Two Disasters At Los Angeles International Airport | Mayday: Air Disaster
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Rescue workers rush to the scene, and as survivors emerge from the inferno, firefighters find the propeller from another plane in the wreckage. The discovery has horrifying implications: there were two planes involved in this accident.
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Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 9 Episode 4 "Cleared for Disaster ": It’s a busy night at Los Angeles International Airport, and US Air Flight #1493 is on its final approach. The pilots configure the 737 for landing and although they repeatedly radio the tower for instructions, their calls go unanswered. They finally get clearance just moments before landing, but within seconds of touching down, the aircraft erupts in flames and crashes into an abandoned brick building. Rescue workers rush to the scene, and as survivors emerge from the inferno, firefighters make a horrifying discovery... Can investigators determine what went wrong?
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Robin lost both her parent's in a presumed plane crash, 14yrs before this accident. They took off to go to Her sister's graduation in their private plane. But disappeared & were never found again. This is what caused Her to leave Her career. She knew first hand the type of pain & loss the families of the Victims felt. The trauma & grief she must feel to this day is unimaginable.
May all the Victims, their Families & Robin find peace ❤️
Wow, That adds a whole new level of tragedy to this. I hope Robin was able to emotionally recover from all she's been though.
What a classy little note, Bobby. It's important to support people who go through this kind of grief, and we can only hope it helps in some small way, knowing they're not alone. If we can't share our feelings and humanity, what's the point of it all?
Well done, girl. Cheers.
Wow Robin this was not your fault. I know that does not comfort your pain but this was a failure on many levels that you fell victim too.
I want to know what is going on with all the "small plane" air crashes. One in Blairsville Ga and the next year one in Wisconsin. Seems small planes are being targeted.
She probably felt more worse about it because it was partially her fault and the glare and dealing with too many flights.
Im never complaining about a bad day at work again.
Me either Johanna
So said she choose to quit
@@JustinMacri007 why
Or how about complaining how long it takes to board a flight
@@preciouspayne723 she left because some people said that Robin lost both her parent's in a presumed plane crash, 14yrs before this accident as well and They took off to go to Her sister's graduation in their private plane. But disappeared & were never found again. So i can understand why she left her ATC career
The fact that it all works is astounding...The entire system is on the edge of disaster constantly. The pressure for ATC, pilots and crews is intense... USAF veteran.
I agree 100%
It is a system screaming for greater automation. Should have an automated ATC system with humans just monitoring it.
@@SuperLordHawHaw absolutely. we have computers more than capable of handling this, and yet everyone is just like "nah, Suzy is doing just fine with her notepad and broken radar". I mean, we have computers handling 90% of the flight, lets have computers handle 90% of traffic control.
@@flyingtentacle7631Agree, but it needs to be implemented with much caution. AI would do much better and can change everything in a blink if there was some accident, say a plane loses a wheel when landing. Though at the same time I have seen automation cost everything going wrong as well. Think of why cars are not allowed to drive without a human behind the wheel.
@philiplubduck6107 That is very true. There were test pilots testing a planes anti stall system on an Airbus if I remember correctly. They were so sure of the system that they did the test at only 4000 feet instead of 20000, where they'd have more time to correct a problem if there was one. They deliberately put it into a stall, thinking the anti stall would correct it, but it didn't, and they crashed, killing both pilot's and the engineers on board. They trusted the automation too much.
The overloading of the controller system cannot be ignored for ANY reason. This is at its root a business decision setting the stage for disaster. At some level in some meeting somewhere, all those lives were put at risk for the satisfaction of a finance spreadsheet. That’s the real culprit and it is tragic.
I work in high pressure situations with some serious stakes but never, ever do they include people’s lives. Regardless, my employer hires me expressly for my ability to find problems in the system, and is eager to address my concerns for ‘safety’ immediately, cost be damned. How that basic process failed at a major airport with lives at stake is beyond me.
some people said that Robin lost both her parent's in a presumed plane crash, 14yrs before this accident as well and They took off to go to Her sister's graduation in their private plane. But disappeared & were never found again. So i can understand why she left her ATC career
You can thank ex president Reagan for the lack of qualified air traffic controllers
Prior to ~ 1977 or so, the airlines (and, I suspect, the whole system) was treated as a public utility.
Perhaps some aspects of the former setup need to return???
