A Landing at a Windy Japanese Airport Goes Horribly Wrong 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

[@forcedbreathingistyranny696]

SANG-CHI started with such humble beginnings. He didn't know he was a measly ATC Controller before he discovered his true power.

[@jafarmurtaja1482]

Wait is it actually him cause it kinda looks like him

[@forcedbreathingistyranny696]

@@jafarmurtaja1482 It is him! Also his fellow Coworker in the series "Kim's Convenience (Netflix), his dad's friend, Mr. Mehta was also in one of these as an ATC Controller (Fatal Fire episode)

[@brandon_nope]

*Shang

[@L.ozzi.e]

Ayy thought it was him

[@chaidirali755]

I knew it was him, glad u convince it.

[@SLR0925]

After he escaped from his father, Shang Chi started his job as ATC in Japan and then a car parker in USA.

[@loveplane737]

and the he goes back to japan..

[@vexyleaf7919]

This was filmed in canada.

[@coconutboy8198]

the pilots were the people that killed his mom, he wants revenge but fails

[@Rajavinash27]

😅😅😅

[@jacobwong2230]

@@vexyleaf7919 but set in San Francisco

[@bunkyd]

I can’t believe Shang-Chi invented airports.

[@briandavis2885]

Haha. Jung from Kim’s

[@zero-4ppl3]

loona did,

[@williamtran3208]

@@zero-4ppl3 What?!?!

[@joecrammond6221]

in case anyone is wondering, the co-pilot was late in flaring which caused the plane to bounce, overreacted and pushed the nose down causing the plane to crash

[@Flappy-12]

What does flaring mean

[@roosiniimiamiciii6666]

@@Flappy-12 Sudden and dramatic burst of engine power.

[@joecrammond6221]

they raise the nose on landing so the back wheels touch down first

[@Tomm-o]

@@Flappy-12 what Joe said, and the fact that it's there to reduce vertical speed to lessen the load on the landing gear

[@Flappy-12]

@@joecrammond6221 thanks, are you experienced in flying?

[@KamuzXDriver]

Sangchi made it far. First working at Kims convenience, then ATC, then a super hero now

[@kennyjeong6462]

He was also a space marine in the Expanse.

[@taichiperfect]

You mean Handy Car Rentals?

[@williamtran3208]

@@taichiperfect No kidding!!

[@Blissfulkitty-Seattle]

@@williamtran3208 I think the ATC gig was before he worked at his dad's convenience store.

[@zatchbell622]

Totally blown away seeing Simu here. Such a “small” role and he acted it like a “big” one. As the venerable Konstantin Stanislavski said, “there are no small parts, only small actors.”

[@bernlin2000]

Just shows that his acting will stand the test of time 🙂

[@marionsutcliffe1119]

From Wikipedia: The accident was attributed by the JTSB to a series of "porpoising oscillations" that developed during touchdown,[22]: 97  following a high sink rate during the final approach. The first officer executed a late flare, in which sink rate was not suppressed until the plane was nearly on the runway, but which also would minimize "float" that might carry the plane further down the runway and reduce its safe stopping distance, or carry it off the centerline in the existing crosswinds. This high touchdown sink rate, coupled with large nose-up inputs, caused the first bounce. A large nose-down input was applied, causing a touchdown on the nose gear. This deviates from approved procedures for the MD-11 during a bounce, which specifies the pilot is to hold a pitch angle of 7.5 deg and use thrust to adjust the descent rate. The plane bounced off this second touchdown, pitching upward. The large control inputs by the first officer resulted in a hard touchdown on the main landing gear. This final touchdown was hard enough (1200 fpm) to cause the left wing to fail as the left main landing gear transferred force up into the wing, exceeding its design limit. The JTSB report suggested the fire might have been averted if the landing gear fuse pin had failed as designed, but that much of the touchdown force was horizontal to the pin rather than vertical, keeping it intact. The report also cited the crew's use of autothrottle during landing despite gusty wind conditions.

[@aerospaceengineering3298]

Who clicked this video seeing SANG-CHI in thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣

[@sammbabazi2849]

I was an addict of *Air Crash Investigation* documentaries. I still watch but in moderation, hope to take a flight early next year, I don't want to freak out imagining my plane landing upside-down. This talented narrator has a great voice.

[@jakez5362]

The tower definitely can save the plane with 10 rings

[@novadyaomah3168]

P.O.V: You recognized ATC as Shang Chi

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

Fact: the guy who played ATC controller played as Shang chi

[@nawiebm5157]

i thought so too

[@4ife518]

no that guy was yerwq-kwon

[@izzad777]

We have eyes, Captain Obvious.

