This Minor Detour Led to Disaster for Flight 706

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2018
  • On July 30, 1998, the pilot of Proteus Airlines Flight 706 made a slight detour so his passengers could watch a famous ocean liner. It was a decision that ended up causing a tragic, mid-air collision.
    From the Series: Air Disasters: Deadly Detour bit.ly/2Dj8Ily
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  • @omnipotentdwarf571
    @omnipotentdwarf571 6 лет назад +5582

    New rule..... No more request from passengers.

  • @PAXperMortem
    @PAXperMortem 4 года назад +3585

    *passengers are literally about to die*
    narrator: "today they're in for a treat"

    • @kodyraphael6078
      @kodyraphael6078 4 года назад +28

      Lmaoooooii

    • @ChodeMaster
      @ChodeMaster 4 года назад +13

      Lol

    • @vegasbaby3669
      @vegasbaby3669 4 года назад

      @PAXperMortem - rofl

    •  4 года назад +4

      @@kodyraphael6078 nothing really funny here,,, is there?

    • @kodyraphael6078
      @kodyraphael6078 4 года назад +20

      @ obviously the joke is my guy, why else would I be laughing

  • @nelsondendomo6687
    @nelsondendomo6687 4 года назад +1122

    Imagine dying or losing someone you love cause someone wanted to see a boat. Smfh

  • @kylieknight2365
    @kylieknight2365 4 года назад +767

    At the request of a passenger? Why not do a drive through at McDonald’s while they’re at it. Fark

    • @katemaloney4296
      @katemaloney4296 4 года назад +15

      Up until then, they might have honoured that request.

    • @sirdoggo579
      @sirdoggo579 4 года назад +4

      XD

    • @robloxpathe9296
      @robloxpathe9296 3 года назад +2

      Nothing totally bad will happen

    • @Reel-Justice
      @Reel-Justice 3 года назад +7

      That's just a plain dumb thing to say. Why would they stop at McDonald's when they just finished their onboard meal?

    • @sirdoggo579
      @sirdoggo579 3 года назад +11

      @@Reel-Justice Stop for seconds.

  • @michaelabraham9233
    @michaelabraham9233 3 года назад +132

    imagine being on the cruise, waving at a plane and then seeing it collide with another plane

    • @MadNotAngry
      @MadNotAngry 3 года назад +28

      They usually charge extra for that.

    • @plasmada263
      @plasmada263 3 года назад +1

      Im dead 😂

    • @tomfurgas2844
      @tomfurgas2844 2 года назад +1

      That would certainly take all the fun out of the cruise.

    • @inarimusa
      @inarimusa 2 года назад

      @@MadNotAngry LOL

    • @rohitbanerjee1079
      @rohitbanerjee1079 2 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @devotedcetacean6568
    @devotedcetacean6568 6 лет назад +2939

    THIS IS WHY THEY DONT ALLOW PASSENGERS IN THE COCKPIT!

    • @mcplutt
      @mcplutt 6 лет назад +3

      ok

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 5 лет назад +3

      Jonny B no ..you just need to distract then and done

    • @alekseygameplays734
      @alekseygameplays734 5 лет назад +1

      How come i was able to Go in?? After landing and at the gate

    • @gamingwolffox7121
      @gamingwolffox7121 5 лет назад +9

      And this way we can’t have nice things

    • @jeffj2495
      @jeffj2495 5 лет назад +1

      Daniel - LOL great comment.

  • @TheJDLonline
    @TheJDLonline 6 лет назад +1846

    Lesson here, NEVER let a passenger near the cockpit, NEVER take requests from idiots, and always fly in controlled air space. Everyone could of still been alive. I rest my case.

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 4 года назад +806

    What a way to go......One minute you're enjoying the view, and the next you're in a bunch of pieces heading toward the sea.

    • @yaufr
      @yaufr 3 года назад +7

      electronicsNmore its the 400k subs and 3k views for me

    • @somebodytouchamyspaghet5384
      @somebodytouchamyspaghet5384 3 года назад

      helo electric man

    • @crageranimations3915
      @crageranimations3915 3 года назад +1

      @@yaufr mate no one cares

    • @TheTezz100
      @TheTezz100 3 года назад +1

      @electronicsNmore
      "live in the moment, and not for tomorrow"

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier 3 года назад +3

      @@TheTezz100 “Live everyday as if it were your last, because some day you’re sure to be right.” - Breaker Morant.

