Crashing Just Before Landing - Is This Island CURSED? With Real Audio

The aircraft crashes into a forest on Tenerife's Mount La Esperanza just before landing. Find out what really happened.
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[@621pw]

Love this return to the format of old with all the great music, drama and sorrow. Thank you.

[@RanveerGupta-nm2fn]

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[@RanveerGupta-nm2fn]

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[@waldopepper1]

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[@scottbullock3045]

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[@luca2c]

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[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

Tenerife is prone to fog and ATC was lacking also in the crash between KLM & Pan Am. Since fog is a problem the holding pattern should be offshore.

[@dannymurphy1779]

There are no mountains in the sea!

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

@@dannymurphy1779 You just proved my point. Hold over water with no terrain rather than over land with mountains all around.

[@SunofYork]

@@dannymurphy1779 There are to the west of Tenerife... 2 big ones...but not too close

[@CarlosOrtiz-g8d]

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[@kdp8133]

A retired doctor and his wife from my town were on this plane. Their first holiday since his retirement. RIP to all those who lost their lives.

[@broislamsni]

😢

[@user_747]

Which town?

[@kdp8133]

@@user_747 Bangor, North Wales

[@jostmathe]

Finally no re uploads. Praying this does not stop

[@SteveToes-b4f]

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[@minouchN]

​@@SteveToes-b4fwhat

[@80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction]

Stick around awhile and have a seat. Re-uploads what this channel is all about.

[@SteveToes-b4f]

@@80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction re-upload is a lazy man

[@sandalwood3130]

The way you put your videos together just is so good. Thank you for this latest one. Glad you are back Flight Channel.

[@gusmc01]

Even with all the mistakes up to that point, if he had just turned left instead of right when the GPWS went off, they probably would have been fine.

[@paulrelgne2149]

The question remains, what made him turn the plane to the left instead turning to the right?

[@burnsyboyy7534]

3 years after the Worst accident in history at Tenerife.

[@lgerigk]

@@burnsyboyy7534 and unfortunately, also caused by misunderstandings with ATC.

[@searchanddiscover]

if there should have been an airport enforcing strict read back rules without needing a law to do so, you would think it'd be tenerife.

[@DutchSkeptic]

Preventable human errors, not "curses".

[@SteveToes-b4f]

Who cares

[@annakeye]

@@SteveToes-b4f I do. Superstition has no place in aviation. Or real life, for that matter.

[@CathyKitson]

Perhaps you're right. But I would have baulked flying to Tenerife North airport!!

[@antoniomarcos5321]

@@annakeye , I do, too.

[@h4rder10]

it was 1980 ... its not nearly as erroneous as it would be now. none of the mistakes were stupid, just the whole system was not advanced or adequate enough ...

[@gurimrippa]

You're back on track. That's great. Keep it going, mate.

[@margeebechyne8642]

How very sad. With no ability to see, he had to trust the ATC to guide, and they utterly failed. RIP 146 souls

[@enigmawyoming5201]

Thank you for leaving the narrative out!!

[@SteveToes-b4f]

Eat me

[@MisterHowzat]

The narrative is there. It's just not spoken for us to hear but displayed in printed-out words for us to read.

[@MCSusito]

There is a famous saying here in tenerife for the north airport. I dont think its true but its like an urban myth. It says that when given the construction of tenerife north airport, the engineers made a red cross where the airport shouldnt be made, and the constructors thought thats the spot where it should be constructed and did so...

[@VioletBagpipeSack-xf3ke]

I remember this, it went on for ages on the local news, big diplomatic fight with the Spanish blaiming the crew and the British blaming the ATC. It was one of the tragic and avoidable accidents that ultimately improved ATC over these small tourist resort airports in Southern Europe.

[@dannymurphy1779]

Think I read the ATC guy was overloaded with work too.

[@Minimal444]

Why does the plane approach an airport through a mountainous area in the first place? It goes over Anaga Rural Park with mountains of 1000 meters or 3000 feet high. Why they don't just come from the ocean east or west of an airport?

[@DutchSkeptic]

No, "curses" don't exist. Some places are just not very suited for aviation due to geography, climate etc.

[@riabright2815]

Curses can be VERY real, but only if the intended victim believes the curse. Our minds are so powerful, WE can make it happen. No curse here.