[@2cv693]

and is also the guy that played Jung on Kim's Convenience

[@Optimus-Prime-Rib]

No Shang Chi played an ATC controller

[@v12ts.gaming]

"2 people are dead" Smithsonian outro: 🕺🕺💃💃

[@cyrus2146]

I didn’t know sang chi was such a good atc

[@jafarmurtaja1482]

Yes lol 😂

[@jafarmurtaja1482]

No but is it actually him it looks like him

[@maxkizildag1860]

@@jafarmurtaja1482 It’s him

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@jafarmurtaja1482 I checked IMDB. That is the actor who plays Shang Chi.

[@DesiVeer010]

He *in fact* made a small mistake. While uttering multi-digit numbers in aviation ATC or pilots do not say, like, "runway thirty-four". This is because the aviation industry relies on radio communications and most of the time the comms aren't crisp and mostly inaudible. The correct phrase is "runway three four left".

[@WAGISDev]

Nice! Glad Simu Liu just showed that all the small roles can add up to the big ones. He also showed that when you are acting you can be cast into any role and it does not matter what your background is so long as the director thinks you fit the bill.

[@zatchbell622]

There are no small roles, just small actors.

[@williamtran3208]

@@zatchbell622 WTF do you mean?!?!

[@zatchbell622]

@@williamtran3208 It’s something the great Russian actor Konstantin Stanislavsky said to his students. He’s saying that *every actor has the potential for greatness.* In other words he’s saying that even the smallest and most thankless of bit parts can lead to top billed starring roles.

[@williamtran3208]

@@zatchbell622 I still don't get it!

[@gabesrobin8792]

Pretty smart putting this back out there with Simu as the thumbnail. Lol

[@williamtran3208]

@@juliusnepos6013 WTF!!

[@firemangan]

Dang, didn’t know Shang Chi work part time as ATC

[@ariefhf]

So basically he works at car rentals then move to become atc crew before finally decide to become a super hero

[@randolphmanoe2830]

The early career of Simu Liu 😄😂

[@mrxvintage5414]

ye lol

[@TrevorLee-21]

Smithsonian crew , always on time to capture every detail

[@silversagi]

Smart move putting Simu Liu in the thumbnail, Made me click immediately 🤣

[@nathancard884]

Those poor pilots. They did everything they could to save their airplane when it was dangerously rolling. May their souls rest in peace😭☮✌

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

Too bad yes

[@Collector3476]

What part of the plane hit first before rolling upside down.

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@@Collector3476 good question

[@Shinobi2323]

@@Collector3476 The left wing struck the ground after the gear failed from a series of porposes combined with a high sink rate.

[@manuelcervinobaston4076]

Agreed rest in pease

[@JG-oc9gc]

Wow Simu!!! I didn’t think a big actor would ever do air disasters! My two favorite genres besides f1 have officially collided!

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah, though this was taken years before his role as a lead

[@JG-oc9gc]

@@juliusnepos6013 yeah that makes more sense

[@Whitneypyant]

I think this years before he did Kim Convenience and years before he did Shang Chi.

[@PrioCaptSend]

This must be the sequel: Shang-Chi and The Legend of The ATC Phone Rings.

[@orionNsirius]

If I had not watched Kim's Convenience, I would not know this is Simu Liu.

[@xopeachykeen]

00:43 Shang-Chi you again…👁👄👁

[@jt5033]

Why not use the power of the rings to save the plane🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jafarmurtaja1482]

@@jt5033 copied comment

[@zepol8539]

@@jt5033 this is real life not a game

[@cazooboys6874]

I give most credit to the ATC controllers for staying calm and getting other planes not to land and taxi. So unexpected

[@andyml1]

I was on a BA 747 inbound to NRT just one hour behind this a/c. Our captain said that due to “a fire” at NRT we will divert to HND. On arrival at HND we were allocated a remote stand with lots of other displaced jets. As we waited to disembark I could feel the airframe flexing in the very strong winds. Such a tragedy for the FedEx crew and their relatives… NRT was closed for at least 24 hours I believe bringing massive disruption to pax.

[@zaya2445]

SANG-CH got a new job as a controller and fired at the first day at work lmao.

[@jesseordonez5088]

SANG-CHI was an Air Traffic Controller? No wonder it was so easy to ride that dragon!

[@williamtran3208]

WOW!!

