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

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@theflightchannel
@theflightchannel 2 жыл бұрын
Here’s the story of TWA flight 800, one of the saddest 747 crash in aviation’s history. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones on board N93119. ❤
@chromebomb
@chromebomb 2 жыл бұрын
your videos are great thank you
@rogerhargreaves2272
@rogerhargreaves2272 2 жыл бұрын
So sad. 😞❤️
@jasC1933
@jasC1933 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for yr great channels which indeed is resourceful. 👍
@paulbovis1277
@paulbovis1277 2 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first conspiracies that really became a thing online.
@zakariyahalansori9267
@zakariyahalansori9267 2 жыл бұрын
Could you make JAL Flight 123?
@katsigal
@katsigal 2 жыл бұрын
My best friend, Jamie Silverman, 15, was on the plane with her family. I have suffered emotional anguish every day since the accident. It never goes away.
@beadbird
@beadbird 2 жыл бұрын
So very sorry for the loss of your friend and her family. May everyone on that flight rest in peace.
@gertjanvandermeij4265
@gertjanvandermeij4265 2 жыл бұрын
@@beadbird More like rest in pieces !
@p0llenp0ny
@p0llenp0ny 2 жыл бұрын
@@gertjanvandermeij4265 Don't cut yourself on that edge.
@lindaschultz1000
@lindaschultz1000 2 жыл бұрын
Please do as I say, ask God to heal your broken heart and He will. God healed mine in 2008.
@Kevinacharles
@Kevinacharles 2 жыл бұрын
@@gertjanvandermeij4265 somebody's desperate for attention.
@sparklesunshine
@sparklesunshine Жыл бұрын
My high school teacher was on that flight. She was so excited for this trip to Paris. It breaks my heart that she died in this manner. I will never forget her.
@joannaw3280
@joannaw3280 Жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss, this is so sad😟
@deborahanderson6546
@deborahanderson6546 Жыл бұрын
So Sorry. 😢😮😱 That's Terrible. Lord have mercy.
@User-jr7vf
@User-jr7vf Жыл бұрын
I wonder if the pilots tried to save the flight, not knowing that the nose had been separated from the rest of the airplane. I wonder if any of the passengers knew what had just happened to them as they climbed upwards before started falling back down.
@StephenLuke
@StephenLuke Жыл бұрын
My condolences. 😢💔
@lardy70s
@lardy70s Жыл бұрын
​@@User-jr7vfare you stupid?. The cabin broke off with the pilots inside!. They were spinning uncontrollably towards the sea. What were they going to do?. As for the passengers, I'm sure that the fireball cemented their fate. There's always one idiotic comment on here.
@rjthedetective
@rjthedetective 2 жыл бұрын
What really gets me about this crash is how you can hear the other pilots in the area rallying together and doing their utmost to give information to the ATC. Truly professional. While they were sadly unable to save any lives that day, they still did their best in making sure the wreckage was located as quickly as possible. And that "God bless him" from what I presume to be the Eastern pilot was just heartbreaking. Can't help but hear the defeat in the poor guy's voice, even if there was nothing more he could do.
@piotrszkudlarek106
@piotrszkudlarek106 2 жыл бұрын
nothing more to add
@houstonbalaji4768
@houstonbalaji4768 2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully expressed. It was another sad moment in the event.
@twilightpurpleglow
@twilightpurpleglow 2 жыл бұрын
I was left speechless! what a tragic event and to hear the pilot from the other aircraft say "God Bless him" broke my heart 💔 as this was for real. RIP all 230 souls.
@stevenstair1068
@stevenstair1068 2 жыл бұрын
I agree my friend...
@juliemanarin4127
@juliemanarin4127 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed...I agree. So sad the loss of life and I'm sure the other pilots empathize and agonized over seeing that crash.
@JSUKyrks69
@JSUKyrks69 8 ай бұрын
I was chief cabin crew on Alitalia 609, was taking drinks to the captain and SFO at the time and saw the debris floating. As crew our hearts went out to our colleagues at TWA plus all those involved. Said a silent prayer as we flew over.
@blyncht
@blyncht 4 ай бұрын
I live where it happened, every time I go to the beach we have a moment of silence at the memories. It has the flags of all of the nationalities of passengers o nthat plane.
@Scatpack-gw9kb
@Scatpack-gw9kb 4 ай бұрын
🧢
@lostvictims9769
@lostvictims9769 2 жыл бұрын
In remembrance: Captain Ralph George Kevorkian, 58 First Officer Steven Edward Snyder, 57 Flight Engineer Richard Gordon Campbell, 63 Flight Engineer Oliver Krick, 25 Flight Attendant Dan J. Callas, 22 Flight Attendant Jacques Charbonnier, 65 Flight Attendant Constance B. Charbonnier, 49 Flight Attendant Janet Louise Wolf Christopher, 47 Flight Attendant Debra Collins DiLuccio, 47 Flight Attendant Arlene Ellen Johnsen, 60 Flight Attendant Raymond A. Lang, 51 Flight Attendant Maureen Lockhart, 49 Flight Attendant Sandra Jean Meade, 42 Flight Attendant Grace Melotin, 48 Flight Attendant Marit E. Rhoads, 48 Flight Attendant Mike Schuldt, 51 Flight Attendant Melinda Diane Wright Torche, 46 Flight Attendant Jill Ziemkiewicz, 24 Sandra Aikens-Bellamy, 49 Jessica Aikey, 17 Christian Alex Matthew Alexander, 20 Otis Lamar Allen, 49 Ashton Lamar Allen, 16 Svein Amlund Jule “Jay” Edward Anderson, 49 Patricia Ann Marion Anderson, 41 Seana Anderson, 27 David Alfred Babb, 13 Daniel Baszczewski, 18 Charles R. Beatty, 49 Myriam Bellazoug, 30 Arthur Benjamin, 58 Joan Evelyn Bauer Benjamin, 56 Line Berthe Maurice Berthe Nicolas Bluestone, 18 Michelle Bohlin, 15 Luc Yvon Bossuyt, 52 Leonie Bouhs Jordan Michael Bower, 17 Rosemary Braman-Mosberg, 47 Michel Breistroff, 25 Edwin B. Brooks Sr., 82 Ruth D. Brooks, 79 Mirko Buttaroni, 26 Monica Omiccioli Buttaroni, 23 Anthony Caillaud Daniel Caillaud Joseph Arthur “Jay” Carven, 9 Paula Ann Carven, 42 Jacques Cayrol Jenny Chaillou Ludovic Chanson, 12 Monique Chemtob Constance Coiner, 48 Ana Duarte Coiner, 12 Monica Eileen Cox, 16 Pamela Lee Crandell, 29 Daniel Creamades Marcel Dadi, 44 Anna D' Alessandro Francois Darley Cybele Deboisredon Sylvain Delange, 35 Judith Delouvrier, 48 Dominiques D’Huimieres Deborah Ann Lorson Dickey, 41 Douglas Clair Dickey, 47 Christine Bailey D'Iorio Peitro D'Iorio Warren Dodge, 47 Guy Dupont Larkyn Dwyer, 11 Daryl K. Edwards, 41 Marie Ellison, 67 Clara Jean Ersoz, 59 Namik Ersoz, 63 Douglas Alan Eshleman, 35 Alexandre Estival Dierdre Mairead Feeney, 16 Vera Feeney, 52, Kilmore Mohammed Samir Ferrat Richard “Rod” Foster, 61 Didier Foulon Carol Ann Schelb Fry, 54 Rosaria Pares Furlano Daniel Gabor, 27 Daniel Gaetke, 32 Stephanie Lynn Thomas Gaetke, 32 Claire Aldona Gallagher, 15 Jean Paul Galland Clair Gasq Francis Gasq Donald Ellis Gough, 56 Steven K. Graham, 39 Charles Henry Gray III, 47 Renee Greene Donna Griffith, 36 Joanne S. Griffith, 39 Julia Danielle Grimm, 15 Cyril Grivet Anne Gustin Beverly Hammer, 58 Tracy Anne Hammer, 28 Lars Hansen Eric Harkness, 23 Lawrence Harris Ghassan Haurani, 50 Nina Haurani, 53 Sandra Hazelton Rance Hettler, 18 Susan Hill, 44 Jean-Pierre Hochard David Hogan, 47 Virginia Pelaez Holst, 31 Eric B. Holst, 32 James Hull, 45 James H. Hurd III, 29 Lonnie Ingenhuett, 43 Benoit Jacquemot Susanne Jensen, 31 Courtney Johns, 18 Eleanor Johnson, 50 Jed Johnson, 47 Leonard Johnson, 53 Romana Jones, 64 Amanda Marie Karschner, 17 Margot Krikhan, 51 Andrew Krukar, 40 Barbara Kwan, 40 Patricia Kwiat, 20 Kimberly Kwiat, 26 Jane Elizabeth Reardon Labys, 52 Antoine Lacailledesse Alain LaForge Yvon Lamour Ana Leim Elaine K. Loffredo, 50 Jody Lee Loudenslager, 17 Britta Lohan Patricia S. Y. Loo, 55 Dalila Lucien, 17 Elias Luevano, 42 Katherine Elizabeth “Katie” Lychner, 8 Pamela Rogers Lychner, 37 Shannon Evian Lychner, 10 Francois Manchuelle, 43 Etienne Maresq Nicolas Maresq Betty Ruth Martin, 69 Salvator Mazzola, 36 Pamela Cobb McPherson, 45 Giuseppe Mercurio, 26 Rodolphe Mérieux, 27 Avishaim Meshulam, 32 Pascal Michel Amy Carole Siekerman Miller, 29 Elizabeth Miller, 50 Gideon Beiler Miller, 57 Joan Williams Miller, 60 Kyle Miller, 29 Robert Miller, 62 Angela Jean Murta, 53 Alecia Carlos Nelson, 45 Twyla Nelson, 8 Cheryl Nibert, 17 Gadi Notes, 29 Caitlin Marie O'Hara Janet O'Hara, 39 John O'Hara, 39 Rebecca Jane Olsen, 20 Alan Orman, 49 Elsie Ostachiewicz, 49 Chelsie Ostachiewicz, 8 Huguette Paquet Ingrid Paquet Serge Pares, 29 Judy Ellen Penzer, 48 Marion Ott Percy, 77 Dennis Price, 49 Peggy Price, 49 Brenda Kay Graham Privette, 46 Rico Puhlmann, 62 Elizabeth Puichaud Jacqueline Remy Clyde Kirk Rhein Jr., 43 Scott Rhoads, 48 Brent Richey, 26 Annelyse Richter Noemie Richter Celine Rio Kimberly Rogers, 17 Yonaton Michael Rojany, 19 Barbara Romagna, 76 Katrina M. Rose, 26 Judith Kathryn Rissel Rupert, 53 Barbara Scott, 39 Joseph Scott, 13 Michael Scott, 44 Michelle Seaman, 19 Anna Maria Shorter, 47 Brenna Rae Siebert, 25 Chrisha Louise Siebert, 28 Candace Silverman, 22 Etta Silverman, 53 Eugene Silverman, 54 Jamie Silverman Olivia Simmons, 50 Kristina Skjold William R Story, 51 Carnie Straus Lydie Teang Rachama-Chan Teang Josette Thiery Mauro Tofani, 46 Larissa Uzupis, 15 Lois Rose VanEpps, 58 Rick L Verhaeghe, 48 Lani Warren, 48 Jacqueline Alexis Watson, 18 Jill VictoriaWatson, 32 Thomas Ralph Weatherby III, 13 Monica Michelle Weaver, 16 Ruben Windmiller, 66 Eleanor Veronica Manganiello Wolfson, 51 Wendy Yvonne Wolfson, 16 Bonnie Wolters, 44 Judith Yee, 53 Jean-Jacque Zara, 59
@robynlea6950
@robynlea6950 2 жыл бұрын
Very thoughtful, for your part.
