DANGER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS | DC-10 Crash | Turkish Airlines Flight 981

A danger behind closed doors. Find out why this McDonnell Douglas DC-10 suddenly crashed into a forest.
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[@theflightchannel]

New “Air Disaster” video is coming this Saturday. All I can say is that the aircraft involved in the accident is an A330. Can you guess what crash is that??

[@aaryanramourti3081]

Any hints? Which airline?

[@riccardoperini4737]

TheFlightChannel Air France Flight 447 June 2009....??

[@fernandokaiser3053]

I can confirm, TheFlightChannel, Air France 447, June 1th, 2009, Departue: Rio de Janeiro (Galeao) Destination: Paris Charles de Gaulle, Cause of the crash: Stall, out of airspeed. Everybody died. Thank you for your question!

[@olivier1106]

Air France 447

[@nikola10101]

Hmm,Air France seems too easy. I would go with something else and say that this is Afriqiyah 771

[@chronoZ750]

- FAA: you have a problem with the cargo door. - McDonnell Douglas: We will put a sticker on it writing "CAUTION " - both shaking hands

[@thatoneaussie28]

A few years later FAA:I order you to fix these problems McDonnall Douglas:Ok, Ok, Fine, I will waste money to fix it.

[@SC707V8]

Same approach continued with 737-Max.

[@athenac2696]

It's all about the money!

[@mongorians22]

Unbelievable how they had five years of warning and still didn't address the problem. That's not even negligent, it's criminal. And the 737 max fiasco shows that the FAA is still in bed with the manufacturers, if anything it's worse.

[@sharpemang]

That sounds like the same conversation that happened with Boeing and the FAA

[@Styyxie]

"Every rule in aviation is written with blood"

[@ujiltromm7358]

Definitely remembering this for the next time I board a plane.

[@Styyxie]

Ujiltrom M airplanes are much more safer than cars and trains, especially cars. So if you go in a car, would you remember that you can die?

[@ujiltromm7358]

eco CS:GO // Indeed, I think the same principle applies: most if not all laws related to driving have been written in blood.

[@timespace5577]

eco CS:GO thats just statistics. Whenever I board a plane, I think: there is only a 50% chance of me getting to my destination. 50% probability of my plane lands, 50% it crashes. Whenever Im in a plane, I know that I can die very easily...

[@Styyxie]

Timespace a plane crashes 1 in a idk million. The chance of you getting to yourdestination is higher than 99%

[@petraonenomatter6944]

In my opinion, along with the lawsuit(s) damages, the officials who knew about the design flaws in the DC-10 at the time should have faced legal prosecution and been sent to prison for their willful negligence. Allowing the DC-10's to go into service knowing of the design flaws is nothing short of a criminal act. Something along the lines of 'negligent homicide' for playing fast and loose with of the people who were killed as a direct result of their utter failure.

[@richardstaccone1927]

Absolutely, they knew it would happen before the plane was even built. Then it did happen two years before and it was almost a crash, the pilots had just enough control to land the plane. It should have immediately grounded the planes(DC-10s) and engineered a better latch system at that time. They left the faulty door until a plane(DC-10) crashed.

[@-yeme-]

so many of the air crash investigation type shows Ive seen seem to feature Definite Crash 10s or Massive Death 80s. there were some serious problems at that company. but aviation is traditionally a very corrupt business and the manufacturers have strong political influence, especially those involved in the production of military aircraft and technology.

[@cchris874]

@@richardstaccone1927 I don't think it's fair to say they knew it would happen. More like, they should have known it would happen, but they displayed a huge overconfidence. It was more delusional than willful, IMO. This is illustrated by the fact that had they known that the Paris crash would have happened, they almost certainly would have taken more steps to prevent it, as no company wants its biggest and newest project so horribly tarnished. The mechanisms that allowed this to happen were perhaps more indirect than is commonly thought.

