Helicopter Terrifyingly Sinks in Middle of the Atlantic 🚁 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
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- Опубликовано: 30 дек 2020
- March 12, 2009: A gearbox oil pressure problem causes Cougar Flight 91 to ditch into the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles from land. The passengers and crew find themselves trapped inside a sinking helicopter.
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Did the animations just improve a ton?
yea most of the new ones for season 15 seem to better than before.
That sea surface looks amazing.
@@DavidCurryFilms looks like the 3090s are finally instock
@@kilmentvoroshilov2827 LOL they must be lucky.
Or they just found a cool free 3d asset of the Heli xD
Absolute disaster: had this vehicle even been able to FLOAT when it crashed, we might have lost fewer people. (NOTE: a flotation system was on board, and apparently activated, but did not work.)
The system can really only work if the helicopter loses it’s rotor at 200 feet. Any higher and the landing is too viscious.
@@JNDlego57 What you said makes absolutely no sense. Simply not true.
@@cepaasch Obviosuly you are not educated on the matter. Sikorski’s manual for this helicopter says that the helicopter needs to be at 200 feet for the air flowing through the rotor blades to slow the helicopter down enough to glide into the water and for the floatation system to work. The pilots were at 1,000 feet when they lost control of the aircraft. This is way too high for a controlled ditching into the ocean. The helicopter hit the water with such force and on it’s side that any floatation system would have never worked. The system can only work if it survives the intial impact with the water.
@@JNDlego57 Dw i trust you over a guy called Chris Paasch
the system probably would have done its job, but it can only work if the system isnt utterly crushed on impact.
Definitely going flying after this
@@TheWondrousMinds no
@@TheWondrousMinds probably not,cheap way to promote.
Imagine me who studies to become a professional pilot
Ikrrr
👍
"They're all dead, only one survivor."
*happy jingle, "it's brighter here"*
I know, that jingle was horribly placed.
Didn't sound like a happy tune to me.
We know. This is kinda just the Smithsonian channel's thing? At least they offer sobering details of the investigations.
Date: 12/3/2009.
Survivors: 1.
Deaths: 17.
Flight: Cougar Flight 91
they be like '17 people are dead' and then ten seconds later play that lil Smithsonian jingle lol
Smithsonian: Horrific Aviation Story
Also Smithsonian: cOptEr 🚁 HeLi
Finally someone is talking about it
you do realize this is not smithsonian's show right? and also, the people that made the show already made a heli episode.
I wish this was a longer video. I’d like to know how that one person survived the crash!
He jumped out before it hits the water
At the inquiry he testified that he did not remember how he got out of the chopper after impact, not surprising given the trauma. I've traveled offshore in this area so here's a bit more info. The windows of the S92 are removable and we're trained to exit that way, also the survival suits we wear will float you to the surface so thats the most likely answer, he was badly injured though.
As you could tell, the waters there were frigid and cold water can steal your breath away. Neither pilot or any of the dead passengers had experienced with cold water so they weren't able to react properly to the onrush of freezing water. The one who survived often dived in Alaska's waters while fishing so he had plenty of experience. The person who survived was able to deal with the cold water and swam out and to the surface.
Helicopter companies are required to train their passengers and employees on how to survive a water crash, but they didn't train anyone on cold water crashes.
@@elliotchen7706 Not entirely true, but my comment wasn't completely accurate either. I reviewed the testimony from the survivor and he did remember more than I recalled about the reports. He did use his sailing experience to know how to react in water but he did also receive helicopter escape training prior to working offshore as we all do. Cold water survival is part of that weeklong course as well as escape training using a simulator. In addition, the survival suits worn by all persons onboard are waterproof and heavily insulated with only the face exposed to the cold water.
The final report from the inquiry noted that autopsy results on the victims showed major trauma injuries that coupled with the helicopter rolling on it's side and sinking after impact meant that the chances to escape were virtually nil.
