This Plane Flew 30 Minutes, Prior to its Crash, with No Tail: Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2022
- Investigators determine that even after the tail of Japan Airlines Flight 123 had been ripped off, the pilots were able to keep the plane in the air for at least 30 terrifying minutes. Now, they need to know why the tail broke, leading to the August 12, 1985 plane crash.
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Those pilotes are HEROES. More people survived the crush, it's really a shame that the people in power did not do what they were supposed to do in order to save their citizens.
Crash*
The people in power are not Gods
@@MC-cg2rr they did only a single row of bolts, they could have put in a second row like they were supposed to
@@MC-cg2rr the rescue team was delayed because they thought that nobody couldve survived the crash so they didnt send out a rescue team until the next day, turns out there were quite a few people that survived the crash but later died of injuries and other reasons due to rescue not coming
Are you really talking about the cops in Uvalde
The pilots had done their best. Salute. At least with the effort they had put in, 4 people have survived
*Forgot about thoze survivors... Another testament to a great design*
Their work also saved more people initially, except the rescue services were held back by japanese authorities, american rescue teams were already ready aswell, sad
@@JungleYT Great design, as in a badly done repair that causes loss of basically every but engine controls?
This is in no insignificant part accomplished because of the pilots being chads
@@user-uv5ld3cx5t 2013 Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan... 747 cargo shift damaged bulkhead and hydraulics causing loss of control...
They try their best to control the jumbo jet
Roller coaster flight of death with 30 minutes of hell, it must've felt like an eternity. The pilots went far above and beyond the call of duty, even the investigators were impressed. RIP to those lost.
I can't imagine the horror of the phugoid cycle. Even the term sounds horrific.
I cannot even begin to imagine what a drawn-out, terrifying, and physically grueling death this was for hundreds of people 😢
it's shocking that 4 people survived this. tbh I would rather not survive because remembering this for the rest of your life would be so traumatic.
There were many initiall surivivors who died during the night waiting for rescue.
Let me introduce u to the max
Well it's the future now and more tragidies did come from BEING!
Ever heard of cartels???
Planes are my brightest fear but my whole family (apart from me, my brother and my parents) live in a different country so I’m terrified every single flight for hours
524 in total,520 perished,4 survivors.The pilots did their best to control their crippled B747 until the very last moment.
It was reported that one of the survivors was a young girl named Keiko, in her forties by now. How is she now? She said then that she'll never fly again.
@@josehonoridez1085 can't blame her!
There were more survivors that survived the initial crash but is believed many were dead due to either the extreme cold or their injuries in addition to Japanese forces taking too long as it by the time the aircraft crashed it was about 10-15 minutes to 7 PM
In this video (Investigation) and with what I know about JAL 123
With Sources from Wonder: in their Mayday Series, Disaster Breakdown also made a video about this JAL 123 and was used as a source and on Wikipedia (I didn’t use Wiki but it does holds some info but I will credit it)
Final Report states: Due to a tail strike in 1978 (7 Years before) with the engineers at Boeing who repaired the plane for Japan Airlines had done incorrect maintenance to the B747 by only completing a single row of rivets when in Boeing repair manuals for the Boeing 747 it was needed that a double row of rivets must be done.
Similar accident in recent times was China Airlines 611 another Boeing 747 which crashed in 2006 in the South China Sea or Pacific Ocean area (I haven’t fully read about 611)
That accident was also due to improper maintenance to its bulkhead this time 22 years after its tail strike and disintegrated Immediately after losing the tail. Sadly in this case no one on China Airlines 611 survived likely from loss of oxygen, Extensive G-Forces in the air or when contact with the ocean occurred
Also take note Ron Schleede who was mentioned in this video was also mentioned in the Wonder: Mayday Series video about JAL 123 it’s 50 minutes but it goes into more into detail what happened. He was I believe the Lead Investigator for the NTSB with the investigators in Japan he has done countless investigations with different agencies in his career and the reason why he was involved was because the B747 is an American built plane by the Seattle Based company Boeing and that’s why Boeing and the NTSB were involved
Also that last video JAL reputation was severely compromised despite it not being its fault it took many years for the company to recover after 1985 but it’s still in service today I believe this last piece of info from me I am unsure but please do confirm if JAL is still in service or rebranded and still flies today
Sorry, but they couldve used the passangers as leverage
The pilots fought the beast and kept it in the air for 30 minutes, what a brave pilots
There were more survivors than 4 but the rest had perished because of hypodermia, wounds, bone fractures etc. If people had intervened in time, more survivors would have been saved…RIP for the people who died in this awful accident 🙏
This is to note that other pilots of JAL were not able to sustain the aircraft under similar conditions on a simulator than what these pilots did in real life. It was only the Japanese bureaucracy that killed more people overnight. Had they allowed the Americans to help when they spotted the wreckage, probably more passengers would've been saved.
