Catastrophic Takeoff at Milwaukee Airport - Midwest Express Flight 105

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2023
  • Operated by a DC-9 registration N100ME, Flight 105 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Milwaukee to Atlanta. Don't forget to subscribe, like, comment and share for more videos!
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  • @MPCFlights
    @MPCFlights  3 месяца назад +15

    Hi there aviation friends! Unfortunately, YT has stopped monetizing my videos on this channel because of "Reused content" (It's my own original content from my main channel in spanish "Mauricio PC") and now I have to reapply in 3 months. Meanwhile I created this Paypal link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QMSFJLDBHTPQ4 where you can donate any amount you wish to help me keep posting weekly on this channel. Thank you all beforehand for the support! If you wish to see any particular flight, let me know in the comments. Best regards!

  • @generalsb6332
    @generalsb6332 4 месяца назад +108

    Midwest express from a passenger perspective was the best. 2 across wide seats in the whole cabin, fresh hot meals on actual plates and silverware included, and the best damn chocolate chip cookies ever. Flew that airline many times, but all good things come to an end and the airline was absorbed. I remember the crash and remember seeing the smoke from the fire. Tragic and terrible day in Milwaukee.

    • @Parker53151
      @Parker53151 4 месяца назад +4

      Can confirm. I flew many, many miles on MidEx.

    • @saladlamp2092
      @saladlamp2092 4 месяца назад +7

      Midwest was the best. Flew MKE --> PHX all the time. Staff and service were A+.

    • @muskyhunter8086
      @muskyhunter8086 3 месяца назад +3

      Agree 100%.

    • @rroncberry
      @rroncberry 3 месяца назад

      die in my room en I have , 0:31 0:31 0:31 0:31

    • @travelwithtony5767
      @travelwithtony5767 3 месяца назад +3

      You’re describing the cabin configuration of every commercial aircraft in America during the sixties and seventies..that all ended after privatization was introduced and profits took priority over passenger comfort.
      Sadly.

  • @thebadgerette69
    @thebadgerette69 2 месяца назад +11

    Lived in Milwaukee at the time of this crash, Labor Day Weekend. Was on Howell Avenue near the airport when this occurred. We were being redirected at the time, landed in the forest preserve across from Mitchell Field. All you could see was heavy smoke in the air , very sad!

  • @westfieldartworks8188
    @westfieldartworks8188 Месяц назад +2

    I have a wide scar on my shin to this day. I remember opening up my car door that afternoon and accidently hitting my shin so hard that it cut into my lower leg, which then started bleeding. I lived on the east side of Madison near the Dane County airport, where this flight originated from. As I was sitting in my car tending to my wound the news of the crash came over the radio. Every time I look at the scar on my shin I think about that afternoon. A lady who lived across the street from a friend of mine on Madison's west side was on that flight.

  • @RushWorkingMan
    @RushWorkingMan 4 месяца назад +33

    As a retired commercial A&P mechanic who’s worked international line maintenance it’s hard to describe the feeling you alone are responsible for the airworthiness release of the aircraft when you sign it off. Only 1 signature goes in the flight log book and you are responsible for everything Unlike cars you can’t just pull off to the side of the road. I’ve signed off aircraft multiple times in Rome and Paris that I put my wife on who came to visit me while I provided station relief (free vacation for her). There are no second chances, there are no cutting corners, you do the job right or find another line of work. I knew guys like working in the hanger doing overhauls or the shop who wanted no part of being responsible for the release of the aircraft. The thought of this happening is always in the back of your mind.

    • @jsimps7
      @jsimps7 3 месяца назад +11

      I was an Air Force crew chief. In 1981 my Acct an F-4D did not return. It crashed in the mountains of northern Spain. I was the last person to talk and joke around with the crew prior to launch. It was my preflight. It was months before the wreckage was recovered. It was finally determined through the wreckage and testimony of wingman to be pilot error and heavy clouds that caused the accident. Those two months were horrific with a million things running through my mind as to what I my have missed or done wrong. It's a terrible feeling to this day . I still visualize our conversations and strapping them in their seats to this day. I hope this is not something you had to live with yourself . Your post is very accurate.

    • @RushWorkingMan
      @RushWorkingMan 3 месяца назад +5

      @@jsimps7 Thank God I was never called before the FAA on any discrepancy. I know of mechanics who 6 months later were called in after a logbook entry on something they did. Working in Europe on station relief I noticed a first aid kit was installed in the cockpit in place of the required medical kit. Medical kits had a green cross and locked in the cockpit, first aid had a Red Cross and were in the passenger compartment for the flight attendants. Seeing this as part of my inspection I replaced the kit. In the log book I entered replaced first aid kit with medical kit. 6 months later the poor fellow who mistakenly replaced the kit with the wrong one was called in. No action was taken as it was caught at the next flight but had I missed it and subsequently went on that way could have resulted in fines and had there been a incident where a medical kit was needed those fines can become suspensions of license whatever the FAA deems necessary. So as line maintenance you need to be on your toes or something so incidental can come back and bite you in the ass. I cannot even imagine releasing a flight to have it crash. That’s pretty much any mechanics nightmare and having to endure that nightmare until the investigation is over had to be gut wrenching not to mention the possibility your actions could have cost people their lives might have had me on medication. It’s an incredible responsibility and you better be sure of your skills when your name in the last one in the book and one of the first the FAA is coming after. I am glad it was nothing you did because the guilt would hang over me forever.
      But that had to be 2 months of sleeplessness for you.

    • @user-ss6zt2mo1l
      @user-ss6zt2mo1l 2 месяца назад

      @@jsimps7 🙏😢.