[@StPetersFriend]

Whiiny official voice: "Oh, but that model has flown successfully, with about 60000 landings all safely, so it's not a really big deal, especially since, in the first crash from this problem, everyone survived... blah blah blah" I don't know whether or not a jury would see it that way or not. But I do believe that everyone surviving the first crash gave the FAA folks false confidence. If the idiots had read that NTSB report, they would have seen that the survivals were due to an incredible job done by that flight crew. Incredible and awe-inspiring. I was a flight instructor in small aircraft such as Cessna 150s and 152s in the '70s and '80s, and was also able to sit in the jump seat of various airliners from '86 til my retirement. That gives me enough experience to be awe-inspired by that DTW aircrew. Wow. The first cargo door accident: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJmoYZyriMmBfqc

[@fordrac1ng81]

The DC-10 design was rushed and everything was done as cheap as possible while Lockheed came up with a clean sheet design that was awesome. Douglas got their planes out the door quicker and thus won the contracts, even if they were the shittier plane.

[@illuminem]

"The safety of our passengers is our top priority." They all say this. In fact, profit is always their top priority. Always.

[@jajai6377]

You're right, but you need to understand that in aviation the safety of your passengers and your profits are the SAME THING. If your plane is unsafe, people will stop flying it, Boeing lost billions with the 737Max situation. That's why airplane are so safe nowadays, because safety is directly related to profits

[@CoDWiiPS3Gameplay]

@@jajai6377 Yes but they only become safe because of previous crashes. Airlines are not preventative when it comes to safety. They only respond after a crash.

[@KofaAvenueAnimations]

Is it just me, or are their noses growing?

[@33moneyball]

If the passengers get hurt they make no money and are quite likely to do bankrupt. What unsafe airline makes a ton of money? All of the most profitable airlines are the super safe flag carriers. Do they want to make money? Of course. Just like the average traveller will fly with anyone to save 10 bucks on a ticket.

[@juanitarichards1074]

Not following the safety directives is going to cost them a lot more in lawsuits in the end.

[@kerr1221]

I work in Aerospace manufacturing. The engineers may be responsible for the design but non-engineers in management often force these kinds of things. The metric F-ton of paperwork and expense of refurbishing tons of planes was probably considered too costly by management. I expect the following transcript I guesstimated to be at least 70% accurate. Engineer: "Okay after working with the FAA we have a solid set of solutions to implement so this never happens again. Here is my report." Management: (Flips thru report, skims first couple of pages) "Holy crap, we have to redesign the door... and the fuselage to match the new locking mechanism? And what the hell... we are going to have to rebuild all of the cabins to implement new venting? What is this all going to cost?!" Engineer: "Here on page 8 of the report I made a rough estimate of the cost of new engineering, re-tooling, and refurbishing of the existing planes in service. It's not going to be cheap but a plane nearly went down; we have to do it right." Management: "I need you to re-do this report and estimate. I can't authorize that size of expense." Engineer: "We've already put several weeks of careful consideration into what needs to be done while working with the FAA. There is no way around the door redesign at very least." Management: "Well wait, it says here the problem is with the baggage handlers closing the door the wrong way. Just stick a little window to check if the door is correctly locked, and a little C.Y.A. instruction plate for the baggage handlers - Problem solved!" Engineer: "Well that would make the accident less likely, but it doesn't actually prevent it from happening. We need to redesign the door lock mechanism - And The floor vents will fix the explosive decompression and loss of control problems. We've already discussed this extensively with the FAA and-" Management: "Well I want you to implement the easier fix. No way we are paying to re-do the floor and doors on hundreds of planes." Engineer: (I really DO NOT want to sign off on this - it is unethical and bad design.... But if I put my foot down they'll just replace me with someone who WILL sign off on this. Whatever I do the result will be the same... Even if they don't fire me this will limit my career here... God I fucking hate politics... I suppose what I choose doesn't matter but if another flight goes d-) Management: "I expect the revised report on my desk first thing next week... understand?" Engineer: "I... uhh... yes sir... I'll see what I can do" This is also, by the way, part of the reason GOOD engineers typically come off as "assholes" by many peoples standards. Some of the men I respect most in the industry are the ones who have the cajone's to tell management to go fuck themselves when it's the right thing to do. Engineer: "No, fuck you. I am not redoing the report. We have a plan cleared with the FAA and that's final. Fire me if you want but I WILL NOT sign off on a half assed fix. Do YOU Understand?" Management: (God he's such an asshole)

