Flight 1420 Crashed Due To Crew Crucial Pre-Landing Error | Mayday | On The Move

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2022
  • On 1 June 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm, but overruns the runway, killing 11 people. The crash was caused by the crew not arming the spoilers during their pre-landing checks.
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  • @wayne6512
    @wayne6512 Год назад +57

    The fact that American Airlines refused to comment in this episode speaks volumes.

    • @157294
      @157294 10 месяцев назад +5

      Simply adhering to the advice of legal counsel. Why is that a mystery, especially in the United States of Litigation?

    • @Gutbomber
      @Gutbomber 8 месяцев назад

      Objection!

    • @tylerwelch7574
      @tylerwelch7574 6 месяцев назад

      Well USAir bought out American, so I wouldn’t think they’d have any need to comment. They just kept the American name.

    • @dmcnamara9859
      @dmcnamara9859 Месяц назад

      Speaks no volume. A television production has motives,no Corporation in their right mind would voluntarily participate in a potential liability trap.

  • @juliemanarin4127
    @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад +4

    Why did ATC allow them to take off? WTH? From the ATC and pilots refusing to wait is absurd!

  • @foxtrot312
    @foxtrot312 Год назад +30

    Not turning on spoilers when landing was their final nail in coffin. I thought that was what co-pilot is there for to help the pilot with controls.

    • @TheKeeperMadz
      @TheKeeperMadz Год назад +2

      In the end the captain is responsible for any and all things that did or did not occur.

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад

      It is

    • @StarFyre
      @StarFyre Месяц назад

      Minor point: Spoilers are armed not turned on 😁
      Crew is split between pilot flying and pilot monitoring but ultimately the captain is the commander of the aircraft.

  • @foxtrot312
    @foxtrot312 Год назад +16

    The Pilots had a major case of get-thereitis

  • @sophieandsarahtheavocado1101
    @sophieandsarahtheavocado1101 Год назад +11

    At least there were survivors

  • @hamentaschen
    @hamentaschen Год назад +27

    "The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli."

    • @mistergq1774
      @mistergq1774 Год назад +3

      Hahs😂 EPIC

    • @tugbankert6581
      @tugbankert6581 Год назад +3

      But your not a marine biologist

    • @green1982
      @green1982 Год назад +1

      @@tugbankert6581 Who owns a marine biologist?

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣. I love random George Costanza quotes.

    • @johnwymer1215
      @johnwymer1215 Год назад +2

      @@tugbankert6581 *you're

  • @nickpapas4547
    @nickpapas4547 Год назад +4

    My humble opinion is that the pilot didn't cancel the landing and go to a different airport to do so

  • @joeandre4123
    @joeandre4123 Год назад +17

    This incident has Greg Feith the most animated about the mistakes made by the crew. He scolded the pilots and American Airlines. Of course, looking back is 20/20.
    I feel for the passengers. Reduce Get Home Itis.

  • @Livinlivin836
    @Livinlivin836 Год назад +19

    They overshot the runway and slipped in the rain. Landing sideways and during circumstances that company policy does not allow. Not the company’s fault, they clearly had it in their policy that that model airplane can not land in those circumstances.

    • @jamesfiero3255
      @jamesfiero3255 Год назад +5

      But the company's responsible for what their employee's do on company ⌚

    • @mattieice4689
      @mattieice4689 Год назад +4

      It was the company’s fault for allowing them to depart in the first place

  • @watchgoose
    @watchgoose Год назад +7

    forgot? checklist!

  • @supaflysye
    @supaflysye Год назад +12

    Huge storm like that you'd think they'd circle away from the storm or land at another airport

    • @MrGrace
      @MrGrace Год назад

      Yes but then youd have ti stay in the air and fly through the storm. They were trying to get on the ground as fast as possible. If they go to a different airport, they have to fly longer.

    • @ohioguy215
      @ohioguy215 Год назад

      @@MrGrace ... Hmm...crash or fly. longer. Tough choice.