  • @donhintz-fi4nx
    @donhintz-fi4nx 4 месяца назад +39

    I was at the scene 10 minutes after it happened. Just as the plane was ready to rotate the tower saw a puff of smoke from its right engine and hit the scramble alarm button. They watched it climb then bank right then roll and go down right next to the tree line on west side of the south approach. It hit on the edge of the woods tree line and the wings and nose went into the trees. Me and one of the police officers at the scene were looking around the crash area for anyone thrown into the trees. The strangest thing we saw was there were some seats thrown from the impact area. One pair of seats had the back missing and a sheet was thrown over it by the time we arrived, but one pair of men’s legs facing one direction and the women’s legs were facing the other direction when they should of been the same direction.
    The cockpit control panel and nose was separated from the main cabin and tail was separated from the cabin, everything was burnt, structure gone from the floor up, passengers still in seats but burnt to death. The copilot burnt hands were still holding the flight control. Sad day
    I also remember at the time right after the crash they said if the right engine had failed they should of banked left but went right which made it worse

    • @MPCFlights
      @MPCFlights  4 месяца назад +8

      Thanks for sharing what you witnessed!

    • @dingo8babym20
      @dingo8babym20 4 месяца назад +5

      They burned of course, but you do not survive an impact like that. horrible way to go in any case.

    • @ProfessorIgor
      @ProfessorIgor 2 месяца назад +5

      My neighbor's son was the cameraman who was the first one to film it after it happened, still on fire. Steve. He doesn't talk about it. Ever.. It really left a big emotional scar on him.

    • @maxsmith695
      @maxsmith695 2 месяца назад +1

      I knew the San Diego police officer who was first on scene to the “1978 PSA crash about 2 miles south of the airport, on final, when it collided with a Cessna. No survivors. He told me about that incident. The police were able to keep a good deal of info out of the press. One of those stories I wish I never heard.

    • @djar6360
      @djar6360 Месяц назад

      Never never if possible turn in the direction of the dead engine.

  • @edgein3299
    @edgein3299 4 месяца назад +21

    Loved flying Midwest Express. Best Care In The Air.

    • @kenb8859
      @kenb8859 4 месяца назад +1

      And Those Warm Chocolate Cookies.

    • @edgein3299
      @edgein3299 4 месяца назад

      @@kenb8859 and the wine

  • @alancirra3057
    @alancirra3057 3 месяца назад +10

    I was only 18 when this happened. The video really explains alot. Flew Midwest Express at least a dozen times after the crash, never with a worry.

  • @douglasstreet7304
    @douglasstreet7304 3 месяца назад +23

    I was driving down college avenue, saw the whole thing. Shook me to the core. Ended up working at the airport 5 years later. What a day.

    • @PInk77W1
      @PInk77W1 3 месяца назад +1

      Did u see the fire ball, or too far away ?

    • @douglasstreet7304
      @douglasstreet7304 3 месяца назад

      Unfortunately YES.. One of the EMT's was a friend of mine, he was sick for days.@@PInk77W1

    • @MrkrabsMorrell
      @MrkrabsMorrell Месяц назад

      I LIVE IN MILWAUKEE

  • @nikumimito3164
    @nikumimito3164 4 месяца назад +37

    Now that i've been watching a ton of avation crash videos, I don't want to fly on planes anymore.

    • @zaram131
      @zaram131 4 месяца назад +5

      Same

    • @georgeforall
      @georgeforall 4 месяца назад +2

      Still the safest way to travel.

    • @zedsodead
      @zedsodead 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@georgeforall thats what they say, but if I never fly, I probably won't die in a plane crash.

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 месяца назад

      Flying is safer than driving, champs. That’s a *fact.*
      But, if appearing to be a weasel makes you feel better, by all means, do it.

    • @rosiesingleton6480
      @rosiesingleton6480 2 месяца назад +4

      Don’t make fun of people having the fear of flying - cause if you do -that makes you the weasel 😂

  • @carriedebehnke6209
    @carriedebehnke6209 4 месяца назад +26

    I remember when this happened and, at the time, I heard the crash was attributed to a bird strike. Interesting to hear the actual causes so many years later. What you did not mention was that several executives from Kimberly Clark Corp., owners of the airline at the time, were on the flight and was a significant loss to the company. After this their policy changed so that multiple execs could not take the same flight. I flew Midwest Express from MKE to PHL frequently in the late 80s and 90s, and I was very sad when it was sold. A very civilized flying experience.

    • @generalsb6332
      @generalsb6332 4 месяца назад +6

      Now that you mention the policy change, I remember that as well. I flew ME a few times a year, mostly to PHL and LAX. It really was a civilized experience. Forgot to mention in my post, that in addition to the excellent meals and CC cookie, was the complimentary champagne on the flight. You felt like a big deal even if you were just a workaday person.

    • @markr.1984
      @markr.1984 4 месяца назад +5

      You heard? You heard wrong and don't believe half of the gossip about any airline crash. A sleeve spacer in the right engine detached, which caused a severe explosion. Metal parts detaching from engines can cause catastrophic engine explosions. But bird strikes only damage turbine blades and almost always only cause total or partial power loss in an engine. Bird strikes have never caused a huge engine explosion that I know of. I should know as a pilot that has flown lots of aircraft types.

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 2 месяца назад +3

      @@markr.1984 Champ, it was clear in her post that what she heard was not true, and, later, she found out the true cause.
      Champ, why don’t you brush up on your English skills.
      🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @SteveV2023
    @SteveV2023 3 месяца назад +13

    One of the flight stewardesses used to come to our house and hang out with my sister & her sister. I went to school with her, very sad story.

  • @Luked0g440
    @Luked0g440 2 месяца назад +5

    I joined the 440th Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, based at Mitchell IAP, 300 East College Avenue, in May 1990. I heard that our base's firefighters were the first EMS people on scene after the crash. I was stationed in Italy, in the Army at the time of the crash, so I didn't even hear about it until I returned home in Jan. 1987.