The unique guilt Robin must have to bear…I have no words 😔 she’s one of only a few other people in the world to make such a mistake and it in itself, and the isolation, must be inhumanly painful. All the layers of this accident are all so tragic.
It’s awful and someone else commented that she had lost her parent in a plane crash 14 years prior.
She understands the pain of the families so so well.
It’s horrible.
I hope she is ok.
It just shows why I don't fly it's just too dangerous
@@marklebert22 It's 200,000 times more likely you will die in a car accident than you will in a plane accident.
@@marklebert22on that you're just wrong. Flying is safer than any other form of transportation. The reason you don't think so is because crashes are major events that get lots of news coverage because they are so very rare. So they get lots of coverage, but your odds of dying are much higher traveling by car.
Bullet train operators are next on the list of imbeciles who manage to cause major disasters thst are preventable.
That female airport cop is a true hero, she tried to save everyone in the plane crash, God bless all the victims
Hero is an exaggeration.
@@ceebrown8157who are you bro
I feel so much sympathy not just the passengers and crew of the two flights, but for Robin as well. She had more planes to deal with than anyone should have, and in less than favorable conditions. I don't think she was a bad controller; LAX had an average of 1.5 near misses A MONTH at the time of the crash due to becoming too busy, and controllers had told the LAX officials they were understaffed before the accident. Not only that, but her view of part of the runway was obscured due to the light tower producing a glare, and her ground radar was not functioning that night either despite the controllers asking repeatedly for it to be repaired. This was bound to happen, Robin was just the poor soul it happen to. She did the best she could with what she had, but the conditions were more than a human being could handle, and other people lost their lives because of it. Just tragic all around.
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@@90blacknight i agree. she have had a assistant to help her out that night.
Women I knew it would go wrong once’s I see her
@@supernash1601 As if a man wouldn't have done the same
I have zero sympathy for Robin. None. It's her literal job and she failed. Simple as that.
she was completely overwhelmed
I would melt like wax trying to multitask while responsible for planes full of people.
Its the fact this was a concern way before this incident and nothing was done for the employees. I feel for everyone invovled
It was "technically " Robin's fault. But it clearly wasn't her fault alone. She was too overloaded for the type of work she was to do, with not the right equipment to do it.
May she find some sort of peace, as I'm sure this haunts her every day.
some people said that Robin lost both her parent's in a presumed plane crash, 14yrs before this accident as well and They took off to go to Her sister's graduation in their private plane. But disappeared & were never found again. So i can understand why she left her ATC career
It's not even "technically" her fault. Any airline failure that has zero fail safe, is a failure of design, not of mechanics. Notice how most crashes are the result of several systems failing in rapid succession during the worst possible scenario. Yet, this was able to happen due to one slip up by one person. It shouldn't be an option to have a single point of failure. The number of incidents at LAX was already a blaring alarm that this was going to happen at any moment, yet the alarms were ignored because money.
@@flyingtentacle7631 Then there is the other SkyWest plane that lost contact with the tower due their own screw ups.
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@flyingtentacle7631 You are right about the money. Greed, does that too you. And the thing is, fixing the problems is waaaay cheaper than the lawsuits that inevitably will come after a crash.
I think the number 1 cause of this tragedy is not enough controllers for the heavy traffic at LAX. #2, is old outdated and unreliable equipment. #3 is poor visibility of the runways. I don't blame Robin.
I am glad things eventually got improved, but probably more is needed.
Jhon stossel did an episode addressing these concerns
we're using tech from the 60s purely because the bureaucratic system refused to update itself
No, they had the right amount of controllers. Any more and it creates that much more confusion. The ground controllers at LAX also have it far worse than the locals.
Sorry, but she was working a normal shift and made a fatal error. It was most unfortunate, but it was just tragic human error. The Sky West pilot also erred, but it was her job to keep everyone safe in that instance. I do not judge her, but it does fall to her. I do hope she found peace.
@@rehobythat’s your opinion.
@@etherealbutterflyyeah, my opinion as a former Level 5 facility employee.
It is what it is. There are jobs, processes, and cadences meant for the exact staffing that is there. More Better
I’m so pleased to see everyone has compassion for Robin. My heart breaks for her. I hope she found peace. A reminder that having mercy and compassion is a good thing.