@@elliotchen7706 they do though, all passengers and crew are required to dawn survival suits and even before they are hired by the oil companies to work offshore they have to pass a safety course and test which literally involves jumping off a boat into the ocean.
These are so addicting.
They're teasers for the "Air Crash Investigation" Series.
This is season 20, episode 7 "Atlantic Ditching"
So is crashing Helos
Sikorsky has a whole video on how this helicopter went down what they're doing to prevent it.
After attempt cover ups and pointing fingers. Haha
Do you have the link to that, please?
Actually it wasn't about this crash but a similar crash of a Eurocopter Super Puma where the main gearbox failed and the rotor separated from the engine while carrying oilworkers in Norway ruclips.net/video/0ZbTN6pM2SE/видео.html
@@Hagmire Thanks for the link, that video is pretty cool.
@@Hagmire yeah but that super puma was able to make a controlled ditching and everyone managed to get off
Co-Pilot: 3 weeks off I'd get bored.
Heli: 3 weeks off I'd have flight problems.
tbh im scared of being in a helicopter now
@@TheWondrousMinds no
My father flies AW-189s offshore to the North Sea, he has flown 30 years and has had only a few accidents none resulting in major problems just hiccups, helicopters are really safe and the oil and gas sector have pumped millions into safety, it’s mandatory to every year complete a safety course of an accidental ditch in a swimming pool on land. You shouldn’t be.
TBH im not
It's a wise thing to be scared of. While still safer than light aircraft there's a big gap between accidents where nobody dies and accidents where everyone dies, if it goes wrong it goes badly wrong.
@@sebbers Fixed >>>> rotary
So sad to see this. Lost a friend of mine in a helicopter crash in 1976. He was in a Bell 47 LAPD that went down near Griffith Park in LA. May all of these people rest in peace.
I literally went thru this in real life, in a MH53 while in the US Navy! Exact same issue MGB failure as well (no power reaching the Rotors from the 3 T64 Jet Engines) but we got lucky and were already close to the water when it happened. Thanks to the Helo dunker training amongst others everyone Survived the Ditch. This Episode did a great job describing how it all unfolds.
The helicopter emoji on the title reduced my horrifying to 80% of watching this as a kid and dreaming of a pilot...
Happy New Year Smithsonian Channel.
Sorry to see the loss of life on this one. Grew up in south Louisiana and worked off-shore during Summer breaks from college. Fondly remember the flights on Hueys and S-76s but often thought about a "What-if?" ditching in the Gulf!
I would later have Emergency Egress Training in Naval ROTC but in the "Dilbert Dunker" designed for aircraft egress.
There was a helo E E.T. on base in Pensacola that simulated helicopter ditchings. The pool was MUCH deeper and the simulator could roll over to the left or right and then sink. For helo pilots and crews, they had to show they could master the egress technique at least twice with blind-folds on and from both the cockpit and cabin areas. I understand there were many kicks to the face of those in the cabin trying to get out!
I THINK they started training some off-shore personnel in the techniques later on. It is a life-saver!
"WARDOG"
“I don’t know what’s worse”. Famous last words
God bless all of you and your family and friends.
My brother in law ditched a well paying job as an electrician at a wind turbine site because it was located at an altitude of 6000 fit and accessible only via helicopter.
God bless everyone on flight, Prayers
I worked that day, we dealt with the onslaught of search and rescue Cormorants and C130's, after they raised her from the seabed they had the wreck in one of the hangers back at the airport in St. John's, she was a tragic sight to see in person up close.
That's the difference between planes and helicopters: If a plane's engines fail, you're a glider in mid-air. If a helicopter's engines fail, you're a safe in mid-air.
I’ve been watching Air Disasters for awhile now....and to be honest, I’m not sure I can fly anymore. I think I’d have a panic attack. As I’ve gotten older I’ve started to freak out about huge roller coasters too, I feel like I’m about to fly out of the seat. Major anxiety.