  • @3yktx
    @3yktx 5 лет назад +299

    *pilot reads check list*
    1. Do not accept request from passengers

    • @caelidhg6261
      @caelidhg6261 3 года назад +4

      or allow kids to fly big jetliners

    • @ripnob
      @ripnob 3 года назад

      @@caelidhg6261 like aeroflot 821

  • @rakeshcnn1
    @rakeshcnn1 4 года назад +324

    Captain could have just said NO even if it is rude for passengers. Safety is more important than pleasing the few passengers in the aircraft.

    • @lewishadley6219
      @lewishadley6219 4 года назад +1

      Or left as soon as he saw another plane nearby rather than letting it get into a blind spot

    • @basaGOALera52637
      @basaGOALera52637 3 года назад +11

      Maybe the pilot wanted to see it for himself too. It would be ridiculous if he only did it because of a passenger's request. Their curiosity kills all of them

    • @BlueAcidball
      @BlueAcidball 3 года назад +6

      Curiousity killed the cat

    • @panzerivausfg4062
      @panzerivausfg4062 3 года назад +1

      @@lewishadley6219 They were several planes in the area trying to photograph the ship.

    • @camsfitness1745
      @camsfitness1745 2 года назад +2

      @@lewishadley6219 did you not watch the video? They clearly couldn't see the plane until last second.

  • @icougarman369
    @icougarman369 5 лет назад +721

    Passenger requested if they can see God. Request granted.

  • @MrJdele
    @MrJdele 4 года назад +255

    The only thing I ever request when flying is an extra bag of peanuts

    • @chateaupig826
      @chateaupig826 4 года назад +4

      Luv it , me too just an extra coffee if it's not too much trouble

    • @sunnyfon9065
      @sunnyfon9065 4 года назад +2

      You guys probably have right ideas, just request for food and beverage

    • @mirkelandelplop679
      @mirkelandelplop679 3 года назад +4

      Request to pilot: "Can you fly lower and circle 360 degrees to facilitate digestion of my peanuts."

    • @sunnyfon9065
      @sunnyfon9065 3 года назад

      @Mirkel Andelplop *”fly lower to facilitate my digestion of peanuts” lol, nice joke”*

    • @carolhutchinson7763
      @carolhutchinson7763 3 года назад +1

      I don't ask for anything because I don't fly because of stuff like this. 😬

  • @3p1ks
    @3p1ks 3 года назад +46

    That's probably the rarest type of aviation accident that could possibly happen. Could you imagine how hard it is to collide with a plane unintentionally?

    • @lecroitg
      @lecroitg 2 года назад +3

      Not as rare as you would think with so much traffic in the sky. There’s even an entire system for these situations called TCAS.

    • @thequake180
      @thequake180 11 месяцев назад +1

      that is the purpose of having air traffic control, to keep airplanes separated from each other so they do not collide. but in this case the ATC failed to do his job and allowed an aircraft to deviate dangerously from their flight path.

    • @dout0rm942
      @dout0rm942 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@thequake180no the ATC made no mistakes at all. Are you dumb or something? They were in uncontrolled airspace, there is no ATC. The pilots should have been on the lookout for other aircraft.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 5 месяцев назад

      It's actually hard to do intentionally. You have to have a truck load of bad luck to be on an aircraft that collides with another.

  • @DAIadvisor
    @DAIadvisor 3 года назад +39

    One thing I learned from watching all these videos, is that Cessna aircrafts are more dangerous than entire carrier battlegroup

    • @uncletaylorify
      @uncletaylorify 2 года назад +3

      A friend of the family works on them. He calls them "Doctor Killers"

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 Год назад +2

      Pretty damn shocking how much damage that little prop plane could do, even to a small commercial airliner. Totally snapped the back flight surfaces away from the cabin, an awesome (and terrible) sight.

    • @nathanw9770
      @nathanw9770 Год назад +2

      ​@@bernlin2000 They are both travelling between 150 and 200mph so even with how small it is the momentum is huge.

    • @karllieck9064
      @karllieck9064 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@uncletaylorifyI call them flying coffins.

  • @alexchristopher221
    @alexchristopher221 4 года назад +37

    Seeing the French ocean liner was the last item on the passenger's bucket list.