@gary1961
@gary1961 2 жыл бұрын
This is the terrible thing about plane crashes. There are usually couples, brothers and sisters, entire families simply wiped out. And the ages have a wide range. Here the oldest is 82, while there are three 8 year olds. Truly tragic. Thank you for writing out this list.
@gabrielle-AVFloyd
@gabrielle-AVFloyd 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you🙏
@KristinaMay2109
@KristinaMay2109 2 жыл бұрын
May they all rest in peace🙏
@gustavoc6812
@gustavoc6812 2 жыл бұрын
Jed Johnson was Andy Warhol's boyfriend.
@harveytyler4869
@harveytyler4869 2 жыл бұрын
This is a absolute true story, I was leaving for basic in the Army and had a layover on this exact day, of course my flight was delayed, I walked right by TWA ticket counter and lounge area and saw everyone of these people getting ready to board, I left about half hour later only to learn the sad truth, wow I can still see there faces,there was a mom with two daughters there I’ll never forget them I don’t know why that family sticks in my mind but knowing how they suffered, Jesus I couldn’t imagine today losing my sons that way and my wife, I pray for the families everyday, again a great video
@marklundeberg7006
@marklundeberg7006 2 жыл бұрын
Pam Lychner and her two daughters?
@harveytyler4869
@harveytyler4869 2 жыл бұрын
Both precious little girls had blond hair, mom was absolutely beautiful, that’s why I remember them, such a beautiful family
@harveytyler4869
@harveytyler4869 2 жыл бұрын
Was that them I’ve watched documentaries but could never be certain
@carewser
@carewser 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure everybody died very quickly given how the fire went right through the plane so I expect everyone was dead long before the plane impacted
@jenb6910
@jenb6910 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry 😞 I can imagine that is very hard to this day. Their souls, I'm sure, thank you for thinking of them still ❤️
@QUEENBEE200384
@QUEENBEE200384 Жыл бұрын
My parents were on the Athens to JFK flight. The flight right before this one. It was their 10th anniversary trip. It’s still affects them, especially my mom. It could’ve been them that lost their life and my siblings and I would’ve been orphans. What a tragedy for all these victims and their families.
@rongendron8705
@rongendron8705 Жыл бұрын
I've thought about those passengers that got off from Athens & how fortunate they felt to be alive!( I worked at JFK when the first 747's came in 1970 (loading the galley with food & drink) & marveled at its enormous size!) That night, I was heading to work at 11p.m. @ SUNY, in Nassau Cty. & was delayed by rescue vehicles, headed to the nearest land to the crash site! To me, a 'terrorist attack' should never be ruled out!
@spreadthetruth90
@spreadthetruth90 Жыл бұрын
im lucky you have a mom and dad, still.
@anjitapanta3645
@anjitapanta3645 Жыл бұрын
That's crazy your parents literally took the last flight of that plane
@Barefoot433
@Barefoot433 Жыл бұрын
@@rongendron8705 Unless someone really messed with the circuits aforehand, and even despite that- any competent mechanic or supervisor thereof would have raised concerns and stopped that flight. I would have, and probably would've been canned for it (as the result would have been no crash, ergo no cause proven). I think TWA, iconic as it was, was in decline at that time, and had to keep up face with their newer competition in order to stay relevant. I now think there was pressure on mechanics and others to keep things moving timely. And I loved TWA, but they let themselves age out. It could and should have been stopped from flying. You don't pull fuses and breakers to get around safety constraints. The short circuit was constant, until such time that heat and oxidizing limits were able to ignite catastrophe.
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@GaryInSoCal
@GaryInSoCal 11 ай бұрын
RIP my dear friend and superstar photographer Rico Puhlmann on this flight... you are missed bigtime buddy... :(
@suzyq4982
@suzyq4982 Ай бұрын
He looked like a lovely guy - so sorry for your loss x
@SteffiNovaASMR_Replays
@SteffiNovaASMR_Replays 5 күн бұрын
A fantastic photographer 💫
@GaryInSoCal
@GaryInSoCal 5 күн бұрын
@@SteffiNovaASMR_Replays He was... Rico attended 2 of my SM photoshoot events in 95 and Spring of 96... just a few months before this plane crash... :(
@jsyorks2023
@jsyorks2023 2 жыл бұрын
I was the chief purser on Alitalia 609 from JFK, after take off I’d gone into the flight deck to ask the guys if they wanted a drink. The capt was in already on the radio with the ground with this communication on what they’d just witnessed. All I saw was the flames in the sea. Very somber flight home to Milan. RIP to all involved
@moistmike4150
@moistmike4150 2 жыл бұрын
In 1988, my future wife was a 20 year old student who'd missed her flight out of Europe for home. That flight happened to be the Lockerbie 747. Whenever I see anything that has to do with aircraft disaster, I think about how blind fortune allowed me to marry a wonderful woman and have two amazing young men as sons. And my heart aches for those who perished.
@surindersingh724
@surindersingh724 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I can't help myself. But you are a grown man with grown men for sons and THAT'S your KZbin name?
@margaretgill4330
@margaretgill4330 2 жыл бұрын
@@surindersingh724 😂😂I had to take another look at his user name......
@moistmike4150
@moistmike4150 2 жыл бұрын
@@surindersingh724 Indeed. I am Mike and I'm extremely moist - Never ferget!
@louis-philippelavoie6929
@louis-philippelavoie6929 2 жыл бұрын
Grown and moist, I like it
@MarkJoseph81
@MarkJoseph81 2 жыл бұрын
Blind fortune? God's will.
@legit.peasant
@legit.peasant 2 жыл бұрын
"I think that was him." "I think so." "God bless him." Those words are painful to listen to... the realisation that they've just witnessed a catastrophic accident, but they still have a job to do.
@MutedGrowl
@MutedGrowl 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in NY and remember that radio chatter specifically, very chilling. They don’t know who that was? How is that possible?
@u2mister17
@u2mister17 2 жыл бұрын
No accident. It was a missile.
@donnamariedavidson5065
@donnamariedavidson5065 2 жыл бұрын
@@u2mister17 you are correct.
@u2mister17
@u2mister17 2 жыл бұрын
@@donnamariedavidson5065 PBS had a special, before the curtain was dropped, that aired with the original government agencies and the first thing they said when they sat down was, " We know it was a missile but was there a second missile?" So much BS from our masters.
@surfside75
@surfside75 2 жыл бұрын
Look into who the passengers were that day and you will find out why they were shot down.
@BUBBAGRUMPSMOM
@BUBBAGRUMPSMOM 9 ай бұрын
My son’s friend David Babb was on this flight with his Aunt and Uncle. So very sad for the New Wilmington Pa community. 😢 I will never forget this.
@serenadevon
@serenadevon 6 ай бұрын
It's all Boeing's fault
@Wing_of_aviationnn
@Wing_of_aviationnn 6 ай бұрын
@@serenadevon nope your stupid to think that
@BuggYTofficial
@BuggYTofficial 5 ай бұрын
@@serenadevonno it's not....
@Sodandburger
@Sodandburger 4 ай бұрын
Womp womp
@Sodandburger
@Sodandburger 4 ай бұрын
@@BuggYTofficialactually it is
@stlram5
@stlram5 2 жыл бұрын
I was a flight attendant for TWA in 1996 when this happened. I was home when my bonus daughter came out of her room practically screaming that a TWA plane had gone down. I went to the TV instantly and saw the images of fire on the water where the plane had impacted. My heart sank further than it ever had in my life to that point, knowing I'd lost several brothers and sisters in that tragedy. When you work for an airline, you really do become part of a family, and you mourn their loss as if it was your own. Still hard to think about that day every year, even 26 years later. 😭💔
@houseofsolomon2440
@houseofsolomon2440 2 жыл бұрын
What does bonus daughter mean?
@kystars
@kystars 2 жыл бұрын
@@houseofsolomon2440 I wondered the same thing.
@BossBen1
@BossBen1 2 жыл бұрын
@@houseofsolomon2440 Same
@bradjohnson482
@bradjohnson482 2 жыл бұрын
@@houseofsolomon2440 Step?
@TheVenominside
@TheVenominside 2 жыл бұрын
I was in the army stationed at Fort Stewart, GA. We were a rapid deployment base and we were immediately put on alert because we were told it was a possible terrorist attack. And again, a week later we were put on alert when a bombing happened at the olympics in Atlanta.
@tomdragamer
@tomdragamer Жыл бұрын
I've heard the audio before, and the tone shift you hear in their voices when they realise which plane it was... heart-breaking.
@jdog165165
@jdog165165 Жыл бұрын
I was supposed to be on that flight with my parents and brother. About two weeks before, our TWA Getaway tour was canceled due to not enough people signed up. They asked if we still wanted to use the airfare tickets but we declined. We were refunded and we went to Hawaii instead. I think of everyone on board as well as the families affected, every anniversary.
@787aida-rivers.a
@787aida-rivers.a Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t y’all time to leave this planet I’m glad at least you and your family are survivors 🙏🏽 Gods plans
@cushturah
@cushturah Жыл бұрын
It wasn’t your time to leave this planet because GOD loves you and wants you to repent and believe on The LORD JESUS CHRIST so you can be in the Kingdom of GOD. You were saved so you could share The Gospel Of JESUS CHRIST were ever you go !!! I pray may all the people who lost loved ones on this flight come to faith in CHRIST JESUS !!!
@cissymckinley3154
@cissymckinley3154 Жыл бұрын
What A story. Thank God.
@Luke-jx3mj
@Luke-jx3mj Жыл бұрын
@@cushturah Freak.
@yuseefdelr
@yuseefdelr Жыл бұрын
It wasn’t your time, that’s why people must trust their instincts
@hoyit
@hoyit 10 ай бұрын
My grade school ESL teacher Mrs. Miller was on this flight. I didn’t know her much other than seeing her in the hallway, but she always had this sort of elegant pleasantness about her. Our town was devastated when this happened. Such a tragedy.
@edith4189
@edith4189 10 ай бұрын
Suddenly everyone in this comment section knows someone on the plane 💀 yeah dude sure you did.
@kokocaptainqc
@kokocaptainqc 10 ай бұрын
apparently the whole miller family was on that plane from the names in the list
@craigjones4810
@craigjones4810 4 ай бұрын
@@edith4189 230 people died. Lets say each person was known by 100 people (actual numbers probably way higher in most instances), that means there are 23000 people out there that knew people on the plane. You don't think any of them use KZbin and could have come across this video? Your an idiot.