This could have been prevented if ALL of the equipment needed by the controller were in prime working order. Since those decisions are made by people way above the controller's rank, my suggestion is to CLOSE the airport until ALL nonfunctional equipment has been repaired and/or replaced, as well as, removing all items blocking the controller's view.
I hope Robin eventually got some peace and is living a normal life. RIP to all who lost their lives in this horrific accident. Puttingvall the blame on the controller is wrong . The blame is the over load on her by the airport and the loss of radio contact with other planes that took up the time for her to reassess the situation. But I can say I will never complain about a bad day at work. That night here will be hard to beat. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
All the other male contollers work under the same conditions and high pressure, they did not screw up !
What a horrific way to die. At least their suffering is over but that of their families and other survivors with catastrophic injuries will never end. Even the air traffic controller has to wake up every single day knowing the part she played, albeit unintentionally. All her tools weren't working and those problems had been noted by the the FAA. My heart breaks for her, as well. 💔🙏😢😔 Terribly, terrible tragedy for all involved.
Is there a good way to die? Let me know, thats
@@michael-4k4000 In your sleep.
@@michael-4k4000in your sleep..
She did give permission to land however many more circumstances contributed to this accident. Not entirely her fault. I am glad the NTSC LOOKS AT EVERYTHING and hopefully avoid more and more accidents
Yes. Its function is to improve air safety, not fix blame.
@@shane99ca they do not blame per say however they use the cause to make air travel safer
Actually this accident was avoidable and it was entirely her fault. I remember this accident well. I was a flight instructor in California when it happened. Since this accident occurred aircraft are no longer permitted to take off on runway intersections at LAX. They have to use the full length if the runway. She cleared the commuter aircraft to position and hold on the active runway while also clearing to the US Air aircraft to land on the same runway. At night its extremely hard to see another aircraft on the runway your landing on with all the taxiway and runway lights illuminated. As sad as this was, she was responsible for this tragic event.
@@geea8509 All accidents are avoidable, and it was not entirely her fault-she was task-saturated, and asked to do more than was safe with outdated and malfunctioning equipment, and an all-but-sabotaged visibility corridor. Yes, she failed in her duty, but eventually someone else would have anyway, for the same reasons.
Even you admit that since this accident, takeoff procedures at LAX have been revised. Since this accident. And many updates to both equipment and procedures were made that should have been made long before. Even before this accident, LAX was notorious for near misses-were they all her fault?
@@shane99ca Being "task saturated" is par for the course at LAX, ATL, ORD, DFW, and JFK. and all the other very busy hubs. This is why controllers with experience are assigned to these environments. We can use more airports to solve the problem of high air traffic volume at these busy hubs. We need another airport here in Seattle but all the local municipalities have said no. Its the "not in my back yard" crowd that will always oppose this. The reality is air traffic at busy airports all over the U.S. is hitting critical mass and controllers have to work with this environment. I don't mean to sound callous, but she bears the ultimate responsibility regardless of work load. You cant clear an aircraft to land on a runway that's occupied by another aircraft. This was a horrible tragedy. There's no passing the buck here because of the evening rush at LAX.
Crazy how people have to die in order to replace or update the issue.
Just an interesting fact....LAX after all of these years still has 4 runways. I live in Detroit, our airport has been expanded to 6.
Have you been to LAX, its surrounded by prime real estate and the ocean...can't go to the right, thats Marina Del Rey, can't go to the Left that's Manhattan Beach.
No where to expand except ocean!!
@Deborah Martin the airport in Osaka , Japan . Kansai Airport is all man-made over a bridge onto a man-made island 🏝. I've heard it's sinking though slowly. It's a pretty cool place to fly into... but yeah LAX doesn't have anywhere to expand.
@@aiccorp6001directly to the South of Los Angeles International Airport is El Segundo and to the North is the community of Westchester.
@@deborahmartin1450 you need to look at what is West of LAX. The Ocean at LAX is open Ocean and the Ocean Bottom falls to quickly to even build any runways. The the fact that you would have to have a break wall to stop wave erosion also limits the possibilities to build a runway.
I thought I wanted to be an atc. Took the test a long time ago, but didn't pass. I was going to take it again when the time came, but changed my mind. It's a very stressful job.
Nooo thank youuuu! To much responsibility! Humans lifes beings!
I was landing at LAX in 2015 and I didn't know it at the time, but our landing was aborted because of a runway obstruction and it was pretty intense. The airplane had to use full power to get back up into the sky.
