Boeing 747 Breaks Up Just After Takeoff | Falling Apart Over New York (With Real Audio)

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2022
  • A Boeing 747 operating as TWA Flight 800 takes off from New York JFK Airport on a routine flight to Paris, France. However, 12 minutes after liftoff, the aircraft explodes in mid-air and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York. Find out what really happened.
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  • @theflightchannel
    @theflightchannel  Год назад +2884

    Here’s the story of TWA flight 800, one of the saddest 747 crash in aviation’s history. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones on board N93119. ❤

    • @chromebomb
      @chromebomb Год назад +56

      your videos are great thank you

    • @rogerhargreaves2272
      @rogerhargreaves2272 Год назад +69

      So sad. 😞❤️

    • @jasC1933
      @jasC1933 Год назад +26

      Thanks for yr great channels which indeed is resourceful. 👍

    • @paulbovis1277
      @paulbovis1277 Год назад +37

      This was one of the first conspiracies that really became a thing online.

    • @zakariyahalansori9267
      @zakariyahalansori9267 Год назад +21

      Could you make JAL Flight 123?

  • @katsigal
    @katsigal Год назад +5059

    My best friend, Jamie Silverman, 15, was on the plane with her family. I have suffered emotional anguish every day since the accident. It never goes away.

    • @beadbird
      @beadbird Год назад +478

      So very sorry for the loss of your friend and her family. May everyone on that flight rest in peace.

    • @gertjanvandermeij4265
      @gertjanvandermeij4265 Год назад +41

      @@beadbird More like rest in pieces !

    • @p0llenp0ny
      @p0llenp0ny Год назад +433

      @@gertjanvandermeij4265 Don't cut yourself on that edge.

    • @lindaschultz1000
      @lindaschultz1000 Год назад +181

      Please do as I say, ask God to heal your broken heart and He will. God healed mine in 2008.

    • @Kevinacharles
      @Kevinacharles Год назад +344

      @@gertjanvandermeij4265 somebody's desperate for attention.

  • @sparklesunshine
    @sparklesunshine Год назад +1949

    My high school teacher was on that flight. She was so excited for this trip to Paris. It breaks my heart that she died in this manner. I will never forget her.

    • @joannaw3280
      @joannaw3280 10 месяцев назад +77

      So sorry for your loss, this is so sad😟

    • @deborahanderson6546
      @deborahanderson6546 10 месяцев назад +52

      So Sorry. 😢😮😱 That's Terrible. Lord have mercy.

    • @User-jr7vf
      @User-jr7vf 10 месяцев назад +48

      I wonder if the pilots tried to save the flight, not knowing that the nose had been separated from the rest of the airplane. I wonder if any of the passengers knew what had just happened to them as they climbed upwards before started falling back down.

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke 9 месяцев назад +21

      My condolences. 😢💔

    • @lardy70s
      @lardy70s 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@User-jr7vfare you stupid?. The cabin broke off with the pilots inside!. They were spinning uncontrollably towards the sea. What were they going to do?. As for the passengers, I'm sure that the fireball cemented their fate. There's always one idiotic comment on here.

  • @PRR5406
    @PRR5406 8 месяцев назад +117

    I am certain the passenger lost consciousness as soon as the hull broke. We can only hope nobody experienced the fire and impact.

    • @kimberlybeth
      @kimberlybeth Месяц назад +8

      Content warning:
      I have watched several videos that made educated guesses on the impact of the passengers. The pilots most likely died instantly and the passengers of the front half have the plane (of the part that wasn’t the nose) were most likely decapitated.

    • @robh7671
      @robh7671 Месяц назад

      Was this one with kids on board Just ring a bell on this very sad anyway.

    • @michaelrocky4571
      @michaelrocky4571 19 дней назад

      I never saw them mention how many were onboard.

    • @FontaineDerby
      @FontaineDerby 14 дней назад +3

      ​@michaelrocky4571 At 5:42 it reads 212 passengers and 14 crew.

    • @MarissaNye
      @MarissaNye 5 дней назад

      @@robh7671yes a high school French club from Pennsylvania.

  • @Flygirl108
    @Flygirl108 10 месяцев назад +293

    I knew and flew with that entire crew
    I had flown with the Captain not long before 😢❤️✈️
    I will never get over losing my colleagues and all of the passengers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @daryltalley8242
      @daryltalley8242 3 месяца назад +7

      Prayers for All. 🙏

    • @lsimon343
      @lsimon343 2 месяца назад

      Prove it

    • @cgordon1386
      @cgordon1386 2 месяца назад +4

      There are no words to describe this heart breaking loss of life, hugs.

    • @chrisnstar
      @chrisnstar 2 месяца назад +7

      I'm sorry for your loss and the whole TWA family. My dad was a TWA captain. He started with them in 1954 and stayed until they were swallowed up by American. My dad was George Anton. Did you know him?

    • @edith4189
      @edith4189 2 месяца назад

      🧢🧢🧢🧢

  • @rjthedetective
    @rjthedetective Год назад +2053

    What really gets me about this crash is how you can hear the other pilots in the area rallying together and doing their utmost to give information to the ATC. Truly professional. While they were sadly unable to save any lives that day, they still did their best in making sure the wreckage was located as quickly as possible. And that "God bless him" from what I presume to be the Eastern pilot was just heartbreaking. Can't help but hear the defeat in the poor guy's voice, even if there was nothing more he could do.

    • @piotrszkudlarek106
      @piotrszkudlarek106 Год назад +41

      nothing more to add

    • @houstonbalaji4768
      @houstonbalaji4768 Год назад +71

      Beautifully expressed. It was another sad moment in the event.

    • @twilightpurpleglow
      @twilightpurpleglow Год назад +76

      I was left speechless! what a tragic event and to hear the pilot from the other aircraft say "God Bless him" broke my heart 💔 as this was for real. RIP all 230 souls.

    • @stevenstair1068
      @stevenstair1068 Год назад +21

      I agree my friend...

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 Год назад +30

      Indeed...I agree. So sad the loss of life and I'm sure the other pilots empathize and agonized over seeing that crash.

  • @lostvictims9769
    @lostvictims9769 Год назад +4202

    In remembrance:
    Captain Ralph George Kevorkian, 58
    First Officer Steven Edward Snyder, 57
    Flight Engineer Richard Gordon Campbell, 63
    Flight Engineer Oliver Krick, 25
    Flight Attendant Dan J. Callas, 22
    Flight Attendant Jacques Charbonnier, 65
    Flight Attendant Constance B. Charbonnier, 49
    Flight Attendant Janet Louise Wolf Christopher, 47
    Flight Attendant Debra Collins DiLuccio, 47
    Flight Attendant Arlene Ellen Johnsen, 60
    Flight Attendant Raymond A. Lang, 51
    Flight Attendant Maureen Lockhart, 49
    Flight Attendant Sandra Jean Meade, 42
    Flight Attendant Grace Melotin, 48
    Flight Attendant Marit E. Rhoads, 48
    Flight Attendant Mike Schuldt, 51
    Flight Attendant Melinda Diane Wright Torche, 46
    Flight Attendant Jill Ziemkiewicz, 24
    Sandra Aikens-Bellamy, 49
    Jessica Aikey, 17
    Christian Alex
    Matthew Alexander, 20
    Otis Lamar Allen, 49
    Ashton Lamar Allen, 16
    Svein Amlund
    Jule “Jay” Edward Anderson, 49
    Patricia Ann Marion Anderson, 41
    Seana Anderson, 27
    David Alfred Babb, 13
    Daniel Baszczewski, 18
    Charles R. Beatty, 49
    Myriam Bellazoug, 30
    Arthur Benjamin, 58
    Joan Evelyn Bauer Benjamin, 56
    Line Berthe
    Maurice Berthe
    Nicolas Bluestone, 18
    Michelle Bohlin, 15
    Luc Yvon Bossuyt, 52
    Leonie Bouhs
    Jordan Michael Bower, 17
    Rosemary Braman-Mosberg, 47
    Michel Breistroff, 25
    Edwin B. Brooks Sr., 82
    Ruth D. Brooks, 79
    Mirko Buttaroni, 26
    Monica Omiccioli Buttaroni, 23
    Anthony Caillaud
    Daniel Caillaud
    Joseph Arthur “Jay” Carven, 9
    Paula Ann Carven, 42
    Jacques Cayrol
    Jenny Chaillou
    Ludovic Chanson, 12
    Monique Chemtob
    Constance Coiner, 48
    Ana Duarte Coiner, 12
    Monica Eileen Cox, 16
    Pamela Lee Crandell, 29
    Daniel Creamades
    Marcel Dadi, 44
    Anna D' Alessandro
    Francois Darley
    Cybele Deboisredon
    Sylvain Delange, 35
    Judith Delouvrier, 48
    Dominiques D’Huimieres
    Deborah Ann Lorson Dickey, 41
    Douglas Clair Dickey, 47
    Christine Bailey D'Iorio
    Peitro D'Iorio
    Warren Dodge, 47
    Guy Dupont
    Larkyn Dwyer, 11
    Daryl K. Edwards, 41
    Marie Ellison, 67
    Clara Jean Ersoz, 59
    Namik Ersoz, 63
    Douglas Alan Eshleman, 35
    Alexandre Estival
    Dierdre Mairead Feeney, 16
    Vera Feeney, 52, Kilmore
    Mohammed Samir Ferrat
    Richard “Rod” Foster, 61
    Didier Foulon
    Carol Ann Schelb Fry, 54
    Rosaria Pares Furlano
    Daniel Gabor, 27
    Daniel Gaetke, 32
    Stephanie Lynn Thomas Gaetke, 32
    Claire Aldona Gallagher, 15
    Jean Paul Galland
    Clair Gasq
    Francis Gasq
    Donald Ellis Gough, 56
    Steven K. Graham, 39
    Charles Henry Gray III, 47
    Renee Greene
    Donna Griffith, 36
    Joanne S. Griffith, 39
    Julia Danielle Grimm, 15
    Cyril Grivet
    Anne Gustin
    Beverly Hammer, 58
    Tracy Anne Hammer, 28
    Lars Hansen
    Eric Harkness, 23
    Lawrence Harris
    Ghassan Haurani, 50
    Nina Haurani, 53
    Sandra Hazelton
    Rance Hettler, 18
    Susan Hill, 44
    Jean-Pierre Hochard
    David Hogan, 47
    Virginia Pelaez Holst, 31
    Eric B. Holst, 32
    James Hull, 45
    James H. Hurd III, 29
    Lonnie Ingenhuett, 43
    Benoit Jacquemot
    Susanne Jensen, 31
    Courtney Johns, 18
    Eleanor Johnson, 50
    Jed Johnson, 47
    Leonard Johnson, 53
    Romana Jones, 64
    Amanda Marie Karschner, 17
    Margot Krikhan, 51
    Andrew Krukar, 40
    Barbara Kwan, 40
    Patricia Kwiat, 20
    Kimberly Kwiat, 26
    Jane Elizabeth Reardon Labys, 52
    Antoine Lacailledesse
    Alain LaForge
    Yvon Lamour
    Ana Leim
    Elaine K. Loffredo, 50
    Jody Lee Loudenslager, 17
    Britta Lohan
    Patricia S. Y. Loo, 55
    Dalila Lucien, 17
    Elias Luevano, 42
    Katherine Elizabeth “Katie” Lychner, 8
    Pamela Rogers Lychner, 37
    Shannon Evian Lychner, 10
    Francois Manchuelle, 43
    Etienne Maresq
    Nicolas Maresq
    Betty Ruth Martin, 69
    Salvator Mazzola, 36
    Pamela Cobb McPherson, 45
    Giuseppe Mercurio, 26
    Rodolphe Mérieux, 27
    Avishaim Meshulam, 32
    Pascal Michel
    Amy Carole Siekerman Miller, 29
    Elizabeth Miller, 50
    Gideon Beiler Miller, 57
    Joan Williams Miller, 60
    Kyle Miller, 29
    Robert Miller, 62
    Angela Jean Murta, 53
    Alecia Carlos Nelson, 45
    Twyla Nelson, 8
    Cheryl Nibert, 17
    Gadi Notes, 29
    Caitlin Marie O'Hara
    Janet O'Hara, 39
    John O'Hara, 39
    Rebecca Jane Olsen, 20
    Alan Orman, 49
    Elsie Ostachiewicz, 49
    Chelsie Ostachiewicz, 8
    Huguette Paquet
    Ingrid Paquet
    Serge Pares, 29
    Judy Ellen Penzer, 48
    Marion Ott Percy, 77
    Dennis Price, 49
    Peggy Price, 49
    Brenda Kay Graham Privette, 46
    Rico Puhlmann, 62
    Elizabeth Puichaud
    Jacqueline Remy
    Clyde Kirk Rhein Jr., 43
    Scott Rhoads, 48
    Brent Richey, 26
    Annelyse Richter
    Noemie Richter
    Celine Rio
    Kimberly Rogers, 17
    Yonaton Michael Rojany, 19
    Barbara Romagna, 76
    Katrina M. Rose, 26
    Judith Kathryn Rissel Rupert, 53
    Barbara Scott, 39
    Joseph Scott, 13
    Michael Scott, 44
    Michelle Seaman, 19
    Anna Maria Shorter, 47
    Brenna Rae Siebert, 25
    Chrisha Louise Siebert, 28
    Candace Silverman, 22
    Etta Silverman, 53
    Eugene Silverman, 54
    Jamie Silverman
    Olivia Simmons, 50
    Kristina Skjold
    William R Story, 51
    Carnie Straus
    Lydie Teang
    Rachama-Chan Teang
    Josette Thiery
    Mauro Tofani, 46
    Larissa Uzupis, 15
    Lois Rose VanEpps, 58
    Rick L Verhaeghe, 48
    Lani Warren, 48
    Jacqueline Alexis Watson, 18
    Jill VictoriaWatson, 32
    Thomas Ralph Weatherby III, 13
    Monica Michelle Weaver, 16
    Ruben Windmiller, 66
    Eleanor Veronica Manganiello Wolfson, 51
    Wendy Yvonne Wolfson, 16
    Bonnie Wolters, 44
    Judith Yee, 53
    Jean-Jacque Zara, 59

