The Shocking Revelations About Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- On December 19th, 2005, Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight #101, a unique plane-speedboat combo en route to the Bahamas, suffers a catastrophic mid-air explosion after takeoff from Miami Beach, Florida. The tourist-captured plunge into the ocean claims all 20 lives onboard, leading to immediate salvage efforts.
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Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 9 Episode 8 "Cracks in the System":Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight #101 - Grumman Turbo Mallard (sea plane)
Destined for the Bahamas, Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight #101 is preparing for takeoff in the waters off Miami Beach, Florida. Part plane, part speedboat, the twin turbo-prop taxis through one of the world’s busiest ports, and after a smooth takeoff, climbs towards the clouds. A minute later, however, just as the plane is leveling off, it is suddenly rocked by an explosion and, from the beach, a tourist films the aircraft’s catastrophic plunge into the ocean. Lifeguards immediately race to the crash site but there are no survivors. Eyewitness reports and the tourist video confirm one of its wings ripped off in mid-air. But can investigators determine why?
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The bottom line on Chalks demise is that all the aircraft in the fleet needed to be re-winged. They upgraded the engines to the PT6 turboprop family, but unfortunately, never addressed, or had the money to accomplish this huge job. Lockheed's C130 is a classic example of a successful re-winging operation, but at least one civilian aircraft that wasn't re-winged was lost fighting a forest fire when the wings simultaneously separated from the fuselage. I had the pleasure of flying to Bimini on Chalks the year this tragedy happened, and our First Officer was this same pilot who Captained Flight 101 some months later. She was a competent, safe and very skilled aviator. RIP to all those onboard.
I agree about the engines vs wings. I worked extensively on Mallards and Geese operating on the BC coast in the late ‘70’s through mid ‘90’s. Some of those either came from or went to Chalks. Corrosion was the greatest problem we had. It was a constant fight. Also, a very expensive fight. In one incidence, while doing accident repairs to one plane it was found that there was extensive corrosion to a wing spar. Instead of incorporating a proper repair to the spar, which would have taken a couple of months, we were ordered to do a bandaid fix just to get it flying. Im not saying that was the case with Chalks but it wouldnt surprise me. Most aircraft maintenance technicians have little experience and understanding fir that type of corrosion. Fortunately the plane mentioned was written off shortly after from a pilot error accident without serious injuries unrelated to the corroded spar. With oroper inspection and maintenance, these aircraft can fly for many many years safely. But, to achieve that takes a lot money and good people.
$$$ Cutting Corners Justice ! Any Loss of Life IS Devastating to Families Friends and Lasting PAIN for their Souls .
Rest their Souls ...Amen
As an A&P for 30+ years and with a seaplane pilot rating, I'll bet on corrosion every time. And you don't repair wing spars. You replace them regardless of the expense.
EXACTLY! My father was a former US Naval officer, a chemist and later a Sr.Research Corrosion Engineer! I. Sure he would have agreed with you! ⚓⛵⚓GO NAVY! ⚓
Sad- lost a childhood friend on that flight. His father was on the plane as well. He coached us in kid's rec basketball back in the day. RIP Eric and Mr. J
In 1977-87, I lived on a boat on Watson Island in the marina about 1/mile from Chalk's base.
My main memory of Chalk's was the AMAZINGLY LOUD music that the mechanics played at night when working on the planes!
I remember them being really nice people, and even let us check out the cockpits of a couple of the planes (I was wanting to, and later did, learn to fly, so I thought it really cool!
Sad that this happened, and that Chalk's is no longer in existence.
From my experience in Navy flight deck work, they died instantly. Hitting water at that speed is like hitting concrete, water has no time to move as plane hits it...the props were bent as if they hit the ground...my CO was killed hitting the water in his F-14. Parts of brain in helmet and lung in flight suit...
Yup... plane stops suddenly, but your organs keep traveling 'at speed'... turned to mush in an instant...