  • @cessnacitation-x
    @cessnacitation-x 4 года назад +35

    3:10 Perfectly cut screams

  • @Milk6444
    @Milk6444 6 лет назад +576

    Im glad they got rid of that happy outro

  • @AndiDuck
    @AndiDuck 6 лет назад +765

    The two aircraft collided. Both aircraft immediately fell to the water, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board the Beechcraft, as well as the sole occupant of the Cessna. Made me think of that phrase " A view to a kill"

    • @jdmozee12
      @jdmozee12 6 лет назад +10

      ThE DuCk you are my crush solely for that comment

    • @doogleticker5183
      @doogleticker5183 6 лет назад +13

      Is it a phrase? I just thought it was the title of a Bond movie...seriously, is it a phrase too?

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 6 лет назад +15

      It's a phrase....kind of. From Reddit:
      "In hunting, a view is the moment you spot your target, a find is when you discover their trail/scent and start pursuing, and a check is when you lose that trail. There's an old British hunting song that goes "From a find to a check, from a check to a view, from a view to a kill in the morning." It's a reference to that, evoking the image of a hunter preparing to kill their target. (The movie's script is called "From a View to a Kill.")"

    • @doogleticker5183
      @doogleticker5183 6 лет назад +3

      @GrijzePillon - Thanks for that explanation! Cool. Best wishes, D.T.

    • @rowanahedley9578
      @rowanahedley9578 6 лет назад +5

      Thanks for telling us what happens to them

  • @PeterSt1954
    @PeterSt1954 4 года назад +13

    That reconstruction of the collision is the most terrifying - and best - that I have ever seen other than in a major production.

    • @notsocooldude7720
      @notsocooldude7720 Год назад

      Is this not considered a major production? It‘a a TV series

  • @robertktw
    @robertktw 6 лет назад +986

    Where's Cessna's blind spot?

    • @iefr9076
      @iefr9076 6 лет назад +318

      robert the pilot 😂

    • @wwethemes2341
      @wwethemes2341 6 лет назад +88

      The design of the plane itself,the 360 turn and the sun

    • @randymarsh7049
      @randymarsh7049 6 лет назад +142

      robert I have over a 100 hours of flight time in a Cessna 152 and was wondering the same thing. I suppose the sun like the person said above

    • @robertktw
      @robertktw 6 лет назад +10

      so sad, rip >.

    • @bobsagget823
      @bobsagget823 6 лет назад +165

      The cessna was descending so the pilot basically couldn't see what was below him - he missed the plane until it was right in front of him. That's the problem when you condense the episode into 4 minutes.

  • @some5672
    @some5672 6 лет назад +540

    i'll give it a thumbs up for the gus fring reenactment at 3:12

  • @exceedinc
    @exceedinc 3 года назад +55

    But they wanted to look at a freakin cruise liner... well, they got their “treat”

    • @HVACSoldier
      @HVACSoldier 3 года назад +7

      Well, only one person wanted to look at the cruise liner. Me, I fly to get to where I’m going. If I can see a sight, great. If not, oh well. No need to deviate on my account.

    • @MannyFresh1x
      @MannyFresh1x 3 года назад +1

      @@HVACSoldier exactly. They could take took a boat or yatch out there and live to tell the tale

  • @JustRandomThings
    @JustRandomThings 4 года назад +58

    When your death is written on a specific time there is nothing that can save you. The passenger's request was the same link of the chain of events. May they all rest in peace.

  • @bobbypaluga4346
    @bobbypaluga4346 6 лет назад +51

    Imagine how the families of the passengers feel. The didn’t lose their loved ones in normal flight Ops. The crash occurred while making a frivolous pass over an ocean liner, too low for radar coverage.

    • @5wheels178
      @5wheels178 2 года назад

      Dunno really, most plane crashes are because of things that seem kind of infuriating and avoidable after the fact.

  • @johnhud0079
    @johnhud0079 5 лет назад +237

    Unregulated airspace.
    Stay out of it.

    • @GeoCalifornian
      @GeoCalifornian 5 лет назад +5

      When both of these pilots decided to fly in unregulated airspace they doomed themselves...

    • @Rindiculousfun
      @Rindiculousfun 4 года назад +5

      John Hud007 99% of airspace in North America is uncontrolled. If only the FAA in the states adopted the 126.7 enroute uncontrolled airspace frequency that Canada uses, that likely doesn’t happen.