Man I could not do that. My heart would be wrapped around my throat every Minute of of that working day. I would probably be an alcoholic. My hat go off to those air traffic controllers.
This accident is tragic but improvement was made to make it safer
Per NTSB report AAR9108:
11 controllers, 1 manager, and one supervisor were scheduled that night.
The staff on hand that day:
4 controllers, one "developmental controller" and one supervisor.
A tragic accident at an understaffed airport and in order to remedy the situation all it took was:
-A new control tower that isn't blinded by ground lighting
-Replacement ASDE (Airport Surface Detection Equipment)
-New progress strip system in the tower
-Additional personnel for controller support
-Enforcing consistent use of lights already built into planes
-And an experimental fully automated runway light system
I'm thankful they made these changes, but imagine walking away from your career because of an accident and seeing what it took to finally make things right.
How many other jobs are out there that are still like this? Nurses? Doctors? Construction?
Now when you watch live LAX streamers like Airline Videos Live you can see the changes implemented. It took a serious accident like that for the airport to run. But there are still entrances and exists sitting around LAX which poses continued threats.
I feel so sorry for everyone involved... The poor passengers and crew that didn't make it and the ones that did. The families of everyone there. Robin, everyone in ATC and all the workers getting people out. This was caused fully because of the workload being too high and the equipment being lacking. I'd also like to mention that David Koch should not feel guilty for not going back - he wouldn't have made it with that smoke. There's no use losing another life when it won't give any pay off... I'm glad he found a way out as well.
Too much fragile pressure on one individual to control the flights causes fatal accidents and this could be a good example.
There is a genuine hero in this episode. Actress Jacquline Pillon, who plays Robin Wascher, received a bravery award and the Order of St John for saving a drowning man. She also has a black belt in karate and used to fight in tournaments.
Please explain to me what the actions of an actress had to do with this womans inability to do her job properly !
@@den264bc the ppl in the video are actors. The person was just saying the one playing robin is a hero in her real life
@@den264are u not bright enough to understand that
This has almost happened six times in the past few months. Including Austin my hometown. Also, I have family and a place in the Canaries. I fly a lot and I am a pilot and I am always scared.
It happened on my Southwest flight to Tampa. The pilots had to do a go round after they were forced to abort the landing because of an aircraft. that didn’t clear the runway fast enough. they didn’t say which aircraft it was. You could tell that there was something wrong and you could tell that they were a boarding the landing.
Stubbs BBQ.
Man.. gives new meaning/need to pray for traveling grace.. ish..
I was one of the delayed flights at LAX when this happened. Was flying from Seattle to Orlando and we had a layover at LAX on the same plane. They refused to let any of us continuing passengers off the plane and we were stuck there for two hours. The crew never told us what was going on. Newly boarding passengers didn't even know. It wasn't until we landed in Orlando and my dad picked us up at the airport and told us what had happened.
I can only imagine how taxing it is being in ATC at a major hub like LAX.
There's not enough money that's worth that stress.
Can't set an employee up for failure then be surprised when they fail. Lax failed and continued to fail. Humans can only do so much and idgaf what people say I feel awful for the controller. Scapegoat.
If it wasn't Robin sitting there, it would have been another controller. This type of accident was inevitable with all the incursions occurring. And as crappy as it is, she was the one sitting in the seat, doing the best that could be done.
I can’t imagine the horrible feeling of being involved in an accident where both parties did everything right. It must’ve been horrible
No one should EVER feel bad for taking care of themselves.
OK "Good Samaritan" your priorities are sure interesting
Me messing up at work everyday 🙃 I feel for her and all that were involved
You are the only honest poster on here ! This woman screwed up completely and as the findings of the investigation declared, it was human error which caused the accident.
It's tragic, but I am glad to see the investigations being taken to the fullest degree to avoid another disaster from taking place because of these factors as much as humanly possible. They're doing great work. Rest in peace to the victims.
Who was head of the DOT at the time? Should be mandatory to have adequate number of ATC's and if not then traffic has to get reduced. HIGHER UPS not doing their job. Putting revenue ahead of people.
It's still a very safe airport. I have been living in Playa del Rey for over 30 years and have not heard or witnessed any accidents in the time I've lived there. I could see them take off headed west over the pacific ocean.