Yup, I often could'nt understand that as a young boy why when people or things hit water from way up high things would'nt be as bad as hitting the ground,concrete,earth or what have you, it is simpley just not the case,(water is hard when hit), sorry about your CO, thank you for your service sir.
@@ericyell898Allot depends on shape of the object hitting water, it's speed, and its angle of entry
Do you remember the angle?
"Can you enhance that?"
"Err, no. This isn't Bladerunner!"
Thats what my wife always says
"They're is 8 pixels to work with, I can't do didly"
you'd be surprised what AI upscalers can do nowadays
@@DouglasWalrath
An AI upscaler is nothing more than a computer imagining things where there is none. You wouldn’t accept a human artist’s imagining as evidence, would you?
@@ErzengelDesLichtes i mean the police do, ever heard of a police sketch artist?
I'd hate to be the pilot that had to do the "told ya so" interview. Had to do it though. Gotta keep the owners and penny counters accountable in these airlines. I can't quite wrap my head around sacrificing employee and customer safety for a dollar. It's gross. Especially since they were flying such old junk planes!
Happens everyday, much more than can be believed..GREED..
Salt water corrodes Metal very fast…..seaplanes should have special maintenance programs, especially for this.
EXACTLY! My father was a chemist and later a Sr. Research Corrosion Engineer! Corrosion does happen!
Uh, they do.
I have flown this airline in the 80s from Nassau so often and loved it. Easy flying to Miami (smallest airport in US) I often thought if it came down (which it did a few times) it's in the water, no problem. Anchor the aircraft and send another to pick up the passengers. Also it never flew at night or in bad weather, so as safe as houses. It flew low and you could see the beautiful torquoise water. I was astounded when this happened as I probably flew on this particular aircraft and it could have been waiting to happen.
I flew Chalk's to Walker Cay in 1999 it was a great trip. We never know when it's our time.
same here, A couple of times and of course no problems. I took several pictures after the plane went up the ramp and we got our luggage. When this accident happened I pulled all of my pictures to show my friends that I had been on One of them. That's when I noticed that the captain was inspecting every part of that plane in each picture, Looking up under the wings and landing gear area. Now I know why!
Thanks for this as I always wondered what happened. The image of the Mallards as the bumpers and trailers for Miami Vice were an indelible symbol of the rich spoiled and stylized life of Miami in the 80s-90s.
I love how much this episode looks like CSI: Miami
Ugh, this was such a road traveled to a catastrophic ending. Repairing spars time after time with slow, steady, continuous degrading of the wing…..
I had a Kalik and counch fritters in the End of World bar and flew the last flight out of Alice town to Miami.
Bad bad management/maintenance. That’s all it comes down too. Cool old birds. I worked around the dc6, the c46 and c47 over my nearly 25 plus years aviation career. These were all aging acft. The maintenance programs of each employer was great. We had our government issued inspector hanging out about once a month. So sad for the victims of this tragedy.
Did they ever FIND the last remaining person, n who was it? Thx, RIP< SO sad.....................
I feel for the lifeguards, they could only do body recovery.
This plane can be seen on an episode of Miami vice titled "baseballs of death". Its numbers can be clearly seen.
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Good episode, but your title kinda spoils the episode when the show revolves around the answer to why the plane crashed.
Its not a drama on netflix. Its a show based on real accidents that happened. Real people died, its not exactly a drama to have an exciting revelation or twist at the end, its an unfortunate series of events that you could look up.
What a cool pilot job. Flew with a captain at my previous carrier who was a prior chalks. Damn shame what happened.
Concorde may have been a brilliant thrill but this was dangerously close. Coming in to land on water at Paradise Island was amazing, I can hear it now.
The problem was the guy was supposed to be putting sealant in the tank but it was clearly grease and a grease gun
That's just a dramatization... 😄
Lol yessssss
All of the Mayday series re enactments are like that. They are designed to give the public a general picture of the point they are trying to make.
