Carole Lombard Plane Crash hike outside of Las Vegas

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @tonycortez3467
    @tonycortez3467 Год назад +5

    so incredible after all these years some wreckage still remains at the crash-site, Thank you for filming it and sharing it!......i found it very interesting!

  • @ritamarie2976
    @ritamarie2976 3 года назад +29

    It is truly astounding how the recovery team was able to get to that site in the snow and ice. Thanks for taking that dangerous hike. Very sad ending for all onboard.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +6

      No problem I really enjoyed it and seeing all the history. Yeah it would be crazy to have to get all the wreckage out of there.

    • @CatherineLeighe
      @CatherineLeighe 2 года назад +8

      It took the recovery team over 14 hours to get there. These men actually crawled on hands & knees at times.What an awful sight that had to have been. How any of them ever slept again is beyond me. Everything crushed & burned. There wasn’t much left of any of the victims. I don’t know if I believe what they did say was her remains was really so. Since Clark Gable stated he would not leave without her Eddie Mannix (MGM Vice President) went to the crash sight himself & identified her charred remains. Eddie had a lot of power back in the day & if he said it was Carole no one would have argued.
      The plane’s alarm systems were off you know. As the military was concerned about enemy sabotage. These would have alerted the pilots that they had veered off course. Actually by 80 feet was all. Enough though. The plane was cruising at over 180 per hour & hit head on.
      One of the first recovery volunteers to reach the crash sight was Rex Bell, a B movie cowboy actor & estranged hubby of Clara Bow.

  • @janettamcgee8124
    @janettamcgee8124 3 года назад +21

    I just finished watching Ms. Lombard in the movie Twentieth Century. She was a favorite of my late mother. I went to RUclips hoping to find the crash site. I'd seen photos before and old b/w grainy new reels. This made it more real to me. Dang, what rugged and desolate terrain. You guys went to a lot of trouble to make this video! I'd read once that the recovery team had to find enough horses and mules to be able to bring down the victims. I watched another video from people that were not as respectful as y'all are. It was the place where 22 people lost their lives, not some fun destination. Anyway, thank you.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +7

      Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed. Yeah it’s a historical sight and I always respect that. I know several people have always wanted to visit the place so this is on way to do it without the dangers.

  • @robertbruce1887
    @robertbruce1887 Год назад +5

    Thank you for that difficult climb to film that difficult to reach crash site. Makes me appreciate what a heroic effort it would have been back then to go to the crash site to investigate. Sad bit of information about the pilot taking the wrong route. If only they'd stuck to the slower but safer train ride home to California.

  • @gvalley07
    @gvalley07 11 месяцев назад +3

    She was the toast of Hollywood. A truly glamorous movie star. Ironic she died in such a desolate place. RIP to all aboard.

  • @franzs9157
    @franzs9157 3 года назад +8

    i have lived in Nevada for 50 + years and got to go to the site thank you

  • @Classickoolcars
    @Classickoolcars Год назад +3

    Good job guys. What an amazing sad historical site. RIP to all who perished 😪

  • @ilanamillion8942
    @ilanamillion8942 3 года назад +14

    There is no doubt that being in a plane which slams into a mountain like that in the middle of the night is not a survivable event. So sad for all who lost their lives that night.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +6

      Not even close. Just seeing it in person is crazy and to think what happen. At least they never saw it coming

  • @coreybrix1215
    @coreybrix1215 3 года назад +13

    Can you imagine all the men climbing up there to recover bodies, belongings, and to investigate? Then they had to climb to the peak with the bodies so they could be taken to their families. All of that without modern equipment. It would be exhausting.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +4

      Yeah after hiking it and seeing the area it would be insane to have to recover all that stuff without modern technology

  • @georgeadams8230
    @georgeadams8230 Год назад +3

    Some guy found her wedding ring, her mothers watch, ear rings and other artifacts from her. I saw it on jordan the lions channel. It's very interesting but I couldn't help but think this should go to a relative if possible ? When they found her her left arm was missing, with her wedding ring, she was badly burned and was identified by a small patch of blonde hair and a partially burned itinerary that was found under her. As tragic as that was, she sold 2 million dollars in war bonds at one event, there were alot of other people killed on that flight including one of Clark Gables best friends. It's no wonder that day haunted him until he died.