@amybruno3133
@amybruno3133 Ай бұрын
@@edith4189what a nasty thing to say. Jerk
@sarahl108
@sarahl108 Жыл бұрын
My aunt and uncle were watching two neighborhood girls whose parents and grandparents were on this flight, going to Paris for their anniversary. They had to tell them what happened and coordinate with relatives who would take them afterwards. Heart goes out to everyone lost and their families that endured ❤
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KvYYlnjcaIbbM it was an job
@michaelmerritt5970
@michaelmerritt5970 Жыл бұрын
😭
@michaelmerritt5970
@michaelmerritt5970 Жыл бұрын
This is so heartbreaking ! 😪
@fadeaway6699
@fadeaway6699 Жыл бұрын
🧢🧢🧢
@cissymckinley3154
@cissymckinley3154 Жыл бұрын
Blessings to them Today and always.
@ethansucksatcuphead
@ethansucksatcuphead 2 жыл бұрын
imagine being a pilot, flying a plane miles above the ocean, and watching another plane explode. i can't even begin to imagine what went through all the cockpit crews heads watching that
@charlesmiller3278
@charlesmiller3278 Жыл бұрын
"Thank fuck it wasn't us".
@C-Here
@C-Here Жыл бұрын
​@@charlesmiller3278 😅😅😳
@elizabethmurray3221
@elizabethmurray3221 Жыл бұрын
My husband was flying over Balboa Park when PSA went down in San Diego. He cancelled the rest of his flights and went home - he felt awful.
@sherisagall9670
@sherisagall9670 Жыл бұрын
Theres definitely some form of PTSD there now that wasn’t before.
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
@@sherisagall9670 bro it was an insid3 job
@davidmangold1838
@davidmangold1838 2 жыл бұрын
I was a TWA pilot at that time. I had bids in for 727 Captain, with next choice 747 copilot. I got the 727, and was the junior captain at all of TWA. Had just one pilot senior to me taken that slot, I would have been the most junior copilot on the 747. The pilot who got that 747 bid, was my friend. He was on reserve, and was assigned to deadhead on flight 800, which he did. So, I missed being that guy, by a strike of fate. I knew about 8 of those who perished. The flight engineer in training, was the son of my friend that I’d known since 1978😢. Prayers to all, RIP
@briglad5274
@briglad5274 2 жыл бұрын
I worked with Hobie Tomlinson after his TWA retiremen,t who was a Senior Captain at that time. He flew that exact aircraft a couple of days previous, since he spent most of his career on the JFK-Rome run.
@davidmangold1838
@davidmangold1838 2 жыл бұрын
@@briglad5274 See my name in my posts. What’s your name? I somewhat knew Hobie. I was based in JFK for many years. He enjoyed being in management. I finished up 40 years as a line pilot in 2018, with AA. 28 years on the 767😳
@briglad5274
@briglad5274 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidmangold1838 Screen name is a contraction of my name. Brian Gladden. I worked with Hobie at Heritage Flight out of BTV from 2005 to mid 2007, when he was flying charter there. I was doing line service. Small operation (compared to TWA). About 60 employees. Hobie was Safety Director and Captain on our two Citation 560XL's and the four King Air C-90's we ran. I recall him telling me he was over 38,000 hours at that point. We also had a former United 767 Instructor Captain working with us then too. David Kent. I haven't talked to Hobie in a loooong time but at nearly 75, Dave is still flight instructing out of KLEB.
@davidmangold1838
@davidmangold1838 2 жыл бұрын
@@briglad5274 all interesting to hear. Sounds like it was a good operation. Glad Hobie had life after TWA/AA. I’ve been 100% retired since January 2018. 54 years flying was enough. 28k hours and 18k in the 767. TWA was way better than AA😡. Now I fly my 1945 v tail bonanza when I have somewhere to go.
@quietquitter6103
@quietquitter6103 2 жыл бұрын
You know the truth, then, don't you.
@ohladybug
@ohladybug Жыл бұрын
I am retired now. However, I used to work for TWA years ago. When I heard about this flight, I was in shock! Even when TWA was hijacked back in the 80's. Many prayers for these families! My family is an airline family, and we always said prayer for safe travel. 🙏🏼🕊🤙🏽🌺
@schott43
@schott43 6 ай бұрын
N9lpne of you were paying attention...Americans are always so ready to over look b.s. 100 witnesses were outside that besutiful.clear night and saw a missile. The dmb fk navy accidentally shot it down and it was covered up. Google missile in background man holding birthday card night of TWA crash...if it hasn't been taken down. A man and woman got ten years for taking a piece of a seat to be analyzed, pink missile fuel mark. Many French people died on that flt and Pierre Salinger kept saying it was a missile then suddenly he went quiet.
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
Your prayers mean shit, they are still all dead, stop with the religious crap!!!
@mookie2637
@mookie2637 2 жыл бұрын
"I think that was him. God bless him." Makes me well up every time I hear it. I try to approach safety studies in a rigorous, cool and scientific way, but sometimes it really hits you.
@wokewokerman5280
@wokewokerman5280 2 жыл бұрын
...for aviators to see another go down like that, especially a big commercial plane, must be shattering, numbing...
@LadyVoldemort
@LadyVoldemort 2 жыл бұрын
My eyes got wet during the whole conversations, especially when they repeatedly called for TWA 800 and they never answered... 😢💔
@Windtorment
@Windtorment 2 жыл бұрын
That "God bless him" really broke my heart. Such a tragic incident. RIP to all those on that plane.
@TheGuyInTheCar43
@TheGuyInTheCar43 Жыл бұрын
Me too 😢
@Ep4368
@Ep4368 Жыл бұрын
Amen
@idontknowmuch3441
@idontknowmuch3441 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGuyInTheCar43what part are y’all talking about please?
@TheGuyInTheCar43
@TheGuyInTheCar43 Жыл бұрын
@@idontknowmuch3441 at the 12:00 time stamp ❤️
@ThePuccicat
@ThePuccicat 6 ай бұрын
He knew.
@mprkg
@mprkg 10 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Vogue photographers Rico Puhlman died on that flight. Took great shots of Cindy Crawford
@Aelipse
@Aelipse 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine the few moments between the cockpit being ripped off and the hull of the aircraft crashing into the water. I imagine many if not most passengers were still alive and conscious during that. Each second must have felt longer than a century. What a horrible way to go. Sorry for all the lives that were lost that day.
@mikegrabowski7483
@mikegrabowski7483 Жыл бұрын
they weren't conscious
@highaltitude787
@highaltitude787 Жыл бұрын
@@mikegrabowski7483they were for a while but lost consciousness on the way down
@mikegrabowski7483
@mikegrabowski7483 Жыл бұрын
@@highaltitude787 GTFO of here. No they were not
@clownchaostime3024
@clownchaostime3024 Жыл бұрын
​@@mikegrabowski7483 just curious, not trying to get into a KZbin comment war with you. There were reports that 19 of the victims had water in their lungs at the time of autopsy. Water in the lungs indicates that there was at least one breath taken by these 19 people. Does that not indicate that those 19 were at least semi conscious upon impact? The majority of people were either dead or passed out immediately, there is no denying that fact, but it's hard to dispute that water in the lungs of 19 is solid indication of them being alive at least for a brief moment as they went into the water. I can't even imagine the horror of such a thing to go through, but that is the story of the autopsy results.
@louisespindler
@louisespindler Жыл бұрын
@@clownchaostime3024 p
@VerissimusAurelius
@VerissimusAurelius 2 жыл бұрын
As a retired B747 Captain...I can tell you the radio transmissions indicated TOTAL professionalism...by the book, attention to detail. These guys were SHARP. I doubt you could have had a more experienced, capable flight crew. So sad for the new FE. I lived in Westhampton, New York flying G3's (after airline retirement) out of Islip at the time. The wife of a co-captain of mine who lived in Quogue saw the entire thing...from the ground. She just happened to be looking and it greatly grieved her when she found out what it was.
@Christinacatalano
@Christinacatalano Жыл бұрын
I was just going to say, the level of calm professionalism with the “god bless him”, while maintaining their cool to transport their own passengers & crew safely to completion is so.. chillingly comforting and commendable. Thank you to all pilots for guiding us safely through the skies even when witnessing and reporting a shocking loss of your own. You’re all heroes in my book.
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KvYYlnjcaIbbM it was an job
@jacktrotter-vm3nj
@jacktrotter-vm3nj Жыл бұрын
My dad was an avation attorney in Washington D.C. He showed me transcripts with pilots last words before the end, "OH shit"! were the most common.
@ingridsweeney1787
@ingridsweeney1787 Жыл бұрын
I also thought the Captains talking on the radio were very professional. Their attention to detail was amazing
@rikji
@rikji Жыл бұрын
then she saw the missile go up and hit the plane! i remember hearing the interviews and video and witnesses see the missile!
@JCDofNYC
@JCDofNYC 2 жыл бұрын
It is believed by some that passengers in the rear section of the plane could have remained very conscious until the plane hit the water. THAT is about as terrifying a way to die that I can conceive.
@DrSeuss-nv9hw
@DrSeuss-nv9hw 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you would wonder what you did to deserve this kind of ending? Did I kill someone in a previous life? Not the way you want to depart.
@Jefferson1969-u4s
@Jefferson1969-u4s 2 жыл бұрын
I hope they all quickly became hypoxic and didn’t suffer.
@timewa851
@timewa851 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jefferson1969-u4s I'll never complain about a delay or lack of leg room again. That's some brutal stuff. Just the air /flames blasting in at 400mph +. And then, it gets WORSE.
@JCDofNYC
@JCDofNYC 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jefferson1969-u4s One of the reasons some think the passenger were aware of what was happening is because they were only at 13,000 feet at the time of the explosion. Had they reached cruising altitude, they would have, indeed, become hypoxic and passed out well before hitting the ground. As it occurred, I would guess many people went into cardiac arrest caused by quite literally being scared to death. The disorientation of the entire event must have spared some as well, being unable to fully comprehend the magnitude of the moment. Apparently, many of the dead were still strapped into their seats. Presumably, waiting for the captain to extinguish the seat belt sign.
@Jefferson1969-u4s
@Jefferson1969-u4s 2 жыл бұрын
@@JCDofNYC That is truly dreadful.
@SuperTechnicalman
@SuperTechnicalman 8 ай бұрын
i used to work on planes. I'm really nervous flying. the fact that this doesn't happen more often surprises me. aircraft companies are moving from safety and quality assurance to a profit model. results are what we're experiencing today with airlines and boeing. perhaps other manufacturers as well.
@ToOpen6seven
@ToOpen6seven 6 ай бұрын
Well stated -- this term cannot get out of my head every time I read or see one of these tragedies -- The Normalization of Deviancy. Taking short cuts, not going back to fix something that those working on the part knows it is broke or not working properly. For something like a TV or computer, OK, but when you are justifying shortcuts on parts that go on airplanes, ships, cars, medical devices, in building of our homes, etc., etc. -- items that can take life, that is unacceptable.