    • @MrGrace
      @MrGrace Год назад

      @@ohioguy215 yhey didn't know they were gonna crash. They are trained to get the aircraft to tge ground as soon as possible

    • @ohioguy215
      @ohioguy215 Год назад +1

      @@MrGrace Yes...safely. Pilots knew they were in trouble...gambled and lost.

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад

      Just wait it out...do not take off at all

  • @ual60515
    @ual60515 Год назад +6

    Love this episode

  • @rizzorizzo2311
    @rizzorizzo2311 Год назад +2

    😂🤣 The guy that plays the copilot was Patrick Batemans lawyer in American psycho. I knew he looked familiar.

  • @clipperjuan8797
    @clipperjuan8797 Год назад +4

    Now this channel is doing reruns of old mayday episodes. They seriously need to add new episodes instead of recording them and post as new

  • @Capt.Turner
    @Capt.Turner Год назад +12

    Yeah, the pilots obviously made a grave mistake by not deploying the spoilers among a number of others, I get it. We've all been there one way or another.
    The pilot lost his own life over that. I guess he'd wish he had a 2nd chance for himself and all the passengers, who perished with him.
    Can't help but ask the question, who built a massive catwalk in the direct line of the runway ?
    This particular tragedy is a little bit more than just pilot error.
    We all need to learn our lessons from this (and all other tragedies).

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes...runways need long overrun areas and nothing too close to the airport!

  • @joecombs7468
    @joecombs7468 8 месяцев назад +1

    It seems that what upsets Renee Salman the most is that her illusion of guaranteed 100% safety was shattered.
    She did not lose any member of her family and yet the next day could not believe life was going on (her words) as normal for the rest of the world.
    Every single day on every continent, in every country, people face life threatening events. Some times they survive some times they don't.
    But the fact that she went through a life threatening event with her two children has shattered her little world of 100% safe 100% of the time.
    That safety is an illusion. There are no guarantees in life, life is dangerous.
    Several years ago I saw on our local news a small plane from the municipal airport had crashed in a neighborhood. There were two casualties, the pilot, and a man sitting in his living room watching TV drinking a beer.
    You would think your own living room is the safest place in the world you could be.
    Life is dangerous, there are no guarantees.

  • @andrewcharles7873
    @andrewcharles7873 27 дней назад

    The pilots rushed to land as soon as possible, leading to errors in judgment that included the crew's failure to complete the airline's pre-landing checklist before descending. This was a crucial event in the accident chain, as the crew overlooked multiple critical landing systems on the checklist.
    The flight crew also failed to arm the automatic spoiler system, which automatically moves the spoiler control lever, and deploys the spoilers upon landing. The pilots also failed to set the plane's automatic braking system and the landing flaps.
    And with the reported winds exceeding the MD-82's 20-knot (23 mph; 37 km/h) crosswind limit for landing in reduced visibility on a wet runway, Captain Buschmann still did not abandon the aircraft's approach into Little Rock, deciding to continue the approach to 4R instead.
    With so many red flags, it's a no brainer that the pilot still proceeded with landing the aircraft.
    The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable causes of this accident were the flight crew's failure to discontinue the approach when severe thunderstorms and their associated hazards to flight operations had moved into the airport area, and the crew's failure to ensure that the spoilers had extended after touchdown.
    Captain Buschmann paid the ultimate price with his life, but too bad he also took 10 innocent lives with him, not to mention the dozens more who were seriously injured, some of whom who are permanently disabled.

  • @zarahofshiloh7537
    @zarahofshiloh7537 Год назад +2

    If the actors are portraying what was said exactly the way they said it, with the tones and inflections in the voice, it really sounds like you had an insecure Captain and a cocky co-pilot wanting to land at this airport. That is definitely a recipe for disaster. The Captain should have decided to go to their alternate. The co-pilot should have been pay attention to his job. It sounds like they disobeyed their companies regulations also. I can't imagine what they were thinking. It is sad that those 11 people died, because the pilot and co-pilot may have not enter the right career. This is truly sad.

  • @ggit5266
    @ggit5266 Год назад +7

    When there is a Storm there will be a threat. Even if he is a experienced pilot. Only God can save them from crash.