    • @robynlea6950
      @robynlea6950 Год назад +380

      Very thoughtful, for your part.

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 Год назад +517

      This is the terrible thing about plane crashes. There are usually couples, brothers and sisters, entire families simply wiped out. And the ages have a wide range. Here the oldest is 82, while there are three 8 year olds. Truly tragic.
      Thank you for writing out this list.

    • @gabrielleDC10
      @gabrielleDC10 Год назад +114

      Thank you🙏

    • @KristinaMay2109
      @KristinaMay2109 Год назад +178

      May they all rest in peace🙏

    • @gustavoc6812
      @gustavoc6812 Год назад +92

      Jed Johnson was Andy Warhol's boyfriend.

  • @mattsoreng3066
    @mattsoreng3066 10 месяцев назад +192

    This is absolutely one of my worst fears and it’s only gotten worse the older I get. My heart goes out to everyone on that plane, their family and friends. We can only hope that all passengers were knocked unconscious after the initial break up. Just talking about this has my heart rate through the roof.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 10 месяцев назад

      Why

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 8 месяцев назад +1

      💔

    • @unknownportalband
      @unknownportalband 7 месяцев назад +38

      ​@@l21n18because despite the fact that air is statistically the safest form of travel, when something goes majorly wrong, the horror experienced can be the most extreme form of horror. Even if surviving.

    • @greenergs4790
      @greenergs4790 5 месяцев назад +31

      Me too. As a child it was like a neat ride. As an adult I hate it and it only gets worse.

    • @mattsoreng3066
      @mattsoreng3066 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@unknownportalband Exactly

  • @patriciamccormick9321
    @patriciamccormick9321 Год назад +129

    I remember this day so clearly as I lived in the area and know someone who lost a relative. Watching this animation was gut wrenching. God bless all those lost.

    • @Barefoot433
      @Barefoot433 8 месяцев назад +3

      I have to say God rest and bless the innocent, and damn the incompetent and complicit, because I see this as totally avoidable by an airline in its decline. And I love TWA historically. But right is right.

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 8 месяцев назад

      💔

    • @ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
      @ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@Barefoot433 there is no god stop believing in fairytales

    • @ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
      @ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 7 месяцев назад +3

      there is no god stop believing in fairytales

    • @Americankid465
      @Americankid465 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIthat's what you believe lol
      And if thats the case then who created the big bang lol😂

  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike4150 Год назад +2955

    In 1988, my future wife was a 20 year old student who'd missed her flight out of Europe for home. That flight happened to be the Lockerbie 747. Whenever I see anything that has to do with aircraft disaster, I think about how blind fortune allowed me to marry a wonderful woman and have two amazing young men as sons. And my heart aches for those who perished.

    • @surindersingh724
      @surindersingh724 Год назад +233

      Sorry, I can't help myself. But you are a grown man with grown men for sons and THAT'S your RUclips name?

    • @margaretgill4330
      @margaretgill4330 Год назад +132

      @@surindersingh724 😂😂I had to take another look at his user name......

    • @moistmike4150
      @moistmike4150 Год назад +1

      @@surindersingh724 Indeed. I am Mike and I'm extremely moist - Never ferget!

    • @louis-philippelavoie6929
      @louis-philippelavoie6929 Год назад +68

      Grown and moist, I like it

    • @MarkJoseph81
      @MarkJoseph81 Год назад +66

      Blind fortune? God's will.

  • @harveytyler4869
    @harveytyler4869 Год назад +1825

    This is a absolute true story, I was leaving for basic in the Army and had a layover on this exact day, of course my flight was delayed, I walked right by TWA ticket counter and lounge area and saw everyone of these people getting ready to board, I left about half hour later only to learn the sad truth, wow I can still see there faces,there was a mom with two daughters there I’ll never forget them I don’t know why that family sticks in my mind but knowing how they suffered, Jesus I couldn’t imagine today losing my sons that way and my wife, I pray for the families everyday, again a great video

    • @marklundeberg7006
      @marklundeberg7006 Год назад +44

      Pam Lychner and her two daughters?

    • @harveytyler4869
      @harveytyler4869 Год назад +90

      Both precious little girls had blond hair, mom was absolutely beautiful, that’s why I remember them, such a beautiful family

    • @harveytyler4869
      @harveytyler4869 Год назад +18

      Was that them I’ve watched documentaries but could never be certain

    • @carewser
      @carewser Год назад +38

      I'm sure everybody died very quickly given how the fire went right through the plane so I expect everyone was dead long before the plane impacted

    • @jenb6910
      @jenb6910 Год назад +26

      I'm so sorry 😞 I can imagine that is very hard to this day. Their souls, I'm sure, thank you for thinking of them still ❤️

  • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
    @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Месяц назад +4

    My neighbor was a Coast Guardsman in command of a motor whaleboat who responded to this crash. He wasn't given any details about it, and thought it was a light aircraft he was headed for. Then he spotted flames on the surface of the sea. Getting closer, suddenly he could see passengers, still attached to their seats, floating to the surface. They tried to pull people aboard but could see there was no hope.

  • @user-vg1ni9wl5d
    @user-vg1ni9wl5d 4 месяца назад +26

    I am retired now. However, I used to work for TWA years ago. When I heard about this flight, I was in shock! Even when TWA was hijacked back in the 80's. Many prayers for these families! My family is an airline family, and we always said prayer for safe travel.
    🙏🏼🕊🤙🏽🌺

  • @stlram5
    @stlram5 Год назад +1161

    I was a flight attendant for TWA in 1996 when this happened. I was home when my bonus daughter came out of her room practically screaming that a TWA plane had gone down. I went to the TV instantly and saw the images of fire on the water where the plane had impacted. My heart sank further than it ever had in my life to that point, knowing I'd lost several brothers and sisters in that tragedy. When you work for an airline, you really do become part of a family, and you mourn their loss as if it was your own. Still hard to think about that day every year, even 26 years later. 😭💔

    • @houseofsolomon2440
      @houseofsolomon2440 Год назад +105

      What does bonus daughter mean?

    • @kystars
      @kystars Год назад +35

      @@houseofsolomon2440 I wondered the same thing.

    • @BossBen1
      @BossBen1 Год назад +25

      @@houseofsolomon2440 Same

    • @bradjohnson482
      @bradjohnson482 Год назад +35

      @@houseofsolomon2440 Step?

    • @TheVenominside
      @TheVenominside Год назад +34

      I was in the army stationed at Fort Stewart, GA. We were a rapid deployment base and we were immediately put on alert because we were told it was a possible terrorist attack. And again, a week later we were put on alert when a bombing happened at the olympics in Atlanta.

  • @ethansucksatcuphead
    @ethansucksatcuphead Год назад +967

    imagine being a pilot, flying a plane miles above the ocean, and watching another plane explode. i can't even begin to imagine what went through all the cockpit crews heads watching that

    • @charlesmiller3278
      @charlesmiller3278 Год назад +138

      "Thank fuck it wasn't us".