[@ciprian7243]

The tone of that last "bank angle" from the F/O is the first time they saw the ground. When it was awfully late.

[@ronaryel6445]

Great video, thank you. While I agree with the criticism leveled at Air Traffic Control, I also hold the flight crew responsible. The video implies that there was no radar available; otherwise, why would ATC need to rely on the pilot and copilot to advise of position? Radar would have allowed ATC to call out a warning that the aircraft was headed into high terrain. As to the flight crew: Both the pilot and copilot had been to Tenerife before many times, yet they exhibited a disturbing lack of situational awareness. When the Captain became aware that he was off course, he still had a couple of pieces of crucial information that could have saved the airplane had he paid attention (and the copilot had the same info). He knew his heading and altitude. He knew (or should have known) from his position relative to the VOR that the 14,000 foot mountain and surrounding hills were to his starboard side and the coast was to his port side. Hence, turning left was his safest option. He would have crossed the coast fairly quickly and then turned around and made for the VOR again. If he was low on fuel, would Tenerife's other airport have been more reachable? In any case, a second approach, this time over the VOR and calling ATC to make sure he was performing the approach correctly, would have saved everyone. Instead, he made the worst choice - turning to starboard while not being certain of his position and with the mountain to his right. Of note also is that the earlier 727s, if I recall correctly, had "eyebrow windows," so if this airplane had them (and charter carriers generally use older airplanes), the pilot or copilot could have tried using celestial navigation to determine their position, by climbing out of the clouds and pulling out a sextant (if they had one).

[@cherryblossom2972]

Our islands aren't cursed but airports should not be built on every island because of our landscape. What has happened in Tenerife is unfortunate.

[@dannymurphy1779]

I think looking back it was the result of the tourism explosion in those years, was a new industry back then.

[@carolinaines9751]

As a non-native English speaker, thank you for the text format. ❤

[@riverwildcat1]

With the GPWS screaming “pull up!” the pilot makes a steep turn to the right?! Bad, bad piloting. He would have been fine if he flew straight. A turn will stop a climb!

[@MambaN78]

Soy de Tenerife muy cerca donde ocurrió el accidente, mi familia trabaja y ha trabajado en el entorno aeroportuario desde antes del accidente, y si el piloto simplemente hubiese elevado el avión tan sólo unos 30 metros, no hubiera pasado nada, grave error girar a la derecha, directo a la montaña, directo al desastre.... 44 años después, aún quedan restos del avión en la zona de colisión, una zona muy escarpada y de muy peligroso y difícil acceso... Descansen en paz.

[@riverwildcat1]

@@MambaN78 Please translate.

[@ARedMotorcycle]

@riverwildcat1 You do realize you could translate yourself, right? Just highlight the text, then go to translate.

[@ARedMotorcycle]

I was thinking maybe he didn't have enough time to climb to the required amount of altitude to avoid hitting the mountains.

[@SteveToes-b4f]

Pull up hell is waiting

[@RyanWebsterMotorsport]

thank you for coming back!!!

[@andrewtarnowicz]

I work at an air cargo company, and on more than one occasion, I've delivered the DG paperwork to the pilots as they go through their checklists and test their alarms. I've heard the GPWS before, and it is as fascinating as it is chilling.

[@HorseloverFat-ss3ff]

I don't work at an air cargo company and haven't the slightest fkg clue what DG stands for and wouldn't put it in a comment assuming that anyone else did either.

[@thud1015]

Sorry to be picky but wrong Livery. I have a photo I took of G-BDAN 2 days prior to this from the terraces at Manchester and it was still in red/black livery. Good video tho

[@bradjohnson482]

Any consequences for the ATC?

[@Women-Supporter]

Dear TFC, I had never lost my faith in you. I am very happy that you are back. The other channels speak too much, or explain to us as if we are school children. Thank you for coming back!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹♥️🌹♥️

[@CathyKitson]

Los Rodeos had a terrible reputation although here it seems a mixture of the pilots and ATC making mistakes. It was only 3 years before this when nearly 600 people died on the ground.

[@larryd9068]

I hope by now the airport at Tenerife has a freaking radar system with ATC able to read and instruct pilots safely.