Love living there!
You are lucky, playa
I was born in Hawthorne, CA in 1955 and lived there until having to move to Colorado in 1988. I loved cruising around Sepulveda Blvd and in Playa del Rey.
can confirm LAX has a LOT of traffic
i stand with alot of the other comments here. i feel terrible for robin. you know she never meant any harm and she was certainley not able to run on all cyclinders through no fault of hers.... i would give robin a huge hug if i could , and tell her "we're only human .... of flesh and blood we're made"
She was working under the same workload and pressure as the rest of the male contollers in that tower. She obviously could not do her job correctly !
I have never cried this much watching any flight crash investigation… my heart was hurting so much … such devastating crash 😢
Who in the WORLD would ever want to do that job 😳
They pay extremely well with great benefits and care to bring out and mental health. And there are people who love it as well.
Thats like being a 911 dispatch
no one
Knew someone on the US Air, made it out. Changed forever. The other element was that the Skywest was on the runway without its strobes and landing light on. The US Air flight might have seen them if they were lit up.
David Koch was one of the Koch brothers. Richest people in the US.
Yeah, we saw the documentary too .
As is often the case, it comes down to GREED. Too many planes. Not enough runways. Not enough tracking personnel. Improper repairs. Etc, etc. Just sad that life has to come down to money so often.
FAA rules make it hard for the controllers to innovate. Even to this day, many American airports use the paper slips shown in this video. While other places sometimes have aircraft controller work from home using advanced software.
Wrong ! As the investigation proved it came down to human error , nothing more. That female controller obviously could not do her job under pressure.
It's not fair to put this all on the ATC head. She was doing the best she could with both hands tied behind her back wearing an eye patch. She had to have live a terrible life with this hanging over her head.
@A Proud American Just don't you fret none there Cowboy, Robin Washer is better now, In her own words she said I'm a little bit better than I used to be, she now works at a laundromat that's close to her trailer park, and she's engaged to Fred Dryer.
The accident investigation was fair and impartial. They cane to the conclusion that this accident was caused by human error. In other words, by the female controller who failed to handle the pressure of the job. If this had been a male controller who screwed up, the posters would have gone after his neck.
May all the victims rest in peace.
Good honest post ! It is the victims and the surviving family members who should receive all of our support and sympathy. However, the vast majority of the people posting on this story are more interested in lavishing support and good wishes on to the female controller whos bad judgment and ineptitude caused this crash.
LAX is one very busy airport today. May those people rest in Peace.
My gosh, I hope Robin is doing okay these days. Such a tragedy, and yes, she made a mistake, but there were other factors, too, preventing her from doing her job properly, such as being able to clearly see the runway from where she was seated.
I have no doubt that had she been able to see that plane, she'd have noticed it and not sent another plane onto that runway.
May she be at peace, and living out her golden years happily.
HUH? How is she doing?????????????? How are the people doing that she killed due to her negligence and not getting help from her coworkers when they were RIGHT THERE TO HELP HER. How about the families who lost their husbands, wives, daughters, sons, ETC. WHAT ABOUT THEM!!!??? She is breathing everyday, eating, laughing taking vacations, ENJOYING LIFE!!! What is wrong with you??
@@peterjones4621 you can feel for all parties involved. I doubt Robin goes an hour without thinking of it these days. And either way she was doing her job as best as possible with tools that had been reported as faulty but higher-ups had failed to have fixed. It’s very easy to say that she should have asked for help now that we know the result of her actions, but Robin was working under familiar, stressful conditions, and had no reason to believe she would need help. The families of victims are certainly to be felt for, but their grief should not ever be used to attack Robin.
@@peterjones4621 Are you her ex-husband or something?
@Peter Jones that's a good question Peter. What is wrong with YOU?
@@peterjones4621 Totally agree!
2023 sounds like many problems still occurring at many airports, plenty of near misses going on, it’s just a matter of time before another one happens!
I would not want to be an ATC. That is way too much responsibility
Air Traffic Controllers have one of highest s*icide rates because of the amount of stress they undergo
@@revamp8835 I could imagine!
Although there were other factors involved, it is clear from the information provided that Robin gave both planes permission to access runway 24L because she was distracted by that other plane but she has to live with that horrible memory. And I am surprised that she didn't come forward with her side of the story until during the investigation when she had to.