@johnellenz4330
@johnellenz4330 6 ай бұрын
This plane was shot down by the US navy
@ono147
@ono147 2 ай бұрын
Former A&P, maintenance and inspection is viewed as overhead for companies. capacitive fuel indicators always worried me too.
@OdiesMama
@OdiesMama 22 күн бұрын
​@@jackiepowell7513 Wait until the public figures out what's been going on in medical school.
@vickybailey9129
@vickybailey9129 4 күн бұрын
@@ToOpen6sevenabsolutely 💯💯💯true! My former husband was an aircraft engineer. In those days they checked and fixed everything, no matter how small he said. I miss those days when aircrafts were on safety more for the passengers.. than for profits. Nowadays, it profits and less of the passengers safety. It is scary to go on a plane for me now. Just me
@diannajones5493
@diannajones5493 2 жыл бұрын
My nephew was the chief (and only) reporter from the USCG sent to cover this tragedy. He was deeply affected & suffered a great trauma as a result. The pictures I saw were heart wrenching
@nitiandfrens
@nitiandfrens 2 жыл бұрын
When this crash happened? Can u say
@beths4934
@beths4934 Жыл бұрын
@@nitiandfrens 1996, July
@candiselachance9728
@candiselachance9728 Жыл бұрын
So Sorry😢
@jannmutube
@jannmutube Жыл бұрын
---- > Were any of the crew or passengers recovered?
@rosemarynieters9189
@rosemarynieters9189 Жыл бұрын
When did this happen?
@danielle5253
@danielle5253 Жыл бұрын
I just cannot begin to imagine the horror and terror everyone felt on that plane. God bless them all.😢
@katherinecooper6159
@katherinecooper6159 Жыл бұрын
I agree. As a retired aircrew member I remember the number of flights I crewed and can only imagine the fear everyone must have experienced.
@lorimiller4301
@lorimiller4301 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if this will help you but it's given me a different outlook on our passing, it's called Soul Crossings with Cash Peters. He draws what he sees as we go from our death, as we leave our bodies, and then go into the light. It's really different for everyone.
@mysterytour5983
@mysterytour5983 Жыл бұрын
@@lorimiller4301 I almost died and i saw myself going out of my body and seeing people around me and could even hear everything but just before going out of my body saw all my past life very fast! Very weird! I came back because someone saved me from drowning!
@c.carrillo7813
@c.carrillo7813 Жыл бұрын
​@@mysterytour5983 Happy you are still here with us. If you dont mind me asking, do you believe in god?
@connierodenburg129
@connierodenburg129 Жыл бұрын
Praying for each of those who perished and their families.
@duncanfromunderthebridge
@duncanfromunderthebridge 2 жыл бұрын
When you know the circumstances and sequence of events that lead to things like this, it’s crazy to think about how thin the line between life and death can be and you’d never even know it.
@txbill2512
@txbill2512 Жыл бұрын
Apparently, in this case, it was 5 centimeters. Amazing that there was so little space with zero insulation between the packs and the tanks.
@nancyirwin9065
@nancyirwin9065 Жыл бұрын
I would've been screaming for Jesus to take me before impact to have to die
@blackieblack
@blackieblack Жыл бұрын
​@@txbill2512 eh, it was a missile. There's pretty much no denying it at this point.
@txbill2512
@txbill2512 Жыл бұрын
@@blackieblack Sure mate.
@mordie31
@mordie31 Жыл бұрын
@@txbill2512 No, actually, it was almost certainly shot down. We can't be certain of course, but the fact that TWA Captain Mundo signed a sworn affidavit saying that on his flight from Athens, Greece, he not only emptied the center fuel tank, but that he had also vented it of any fuel vapors debunks the FBI & NTSB center fuel tank theory. Not that in matters anyway, because in 2022, former Navy Operations Specialist, William H. Teele, III, from the U.S.S. Carr, came forward as a whistle blower reporting that the U.S. Navy had accidentally shot down TWA Flight 800, on July 17, 1996. There is plenty of evidence though and it's all out there; but you will never go seek it out yourself and even if you tried, most of the internet is sanitised these days anyway.
@PRR5406
@PRR5406 Жыл бұрын
I am certain the passenger lost consciousness as soon as the hull broke. We can only hope nobody experienced the fire and impact.
@kimberlybeth
@kimberlybeth 9 ай бұрын
Content warning: I have watched several videos that made educated guesses on the impact of the passengers. The pilots most likely died instantly and the passengers of the front half have the plane (of the part that wasn’t the nose) were most likely decapitated.
@robh7671
@robh7671 9 ай бұрын
Was this one with kids on board Just ring a bell on this very sad anyway.
@michaelrocky4571
@michaelrocky4571 8 ай бұрын
I never saw them mention how many were onboard.
@FontaineDerby
@FontaineDerby 8 ай бұрын
​@michaelrocky4571 At 5:42 it reads 212 passengers and 14 crew.
@MarissaNye
@MarissaNye 8 ай бұрын
@@robh7671yes a high school French club from Pennsylvania.
@Flygirl108
@Flygirl108 Жыл бұрын
I knew and flew with that entire crew I had flown with the Captain not long before 😢❤️✈️ I will never get over losing my colleagues and all of the passengers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@daryltalley8242
@daryltalley8242 11 ай бұрын
Prayers for All. 🙏
@lsimon343
@lsimon343 10 ай бұрын
Prove it
@cgordon1386
@cgordon1386 10 ай бұрын
There are no words to describe this heart breaking loss of life, hugs.
@chrisnstar
@chrisnstar 10 ай бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss and the whole TWA family. My dad was a TWA captain. He started with them in 1954 and stayed until they were swallowed up by American. My dad was George Anton. Did you know him?
@edith4189
@edith4189 10 ай бұрын
🧢🧢🧢🧢
@lofivibes3640
@lofivibes3640 2 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely terrifying as hell. You cant even go over how scary that entire situation is. Dont even wanna think about it. To see the plane rip apart like that. Rest in peace to all on-board.
@janepatterson6372
@janepatterson6372 Жыл бұрын
@@bobby1970 but you drive a car? Our roads are much deadlier than the skies. You just don't hear about how many people perish daily in vehicle wrecks.
@tattletalesister7306
@tattletalesister7306 Жыл бұрын
@@janepatterson6372 I’m sorry, but die in a car crash no matter how terrible would still be less horrifying than that.
@charlesmiller3278
@charlesmiller3278 Жыл бұрын
@@janepatterson6372 Dumb comparison.
@sarcasticallyrearranged
@sarcasticallyrearranged Жыл бұрын
@Charles NOT a dumb comparison at all! When a plane goes down it's a huge deal compared with the daily fatal car accidents that happen across the world.
@sjn_
@sjn_ Жыл бұрын
@@sarcasticallyrearranged It's a dumb comparison. It's not about dying in a crash in general but about how terrifying the situation must have been. I bet many of the people weren't even dead the time they were falling down and witnessed such a horrific sight before falling to their deaths. Yes, air travel is considered to be safer than road travel where disaster like this is not expected but it happens and when it happens, it happens in a worst way possible than a typical road accident. Reason why air crashes get more attention than the road ones.
@ds_the_rn
@ds_the_rn 8 ай бұрын
EastWing saying, “God bless him,” is so incredibly sad.
@RP-wz9xb
@RP-wz9xb 7 ай бұрын
I'm an atheist, but hearing that - the sentiment - made me tear up.
@maximemunger5022
@maximemunger5022 5 ай бұрын
@@RP-wz9xbconvert to Christianity bro. God loves you more than you know and He’d very much lime for you to spend the eternity with Him.
@EggdogGuy
@EggdogGuy 4 ай бұрын
@@lymehurtz it costs 0 dollars out of your pocket to not intrude religion into a completely unrelated topic
@surgedeb
@surgedeb 2 ай бұрын
​@@RP-wz9xb 🙄
@marcy6161
@marcy6161 Жыл бұрын
My friend had a huge number of relatives from France that had come over for their first trip to America, and meeting their American relatives, and were on their way homeward bound back to France. An entire section of family, his aunts, uncles and young cousins all perished that day. 😢 God bless them all.
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@NikkiAkaNlg
@NikkiAkaNlg 11 ай бұрын
The Miller family?
@cgordon1386
@cgordon1386 10 ай бұрын
Heart breaking.
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
Shit happens. They were actually more likely to die on the trip to the airport than on an airplane.
@NCnative82
@NCnative82 2 жыл бұрын
My sister was planning to fly to Paris to meet our other sister that was already in Europe on vacation. She was looking at plane tickets and had two options: TWA800 or another flight leaving a day later. Luckily, she decided to stay an extra day in NYC and purchased a ticket for the other flight.
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KvYYlnjcaIbbM it was an job
@jenchivers
@jenchivers Жыл бұрын
I was in a plane accident too last October 23 2022 in cebu philippines via KE631 it's was extremely scared. We are very lucky all passengers and crews are alive. A million thanks to God for everything.🙏🙏🙏
@Adelicows
@Adelicows Жыл бұрын
Yeah sure 🙄
@Fra93TheGrande
@Fra93TheGrande Жыл бұрын
Whew thankfully 😅
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
That same trip the next day would have also been TWA 800.
@patriciamccormick9321
@patriciamccormick9321 Жыл бұрын
I remember this day so clearly as I lived in the area and know someone who lost a relative. Watching this animation was gut wrenching. God bless all those lost.
@Barefoot433
@Barefoot433 Жыл бұрын
I have to say God rest and bless the innocent, and damn the incompetent and complicit, because I see this as totally avoidable by an airline in its decline. And I love TWA historically. But right is right.
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Жыл бұрын
@@Barefoot433 there is no god stop believing in fairytales
@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Жыл бұрын
there is no god stop believing in fairytales
@Americankid465
@Americankid465 Жыл бұрын
​@@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIthat's what you believe lol And if thats the case then who created the big bang lol😂
@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul 9 ай бұрын
My neighbor was a Coast Guardsman in command of a motor whaleboat who responded to this crash. He wasn't given any details about it, and thought it was a light aircraft he was headed for. Then he spotted flames on the surface of the sea. Getting closer, suddenly he could see passengers, still attached to their seats, floating to the surface. They tried to pull people aboard but could see there was no hope.
@elftails
@elftails 6 ай бұрын
@MarlinWilliams Why was there no hope, could they not give them lifebuoys? Or were they already dead? :((
@ChessieChess
@ChessieChess 2 күн бұрын
@@elftailsthey were all dead- if you watched the video
@yerunski
@yerunski 2 жыл бұрын
Taking a moment to appreciate all the hard work that went into the making of this video. I never heard the communication with ATC before. RIP to all the victims of this terrible disaster.
@derikuk2967
@derikuk2967 2 жыл бұрын
Superb presentation of a tragic event.
@JoePez
@JoePez 2 жыл бұрын
My heart goes out to that high school class on board on their way to Paris. I'm 17 and I can only put myself in their shoes and imagine if that were my class on that plane with my friends. Truly so sad and terrifying for all of the poor people.
@lolpop2118
@lolpop2118 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my god u serious wow that's so horrible a whole highschool class and that kind of disaster ..