[@mohammedshaik9647]

Shang Chi had nothing to do after defeating his father so he became an ATC controller

[@jt5033]

Why not use the rings to save the plane🤦🏻‍♂️ Shang-Chi

[@risannd]

He doesn't have the rings yet.

[@chadsenate]

2:23 Shang-Chi and the emergency alert Rings

[@lesbert2712]

From ATC to Kim’s Convenience to SAMG-CHI. My man’s next roll can only be God!

[@Cristian-005]

dang i never knew shang-chi was a atc before he became a hero

[@ericburger6482]

That ATC guy was Jung Kim, a Car rental employee before he was a superhero.

[@parwejalam7305]

Where can I watch the entire episode??

[@urlocalsam]

Who knew shang chi decided to settle down as an ATC

[@v12ts.gaming]

Now he became a Ken in the Barbie movie...

[@urlocalsam]

@@v12ts.gaming 💀💀💀

[@pururajput2808]

Shang chi the legend of atc😂

[@smoofsg]

I guess after Shang Chi witness this crash, he decided to do something less stressful in NYC, parking cars.

[@liquid_shadow8690]

Shang Chi before taking on kung fu.

[@mitseraffej5812]

Besides the MD11 being an awful airplane to fly, I think crew fatigue played a major roll. These two guys had been away from home a while sleeping in hotel and this particular flight left China in the wee hours of the morning, landing not long after sunrise in Japan. I spent many many years flying night freight, as the sun comes up your eyelids go down. The pilots would have been punch drunk with fatigue and mishandled an already difficult airplane to land. Airline operators often hide behind their “ approved “ Fatigue Risk Management System. The Fly Dubai accident in Russia a few years back is another example of this.

[@hp2073]

When you hit the ground and touch down this much hard, what you expect? If it is windy, just abort and go to a different airport

[@anujatrilokekar8889]

Yes that is true but the MD series have had so many crashes? Why don't they stop using these airliners??? Airbus is way better to use I think 🤔

[@hp2073]

@@anujatrilokekar8889 who told you they have many crashes? Just check the records of other brands also. MDs are even used for passenger airlines in some countries but mostly for cargo

[@anujatrilokekar8889]

@@hp2073 ok will check. Just felt but ok..

[@MarcusNesbitt4]

@@hp2073 The last MD-11 that flew passengers was for KLM in 2014, but they are still a very common sight for cargo, especially in the US

[@jocelynregalado3295]

Like after landing, they had a bounce in the bounce, and then they flipped over again

[@mitseraffej5812]

1:05 Narrator states that the pilots had to lose about 400 miles per hour of airspeed then video shows Primary Flight Display. Airspeed 249 Kts and altitude 4,400 feet. Distance from runway stated as 13 miles. Looks pretty much under control at that stage. Pilots decide on landing speed of 164 Kts. How does 249 down to 164 equal 400? On short finals narrator states decent rate as 13 feet per second, that’s 900 feet per minute. This is a little high but not excessively so. It was not the initial impact or bounce that did the damage, it was the mishandled recovery. He pushed the nose into the ground. Of course he should have gone around or the captain should have ordered the go around, even so it was the bounce recovery that killed them. Correctly done it would have been achievable. As I said in my earlier comment it was fatigue that was the root cause. Not only does fatigue degrade handling skills but it also impairs judgment. If it were not for the fact that modern airliners are very reliable and real easy to fly there would be many many more accidents. Even a renowned pig of an airplane like the MD11 would be easier to fly than the likes of a Lockheed Constellation or other airliners of that era. Crash statistics bear this out.

[@hawks9nkh]

I think the narrator meant from cruising speed & altitude to landing. Then again, I'm not a pilot.

[@Legxendcruxh100]

Me sees Thumbnail: " Waaait a Minute is that not the Air Bending Guy"

[@billy1673]

Shang Chi!!! Everyone starts somewhere humble.

[@theadventurousboi9609]

do they use animations for the shots of the plane and a very realistic simulator for the cockpit shots?

[@sleepywoood]

Not sure if Daddy Tony Leung would approve of you being an air traffic controller.

[@avcomth]

I watched another documentary which described the flaws of Trijets design, especially that of the MD series. It seems that the 3rd engine made the aircraft harder to maneuver than non-trijets, especially during demanding landings like this one. I have seen many videos of the MD11 landing in stormy conditions at Narita, and they all exhibit wobbly, bouncy behaviour just before touch down. I'm sure this is the principal contributing factor that caused this accident, whereas the other aircrafts would most likely escaped it unharmed given the same mistake in maneuvering being made.