[@dannymurphy1779]

This one creeps me out because I flew on those Dan-Air 727's from Gatwick to Tenerife around that time. We flew with them a few times it was always a bad experience, every flight delayed, often due to aircraft issues. I flew Courtline, BA, BCal too in those years all great experiences but nothing about Dan-Air was ever good, even as a kid you could tell the difference. Once we were delayed 32 hours at Gatwick and they seemed to lose all control of where there planes were, it was chaos. We stopped flying with them after that. I don't know if this contributed in any way to the accident but it seemed like Dan-Air were flying by the seat of their pants in those days. Looking back it was a long flight for a 727, they were noisy beasts!

[@mawj09eas4]

Glad to see the old intro back.

[@SteveToes-b4f]

Glad your a blow boy

[@northmaineguy5896]

"Turns left," is supposed to be "Left turns" when issuing holding instructions: FAA 7110.65.

[@ShadesOClarity]

New content. I wondered what was up then I realized I am not subscribed with my second channel account. You were the first channel I ever saw that did FS re-creations. Good work.

[@lgerigk]

Why did they fly to TFN in 1980 when TFS was opened in 1978? There is a reason TFS was build, because of TFNs difficult location.

[@pedrosmith4529]

TFN is in use, I flew there last month.

[@lgerigk]

@@pedrosmith4529 what type of aircraft and airline? Was that on Binter?

[@pedrosmith4529]

@@lgerigk 737, Ryanair, from Madrid. If you google TFN arrivals you'll see it's a normal airport nowadays. If you go to Puerto de la Cruz or Santa Cruz de Tenerife it makes no sense to fly to TFS

[@scooby1992]

@@pedrosmith4529 I looked up both airports on Wikipedia and most of the airlines and flights into N seem to be domestic ones to the other Canary Islands and mainland Spain and S seems to be mainly holiday airlines from UK , Germany , Belgium , Netherlands , France , Ireland and Scandanavia .

[@TheShowblox]

Suggestion: Jim Croce’s plane crash?

[@JohnBl7167]

Thanks for this. I knew the co-pilot and met his really nice mother during a presentation evening for student pilot of the year. Following the accident, his family campaigned for improvements in technology to reduce the chance this could happen in the future whilst acknowledging the human error aspect.

[@wololo10]

Aviation was insane without GPS. God bless GPS

[@DutchSkeptic]

Thank science.

[@anthonysilas3420]

Can you guys do an episode about the Titan submersible disaster, that would be awesome. You guys do a great job, so I know it would be good!!!!!!

[@K.B.Ravindra]

A nicely presented video. Sad incident. I think in todays technology such incidents will be avoided.

[@DutchSkeptic]

It's also safety standards and communication procedures. So many manual and verbal checks were not done.

[@scottlarson1548]

Also pilots know where the mountains are now so they don't turn their plane towards them.

[@tommcglone2867]

I swear Tenerife North is cursed. As if 27th March 1977 wasn't bad enough already.

[@CathyKitson]

I certainly wouldn't want to fly to it! Back in 1977 every blessed thing that could go wrong, did. 3 years later and it was if they'd learned nothing.

[@Randomly_Browsing]

The final word before the crash "bank angl-" shows how fast they hit the hill

[@susanellis7780]

I think the 1977 crash makes the island weird😮

[@edwhitson9873]

Thanks tfc

[@cameraman655]

2:31 Some of those passengers are really ‘shakin’ it…

[@SteveToes-b4f]

They all in hell now

[@lynnstorey8020]

Now all dead. RIP.

[@SteveToes-b4f]

@@lynnstorey8020 blow me

[@RanveerGupta-m5z]

There is nothing they can do to save plane

[@rolieg81]

Only one aviation chanel as far as I'm concerned, and this is it!

[@heynowheynow-tk6tk]

Please stick to this format TFC! ❤

[@user-tr6xz6us8b]

Prison for the ATC?

[@edwhitson9873]

New flight channel video, I'm in like flynt

[@AlessandroCarn]

GPWS: "Pull up!" Captain: turns to the right.

[@SteveToes-b4f]

Who cares punk

[@briancarno8837]

If the flight engineer had monitored their position from the VOR/DME with a chart of the island they would have known exactly where they were

[@arturo468]

Blame the flight engineer? Absolute nonsense.