  • @vintageman91
    @vintageman91 Год назад +3

    Kind of creepy that the parts are still there after 80+ years, also sad, but a reminder.

  • @blackwingy
    @blackwingy 4 года назад +7

    Thanks for making this historic hike-great camera work!

  • @amc4061
    @amc4061 3 года назад +7

    I loved the Drone shot going into the Cliff face, I always wondered where on that Cliff face crash occurred. That shot definitely gave us a feel for what happened

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +3

      Yeah it’s crazy to image what happened up their and flying that drone most Def gives you a eerie perspective of the situation

    • @amc4061
      @amc4061 3 года назад +2

      @@lastminutetravels3034 one thing I've always tried to understand, did it do a direct head on collision to the face or did it come in from the left hitting the left-wing first or the other way around.
      Using your Drone footage as a reference I can see where it made impact but not necessarily how it made impact.
      Great job on the video, it's probably the best out there

  • @drawntomountains
    @drawntomountains Год назад +3

    I very recently watched another video that explained a highly probable cause for the Lombard plane crash. The pilot usually would refuel in nearby Boulder City. But at the hour of night they were approaching, that small airport was shut down with no runway lights. So the only other option was Vegas. The takeoff directly from Vegas was into the mountains. The pilot dud not reset his directional heading from his Boulder City takeoff which would have missed the mountains. Instead, being on the Vegas direction, they hit the mountains. Would have been a simple fix of resetting his flight path but probably just didn't think about it, being in a rush to get back to Burbank Airport.

  • @horrorfanrikki8038
    @horrorfanrikki8038 3 года назад +25

    They should of did a memorial for Carole Lombard...Like they did with Patsy Cline!! 😔

    • @ChrisJohnson-hk6es
      @ChrisJohnson-hk6es 3 года назад +5

      They do have one in the town of Good springs which is where Clark Gable remained until they recovered his wife. It's called the Pioneer Saloon, and there is a nice memorial there from it.

    • @Pluggit1953
      @Pluggit1953 Год назад

      * Should have, not should of.

    • @skywalker72465
      @skywalker72465 4 месяца назад +1

      @@ChrisJohnson-hk6es They also had a bronze plaque dedicated some years ago at the crash site but some moron took it down,don't know if it was thieves or the forest service I heard also,what disrespect to the dead. RIP all

  • @scotpurdy8132
    @scotpurdy8132 4 года назад +4

    Great video! What an adventure it is just to get up there.

  • @nellz72
    @nellz72 3 года назад +4

    This was a very interesting video. Thanks for posting it.

  • @kingbrutusxxvi
    @kingbrutusxxvi 3 года назад +8

    Heartbreaking that they were on a fundraising tour barely a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  • @jackiehoward7300
    @jackiehoward7300 2 года назад +3

    I found this video very interesting. I’m very surprised how much debris is still there. Makes one appreciate how fleeting life is. I should try to remember how fleeting and precious life is.

  • @dyer2cycle
    @dyer2cycle Год назад +4

    the circumstances of this flight sound a lot like the flight of Buddy Holly...and the Lynyrd Skynyrd flight...if someone has a bad feeling about getting on a plane, maybe they should follow their instincts..regardless of whatever consequences it may bring...

  • @jenniferjensen9434
    @jenniferjensen9434 4 года назад +5

    It's amazing that so much wreckage remains. Wow.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +4

      Yeah it’s pretty crazy to think what happen up there when you see all the wreckage

  • @robertafortino595
    @robertafortino595 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this

  • @EagleArrow
    @EagleArrow 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing with us. Such a tragedy.
    I was wondering how you were going to trek back up.