[@hkic1775]

I know your feeling to face that. My brother said the conflict between Management and engineer always happened. And always he said " fire me and do your own shit, i don't want be responsible if anyone died" but till today he never get fired from his job because he brave to do the right things. Sorry for my bad grammar

[@snowcat3116]

I'm an engineer too. This is so accurate.

[@chinigirlX3]

Yes yes yes yes

[@md11x6]

So true mate....and not just in the aviation industry. Money comes first every time unfortunately.

[@joetrapp9187]

I was that engineer that would say f-you. No wife, no kids, so I had the luxury. Hindered my career, but slept well.

[@youtubeairways8646]

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[@theflightchannel]

Thank you very very much man!!!

[@matthewkessler7625]

Agree!

[@oliilo6996]

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[@amygilbert6136]

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[@sandroavieira]

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[@robertjensen1048]

A book called "The Last Nine Minutes: The Story of Flight 981" was written about this over 30 years ago. Excellent book, it gives excruciating detail. The sickest part describes in detail what the emergency crews found when they arrived at the sight. The entire plane and all the passengers hit a dense forest of pine trees at over 400mph. The trees acted like a giant shredding machine, grinding the plane and passengers into bits. The book describes that the emergency crews collected ~ 20,000 body parts. When you divide that by 346 people aboard, you realize the average person was cut into 57.8 pieces.

[@Cris134l]

Fue tanta la velocidad bro que tristeza 😔😭

[@wickedhouston5538]

you can see intestines in the photo

[@robertjensen1048]

@@wickedhouston5538 Which photo? At what time in the video? Where in the photo? I can't see what you mean.

[@robertjensen1048]

@@wickedhouston5538 I looked, I couldn't make a positive ID on intestines. Besides, almost all the pics are either B&W or very grainy color; very hard to pull much detail from them.

[@wickedhouston5538]

@@robertjensen1048 at 9:27 at the bottom. that is not a ripped seat or ripped clothing. its intestines, guts, flesh. even the person who colorized this photo knew what it was and gave it a red pink color

[@dj33036]

18 million dollars for almost 400 lives. I'd say they got off pretty easy.

[@70mavgr]

18 million in 1974 values was a hefty sum.

[@DR..33]

dj33036 .dj63010 we’re talking about 70s though but I agree no amount would recover those souls for sure

[@Ashishjaj]

This accident cost them the whole company bro,,they became bankrupt.

[@dj33036]

18 million dollars wasn't even the cost of one airplane. The average cost of a DC-10 in 1970 was 20 million dollars. If they went bankrupt because of this then they must have already been in their death throws.

[@egalf]

None of the thugs in management went to prison for not caring an inch about the safety of the people who flew on these planes. They knew it even before the first plane went off the production line and did nothing, not even after the first incident.

[@thecaptain3618]

R.I.P. all 346 people on board. :(

[@danieldu1026]

It is so sad

[@christianchristian1741]

same tally as 2 737 Max crashes, 346 souls

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Should not be happened at all

[@07foxmulder]

1974-McDonnal-Douglas 2019-Boeing Everyone wants to cut corners to make money. Some things will never change. But, hey, as long as you look at your customers like they’re dollar signs instead of people, their deaths are easier to deal with.

[@saleplazma5109]

👍

[@dfuher968]

Which is why I prefer, if at all possible, to fly Airbus instead. We have different standards in Europe. If Airbus tried even a fraction of what McDonnell-Douglas or Boeing did, they would be out of business. And we do prosecute the managers, who make these decisions.