    • @che3se1495
      @che3se1495 4 года назад +4

      @@GeoCalifornian That's not how airspace works... Most microlight and a lot of light aircraft will fly in uncontrolled airspace.
      Turning your transponder off is wrong and you shouldn't do it.
      Using different radio frequencies in the same airspace is foolish.
      By right of way, the Beechcraft was in the wrong, as the Cessna had right of way.
      I think the worst offense is turning the transponder off. It's essentially choosing to be less safe. Though I don't know if that would have helped stop the collision.

    • @GeoCalifornian
      @GeoCalifornian 4 года назад +1

      che3se1495 alrighty, then, flying in uncontrolled airspace without a transponder and you are doomed to your own unprofessional fate, and you take innocent passengers along too. And so it goes...

    • @bodyloverz30
      @bodyloverz30 4 года назад

      @@Rindiculousfun This was in France, so EU rules apply.

  • @christopherthorkon3997
    @christopherthorkon3997 4 года назад +22

    Well, I hope the passengers enjoyed their nice view of the ocean liner -- before they all got killed.

  • @lumixenz
    @lumixenz 5 лет назад +79

    0:26 Today they're in for a treat, the sweet sweet release of death

  • @rockynets
    @rockynets 6 лет назад +295

    It is no longer brighter there?

    • @cannedspaghetti1854
      @cannedspaghetti1854 6 лет назад +33

      Sadly, its darker here.

    • @lynnyuzuriha7875
      @lynnyuzuriha7875 6 лет назад +10

      lollll I get it, usually the end of all these Smithsonian vids say "It's Brighter Here"

    • @trolltrama9780
      @trolltrama9780 6 лет назад +5

      Lynn Yuzuriha no shit

    • @ILoveNumbers_MarioFan
      @ILoveNumbers_MarioFan 4 года назад +2

      The fire is bright, but the results are not bright. In other words, 3 pilots and 12 passengers are dead.

    • @Arkensius1157
      @Arkensius1157 4 года назад +1

      They are now plunged into the darkness

  • @IHScoutII
    @IHScoutII 6 лет назад +37

    Deviation from a plan, you take your chances.

  • @trentinjj7733
    @trentinjj7733 4 года назад +3

    These videos are so addicting

    • @Hercules718
      @Hercules718 3 года назад

      Trentin JJ addictive. I don’t think they are addictive at all.

  • @jacccccccck1475
    @jacccccccck1475 3 года назад +4

    Love the length of these videos! Perfect for my tiny attention span lol

  • @Siddharth-rs1ge
    @Siddharth-rs1ge 4 года назад +13

    Passenger : Can we land on water?
    Plane Captains : Aye Aye Captain.

  • @siding8
    @siding8 2 года назад +6

    The spectators in the boats really received an amazing show that day.

    • @Mahpoosaylips
      @Mahpoosaylips Год назад

      Someone recorded the video of the collision

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 Год назад

      Apparently, according to this documentary, nobody on the ship actually saw the collision as it happened, it was that fast. They (and the photographer in another nearby Cessna) only saw the planes falling as debris. That was part of the reason why they had to fully reconstruct the airplanes from the scraps found in the sea.

  • @abelucious
    @abelucious 3 года назад +11

    Apparently the Cessna's blind spot is straight ahead where your field of vision is supposed to be .

    • @RBMapleLeaf
      @RBMapleLeaf Год назад

      Well in addition the Captain is not the one flying so he can’t see any traffic as his FO is flying and they were banked so I think maybe yeah highlighting the fact a request by a passenger was approved shouldn’t have been the reason but I guess the Captain of the 1900 D can’t be a fault because he couldn’t see out the right side in part because they were not flying level and his FO is flying

  • @LiterallyMark1
    @LiterallyMark1 5 лет назад +8

    Who would have thought air space to be so small.