    • @C-Here
      @C-Here Год назад +21

      ​@@charlesmiller3278
      😅😅😳

    • @elizabethmurray3221
      @elizabethmurray3221 Год назад +59

      My husband was flying over Balboa Park when PSA went down in San Diego. He cancelled the rest of his flights and went home - he felt awful.

    • @sherisagall9670
      @sherisagall9670 Год назад +15

      Theres definitely some form of PTSD there now that wasn’t before.

    • @MyEyeOnAi
      @MyEyeOnAi Год назад +5

      @@sherisagall9670 bro it was an insid3 job

  • @haaaaf8087
    @haaaaf8087 11 месяцев назад +31

    The atc repeatedly calling for TWA 800 and then realizing it was them who exploded breaks my heart

  • @heynowheynow-tk6tk
    @heynowheynow-tk6tk Год назад +41

    I’ve seen so many of these I’ve almost become numb to them but this one got me emotional. Just hearing the other captain say “god bless him”

    • @mtsky-tc6uw
      @mtsky-tc6uw 18 дней назад

      every year a million and nearly a half people die in car crashes world wide and millions more badly injured--nobody cares

  • @sarahl108
    @sarahl108 Год назад +1067

    My aunt and uncle were watching two neighborhood girls whose parents and grandparents were on this flight, going to Paris for their anniversary. They had to tell them what happened and coordinate with relatives who would take them afterwards. Heart goes out to everyone lost and their families that endured ❤

  • @rickberglund2134
    @rickberglund2134 Год назад +25

    I worked for AT&T at the time and we had customers that lived in Long Island that swore they saw a rocket launched from the ground, aimed at the jet, hitting the airline.

    • @jessstone7486
      @jessstone7486 Год назад +7

      Those folks were absolutely right. It's all documented - the truth, that is - in several books, one of which is by James Sanders, The downing of TWA Flight 800. Jack Cashill has also done journeyman work on this massive guv cover-up.

    • @Mandyssweet
      @Mandyssweet Месяц назад

      ruclips.net/video/3ohm3XOBzY4/видео.htmlsi=hUvANQUedMQRWBOL

    • @TheDevilHydraProds2002
      @TheDevilHydraProds2002 Месяц назад

      Well, they were either hallucinating or making it up. No proof of a missile.

    • @av3nger3
      @av3nger3 29 дней назад

      ​@johnd959what would the motive be.
      Hmmm

    • @Zim-ks6pb
      @Zim-ks6pb 7 дней назад +1

      @@av3nger3 accidental shooting. this has happened many times unfortunately. it is not impossible.

  • @JackieShotsky-zv2zn
    @JackieShotsky-zv2zn 20 дней назад +9

    I was on a TWA flight in the summer of 1992 from Dayton OH to San Jose CA. I remember my grandma flagging down one of the flight attendants and whispering something to her. I wasn’t paying much attention at the time because it was my first time flying and my first time to California. When we landed, I remember the entire runway was flooded with emergency personnel vehicles.
    I flew home two weeks later by myself. I didn’t know until I got home that those emergency vehicles were waiting, prepared, for our plane. An engine was on fire. My grandma told the flight attendant she smelled smoke. Nobody told me until I got home… had they, I would have still been living in California to this day, 32 years later.
    I also flew home from California, directly over the Twin Towers, exactly one month to the day before 9/11.
    RIP to those who lost their lives on TWA flight 800 and to all who lost their lives on 9/11/01.

  • @eliott.6997
    @eliott.6997 Год назад +291

    "I think that was him."
    "I think so."
    "God bless him."
    Those words are painful to listen to... the realisation that they've just witnessed a catastrophic accident, but they still have a job to do.

    • @MutedGrowl
      @MutedGrowl Год назад +1

      I grew up in NY and remember that radio chatter specifically, very chilling. They don’t know who that was? How is that possible?

    • @u2mister17
      @u2mister17 Год назад +11

      No accident.
      It was a missile.

    • @donnamariedavidson5065
      @donnamariedavidson5065 Год назад +5

      @@u2mister17 you are correct.

    • @u2mister17
      @u2mister17 Год назад

      @@donnamariedavidson5065 PBS had a special, before the curtain was dropped, that aired with the original government agencies and the first thing they said when they sat down was, " We know it was a missile but was there a second missile?"
      So much BS from our masters.

    • @surfside75
      @surfside75 Год назад +3

      Look into who the passengers were that day and you will find out why they were shot down.

  • @QUEENBEE200384
    @QUEENBEE200384 Год назад +652

    My parents were on the Athens to JFK flight. The flight right before this one. It was their 10th anniversary trip. It’s still affects them, especially my mom. It could’ve been them that lost their life and my siblings and I would’ve been orphans. What a tragedy for all these victims and their families.

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 10 месяцев назад +24

      I've thought about those passengers that got off from Athens & how fortunate they
      felt to be alive!( I worked at JFK when the first 747's came in 1970 (loading the galley
      with food & drink) & marveled at its enormous size!) That night, I was heading to
      work at 11p.m. @ SUNY, in Nassau Cty. & was delayed by rescue vehicles, headed to
      the nearest land to the crash site! To me, a 'terrorist attack' should never be ruled out!

    • @newsuperhdgraphic
      @newsuperhdgraphic 9 месяцев назад +7

      im lucky you have a mom and dad, still.

    • @anjitapanta3645
      @anjitapanta3645 8 месяцев назад +7

      That's crazy your parents literally took the last flight of that plane

    • @Barefoot433
      @Barefoot433 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@rongendron8705 Unless someone really messed with the circuits aforehand, and even despite that- any competent mechanic or supervisor thereof would have raised concerns and stopped that flight. I would have, and probably would've been canned for it (as the result would have been no crash, ergo no cause proven). I think TWA, iconic as it was, was in decline at that time, and had to keep up face with their newer competition in order to stay relevant. I now think there was pressure on mechanics and others to keep things moving timely. And I loved TWA, but they let themselves age out. It could and should have been stopped from flying. You don't pull fuses and breakers to get around safety constraints. The short circuit was constant, until such time that heat and oxidizing limits were able to ignite catastrophe.

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 8 месяцев назад +3

      💔

  • @nandee9871
    @nandee9871 Год назад +100

    Watching this and seeing first the front of the plane fall away and then the rest of it engulfed in flames as it came down - what absolute terror there must have been among those poor passengers and crew. RIP to all who lost their lives and condolences to the loved ones they left behind. 🕯🕯🕯

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 8 месяцев назад

      💔

    • @katherinecooper6159
      @katherinecooper6159 Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for your comments. I always think about the souls on board and the total fear they must have experienced.

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 Месяц назад

      My biggest fear too. But then I tell myself, do I want to stay in bed all my life?

  • @68fmj51
    @68fmj51 Год назад +17

    I worked in the funeral business at the time, and one of the victims of that crash had his service at our facility. Sad thing is as far as I can remember his body was never recovered. He also had the same last name as I do though there was no relation. RIP

  • @jsyorks2023
    @jsyorks2023 Год назад +168

    I was the chief purser on Alitalia 609 from JFK, after take off I’d gone into the flight deck to ask the guys if they wanted a drink. The capt was in already on the radio with the ground with this communication on what they’d just witnessed. All I saw was the flames in the sea. Very somber flight home to Milan. RIP to all involved

  • @JCDofNYC
    @JCDofNYC Год назад +564

    It is believed by some that passengers in the rear section of the plane could have remained very conscious until the plane hit the water. THAT is about as terrifying a way to die that I can conceive.

    • @DrSeuss-nv9hw
      @DrSeuss-nv9hw Год назад +93

      Yeah, you would wonder what you did to deserve this kind of ending? Did I kill someone in a previous life? Not the way you want to depart.

    • @jasontimperley9199
      @jasontimperley9199 Год назад +101

      I hope they all quickly became hypoxic and didn’t suffer.

    • @timewa851
      @timewa851 Год назад +76

      @@jasontimperley9199 I'll never complain about a delay or lack of leg room again. That's some brutal stuff. Just the air /flames blasting in at 400mph +.
      And then, it gets WORSE.

    • @JCDofNYC
      @JCDofNYC Год назад +76

      @@jasontimperley9199 One of the reasons some think the passenger were aware of what was happening is because they were only at 13,000 feet at the time of the explosion. Had they reached cruising altitude, they would have, indeed, become hypoxic and passed out well before hitting the ground.
      As it occurred, I would guess many people went into cardiac arrest caused by quite literally being scared to death. The disorientation of the entire event must have spared some as well, being unable to fully comprehend the magnitude of the moment. Apparently, many of the dead were still strapped into their seats. Presumably, waiting for the captain to extinguish the seat belt sign.

    • @jasontimperley9199
      @jasontimperley9199 Год назад +23

      @@JCDofNYC That is truly dreadful.

  • @BUBBAGRUMPSMOM
    @BUBBAGRUMPSMOM Месяц назад +6

    My son’s friend David Babb was on this flight with his Aunt and Uncle. So very sad for the New Wilmington Pa community. 😢 I will never forget this.

  • @GaryInSoCal
    @GaryInSoCal 3 месяца назад +37

    RIP my dear friend and superstar photographer Rico Puhlmann on this flight... you are missed bigtime buddy... :(

  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Год назад +1459

    I cannot imagine how terrifying this must’ve been for these poor people.

    • @rossjames503
      @rossjames503 Год назад

      Yeah can't imagine being shot down by your own government.

    • @mookie2637
      @mookie2637 Год назад +186

      I think the medical consensus was that the majority died from blunt force trauma as a result of the initial explosion - many of the recovered bodies had broken necks. It is likely that some survived towards the back of the fuselage though. What really annoys me about this horrific incident are the conspiracy theories. They are the least likely explanation - and would have required a cover-up involving hundreds or thousands or people that simply would not have lasted.

    • @yankeetango
      @yankeetango Год назад +53

      @@mookie2637 Why not? It's lasted for the JFK assassination and the moon landing!

    • @CubeGuy3
      @CubeGuy3 Год назад +49

      Then a fireball entered the cabin and burned like half the people

    • @gdobie1west988
      @gdobie1west988 Год назад +1

      @@yankeetango Do you have proof of your claims?? Suggest you read Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi and Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Mel Ayton and David Von Pein for the JFK assassination. Also Moon Hoax: Debunked by Poolo Attivissimo, both books destroy the conspiracy theories.