[@email4ady]

@@dfuher968 Airbus has lousy & illogical and flawed cockpit control design & concepts, like individual sticks, no indications if sticks pulled opp of each other, no thrust indications except for small dial etc etc etc

[@GeoffInfield]

@@email4ady Totally agree, the last words on a CVR should NOT be "but I've been pulling back the whole time" like AF447. With two yokes, the captain returns to the flight deck to SEE what's happening with the control surfaces and and the pilots can see and FEEL what the other is doing. Unbelievably APPALLING design that has killed and killed and the WORST thing about it is that automation has resulted in pilots who can't fly - some even PAY to fly - and who simply pull back on the joystick when they're stalling (AF447 and QF8501 are far from the only cases). *The other pilot should see and feel this and counter it immediately but the airbus design makes this impossible* 😥

[@juliocaesar2268]

well actually mcdonell douglas had been bought by boeing, so yeah pretty much part of boeing is mcdonell douglas

[@Perfectpearl]

5:46 I couldn't imagine their horror dying that way.

[@ivangrozny875]

they burned alive or badly injured

[@user-tt5li8hf2f]

Me,either.

[@demetrioskondylas8631]

@@ivangrozny875 no intact bodies found ...

[@MisterCaution]

Demetrios Kondylas ... That’s not entirely true. There were about 40 identifiable ones at the primary crash site, and the 6 sucked out of the plane (2 rows of 3 seats) landed in a turnip field still strapped to their seats about 1 minute after 891 crashed into the forest line. They were sucked out almost 80 seconds before the crash, which means they were free-falling for over 2 minutes conscious. Horrific fate.

[@countalucard4226]

M P what a horror, talk about sky diving. R.I.P.

[@mrkipling2201]

I saw a documentary about this disaster and one of the most poignant things on it was that the french investigators went back to the crash site 30 odd years later and there were still bits of debris and plane parts scattered around the forest. Horrible incident, RIP to all who died.

[@ammoalamo6485]

I can barely buy anything in a box anymore because there are so many different languages printed on the package. But MD could not put a second or third major language on the aircraft beside a cargo door showing how to securely lock the door? Crazy. Pilots are required to communicate in English, but not tarmac personnel. MD failed to instruct aircraft support people in their native language. A second plane crashed due to the same door blow out cause, but this vid does not mention the secondary crash cause: loss of control surfaces. MD already knew that cargo door blowout would cause loss of controls, but failed to re-locate the controls to prevent that. The lack if concern and lack of action by MD was criminal.

[@cchris874]

The part about the door handler is a myth spread by MD to take the focus away from them. It wasn't the baggage handler's job to use the peep hole. He was warned never to force the door shut; and indeed he noted that the vent door closed more easily than usual that day.

[@dfuher968]

Plus, MD didnt send out a directive about the use of the peephole or warning about the cargo door problem. And, btw, the guy, who shut the cargo door that day is Paris, spoke 3 languages - English just wasnt 1 of them. Im adding that, coz theres always some ppl, who prefer to demean the baggage handler for being some idiot, who couldnt learn a foreign language, which, as u say, was also not a requirement for his job.

[@munibmir1374]

Excellent video. This particular DC-10-10 was registered TC-JAV and was the 29th DC-10 to be built. I still don't understand why McDonnell Douglas and FAA conspired to hide the great flaw in the rear left Cargo Door. As the control cables had been severed, the Aircraft was uncontrollable. Initially, when the door blew open, Six seats were sucked out of the Aircraft with six passengers still strapped in them. Their bodies were found soon afterwards together with bodies of other 340 people. A monument containing the names of all 346 people killed was built at the crash site. This was the largest death toll in a single Aircraft crash until surpassed by the crash of a Japan Airlines Boeing 747-46SR in 1985 which killed 520 out of 524 persons on board. The flight Number was JL-123 and the Aircraft was flying to Osaka from Tokyo, Haneda Airport. RIP all 866 persons who died in these two crashes.