She’s a coward
I'm sure she was counseled by everyone involved (lawyers, union, etc) to wait. Also, these shows make it seem like the investors interview people later in the investigation when it casually occurs to them that they should. That's not how it works: they do it pretty much right away when memory is fresh.
she got up and left her station just after the accident, and never returned.
Don’t clap when the plane touch ground, clap when you are inside the airport.
I'd rather drive a 15 year old Ford than trust one of these people. Much less ALL of them, including the total morons, as anyone's seen watching this show more than once.
I feel badly for all who died, or may still suffer, but my heart goes out the the flight controller (FC.) She did not cause this tragedy as it clearly was a problem beyond her control. Fortunately this tragedy fostered solutions. I can't think of a more stressful or demanding job than that of a FC. I hope Robin is doing ok and not haunted by this tragedy.
She f o r g o t the plane in the runaway!
Plus a combination of factors!
THATS WHY I NEVER FLY AT NIGHT✈️✈️✈️✈️🙏
Because a traffic controller won't do their job?
After watching these videos I told myself also, I will never fly at night again. I hate flying as it is.
There's roughly 100k flights around the world per day and around 6k crashes per year. Flying is as safe as it's ever been and the odds of being in a crash are extremely low. Better chance in being in a car accident
Smart move!
@@AM-ls8sp I agree!
the only first-class survivor was David Koch--now usually a near-death experience makes people dedicate the rest of the time given to them to making the world BETTER...
Koch contributed much to the betterment of the human community. Isn't it rich that one who criticises the wealthy is most often bitter, and poorly educated.
And David did exactly the opposite. I guess he wanted revenge.
It's a shame really... if only he was just sitting in a different seat...
Moral of the story: don't get on a plane at night or in poor visibility.
I remember that night. My house was just 5 blocks north or 24R.
When the US flight crashed on top of the skywest, on 24L, it sounded like a bomb went off. The house shook so hard, thought airport facing window was going to shatter.
That buildng that was hit was the old fire station. Within a couple of days, DOA wa quick to paint over the aircraft paint scrapes over the building. The strewn parts were moved to an American airline service hangar. The tower at the time was too short. They could not see the backside of the Tom Bradley International Terminal buildin. That building was built in a big rush to meet the need of the 1984 olympics. For the ATC, was another big obstruction of their view. After the accident they built the new tower 3x taller than the old one and more of a central of airport location. That is why they have 2 towers to this day.
I remember the strip club in front of LAX😊
The good old days of flying.🤠 Poorly planned airport's was and is the biggest problem.
I was shocked when I heard only 2 local controllers with that level of volume! It wasn't her fault, it was an accident waiting to happen.
I love when i see the pilot or passengers talking praying for the traffic controller i know she sunt but everything happens for a reason
Or maybe just decrease the amount of flights to LAX??
And give up all that $$$; no way
This is pre-GPS for everything, right and computerized controller logistics in real time. Even with hi-tech controller gear, I can't imagine the control tower's minute-to-minute demand for attention and accuracy at LAX.
Tragically similar experience of Walter White in 1986. He was the ATC at LAX who was handing the Aero Mexico flight that collided in mid-air with a private plane that strayed into restricted LAX airspace over Cerritos. Calif.
The Mexicana I believe.
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It was Aero Mexico. I was in the air over Ling Beach Harbor and saw the fireball and thick black smoke just after the impact in Cerritos.
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Robin's Error has saved many many more lives because it forced them through the horror of this accident and loss of life, to look at all the various other issues they had which would inevitably have caused more accidents . Some times we have to see the good that comes of a horrible situation.
Unfortunately sometimes people have to die before points are proven and safety is improved. Sometimes nobody cares until blood is spilt.
Ya, unless you are related to the victims,
I felt very bad for Robin. She was asked to do too much at once. They were understaffed. Also, the lighting conditions on the runways were terrible. That mistake was bound to be made. If it had not been her, it would have been someone else. Too bad she left the job.
Robbins error caused the deaths of all of those poor passengers. Please do not insult the intelligence of the surviving families by attempting to make her out to be a hero !
@@snickerinmuttley1204Great reply !
Anyone here after hearing what happened to JAL (Japan Airlines)?
Yep when I saw it on the news I thought, “Oh no, it’s LAX all over again.”
What happened?
I remember that crash, I was living in Inglewood at that time.