[@briancarno8837]

@@arturo468 i didn't say "blame" anyone..have you ever done any navigation using an avation map and a ruler? it takes seconds

[@moai7344]

Hi TFC, i would like to see a video on alliance air flight 7412 which crashed in patna, india in the year 2000

[@AtharvaKarthik-jw8ed]

Me too

[@pauloverland8816]

Why would they be put in any holding pattern anyway, the ATC knows when they will be arriving and its not like its LAX or JFK with lots of planes landing within minutes of each other, and if told to wait the ATC should tell the aircraft 30 minutes out so they dont have to fly over the island in a hold pattern, this all could have been avoided

[@josephfelts6560]

Good God, a severe miscommunication leading to a loss of so many lives. Unnecessarily.

[@kadsic]

You should do the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid air collision next. ❤

[@SteveToes-b4f]

You should blow me

[@kamcke83]

wow! at 5:37. that plane was doing some serious reverse/forward flying according to track. surprised engines didn't fall off then.😉

[@tomsurrey2252]

May I ask... WHY, is that everypne shows what's coming up, (including TV programmes), at the start BUT, good video!

[@arleneabigailtan6600]

@theflightchanel pls do SQ321 and JAL 516

[@NeonVisual]

You would think that in the 21st century, modern aircraft would have Microsoft create for them a virtual simulation of where the aircraft is in 3D space, and allow them to make the sim day time if they want to better see through fog and not lose situational awareness. Many of the crashes down to pilot error are due to them losing their orientation or are thinking they are doing one thing while actually doing another. A crappy little weather radar display and an artificial horizon is the best that can be done?! It's really outdated. Look at SpaceX capsules and see what true 3d position and automation actually look like. The pilots should just be monitoring the automation and not getting involved unless the automation fails.

[@Primus54]

You know this recreation was about a real life incident that occurred over 44 years ago, right? Aircraft were then equipped with analog gauges… no glass cockpits.

[@tangerineunicorn793]

Imagine how terrifying it would be to be in a freaking plane crash what a nightmare

[@aeroclips]

0:19 how you created the pattern 😍😍😍😍

[@AviationLogYT]

You care about that, but not the crash?

[@AviationLogYT]

@alexlindsey6446 I understand. But I don't think patterns are important.

[@MattPetch-h6p]

How sad . A simple left turn instead of a right. 😢 *or visa versa .. see easily done 😮

[@johnsmith5255]

Just to think, if they had just stayed straight when pulling up, they might have avoided the impact.

[@danielkaufmann15]

Na, Tenerife is not cursed. A country that's really cursed is Indonesia. The planes plummeting from the sky like bees in the cold winter.

[@arza-c3d]

Are aviation reputation in Indonesia is welp uh concerning and down right bad just the amount of corruption scandals with are **Own** flag ship airline is just insane and with a lot of aircrafts being bought up from other airlines is no surprise they fall out of the sky besides the Lion 610 Incident

[@matrox]

The AT controller seriously effed up. All he had to do was look at his radar and see he was not in the correct location of the holding pattern...right?🤬 ATC killed those people. Should be fired.

[@adarshnampoothiri4008]

Please do a video on Air India 1344 crash

[@MENSA.lady2]

It's impossible to crash just before landing. The crash happens when the aircraft meets terra firma in an uncontrolled manner.

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Yes , he crashed but then somehow landed successfully 🤔

[@DianaNielsen-kf6wu]

How sad..😥

[@russellwilson6193]

Is that the same airport where the two 747 collided in the runway 3 years before this incident

[@CathyKitson]

Yes. I am surprised ANYONE wanted to rly there at all.

[@TheShowblox]

Tiny islands with lots of fog and mountains-literally the worst combination for landing planes. (And taking off, too)

[@sydyidanton5873]

The safest and most practical alternative holding point would have been over the water, then once cleared for finals issue the appropriate altitude allowing them to drift down, free of obstacles, for a straight in approach on a 3° glideslope. IMC circuits over water eliminates the risk of any clouds being full of rocks! Trivia FYI: The actual accident aircraft was a Boeing 727-100, unlike the -200** depicted. Dan-Air's B727-100s were required to be fitted with additional exits, 9 rather the standard 5, this was due to their high capacity all Y configurations. Unlike other B727-100s they were fitted with two extra overwing exits, (4 in total) along with the 2 aft floor level exits which were typically only found on -200 series which featured an aft left galley with the left emergency exit also functioning as a service door. ** absolutely NOT a criticism, purely an observation, I suspect perhaps B727-100s are not an available option for MSFS or X-Plane. The quality of this channel's productions are of an excellent standard.