[@dfuher968]

@Professor Mike AmericanuckRadio Why dont u take ur hate and slander elsewhere, u anti-semitic prick. This is a serious channel for serious ppl working on facts, not disgusting white supremacist accusations with no foundation in reality.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

When Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, some of MDD's executives went to Boeing. Now we have another disaster with wings known as the 737 Max 8 😮.

[@nenblom]

It seems like the reputation of the DC-10 was more important to McDonnell-Douglas than the lives of passengers and crew. Tragic. BTW, where’s part 1?

[@latigresseNYC]

Typical of these corporations and their industry-insider cronies in the govt. Profits over people

[@nenblom]

Tina J They did eventually fix the problems with the DC-10 and actually turned into a very safe airplane. I flew on it. Unfortunately, so many people died to make that happen.

[@efegulboy]

Typical American company ;)

[@MaiCohWolf]

Here's Part 1, the AA Flight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJmoYZyriMmBfqc

[@juangama1850]

@@efegulboy>> Yep, we develop the technology that you CAN'T... then we perfect the technology when you CAN'T. Maybe if you had more than a 3rd grade education you might be something someday.

[@Ozgur72]

I still have a tissot watch that belonged to one of the turkish victims of the crash. He was an academic and a friend of my father.

[@ataaydogan393]

Üzdün be gece gece...

[@videodeposu8741]

Vay be

[@luisdestefano6056]

I remember this crash most vividly: I was there as a boy with my whole family, the airport was a mess since our airline went on strike and we were offered to rebook on Turkish. My mother was absolutely adamant about flying in non-European main carriers. Right or wrong, I would not be here today writing were it not for her decision. In later life I flew many times with Turkish uneventfully

[@HK-rw3ig]

This accident had nothing to do with if Turkish airlines was safe or not to fly with. This accident was caused by a wrong design of the DC 10 ‘s rear cargo door.

[@mph1ish]

And the Turkish airline's response to -or lack of- it.

[@rodgerwiese2790]

To me, this sounds exactly what happened with the Boeing 737 MAX where the FAA did not do it job and Boeing is equally guilty for designing something so poorly and people should "go to jail" for this at the FAA, Boeing, and McDonnell Douglas.!!!! Also, the second crash of the DC-10 and 737 should have never happened if the FAA and aircraft manufacturer had done their jobs... Inexcuseable.!!!

[@b.t.356]

The 737 MAX is one plane I will refuse to fly on. And my gosh. How negligent of manufacturer and FAA to do such a poor job of fixing the problem.

[@ahmedayaat4736]

@@b.t.356 737 MAX is safe now, but yeah it is understandable, anybody can relate it

[@ahmedayaat4736]

FAA is truly weird. They ignored airworthiness directives on MAX and DC-10 but they did give airworthiness directives on the dreamliner which simply just didn't complete certification documents. Whereas, MAX and dc-10 case was of safety, of course Boeing and MD is to be blamed but at least 25% or 50% of the blame should go to FAA as well

[@GCarty80]

One thought I heard on learning of this crash was "why didn't the cargo door designer end up in the electric chair"?

[@rmd4209]

I loved the way you linked this accident with the American Airlines one two years earlier Impressed!!!!😄😄😄😄

[@algrayson8965]

RMD 420 - His video of the American DC-10 cargo door blowoff mentions the Turkish Airlines cargo door failure and crash.

[@ivanabcdefg9375]

Luckily everyone survived both accidents. I wish the video talked more about that.

[@MikeyReadman]

ivan adbcefg Everyone survived? That's incorrect. 346 people died in this "accident".

[@craycraywolf6726]

The souls onboard Turkish Airlines 981 certainly didn't survive, sadly. 5:12 9:23

[@mutluboy2749]

IN MEMORY OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHT 981. 😢 thnx bro I`m from Turkey

[@kuslar9692]

Kardeş İsminin Söylemez Yerine S9ylemez Yapmışsın Düzelt

[@mutluboy2749]

Bro bilerek yaptım

[@goklerintitanigi3058]

Mutluhan S9ylemez ...