A system that should be implemented is, a reader board in the control tower, and all planes upgraded to give out their runway aircraft position.
Example: When the pilot gets the clearance to move to a specific runway and to hold short on that runway, an LED light comes on in the tower which shows what runway is currently being occupied in front of the controller and that plane's flight number. That light is RED. Once the tower clears the plane for take-off, the LED Light automatically goes out once the plane leaves the ground. I think it can be very useful. Fog, very low visibility, it does not matter, the tower will always know if a runway is being occupied. No more getting sidetracked, or by obstacles. The large flashing Red Led Light will let the tower know which runway is being occupied. One separate Led Light for each runway occupancy. Once off the runway, the LED Light automatically goes out, and automatically turns on with the flight number when a plane touches down; and it stays on until that plane is off the runway. It doesn't hurt to have that added feature. My two-cent thought.
There has to be a balance too, if there's too much info, this can cause safety to decline again due to clutter. It's tough to get right, especially at an int'l airport where so many people have vastly different experiences that molded their common sense. It's like soldiers putting the palm side hand out and up to "stop" a car, but in that country, the "hold" hand gesture means something completely different.
As far as tracking, there are multiple methods today including ground RADAR, TCAS (if their mode A/C is turned on which should be if they're on the active plus mode S) and ADS-b ES which is GPS-based, so they have pretty good tracking data today.
I feel like, maybe you don't know what a ground radar is. Because this is exactly what they had. The airplane does not magically know where it is once it touches down. That's why they have the systems they do. Once the place touches down the transponder is useless for everything except the flight callsign. So the only way to get this information is to just use a ground radar. They already had a screen with all the runways and all the planes on it. But it didn't work.
Damn, that a wacky crazy smart idea it’s almost as if you just explained what ground radar is !
I'm confused. Didn't she say hold short 24L when she gave the other plane clearance to land?
That's right, she told Metroliner to hold short because another aircraft will be crossing 24L, but instead, it landed on the same runway. She mixed up runways or forgot all about Metroliner that should not even be there, on this runway.
I agree she did everything she could 😢I feel so sorry for her
BOY, WOULD'NT THAT HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT TIME FOR A PILOT TO TAKE OFF WITHOUT PERMISSON?
Im never complaining about a bad day at work again.. Im never complaining about a bad day at work again..
If you put people under that kind of pressure and stress for hours on end day after day, what else do you expect. Clearly the airport is too busy and they need another LA airport. Also the controllers were insufficient in number for that amount of traffic. Such conditions is just begging for a collision. 🌵🌵🌵
The Lady Cause that Crash it's on her."
Amazing David Koch was on this plane. Obviously in 1st class. Nothing to be ashamed of. I was a helicopter crewman in the Navy. The reality is when a accident occurs it’s every man for himself. This is how we are trained. Trained to save yourself.
I couldn't be an air traffic controller in a place like that.
Robin is not at fault. It's just a learning safety system.
Many things have changed for the better but some things still happen. A few years ago an Air Canada jet almost landed on the taxi way at San Francisco where there were four planes waiting to take off. He came within I think it was 14 feet from missing the tail of one plane. That would have been the worst disaster in US history had there been such a crash..
I hope Robin has forgiven herself.
It boils down to Greed by the Airlines Worldwide!! People are just a number!! Forget the safety of the passengers!! Unbelievable!!!
Here it is 2023 and the Airline industry has not given any thought to camera systems in the cockpit, landing gear and every other critical gear, to be recorded into the black box and for a crew member to monitor throughout the flight. A final safety engineer as part of the crew that verifies all settings from the cockpit, and visually confirms functionality of all critical control gear, from a location that would be most logical.
Yes it would be an extra expense but who's families lives are not worth it?
These are supposed to be professional aircraft engineering companies, but can't think beyond yester year!
The cameras could even be monitored from the ground as needed.
In 1986 i was on a plane landing at Dallas/Fortworth. We could see the cracks in the runway. All of a sudden, the plane was dull throttle and we were climbing. Our plane had been guiding onto a runway with a departing plane. It was mid day, thank God our pilot saw the other plane and had time to abort
I simply don’t think it was Robin’s fault…. If people in those towers complained and sounds like repeatedly about overstaffing and faulty equipment and systems issues… who WASN'T listening to those people who are directly responsible for the passenger’s safety??? Of course it’s all not an easy situation but a system needs to be in place so that one person’s CAN’T make a mistake that causes hundreds of deaths. Also business's of all kinds try to save money, and that is obviously part of the equation. Rest easy Robin…. All is meant to be…. Perhaps that accident saved another much worse from happening.