VALIUM!
you realize how rare these are right
If this shit was common we wouldn't be making documentaries about them
I'm the complete opposite, the more I watch these, makes me love flying
To sum up what happened. This happened on March 9th 2009. Basically a known (to helicopter company) defective stud in the gearbox oil filter assembly broke and was leaking out oil in flight but was given false reading, pilot error lead to the crash. The only survivor escaped the sinking wreckage about 30 feet down because the side he was sitting on was titled upwards so making escape possible. I think from crash to rescue was roughly two hours.
Possibility!
I love aviation
Same
Me too
Same here, plus I’m interested in it too
me too
Same
Flew in a lot of S92s in the Middle East, a couple of them made emergency landings. WOW!
Happy New Year!
Please release a full episode.
Very high risky job .. highly respect to the Pilots 🙏🚁🚁🙏
Who has done the voice over for this? And who is the sound guy?
I think the voice over, actor voices, background score overall all the sounds are great.
2:33 "Oh hell!" 😂
Im addicted to this
Who is the lucky survivor? Was he came out of helicopter and swam across Atlantic to St John. Very impressive 👍👍👍👍
Well it was hardly gunna sink leaving a smile on everyone's face and yelling "YAY LETS DO IT AGAIN...."
I think I know why people like these little cliffhangers so much: they almost all have that same way-too-happy ending for their type and people just wanna see how messed up it is in some context.
That and I guess since this is legitimately interesting...
18 MINUTES AGO?!?!?
also,
HAPPY NEW YEARRRR!!!
Tomorrow is new year
@@renjithanoble8103 it's already 1:40 am in the Philippines here
I am from India it's 11:26 pm
@@renjithanoble8103 Oh ok 😅
@@imnotvladimirputin here it is 22:06, we still live in 31.12
i know who's that one survival
ofcourse
Camera-Man 📷
True
Hahaha well you got us there
Watching this on new year's Eve 😁😁 Awesome
its awsome seeing 17 people died right
its not amazing
Yeah these smithsonian short clips are more frustrating than informative
Bummer.
3:05 You must have a very messed up sense of humour to send the same helicopter to transport the survivor
This is why the ASTC is so important. If you're going to fly a helicopter or fly in one as a passenger regularly that will be over water it should be required to take that training
Where we can get full episodes
Happy new year
This was not a controlled ditching, but a hard crash (landing) onto the surface!
This incident revealed numerous anomalies with the MGB and the RFM.
But..as i understand: the emergency checklist for that case recommended an emidiate " ditching" or " landing....why did the PIC not follow that specification to land " emidiate" ?...
Happy New year 💘🎈
Where is the rest of the documentary?
Will have to go that deep for the answer
Good job
These videos are so interesting but it sucks that it takes people dying or getting hurt for me to be interested.
How does landing gear oil pump failure lead to this crash?
While there was one survivor, two people managed to get out of the helicopter when it was sinking.
I feel bad for the guy that died after getting out of the heli
Do you know why the second person didn’t make it?
@@Queenmarie88 and the second person was a woman not a man
Once the main gearbox warning came on, they didn't stand a chance. It went down in 11 minutes but nearest land to them at the time was 30 minutes away.
Sick
It's so ironic when the first officer says that it's boring he gets something to do😂
not trying to be a smart ass,but theres alot of mistakes in these episodes,like in this one,the first officer is supposed to be in the left seat,not right
@@camilajimenez480 thats what i said...
@@aviatorboss9978 they did put him there.
@@aviatorboss9978 That wasn't a mistake, it was exactly what happened in the incident
@@aviatorboss9978 No in these helicopters the captain sits on the right the copilot sits on the left. Altho their ages were a little opposite as well - the captain was 34, the first officer was 47. The Captain was a native of St. John’s, NFL, while the first officer was from Comox, BC. It did not say which one of them had more flight hours.
Wow camera crew survived
*The camera crew are indestructible*
I had a cougar in 91.
Airplane crashes are "safer" than helicopter crashes
In the intro it shows two pilots with oxygen mask on. Anyone know what episode that is?