  • @ClearedAsFiled
    @ClearedAsFiled Год назад +1

    Bowling alley flying around weather would not work for me....I had too many gutter balls

  • @charlesrobinson8143
    @charlesrobinson8143 Год назад +7

    Looking at the airport on Google maps they would've had a better survival rate on 22r no catwalk only rr tracks

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад +1

      Too bad ATC didn't steer them to the safer runway

  • @tylerthompson1842
    @tylerthompson1842 7 месяцев назад +1

    It suck for pilots cause they’re people pleasers they wanna get you there as fast as possible as most people are impatient, but that should never outweigh safety. Depending on their fuel surplus they could’ve potentially went into a holding pattern while the storm passes through. Usually the more intense the storm the shorter the duration. At the very least the conditions could’ve improved for them

  • @ClearedAsFiled
    @ClearedAsFiled Год назад +1

    Pilots racing against the weather....a recipe for disaster. ...

  • @ohioguy215
    @ohioguy215 Год назад +1

    Did we crash or were we shot down?

  • @workingonmyroar7944
    @workingonmyroar7944 Год назад +3

    I hate droning around at night in weather where I don’t know where I am?
    Pilot should have gone to alternative airport

  • @sandygrogg1203
    @sandygrogg1203 8 месяцев назад +1

    Greg is my favorite… ❤

    • @michigangirl5072
      @michigangirl5072 6 месяцев назад

      He's every woman's favorite. Mines too

  • @BigEightiesNewWave
    @BigEightiesNewWave 4 месяца назад

    I have watched dozens of these, rarely is it the plane, more often bad mechanics doing things wrong or not carrying out a repair that is needed, or bad piloting.

  • @Herowebcomics
    @Herowebcomics Год назад +7

    MAN!
    It is sad to see that the company valued getting payed over the lives of those people!
    Never rush through something!
    Take your time and do it right!

    • @33moneyball
      @33moneyball 9 месяцев назад +2

      Let’s be real….passengers would’ve been pissed if the flight was canceled for safety.

    • @Herowebcomics
      @Herowebcomics 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@33moneyball Yeah,but at least they would be alive.

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад

      Yep

    • @juliemanarin4127
      @juliemanarin4127 8 месяцев назад +1

      @33moneyball too bad...they would still be here to be mad. There's always another flight...I'd rather have a flight canceled than to put my life in jeopardy!

    • @joecombs7468
      @joecombs7468 8 месяцев назад

      Airlines that cancel flights and divert to other cities for safety, more than other airlines, have a better safety record and they also lose passengers to the other airlines eventually going out of business.
      So many of you "armchair pilots" are quick to attack airlines & pilots when a crash happens but you would also be the first person to tell your family and friends "We are never flying that airline again. Other airlines made it through that storm. But noooo they were afraid of a little storm. We'll never fly that airline again."

  • @workingonmyroar7944
    @workingonmyroar7944 Год назад +3

    This had to have been terrifying!!! As a passenger this had to be scarier than the plane with the stuck landing gear watching themselves land on live TV!!!
    Right? Yes I’m right

  • @SaidurRahman-us3bq
    @SaidurRahman-us3bq Месяц назад

    ❤awesome

  • @LBG-cf8gu
    @LBG-cf8gu Год назад +2

    No divert to alternate?

  • @chad735
    @chad735 Год назад +2

    Can’t stand the way he say “schedule”. Goodness

    • @nieshamccoy9419
      @nieshamccoy9419 Год назад +2

      That's how they pronounce it in British English

  • @AwesomeAngryBiker
    @AwesomeAngryBiker 7 месяцев назад

    41:14 that says it all, just plain greedy, she should be ashamed 🤬

  • @joankersting2358
    @joankersting2358 Год назад +3

    From the airlines to the airport it’s profit above passengers every time.

  • @aneliaphillip4631
    @aneliaphillip4631 5 месяцев назад

    What’s wrong with human beings how could you be angry if ur flight got cancelled because of a storm

  • @Shortzillo
    @Shortzillo Год назад +1

    Schedule!!!!!