@DataRich2525
@DataRich2525 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know there was a high school class on board. I remember taking a trip to France when I was a Junior in high school. I got to sit in the front right window seat on the upper deck of our 747. It was a very memorable flight.
@btsarmyzona8541
@btsarmyzona8541 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no idea. Was the plane explosion in the Final Destination franchise inspired by this tragedy?
@JoePez
@JoePez 2 жыл бұрын
@@btsarmyzona8541 Yeah actually. The detectors of the Final Destination movies were tasked with making an X-files episode of TWA800 back in the late 90’s but the episode was eventually scrapped. The directors liked the episode script so much they ended up just making into a movie which is what we know as Final Destination
@fredflintstone3956
@fredflintstone3956 2 жыл бұрын
My ex-wife's son was part of that class. She said he missed the flight, although I don't remember why.
@gwendolyncarter5668
@gwendolyncarter5668 2 жыл бұрын
What a horrible disaster and how awful that nearly every single pilot was extremely experienced, probably nearing retirement age. Yet not one of them, with all of their combined years of experience could have done a thing to save this doomed flight. Such a tragic story. My heart and prayers go out to all of the families affected by this. Thank you for handling this recreation, as always, with such respect and compassion and factual research and animations.
@jasonnicholasschwarz7788
@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 2 жыл бұрын
The plane was due for a big inspection imo and the long hours of operating with only a short break on the ground....I don't want to think of all the near misses of accidents, those machines need to be in the air all the time to make money.In this case, the financial profits were paid in blood.
@quietquitter6103
@quietquitter6103 2 жыл бұрын
If the research came from FBI or miltary source, its not factual.
@User-jr7vf
@User-jr7vf 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to know what the pilots attempted to do after the explosion
@miketexas4549
@miketexas4549 2 жыл бұрын
Hard to do anything as a pilot when your aircraft is hit by a missile.
@egidio6david0
@egidio6david0 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 the plane was hit by a missile
@Jeanettesboxingchannel
@Jeanettesboxingchannel 11 ай бұрын
Reporting the explosion and at the same time having to fly your airplane...i cant imagine the stress level...
@michellepricejawers2028
@michellepricejawers2028 5 ай бұрын
I think I'd be like ... Control, I really really need to land, like... R I G H T N O W
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
@@michellepricejawers2028Then you are WEAK!!!!!!
@Bikerbug2020
@Bikerbug2020 2 жыл бұрын
Used to work for TWA back in my 20’s as a Flight Service Manager and when this happened I had been away from the company for nearly 5 years, but it hit home because I had worked that flight on several occasions. God Bless all who perished on that day…
@mattsoreng3066
@mattsoreng3066 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely one of my worst fears and it’s only gotten worse the older I get. My heart goes out to everyone on that plane, their family and friends. We can only hope that all passengers were knocked unconscious after the initial break up. Just talking about this has my heart rate through the roof.
@l21n18
@l21n18 Жыл бұрын
Why
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@unknownportalmusic
@unknownportalmusic Жыл бұрын
​@@l21n18because despite the fact that air is statistically the safest form of travel, when something goes majorly wrong, the horror experienced can be the most extreme form of horror. Even if surviving.
@greenergs4790
@greenergs4790 Жыл бұрын
Me too. As a child it was like a neat ride. As an adult I hate it and it only gets worse.
@mattsoreng3066
@mattsoreng3066 Жыл бұрын
@@unknownportalmusic Exactly
@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian
@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian 2 жыл бұрын
This strikes me in so many ways. I flew to Athens on TWA that night. I did not know that the plane that exploded had originated in Athens the prior flight. We were delayed departing JFK. I don’t remember hearing a reason for the delay, but I remember hearing of the crash slowly filtering through the plane a few hours into our flight. I still think that there could have been a good chance I passed some of the passengers who died in the terminal.
@nicolestewart
@nicolestewart 2 жыл бұрын
😢 hugs to you
@moisemensah8233
@moisemensah8233 2 жыл бұрын
Happy that you're still here though but sending you hugs for the traumatic memory.
@randykitchleburger2780
@randykitchleburger2780 2 жыл бұрын
Haunting
@RB-lc8lh
@RB-lc8lh 2 жыл бұрын
How would you have received news while in flight? No cell phones or any method of contact with anyone in 1996. The pilots probably knew from ATC, are you saying the spread the news?
@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian
@Autum-MrsPinkHairedChristian 2 жыл бұрын
@@RB-lc8lh I think it was known before we took off… we ended up leaving around 10 pm. Just wasn’t well known before takeoff.
@WilburGarysMum
@WilburGarysMum Жыл бұрын
What a terrifying way to die. My deepest sympathies to the families left behind.
@cdrocrossdiscovery
@cdrocrossdiscovery 2 жыл бұрын
As an aircraft mechanic, it was mandatory to study this accident annually.
@cdrocrossdiscovery
@cdrocrossdiscovery Жыл бұрын
@BOB K Old planes can fly just fine if they're taken care of properly, and in accordance with scheduled maintenance. This 747 was not by any stretch of the imagination. Failure to clean up after maintenance, aged and unserviceable wiring, neglect, it all added up to a massive tragedy.
@mikegrabowski7483
@mikegrabowski7483 Жыл бұрын
The NGS system installed on aircraft after this was the biggest waste of money. Damn system always has issues
@Sarasdad91
@Sarasdad91 Жыл бұрын
Accident?
@cdrocrossdiscovery
@cdrocrossdiscovery Жыл бұрын
@@Sarasdad91 Yes, Accident. A result neglect, and bad maintenance
@cdrocrossdiscovery
@cdrocrossdiscovery Жыл бұрын
@@mikegrabowski7483 You are right. What happened to TWA flight 800 was Negligence, and incompetence.
@Powerranger-le4up
@Powerranger-le4up 2 жыл бұрын
I cannot imagine how terrifying this must’ve been for these poor people.
@rossjames503
@rossjames503 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah can't imagine being shot down by your own government.
@mookie2637
@mookie2637 2 жыл бұрын
I think the medical consensus was that the majority died from blunt force trauma as a result of the initial explosion - many of the recovered bodies had broken necks. It is likely that some survived towards the back of the fuselage though. What really annoys me about this horrific incident are the conspiracy theories. They are the least likely explanation - and would have required a cover-up involving hundreds or thousands or people that simply would not have lasted.
@yankeetango
@yankeetango 2 жыл бұрын
@@mookie2637 Why not? It's lasted for the JFK assassination and the moon landing!
@kehloveclock
@kehloveclock 2 жыл бұрын
Then a fireball entered the cabin and burned like half the people
@gdobie1west988
@gdobie1west988 2 жыл бұрын
@@yankeetango Do you have proof of your claims?? Suggest you read Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi and Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Mel Ayton and David Von Pein for the JFK assassination. Also Moon Hoax: Debunked by Poolo Attivissimo, both books destroy the conspiracy theories.
@TheKaidynB
@TheKaidynB 2 жыл бұрын
Michel Briesroff, a well known hockey player, was on this flight, along with Courtney Whitmore, The sister of Geoff Johns and the inspiration of DC’s Stargirl series. That “I think so” from the Boston controller….I could hear the sadness in his voice…… ugh heart wrenching. Kudos to the controllers and other pilots for pulling together in that situation and acting like one unit. Like a big family of aviators looking out for one another……
@JackieShotsky-zv2zn
@JackieShotsky-zv2zn 8 ай бұрын
I was on a TWA flight in the summer of 1992 from Dayton OH to San Jose CA. I remember my grandma flagging down one of the flight attendants and whispering something to her. I wasn’t paying much attention at the time because it was my first time flying and my first time to California. When we landed, I remember the entire runway was flooded with emergency personnel vehicles. I flew home two weeks later by myself. I didn’t know until I got home that those emergency vehicles were waiting, prepared, for our plane. An engine was on fire. My grandma told the flight attendant she smelled smoke. Nobody told me until I got home… had they, I would have still been living in California to this day, 32 years later. I also flew home from California, directly over the Twin Towers, exactly one month to the day before 9/11. RIP to those who lost their lives on TWA flight 800 and to all who lost their lives on 9/11/01.
@DanielSnippyMcD
@DanielSnippyMcD 7 ай бұрын
🙂
@ThereseAst
@ThereseAst 6 ай бұрын
I’m
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
Irrelevant
@joysmith687
@joysmith687 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Long Island and I remember this. We’d go down to the ocean and see them pulling wreckage out of the water. They were pulling bodies and wreckage out for what seemed like forever. The bodies were taken to the morgue a few miles from my old house, I always thought about them as I would pass it. It’s the crash that stopped me from flying for many years.
@777RockNRollin
@777RockNRollin 2 жыл бұрын
Your Gov at work
@joysmith687
@joysmith687 2 жыл бұрын
@@777RockNRollin it was a pretty gnarly explosion that sent wreckage all over. If I remember the search areas were huge. They rebuilt the plane out in Calverton to rebuild in this massive hangar so the NTSB can investigate. They were trying to collect every single piece they could, bodies included.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Жыл бұрын
But your car is about a million x more dangerous.
@jamesdrummond5894
@jamesdrummond5894 Жыл бұрын
A car don’t carry as many souls as a airplane. So people need to stop comparing a car crash to a airplane crash.
@simplyshanbrown3684
@simplyshanbrown3684 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Those comments be so annoying. Also, no one would rather drop thousands of feet from the sky ; and even suffering from burns at the same time .
@timothyjoslin6825
@timothyjoslin6825 2 жыл бұрын
My mentor, friend and boss Jed Johnson was on this flight - to this day the most difficult thing I’ve ever gone through in my life. At the time it shattered me … devastating.
@kingssing
@kingssing Жыл бұрын
Prayers for everyone
@13ritneyanne
@13ritneyanne Жыл бұрын
That name sounds familiar...was he Andy Warhol s partner by chance?
@maryf259
@maryf259 Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was Andy’s boyfriend for 12 years. Very sad, he was a very talented interior designer.
@fuzzywzhe
@fuzzywzhe Жыл бұрын
@@maryf259 Andy Warhol was a self aggrandizing fraud of an "artist" that was celebrated for the banality he created. He helped set the stage for other frauds like Damien Hirst and Jeffrey Koons. It's the celebration of celebrity over talent and creativity.
@trob0914
@trob0914 2 жыл бұрын
This and Alaska Flt. #261( January 2000) are both in my thoughts most days! I had family friends on both flights, remembering them fondly. RIP to the families of both crashes!!
@antondiatonikk2256
@antondiatonikk2256 2 жыл бұрын
How tragically unfortunate, I'm sorry.
@UMadUCauseBad
@UMadUCauseBad Жыл бұрын
What the hell are the odds of that. If I were in your shoes I'd never get on a plane again
@trob0914
@trob0914 Жыл бұрын
@@UMadUCauseBadThanks, however I can't dwell on it. With many miles flown, it's in GOD's hands!