  • @davidbaldwin8390
    @davidbaldwin8390 2 месяца назад +8

    Late Summer 1985 was a bad time for air travel. There was Delta Flight 191 on Aug 2, JAL Flight 123 on Aug 12, and this Midwest Express Flight 105 on Sept 6.

  • @CruceEntertainment
    @CruceEntertainment 3 месяца назад +8

    Midwest Express was a luxury airline at regular prices. It is sadly missed. This crash reminds us how dangerous takeoffs and landings can be, with such little time to react and so little altitude available for troubleshooting and reacting.

  • @horse6901
    @horse6901 4 месяца назад +14

    I remember this well. I was southbound on Howell Ave, turning right onto College Avenue, so was at the corner, just east of this. I had just moved back from Kansas City, so was a little more noise aware of airport. I heard the jet, something sounded off (grew up with planes/fly guys) and then the impact. Wasn't sure what I heard or what happened initially. Then to learn it was the jet crashing...so sad...all souls lost.
    The ultimate cause of the crash could have been avoided for a multitude of reasons and plenty of blame to go around. Nothing changes this sad event...but things learned and industry changes occurred because of it....saving many lives forward.
    Midwest Express actually began as Kimberly-Clarks private fleet, then became Midwest Express a public passenger airline around 1984. So the crash in 1985, many thought the airline was done for, but they overcame and continued on...likely because of their service and direct flights. I flew them many times....wonderful hometown service, direct flights. They were my go-to airline above all others. Gladly paid a few more bucks for the direct flights, service and seating. And I flew them many times after 1985.
    Midwest fought off a takeover bid by TranAir in 2007. But Midwest had already made a downward financial mistake when they moved to the MD 80s and changed the seating configuration from the 2x2 (which was a big selling point) and went with 2x3 so then not so much different than other airlines..the beginning of the end. Midwest was acquired by Republic Airway holdings in 2009, and Midwest ceased operations in 2010 when absorbed into Frontier.
    There had been plans in the works to bring Midwest Express back...but between logistic issues with Elite Airways, financing etc...and then covid which tanked the industry...just hasn't happened yet. And more airlines out of Milwaukee have started direct flights to destinations....maybe to stop Midwest comeback.

  • @erikjohnson9931
    @erikjohnson9931 3 месяца назад +5

    I flew on them quite a bit in the late 80’s early 90’s. I worked in West Michigan and we flew them from Muskegon to Milwaukee and then on to other destinations. Loved the first class service and wine on board for everyone!

    • @williamparker1085
      @williamparker1085 2 месяца назад

      would rather have competent pilots than wine........try and pay attention clown

  • @AdamGrant-fh6ig
    @AdamGrant-fh6ig 3 месяца назад +4

    As a teenager I remember seeing this crash on the news.
    Being an airliner avgeek I must point out that this livery shown in the video is not the earlier paint scheme Midwest Express wore during that crash
    and also the aircraft involved was a DC9-14 not a DC9-30 as shown...

  • @jakeschroeder1553
    @jakeschroeder1553 4 месяца назад +12

    I live under the approach to 19R. The scenery in whichever sim was used to create this is astonishingly accurate!

    • @JamesCAsphalt8
      @JamesCAsphalt8 2 месяца назад

      It is Satelite imagery. Don't be "astonished."

  • @finnmacs
    @finnmacs 4 месяца назад +17

    That impact scene was brutal, great video as always!❤

    • @MPCFlights
      @MPCFlights  4 месяца назад +4

      Thanks!

    • @georgeconway4360
      @georgeconway4360 4 месяца назад

      www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/2020-04/N100ME.pdf Gross Incompetence of the flight crew plus gross incompetence of FAA oversight of the airline.

  • @GrantOakes
    @GrantOakes 4 месяца назад +13

    My initial thoughts were to lower the nose to gain airspeed and apply left rudder to counteract the adverse yaw. Then begin to assess what's going on the then return to the airport.

    • @theinquisitor3930
      @theinquisitor3930 4 месяца назад +2

      This guy 😂

    • @SinergiaAlUnisono
      @SinergiaAlUnisono 4 месяца назад +5

      Some seem to prefer panic and suicide maneuver instead (kidding). Sometimes the situation is overwhelming and time insufficient .

    • @helpful5539
      @helpful5539 4 месяца назад +2

      Yes. They say first fly the plane

    • @kelleychilton2524
      @kelleychilton2524 3 месяца назад +1

      So little time, make the wrong decision and there's no time to correct it.

    • @GrantOakes
      @GrantOakes 3 месяца назад

      @@kelleychilton2524 Response needs to be instinctual, like swatting at a fly that's coming towards your face.

  • @user-oy4qp9pq6i
    @user-oy4qp9pq6i 4 месяца назад +5

    Midwest Express was Kimberly Clark’s corporate fleet operated as an airline.

  • @stevjoh
    @stevjoh 3 месяца назад +3

    Flew a lot of hours as a passenger on Midwest Express\Airlines jets and Skyway Air Turbo props. It was a tremendous asset for the people of Wisconsin. Not doing the Air Tran merger was a mistake, Air Tran eventually merged with Southwest. Selling out to Northwest was a disaster. I remember this crash, just horrible.

  • @kriskoppy2753
    @kriskoppy2753 4 месяца назад +7

    Everyone died when no one should have.

  • @ricardomunoz9617
    @ricardomunoz9617 Месяц назад +1

    I been living in milwaukee for over 20 years and I didn't know about this tragic event.

