radar in the mapping mode, but, due to the extremely degraded air-to-air detection capability, no airborne targets were seen. The DC-9 departed Los Angeles at 18:02 and following radar vectors from Los Angeles Departure Control, contacted the Los Angeles ARTCC at 18:06. The flight reported leaving 12,000 feet at 18:09, and the controller advised, "Air West 706 red, turn left heading 040 until receiving Daggett proceed direct." RW706 acknowledged, "OK. 040 direct to Daggett." This was the last recorded transmission from the flight.
At 18:11 both crew members of the Phantom suddenly noticed the DC-9 on their right hand side. The pilot initiated an evasive roll but a collision could not be avoided. The Phantom struck the forward fuselage of the DC-9, causing the nose section of the DC-9 the separate from the fuselage. The F-4 began to tumble violently about the lateral axis and the RIO ejected from the plane. He parachuted to the ground without injury. The DC-9 crashed in a wooded canyon with approximately 60° slopes.
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
"The failure of both crews to see and avoid each other but it is recognized that they had only marginal capability to detect, assess, and avoid the collision. Other causal factors include a very high closure rate, comingling of IFR and VFR traffic in an area where the limitation of the ATC system precludes effective separation of such traffic, and failure of the crew of BuNo458 to request radar advisory service, particularly considering the fact that they had an inoperable transponder."