@colinnicols5387 I get that. It's just fun to point it out seeing as I'm in the industry!
I flew on this same aircraft in 1992, years prior to the accident, from KeyWest to Miami, right after hurricane Andrew.
It’s always a good day when a new place crash video airs
Not to burst your bubble, but these episodes had long since aired on Television years ago.
@@davereichertYup... I've seen this Ep. before also...
Agree they interesting but you also gotta think about how this is a true story and people died😢
That old plane was flying on a wing and a prayer.
No, half a wing and a prayer.
33:03 No safety glasses. Especially important when over-head drilling.
58-year-old plane built in 1947? That's a ticking time bomb!
Youd be surprised how long airplanes fly for. There are still 747s from the 1970s flying today. so long as maintenence and strict protocol are held up, planes can fly for decades and still be perfectly fine and useful.
Wait until you find out how old DC3’s are!
@@Amm17ar 1970s?
My Waco was built in 1928 and flew just fine....Age is not always a factor, maintenance can be....
Poor maintenance along with company financial situation caused this crash
I flew to bimini in the mid 80,s and remember how the chalks plane would shake and strain to go up the ramp out of the water in bimini ! Those planes were always straining and being pulled apart surprizing more didn,t crash really..........
In the 90's before I moved to the US from the UK, I and a bunch of friends went to a local airport to watch a mini airshow. While we were sitting there eating and looking at the planes one of them flew across the airfield and crashed right before our eyes. It was the most surreal out of body experience as though we hadn't seen it happen. Thankfully the pilot wasn't killed but one of my other lasting memories was the announcer on the loud speaker asking if someone had taken pictures and/or video of the event and if they had to please come forward. We hadn't taken cameras with us that day so all I have is a fading memory...
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE WATCHING A PLANE CRASH? WERE YOU INJURED? HOW COULD YOUR LIFE BE THREATENED BY A PLANE CRASH THAT DIDN'T HIT OR THREATEN YOU?
Several years before this crash I recall some, or maybe all, of the Chalk's airplanes were repowered with more powerful turbo engines.
I have flown on this plane a few times prior to this horrible crash. I used to regularly run my boat from Miami to Bimini and a few times I had to fly back leaving my boat there due to weather. I knew a couple Bimini locals on this flight. The gentleman with the glasses at 4:24 I'm sure is portraying a man I had known for years. Don Smith known to everyone as "Dockmaster Don" at the Bimini Big Game Club. Such a sad day that was. This crash was going to happen at some point no matter what. Just wish it would have happened before the plane got airborne over 50-100 feet. Could have been survivable.
I knew Sergio Danguillecourt's wife, Jackie. Extremely nice person.
I still see her sister and her mom once in a while.
Sergio & Jackie had just gotten married a couple weeks earlier.
I was 5 years old when this happened.
8:30 that’s Lucas from The Amazing Race season 30 (team Ocean Rescue). He raced with his (gf & fiancee at the time) wife Brittany
I wish someone would do a comprehensive video of Cal-Ore Life Flight crash . The plane number is N661TC.
In the early 1990's when I was considering a flight attendant career, I had a career guide that listed Chalks as one of the airlines. In the General Information summary, it was noted that Chalks flew Dehavilland Dash-7's in addition to the Seaplanes. I understand that the Seaplanes were the primary attraction but in the interest of safety, they should have disposed of the Seaplanes and utilized the Dash-7 exclusively. It would have been much easier to find mechanics qualified to maintain the newer, much younger Dehaviland turbo-prop, rather than try to kerp a nearly 60 year old, obsolete plane in operation. What a shame that America's 2 oldest and most prestigious airlines,( Chalks and Pan Am), both died from poor management and negligence.😮😢
I flew Chalks airline a number of time. Wow, lucky.