  • @claudemaassen2963
    @claudemaassen2963 4 месяца назад +12

    I have got to stop watching these posts or I may never fly anywhere ever again.

    • @zaram131
      @zaram131 4 месяца назад +1

      Same here.. i have panic attacks every time I fly already, and yet I keep watching these crash videos.

    • @vanlifeonthego6684
      @vanlifeonthego6684 4 месяца назад +2

      I get where you're coming from, as a long time airline employee just keep in mind there was likely another 20K flights that landed safely that day. The odds are crazy low compared to driving or any other form of transportation. The way people are driving more often now with their heads in their phones and speeding like mad, sometimes I wonder how I get home from a long drive. Now there's prob more like 25K-30K flights per day just in the US.

    • @mikehunt-fx7sf
      @mikehunt-fx7sf 2 месяца назад

      @@vanlifeonthego6684 Yes. But at least in a car you don't fall out of the sky for 30,000 feet in some cases watching the ground or a dark ocean and your death getting closer and closer by the second!

    • @232K7
      @232K7 Месяц назад

      This was the 80’s, thats practically the Wild West compared to what we have now

  • @BsUJeTs
    @BsUJeTs 4 месяца назад +4

    Great video especially the crash sequence, but during the roll and the take off, I notice the right aileron up. This would definitely would have caused a roll to the right. Was this part of the crash or just a small little snafu. Just curious.

  • @blkcobra03
    @blkcobra03 2 месяца назад +1

    I love how you state "United States of America" instead of just United States. Keep up the good work.

  • @Jprager
    @Jprager 4 месяца назад +2

    Could you do American Airlines Flight 587. (Plane crash in Queens) there’s been a bunch of dispute on how the crash events went down exactly. But the official report states that the plane pitched forward, before it went into a tailspin, some accounts say otherwise

  • @57Jimmy
    @57Jimmy 4 месяца назад +3

    Nicely done! I thought I’d seen all the contributors to everything aviation but this is a new first to me!
    Hittn that sub button!👍🇨🇦

  • @gregculverwell
    @gregculverwell 4 месяца назад +4

    Fight or flight response.
    Some people react by taking action, others just freeze.
    It's a difficult thing to test for in simulator - the pilot is expecting an emergency and know it's not life threatening, so can respond calmly. But when a real emergency happens they can't.

    • @vnorvi
      @vnorvi 4 месяца назад +2

      I am a (private) pilot and always wondered about this. But it is not true that you lose your mind. I had one real emergency. The training really does kick in.

  • @wheelofunfortune
    @wheelofunfortune 4 месяца назад

    What program did you use for your Air crash videos? X-Plane 12?

  • @ocsplc
    @ocsplc 4 месяца назад +4

    Plain loss of lift and asymmetrical thrust caused pitch down, bank and dive. Same with the DC 10 in Chicago. Plane is capable of two engine flight. Less asymmetry with rear engine than under mounts

    • @bayouflier6641
      @bayouflier6641 3 месяца назад

      The DC 10 Chicago accident has little in common with this one. One was not recoverable, the Midex accident was pure pilot error.

    • @TheSjuris
      @TheSjuris Месяц назад

      @@bayouflier6641 they could have got the Dc-10 in the air quite easily. Much harder to actually get it down in that condition. They were lucky that the accident happened in May and not August. Might have lost more people on the ground instead.

  • @brotherbuckeyedoug
    @brotherbuckeyedoug 2 месяца назад +1

    Not sure if I have commented previously in this video. One of my friends was on this aircraft in Madison when it was delayed because of a problem with the right engine which was blamed on a malfunctioning right engine warning light. After arriving in Milwaukee and before the flight took of to Atlanta, it was yet again announced that a malfunctioning right engine warning light was delaying take off. My friend became concerned that the same time issue (malfunctioning right engine warning light) was yet again delaying take off so he got off the plane and rented a car and drove home to Cleveland where he was greeted by a sobbing wife who had been told her husband had died in the crash. The bottom line is that the right engine was about to disintegrate on take off and the problem should have been figured out in Madison or Milwaukee and it wasn't. The pilot, Dan Martin was blamed for the crash. It wasn't his fault. It was the engine and those who at least TWICE missed opportunities to discover and ground the plane. I have shared this information with Milwaukee media; the Martin family and the FAA but as of yet, as far as I know, no new investigation has commenced.

    • @bmoulas
      @bmoulas 2 месяца назад +1

      I understand that the engine failed, but the pilots failed to recognize the failure, even though they shouldn't have been entirely surprised. Neither pilot made the call outs for an engine failure, neither commanded max thrust. The cowlings for the right engine were intact at impact so it wasn't a catastrophic uncontained engine failure. No checklist was performed, the pilots did nothing as the aircraft swung from a heading of 194 degree's to 260 degree's in 8 seconds. You couldn't demonstrate worse pilot performance in a engine failure if you tried. I can't even blame ME's training because neither pilot followed the established procedures to handle an engine out. Personally, I think Dan Martin was promoted too early.