@UMadUCauseBad
@UMadUCauseBad Жыл бұрын
@@trob0914 better spiritual man than I fr fr
@tdz69
@tdz69 Жыл бұрын
I remember this like it was yesterday. Such a horrific event. I also remember the controversy surrounding this crash. Countless people stating they saw something rising from the ocean (implying a missile). I never followed things to that extent. This was a well done video.
@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber
@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber Жыл бұрын
I did follow the story. The 2013 movie TWA Flight 800 offers incontrovertible evidence of a cover-up. Investigators of the crash came out 17 years later to reveal government actions interfering with the investigation. Anybody interested in this crash should see that documentary..
@MissouriValleyArms
@MissouriValleyArms Жыл бұрын
@@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber You are correct and one of the only ones to state what really happened. The cover up was so obvious. Our government does not work for us anymore!!
@kitsiewr
@kitsiewr 10 ай бұрын
No way their story makes sense - absurd. Likely a military mishap, covered up.
@georgialee6755
@georgialee6755 8 ай бұрын
SevenPlanets777-Scifi-tuber Correct. I haven’t seen the documentary but I knew many people came out later saying it was a coverup.
@southerngirljess1987
@southerngirljess1987 2 жыл бұрын
This was the end of the era for TWA after this flight. So sad and tragic. So many tragic bombings, operational problems, and terrorism acts through the 70s to 2001. May the families of the victims be at peace with this tragedy.
@eduardgenardandalis1437
@eduardgenardandalis1437 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the mismanagement of the company, Carl Icahn, and deregulation that was the factors of killing TWA up until the AAL merger in 2001.
@Joe-pb3bm
@Joe-pb3bm 2 жыл бұрын
They garnered the new nickname: "The Worst Airline."
@senabecool7232
@senabecool7232 2 жыл бұрын
Man, TWA didn't deserve this The only thing i could commnend it is that they surpassed Pan Am in terms of years
@peregrinemccauley5010
@peregrinemccauley5010 2 жыл бұрын
The only acts of terrorism throughout this period , can be traced back to the corrupt arrangements between the airline industry as a whole and the NTSB and FAA . Don't blame terrorists , the truth is closer to home .
@kirilmihaylov1934
@kirilmihaylov1934 2 жыл бұрын
@@senabecool7232 it was a nasty crash
@nefertitiscott1934
@nefertitiscott1934 2 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing a high school track and field standout from the bay area where I'm from was on this flight. Dan Gabor was a 800 meter track star. I saw him run at a few track meets but didn't know him personally. Was shocked to hear he was on flight 800. Rip Dan Gabor
@777RockNRollin
@777RockNRollin 2 жыл бұрын
Your Gov at work ,.. I am sorry for you sir
@rickreitz8276
@rickreitz8276 Жыл бұрын
I had the honor of running a few track races with Dan. Having had a chance to meet him, I remember him as a very kind and humble young man. Amador Valley High named a track event in his honor, The Dan Gabor Invitational. RIP
@gilbert2857
@gilbert2857 Жыл бұрын
​@@777RockNRollin explain
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@Polentaccio
@Polentaccio Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine losing my wife and kids on a flight like that and being the one who stayed behind for whatever reason. How do you come back from that. Also the way in which the plane broke apart, you know people's last moments were quite long and filled with terror and discomfort if they were concious for the descent. RIP
@nancyirwin9065
@nancyirwin9065 Жыл бұрын
Such a tragic way to have to accept your loved ones had to die. Yet knowing God's angels were standing by to retrieve them too.
@gregbell3559
@gregbell3559 Жыл бұрын
They were alive until they hit the water
@healingtyme182
@healingtyme182 Жыл бұрын
@@gregbell3559No they wasn’t, u see all that fire and smoke? the inside of the plane was engulfed in it. They burned to death or died of smoke inhalation I’m sure.
@gregbell3559
@gregbell3559 Жыл бұрын
You can't. What devastation
@bwtawny
@bwtawny Жыл бұрын
It was like a blowtorch inside. People in front had no clue. Everyone else heard the explosion and saw a fireball coming. Maybe someone in the very back stayed alive long enough to realize the fall b u t they would have been terribly burned and focused on that. Based on simulation fire never stopped and plane started breaking up on the downward arc. Absolutely horrifying.
@maximus-decimus-meridius
@maximus-decimus-meridius Жыл бұрын
Excellent graphics and a well-put-together overview, great job!
@haaaaf8087
@haaaaf8087 Жыл бұрын
The atc repeatedly calling for TWA 800 and then realizing it was them who exploded breaks my heart
@queennamibia1546
@queennamibia1546 2 жыл бұрын
I was a TWA ticket agent at JFK at that time. 😢 I will never forget it for the rest of my life. It was my day off and one of my coworkers called me hysterically and told me what happened. I put my uniform on and drove to our TWA terminal. 😭😭 It’s the worst experience in my life, seeing all the family members of the deceased showing up at the terminal screaming, crying, throwing themselves on the ground..OMG! I try not to talk about it because I break down every time. We end up going to the hotel just outside the airport to assist our managers and other personnel’s including The Red Cross with the families of the deceased. There were people on the ground in the lobby crying and as employees without training for situations as this, we hugged them and cried so much. So many unaccompanied children perished not to mention our other dear beloved passengers and our crew. We also had a dead head crew onboard traveling to Paris to bring back an aircraft…. They all perished! I remember a young flight attendant fresh out of training, this was her first flight. She perished. This is the worst experience in my life😭😭. This pain will never go away! R.I.P. you beautiful souls! You’ll never be forgotten. TWA 🙏🏾😭😭
@thedigitalemotion
@thedigitalemotion Жыл бұрын
Wow incredible. Makes you wonder how people can carry on after such a disaster. So sad
@peggyminer7925
@peggyminer7925 Жыл бұрын
My brother in law was the captain on that flight rip 🙏 twa and all aboard 🙏 😢 and the families. After all these years, it still hurts 💔 to think about it. Peggy
@joshandrews7592
@joshandrews7592 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that so many of those children seemed to be unaccompanied, at least nobody else had their same last names, so I wondered. Very sad and tragic for everyone involved, but I can't imagine the pain of putting a small child on a plane unaccompanied and have that happen. I can only imagine how this tragedy has always affected you. God bless you and bring you peace.
@joshandrews7592
@joshandrews7592 Жыл бұрын
@@peggyminer7925 I am so sorry for your loss, God bless you and your family.
@lynnhoffmann247
@lynnhoffmann247 Жыл бұрын
@@joshandrews7592 My dad put me on a plane from NY to Atlanta in the late 60’s. I had to wear a name tag and the stewardesses took good care of me. Didn’t think much of that back then. So sorry for those who have suffered the loss of family, friends and loved ones in plane accidents. 😔🙏🏼😢 (You couldn’t pay me or give me enough drugs to get on a plane now, even though I believe they’re safer.)
@alexclement7221
@alexclement7221 2 жыл бұрын
A note about engine #3: Although they had just fixed an issue with the reverser on engine #3, you mentioned that they did not initially start this engine, specifically because of the repair. This is not true. On the 747, there are different hydraulic circuits and backups to those circuits, which are powered by various different engines. However, engine #3 does not power any of these primary or backup circuits, therefore engine #3 is always the last to be started, and the first to be shut down. Often on long taxiway routes from runway to gate, engine #3 is shut down after a 2-minute cool-down period. Likewise, if there is a lineup to get to the runway, engine #3 is often started only when the plane is withing a minute or 2 of takeoff.
@robins97365
@robins97365 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that
@forreal245
@forreal245 Жыл бұрын
Your "hydraulic" info. Is s turn on even though I hate heights
@moon-shrimpy
@moon-shrimpy Жыл бұрын
@@forreal245 what
@DaveJOHAZ
@DaveJOHAZ Жыл бұрын
Great info, Alex. Thank you!
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KvYYlnjcaIbbM it was an job
@loughton57
@loughton57 2 жыл бұрын
My family and I were in from London visiting my parents in New York. This happened the following day. I remember how frightened I was knowing we had to get back on a plane and fly back home.
@mrseddiediaz
@mrseddiediaz Жыл бұрын
I wouldnt have
@NimaNikpa-wc6gw
@NimaNikpa-wc6gw Жыл бұрын
Sorry, this tragedy happened a few days before the start of the Atlanta Olympics. Has it had an impact on the opening of the Olympics?
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
What are the odds of two catrascopic crashes happening in two consecutive days?
@Alan-ii5gs
@Alan-ii5gs 11 ай бұрын
My condolences to all involved. It was a great loss to the guitar community when hearing gifted French guitarist Marcel Dadi was onboard
@cynthiatolman326
@cynthiatolman326 2 жыл бұрын
Your channel always does a wonderful job explaining the reasons why an event happened with as much of the actual recordings available. In this case, the entire video is permeated with the sadness and respect the death of so many lives deserves. I believe any family members who see this will think so too. Thank you.
@skcyclist
@skcyclist Жыл бұрын
In this case they've merely spit out the false narrative.
@BsUJeTs
@BsUJeTs 2 жыл бұрын
I am not a conspiracy theorist in any way. I am a retired aircraft mechanic that worked heavy maintenance on 747-100,-200, -400 and SP series. The explanation given by the FAA was logical and on point. But I just have one question, in all the years of these aircraft flying earlier to the crash, why didn’t this happen before ?
@roberthagedorn290
@roberthagedorn290 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this would have happened if the center fuel tank had been completely filled at JFK? There would have been very little fuel air mixture with a full tank.
@stephenbate933
@stephenbate933 2 жыл бұрын
@@roberthagedorn290 I was thinking that too!!
@DavidSmith-fs6pi
@DavidSmith-fs6pi 2 жыл бұрын
At this point i wouldn't believe the US Government or US Government Agencies if they told me the sky was blue and the grass was green.
@jasguy2715
@jasguy2715 2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenbate933 me also! What has been coming out in the last few years about things that our government has done and is doing makes me question everything!
@scottfranco1962
@scottfranco1962 2 жыл бұрын
Because it was a combination of circumstances.
@ellel2986
@ellel2986 2 жыл бұрын
I remember when this happened I had a strong (and strange) feeling that I knew someone on the flight. When the passenger list was announced, my feeling was very sadly validated. A guy I ran track with in high school was on the flight. I read that he was heading to a friend’s wedding in Paris. He was a really cool guy, very quiet and sweet. He was also a great runner. I was so sad for his mom. Still can’t believe what happened. Prayers for the families who lost loved ones. ❤
@vidura
@vidura Жыл бұрын
He is now jogging in heaven.
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KvYYlnjcaIbbM it was an job
@maxalberts2003
@maxalberts2003 Жыл бұрын
@@MyEyeOnAi Learn English before you try to post here.
@MyEyeOnAi
@MyEyeOnAi Жыл бұрын
@@maxalberts2003 I found your address, enjoy whats coming
@robertrusnak620
@robertrusnak620 Жыл бұрын
I never forgot what I was told as a young man and now that I’m 54 it’s about as true as it gets. Throughout the history of mankind only a very fortunate few get to die in their sleep. The rest of us? We go out the same way in, KICKING AND SCREAMING. This is a cold hard fact we ALL must face one day. Live your life as if it were your last day. Always tell the people in your life how much you appreciate and love them. Remember to always be a good and honorable person because your honor is the ONLY thing that you can take with you when you die. ✌️🙏✌️
@johnp139
@johnp139 4 ай бұрын
Yet you remember neither, so totally irrelevant.