  • @jdog165165
    @jdog165165 Год назад +679

    I was supposed to be on that flight with my parents and brother. About two weeks before, our TWA Getaway tour was canceled due to not enough people signed up. They asked if we still wanted to use the airfare tickets but we declined. We were refunded and we went to Hawaii instead. I think of everyone on board as well as the families affected, every anniversary.

    • @Aidamoon29
      @Aidamoon29 Год назад +62

      Wasn’t y’all time to leave this planet I’m glad at least you and your family are survivors 🙏🏽 Gods plans

    • @cushturah
      @cushturah Год назад +20

      It wasn’t your time to leave this planet because GOD loves you and wants you to repent and believe on The LORD JESUS CHRIST so you can be in the Kingdom of GOD. You were saved so you could share The Gospel Of JESUS CHRIST were ever you go !!! I pray may all the people who lost loved ones on this flight come to faith in CHRIST JESUS !!!

    • @cissymckinley3154
      @cissymckinley3154 Год назад +5

      What A story. Thank God.

    • @Luke-jx3mj
      @Luke-jx3mj Год назад +24

      @@cushturah Freak.

    • @yuseefdelrosario4821
      @yuseefdelrosario4821 Год назад +8

      It wasn’t your time, that’s why people must trust their instincts

  • @WilburGarysMum
    @WilburGarysMum 8 месяцев назад +18

    What a terrifying way to die. My deepest sympathies to the families left behind.

  • @groovelife415
    @groovelife415 10 месяцев назад +60

    Thank you for all the hard work you do on these videos. The production quality is better than most network television's coverage. I really hope you are making a good living off of this channel, because you deserve it.

  • @davidmangold1838
    @davidmangold1838 Год назад +251

    I was a TWA pilot at that time. I had bids in for 727 Captain, with next choice 747 copilot. I got the 727, and was the junior captain at all of TWA. Had just one pilot senior to me taken that slot, I would have been the most junior copilot on the 747. The pilot who got that 747 bid, was my friend. He was on reserve, and was assigned to deadhead on flight 800, which he did. So, I missed being that guy, by a strike of fate. I knew about 8 of those who perished. The flight engineer in training, was the son of my friend that I’d known since 1978😢. Prayers to all, RIP

    • @briglad5274
      @briglad5274 Год назад +6

      I worked with Hobie Tomlinson after his TWA retiremen,t who was a Senior Captain at that time. He flew that exact aircraft a couple of days previous, since he spent most of his career on the JFK-Rome run.

    • @davidmangold1838
      @davidmangold1838 Год назад +6

      @@briglad5274 See my name in my posts. What’s your name? I somewhat knew Hobie. I was based in JFK for many years. He enjoyed being in management. I finished up 40 years as a line pilot in 2018, with AA. 28 years on the 767😳

    • @briglad5274
      @briglad5274 Год назад +5

      @@davidmangold1838 Screen name is a contraction of my name. Brian Gladden. I worked with Hobie at Heritage Flight out of BTV from 2005 to mid 2007, when he was flying charter there. I was doing line service. Small operation (compared to TWA). About 60 employees. Hobie was Safety Director and Captain on our two Citation 560XL's and the four King Air C-90's we ran. I recall him telling me he was over 38,000 hours at that point. We also had a former United 767 Instructor Captain working with us then too. David Kent. I haven't talked to Hobie in a loooong time but at nearly 75, Dave is still flight instructing out of KLEB.

    • @davidmangold1838
      @davidmangold1838 Год назад +7

      @@briglad5274 all interesting to hear. Sounds like it was a good operation. Glad Hobie had life after TWA/AA. I’ve been 100% retired since January 2018. 54 years flying was enough. 28k hours and 18k in the 767. TWA was way better than AA😡. Now I fly my 1945 v tail bonanza when I have somewhere to go.

    • @quietquitter6103
      @quietquitter6103 Год назад +2

      You know the truth, then, don't you.

  • @danielle5253
    @danielle5253 Год назад +1548

    I just cannot begin to imagine the horror and terror everyone felt on that plane. God bless them all.😢

    • @katherinecooper6159
      @katherinecooper6159 Год назад +52

      I agree. As a retired aircrew member I remember the number of flights I crewed and can only imagine the fear everyone must have experienced.

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 Год назад +29

      I don't know if this will help you but it's given me a different outlook on our passing, it's called Soul Crossings with Cash Peters.
      He draws what he sees as we go from our death, as we leave our bodies, and then go into the light.
      It's really different for everyone.

    • @mysterytour5983
      @mysterytour5983 Год назад +62

      @@lorimiller4301 I almost died and i saw myself going out of my body and seeing people around me and could even hear everything but just before going out of my body saw all my past life very fast! Very weird! I came back because someone saved me from drowning!

    • @c.carrillo7813
      @c.carrillo7813 Год назад +27

      ​@@mysterytour5983 Happy you are still here with us. If you dont mind me asking, do you believe in god?

    • @connierodenburg129
      @connierodenburg129 Год назад +15

      Praying for each of those who perished and their families.

  • @abl78
    @abl78 Год назад +18

    French guitarist Marcel Dadi, friend of Chet Atkins whom he played with days before at the Opry was on that flight. RIP to all the victims

    • @josephanderson7237
      @josephanderson7237 Месяц назад

      Yes. An excellent musician. He and Bill Keith were very good friends. He recorded a Nashville album and named a song for Bill, “Billy the Keith”. Bill played that song on the album along with fellow friend and banjo player Bobby Thompson (of Hee Haw)

  • @Jeanettesboxingchannel
    @Jeanettesboxingchannel 3 месяца назад +6

    Reporting the explosion and at the same time having to fly your airplane...i cant imagine the stress level...

  • @mookie2637
    @mookie2637 Год назад +254

    "I think that was him. God bless him." Makes me well up every time I hear it. I try to approach safety studies in a rigorous, cool and scientific way, but sometimes it really hits you.

    • @wokewokerman5280
      @wokewokerman5280 Год назад +15

      ...for aviators to see another go down like that, especially a big commercial plane, must be shattering, numbing...

    • @LadyVoldemort
      @LadyVoldemort Год назад +5

      My eyes got wet during the whole conversations, especially when they repeatedly called for TWA 800 and they never answered... 😢💔

  • @tomdragamer
    @tomdragamer Год назад +253

    I've heard the audio before, and the tone shift you hear in their voices when they realise which plane it was... heart-breaking.

  • @brendaflowers467
    @brendaflowers467 8 месяцев назад +33

    My biggest fear of flying has always been succumbing to a plane crash.

    • @mop714
      @mop714 7 месяцев назад +1

      I returned from Italy on a plane and experienced turbulence so bad that I never flew again. My father was in the RAF as a Fitter Engineer, and although was very good at his job as an Engineer, he did fly but was always a little nervous.

    • @seriousorganizer
      @seriousorganizer 4 месяца назад +4

      Are you serious right now that's all people's fear of flying what else is there but a plane crash in a plane...................

    • @achillelegrand1680
      @achillelegrand1680 4 месяца назад

      You know more peuple die in the car that in the plane ?

    • @jadagarcia7673
      @jadagarcia7673 2 месяца назад +2

      @@achillelegrand1680 not to be mean but I literally don’t care I do not want to fall from the sky. You cannot survive a plane crash the way you can a car crash

    • @achillelegrand1680
      @achillelegrand1680 2 месяца назад +1

      @@jadagarcia7673 well actually ☝️🤓

  • @fokker34
    @fokker34 8 месяцев назад +3

    My first year working at Boeing, and this happens. And 5 years prior I'd flown on a Fed Ex 747. The other 747 incident that sticks out in my mind is the cargo door flying off taking out a section of the fuselage and controls, and sucked some passengers out. They managed to land that sucker and save the remainder of the passengers, what a scary ride that must have been. RIP to the victims. The other sad time to be at work at Boeing was the 9/11 event.

  • @MAgaSUXX
    @MAgaSUXX Год назад +583

    As a retired B747 Captain...I can tell you the radio transmissions indicated TOTAL professionalism...by the book, attention to detail. These guys were SHARP. I doubt you could have had a more experienced, capable flight crew. So sad for the new FE. I lived in Westhampton, New York flying G3's (after airline retirement) out of Islip at the time. The wife of a co-captain of mine who lived in Quogue saw the entire thing...from the ground. She just happened to be looking and it greatly grieved her when she found out what it was.

    • @christinacatalano
      @christinacatalano Год назад +75

      I was just going to say, the level of calm professionalism with the “god bless him”, while maintaining their cool to transport their own passengers & crew safely to completion is so.. chillingly comforting and commendable. Thank you to all pilots for guiding us safely through the skies even when witnessing and reporting a shocking loss of your own. You’re all heroes in my book.

    • @MyEyeOnAi
      @MyEyeOnAi Год назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/mqL0V1XaU7Q/видео.html it was an job

    • @jacktrotter-vm3nj
      @jacktrotter-vm3nj Год назад +20

      My dad was an avation attorney in Washington D.C. He showed me transcripts with pilots last words before the end, "OH shit"! were the most common.

    • @ingridsweeney1787
      @ingridsweeney1787 Год назад +20

      I also thought the Captains talking on the radio were very professional. Their attention to detail was amazing

    • @rikji
      @rikji Год назад +11

      then she saw the missile go up and hit the plane! i remember hearing the interviews and video and witnesses see the missile!

  • @Aelipse
    @Aelipse Год назад +510

    Imagine the few moments between the cockpit being ripped off and the hull of the aircraft crashing into the water. I imagine many if not most passengers were still alive and conscious during that. Each second must have felt longer than a century. What a horrible way to go. Sorry for all the lives that were lost that day.

    • @mikegrabowski7483
      @mikegrabowski7483 Год назад +37

      they weren't conscious

    • @highaltitude787
      @highaltitude787 Год назад +67

      @@mikegrabowski7483they were for a while but lost consciousness on the way down

    • @mikegrabowski7483
      @mikegrabowski7483 Год назад +7

      @@highaltitude787 GTFO of here. No they were not

    • @clownchaostime3024
      @clownchaostime3024 Год назад +124

      ​@@mikegrabowski7483 just curious, not trying to get into a RUclips comment war with you. There were reports that 19 of the victims had water in their lungs at the time of autopsy. Water in the lungs indicates that there was at least one breath taken by these 19 people. Does that not indicate that those 19 were at least semi conscious upon impact? The majority of people were either dead or passed out immediately, there is no denying that fact, but it's hard to dispute that water in the lungs of 19 is solid indication of them being alive at least for a brief moment as they went into the water. I can't even imagine the horror of such a thing to go through, but that is the story of the autopsy results.