    • @brotherbuckeyedoug
      @brotherbuckeyedoug 2 месяца назад +1

      @@bmoulas The engine was failing in Madison. It should have never taken off from MADISON let alone MILWAUKEE. The people who are responsible for recognizing and fixing and/or grounding the plane missed or failed to take significant action. The pilots and passengers who flew from Madison were just as much at risk of crashing as the new pilots and passengers in Milwaukee.
      Bottom line is a PASSENGER...who is still alive and well today...my friend...was the only one who realized (surmised/figured) that there was a BIG enough PROBLEM to get off the plane. If he was smart enough to understand SOMETHING MUST be wrong with the plane as a passenger...then SOMEONE who knew something was amiss (the right engine light) in Madison and SOMEONE in Milwaukee who also recognized that the NEW right engine light was warning (allegedly) that something was amiss... should have said let's take a deeper dive into this. I mean...many of us are old enough to remember driving a car (from the 70s or 80s) with the red engine light warning that the engine is too hot or something else. If we kept driving the radiator would overheat due to a fluid leak or the transmission would burn up because of a transmission fluid leak or the engine fails because of an oil leak.
      Warning lights mean WARNING WILL ROBINSON! FIX ME OR ELSE. Two different warning lights were indicating a problem and in both cases the LIGHT was replaced (apparently) and not the actual PROBLEM was not diagnosed when there were two opportunities to do so.
      If you rent a car in Milwaukee with engine or tire troubles which are known or should be known based on maintenance records and during your car's malfunction you end up crashing into other cars because of missed or ignored dangers...you can't put the blame on the driver who assumes the mode of transportation he/she has been given is GOOD TO GO. The plane which catastrophically disintegrated on that day was not GOOD TO GO and two maintenance crews tragically in two cities failed to recognize that the 'malfunctioning' right engine lights were operating PERFECTLY.
      My biggest question and the most important remaining question my friend is WHY isn't there a mention in the 75 page report about the right engine warning light indicator in Madison or Milwaukee?
      We can piss on the graves of those pilots til the end of time but it still doesn't explain why the engine light issues at two airports within ONE HOUR don't make even a cameo appearance in the report; newspapers or television.
      The payout to the victims is LESS when pilot error is charged rather than plane maintenance or design flaw or...as was happening a lot in the 1980s... engines were being sent to factories to be 'refurbished' and 60 Minutes (or a similar program) determined through investigation that some engines were skimmed over or not checked at all. Midwest Flight 105s' plane/engine had gone through that process at one point.
      Until the last surviving passenger of Flight 105 is interviewed...the dead cry out from the grave. I hear and see them in my nightmares.

    • @theeater1756
      @theeater1756 2 месяца назад

      @@brotherbuckeyedoug ".you can't put the blame on the driver who assumes the mode of transportation he/she has been given is GOOD TO GO. "
      But if a tire blew and they didn't apply brakes, as a good driver would, and then travelled 3/4's of a mile before hitting something, would that still be the fault of the anyone but the driver?
      These planes are meant to be flown on one engine. And the pilots are trained to fly on one engine, and trained to fly if one fails at any point during a flight including takeoff.
      So the failing engine, no matter why it failed, required they follow their training. They did not and a lot of people paid the price.
      If teh engine had just randomly failed, and they crashed, who would you blame then?

    • @TakeNoteOfThat
      @TakeNoteOfThat Месяц назад

      Holy Cripes.

  • @djpalindrome
    @djpalindrome 2 месяца назад

    The DC-9, along with its later Mad Dog MD-80 variants, were among the best Douglas ever built. It’s the DC-10 that was the nail in their coffin

  • @missykowalewski
    @missykowalewski 2 месяца назад

    My heart to all those who lost their lives to fatal plane problems. My deepest gratitude that information gathered each time brings change and makes it safer. In this lives r never lost in vane.

  • @kenfrievalt7826
    @kenfrievalt7826 2 месяца назад +1

    I was flying home from my last day of army training when this happened

  • @stevetaylor9857
    @stevetaylor9857 4 месяца назад +5

    I was there that day I had been out flying in a Cessna 152 and had landed and tied down the plane not far from 19 R at Mitchell Aero. That's where I learned to fly I have hundreds of hours out of that airport, it's a great airport to fly out of Panther Aero flying club is still there.

  • @bobmarino350
    @bobmarino350 4 месяца назад +1

    So tragic. It was a great airline. I worked for them for two years in Philadelphia.

  • @drsuses73fenderstratocaster
    @drsuses73fenderstratocaster 4 месяца назад +5

    I truly believe that NO ONE who lives in the southern area of Milwaukee will EVER FORGET that terrible day!! I'm so very sorry for lives lost on that plane. Was a very HOT and HUMID day...that day and the day after...sunshine.....the makings of a beautiful day and then this TRAGEDY.

    • @mikeslomski7063
      @mikeslomski7063 3 месяца назад +2

      I lived in Oak Creek at the time, you could see the smoke from the accident there. They didn't get far south of College Avenue before the crash. I'll never forget that day.

    • @BigB7776
      @BigB7776 3 месяца назад +1

      I grew up on 6th and Layton and remember this well. I was 9 and was playing outside with my neighbor when the accident happened. I can still remember all the emergency personnel racing past our house heading to the scene.

    • @danjacobsen7645
      @danjacobsen7645 2 месяца назад +1

      Is there any kind of memorial at the scene?

    • @BigB7776
      @BigB7776 2 месяца назад

      @@danjacobsen7645 not at the scene, the crash site borders the airport and the Cudahy Nature Preserve, but there may be one in the airport itself. Been a few years since I’ve flown. The interesting thing about this accident was that there was a dead deer among the carnage; apparently it was grazing when the accident happened and it was killed in the aftermath.

    • @yogiunleashed
      @yogiunleashed 23 дня назад

      @@danjacobsen7645not that I’ve seen. Me and my sister walked through the preserve hoping to find the area. Need to go back after the leaves fall. Too hard to determine where you’re at amongst the trees. You can still see where the crash happened from the street because the tree line is different. Unfortunately, couldn’t reach it from outside of the forest due to it being airport land and no trespassing. If I ever find a memorial, I’ll post it here.

  • @user-ss6zt2mo1l
    @user-ss6zt2mo1l 3 месяца назад +1

    I ❤ flying for Midwest Airlines.