A doomed aircraft is left to fly until it runs out of fuel. That is the episode
Odd there was only one survivor he must have been the only one conscience after impact & managed to get out before it sank.
I remember seeing this documentary
Could you please brief it?
@@himanshunarayan2705 I don't remember what exactly happened because Idk much about helicopters. What I remember is that there was an oil leak in the gearbox which failed the engines
Me too
How did one person make it?
I dont think I'm gonna fly anywhere now!!!!
Its even worse now 5 weeks off damn its boring at shore
We want another complete documentry for one survivor
The cause of the crash also from gearbox pressure the tail rotor from the back of the s92 helicopter stopped working causing the helicopter to ditch into the Atlantic
Rip😞😞😞
Never been inside an helicopter and I don't think I ever will thanks to this video
The chances of dying in a helicopter crash are lower than dying in a car crash.
@@michaelmyers1875 ok but you’re far less likely to die in a plane crash cuz planes have room for failure.
@@michaelmyers1875
Isn't this research limited to commercial dreamliners, and not helicopters..?
@@CrazyDash9 yes that's true, planes are very safe and pilots are trained for anything that can get out of control.
@@mukasajonathan2824 well yes, planes are fat better and safer than hellicopters, but a helicopter crash chance is still very low.
According to www.tsb.gc.ca report from 12MAR09, determined “main gearbox malfunction, collision with water,”. Seventeen perished and one survived. Sikoorsky’s US division settled lawsuits out of court.
554' on the Ocean floor.. Well lets go get it...
That passanger suite just like a covin bag, maybe im wrong
What? Try that again buddy.
Hi
Even Tboiset opito training didn’t save them…
How tragic. don't helicopters have any flotation?
Oil pressure problems and they still decide to fly at normal altitude in a helicopter that can fly just above sea level using visual
The tail rotor is the problem
*NICELY FILMED*
When was this
Read description
3 bloody studs.
Helicopter wont sink that quick!
I don't know if removing seatbelts could have given them a chance to survive
intresting who was the survivor.
Robert Decker was the survivor
Does anyone know what ended up happening?
I believe it was a bolt on oil pressure sensor came loose so basically it leaked out during flight; Been few months since I saw espiode
Incorrect hardware was used to secure a filter housing resulting in failure of the mounting studs causing oil loss.
The problem with a helicopter is that it has no wings which mean when the engine fails it will fall like a rock.
That's not true. There is a thing called "autorotation", which enables helicopters to perform a safe landing/ditching in the event of total loss of engine power.
@@gjens4a108 I actually had a Robinson R22 practicing autorotation/engine failure while I was doing pattern work today.
Even Chopters crashes are horrible
Chopper
Who survived
One survivor? How?
He was able to escape from sinking wreckage; The side he was sitting on was titled upwards so he got out of a window or something at depth of 30 feet, think rescued about roughly 2 hours later.
@@Ro6entX geez out at 30 feet.... Guy is lucky to be alive. Crazy. Ty for the update.
What is with reuploads lately
oops
Fixed wing gang better!
Indeed
+1
Why do they end these videos with no resolution? I watched another video from this channel that did the same thing 🤔 seems more click bait. RIP to those lost.
You have to pay for the full episode
@@tarunbasra8230 ah, thanks
Do the helicopter crash is sinking on the water and then now crew and pilot passengers are died and only on live
im just waiting until the next life to fly
All due to the titanium bolts and steel nuts on the oil filter...
These control room ppl can't give solutions to point but Dy need all d demonstrated by wireless itself now d result s few aviation industries are damn halaroius 😠
it makes no sense to fly a helicopter over the open ocean. Especially to get workers to a oil rig. A naval craft is much safer.
Can someone please explain what the purpose of the brace position is? It adds absolutely nothing to safety
The point is it does but your comment made me laugh thx🤣
The military train extensively to survive ditchings.
They weren't military, they were civilian oil rig workers.
the 1 surviver is again the camera man