From now on I will call out every reupload this channel does
We will meet every Video then
Won't help much at all buddy. Do something better than that.
@@MukisaSS like what?
😂
Good luck with that!
IT'S ALWAYS THE DOUBLER PLATES!!
Why wasn't the government inspector assigned to Chalks charged with manslaughter?
He probably retired early with a fat pension.
New flying boats are extremely hard to come by, this airline was doomed by this. The only option is the Canadair CL-415, yet none of those are operated as passenger planes.
The west coast of bc used to have many mallards and geese as well as PBY in the 50’s thru 90’s flying passengers. Now, all are gone. Replaced by turbine beavers, caravans, otters and helicopters. End of an era im glad i was a part of
Ridiculous number of adverts, at twice the volume of the video.
YT has increased it's advert frequency in the past few months... 😠
I may do with YT what I did with Farcebook years ago... file it... 😉
So you are forced to subscribe to youtube premium
@@jarigustafsson7620for 15 bucks 😮💨
You need an ad blocker.
I once saw a large, very tall water spout from land in Key West on a chrystal clear, cloudless day. It was south of the the harbour in Hawks Channel several miles from my vantage point on Mallory Wharf, dock.
Imagine trying to operate these seaplanes on the River Liffey at the entrance to Dublin Port in Ireland with all the poorly designed bridges over the River Liffey, which at high tide, would be almost impossible to taxi under from the Custom House going East out into Dublin Bay - aside from the River Shannon in Limerick, the River Mersey in Liverpool or the River Thames in London, it would make for very challenging takeoffs and landings
UK and Ireland tidal waves and winds are no joke, tbh.
@@vladdascalescu I've heard tales of waves killing LIGHTHOUSE keepers... who were ON LAND... Seaplanes? nope!!!!!
i feel bad for not only the passengers but i feel bad for the pilots,they are just doing their thing and all of a sudden the wing falls off and everyone dies...sfu...smh
34:54 That's grease in a grease gun.
Why wasnt the cockpit voice recorder updated so it would be useful? What's the point of a CVR if it's not intelligible?
Because you dont touch them, if something goes wrong you wouldnt know, and theyre typically reliable enough that it isnt an issue
Till now. I've honestly never know of ocean flights. I'm embarrassed but atleast I learned something today.
Reason of failure is human stupidity.
Chalk's and the FAA killed the passengers.
Can't watch some Mayday full episodes 😥
"Not available in your country"
(help)
Get a VPN
@@Sibyle79Which country or region?
Usa
@@c.a.f.lor just pirate them on a torrent site.
34:58 but this is a grease gun, he is putting grease (oil) in it, not a fuel sealer!
These birds are old in the operate and salt water. That's a combination for disaster. They have to be cared for with love and care. Every precaution.
And knowledge. In the 80's, Chalk's had a mechanic in his 90's and very experienced with Mallards. I flew Chalk's then. Several years later I wanted to fly Chalk's again, but did not because I knew that mechanic was gone and I knew Chalks had been financially strapped for a few years. I was saddened by the loss and disappointed because I knew the crash would be the end of Chalk's.
I won't finish this video because there is no point... I want to preserve my pleasant memories Chalk's.
The after editing of the breakup of this flight is disguesting, at least to me... Anything for attention i guess...
Sadly there no survivors in terrible maintenance faults and not good swimming of drowning
Lifeguards are heroes!!
Not this time.
Pretty poor dramatization of maintenance. Nobody uses pop rivets to install doublers and they show the guy using a grease gun and grease and call it sealant.
i used to work at PIA. I left feeling like my life may be in danger!
The one thing that puzzles me about this that has nothing to do with the airplane is that the two VIP's chose to fly on it. Any of the super wealthy travel by their own transportation due to security risks. The other thing that is directly to do with the plane is that FAA inspector giving that plane an approval two months prior and knew full well about how bad the planes condition was. He is directly responsible for that crash. They should have named him in this but were probably forbidden to do that. Anyway I'm sure he found out.