  • @John-co8um
    @John-co8um 3 месяца назад +2

    To one of my dearest friends in the whole world....... your friend Chris

  • @gregoryl.4872
    @gregoryl.4872 4 месяца назад +7

    I saw complacency. High time pilots, just another day at the office. But this day was going to be different, and unfortunately catastrophic. Personally, as a sim pilot and former student pilot IRL, I think it's healthy to have a little anxiety in the cockpit. It keeps you on the edge, just enough. You have to always be mentally prepared for something to go wrong. For me it's just a healthy way of doing a potentially dangerous job. It's sad that the event didn't have to turn out the way it did.

    • @virginiaviola5097
      @virginiaviola5097 Месяц назад +1

      The old school mentality..expect and prepare mentally for every take-off to have an engine failure and every landing to be a go-around. Then the ‘surprise’ factor doesn’t lose any of the literal split seconds it takes to go from saveable to unrecoverable.

  • @jmp.t28b99
    @jmp.t28b99 2 месяца назад +1

    Frustrating . I am retired now after 47 years flying USAF, plus Part 121, 135, 125, and Part 91 corporate operations. I lost some friends and vowed to never get complacent in the cockpit. As the training got better, we learned from the mistakes of others . I learned to not assume that the pilot sitting next to me was focused on the job at hand. If I was the PF, I briefed the takeoff and what was expected if we had an emergency before and after V1. If I was the PNF, I expected the PF to brief me on the same. Sure, it became mundane but it assured both us that we were on the same page.

    • @TakeNoteOfThat
      @TakeNoteOfThat Месяц назад

      Are you saying you would do the required briefings?

  • @ronnyvonallmen6892
    @ronnyvonallmen6892 Месяц назад +1

    I believe “Crazy TV” Lenny Mattioli’s Wife “Paula” was on this Flight…Paula Mattioli had her Vehicle Serviced at our Repair Shop…We were Saddened by her Death….

  • @marblox9300
    @marblox9300 2 месяца назад +1

    What Flight Simulator is this.???

  • @BrandononIce-sk7fx
    @BrandononIce-sk7fx 2 месяца назад +1

    Our marketing group lost a young employee on that flight. He was returning from Milwaukee to our Asheville office by way of Atlanta. He was just starting his career and was travelling to the different field offices for training. Very sad time for everyone having just met him.

  • @justincase01
    @justincase01 2 месяца назад

    48K + flights ?! Wow.

  • @dmonat
    @dmonat 3 месяца назад +2

    This happened in 1985!

  • @timmorgan881
    @timmorgan881 2 месяца назад

    One of the flight attendants on that flight was a high school classmate of my former wife.

  • @H5691j
    @H5691j 4 месяца назад +1

    If it’s true that ME had a subpar training program as the video suggests, then you cannot expect any pilot to do that which they haven’t been properly trained for.

  • @dawndare3949
    @dawndare3949 4 месяца назад +5

    Is there anyway to get information about the flight crew before I buy a ticket???

    • @clqudy4750
      @clqudy4750 4 месяца назад +1

      "You pays yo money, you takes yo chances"

    • @dawndare3949
      @dawndare3949 4 месяца назад +2

      Isn’t that the truth! My Dad always told me that. He was a very wise man. Thank you. And Happy New Year 🎉

    • @clqudy4750
      @clqudy4750 4 месяца назад

      @@dawndare3949 Indeed! Happy New Year to you as well!! 🎉🥳

    • @zaram131
      @zaram131 4 месяца назад +1

      That’s why I don’t fly. I want to know who I’m entrusting my life to.

    • @hksp
      @hksp 4 месяца назад

      ur fine as long as not getting the crew like flight 163

  • @Richard-dh4zv
    @Richard-dh4zv Месяц назад

    I flew out of Milwaukee the next day and we went over the spot...just a big black spot.

  • @57Jimmy
    @57Jimmy 4 месяца назад +2

    Back in the days of jump in your seat and go fly. Quite likely no discussion about failures at takeoff, CRM and being prepared for the worst with a plan to recover. This is one I do not remember then again it was back before the internet and had a choice of 3 channels! 2 which were unwatchable🙄👴🏻

  • @randymillhouse791
    @randymillhouse791 2 месяца назад

    Were the tickets refunded?

  • @michaelhenneman5600
    @michaelhenneman5600 3 месяца назад +2

    I too remember this, my brother & I were leaving to go bow hunting and drove right pass the crash site on college avenue! Sad day! We were told that the exe wife of the owner of American tv & appliances ( crazy tv lenny?) was on that flight! Not sure if that was proven to be true!

  • @alberta1st
    @alberta1st 4 месяца назад +2

    A trajedy and mere seconds to react RIP

  • @mediocreman2
    @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад +1

    Don't forget that the investigation found that the FAA POI that approved the silent cockpit approach was incompetent and was approving something that was in violation of FAA rules. She was having others do her work because of her incompetence.
    I hope with modern simulators that pilots are getting training on engine failures and somatogravic illusion at all stages of flight.
    The fact that a former fighter jet pilot didn't communicate at all is very strange.

    • @TakeNoteOfThat
      @TakeNoteOfThat Месяц назад

      Are fighter jet pilots especially experienced at communicating with their nonexistent co-pilots?

  • @butchpage2334
    @butchpage2334 4 месяца назад +2

    A good friend of mine died on this plane

  • @robertcavalier6133
    @robertcavalier6133 2 месяца назад

    So sad. Looks like poor mechanics. My condolences to all who lost a loved one. My guess is that the airline went out of biz. I saw the smoke from the P.S.A. # 182 crash in San Diego, CA in Sept. of 1978. That airline and other parties all made critical errors. The airline went out of biz. USAir took its place. Again -- it shows just how vulnerable all travelers are. Mistakes cost lives -- period! * Peace & Love, Cav . *

  • @CatsRuleTheUniverse
    @CatsRuleTheUniverse Месяц назад

    Love you, Amy. 💔

  • @quickies9561
    @quickies9561 2 месяца назад

    Chilling

  • @davestrang8585
    @davestrang8585 2 месяца назад +1

    Flew it many times before it disappeared 😊

    • @thebadgerette69
      @thebadgerette69 2 месяца назад +1

      They were the best and their puddle jumper Skyways!