  • @KB-xd5wq
    @KB-xd5wq Год назад +2

    I guess they were supposed to land in Boulder City to refuel but it was dark so they landed in Las Vegas. When they took off they used the heading of 218 normally that was used out of Boulder City to join the airway. Out of Vegas the heading was supposed to be 208 to join which would have put them south of the mountain. But the 218 put them right in the mountain.

  • @patteixeira4309
    @patteixeira4309 4 года назад +7

    Hello friends! Thanks for the video. I still like Lombard's and Gable's work a lot. I read articles and documents , watched videos regarding to plane crash on January 16th 1942. I think Germans caused this crash because the plan was changed many times and militaries on board also. Carole used her influence to get cash against nazi army. I think the American government never will let us know that was a sabotage or a German attack in he USA. Unfortunately, Gable suffered a lot because his beloved wife's death. Unfortunately, many people died tragically including Carole's mother. People who lived near Potossi on that night saw a light and listened/heard to a sound of an explosion and then the airplane crash. I think were German spies during the second world war. Gable will be always in my heart. Carole had superstition and perhaps was something religious also, her age 33, flight 3. Could you try to check this plane docs and also get her necropsia??

  • @barbaraconklin4976
    @barbaraconklin4976 Год назад

    Recovery must have been brutal. I find it interesting that FAA didn’t remove the pieces for reconstruction as is usually the case with plane crashes. Even small aircraft. Thank you for the video.

  • @deaniepops1
    @deaniepops1 3 года назад +2

    Great video 👍

  • @tomsimon1974
    @tomsimon1974 4 года назад +11

    tragic end for a fine actress

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +4

      Yeah it’s pretty crazy to image the crash when you are standing there

  • @kimrice394
    @kimrice394 3 года назад +4

    Insane terrain!

  • @jdshultis
    @jdshultis Год назад +4

    I know you took extra time to add the music. I'd respectfully recommend not doing that. It's much more interesting (in my opinion) to hear the regular ambient sounds, and the music that you chose is, for me, quite grating.

    • @dyer2cycle
      @dyer2cycle Год назад +2

      Music is rarely a good thing to add to a video, even if it seems like a good idea when you're making it. I personally had to quickly mute the volume at the beginning of the video because of the loud music when it started(didn't want to wake anyone), then had to turn it up all the way to hear the narration...I wish RUclips had some way of automatically equalizing the audio on all videos when they are uploaded...too loud parts and too quiet parts on the same video is a common problem on RUclips...music is almost always too loud...

  • @ericscottstevens
    @ericscottstevens Год назад +3

    Safety beacons meant to direct flight traffic were blacked out due fears of a possible Japanese attack.
    The Japanese never had strategic capabilities to target in that area.
    It cost the lives of many people instead.

  • @jilliancrosbie5677
    @jilliancrosbie5677 9 месяцев назад

    I agree. She was awesome a beauty and this is horrific. We love you Carole ❤️❤️

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 Год назад

    I’ve gotten to old for such rugged slopes. My knee would go out.
    But I once was as a mountain goat.
    Sad sight to see but it was quick no prolonged suffering.

  • @gbaker9295
    @gbaker9295 2 года назад

    Did you grab a rivet or some other small memento? I think I'll go up there myself

  • @douglasrodrigues9329
    @douglasrodrigues9329 3 года назад +3

    That rusty engine shown at about 6:30 isn't from a DC-3. Apparently another plane, probably a single engine, also crashed at that spot.

    • @canyonair
      @canyonair 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, that did not happen

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 3 года назад

      How can you tell what kind of plane it is? How many planes crashed in the area?

    • @stevelamperta865
      @stevelamperta865 3 года назад +2

      So your saying 9 cylinder radial engines didn't come factory on a DC-3 ?

    • @stevelamperta865
      @stevelamperta865 3 года назад

      I know they used twin wasp pratt an whitney engines , but I've seen other engines stuffed into them planes too.