I will never understand why they didn't allow us to help those people. We RIGHT THERE looking at the crash site and the people and we weren't allowed to help them. I wonder if the people who wouldn't allow us to help these passengers would refuse our help if it was THEM lying there with horrific injuries and suffering unimaginable pain?
@@jamesstreet228 politics? Weather? Terrain? Hmmm...
@@mrproxima2600 japanese people despising foreigners as they've done for the last 800 years
The us has always had a go first ask questions later policy I don’t know why they didn’t do that here
@@frozenuruguayball6436 Japanese government would be furious at such an intrusion over their sovereignty. Letting the people die on a Japanese decision is miles better than letting the Americans do whatever they want in the future.
Also probably mild conspiracy that US forces might remove evidence from the scene that could incriminate Boeing.
520 dead all because of an improperly repaired aft-pressure bulkhead.
To this day Japan Airlines flight 123 is both the worst plane crash in Japan and the worst single plane crash in aviation history.
Salute to the pilots for your bravery and for never giving up on control of the plane, sir! Prayers for the victims and their families! Tragic.
Welp, pilots have tested it in a simulators and only remained half of the time the real aircraft remained in air.
Shows how they tried their best and fight for their lives on a bird that is heavily damaged, respect and rest in piece to the pilots and the people onboard the plane.
I think i remember that the plane was poorly designed to have the hydraulic lines and the 2 other backup hydraulic lines meet at the tail. So when the tail snapped off the backup lines went as well. Now they redesigned the plane so there is no single point of failure
Correct : )
You can absolutely not afford to take shortcuts when it comes to plane repairs or maintenance. The pilots did their best.
As sad as this was i am so pleased for the repeated nods to the skilled flight crew.
It's no wonder it's one of the deadliest and most terrifying plane disasters in history... Only 4 miraculously survived while 500+ were dead...
Air in the cabin the pressure is set to ~750hPa to ease breathing and preventing bubbles forming inside lungs. Mistakes like these are catastrophic because pressure is powerful that can cause damage improperly repaired just like a mistake made in the Comet 73 years ago...
The mistake in Comet is more on design, though.
@@dbclass4075 it was said to be the new style. Thin & sleek!
@@Cube-3710 It just the windows. Comet had square windows. Stress concentrate on the corners, causing cracks. As soon it changes to circular windows, it doesn't have crashes caused by cracked windows anymore.
A plane flying without a tail is like a dog running with 1 leg
Running without legs.
It is hard to imagine how a missing piece of metal could be the cause of crash of a jumbo plane.
I wondered what caused one of the most horrific plane crashes in the history. Holy crap I can't believe it was something that simple.
The boeing747 is quite a historical plane but it has tragic events like this
Its not just the final moments, its the entire 30 minutes of the event
It was the worst plane crash in the aviation history, and I remembered what had happened to Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12th, 1985. I was on my way back to a dormitory from my office in Tokyo when I heard a news about disappearance of Japan Airlines Flight 123.On the next morning, television news reported that four passengers were saved, and I thought it was a miracle.
Worst singe-aircraft crash. There are deadlier crashes, but at least two planes are involved (Tenerife Airport disaster).
@@dbclass4075 that’s the only crash that was deadlier actually, not including 9/11
Very good job fellows!! Just imagine being one of those 4 people who survived the crash. it must've felt like a gift from god to be alive!
Bruh imagine the pain they had to go through and survivors guilt id rather have just gone out with the plane.
Stolen comment moment.
There were initially a lot more survivors, but they freezed to death or succumbed to their injuries because the search and rescue helis flew by but didn’t land since they believed to see nothing. Only the next morning they arrived and found the 4, which said that many screams and voices had slowly silenced since the night before.
It was!
@@dumbreon_plays2139 lol no
I used to work at aircraft maintenance facilitie ,and after seeing for myself the cracks that used to appear in the 747 made me think that there's no way I want to fly in 1.
But 1 thing 1 must say is thank God for maintenance where they X-ray the planes to see if they have any cracks. 1 of the worst places was in the first class roof section,
Because it's a egg shaped design it flexes with pressure and contract's making the ribs crack.
Those pilots were heroes. I pray for the souls of all lost on the anniversary of this horrible disaster
It’s funny because a lot of people say “Boeing’s are unsafe” but when you look at the majority of Boeing crashes it’s do to either pilot error or poor maintenance
And airbus using computer controls really isn’t safer
So to reply to both of you a crash still is put on record damaging thier reputation and computers have problems being maintained ex: lion air 610 mcas
Those people want to ground the 737-800 due to high accident number (it was around 10), but if you look at the cause, most of them are pilot error and some other causes.
You can't really blame Boeing for a shootdown.