You know not everyone who's wealth wants to buy private jets, right? There's not just this magical threshold where when you get a certain number in your bank, you just start spending as much money as possible. Some people know how to spend their money, and those people are often wealthy.
It was a fun date idea.
@@mal2ksc please reread my comment.
Because its Chalks Ocean Airways. Thats like saying "why would they fly on rye concorde when they could use a private jet". Its not just about point a to point b, its about the experience, prestige, and history.
The show used a grease gun to the wing repair as an exaggerated silicone repair. Funny!
There was better video than this! I mean what the NTSB had. I saw a video of someone was videoing the plane was before the wing fell off. He video for about five seconds then the wing just snapped off. I lived in Fort Lauderdale at the time for pilot training. Amazing video I saw on the news. It was clear from the video the wing just snapped off. No explosion! Just a snap then the fire and explosion! I wanted to work for them so bad. Just looked like a great plane and fun to fly.
Why aren’t pilots mandated reporters?
I don't like planes more than 20 years old. Especially 58-year old planes.
... and yet, statistically safer than driving your car...
I being flying a lot of WW1 & WW2 airplane for carrying cargo across Canada, it's old airplane but need take precautions.
Statistics are bullshit. You can’t compare 20,000 planes to 200,000 cars in America alone
@@Genevieve111sure, but what those stats dont account for is how much more often the average person drives compared to flying.
Wait until you hear how old airliners are
Those maintinance records should be public ... but nobody would probably fly then :D
I’m not boarding a commercial aircraft built in 1947 under any circumstances..especially an amphibious one.
most of amphibious old aircraft nowadays used for fire fighting only not for passengers
Some REALLY OLD planes are still flying that shouldn't be.
The inspector was also negligent
I used to fly with a friend in his 1943 PBY Catalina in early 1990's in northern California. He said he would never land the plane in the ocean for the possible salt water corrosion. Said you most likely aren't going to get all the salt water out between the aluminum skin after washing the airplane. The military that flew those planes along with the Grumman HU-16 Albatross did a great job of cleaning and preserving. I think about the mechanic that signed off the Mallard to fly during the Condition Inspections, or the progressive type inspection.
A&P mechanics at those small aviation companies don't get paid a lot of money. They eventually go to the airlines.
The flying gas tank..
@@thedbcooperforumwait until you hear about the way airliners store fuel
Yeah thats the issue to. Theres an absolute chronic epidemic of awful GA mechanics, due in large part because they dont get paid well, so anyone who's worth thier salt goes to airlines or corporate
Well it's salt water, you would expect corrosion
44:28 what noise is this?
44:35 is that a Star Trek sound effect?
The yacht seller was probably devasteted.
FAA inspector was bribed as usual.
Name 1 other instance where you know for a fact the FAA inspector was bribed lol.....Cmon man you cant make idiotic claims with no proof.
Bankruptcy, negligence, fraud and conspiracy. Chalk's Airlines was cursed. She'll be back one day
I lost 8 family members in this plane crash 😢
I will never forget that day in the video the right engine blows up wing falls of bank left and crash in jeti the plane was overloaded more passengers that it could hold babies on people's laps but who knows if maintenence caused the blow pilot was irresponsible for such overload and checking the maintenance log
I'm a A&P mechanic from Miami sheet metal structure s. We all new lack of inspection and corrosion and corruption was the problem from day one.. All that was BS.
Is there an anonymous whistle blower phone or email at the FAA where A&Ps can report poor decisions being made by management? I know that might be difficult knowing that your action would save lives one day, but might doom your employer in the short term, thus ending your current job.
@chetmyers7041 there is, but speaking as a mechanic, the mechanics there likely didnt know or didnt care how bad things worth (probably both)
Hey do you know the car that save the plane?
Why couldnt a replacement part be built out of the same alloy material with the same heat treat to replace the original ?