[@kuslar9692]

Ama Kötü Görünüyor

[@mutluboy2749]

Kuşlar salla yaa

[@houdini2598]

In memory of those who died😢😢

[@K1OIK]

Your comment is all about you saying look at me I am giving out good wishes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXQdKuYmLeLqZY

[@JackReacher_110TH_MP]

How can people dislike a tribute video down from someone who wants people not to forget tragedy's that have occurred. I really enjoy these and makes me research down my rabbit hole of knowledge. Thanks for taking the time to do these!

[@bentleybrabec]

2:59 the sound of those engines are incredible

[@skanderwest8559]

I have found a part of this plane in Ermenonville forest some weeks ago, there many parts today of this plane crashed

[@dfuher968]

Yeah, small pieces of the plane can still be found all over the forest floor. Many ppl leave them at the memorial.

[@None-zc5vg]

@@dfuher968 You might (even after nearly 50 years) still find bits of those passengers who were torn into mincemeat and bone by their being smashed into tree-trunks as the fuselage disintegrated when it entered a forest of mature trees almost horizontally. Only the plane's engines were its recognisable parts. All because the company wanted to get ahead of its rivals in selling the planes. Someone should have hunted-down the firm's key executives and put them through what the crashed plane's crew and passengers had experienced.

[@None-zc5vg]

@Nature and Physics I think that if I'd had lost someone in those circumstances, I'd want more than token financial compensation: I'd want my pound of flesh

[@None-zc5vg]

@Nature and Physics Of course they weren't.

[@None-zc5vg]

@Nature and Physics 'Point'? There's no point, I was making an observation.

[@jasonBGI]

Holy smokes. Wonder how many aircraft are flying now with such obvious dangerous features? Excellent video!

[@DariaJane13]

I discovered your channel 1 day ago and I've seen almost every video! I love you! ♥ keep up the good work!

[@bebebebe3697]

All of these videos gives me chills! It kills me just thinking about all the people who have died on these crashes just imaging it gives me Anxiety ! Omg its So horrible R.I.P. To All of the Angels that are in heaven Now🙏🙏🙏

[@Tim-57]

I somehow happened upon your channel tonight and have been binge watching for 2-3 hours.... The graphics are just amazing, stories are very tastefully portrayed and as someone mentioned below your choice of music fits the videos. New subscriber 🙂

[@rjflight7625]

Great quality! I can tell a lot of hard work went into this. Another fantastic video!

[@theflightchannel]

Thank you very very much man!!!

[@jameswikstrom4174]

The Flight Channel videos on" Air Disasters" are some of the most well composed and orchestrated videos on FB. You deserve a tremendous amount of credit for devoting the time and effort necessary to make these videos. The realism is absolutely spectacular adding to the viewing enjoyment. My congrats to The Flight Channel!

[@ARKHAMxMaverick]

You cut out all the extra stuff other documentaries put in and just presented us the facts. Very well done and thank you.

[@KatjaNX]

The DC-10 was also known as the "Death Cabin" I heard.. After watching pretty much all of the ACI episodes out there, I'n not really that surprised.

[@augustkoningen9970]

The DC-10 turned to be safer than the 747 after the flight american 191, this names are completely unfair!

[@lostcause8269]

Cronyism at its finest, well done greed, you win again.

[@2legsterry]

Wow man I remember when you had like 160k subscribers.. Your hard work is definitely paying off man. Good to see. And thanks for not putting too many advertising in your videos man.

[@thomasquinn284]

Another great video. Thank you for the detailed required door fix and for the FAA's oversight in not following thru with required procedure choosing to accommodate a KNOWN manufacturing defect. Outrageous decision! I enjoy how you get to the heart of the matter without bias or minimizing fault. Thank you. Great job.

[@JackFlanagan1]

My great grandmother was on this flight... it's so extraordinarily awful to think she died this way.

[@tunim4354]

This company is so arrogant and careless. They knew about the cargo door issue and did nothing. Their plane architecture is also horrible.