  • @johnpeterson4325
    @johnpeterson4325 2 месяца назад

    McConnell Must Have Been Out Of Town When Douglas Made That Engine

  • @bobwilson758
    @bobwilson758 4 месяца назад +1

    Flew Mid - West Express many times and always spoke to the pilots - They were not very young
    Men , they were seasoned professionals ! Orlando to Milwaukee at least one of the pilots walked
    The entire fuselage and checked out the windows - We joked with them about that and they were
    Very nice , always said they liked to check their aircraft in cruise flight - How cool is that !
    Comfortable and fast - Great cookies and great looking female flight attendants ! Score -

  • @daletwinem129
    @daletwinem129 Месяц назад +1

    I live down the street. I never knew this happen3d. Where did it crash? I stay on Ryan rd

    • @yogiunleashed
      @yogiunleashed 23 дня назад

      In the Cudahy Nature Preserve on College. You can see the tree line is different if you are driving west up College from Pennsylvania Ave.

  • @tonyrobbins1665
    @tonyrobbins1665 2 месяца назад +1

    Only 27 passengers ?
    That plane is practically empty ?

    • @Karen-do4zq
      @Karen-do4zq Месяц назад

      Regardless…there was loss of life

  • @milmil6594
    @milmil6594 3 месяца назад

    these simulators look real

  • @brownboy6844
    @brownboy6844 2 месяца назад

    i dont know what the silent cockpit thing is..my backseat driving tells me the pilot should have flown the plane straight and got control before attempting any return maneuvers.. its so sad when this happens but when we get out of bed in the morning there are no guarantees we will return.

  • @mikehindson-evans159
    @mikehindson-evans159 3 месяца назад

    Nice simulation.

  • @Gabber44906
    @Gabber44906 4 месяца назад +12

    GIVE ME AN OLD EXPERIENCED PILOT PLEASE

    • @spaceace1006
      @spaceace1006 4 месяца назад +1

      There have been quite a few bad accidents due to errors by some of the most senior, experienced pilots!

    • @hksp
      @hksp 4 месяца назад

      38-year-old Mohammed Ali al-Khowyter 7,674 flying hour, He had flown numerous aircraft such as Douglas DC-3, DC-4, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Boeing 707, and 737. old and experienced enough right ?

    • @gregtennessee8249
      @gregtennessee8249 4 месяца назад +3

      No more trump!!!

    • @Gabber44906
      @Gabber44906 4 месяца назад

      Hun what does Trump have to do with a plane crashing? Trump 2024!! @@gregtennessee8249

    • @dougcarroll9623
      @dougcarroll9623 4 месяца назад

      Not no more your going woke now

  • @ordyy89
    @ordyy89 Месяц назад

    Crazy unexplained. I flew 80s and 717 for yx.

  • @kiernanbutz9600
    @kiernanbutz9600 2 месяца назад

    I covered this crash when I worked in television. The destruction of the plane was so complete. very little could be recognized as parts of an aircraft. Similarly, the bodies of passengers and crew were burned beyond recognition.

  • @freddykagin
    @freddykagin Месяц назад

    I am very sorry to see this happening. May the Lord bless all those who were affected by this tragic incident. And the families. In Jesus Name.

  • @TonyJr-sn3di
    @TonyJr-sn3di 2 месяца назад

    nice flight sim

  • @biff5856
    @biff5856 2 месяца назад

    History does repeat itself. Inadequate training. I personally never care to fly on these DC-9's. I'm glad that was the only MD aircraft in the fleet. The rest were Boeing and Lockheed.

  • @shimmer8289
    @shimmer8289 2 месяца назад

    Can you do a simulation of the russian plane that had a suspected intoxicated pilot flying they crew got disoriented, started fighting in the cabin and it went on about 20 minutes. It finally crashed in Perm, Russia.

    • @MPCFlights
      @MPCFlights  2 месяца назад +1

      I have an old video of it in Spanish but I'm planning on doing a more updated one in the near future in English.

  • @debrawucik826
    @debrawucik826 3 месяца назад

    Ugh, what a tragedy!

  • @praisehim3757
    @praisehim3757 Месяц назад

    this is a computer generated re-enactment. That should be included in the title to prevent click bait....

    • @TakeNoteOfThat
      @TakeNoteOfThat Месяц назад

      RUclips content creators aren’t looking to “prevent clickbait.”
      I bet you also bring up in conversation “whatever happened to that damned Do Not Call list, Ethel?”

    • @daleeasterwood2683
      @daleeasterwood2683 Месяц назад

      You couldn’t tell by the fact that the cockpit was empty?

    • @praisehim3757
      @praisehim3757 Месяц назад

      @@daleeasterwood2683 why point out the obvious? What have you gained?

    • @praisehim3757
      @praisehim3757 Месяц назад

      @@TakeNoteOfThat you must be a true 'hit' at parties.....

    • @daleeasterwood2683
      @daleeasterwood2683 Месяц назад

      @@praisehim3757 It’s obvious. That’s the point. What did you gain by stating the obvious needed to be noted?

  • @John-co8um
    @John-co8um 3 месяца назад +1

    Except for the little crash thing......

  • @terryjpeissig3498
    @terryjpeissig3498 2 месяца назад +1

    Sorry, but Midwest Express never landed in Madison

    • @thebadgerette69
      @thebadgerette69 2 месяца назад

      It did that day, and then flew to Milwaukee fir the next leg if the trip.