Most anything is possible given enough time and MONEY.
It would end up costing more than was economically viable
pop rivits to repar the wing? is that approved
00:05 you see sand I see buns.
From the episodes I've seen, it seems like the FAA is absolutely useless.
Like just about all of government.
worse than useless
"new video" ...Oh, I've already seen this new video... lol
And of course the FAA inspector was not fired or reprimanded.
And how do you know?
bureaucrats rarely ever are
Release a video about gol 1907😊
2010.
The FAA did its job about as well as the SEC did with Madoff.
Rebound for safety???????? They were terrible about maintenance.
The British pronunciation of "Mallard" is jarring for an American airplane. Good video, though.
They looked like old catalina airplanes from ww2,?
Why I hate flying, you gotta put your life in the hands of so many ppl!
Is there still seaplanes left or no?
Jimmy Buffet had one. Wrote a
book about his travels.
Theres some out there, the Aussies still operate some mallards
It was transporting passengers but was not a transport airline. Only the government could make this ridiculous rule.
No, see "transport category aircraft" refers to aircraft of a certain weight class (over 12,500 lbs).
If theyre under that then theyre not considered transport category, and dont have the mandated aging aircraft program, because quite frankly, most of those aircraft, (under 12,500 lbs) dont live long enough for it to matter
the aviation should add more rule for the pilot to be aware of the planes condition before flying the plane. not just checking on signal lights, sound warning & looking at there monitors. even if there is a maintenance guy the pilot is still the captain of the plane.
Hi pilot here (and former Air Force maintainer), we look very thoroughly at our aircraft before a departure. we have a comprehensive pre-flight checklist that we perform which includes inspecting internal and external components of the aircraft as well as the maintenance logs. The problem here is that maintenance did poor work and covered up the damage. There has to be some level of trust in their mechanics too. they go to school for it and get certified on the airframes that they work on. You can't expect your pilot to drain the fuel in each tank, crawl in there, and inspect each stringer and z spar before every flight. That's simply unreasonable. Maintenance performs what's called an A, B, C, and D check on the aircraft which are increasingly detailed inspections and repairs at scheduled intervals for this very reason. There is oversight here as well because certain A&P mechanics hold an increased level and they're called IAPs. On top of this, for commercial operations the FAA has oversight where they inspect the airline's operations and maintenance procedures, making sure that they meet the standards. In this case, the FAA inspector did not do his due diligence and cost lives. The pilot on this flight, as well as the passengers, lost their lives without a way of knowing what happened. There was no chance for them. I guarantee this pilot flew the plane attempting to recover all the way to impact. The blame for this accident first and foremost falls on Chalk Airlines for not having oversight on their maintenance practices. Second, it falls on the maintenance team for not doing repairs according to procedures and signing the logs off as if they did. Finally, it falls on the FAA inspector who did not provide a thorough look into the airline and identify the problems. This whole case is tragic and should never have happened.
I think it should be mandatory for the FAA to recieve any pilot quitting due to any sort of safety, maintenence related or HR related concerns at a company. If a pilot is leaving because they dont feel safe, that feels like a big enough red flag that the FAA should know about it and be notified. Hopefully followed up by at least a inspection and investigation into whether the claims were justified or not.
They used to...
Background actors from local mime school.
Can you summarize it in an video?
Thank you😊😊😊
Aluminum and saltwater?
Everything else is probably too heavy or expensive to be viable. I doubt the planes were ever meant to fly that long when they were manufactured.
@Ryarios and thats the nail on the head. Virtually no plane made before the 1990s was made with long term (60+ years in service) in mind because quite frankly nobody thought they'd be used that long
60 años en el agua de mal salada esa nave tenique estal podrida coruxion del salistre lo pintaban para que no se notara..desde puerto rico
😢😢 2 pilots and passangers
TOO MANY ads.
💯% Agree...