The guilt of surviving must be horrible in a case like this
This accident was just the tragic result of a perfect storm of failures. Robin shouldn't have been held responsible for this accident, but it's obvious she'll have to live with the guilt for the rest of her life. This was simply not her fault, but it finished her career.
I have no fear of flying but I'm terrified of airports.
I remember flying out of LAX very early the morning after the runway collision. Because I didn't know what to expect at the airport, I arrived there just a few hours after the collision occurred. Fortunately, traffic getting to the airport was light, and, as I recall, our flight was not impacted, and we left on time, or very close to it. Needless to say, it was a little bit unsettling to have this occur at LAX just hours before I was flying out of there, but what are the odds of it happening again so soon? I figured the odds were against something like that occurring again within several hours.
Wow that had to be really unsettling indeed. I've lived in the LAX area most of my life, and once while flying home in June 1990 with my 2-yr-old, we had an interesting event. Upon approach the LAX control tower was doubtful that our nose landing gear was deployed. So instead of landing we had to fly higher out over the ocean and then come back in while the ATC checked our nose gear. Everybody was quiet while this happened. Thankfully it was deployed and we landed.
Few seconds in seeing Robin having to lean over and squint, it was easy to understand exactly the issues before it unfolded. Really harsh to put it on her shoulders when so much was piling against her to helping navigate the air traffic, from not being able to see properly, getting distracted, faulty equipment, poor excuse of a tower, overloaded, etc. I'd personally put the blame on LAX for not properly managing one of the business airport not just in the US, but one of the busier ones internationally.
You know this is a reenactment right
This is truly sad, though I think the smaller plane's passengers were lucky, because most likely they died on impact they didn't know what hit them. It's a cruel thing to say I know, but it's the truth unfortunatelyl..
I frequently fly in and out of LAX. Thank goodness so far there's been no disaster.
The latest runway collision at LAX was only about eight weeks ago.
But if she's in doubt of whatever was blocking her sight, or for whatever reasons, don't do the call yet.
You know it's hard when someone who KNOWS they're supposed to find something there and can't find it.
Okay, I have another question: why are we still using progress strips? Why aren’t they using a computer screen? It’s clear we had the technology even then, so why keep using the strips?
My wife worked there at the time. The two planes remained in place for a day or more.
The businessman-passenger seen crawling away on his hands and knees from the burning crash died as the eleventh-richest man in the world in 2019. Barbara Walters discussed this crash with him in an interview in 2014. During his lifetime, he contributed more than $1.295 billion to medical research, education, arts, and public policy.
when he died, he was worth over 42 billion dollars. and people talk about his philanthropy! gimme a break. that man was as crooked as they come. He funded the political movements which gave us the Tea Party movement and the far right wing which is still causing havoc in this country and has caused us to lose the respect of the educated world. this man was EVIL!
I Disagree and hate the man for his political contributions and his part in the declining political discourse, but I'm glad he managed to survive the crash and lived a long and good life.
He also ran a ruthless pharmaceutical business with his brother
Wow, that's some great info, mule lp. I didn't hear about that at the time. Is that the same guy that was regretting that he didn't help more people?
@@MrBsbotto Yeah, same guy. He donated over a billion dollars' to cancer research and other things over the rest of his lift and attributed his philanthropy to an awaking he experienced as a result of surviving this plane crash
I try to avoid flying at night,but for long haul international, it's impossible. But you can get dusk and dawn on each end sometimes.
love the little bit of video that plays in between all the ads
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God Bless all involved. We’re it not for this accident air travel may still be without the safety measures. Like so many safety improvements brought on by accidents. Bless you all.
Between this incident and the DC-10 record I’m only left standing thinking the one biggest killer of pilots and passengers is capitalism.
Efficiency is not always the answer .
Profit motives certainly contribute and that’s why we are supposed to have systems that disincentivize behaviors that save money at the cost of safety. It’s not a problem unique to capitalism though, just look at the abysmal safety record of civil aviation in the USSR.
Have you ever flown Aeroflot??? Capitalism is not the problem.