    • @douglasrodrigues9329
      @douglasrodrigues9329 3 года назад

      @@stevelamperta865 , the shape of the cylinders doesn't look like anything I've seen on a DC'3 / C-47 ? Maybe it's an earlier engine than the planes I've been exposed to in 1962 -1989 ? Even got to fly one once. That was interesting. Speed is not one of it's attributes, but it will carry 45 skydivers. The problem with these old engines is that nobody produces 130 Octain aviation gasoline anymore, so getting maximum designed power isn't possible without risking engine damage from pre-ignition (knocking).

  • @frass7914
    @frass7914 2 года назад

    I want to hike this whole thing this summer

  • @ChrisJohnson-hk6es
    @ChrisJohnson-hk6es 3 года назад +4

    Very interesting video. There is a memorial setup at a bar about 7 miles from the crash site where Clark Gable stayed while waiting for the rescue teams to recover his wife. It's in the town of Good springs called the Pioneer Saloon. Clark refused to leave until they found her. There are burn marks from him smoking cigars on the bar he was sitting at.
    Have you done any research on the TWA/United collision over the Grand Canyon in the 1950's? There is still alot of wreckage from both planes in the canyon. Might be worth a trip and hike to check it out! Look up United flight 718. I have always wanted to go to that site.

    • @canyonair
      @canyonair 3 года назад +5

      The Pioneer Saloon has a good memorial room for Clark and Carole, but that story of Gable hanging out at the bar simply never happened. Gable was staying at the El Rancho Las Vegas and was to distraught to spend time at a public bar. Gable at the time was constantly under the watchful eyes of MGM’s Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickland. Cool tourist story, but completely untrue.
      As for the 1956 Grand Canyon Collision, I have been to the crash site many times.

  • @franzs9157
    @franzs9157 3 года назад +4

    Clark gable was part of search party

    • @lauramcintyre483
      @lauramcintyre483 3 года назад +4

      No, he wasn't.

    • @nellz72
      @nellz72 3 года назад +2

      Nope, he stayed at the Pioneer Saloon down the mountain in Goodsprings NV. and waited for the search party to return.

    • @lisag18
      @lisag18 3 года назад +3

      It was too dangerous for civilians to go up that mountain in the snow and ice.
      They had a heck of a time getting all the bodies down because it was so hazardous which is why it was cleaned up properly.

  • @ryetim32
    @ryetim32 2 года назад +1

    Amazing that the debris is still there

  • @markstanton2362
    @markstanton2362 Год назад

    Wonder if there were eyewitnesses to the explosion from down in Vegas?

  • @lewisbighuber7029
    @lewisbighuber7029 3 года назад +5

    That was a very interesting video. In early pictures taken of the original recovery there are some large sections of the plane. I wonder if someone cut it up for scrap or has it just disintegrated after these eighty or so years.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +3

      A lot of it got cut up after the crash and got packed out by Mules. But yeah it’s crazy to be up there seeing it all and what happen

    • @ChrisJohnson-hk6es
      @ChrisJohnson-hk6es 3 года назад

      Alot of the larger pieces were melted down for the war efforts a few months after the crash. From what I understand they brought a smelter up there and went to work on getting the larger pieces melted down.

    • @SteffiReitsch
      @SteffiReitsch Год назад +1

      @@ChrisJohnson-hk6es That seems rather far fetched. It wouldn't be cost effective.

  • @sylvainandlynn8715
    @sylvainandlynn8715 3 года назад

    How long did it take you from the Goodsprings side (Potosi south)?

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +2

      Took from the good spring to hike all the way to the crash was about 3 hours

  • @debbieking5171
    @debbieking5171 4 года назад +1

    I heard on a documentary that Miss lombards jewelry was recently found. Did you find 👀 any?

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +2

      I DONT BUT HAVE AN IDEA WHO DOES

    • @debbieking5171
      @debbieking5171 3 года назад

      Have you persued it any farther? I mean the jewelry. Does the person who has it arecthey going to turn it in?

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  3 года назад +1

      @@debbieking5171 no idea. All it was for me was a hike to historical place and just being outdoors. Figured if there where valuable they are long gone.