@@DHDAviation when did mcas became pilot error lol your the tyoe of person to blame pilots on a bomb blast too
@@chandanops9312 lol read my statement carefully, where's the mcas?! Oh you thought that the 737-800 have it, but no!
Another lol, I'm not a person blaming pilots for a bomb. My statement refers to Karen especially in the last weeks blaming every incident and accident to Boeing without even determining the cause.
0:08 did that boy just predict the fate of the plane?
I have waiting this for a years, thanks Smithsonian!
The last words were as chilling as heck
My god I bet that half hour was truly terrifying. The pilots did their best, they never stopped flying the aircraft.
Absolutely terrifying wow
This flight become a crazy roller coaster ride
This plane crash tragedy hits me the hardest of all, followed by the Alaskan Airline one, where the pilots even managed to fly the plane upside down for a while before crashing into the sea. The pilots tried their hardest, but maintenance let them down so badly, both must have been terrifying, traumatic ordeals for crew and passengers 😥😥
Just complacency by the repairmen lead to this smh
Same with AA 191 May 1979 out of O’Hare. Maintenance lifting an engine into place with a forklift cracking pylon mountings.
Repairs like these should be inspected after every few months or so.
@Dark Sigma Well, that's good to know. He did the right thing.
i'm so sad
for this incident
Mechanic who checked the plane killed himself after couple of days.
That's dumb. He couldn't have seen the poorly done repair.
The pilots tried so hard to get the plane to safety
But unlucky they cant
An amazing feat of flying. They had an old school cockpit unlike today with modern technology. Even with that they did there utmost best...
Perhaps being old school helped, too, since the pilots had more training how to problemsolve using mechanics rather than letting a computer figure it out.
@@leoraymundo7281 💯 agreed on that
Remember folks: Cutting corners will always cut back at you eventually.
R.I.P The 520 Who Perished
Also, Those 4 Survivors Must have used Minecraft Creative Mode
yea
747's greatest pilot.
No doubt about it. Amazing skills, but in this case, they were doomed, no matter what, sadly.
salute to the capable pilots & for serving their best
Those people in the plane, I cannot even imagine the pure terror that everyone felt,the difference from the simulator and the real plane is that in the simulator you know in the back of your mind you are in a simulator, the those that flew that plane they knew their live were on the line,as for the faulty repair,did it happen to save time and money,or bad training!!!!!! I wonder.🤔🇬🇧
It is not a miracle is no one survived. I rather die right away than the horror of doing up and down for 30 long minutes.
I give the pilots trying to keep the plane straight but its just sad what happened
残念なことに日本ではこの飛行機がミサイルによって撃ち落とされたと思っている人もいます。
この事実が広まってくれるといいですね
ほとんどの日本人は、この飛行機はミサイルで撃ち落とされたと考えています。
I can't describe how much I hate those people at work who not work by given standarts and think they know everything better though they are just lazy incompetent idiots like those people who did that repairing. In theory there was a very small chance of recovering the plane but given the circumstances adrenaline , shock and not knowing what actually happened it was impossible for even the best pilot.
Thx 4 sharing
I just flew on a airplane and they took the aircraft that was at the gate to the hanger because it had windshield crack.
Woah
I hope this type of tragedy will never happen again. It took this crash to learn a valuable lesson to have much safer procedures which are now performed.
It's amazing to see how deadly this crash was yet some people survived, while another crash landed softly in the water and all people were dead. Gotta love physics sometimes.
Stories like this are why I did not become an airline mechanic. You fuck up on a car? Blow a motor, ruin a wheel, hit something? You more than likely won't get fired and usually won't be putting anyone's life at risk. (At least if your thorough and check your work) but if you even so much as forget to torque one bolt to spec on an aircraft, something like this could happen and you could be responsible for the deaths of hundred(s) of innocent people. I couldn't live with that..
"...or hope for some miracle which never occurred." - couldn't say it better.
Because the accident report is very messy
The accident raises some questions in the accident investigation report.
Private experts are still informally investigating when the pressure bulkhead destruction occurred.
I am never getting on a plane if the Smithsonian crew are on board
Godbless to all whom lost there lifes this should never of happened poor maintainence there is to many aircraft that are very badly mantained to me its either sheer greed by the owners of the planes do want to spend money or man made errors rip.❤❤❤
Who was making movies inside the falling plane? A very courageous team of filmmakers.
I freaking love the White Snake Video smoke machine used in this...
I remember this accident very well, it happened in 1985 I was 19 then. All this because of a tail strike that ocurred some ten years earlier and was poorly repaired.
To my knowledge there was one survivor only, a young girl, not four.
There is 4
I was 19 in 2021
Northwest flight 255 that crashed in Detroit had one lone survivor that was a four-year-old girl.
@@Rikka_V1 You youngin, you.