[@Fireburnin21]

Why did the pilot even turn upon hearing pull up? In what scenario do you make the decision to turn there? What happened to the approach/landing briefing acknowledging the terrain at 14k feet?

[@erwinkent1361]

Could you do a video on the charki dadri mid air collision in 1996.

[@matrox]

The The pilot was flying in a sea of whiteness and was totally dependent on ATC to be his eyes until cleared to land and they failed.🤔 Somebody has some splaining to do!

[@davestrang8585]

Pull up

[@csabapalicsko1380]

Did this happen on March 25th or April 25th, as both dates are mentioned in the story?

[@drmichaelshea]

Imagine shuffle dancing up the ramp to board and airliner. AI is nothing if not joyfully rhythmical.

[@frank5891]

Why do you say the island is cursed? No sense.

[@70mavgr]

Because 2 years prior to this in 1978 aviation's deadliest accident happened there. 2 747's, a KLM and a PAN AM, collided on the runway with 580+ dead.

[@enigmawyoming5201]

No sense to you. Most everybody else knows the worst aviation tragedy in history happed at Tenerife airport.

[@DutchSkeptic]

​@@enigmawyoming5201both were preventable human errors. Science explains this. Magic and "curses" explain nothing; they are an excuse for taking responsibility.

[@perryegolson833]

They should have provided reference. I think he is referring to the collision of KLM flight 4805 and Pan Am flight 1736 back in 1977, killing nearly 600. Not sure if there have been other incidents there, but there was definitely at least that one.

[@frank5891]

@@70mavgr That airport is one of the most used in the Europe. There are two airports in the island. The north one is among mountains and many times is foggy. That accident you mentioned was because the Gran Canaria airport had to shut down due a bomb threat and all planes were moved to Tenerife North + a very foggy day and was too much traffic for that airport. We are talking about the 70’s.

[@tkeo12]

Good old no-talking TheFlightChannel is back, yaay!

[@martinwarner1178]

Just a min. I sail, so I need to know where I am, and what dangers are around me, rocks/shallow water. Why was these pilots oblivious to there position? Peace and goodwill

[@ronduncan9527]

50-50 chance to turn to the left. Talk about bad luck!

[@endertheturk7794]

@TheFlightChannel can you do video about 1999 Adana Sakirpasa Turkish accident.

[@AtharvaKarthik-jw8ed]

This accident occurred on April 25th , not March 25th

[@briansteffmagnussen9078]

I wonder about how many crashes we havent heard about from vodca land.

[@johnnydao8056]

Is this new or re-upload

[@MarcBasilla]

New

[@martf8014]

That take off was from East Midlands

[@immotal4110]

I think it's North Korea's Air Koryo

[@hectorzambrano4092]

When the GPWS started playing, I prayed to God they simply pulled the damn thing up and not initiate any turns or anything. But nope, I was told otherwise.

[@devendrajoshi4954]

It is,but the curse cannot lie,rendering it useless

[@squirrelmanning7889]

This loss of lives because they didn't double-check with ATC? Even when they admitted among themselves that this was not a normal holding pattern?

[@olmynuwen]

An unscheduled service has a scheduled departure!?!

[@akausuki]

2:57 i think it was on march not in april 25 😅

[@fra93ilgrande]

wth, plane says (WHOOP WHOOP) PULL UP 💀🛩️💥 and pilot what does? Turn to the right… 🤦‍♀️

[@SteveToes-b4f]

He wanted to go to hell

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

anyone ever nose dive into a volcano crater filled with liquid hot magma?

[@TillyOrifice]

trying to give it up

[@19ij]

Канал вернули автору и наконец-то начали выходить нормальные видео?? Слава Одину!

[@philippeattackman763]

Quand l’alerte de proximité sol se déclenche, on ne tourne ni à droite ni à gauche ,on monte tout droit plein gaz !!......

[@harindranathk300]

What happened to the joker ATC who totally misled the experienced Mr Arthur John who had landed 58 times at Tenerife

[@huu4860]

Admin, can I do the A330 Hongkong Airlines by Skylette Airlines flight 546( triumph in The skies 2 final 43) someday?, thank you

[@kahrnivor]

It said pull up not turn right.

[@AviationLogYT]

It's the engines.