[@kristinawhorey3837]

I had to device my own tricks when flying this bird, many moons back

[@notsocooldude7720]

I think it had more to do with the smaller stabilizers than the third engine being there but I could be wrong

[@williamtran3208]

@@notsocooldude7720 WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN?!?!

[@Derek-b8q]

Not true.

[@avcomth]

@@notsocooldude7720 Its the weight of the third engine being on the far end of the plane, causing center of gravity to be off and the plane have the tendency to pitch up and lose balance during intricate maneuver.

[@AdityaSharma-fz7dp]

"Biggest air disaster Tokyo Airport has ever seen" General LeMay: Hold on . . .

[@istiakabir7753]

Simu is very inspiring, from small roles to Big Shang Chi

[@MBC_alex_1005]

FedEx Express Flight 80 was a scheduled cargo flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the People's Republic of China, to Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture (near Tokyo), Japan. On March 23, 2009, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N526FE) operating the flight crashed at 6:48 am JST (21:48 UTC, March 22), while attempting a landing on Runway 34L in gusty wind conditions. The aircraft became destabilized at flare and touchdown resulting in an unrecovered "bounced" landing with structural failure of the landing gear and airframe, and came to rest off the runway, inverted, and burning fiercely. The captain and first officer, the jet's only occupants, were both killed, After making an approximately 1,800-mile (1,600 nmi; 2,900 km) overnight flight from Guangzhou, China, the aircrew made an early morning approach to Narita Airport outside Tokyo. Other traffic landing just ahead of the accident aircraft reported "wind shear at an altitude of under 600 meters (2,000 ft)," and this information was relayed to the FedEx aircrew. Surface winds at the time of the accident were reported from 320° at 26 knots (30 mph; 13 m/s; 48 km/h) gusting to 40 knots (46 mph; 21 m/s; 74 km/h). After making a hard landing on runway 34L, the plane bounced three times, coming back down on its nose gear first (a condition called "porpoising") resulting in the loss of directional and altitudinal control. The left wing struck the ground as the gear failed, causing the aircraft to veer to the left, burst into flames and invert as the airframe broke up, and came to rest upside down in the grass to the left of the runway. It took firefighters about two hours to extinguish the blaze, which completely destroyed the aircraft and its contents,The only people on board the aircraft were the Captain, Kevin Kyle Mosley, 54, of Hillsboro, Oregon, and First Officer Anthony Stephen Pino, 49, of San Antonio, Texas. Both pilots were removed to the Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital (成田赤十字病院 Narita Seki Jūji Byōin) where they were pronounced dead. Captain Mosley, a former United States Marine Corps (1977-1983) fighter pilot, had been with FedEx Express since July 1, 1996 and had accumulated more than 12,800 total career flight hours, including 3,648 hours on the MD-11. First Officer Pino, a former C-5 Galaxy pilot in the United States Air Force (1981-2004), joined FedEx Express in 2006 and had accumulated more than 6,300 total career flight hours, 879 of them on Nobody on the ground was injured

[@donaldalbano6484]

the MD-11 has a very stiff (in my opinion) main landing gear; other aircraft, e.g. a B767 have more of a cushion when the main gears hit the tarmac, they absorb more of the impact; trickier landing the MD-11, especially when the crew had to increase landing speed, I agree with the fellow below, probably flared late and pushed the nose down when it bounced up.

[@devilpeshawar7288]

Shanh chi has poor reflexes I didn't know

[@TheDude13438]

Shang-Chi becomes ATC Controller

[@aelsuryanto]

Barbie becomes ATC controller

[@jmstransit]

Shang Chi observers being legends in the comments section HAHA

[@lukass7474]

plane flips over people die plane breaks in flames smithsonian channel: *it's brighter here*

[@ThePewkachu]

So shang chi messed with planes before becoming a vallet.

[@loveplane737]

remembered back 12 years ago when someone upload the video of this disaster...

[@v12ts.gaming]

From an ATC Controller to Shang Chi, now Simu Liu become one of the Kens in live action Barbie movie...

[@brian.k.ondiba]

Shang-chi....I knew i had a feeling that i saw him on one of these shows 😂

[@LipglossAndLove13]

lol noooo simu! I mean YES SIMU!! I love to see a candian get paidttt

[@dandecastro3670]

I thought the cause was because of the md11 being hard to control

[@dolfyparodies8309]

SHANG-CHI IS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER

[@Papershields001]

I was at Narita a few days before this crash. I remember going up to the observation deck on a blistery winter day that was completely clear. It still hard for me to imagine that this accident actually happened.