  • @soujatya2439
    @soujatya2439 3 года назад +8

    This video is 2 years old and mine is the 4th comment the oldest one is from 9hrs ago
    Wtf

  • @Pcarnevaaa
    @Pcarnevaaa 4 года назад +8

    *“Today they are in for a treat”*
    Boy I sure hope so

  • @Booga04Minecraft
    @Booga04Minecraft 5 лет назад +189

    All this for some boat

  • @anxiety161
    @anxiety161 5 лет назад

    Love these videos! Keep up the great plane vids like this 💓

  • @tanmaypalkar9861
    @tanmaypalkar9861 6 лет назад +449

    Finally!! a perfect video by Smithsonian With real scenes, analysis, investigation, conclusion...and over everything
    .
    .
    no happy music for the death of innocent people onboard 😂

    • @dfuher968
      @dfuher968 6 лет назад +11

      They stole it all from the Mayday - Air Crash Investigation episode linked elsewhere in this thread and cut a 40+ minute episode down to a superficial misleading 3min puff piece. Which I sincerely hope is the reason for the several stupid comments, other ppl made for this vid.

    • @elliotchen7706
      @elliotchen7706 6 лет назад +8

      Air Crash Investigations is shown on Smisthonian if you didn't know that.

    • @griytzmessesup2212
      @griytzmessesup2212 6 лет назад +8

      Dfuher D, Smithsonian owns Air Crash Investigation

    • @lpsfunstrawberry914
      @lpsfunstrawberry914 6 лет назад

      TANMAY PALKAR its not funny

    • @newblip1220
      @newblip1220 5 лет назад +3

      yet ironically you put a laughing emoji in your comment

  • @r1vers335
    @r1vers335 5 лет назад +51

    Why am I watching this when I’m about to go on a 20 hour flight

  • @ILoveNumbers_MarioFan
    @ILoveNumbers_MarioFan 4 года назад +11

    Ok, here are the court results.
    Passengers and Pilots of the Beechcraft: Innocent.
    Pilot of the Cessna: GUILTY!
    This crash happened because the pilot in the Cessna did not turn on his transponder like he was supposed to.

    • @publikenemi49
      @publikenemi49 4 года назад

      Il0venumbers Mari0fan , transponder off and apparently had a blindfold on. Wtf. Cessna should have seen that plane with plenty time to spare that pilot wasn’t was looking everywhere but forward for far too long

    • @orvinkent7600
      @orvinkent7600 3 года назад

      There was no legal action to this crash

  • @evoman1776
    @evoman1776 3 года назад +4

    What are the odds of being in the exact same spot at the same time in that big sky? At those speeds, one second difference and they would have missed each other or just a few feet higher or lower. Really bad luck.

  • @6infinity8
    @6infinity8 4 года назад +2

    Glad the camera crew survived

  • @barbaradyson6951
    @barbaradyson6951 6 лет назад +13

    makes you think of world war 2 pilots always having to keep their eyes open.

  • @tishateelucksingh3263
    @tishateelucksingh3263 4 года назад +4

    I sorry for the old guy in the Cessna im actually crying pray he's in heaven

  • @danielvygodner6620
    @danielvygodner6620 6 лет назад +21

    3:12 It was at this moment that he knew. He fucked up.

  • @adamposts69420
    @adamposts69420 3 года назад +5

    0:52 Cessna be like:
    NO TIME TO WAIT I WANNA SEE THE OCEAN LINER GET OUT OF MY WAY!

  • @rjb073
    @rjb073 5 лет назад +7

    I learned to fly on a Cessna 150 at flight school. Nice plane and the view from the cockpit was very good. IMO, the pilot of the Cessna was not expecting any aircraft in his flight area, so he was not scanning the sky. I am not blaming him because obviously, the pilot of the Beechcraft should have stayed on course, especially knowing that he was below radar and would not receive any help from the ATC.

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 Год назад

      I think he was too experienced to not presume that aircraft would be flying over such a historic ship. Perhaps he didn't realize just how many planes would be in the area, but if he had been interested he certainly could have contacted other ATCs in the area to get more information. Sounds like it was a very casual flight, with devastating consequences.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 5 месяцев назад

      The Cessna was a 172

  • @Akotski-ys9rr
    @Akotski-ys9rr 5 лет назад +3

    That animation was amazing

  • @Teqnyq
    @Teqnyq 6 лет назад

    I enjoyed this video unlike the other uploads that alway end in a cliffhanger.

  • @michaelkensington2494
    @michaelkensington2494 6 лет назад +6

    Deviation where ATC cant track you... What was the pilot and ATC thinking, they mustve known there are a lot of smaller aircrafts in that area.

  • @darkguardian1314
    @darkguardian1314 4 года назад +5

    SS France was scrapped in 2008.
    Only it's bow survives.
    Pilot knew there were other aircraft in the area.
    It was a bad call to go below control altitude.