    • @lisag18
      @lisag18 3 года назад +1

      There is movie fan page on Facebook. A member took pics and posted it. I thought it disrespectful to even take them much less photograph and post on Facebook

    • @coreybrix1215
      @coreybrix1215 3 года назад +1

      I’ve read right after the crash someone found one of her ruby clips that she always wore, that was given to Clark Gable.

  • @aimeemarsh2364
    @aimeemarsh2364 4 года назад +4

    Is the red marker on the rocks below the tree where Carole was found?

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +2

      The marks are around the crash site to survey the area and collect data

    • @aimeemarsh2364
      @aimeemarsh2364 4 года назад

      Last Minute Travels thank you for the information.

    • @canyonair
      @canyonair 3 года назад +1

      It’s a map datum used to diagram the crash site.

  • @gardenmama1393
    @gardenmama1393 2 месяца назад

    How hard is that hike ?

  • @carolynstewart8465
    @carolynstewart8465 Год назад +2

    Get her name correct it's Lombard not Lambard.

  • @marksherrill9337
    @marksherrill9337 2 года назад

    Clark Gable said the passengers were burnt in the ensuing fire.

  • @Indianagirl1963
    @Indianagirl1963 2 года назад

    Was Carole Lombards body found?

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden Год назад

    That is some Godforsaken country. We can take a modicum of comfort knowing the end was swift and painless for Carole Lombard and everyone on board Flight 3. Pilot error as so many crashes are. Sacred ground. Please do not disturb.

  • @chriscaughey1103
    @chriscaughey1103 Год назад

    WHY is the intro here so loud!!!?

  • @debbieking5171
    @debbieking5171 4 года назад

    Is the debris going to be cleaned up or just left there?

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +4

      Whatever is left is staying there for history and or it gets washed down the mountain by weather.

    • @debbieking5171
      @debbieking5171 3 года назад +1

      What happened to Miss Lombards jewelry? DOES ANYONE KNOW?

    • @Project2013B
      @Project2013B 3 года назад +1

      Well considering it has been there since 1942....

    • @CatherineLeighe
      @CatherineLeighe 2 года назад

      @@debbieking5171 Who knows who went up there looking? I don’t believe for one second that no went up there looking for it. As far as history is concerned it is still up there.

  • @Howrider65
    @Howrider65 Год назад

    Why people still keep going up there is just nuts. Like you're going to find different things than the last group that went up there and found. This happened so long ago it's pointless to go up there anymore.

  • @biancakarteron5620
    @biancakarteron5620 Год назад

    I can not believe they didn't scoop up the plane debris. Soldiers died o n tbus plane too.

  • @lisag18
    @lisag18 3 года назад +11

    If it weren't for Lombard worrying about Gable cheating on her, she and her mom wouldn't have on that plane. She wanted to get home as quickly as possible.
    A damn shame what women will put up with.

    • @RachelBurns-p6u
      @RachelBurns-p6u 5 месяцев назад

      Correct, apparently he was having an affair with Joan Crawford and Carol was informed of this so she hightailed back on the first flight she could get.

  • @davidcouch6514
    @davidcouch6514 3 года назад +2

    You be careful!

  • @mariahenrich9602
    @mariahenrich9602 2 года назад

    I can't believe there is debris still there

  • @mrRufffnTumble
    @mrRufffnTumble 4 года назад +4

    9:52 that's a bit eerie.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  4 года назад +3

      YOU NOTICED THE 666 TO

    • @nancydemoss8421
      @nancydemoss8421 3 года назад +2

      @@lastminutetravels3034 66681. Not eerie to me.

    • @Mr1963corvette
      @Mr1963corvette 2 года назад

      Why do all of these Karen types have to accuse Gable of fooling around hence her flying to L.A instead of taking a train? Speculation, rumors and gossip. You people should be ashamed of yourselves spreading heresay crap.