    • @louisespindler
      @louisespindler Год назад +1

      @@clownchaostime3024 p

  • @rick3514
    @rick3514 Месяц назад +6

    I thought that flight 800 was the one a lot of people said it was hit by something fired from the ocean and the government said it was not, just an optical illusion? At that time the Navy was also doing exercise in the area.

    • @10stone5
      @10stone5 16 дней назад +1

      Yes - this was hit, intentional, unintentional ?

  • @ravenrey7225
    @ravenrey7225 8 месяцев назад +5

    It0s just heartbreakin to know these people never had a chance to even hope they could somehow make it back to the ground,as happens in many other aviation accidents, whether they end up well or not. May they rest in peace and I hope their loved ones have found some comfort in time from it.

  • @Windtorment
    @Windtorment Год назад +257

    That "God bless him" really broke my heart. Such a tragic incident.
    RIP to all those on that plane.

    • @TheGuyInTheCar43
      @TheGuyInTheCar43 10 месяцев назад +3

      Me too 😢

    • @Ep4368
      @Ep4368 10 месяцев назад +3

      Amen

    • @idontknowmuch3441
      @idontknowmuch3441 10 месяцев назад

      @@TheGuyInTheCar43what part are y’all talking about please?

    • @TheGuyInTheCar43
      @TheGuyInTheCar43 10 месяцев назад

      @@idontknowmuch3441 at the 12:00 time stamp ❤️

  • @diannajones5493
    @diannajones5493 Год назад +474

    My nephew was the chief (and only) reporter from the USCG sent to cover this tragedy. He was deeply affected & suffered a great trauma as a result. The pictures I saw were heart wrenching

  • @DharmaDharma11
    @DharmaDharma11 10 месяцев назад +13

    RIP to all who lost their lives. AND Bravo to all the engineers at Boeing and NTSB for pulling up all the pieces and piecing it all back together again to solve the problem. I remember engineers from many top schools were invited to help with recreating the tank explosion to know for sure what happened.

    • @kitsiewr
      @kitsiewr 2 месяца назад +2

      They created quite a "story", certainly!

  • @JULZ_RULZ
    @JULZ_RULZ 3 месяца назад +2

    A friend of mine's step-father was on that flight. He was a pilot. Going to France to pick up a plane to fly home. Never made it. Sadly, the father of that same friend died years earlier in a crash here, in NY, 😢 He was a pilot as well. So sad. I remember that night. I was in Westchester County and was on the phone with my other friend when the news broke. My friend lived in Selden (on Long Island). She wasn't far from Moriches Beach. Rumors came out that a missile was seen hitting the plane but was not the case, supposedly.
    May all the lost souls on that Flight 800 rest in peace🙏😢💔🙏

  • @cdrocrossdiscovery
    @cdrocrossdiscovery Год назад +456

    As an aircraft mechanic, it was mandatory to study this accident annually.

    • @cdrocrossdiscovery
      @cdrocrossdiscovery Год назад +42

      @BOB K Old planes can fly just fine if they're taken care of properly, and in accordance with scheduled maintenance. This 747 was not by any stretch of the imagination. Failure to clean up after maintenance, aged and unserviceable wiring, neglect, it all added up to a massive tragedy.

    • @mikegrabowski7483
      @mikegrabowski7483 Год назад +5

      The NGS system installed on aircraft after this was the biggest waste of money. Damn system always has issues

    • @Sarasdad91
      @Sarasdad91 Год назад +4

      Accident?

    • @cdrocrossdiscovery
      @cdrocrossdiscovery Год назад +10

      @@Sarasdad91 Yes, Accident. A result neglect, and bad maintenance

    • @mikegrabowski7483
      @mikegrabowski7483 Год назад +6

      @@cdrocrossdiscovery it wasn't an accident

  • @queennamibia1546
    @queennamibia1546 Год назад +1412

    I was a TWA ticket agent at JFK at that time. 😢 I will never forget it for the rest of my life. It was my day off and one of my coworkers called me hysterically and told me what happened. I put my uniform on and drove to our TWA terminal. 😭😭 It’s the worst experience in my life, seeing all the family members of the deceased showing up at the terminal screaming, crying, throwing themselves on the ground..OMG! I try not to talk about it because I break down every time. We end up going to the hotel just outside the airport to assist our managers and other personnel’s including The Red Cross with the families of the deceased. There were people on the ground in the lobby crying and as employees without training for situations as this, we hugged them and cried so much. So many unaccompanied children perished not to mention our other dear beloved passengers and our crew. We also had a dead head crew onboard traveling to Paris to bring back an aircraft…. They all perished! I remember a young flight attendant fresh out of training, this was her first flight. She perished. This is the worst experience in my life😭😭. This pain will never go away!
    R.I.P. you beautiful souls! You’ll never be forgotten. TWA 🙏🏾😭😭

    • @thedigitalemotion
      @thedigitalemotion Год назад +73

      Wow incredible. Makes you wonder how people can carry on after such a disaster. So sad

    • @peggyminer7925
      @peggyminer7925 Год назад +145

      My brother in law was the captain on that flight rip 🙏 twa and all aboard 🙏 😢 and the families. After all these years, it still hurts 💔 to think about it. Peggy

    • @joshandrews7592
      @joshandrews7592 Год назад +72

      I noticed that so many of those children seemed to be unaccompanied, at least nobody else had their same last names, so I wondered. Very sad and tragic for everyone involved, but I can't imagine the pain of putting a small child on a plane unaccompanied and have that happen. I can only imagine how this tragedy has always affected you. God bless you and bring you peace.

    • @joshandrews7592
      @joshandrews7592 Год назад +48

      @@peggyminer7925 I am so sorry for your loss, God bless you and your family.

    • @lynnhoffman247
      @lynnhoffman247 Год назад +50

      @@joshandrews7592 My dad put me on a plane from NY to Atlanta in the late 60’s. I had to wear a name tag and the stewardesses took good care of me. Didn’t think much of that back then. So sorry for those who have suffered the loss of family, friends and loved ones in plane accidents. 😔🙏🏼😢 (You couldn’t pay me or give me enough drugs to get on a plane now, even though I believe they’re safer.)

  • @lofivibes3640
    @lofivibes3640 Год назад +371

    That is absolutely terrifying as hell. You cant even go over how scary that entire situation is. Dont even wanna think about it. To see the plane rip apart like that. Rest in peace to all on-board.

    • @janepatterson6372
      @janepatterson6372 Год назад +6

      @@bobby1970 but you drive a car? Our roads are much deadlier than the skies. You just don't hear about how many people perish daily in vehicle wrecks.

    • @tattletalesister7306
      @tattletalesister7306 Год назад

      @@janepatterson6372 I’m sorry, but die in a car crash no matter how terrible would still be less horrifying than that.

    • @charlesmiller3278
      @charlesmiller3278 Год назад +27

      @@janepatterson6372 Dumb comparison.

    • @sarcasticallyrearranged
      @sarcasticallyrearranged Год назад +4

      @Charles NOT a dumb comparison at all!
      When a plane goes down it's a huge deal compared with the daily fatal car accidents that happen across the world.

    • @sjn_
      @sjn_ Год назад +18

      @@sarcasticallyrearranged It's a dumb comparison. It's not about dying in a crash in general but about how terrifying the situation must have been. I bet many of the people weren't even dead the time they were falling down and witnessed such a horrific sight before falling to their deaths.
      Yes, air travel is considered to be safer than road travel where disaster like this is not expected but it happens and when it happens, it happens in a worst way possible than a typical road accident. Reason why air crashes get more attention than the road ones.

  • @user-wi8nc9wo3x
    @user-wi8nc9wo3x 7 дней назад +1

    These people's sacrifice made us all safer. Learning from problems is the best thing about the airline industry (besides the quick travel convenience). Thank you for your service.

  • @gritsNgravy-fn5ic
    @gritsNgravy-fn5ic 10 месяцев назад +6

    Who can EVER forget the VERY moment we heard about this horrific tragedy, EVER ?? My Late husband & I had been planning another trip to Europe. To Paris, actually. I LOVE France. But my fear of flying FAR outweighs my love of France. Less than seven months before, we had returned from a two-month vacation of both France & Germany. My husband was unaware of how ill he was & I knew we had less than a full year left to us. Still, I could NOT bring myself to make reservations for this trip, my fear of flying, as I've said far, FAR exceeds my terror of just walking onto a plane. I cannot even imagine the terror these innocent people experienced. I just pray all these children, women and men were deep in the middle of a hungry kiss, a tight hug, a silly laugh, a song of love, a flirty wink, a loving whisper, a loving touch, holding hands, a loving embrace, a sexy squeeze, a loving smile, or hopefully, maybe even a slow dance. Anything, EXCEPT, what my mind ABSOLUTELY refuses to accept. This year, I send this to the Families of all the Souls lost that day. I have NEVER been able to forget that day, nor will I ever !!
    On 17 July 2023, it will be 27 years that they ALL left us and every year, I repeat the same words of "High Flight" by John MaGee, Jr. These words mean so much to me. My Late husband was a pilot, and I know exactly what these words meant to him, as well as to other Pilots in the Military.
    John MaGee, JR wrote "High Flight" on 3 September 1941, only three months before he would die, in a flight accident. John was an American, born in China, to Missionary parents. John earned a Scholarship to Yale, but in 1940, John enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and became a Pilot. On 3 September 1941, John finished writing "High Flight" & sent it to his parents. On 11 December 1941, John's Spitfire, collided with another plane over England & he was killed instantly. John's mother was British & he is buried near his parents. John was 19 when he died.
    Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings:
    Sunward I've climbed & joined the tumbling mirth.
    Of sun-split clouds------and done a hundred things
    You have not dreamed of------wheeled and soared and swung.
    High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
    I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
    My eager craft through footless halls of air.
    Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue.
    I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy Grace,
    Where never lark, nor even eagle flew-----
    And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
    The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
    Put out my hand and touched the Face of God.
    John Gillespie MaGee, JR
    3 September 1941
    9 June 1922 -- 11 December 1941

  • @duncanfromunderthebridge
    @duncanfromunderthebridge Год назад +210

    When you know the circumstances and sequence of events that lead to things like this, it’s crazy to think about how thin the line between life and death can be and you’d never even know it.

    • @txbill2512
      @txbill2512 Год назад +11

      Apparently, in this case, it was 5 centimeters. Amazing that there was so little space with zero insulation between the packs and the tanks.