[@turbo8454]

No different than Ford and it's gasoline tanks on some old models.

[@JLynnDetamore]

In healthcare clinical practice we call that willful negligence.

[@Dowlphin]

And here we are in 2018 and the same shit is still happening. Captialism still being way too dear to people. As powerful as any fundamentalist religious belief. It is actually a spiritual crisis. Humankind is still very much barbaric, reactionary, selfish, unidealistic.

[@Dutchinvegas]

Its not about capitalism liberal.

[@ingridclare7411]

Think this stuff hasnt happened in Socialist/Communist societies, countries?? It HAS. Lots. Go look, if you dare. It might shatter your silly beliefs...How clueless and silly you are. Know no true history. Idealism?? Idealism, due to its usual completely out of touch with reality and understanding of human behaviour has caused great trouble. You'd have to be American.

[@vetere0599]

I really love your channel. No crazy voices, or annoying music. It's a pleasure to watch your channel! (even though the content can be heartbreaking ) Thank You so much!!

[@brianlouie8020]

you are the most subscribed airplane simulation channel for a reason! your videos are always incredible! when i typed in "turkish airlines 981" onto the youtube search, i saw a video by you, a video by allec joshua bay and a video by pilot x, i knew yours would be the best and i was right. :D keep up the great work

[@idunaasgard1183]

Is it me or are 80% of technical failure airline disasters come with the name "McDonnell" in it?

[@christianchristian1741]

even after the company bought by other company

[@iamfast5968]

McDonald😝😝😝😝

[@rapman5363]

It’s you

[@julosx]

A DC-8 was a safer aircraft than the Boeing 707 that was pretty rushed to be released first.

[@fcalvaresi]

Don’t forget that a DC-10 caused the Concorde crash in 2000.

[@nithishpraveen1861]

Awesome video mate Absolutely a shortened version of Air Crash Investigation. Loved it.

[@theflightchannel]

Thanks a lot man!! :))

[@b.t.356]

The last words that the pilots said as they were approaching their demises were beyond haunting and chilling

[@nicossatsias5633]

The least someone can say is that knowing the problem with the cargo door when designing the plane is unethical to release it before fixing it. There is no price for a human life and this problem was the cause for many deaths in aviation history apart from flight 981.

[@johnhardman3]

Business is all about what you can get away with.

[@dnrolle272]

Can't imagine how those passengers felt, not a good feeling.

[@Nexus-ub4hs]

7:27 onward....atrocious! RIP to all that lost their lives

[@patriciatreslove4449]

Tragic, thank you for your dedication to bringing these issues to light.

[@sadiqjohnny77]

Having scrolled down a bit, I see that some people have made disparaging remarks about the aircraft, which is understandable considering the way the Press crucified it. I flew it for four years out of which two were as its Chief Pilot and instructor. I really enjoyed flying that aircraft. It had excellent and responsive controls. It also had very well thought out procedures for emergency situations. The DC-10 was a very automatic aircraft with (for that time) state of the art avionics. However it was a delight to fly manually and I often flew it that way up to and down from 20,000 ft. If they were still around I would fly as passenger on one with no misgivings.

[@twixeater1]

Already knew about the door in developing the plane. Fuckers. Executives should have gone to prison for knowingly letting a plane out the door with a fault like that, and the fine on the company should have been on the order of $100,000,000. 18 million isn't nearly enough. Makes me sick =/

[@bigfella480]

Biggus Richardus money is the root of all evil..

[@simongregory9453]

The actual quote is "THE LOVE OF money is the root of all kinds of evil". Nothing wrong with money in and of itself, it's when you let it take over your life that it becomes a serious issue

[@stix562]

Actually: "The Love of money is the root of all evil".

[@simongregory9453]

Stix ok I guess it depends on your Bible translation...

[@xiayabennett6982]

Biggus Richardus people haven’t learned their lesson. Just look at the Max 8

[@omarijoseph3189]

wow..i wonder if before doing this flight, if you researched everything and they attempt to recreate what happed..this is great work..