@@Rikka_V1 Congratulations, you achieved something amazing. I bow to your divine timing in choosing when you'd be born.
That 30 minutes must have been a pure horror for those people. Even the term "Phugoid Cycle" sounds horrific.
All because of a defect that needed to be repaired. We lost 520 souls, heartbreaking. Pilots gave it everything they had, may all victims rest in peace’
RIP pilots and passengers those 4 passengers survived they where so lucky
But they got injured
The fact that they survived that long is crazy I’ve would be dead at that point💀
Brave Pilots, and that they held the plane in the air for just over 30 minutes is incredible.
I'm wondering if an emergency fuel dump might have prevented an explosion, though..
Dump enough feul for the inevitable, but keep just enough to try and maintain some type of airspeed..
日本人が忘れない事故です。
But, the report of the investigation has some contradiction. It is so skeptical that the decompression happened.
One of survivor, who was a off-duty flight attendant, said nothing like decompression had not happened.
The record of the movement of the B747 shows it is the vertical tail, not the wall that was broken first. It explains
something hit the vertical tail. On that day the U.S navy did military excercise near the route of JAL 123.
It is said they launched missiail for the training. But Japanese government had no way of knowing what they did
at that time.
How horrific
Even if nothing was neglected during maintenance after some millage done anything can fail. Its like the car but you can stop on the road
the pilot did their best but must of knowing it not going to work. 30 min as been like hell in this plane. R.I.P To all on board
Minute mistakes make loss of human and millions
I made some bets with some people saying that I could land that plane on a simulator,the only problem,I dont have the funds to go to a simulator.
On Disaster breakdown YT channel you can actually hear the real blackbox audio in the cockpit how the pilotes react. They where yelling at eachother power power to counter it.
I heard this story and I feel like the book I just read them great if four people survive… He makes sense because the front of the plane hit them out to you first before the back of the place
watching this right before a flight… wish me luck
I've never quite understood why the pressure bulkhead was not designed the other way round, so the convex side was in the cabin. If the air pressure is higher on the cabin side, it seems logical to have that air pressure pushing against a stronger convex surface? Perhaps it's something to do with stresses being pushed out to the aircraft frame. I'd be interested to find out.
Why aren't cameras installed in strategic places so pilots can inspect all parts of the plane in flight?
Respect for the pilots
They had the altitude unlike American 587 but i think even if 587 was that high up they wouldn't have done as amazing a job as this crew, no disrespect to those pilots..it still amazes me how long they were able to stay in the air and also that anyone survived this.. it's also really sad how many were lost because they didnt immediately launch the rescue operation..it mustve been absolute hell for these people ..that 30 min must've felt like an eternity
When the first officer said something I thought he said 'dont load the load'
Rest In Peace.
1:40 make a paper plane that can glide well, go in an open space and throw the paper plane,
You will see it will start to do what this part describes, goes all the way up till it lowers due to less speed
Edit: also want to mention I’m impressed how they keep it up in the air for 30 minutes, they did not give up
I think this is the one of which there is a black box recordingbhere on RUclips where the pilot's last words are "It's the end!"
Sad.
_"Mou dame da!"_
one time a 747 was trying to overcome turbulence by using rudder but it's part of tail separated flying out knocking out part of the APU The 747 landed at Tenerife airport
Plz make alot. Longer too
Parachute system should be installed in fuselage , then only air travel will be safest mode of transport . Until then , train is better for domestic transport.
It's a big sink rate
It's darker here.
The kid at the start had the Boeing 747 plane that they were in
What do they expect? It's a boeing 747 but seriously heroes of aviation
My mom is Japanese, and she remembers this because it was on TV…it was big news in Japan at the tkme
Tomorrow is my flight and this is what RUclips recommends
One wishes that instead of smashing against a mountain, perhaps the plane would have maybe glided unto the ocean or a smooth rice field cushioning the impact somewhat and maybe, more lives could have been saved. I know..dream land. But..I can't help wishing it. Not the first time technicians take short cuts bringing about these unnecessary tragedies. It's criminal...
bro had his landing gear down above like 300 feet.
If I recall correctly once the cause of the crash become common knowledge and that the catastrophic failure was his fault the maintenance manager in charge of the repair committed suicide.
0:00 Is this the actual plane in question?
There is also the possibility of misfire by the Self-Defense Forces
Nonsense.
747 should continue & should not stopped using like cracks people did to Concord without finding problems or rectifying & resolving the problem
Yo what is that climb in the first part of the video 💀mans going spaceship style
Rest in peace ☮️
Is it possible a similar thing could happen now or is it much safer?
seems someone forgot to turn off their phone!
Question, Why is Nearly everything like the display Electronic, I would suppose it would be analog, Most cockpits in ACI are electronic for old planes, makes no sense