[@siddhantmalwal8732]

Is that sangchii actor that atc

[@UNIQUEwastaken]

Uea lol

[@dipaliparmar7785]

Is there Full video of this clip.? If it is Just this. Then please make lil long video. 🙏😌👍

[@Violit20321]

I know you all know Shang Chi is an atc, but let’s all have some respect for pilots who died in this tragic situation

[@shivansh9986]

For all I know this scene is canon in the MCU

[@miciaqaviation]

2:24 I just love the apple alarm sound

[@t-rekt6314]

This is before or after the blip?

Before.

[@bestwl]

I see what the Smithsonian Channel did here putting Simu on the thumbnail of this video😏

[@AudioDiecast]

Shang Chi, Not the God but the ATC

[@randomguy7558]

Did anyone notice that the ATC was Simu Liu? Man..

[@Platuneestudios]

HELP WHAT THE FUCK IS SIMU LIU DOING THERE, HE REALLY INVESTED IN THE GREGORY WANG ROLE RIP

[@juliusnepos6013]

Before that role, he was in this

[@Platuneestudios]

@@juliusnepos6013 pretty sigma, imagine starting as atc then going onto play the gayest pilot ever🗿 repesct

[@ezrapotter4631]

What caused the plane to set fire and scrape the ground?

[@v12ts.gaming]

Simple. As the left wing dragged to the ground, it ruptured the fuel tank.

[@cloudymeatball8429]

Great🤦 sang chi working as atc

[@tuna3875]

Shang Chi the ceo of airplanes

[@mihirpanchal5754]

Wow that's sang-chi!!!!!

[@ivypotter4526]

From Bus Boy to Plane Boy.

[@okramw1]

Another contributing factor could be the unusual landing gear. According to the pilot that plane was equipped with an extra landing gear, he distinctly said 4 green!

[@airbus_a380_enjoyer]

now it ill have a tail landing gear like the concorde lol

[@Unknown-tf2yb]

He should have used his ten rings

[@bazookaz]

Shang Chi in the multiverse XD

[@arober9758]

Excellently neat job on this historical disaster story fellows!! Those poor pilots. They did everything they could to save their airplane when it was dangerously rolling. May there souls rest in peace.😭☮✌

[@argaboruh]

@Get some help nahh if u talk about fedex 14 yes but this no

[@nathancard884]

You copied my comment!

[@d3soz]

A Rober lol copied the comment

[@prathit7541]

If only "Shaun" had the rings!

[@joshthemediocre7824]

Isn't that Simu Liu from Legends of the 10 rings?

[@vonpichay173]

15 years later, I landed and I did takeoff on the same runway, and at January 2-3, a disaster happened

[@8346324970712]

It was going very well how in the world did it turn deadly that quick.

[@townshipgameplay8884]

i think becoz of thw wind and the speed

[@Giratina575]

The md11 is known to be difficult to land as it must land at a higher speed due to the design of it's tailfin. The aircraft in this case bounced on landing due to a late flare manuever then bounced again. The third time it came down and the left wing failed leading to the roll over and subsequent demise of the pilots

[@h3lldiv3r]

Shangchi worked at ATC before he joined the martian marine corps?

[@kevinator37]

Shang-chi as airport controls😂

[@gamergeek618]

Shang Chi fled to Tokyo to be the ATC controller, then to LA

[@gabrielaramirez2189]

what season and what episode is this?

[@_Sherdil_]

Why does the traffic controller looks like a youtuber Ian Boggs

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Looks more like Shang Chi to me

[@DesiVeer010]

​@@Powerranger-le4uphe is.

[@firesondiego7666]

It's runway "three-four left" or, if you want to be even more accurate, "tree-four left" not "thirty-four left" 😂

[@gurugrumpy]

Shang-chi new job is better.. hope he is well now and using the 10 rings for good.

[@RobertHosein]

I love watching ACI and other airplane documentaries.

[@zoickn]

Now they put Simu's face as cover.

[@rexbanner2953]

Shang-shi needs to work on his Japanese accent if he wants to continue hiding as Narita ATC.

[@spankyharland9845]

note to self: when landing, do not land upside down. wheels on ground always because it works better that way.

[@robertstack2144]

It's OK in the southern hemisphere w.r.t. the northern hemisphere.

[@sandygrogg1203]

Where is the second half?