  • @americacountryball7931
    @americacountryball7931 5 лет назад +56

    Can people stop blaming the passenger the smaller aircraft had it's Transponder off making it impossible to locate on the technology

    • @carolhutchinson7763
      @carolhutchinson7763 4 года назад +3

      @Freethinkers: 🙄 😒 😂

    • @uhejnjd
      @uhejnjd 4 года назад +9

      If the passenger didn't make a request to go outside of a flight plan and if the crew didn't accept it, the crash wouldn't have happened.

    • @Knee-Lew
      @Knee-Lew 4 года назад +4

      @@uhejnjd Hence, no passengers should be allowed to be inside the cockpit.

    • @che3se1495
      @che3se1495 4 года назад +3

      @@Knee-Lew It's fully the pilot's responsibility. If the pilot believed it to be unsafe, they should have said no.

    • @brigitteschultz1552
      @brigitteschultz1552 4 года назад

      @Freethinkers Don't blame God for peoples choices.

  • @kinkywrighter
    @kinkywrighter 6 лет назад +1

    I flew to Sydney from LHR with Qantas.
    The captain came on and said we are ahead of schedule and have permission to fly over and around Ayres Rock.Everyone got a great view, and will still landed early.think we were approx 20,000ft. marvellous site

  • @GaiusCaesarAugustusGermanicus.
    @GaiusCaesarAugustusGermanicus. 6 лет назад +2

    Why weren't both aircraft on the same frequency? Same altitude and airspace

  • @Beencouraged777
    @Beencouraged777 4 года назад +16

    Since when do captains take inflight requests from passengers?🤔

    • @KathySandru
      @KathySandru 4 года назад +1

      If the passenger owned the aircraft or the company that manufactures it

    • @rogeliolopez2190
      @rogeliolopez2190 3 года назад

      @@KathySandru if he had authority over that aircraft because he own the manufacturer (which he didn't) then every single aircraft made by beech craft would belong to him ( they don't)

    • @elisem1912
      @elisem1912 2 года назад

      Small aircraft, pre 9/11, things were more chill.

  • @cheeky_cheesy4924
    @cheeky_cheesy4924 3 года назад +18

    if the passenger never asked that request they would of still been alive

    • @ELFCloudGamer
      @ELFCloudGamer Год назад

      or they may have crashed on landing. who knows?

  • @user-nw2ng1gx2t
    @user-nw2ng1gx2t 5 лет назад

    Good job with taking out the happy music and "it's brighter here".

  • @azscratchers8596
    @azscratchers8596 2 года назад

    A couple of years after this event, I took a cruise on that ship when it was the NCL Norway. RIP....

  • @guynorth3277
    @guynorth3277 4 года назад +4

    Life can be so freaky and ephemeral.

  • @godlyoli7821
    @godlyoli7821 4 года назад +7

    "This little maenuever is gonna cost us the rest of our lives" - The pilots

  • @MrCraigblaze
    @MrCraigblaze 2 года назад

    Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! XD

  • @KristenHammerback-pk5wy
    @KristenHammerback-pk5wy 3 года назад

    This is so awful, SO awful. No words. I'm so sad for all of those who died. RIP.

  • @Mikael5732
    @Mikael5732 6 лет назад +30

    Person responsible is the pic! (pilot in command!)
    Not the passenger making the request. The pilot in command!

    • @johncarlofernando1705
      @johncarlofernando1705 4 года назад +3

      i agree. never fly in uncontrolled airspace

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 4 года назад +3

      He should have said NO!

    • @DizzyMapping
      @DizzyMapping 4 года назад +7

      Guys! Not just one Person is responsible! It is the pic fault for accepting the request, the cessnas fault for turning off its transponder, the atc fault for allowing the request, and by just the design of the planes themselves. Not just one person

    • @BANGITSME87
      @BANGITSME87 3 года назад

      The actor???

  • @DavidGarcia-jq4qx
    @DavidGarcia-jq4qx 6 лет назад +278

    Pilots taking special requests? I guess the elite know no limits.