  • @annazfker2028
    @annazfker2028 Год назад +2

    ... BOTTOM LINE IS: MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE.

    • @ClearedAsFiled
      @ClearedAsFiled Год назад

      Sooooo right. Like mass in the USA, profits are ALWAYS placed above all else.....

    • @michigangirl5072
      @michigangirl5072 6 месяцев назад

      Straight up.

  • @garygone5234
    @garygone5234 Год назад +2

    To many commercials. Your bad RUclips.

  • @jamesburke6078
    @jamesburke6078 7 месяцев назад

    If the burns on the lady's daughter had come from anywhere else would this be as traumatizing? Not likely

  • @michigangirl5072
    @michigangirl5072 6 месяцев назад

    Greg Feith, you beautiful angel. ❤

  • @clipperjuan8797
    @clipperjuan8797 Год назад +2

    MY RECCOMEMDATION TO EVERYONE: unsubscribe from this channel if you originally subscribed for mayday episodes

  • @YFitnessMan
    @YFitnessMan Год назад

    Same show verbatim as "Air Disasters" with different narration.

  • @crystal_leopard7867
    @crystal_leopard7867 Год назад +2

    Why does this RUclips channel post the same episodes over and over again?

  • @mikeanderson4112
    @mikeanderson4112 Год назад

    They should be want to different airport out of the storm

  • @alistarmanley607
    @alistarmanley607 2 месяца назад

    Thats the most amount of garbage i ever heard in my entire life we're running out of time i never knew that we does run out of time

  • @brucemoriarty9964
    @brucemoriarty9964 Год назад

    I think the crash was caused by aliens

  • @BroccoliHead7
    @BroccoliHead7 Год назад

    why would they crash in the first place???... what a joke

  • @joeirwin269
    @joeirwin269 Год назад

    Not at all impressed with the senior pilot.

  • @GeoCalifornian
    @GeoCalifornian Год назад

    17:15 No. Airlines pilots make their money sitting on autopilot most of the time. These treacherous landing weather scenarios come only once in a while...
    /In the Newtonian World.

  • @AwesomeAngryBiker
    @AwesomeAngryBiker 7 месяцев назад

    Well😢done on the non stop ads uploader, completely ruined the video, greedy 👎👎👎

  • @Sasheenka
    @Sasheenka 5 месяцев назад

    The lady survivor is so annoying.

  • @billybob61636
    @billybob61636 11 месяцев назад

    Shejule

  • @kellyanderson7624
    @kellyanderson7624 Год назад +2

    SKedule, NOT shedule

    • @spectre0-145
      @spectre0-145 Год назад

      Well thats british english for you

  • @zackwideawake8095
    @zackwideawake8095 Год назад

    Not the smartest pilots 😕

  • @debbijames7950
    @debbijames7950 Год назад +4

    First.

    • @donnabaardsen5372
      @donnabaardsen5372 Год назад

      Seriously? What are you people, toddler's? Who on earth cares!

  • @braininavatnow9197
    @braininavatnow9197 Год назад +2

    Always keep in mind that most commercial jet jockies are chronic alcoholic's and spend most of their time drunk.

    • @terrifleischer9915
      @terrifleischer9915 Год назад +2

      Boy, is that a derogatory comment.

    • @nilanjanmoitra4249
      @nilanjanmoitra4249 Год назад +2

      Have you lost your senses or what?

    • @washcaps71
      @washcaps71 Год назад

      What an idiot!! You clearly have never flown, you lunkhead

    • @l0kaltpsykf4ll34
      @l0kaltpsykf4ll34 Год назад

      oh Just Like the surgeons who drink themselves Knockout Drunk & show up to work the Next day to Operate on your loved one...

    • @lizpurr8402
      @lizpurr8402 Год назад +1

      Gee thanks that’s very reassuring 😳😖

  • @templar3540
    @templar3540 Год назад +1

    they fogot the air break flaps

  • @user-oc4hy8wv1i
    @user-oc4hy8wv1i 7 месяцев назад

    pilots have GET THERE ITIS..well thats a great one! and its true