@robertrusnak620
@robertrusnak620 4 ай бұрын
@@johnp139 just like you! Irrelevant 💪😎
@theunitedkingdom5202
@theunitedkingdom5202 2 жыл бұрын
Watching you for years and this is the saddest one yet.. Respect for all the people there.
@jaejay6850
@jaejay6850 2 жыл бұрын
I cant even imagine what the poor poor passengers were thinking in those vital seconds. Rest in peace
@ryanhull2523
@ryanhull2523 2 жыл бұрын
They were already dead
@fotografiasromero
@fotografiasromero 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryanhull2523 you don't know that but most probably were.
@SuckasNeverPlayMe
@SuckasNeverPlayMe 2 жыл бұрын
They were on fire 🔥
@specialkyt
@specialkyt 2 жыл бұрын
Unimaginable fear! Yet knowing how it’s gonna end🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🥺💔
@ryanhull2523
@ryanhull2523 2 жыл бұрын
@@specialkyt they were already dead
@heynowheynow-tk6tk
@heynowheynow-tk6tk Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen so many of these I’ve almost become numb to them but this one got me emotional. Just hearing the other captain say “god bless him”
@mtsky-tc6uw
@mtsky-tc6uw 8 ай бұрын
every year a million and nearly a half people die in car crashes world wide and millions more badly injured--nobody cares
@Kim-ss5bb
@Kim-ss5bb 8 ай бұрын
Do these plane crashes make you not go on planes
@brendaflowers467
@brendaflowers467 Жыл бұрын
My biggest fear of flying has always been succumbing to a plane crash.
@mop714
@mop714 Жыл бұрын
I returned from Italy on a plane and experienced turbulence so bad that I never flew again. My father was in the RAF as a Fitter Engineer, and although was very good at his job as an Engineer, he did fly but was always a little nervous.
@seriousorganizer
@seriousorganizer Жыл бұрын
Are you serious right now that's all people's fear of flying what else is there but a plane crash in a plane...................
@achillelevivier1680
@achillelevivier1680 Жыл бұрын
You know more peuple die in the car that in the plane ?
@jadagarcia7673
@jadagarcia7673 10 ай бұрын
@@achillelevivier1680 not to be mean but I literally don’t care I do not want to fall from the sky. You cannot survive a plane crash the way you can a car crash
@achillelevivier1680
@achillelevivier1680 10 ай бұрын
@@jadagarcia7673 well actually ☝️🤓
@spanz21
@spanz21 2 жыл бұрын
I was flying into JFK that night, my captain screaming over the intercom for the stewardess to go up front. They wouldn’t let us land we were circling around. My family heard a plane crashed and wasn’t sure if it was our plane. They didn’t want to call my parents. I’ll never forget this night. May all RIP for flight 800
@lindahoffman2692
@lindahoffman2692 Жыл бұрын
How awful for you that your pilot was unprofessional enough to be “screaming for the stewardess”! Contrast that with the control and professionalism of the ATC and pilots who actually witnessed the disaster yet remained calm and related as much information as they could. Horrifying tragedy all around. RIP
@hollyh8509
@hollyh8509 7 ай бұрын
@@lindahoffman2692it’s called shock!
@psalm2forliberty577
@psalm2forliberty577 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your awesome flight recreations - part history, instruction & even entertainment.. As I spoke to a 737Max United pilot at my church recently, he was astounded to hear my familiarity with his job. I said: "I never miss a Flight Channel video". He laughed & said "that's great neither do I"
@theflightchannel
@theflightchannel 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your support :)
@maxsaviation9512
@maxsaviation9512 2 жыл бұрын
Has to go to church to pray about his actions of choosing to fly for united
@psalm2forliberty577
@psalm2forliberty577 2 жыл бұрын
@@maxsaviation9512 Have no clue about merits of his employer. Goes to church & work to support his lovely wife & kids,...just like anyone else lol.
@krashd
@krashd 2 жыл бұрын
@@psalm2forliberty577 Do churches in America pay you to attend then?
@HashiAkitaPuppy
@HashiAkitaPuppy 2 жыл бұрын
This happened essentially in my "backyard" as I lived on the waterfront near Moriches Inlet at the time. I remember first hearing all the call sirens going off summoning volunteer first responders to their stations and one of my housemates at the time (who was volunteer EMS) bolting out the door with his "go bag". Moments later you could see the flashing blue lights of Coast Guard and police boats heading out of the inlet and then the rumbling of helicopters from the 106th Rescue Squadron in Westhampton flying overhead. Thinking is was some sort of local marine incident, I didn't think too much about it until my girlfriend at the time called from work and ask if a plane had crashed off the beach near my house. That's when I turned on the TV and started looking for information. Of course the initial thoughts went towards terrorism and everyone in the area with a boat basically became a suspect. In the passing weeks nearly everyone on the water had been questioned, the night of the crash was probably the only recent evening that we had not been out on my boat, so I didn't have any firsthand information. A few weeks later though, we left moriches bay and headed out the inlet, which was finally free of Coast Guard and Police boats and seemed to be returning to normal, though the salvage operation was still going offshore at the main debris field. Unfortunately, after a few minutes out in the ocean, we found several pieces of suspected wreckage, each smelling like jet fuel and covered with glitter. It turns out that some of the kids were going to Paris to perform with their theater group and glitter was part of their cargo. Anyway, we gathered up the pieces and brought them to the nearby USCG Station Moriches at which point my boat was seized, myself and my passengers disembarked and my entire boat searched and swabbed from stem to stern while a cadre of MPs, FBI and other uniformed and un-uniformed folks stood by with their rifles at the ready. The parts were gathered, we were all I.D.'d and questioned and eventually allowed to reboard my boat and leave. The entire surrounding area is very close knit (or at least was at the time) and serviced by volunteer fire and EMS companies, this operation changed many lives, the things they saw out on the water that night were truly horrifying and not easy to forget, my housemate that went out that night resigned shortly after, he had seen a lot during his volunteer career, but this was the thing that broke him. Everyone always prays for the lost and their surviving family members and if you are the type of person that says prayers in these situations, please remember to say a few words for those who heed the call and volunteer to respond to these disasters.
@2puffs770
@2puffs770 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reminder to pray for first responder. The mental/emotional stress must be overwhelming. To see firsthand what happened to passengers in the aftermath of the explosion must be horrendous. All I know is, I couldn't do it. Prayers for all!
@KristinCortez
@KristinCortez 2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree. There are so many people who are traumatized by these crashes (all crashes, including those in which there are survivors). I don't know how responders & investigators are able to do the work they do, especially when I think of some of the daunting tasks they have. Arriving at a crash site to find mourners grieving for their loved ones and placing candles, flowers, & notes to honor them; recovering wreckage & finding personal effects that really humanize the tragedy; and listening to the CVR must be heartbreaking. I pray for them. I also pray for the ATCs and the witnesses, as well as medical staff who attend to and care for patients who have survived crashes. I don't know how many people really understand that while many of those who deal with the aftermath of such disasters are trained professionals, nothing can really prepare anyone for actually experiencing the devastation. Rest in peace to the victims of TWA 800, and my heart and prayers are with everyone who was affected. 🙏🏻
@wilsjane
@wilsjane 2 жыл бұрын
@@KristinCortez That is so true. Following the fire at Grenfell Tower (London) police, including our daughter, worked for 6 months recovering the bodies, some were only identified by bone fragments the size or a pea. As winter set in, it was like a wind tunnel, due to all the missing windows, which added to the damp and smell. To make matters worse, the building became infested with rats. Things like this are never made public.
@cindytartt4048
@cindytartt4048 2 жыл бұрын
My god, that is awful. We forget, sometimes, how the volunteers & responders to these situations fare during the incidents, & later with depression. The feeling of helplessness must be hard to overcome. As an Australian, I’m familiar with some American regions but not the area where you lived. I can imagine your tight knit community, though: thank you for sharing your story with us all❤❤
@cindytartt4048
@cindytartt4048 2 жыл бұрын
@@wilsjane Jeepers, that’s terrible. 6 months? The constant effort, mentally, having to get out of bed knowing what that day might bring in discovery must be a real test of mental & emotional strength & I can imagine that, in feeling this, there’s some guilt? As in “I shouldn’t feel this because I didn’t lose my life” & yet for all those left behind, families & responders, it’s so very difficult. ❤❤ from Brisbane (my husband’s from Essex).
@nenblom
@nenblom Жыл бұрын
I am an aviation enthusiast. This tragic accident has gripped me and will not let go. May the victims of TWA flight 800 rest in peace. I am wondering what happened to that patient who was supposed to get that organ. Does anyone know?
@robshef718
@robshef718 Жыл бұрын
They were cornea's for eyes, in a box that is kept on the flight deck.
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@danwalsh6728
@danwalsh6728 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Southampton about a mile from the ocean at the time. That entire summer wreckage was brought to the Coast Guard station in Hampton Bays and loaded on flat beds to be trucked to Grumman’s hanger in Calverton. They covered the plane with tarps but we all knew what it was. An almost daily reminder of this tragedy of the victims and their families!
@pokes404
@pokes404 2 жыл бұрын
While any fatal crash is a devastating tragedy, usually in crashes caused by mechanical failures you have a flight crew fighting valiantly until the very end that you can take a little bittersweet pride in. At least you get a feeling that they didn't give up and they went down swinging. This disaster has always stuck out to me because not only did these guys not do anything wrong, but they were robbed of any semblance of a chance to save their plane. The helplessness of free falling into the ocean without even being able to put up a last-ditch effort to save themselves and their passengers ... it's just so unbelievably heartbreaking and so infuriatingly unfair.
@julesjulius187
@julesjulius187 2 жыл бұрын
Have you heard of Swiss air flight 111 who also crashed around the same area in the Atlantic in 98 also due to a fire on board and subsequent freefall of the airframe. These two crashes are kind of very similar, I don't know if he's made the video of the Swissair MD 11 on here yet? I have been looking for it
@pokes404
@pokes404 2 жыл бұрын
@@julesjulius187 Yes, TFC made a video on this channel that I have watched about that crash. Even there, while in reality probably just as hopeless a situation as Flight 800 faced; they got to call out a mayday, were fighting the fire however they could, were getting vectors to the nearest airport, etc. There's at least the small comfort that they were putting up a fight and doing all they could until the end. TWA 800 just breaks my heart because they didn't even get that chance. There was literally nothing they could do. And maybe the G-forces knocked everyone out and it was actually a more peaceful way to go than the Swissair crash. Maybe that's the silver lining of a terrible outcome. But again, it just feels so unfair that they never even got a chance to fight.
@julesjulius187
@julesjulius187 2 жыл бұрын
@@pokes404 yh you're right! Swissair 111 had a few bits more opportunities out of their really bad situation with the fire in the cockpit. The crew was calm, extremely professional and fought very hard for an immediate landing but were still unable to make it.