    • @jdmozee12
      @jdmozee12 6 лет назад +26

      David Garcia well since they're dead they know nothing now

    • @s0ulfire
      @s0ulfire 6 лет назад +4

      Justin Mozee just like Jon Snow

    • @dustindykes7523
      @dustindykes7523 6 лет назад +1

      I could be wrong, but I believe that VFR aircraft are not required to have a XPDR in Class E or Class G airspace

    • @dfuher968
      @dfuher968 6 лет назад +10

      David Garcia, since when is a regular commercial passenger flight "the elite"?

    • @gustav_a.mozumder2011
      @gustav_a.mozumder2011 6 лет назад +1

      David Garcia Pilots do take special requests and will always for the ones who have the right connections & Money.

  • @kinzashahidjibran3552
    @kinzashahidjibran3552 4 года назад

    Finally a documentary with explanation

  • @arthurmcnamara8938
    @arthurmcnamara8938 3 года назад +2

    The way the guy screamed at the end sound like a kind of movie death 😂😂😂 "NOOO-"

  • @eletricboogaloo5861
    @eletricboogaloo5861 5 лет назад +5

    I've been in a Cessna a few times and the control panel sit far up. (I'm not a Pilot I was a Scanner for those flights). So I think it was a slightly higher altitude and so when the Beach craft came out of the turn it was too late.

  • @noobyegg4859
    @noobyegg4859 5 лет назад +8

    3:10
    I wonder why the Cessna wasn’t looking out for the Beachcraft.

    • @schoolssection
      @schoolssection 4 года назад

      @@eddieduplantier4513 Wonder if the Cessna was talking with ATC- even if both planes were below controlled airspace, there could have been traffic advisories given. Stress the word 'could'

    • @rogeliolopez2190
      @rogeliolopez2190 3 года назад

      @@eddieduplantier4513 a transponder communicates with the ground radar and delivers a squawk code that you get assigned. there are also the 7k squawk codes which are 7500 (means hijacked), 7600 (lost radio communication) 7700 ( an emergency). If its off then the position and its altitude is unknown by a radar. if you are wondering why its off, it could be he forgot. You really should leave your transponder on at all times (as long as there is power of course) but some pilots turn it off while on the ground to not overwhelm air traffic controls with more aircraft.

  • @averyrosesilva
    @averyrosesilva 3 года назад +2

    These videos just make me never want to go on an airplane again.

  • @chipjumper
    @chipjumper 6 лет назад +5

    Odd part is that a banked aircraft is generally EASIER to spot than one at level flight. The Cessna pilot should have spotted the B1900

    • @timothyduffy8818
      @timothyduffy8818 4 года назад

      He was probable looking at the Ship also.

    • @whitepeacock5939
      @whitepeacock5939 2 года назад

      The Cessna pilot couldn't see the plane as it was in a blind spot, so when it actually came into his view it was too late.

    • @dout0rm942
      @dout0rm942 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@whitepeacock5939you got it all wrong. The Cessna was in the blind spot of the beechcraft, not yhr other way around

  • @ehssanghandehari856
    @ehssanghandehari856 6 лет назад +29

    Smithsonian I love your videos!!! Plz post more air crash disasters!!

  • @MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN
    @MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN 6 лет назад +5

    Sweet Jesus, all actors get Academy Awards. I especially like the screams of impending death.🤯👊🏽

  • @urhoyrjola429
    @urhoyrjola429 5 лет назад +1

    I am addicted to watching these

  • @Ayks123
    @Ayks123 4 года назад

    From every crash we hope they learn from it and make sure the same accident doesn't occur again

  • @OldHoboManYouTube
    @OldHoboManYouTube 6 лет назад +14

    Rip people on the boat who watched the crash

    • @Hercules718
      @Hercules718 3 года назад

      Zyhir Harris not a boat. Can you speak English ? Ship.

  • @mohamedmuzaahir6570
    @mohamedmuzaahir6570 3 года назад +5

    I felt as I was in a dream cannot believe such a tragedy was at its closure. The passengers were very calm and quiet. Everything came to an end, what a tragic moment was it.... All of a sudden the screaming of the passengers broke out in horror. That made me heart shaken. Unexpectedly the two flights banged each other. The flight burst into pieces, that was the end of the journey. May all those died in the tragic incident rest in peace. My deepest sympathies and condolence to the victims families. I'm from Srilanka!

  • @augustomuller6642
    @augustomuller6642 6 лет назад +2

    Dear plane you lived a good life

  • @vmutuma
    @vmutuma 4 года назад +2

    With all the space in the air, craft collide in one spot.