    • @nancyirwin9065
      @nancyirwin9065 Год назад +6

      I would've been screaming for Jesus to take me before impact to have to die

    • @blackieblack
      @blackieblack 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@txbill2512 eh, it was a missile. There's pretty much no denying it at this point.

    • @txbill2512
      @txbill2512 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@blackieblack Sure mate.

    • @mordie31
      @mordie31 10 месяцев назад

      @@txbill2512 No, actually, it was almost certainly shot down. We can't be certain of course, but the fact that TWA Captain Mundo signed a sworn affidavit saying that on his flight from Athens, Greece, he not only emptied the center fuel tank, but that he had also vented it of any fuel vapors debunks the FBI & NTSB center fuel tank theory.
      Not that in matters anyway, because in 2022, former Navy Operations Specialist, William H. Teele, III, from the U.S.S. Carr, came forward as a whistle blower reporting that the U.S. Navy had accidentally shot down TWA Flight 800, on July 17, 1996.
      There is plenty of evidence though and it's all out there; but you will never go seek it out yourself and even if you tried, most of the internet is sanitised these days anyway.

  • @amazedtenthousand4873
    @amazedtenthousand4873 Год назад +413

    My heart goes out to that high school class on board on their way to Paris. I'm 17 and I can only put myself in their shoes and imagine if that were my class on that plane with my friends. Truly so sad and terrifying for all of the poor people.

    • @lolpop2118
      @lolpop2118 Год назад +6

      Oh my god u serious wow that's so horrible a whole highschool class and that kind of disaster ..

    • @DataRich2525
      @DataRich2525 Год назад +17

      I didn't know there was a high school class on board. I remember taking a trip to France when I was a Junior in high school. I got to sit in the front right window seat on the upper deck of our 747. It was a very memorable flight.

    • @btsarmyzona8541
      @btsarmyzona8541 Год назад +17

      Wow, I had no idea. Was the plane explosion in the Final Destination franchise inspired by this tragedy?

    • @amazedtenthousand4873
      @amazedtenthousand4873 Год назад +22

      @@btsarmyzona8541 Yeah actually. The detectors of the Final Destination movies were tasked with making an X-files episode of TWA800 back in the late 90’s but the episode was eventually scrapped. The directors liked the episode script so much they ended up just making into a movie which is what we know as Final Destination

    • @fredflintstone3956
      @fredflintstone3956 Год назад +9

      My ex-wife's son was part of that class. She said he missed the flight, although I don't remember why.

  • @mprkg
    @mprkg Месяц назад +6

    One of my favorite Vogue photographers Rico Puhlman died on that flight. Took great shots of Cindy Crawford

  • @tdz69
    @tdz69 10 месяцев назад +11

    I remember this like it was yesterday. Such a horrific event. I also remember the controversy surrounding this crash. Countless people stating they saw something rising from the ocean (implying a missile). I never followed things to that extent. This was a well done video.

    • @SevenPlanets777
      @SevenPlanets777 7 месяцев назад +6

      I did follow the story. The 2013 movie TWA Flight 800 offers incontrovertible evidence of a cover-up. Investigators of the crash came out 17 years later to reveal government actions interfering with the investigation.
      Anybody interested in this crash should see that documentary..

    • @MissouriValleyArms
      @MissouriValleyArms 7 месяцев назад

      @@SevenPlanets777 You are correct and one of the only ones to state what really happened. The cover up was so obvious. Our government does not work for us anymore!!

    • @kitsiewr
      @kitsiewr 2 месяца назад

      No way their story makes sense - absurd.
      Likely a military mishap, covered up.

  • @marcy6161
    @marcy6161 Год назад +180

    My friend had a huge number of relatives from France that had come over for their first trip to America, and meeting their American relatives, and were on their way homeward bound back to France. An entire section of family, his aunts, uncles and young cousins all perished that day. 😢 God bless them all.

  • @NCnative82
    @NCnative82 Год назад +162

    My sister was planning to fly to Paris to meet our other sister that was already in Europe on vacation. She was looking at plane tickets and had two options: TWA800 or another flight leaving a day later. Luckily, she decided to stay an extra day in NYC and purchased a ticket for the other flight.

    • @MyEyeOnAi
      @MyEyeOnAi Год назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/mqL0V1XaU7Q/видео.html it was an job

    • @Zhinlav
      @Zhinlav Год назад +9

      I was in a plane accident too last October 23 2022 in cebu philippines via KE631 it's was extremely scared. We are very lucky all passengers and crews are alive. A million thanks to God for everything.🙏🙏🙏

    • @AdelineCowgirl
      @AdelineCowgirl Год назад +1

      Yeah sure 🙄

    • @fra93ilgrande
      @fra93ilgrande Год назад

      Whew thankfully 😅

  • @susantyler4481
    @susantyler4481 3 месяца назад +28

    This is also the flight many citizens reported seeing a missile take down. Search for the documentary.

    • @rachelsuchla2408
      @rachelsuchla2408 Месяц назад +1

      I believe a missile took it down. Of course no one would admit that.

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 Месяц назад +1

      i wouldn't be surprised that most DOWNED flights have some GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE involved. Look at how often Russian / Iranian planes go down. Are we in the USA next?

    • @DreamsOfFinland
      @DreamsOfFinland Месяц назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/q8WAd_gBHek/видео.html horrific stuff, not sure what happened to the missile sightings.

    • @Mandyssweet
      @Mandyssweet Месяц назад

      ruclips.net/video/3ohm3XOBzY4/видео.htmlsi=hUvANQUedMQRWBOL

  • @disgustedamericanfemale290
    @disgustedamericanfemale290 3 месяца назад +3

    Conspiracy theorists believe us naval ship “accidentally” fired some sort of missile hitting TWA800…….

  • @southerngirljess1987
    @southerngirljess1987 Год назад +531

    This was the end of the era for TWA after this flight. So sad and tragic. So many tragic bombings, operational problems, and terrorism acts through the 70s to 2001. May the families of the victims be at peace with this tragedy.

    • @eduardgenardandalis1437
      @eduardgenardandalis1437 Год назад +28

      Don’t forget the mismanagement of the company, Carl Icahn, and deregulation that was the factors of killing TWA up until the AAL merger in 2001.

    • @Joe-pb3bm
      @Joe-pb3bm Год назад +16

      They garnered the new nickname:
      "The Worst Airline."

    • @senabecool7232
      @senabecool7232 Год назад +19

      Man, TWA didn't deserve this
      The only thing i could commnend it is that they surpassed Pan Am in terms of years

    • @peregrinemccauley5010
      @peregrinemccauley5010 Год назад

      The only acts of terrorism throughout this period , can be traced back to the corrupt arrangements between the airline industry as a whole and the NTSB and FAA . Don't blame terrorists , the truth is closer to home .

    • @kirilmihaylov1934
      @kirilmihaylov1934 Год назад +4

      @@senabecool7232 it was a nasty crash

  • @chestnutss.
    @chestnutss. 10 месяцев назад +95

    A message to the people who missed that flight or was on the previous flight, you should be thankful that you are still alive to this day. RIP to all 230 passengers on TWA flight 800.

    • @lisacaptain8216
      @lisacaptain8216 10 месяцев назад +1

      That was divine intervention from above! 😢

    • @angeec.3312
      @angeec.3312 10 месяцев назад +1

      Wow!! That was a lot of passengers.. how very sad.

    • @1cjadefox
      @1cjadefox 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@lisacaptain8216 I am a follower of Jesus Christ so I do believe in God but I don't understand what you mean exactly. Why would God save some from that flight and not others or all of them? If he intervened and kept some from going then that would mean he meant for the rest to perish then? I've never understood things like this and I suppose I never will. I'm just leaving a comment here in case you have any insight, I'd appreciate hearing it. Thx

    • @SiriusMined
      @SiriusMined 10 месяцев назад +4

      I'm sure they know that

    • @SiriusMined
      @SiriusMined 10 месяцев назад

      @@theroses9048 that's perverse. What about the people who died? I guess God didn't give a fuck about them, huh?

  • @tomperugini189
    @tomperugini189 Год назад +4

    My friend Christina was a flight attendant for twa..she took that day off..that was supposed to be her flight...two of her girlfriends also flight attendance took that flight....I heard the news the day it happened..I was at a loss..

  • @joysmith687
    @joysmith687 Год назад +101

    I grew up on Long Island and I remember this. We’d go down to the ocean and see them pulling wreckage out of the water. They were pulling bodies and wreckage out for what seemed like forever. The bodies were taken to the morgue a few miles from my old house, I always thought about them as I would pass it. It’s the crash that stopped me from flying for many years.

    • @777RockNRollin
      @777RockNRollin Год назад +2

      Your Gov at work

    • @joysmith687
      @joysmith687 Год назад +8

      @@777RockNRollin it was a pretty gnarly explosion that sent wreckage all over. If I remember the search areas were huge. They rebuilt the plane out in Calverton to rebuild in this massive hangar so the NTSB can investigate. They were trying to collect every single piece they could, bodies included.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Год назад +4

      But your car is about a million x more dangerous.

    • @jamesdrummond5894
      @jamesdrummond5894 Год назад +16

      A car don’t carry as many souls as a airplane. So people need to stop comparing a car crash to a airplane crash.

    • @simplyshanbrown3684
      @simplyshanbrown3684 11 месяцев назад +4

      Exactly. Those comments be so annoying. Also, no one would rather drop thousands of feet from the sky ; and even suffering from burns at the same time .

  • @jaejay6850
    @jaejay6850 Год назад +413

    I cant even imagine what the poor poor passengers were thinking in those vital seconds. Rest in peace

    • @ryanhull2523
      @ryanhull2523 Год назад +13

      They were already dead

    • @fotografiasromero
      @fotografiasromero Год назад +30

      @@ryanhull2523 you don't know that but most probably were.

    • @SuckasNeverPlayMe
      @SuckasNeverPlayMe Год назад +15

      They were on fire 🔥

    • @specialkyt
      @specialkyt Год назад +4

      Unimaginable fear! Yet knowing how it’s gonna end🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🥺💔

    • @ryanhull2523
      @ryanhull2523 Год назад +4

      @@specialkyt they were already dead

  • @Alan-ii5gs
    @Alan-ii5gs 3 месяца назад +4

    My condolences to all involved. It was a great loss to the guitar community when hearing gifted French guitarist Marcel Dadi was onboard

  • @maximus-decimus-meridius
    @maximus-decimus-meridius 10 месяцев назад +10

    Excellent graphics and a well-put-together overview, great job!