@151bar151
@151bar151 2 жыл бұрын
same was Lockerbie or Überlingen, let alone Germanwings 9525
@congdungpham9157
@congdungpham9157 2 жыл бұрын
Your comment really reminds me of JAL123. While both 747 went down, the crew of JAL123 put up a heroic effort with whatever little control they had; whereas with TWA800 they never had a chance to do anything. Absolute tragedies.
@groovelife415
@groovelife415 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the hard work you do on these videos. The production quality is better than most network television's coverage. I really hope you are making a good living off of this channel, because you deserve it.
@joannemadden7449
@joannemadden7449 Жыл бұрын
You never know the hour or day. May their end have been quick and painless. To their survivers, my deepest sympathies.
@PaisanVinnJK
@PaisanVinnJK 2 жыл бұрын
I was work for Delta Airlines at JFK at the time and most likely saw that Jet taking off without realizing it. But when I got home, it was all over the tv and my heart sank. There is a memorial set up in Long Island at Smith point where the plane went down
@rcatta
@rcatta 2 жыл бұрын
This was very tough to watch as I knew two people who were the parents of friends of my wife and I at the time, and they were on that plane bound for a greatly anticipated Paris vacation. They were wonderful people and my wife knew them since her childhood. I was living in Brooklyn at that time and have never forgotten that fateful day, or the difficulty of my friends and my wife getting through those very tough times. I even saw the very plane being reconstructed at a airplane hanger at Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, Brooklyn for several years afterwards, as they tried to determine the actual cause of the explosion. This recreation was one of the better descriptions I have seen as to what really may have happened. So sad. RIP to all the people on board that day.
@Sharonsharered
@Sharonsharered Жыл бұрын
Amen
@josephraphael3113
@josephraphael3113 Жыл бұрын
Amen
@killtyrant
@killtyrant Жыл бұрын
And yet there are people who think a missile took it down. Keep hearing things about how a picture was taken and that the navy were firing heat seekers that day.
@DeannaShelton09
@DeannaShelton09 Жыл бұрын
@@killtyrantthere were many people who saw a missile. Have you read the book Night Fall by Nelson Demille?
@donna10001000
@donna10001000 2 жыл бұрын
I remember that day vividly. We were vacationing at Lake James in Indiana, left the beach, went to our room and heard this on tv. The news reported many young people on board. Devastating. Blessings for the family members.
@KRAZEEIZATION
@KRAZEEIZATION Жыл бұрын
I remember this in 1996. The crew and passengers that got off must have felt incredibly thankful when they heard the horrific news a few hours later. God bless those that perished.
@stevenattias1803
@stevenattias1803 2 жыл бұрын
I will never forget that disaster. My prayers are still with the families and friends of all of the lives lost.
@MattUFL
@MattUFL 2 жыл бұрын
I remember this crash well. It was huge news at the time (deservedly so) and a source of much theorizing about possible causes. RIP to the crew and passengers. I can only hope they didn't suffer for long.
@someonee3186
@someonee3186 2 жыл бұрын
This was before I was born, but I remember one of my family members was in Long Island at the time, and he heard the big boom in the sky, pretty scary to be someone on board, one moment you are sitting comfortably in the seat, the next you get sucked out.
@vickiweber4718
@vickiweber4718 2 жыл бұрын
I pray the rapid decompression knocked everyone out before they hit the ground.
@blaze1148
@blaze1148 2 жыл бұрын
@@vickiweber4718 water*
@vickiweber4718
@vickiweber4718 2 жыл бұрын
@@blaze1148 oops, you're right
@TITHONIA1
@TITHONIA1 2 жыл бұрын
Crash!? CRASH!? You mean the deliberate destruction of a jet with many senselessly lost lives also! CRASH! Yeah, OK! Whatever you say!
@irvancrocs1753
@irvancrocs1753 2 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere there is a speculation since the pressure was so strong especially with that sudden break and high airspeed + wind it broke passengers's neck immediately but not for passengers who sit in the back seats, meaning some of them were probably conscious all the time before hitting the water, truly horrible..
@barrysteven5964
@barrysteven5964 Жыл бұрын
All but nine died instantly from broken necks according to the autopsies. Those who didn't would not have been conscious for long.
@vicproulx6843
@vicproulx6843 3 ай бұрын
As with the 9/11 investigations, all the old KZbin TWA 800 videos have been taken down. This is not the original ATC to TWA 800 audio. KZbin rewrites history.
@abl78
@abl78 Жыл бұрын
French guitarist Marcel Dadi, friend of Chet Atkins whom he played with days before at the Opry was on that flight. RIP to all the victims
@josephanderson7237
@josephanderson7237 9 ай бұрын
Yes. An excellent musician. He and Bill Keith were very good friends. He recorded a Nashville album and named a song for Bill, “Billy the Keith”. Bill played that song on the album along with fellow friend and banjo player Bobby Thompson (of Hee Haw)
@iconicshrubbery
@iconicshrubbery 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely bone-chilling episode. Those poor souls, unaware they were flying on a ticking bomb.
@jackalcrackle
@jackalcrackle 2 жыл бұрын
This was easily the most heart-breaking crash for me, the fact the pilots had 0 warning that anything was wrong and 0 chance to even act to the situation to even have a 0.0001% chance to save the plane. In many crashes, even fully fatal ones, the pilots have time to react, time to at least try and save the plane, even if it would be nigh impossible. Here there was nothing, not even a thought, not a single action. Just a ball of fire hurtling towards the ocean below. RIP all aboard TWA 800
@rick3514
@rick3514 10 ай бұрын
I thought that flight 800 was the one a lot of people said it was hit by something fired from the ocean and the government said it was not, just an optical illusion? At that time the Navy was also doing exercise in the area.
@georgialee6755
@georgialee6755 8 ай бұрын
Yes many eyewitnesses came forward saying they saw a missile hitting it from the ocean. Unintentional of course. There are two books on the subject “Nightfall” and the downing of Flight 800
@rick3514
@rick3514 7 ай бұрын
There were a lot of people that said that. They were all told it was an optical illusion, all of them?. I don't believe that for a minute. Just like swamp gas were UFO's!
@ThePurplecadillac
@ThePurplecadillac 6 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/haqYqWice755nsUsi=oc0xL1-tAyMB3ZvH
@ironsausage808
@ironsausage808 Ай бұрын
I have served on US Navy ships and can tell you for certain that everyone on board knows when a missle is fired. That and the fact there are hundreds of sailors on them debunks the missle theory. That story would have leaked as soon as they hit shore. Not a chance everyone would have kept quiet.
@Mikey-3v3
@Mikey-3v3 2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace the passenger crew and the pilot i feel so bad for them i hope you guys will see each other to heaven :(
@jimbo43ohara51
@jimbo43ohara51 2 жыл бұрын
Mr Krick certainly had a quick ending to his relationship with the airline. RIP
@68fmj51
@68fmj51 Жыл бұрын
I worked in the funeral business at the time, and one of the victims of that crash had his service at our facility. Sad thing is as far as I can remember his body was never recovered. He also had the same last name as I do though there was no relation. RIP
@danadoozer9990
@danadoozer9990 Жыл бұрын
I remember this so well, and this tragedy is what made me very fearful of flying. RIP all those who lost their lives.
@angeec.3312
@angeec.3312 Жыл бұрын
I don't really like flying either; I have known at least eight people, personally, who died in plane crashes; including the Pan Am crash over Scotland.
@IPCAmnesia
@IPCAmnesia Жыл бұрын
I am not trying to disregard their passing but we as people can take these disasters into account when we put our trust into flying. With due respect from their passing can the aircraft manufacturers learn the weak points and where they need to make improvements to their aircrafts. I am terribly sorry for your losses but they will not go down in vain.
@idontknowmuch3441
@idontknowmuch3441 Жыл бұрын
@mrseddiediaz
@mrseddiediaz Жыл бұрын
Yeah I would never get on a plane. Boat or car. Thanks
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
💔
@Shyguy71588
@Shyguy71588 3 күн бұрын
I really appreciate the effort and time this channel puts into its videos. Really immersive and good amounts of information. Thank you
@marybarry2230
@marybarry2230 2 жыл бұрын
This must have been one of the most horrifying events of all airline disasters! It's unimaginable what those poor people suffered through for some time before everything blew apart! God bless them!
@RSTI191
@RSTI191 2 жыл бұрын
I'd say the last thing The Almighty did was bless anyone on that jet. If so, your boy has pretty warped sense of humor..
@KP-zy1ke
@KP-zy1ke 2 жыл бұрын
They died instantly from the deceleration forces. What do you mean before everything blew apart? As soon as the explosion happened, the parts fell to the water.
@SFVnative
@SFVnative 2 жыл бұрын
@@KP-zy1ke--I doubt it. :( The medical examiner said some were internally decapitated. The rest were either sucked out, fell tens of thousands of feet to the ocean or were burned alive. And can we assume the ones who fell weren't conscious all the way down?
@RSTI191
@RSTI191 2 жыл бұрын
I can tell you from personal experience and with a very high probability, even though they were conscience they didn't know what was happening while it was happening.
@RSTI191
@RSTI191 2 жыл бұрын
@@KP-zy1ke Doubtful. Think of the Challenger incident. Someone turned on the emergency oxygen after it the vehicle disintegrated as the crew compartment was tumbling and that could only be done manually..
@zoso1980
@zoso1980 2 жыл бұрын
It's comforting knowing those souls lost on this flight, that upon structural failure most met their end before the final plunge and hitting the water. The explosion and violent forces caused at least 183 of the passengers death to be instant. Many were spared the pain of the burns and horrible last seconds.
@Pogomobile
@Pogomobile Жыл бұрын
God I sure hope so. Can you imagine seeing the nose section of your plane go sailing past your window? You know in that second your death is upon you.
@seriouscat2231
@seriouscat2231 Жыл бұрын
I seriously doubt the fuel explosion was that powerful.
@gpt-jcommentbot4759
@gpt-jcommentbot4759 Жыл бұрын
@@seriouscat2231 it literally separated the nose from the aircraft
@seriouscat2231
@seriouscat2231 Жыл бұрын
@@gpt-jcommentbot4759, I wonder what an explosion that only did that figuratively would look like. Seriously, you can break the hull and cause the plane to disintegrate without the explosion being felt inside too much. Though some person who also commented here said that according to a coroner most if not all passengers died instantly.
@gpt-jcommentbot4759
@gpt-jcommentbot4759 Жыл бұрын
@@seriouscat2231 was it because they were internally decapitated or extreme Перемешать и перемешать и постоять в него на небольшим кубиком.
@karenhoward6712
@karenhoward6712 2 жыл бұрын
I used to live on Long Island. My friend lived in Center Moriches near the water where the plane went down. I remember her telling me about all the people living in that area that gathered on the beach for days afterwards. It was truly heartbreaking….then friends and relatives of the victims gathered there next. So many losses. I think this accident brought on the end of TWA. Another stellar video, TFC!
@amandacantrell1146
@amandacantrell1146 Жыл бұрын
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to ask the family, friends and co-workers of everyone on board that day.
@JustPlainSteve5372
@JustPlainSteve5372 Жыл бұрын
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