  • @blademaster8881
    @blademaster8881 5 лет назад +4

    imagine what that would look like from the boats point of view. "hey theres an airliner, and theres a water plane." BAM "..."

  • @prisonmike3605
    @prisonmike3605 5 лет назад +10

    What kind of pilots listen to these type of requests?!?

  • @bestoutcomes
    @bestoutcomes 4 года назад

    As an investigator-analyst of aviation incidents in my state and select high profile cases, and a passenger as well as an aviator myself, these incidents of multi-factorial negligence and ignorance if not outright stupidity among pilots -- such as this one who allowed a passenger's request to dictate his flight plan and out the window going all of his training which centers on cautiousness rather than over-confidence and a cavalier attitude that all is well regardless of what is done/ not done -- never ceases to amaze me as well as frighten me.I strive to educate the flying public on matters specific to safety but time and again, like in this case, it all comes down to the PIC's sound jugdment or lack thereof at any given time. This is why a pilot ought never allow oneself to be engaged/ spoken to/ distracted by any passenger. And why we have co-pilots in the first place. That is, to speak up and assert rather than be silent and infifferent and blindly trusting what the pilot does.

  • @ursuss100
    @ursuss100 4 года назад +1

    Actually, while BEA published an advisory afterwards, calling for flight plans to only be cancelled/modified in case of real necessity, the Cessna and its pilot were found at fault for the accident.
    It was discovered that the Cessna was being flown with its transponder switched off-thus preventing the Lorient approach ATCs from seeing it on their screens and consequently from giving its position to the Beechcraft's crew...

    • @twentyrothmans7308
      @twentyrothmans7308 4 года назад

      I see also that the Cessna pilot had 15.5K hours - not a weekend flyer.
      I'm reading through the report, slowly as my French has deteriorated.

  • @leusreit3327
    @leusreit3327 5 лет назад +3

    Why on the Earth would there be any situation with more than one aircraft sitting on different radio frequency?..

  • @desiguy55
    @desiguy55 5 лет назад +12

    glad it was not a 747 obeying the request of a passenger for closer look.

  • @teejay5432
    @teejay5432 3 года назад

    Why can't I stop watching this vids while in lockdown?!

  • @SuperDigitalArtist
    @SuperDigitalArtist 6 лет назад

    i hope they enjoyed the view!

  • @InstaAE
    @InstaAE 5 лет назад +3

    2:30 What’s scary is nobody’s flying that plane 😂

  • @captainchris4123
    @captainchris4123 6 лет назад +19

    *SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL, ITS DARKER HERE*

  • @tutubagamerbr6603
    @tutubagamerbr6603 5 лет назад +1

    poor old man who was in the cessna... god rest his soul

  • @A_10_PaAng_111
    @A_10_PaAng_111 3 года назад +2

    Enjoy the view.

  • @Kingzombie101
    @Kingzombie101 5 лет назад +8

    When you and your friends are messing around at the gta v airport

  • @dajid1
    @dajid1 6 лет назад +60

    I am Very Interested About Airplanes

  • @love_agapi_m3976
    @love_agapi_m3976 4 года назад +2

    RIP 😭😭😭

  • @arnav9166
    @arnav9166 3 года назад +1

    I AM ADDICTED.

  • @joshmathis5337
    @joshmathis5337 4 года назад +14

    Everyone here thinks they know everything and would never make a mistake. That was what a one in a million chance?

    • @ebonywales2330
      @ebonywales2330 4 года назад +3

      If he wanted a closer look he should have rented his own private jet for that because they actually do specials for stuff like that. You just have to let them know ahead of time so everything is good to go. Making sure no airplanes can collide, the jet is ready to do several turns etc. It's his fault and it's no denying it. If your family died there's no way you would say hey it's a one in a million chance🤔

    • @MannyFresh1x
      @MannyFresh1x 3 года назад

      There was no "mistake" if the passenger didn't request a fly by of the ship they would all be alive right now

  • @holdenwait
    @holdenwait 4 года назад +3

    these Smithsonian videos have the most terrifying computer animations

  • @jitheshvaram7128
    @jitheshvaram7128 5 лет назад

    great channel love from kerala India

  • @garywright7303
    @garywright7303 2 года назад

    Thankyou for flying with Ryan Air