  • @gwendolyncarter5668
    @gwendolyncarter5668 Год назад +359

    What a horrible disaster and how awful that nearly every single pilot was extremely experienced, probably nearing retirement age. Yet not one of them, with all of their combined years of experience could have done a thing to save this doomed flight. Such a tragic story. My heart and prayers go out to all of the families affected by this. Thank you for handling this recreation, as always, with such respect and compassion and factual research and animations.

    • @jasonnicholasschwarz7788
      @jasonnicholasschwarz7788 Год назад +13

      The plane was due for a big inspection imo and the long hours of operating with only a short break on the ground....I don't want to think of all the near misses of accidents, those machines need to be in the air all the time to make money.In this case, the financial profits were paid in blood.

    • @quietquitter6103
      @quietquitter6103 Год назад

      If the research came from FBI or miltary source, its not factual.

    • @User-jr7vf
      @User-jr7vf Год назад +1

      I'd like to know what the pilots attempted to do after the explosion

    • @miketexas4549
      @miketexas4549 Год назад +12

      Hard to do anything as a pilot when your aircraft is hit by a missile.

    • @egidio6david0
      @egidio6david0 Год назад +7

      @@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 the plane was hit by a missile

  • @yerunski
    @yerunski Год назад +390

    Taking a moment to appreciate all the hard work that went into the making of this video. I never heard the communication with ATC before.
    RIP to all the victims of this terrible disaster.

    • @derikuk2967
      @derikuk2967 Год назад +5

      Superb presentation of a tragic event.

  • @FieldMarshalFeels
    @FieldMarshalFeels 10 месяцев назад +38

    There were multiple videos of this flight that were shown on the news with what appeared to be a an object heading towards the plane, then the plane exploded when the object reached it. I've been looking for these videos for years, but they're nowhere to be found. Coincidentally, a naval training mission involving AA weaponry was happening in that area on when this happened.
    Over 250 witness reported seeing the object and were even shown on the news, but these witness reports stopped and were memoryholed shortly thereafter.

    • @edwardleon9988
      @edwardleon9988 5 месяцев назад

      Just like the pentagon missile strike on 9/11. Footage of gas station cameras were on the news but they're all completely gone now. In other news Israel tested nuclear weapons on Yemeni rebels--this was reported but now you don't find a whisper about it anymore.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 4 месяца назад +4

      COMMENT REGARDING COVER-UP REMOVED

    • @AspartameBoy
      @AspartameBoy 3 месяца назад +4

      Coverup it was. Even CIA made a movie

    • @joncampos-cw2tk
      @joncampos-cw2tk 2 месяца назад +5

      I’m sure the same thing happened after 9/11

    • @TheDevilHydraProds2002
      @TheDevilHydraProds2002 Месяц назад

      That "object" was the plane itself. It was flying upwards after it exploded, which it did twice. No missile was caught on radar, nor did any nearby aircraft or the military helicopter nearly destroyed by falling wreckage see anything, not only that, but the crew conversation on board the plane was normal, no signs of panic, no radar warnings, nothing.

  • @AZ0986688
    @AZ0986688 10 месяцев назад +1

    This channel is SO GOOD! I think I have been a subscriber almost since the beginning! But R I.P to all those on board this TWA-plane..:(

  • @timothyjoslin6825
    @timothyjoslin6825 Год назад +160

    My mentor, friend and boss Jed Johnson was on this flight - to this day the most difficult thing I’ve ever gone through in my life. At the time it shattered me … devastating.

    • @kingssing
      @kingssing Год назад +1

      Prayers for everyone

    • @13ritneyanne
      @13ritneyanne Год назад +9

      That name sounds familiar...was he Andy Warhol s partner by chance?

    • @maryf259
      @maryf259 Год назад +12

      Yes, he was Andy’s boyfriend for 12 years. Very sad, he was a very talented interior designer.

    • @fuzzywzhe
      @fuzzywzhe Год назад

      @@maryf259 Andy Warhol was a self aggrandizing fraud of an "artist" that was celebrated for the banality he created. He helped set the stage for other frauds like Damien Hirst and Jeffrey Koons.
      It's the celebration of celebrity over talent and creativity.

  • @pokes404
    @pokes404 Год назад +185

    While any fatal crash is a devastating tragedy, usually in crashes caused by mechanical failures you have a flight crew fighting valiantly until the very end that you can take a little bittersweet pride in. At least you get a feeling that they didn't give up and they went down swinging. This disaster has always stuck out to me because not only did these guys not do anything wrong, but they were robbed of any semblance of a chance to save their plane. The helplessness of free falling into the ocean without even being able to put up a last-ditch effort to save themselves and their passengers ... it's just so unbelievably heartbreaking and so infuriatingly unfair.

    • @julesjulius187
      @julesjulius187 Год назад +10

      Have you heard of Swiss air flight 111 who also crashed around the same area in the Atlantic in 98 also due to a fire on board and subsequent freefall of the airframe. These two crashes are kind of very similar, I don't know if he's made the video of the Swissair MD 11 on here yet? I have been looking for it

    • @pokes404
      @pokes404 Год назад +20

      @@julesjulius187 Yes, TFC made a video on this channel that I have watched about that crash. Even there, while in reality probably just as hopeless a situation as Flight 800 faced; they got to call out a mayday, were fighting the fire however they could, were getting vectors to the nearest airport, etc. There's at least the small comfort that they were putting up a fight and doing all they could until the end. TWA 800 just breaks my heart because they didn't even get that chance. There was literally nothing they could do. And maybe the G-forces knocked everyone out and it was actually a more peaceful way to go than the Swissair crash. Maybe that's the silver lining of a terrible outcome. But again, it just feels so unfair that they never even got a chance to fight.

    • @julesjulius187
      @julesjulius187 Год назад +4

      @@pokes404 yh you're right! Swissair 111 had a few bits more opportunities out of their really bad situation with the fire in the cockpit. The crew was calm, extremely professional and fought very hard for an immediate landing but were still unable to make it.

    • @151bar151
      @151bar151 Год назад +6

      same was Lockerbie or Überlingen, let alone Germanwings 9525

    • @congdungpham9157
      @congdungpham9157 Год назад +10

      Your comment really reminds me of JAL123. While both 747 went down, the crew of JAL123 put up a heroic effort with whatever little control they had; whereas with TWA800 they never had a chance to do anything. Absolute tragedies.

  • @kendallhughes7507
    @kendallhughes7507 Год назад +8

    RIP to *Dr Ghassan Haurani and his wife Nina* - my family knew theirs and this was an absolutely devastating loss!

  • @ccorbin83
    @ccorbin83 3 месяца назад +1

    I get chills watching this. I and and many other students from St. Louis U. flew on TWA to Madrid, Spain in 1969 for classes on Univ. of Madrid campus. 🥶

  • @Polentaccio
    @Polentaccio Год назад +295

    I can't imagine losing my wife and kids on a flight like that and being the one who stayed behind for whatever reason. How do you come back from that. Also the way in which the plane broke apart, you know people's last moments were quite long and filled with terror and discomfort if they were concious for the descent. RIP

    • @nancyirwin9065
      @nancyirwin9065 Год назад +25

      Such a tragic way to have to accept your loved ones had to die. Yet knowing God's angels were standing by to retrieve them too.

    • @gregbell3559
      @gregbell3559 Год назад +6

      They were alive until they hit the water

    • @healingtyme182
      @healingtyme182 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@gregbell3559No they wasn’t, u see all that fire and smoke? the inside of the plane was engulfed in it. They burned to death or died of smoke inhalation I’m sure.

    • @gregbell3559
      @gregbell3559 10 месяцев назад

      You can't. What devastation

    • @bwtawny
      @bwtawny 10 месяцев назад +23

      It was like a blowtorch inside. People in front had no clue. Everyone else heard the explosion and saw a fireball coming. Maybe someone in the very back stayed alive long enough to realize the fall b u t they would have been terribly burned and focused on that. Based on simulation fire never stopped and plane started breaking up on the downward arc. Absolutely horrifying.

  • @Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian
    @Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian Год назад +88

    This strikes me in so many ways. I flew to Athens on TWA that night. I did not know that the plane that exploded had originated in Athens the prior flight. We were delayed departing JFK. I don’t remember hearing a reason for the delay, but I remember hearing of the crash slowly filtering through the plane a few hours into our flight. I still think that there could have been a good chance I passed some of the passengers who died in the terminal.

    • @nicolestewart
      @nicolestewart Год назад +5

      😢 hugs to you

    • @moisemensah8233
      @moisemensah8233 Год назад +3

      Happy that you're still here though but sending you hugs for the traumatic memory.

    • @randykitchleburger2780
      @randykitchleburger2780 Год назад

      Haunting

    • @RB-lc8lh
      @RB-lc8lh Год назад +1

      How would you have received news while in flight? No cell phones or any method of contact with anyone in 1996. The pilots probably knew from ATC, are you saying the spread the news?

    • @Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian
      @Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian Год назад +3

      @@RB-lc8lh I think it was known before we took off… we ended up leaving around 10 pm. Just wasn’t well known before takeoff.

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 5 месяцев назад +3

    I remember this in 1996. The crew and passengers that got off must have felt incredibly thankful when they heard the horrific news a few hours later.
    God bless those that perished.

  • @nenblom
    @nenblom 9 месяцев назад +29

    I am an aviation enthusiast. This tragic accident has gripped me and will not let go. May the victims of TWA flight 800 rest in peace. I am wondering what happened to that patient who was supposed to get that organ. Does anyone know?

  • @nefertitiscott1934
    @nefertitiscott1934 Год назад +54

    I remember hearing a high school track and field standout from the bay area where I'm from was on this flight. Dan Gabor was a 800 meter track star. I saw him run at a few track meets but didn't know him personally. Was shocked to hear he was on flight 800. Rip Dan Gabor

    • @777RockNRollin
      @777RockNRollin Год назад +2

      Your Gov at work ,.. I am sorry for you sir

    • @rickreitz8276
      @rickreitz8276 Год назад +5

      I had the honor of running a few track races with Dan. Having had a chance to meet him, I remember him as a very kind and humble young man. Amador Valley High named a track event in his honor, The Dan Gabor Invitational. RIP

    • @gilbert2857
      @gilbert2857 Год назад +1

      ​@@777RockNRollin explain

    • @JustPlainSteve5372
      @JustPlainSteve5372 8 месяцев назад +1

      💔

  • @Bikerbug2020
    @Bikerbug2020 Год назад +90

    Used to work for TWA back in my 20’s as a Flight Service Manager and when this happened I had been away from the company for nearly 5 years, but it hit home because I had worked that flight on several occasions. God Bless all who perished on that day…

  • @pep590
    @pep590 10 месяцев назад +13

    I remember this and also remember how there were people saying they saw a missile fired from the ground up to the plane. Never knew what the official report was till now.