  • @taxidude
    @taxidude 2 месяца назад

    Needs to clear his DPF.

  • @elviscollector
    @elviscollector 3 месяца назад

    So many pilots panic,or make idiotic decisions costing lives it is enough to make one refrain from flying.

  • @coolbear6441
    @coolbear6441 Месяц назад

    Silent cockpit philosophy??

  • @MAGAPARTY
    @MAGAPARTY Месяц назад

    Cars are much safer than jets.

  • @mikeoittinen5623
    @mikeoittinen5623 3 месяца назад

    It is more common than uncommon for this same backwards interpretation on most of these same scenario videos ! Why every time? It must seem counterintuitive to a pilot, I guess.

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад

      Somatogravic illusion is no joke. Imagine your speedometer in your car telling you that your speed was 100MPH, but all your senses were telling you that you were going 25MPH. It's very hard to overcome that and trust your speedometer.

  • @TestPilotPaul
    @TestPilotPaul Месяц назад

    Omg! You had so much incorrect on this. 1st the background traffic noise is not from MKE. It’s from some other airport. And you had it take off the wrong runway. It took off to the west and crashed in a salvage yard not south.

    • @yogiunleashed
      @yogiunleashed 23 дня назад

      It crashed in the outskirts of the Cudahy Nature Preserve. The salvage yard up the street.

  • @daveswita5483
    @daveswita5483 3 месяца назад

    Bad Deal Prayers Go Out 10-4

  • @jennifer7330
    @jennifer7330 3 месяца назад

    So sad 😢

  • @johnkern7075
    @johnkern7075 3 месяца назад

    I don't know if it's fear of repercussion or what but if I had told the captain we've got a problem and he didn't respond I would just take over the controls. Don't have time to sit there and say are you going to get it? Or do you want me to?

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад

      He was the captain. They were both captains, but the captain that wasn't responding was not the captain flying. The captain that was flying was asking for confirmation of what was going on since he had never encountered this issue before. Neither of them had and unfortunately both of them did not respond as needed and did not trust their instruments. But they only had about 5 seconds to get it right, so even if he had responded there's no guarantee the outcome would have changed.

  • @FireRescue884
    @FireRescue884 4 месяца назад +1

    Im not a pilot, but it seems trying to raise the nose is a mistake in a lot of crashes.
    I will keep that in mind if I’m ever in that predicament.

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад

      Somatogravic illusion is no joke. Imagine your speedometer in your car telling you that your speed was 100MPH, but all your senses were telling you that you were going 25MPH. It's very hard to overcome that and trust your speedometer.

  • @friotaiocht101
    @friotaiocht101 3 месяца назад

    What a shame...

  • @DManGrand
    @DManGrand 2 месяца назад

    1985 ugh

  • @davemarko719
    @davemarko719 4 месяца назад +2

    Very little is acknowledged that the right engine threw a turbine wheel on take off roll that was later found on the left side of the runway. When the wheel departed the engine it went through the rear fuselage or tail , taking out some vital control cables . It may have also impacted the left engine. This is why the plane dived at the ground inverted in 20 seconds. Pilots ( even single engine ) were given a chance to fly this type of jet in a simulator, given an engine failure and not one was able to duplicate the crash scenario.

    • @gastankbassgtb3894
      @gastankbassgtb3894 3 месяца назад +1

      Read the NTSB report and get back to us on all of that.......

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah that's not true. Please read the report instead of making stuff up online.

    • @davemarko719
      @davemarko719 2 месяца назад

      The original report was not the final findings. Additional investigation overturned the original possible cause but took many months later as aviation experts reexamined data. It was not easy to convince the NTSB that their report had made assumptions that did not account for other expert analysis.

  • @ut561
    @ut561 4 месяца назад +5

    20 seconds is not enough time to do anything, I don't think the pilots can be blamed here.

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад +1

      You're right about it being not much time, but one pilot wasn't responding at all to the emergency and the other chose the wrong inputs. Ultimately they both responded in ways that made it worse, so they still share responsibility with the mechanical failure, because with the correct response they could have survived.

  • @stevendenton4965
    @stevendenton4965 3 месяца назад

    Over 48,000 flights? It should have been retired.

    • @user-nj4wf3np9b
      @user-nj4wf3np9b 3 месяца назад

      a 19 yr old stewardess from Appelton Wisc was on her FIRST flight that day What are the odds after this DC-9 had 48,000 safe prev flights that took her life..

  • @bobmillerick300
    @bobmillerick300 3 месяца назад

    What a shame.

  • @markcardwell
    @markcardwell 3 месяца назад

    RIP

  • @johnmichael2031
    @johnmichael2031 Месяц назад

    Too much small print to read, made it very difficult to enjoy this content.

  • @donaldhollingsworth3875
    @donaldhollingsworth3875 4 месяца назад +2

    I believe the co-pilot was not responding to the Captain at the time of the failure. Also even though the Captain had a enormous amount of flight hours, he should have been to recover the aircraft even though the co-pilot said nothing. Therefore the accident should have been blamed on a engine malfunction along with a unresponsive co pilot. The Captain was not at fault.

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 2 месяца назад +1

      The pilot flying was the captain and like you said he should have been able to handle the situation on his own if he trusted the instruments, but it's horrible that the more senior person wasn't responding to him, and he probably felt alone in an emergency where he clearly needed confirmation of the next steps. Unfortunately he didn't get that from Weiss, and unfortunately he didn't trust his instruments. Somatogravic illusion is no joke and he had probably never experienced it before. Ultimately the pilot flying was responsible for the incorrect inputs and therefore the crash.