    • @CatherineLeighe
      @CatherineLeighe 2 года назад +1

      @@Mr1963corvette They fought over the gorgeous Lana Turner before she left & she wanted to get back & make up. She did have train tickets & her mother & the MGM publicity agent (I forget his name) traveling with them begged her not to get on that plane. Even did a coin toss & well we know what happened next. She used her movie star clout to bump three soldiers off the plane to get home to Clark.
      We have to understand they lived in a different time & place. Clark was the king & the young & gorgeous women trying to take a short cut up that starry climb to stardom by allowing themselves to be seduced by major stars was legionary. Carole knew he was unfaithful when she married him & to her this was a so what. The luscious Lana though she saw as a real threat.

    • @samp.8099
      @samp.8099 Год назад

      Eerie if you ignore almost half of the numbers...

  • @debbieking5171
    @debbieking5171 4 года назад +3

    Who has Miss Lombard's jewelry?

    • @lisag18
      @lisag18 3 года назад +2

      There is a movie fan page on Facebook. A member on the page has her jewelry and posted pics of them.
      I thought it really disrespectful for him to take them but..

    • @canyonair
      @canyonair 3 года назад +2

      @@lisag18 The jewelry is documented and preserved for others to see and remember a fine actress, but you have your opinion.

    • @tnicolle0
      @tnicolle0 3 года назад +1

      @@canyonair is the jewelry on display somewhere in a museum or something? Somewhere a person would be able to look at it?

    • @canyonair
      @canyonair 3 года назад +3

      I was making arrangements to have some of the more prominent items on display at the Hollywood Museum, but the Covid has shut down most if not all museums in California for now. I’m now working on a virtual type museum that would make these items available to view on the internet.

    • @CatherineLeighe
      @CatherineLeighe 2 года назад

      @@canyonaircan I view these pieces on Facebook? If so could you provide a link? Thank you

  • @a.ml.t.9289
    @a.ml.t.9289 3 года назад +2

    Wow it had the number 666

  • @stevelamperta865
    @stevelamperta865 3 года назад +1

    Anyone notice the 666 in the part number on the engine plate ?

  • @Indianagirl1963
    @Indianagirl1963 2 года назад

    I find it unbelievable that this plane crash site was not cleaned up when the accident happened.

  • @jerrycoleman882
    @jerrycoleman882 Год назад

    I'd at least wear a helmet and elbow pads.

  • @BallymurphyBabe
    @BallymurphyBabe 4 года назад +1

    This is kinda ghoulish. Why would anyone want to go to the crash site. This is just my humble opinion. Agree or disagree is certainly your choice but this is just how I feel.

    • @nellz72
      @nellz72 3 года назад +10

      Because it's historical and very interesting. There is nothing "ghoulish" about it.

    • @lisag18
      @lisag18 3 года назад +3

      Not ghoulish

    • @peterm1826
      @peterm1826 3 года назад +5

      your watching it. isnt it sort of Ghoulish for you to watching this?

    • @BallymurphyBabe
      @BallymurphyBabe 3 года назад

      @@peterm1826 I didn’t watch it but I did however comment about it after it popped up on my feed.

    • @BallymurphyBabe
      @BallymurphyBabe 3 года назад

      @@nellz72 so then I guess if this happened to a loved one of yours, you would feel the same way when strangers filmed and showed this where your loved ones tragically and sadly died?

  • @fishwanda
    @fishwanda 2 года назад

    Mispronounced name is such a faux pas, you should just edit it out. It seriously makes me not want to watch.

    • @lastminutetravels3034
      @lastminutetravels3034  2 года назад +2

      Sorry I’m human

    • @arthurgearheard4701
      @arthurgearheard4701 2 года назад

      These guys are young! They probably don't know much about her because she was a Star during the Golden Age of Hollywood!

  • @bobmarshall3700
    @bobmarshall3700 Год назад

    Boring!

  • @NorCalSaint
    @NorCalSaint 2 года назад +3

    Great video, only piece I will add is that although they did take off from what was Vegas at the time it is now Nellis Air Force Base.

  • @richarddavenport31
    @richarddavenport31 Год назад

    THE TREES LOOK BURNED FROM THE CRASH FIRE STILL!!!!