    • @ayokay123
      @ayokay123 3 месяца назад +5

      Some of this technical explanation doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, like why the AC pack was only located an inch from the fuel tank. I still believe that there's at least a 50% chance that this plane was blown out of the sky by a missile. For the government to admit that would cause a whole host of problems. Another case: Everybody remembers Flight 93 on 9/11. It's the plane that crashed into the field near Shanksville, Pa. The very next morning, CNN had a reporter at the Indian Lake marina standing next to a large beached commercial jet engine. The implication was that if that jet engine was from Flight 93, it had to have been shot out of the sky since the distance between the marina and the crash site was 6.5 miles. Guess what…………CNN never showed that reporter or footage again. Never….showed….it….again. I know this because I had my tv glued to CNN the entire next two days. Oh, and there were numerous eyewitness reports of a small, white, unmarked, private jet flying around the Shanksville area moments before the crash. I will NEVER be convinced that that plane wasn't shot out of the sky. Of course, I'd never have blamed Bush for his actions if he'd made the decision to do so, but the political heat would have been massive.

    • @pep590
      @pep590 3 месяца назад +1

      @@ayokay123 Thanks for this update. Yes, this is till quite a mystery especially with all of the things you mentioned.

  • @blackieblack
    @blackieblack 11 месяцев назад +23

    May they reopen the investigation and finally give these people justice. To any seamen or airmen involved in this, it's time to step forward.

    • @walkerpantera
      @walkerpantera 10 месяцев назад +3

      huh?

    • @jamesnoord6295
      @jamesnoord6295 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@klinestill I was "channel surfing" on cable that evening, and stopped on CNN. they were showigna black horizon with lights and I thought it might be another invasoin of mideast ala Gulf War I. Started watching and the broadcast narrative that evening had little resemblance to the next day. that evening Naval ships in the area on maneuvers were assisting, as well as local boaters. Multiple witnesses saw streaks of light from the ground going upwards toward the plane, etc, etc, etc. Next day, the NAVY had been transported 200 miles away and were en route to assist. People deserve closure and answers

    • @dutchy1176
      @dutchy1176 9 месяцев назад

      Exactly. It's a travesty that they have people believe the "official" report. Since, there is plenty proof that this 747 was shot down. There was even a splatter pattern spread accross the top of the center wing tank which tested positive for nitrates. This of course, along with other clues, was never made public...

    • @karlsalocks
      @karlsalocks 18 дней назад

      @@walkerpantera Conspiracy theory is epidemic in the US these days. Mentally ill people who "know" things that the "sheep" don't. There's a Fn conspiracy behind everything these days with certain groups. It's sad. This person is suggesting that the government/military shot the plane down.

  • @spanz21
    @spanz21 Год назад +19

    I was flying into JFK that night, my captain screaming over the intercom for the stewardess to go up front. They wouldn’t let us land we were circling around. My family heard a plane crashed and wasn’t sure if it was our plane. They didn’t want to call my parents. I’ll never forget this night. May all RIP for flight 800

    • @lindahoffman2692
      @lindahoffman2692 Год назад

      How awful for you that your pilot was unprofessional enough to be “screaming for the stewardess”! Contrast that with the control and professionalism of the ATC and pilots who actually witnessed the disaster yet remained calm and related as much information as they could. Horrifying tragedy all around. RIP

  • @trob0914
    @trob0914 Год назад +92

    This and Alaska Flt. #261( January 2000) are both in my thoughts most days! I had family friends on both flights, remembering them fondly. RIP to the families of both crashes!!

    • @antondiatonikk2256
      @antondiatonikk2256 Год назад +8

      How tragically unfortunate, I'm sorry.

    • @UMadUCauseBad
      @UMadUCauseBad Год назад +2

      What the hell are the odds of that. If I were in your shoes I'd never get on a plane again

    • @trob0914
      @trob0914 Год назад +2

      @@UMadUCauseBadThanks, however I can't dwell on it. With many miles flown, it's in GOD's hands!

    • @UMadUCauseBad
      @UMadUCauseBad Год назад

      @@trob0914 better spiritual man than I fr fr

  • @ds_the_rn
    @ds_the_rn 3 дня назад +2

    EastWing saying, “God bless him,” is so incredibly sad.

  • @amandacantrell1146
    @amandacantrell1146 10 месяцев назад +6

    My deepest, heartfelt condolences to ask the family, friends and co-workers of everyone on board that day.

  • @psalm2forliberty577
    @psalm2forliberty577 Год назад +235

    Thank you for your awesome flight recreations - part history, instruction & even entertainment..
    As I spoke to a 737Max United pilot at my church recently, he was astounded to hear my familiarity with his job.
    I said: "I never miss a Flight Channel video".
    He laughed & said "that's great neither do I"

    • @theflightchannel
      @theflightchannel  Год назад +51

      I appreciate your support :)

    • @maxsaviation9512
      @maxsaviation9512 Год назад +4

      Has to go to church to pray about his actions of choosing to fly for united

    • @psalm2forliberty577
      @psalm2forliberty577 Год назад +1

      @@maxsaviation9512
      Have no clue about merits of his employer.
      Goes to church & work to support his lovely wife & kids,...just like anyone else lol.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Год назад

      @@psalm2forliberty577 Do churches in America pay you to attend then?

  • @loughton57
    @loughton57 Год назад +50

    My family and I were in from London visiting my parents in New York. This happened the following day. I remember how frightened I was knowing we had to get back on a plane and fly back home.

    • @mrseddiediaz
      @mrseddiediaz 10 месяцев назад

      I wouldnt have

    • @NimaNikpa-wc6gw
      @NimaNikpa-wc6gw 9 месяцев назад

      Sorry, this tragedy happened a few days before the start of the Atlanta Olympics. Has it had an impact on the opening of the Olympics?

  • @joannemadden7449
    @joannemadden7449 10 месяцев назад +13

    You never know the hour or day. May their end have been quick and painless. To their survivers, my deepest sympathies.

  • @Edward-oy7ed
    @Edward-oy7ed 10 месяцев назад +1

    So very heartbreaking for those lost souls, not knowing what was yet to happen. Life is so precious and tomorrow is not promised. I believe that we all should to try to learn from tragedies, by trying to live with more empathy and respect for everyone.

  • @TheKaidynB
    @TheKaidynB Год назад +26

    Michel Briesroff, a well known hockey player, was on this flight, along with Courtney Whitmore, The sister of Geoff Johns and the inspiration of DC’s Stargirl series. That “I think so” from the Boston controller….I could hear the sadness in his voice…… ugh heart wrenching. Kudos to the controllers and other pilots for pulling together in that situation and acting like one unit. Like a big family of aviators looking out for one another……

  • @ellel2986
    @ellel2986 Год назад +113

    I remember when this happened I had a strong (and strange) feeling that I knew someone on the flight. When the passenger list was announced, my feeling was very sadly validated. A guy I ran track with in high school was on the flight. I read that he was heading to a friend’s wedding in Paris. He was a really cool guy, very quiet and sweet. He was also a great runner. I was so sad for his mom. Still can’t believe what happened. Prayers for the families who lost loved ones. ❤

    • @vidura
      @vidura Год назад +1

      He is now jogging in heaven.

    • @MyEyeOnAi
      @MyEyeOnAi Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/mqL0V1XaU7Q/видео.html it was an job

    • @maxalberts2003
      @maxalberts2003 Год назад +1

      @@MyEyeOnAi Learn English before you try to post here.

    • @MyEyeOnAi
      @MyEyeOnAi Год назад

      @@maxalberts2003 I found your address, enjoy whats coming

  • @dracofirex
    @dracofirex 2 месяца назад +2

    Oh I remember this! I was 10 and we watched the whole coverage on TV. Absolutely horrific. I don't understand why people want flying cars after what we've been through.

  • @lisabergman1444
    @lisabergman1444 Год назад +1

    July 17 th is my Dad’s birthday. We lived outside NYC and I remember driving home and they interrupted the music to report the loss of flight 800. We were coming home from a birthday dinner for my dad in Edgewater NJ

  • @2puffs770
    @2puffs770 Год назад +29

    Man, seem like this plane was sending all kinds of signals to say "Do not take off in me, ground me, people and circuits be messing up everywhere".

    • @mattneko4225
      @mattneko4225 Год назад +8

      There’s a video of a flight attendant on this plane months before who had a premonition it would happen…interesting video

    • @divestdreamer
      @divestdreamer Год назад +6

      @@mattneko4225 Do you have the link? That reminds me of final destination where they have premonitions and it actually happens

  • @BsUJeTs
    @BsUJeTs Год назад +281

    I am not a conspiracy theorist in any way. I am a retired aircraft mechanic that worked heavy maintenance on 747-100,-200, -400 and SP series. The explanation given by the FAA was logical and on point. But I just have one question, in all the years of these aircraft flying earlier to the crash, why didn’t this happen before ?

    • @roberthagedorn290
      @roberthagedorn290 Год назад +60

      I wonder if this would have happened if the center fuel tank had been completely filled at JFK? There would have been very little fuel air mixture with a full tank.

    • @stephenbate933
      @stephenbate933 Год назад +17

      @@roberthagedorn290 I was thinking that too!!

    • @DavidSmith-fs6pi
      @DavidSmith-fs6pi Год назад +1

      At this point i wouldn't believe the US Government or US Government Agencies if they told me the sky was blue and the grass was green.

    • @jasguy2715
      @jasguy2715 Год назад +67

      @@stephenbate933 me also! What has been coming out in the last few years about things that our government has done and is doing makes me question everything!

    • @scottfranco1962
      @scottfranco1962 Год назад +51

      Because it was a combination of circumstances.

  • @IRONHEAD12701
    @IRONHEAD12701 10 месяцев назад +3

    We thought it was a meteor at first. But then it became apparent that meteors don’t travel that slow, no sonic boom, watching it pitch upwards and then falling straight down into the Long Island Sound, I kinda figured it was a jet airliner.
    Then we heard about it the next morning on the news.

  • @hurley999jb
    @hurley999jb 10 месяцев назад +2

    Got chills watching this - I remember being so sad about it as a kid