[@blingbling1630]

I really enjoyed this video and I can’t wait until you upload again! 💖

[@ritvikvaishnav3472]

man....this is amazing. kudos to the flight channel!

[@katehalliday4823]

Thank you from the niece of one of the victims - I will never forget that day 45 years ago. The relatives group meets regularly in London and a great number were gathered in the Forest again this year to commemorate the victims

[@robinj.9329]

What a horrific reason for such tremendous loss of life!!!!

[@j.b.9581]

OMG, I flew in a DC10 from Seattle to Denver (and on the return flight too) in summer of '76. Thank God the cargo door stayed fixed on that one. I might not have been here to watch your nice vid!

[@bentleybrabec]

3:34 it really changed the sounds of the engines after the cargo door blew off for a second

[@codysdepository3725]

I’m not disappointed because I waited like 6 hours (from 12 PM to 6 AM) for this vid

[@aaryanramourti3081]

You were up all night?

[@codysdepository3725]

Yea, after that I just laid down my bed, stay awake for another 30 mins and went to sleep. But when I wake up, Pink Season full album was playing

[@laurie1536]

How horrifying! I wonder f the poor people whose seats were sucked out of the plane were conscious for those few seconds. I can't imagine!

[@2snowgirl520]

Laurie , my big fear is getting sucked out of a plane!

[@vegasgirl3538]

11,000 ft isn't high enough to lose consciousness immediately. The best scenario is the force of being sucked out of the plane snapped their necks and they were killed instantly. Gruesome, but not quite as awful as falling 10,000 feet to your death, fully aware all the way down.

[@urbanrider7981]

I’m addicted to your channel,it’s fantastic

[@peterdockrill9653]

I was an apprentice engineer in Manchester 1979 and a colleague who was the same age ,16,lost both of his parents who were passenger on this flight.

[@dovetailup8916]

Lost their reputation with blood of innocent people---they should display the names of those involved with the bad decisions including the ones at the FAA...Senseless accident

[@billygoth]

Thank you for providing great insight on aviation history. I can't stop watching.

[@davidbarnett9312]

Douglas introduced the DC-3 in the 30's and it became one of the most successful passenger/cargo aircraft of its time. There are still ancient DC-3's flying somewhere in this world. BTW, a bit of trivia. Stewardesses in those days had to be registered nurses [RN's]. My first ever flight in 1962 was in a Trans Texas Airways DC-3 from Dallas Love Field to San Antone.

[@sam-hv7mt]

Can you reconstruct the Bijlmerramp? It was on 1992 october the 4th, a Boeing 747 from El Al (cargo) crashed into a appartment complex, check the air crash investigation video for information

[@stantoncich2092]

Simple lawsuits were not nearly enough. All the individuals at MD responsible for this should have been criminally prosecuted. Those found guilty sent to prison, where they could get what's coming to them. Their personal property and assets should have been confiscated, thus putting their families out on the street, where they belong,

[@stantoncich2092]

Stripping them of their assets will put the families out, to be sure. As I see it, tough as that may be, those assets, and the resulting standard of living thus obtained, was achieved as a result of the actions that led to the disaster(s). Using this approach will send the message far and wide, that when purposeful lack of corrective action occurs, the punishment will be severe Of course, the principal perpetrators are the ultimate decision-makers who had the ability to institute corrections, or block the corrections (like what happened in this case). Those individuals are the ones I believe must be targeted with criminal prosecution.

[@katel7309]

They should have been prosecuted. I just watched the two Japan planes miss each other in midair and the trainee control tower person plus the supervisor went to jail, though no-one was killed. But people at MD new about the defects.

[@stantoncich2092]

Exactly. Spot on, Kate!

[@jamesliggins891]

@@stantoncich2092 You don't punish innocent family members for the actions of one.

[@RajeshKakkad]

@@stantoncich2092 Agree with Stan. Families of corrupted crooks should also suffer. Most of corrupted animals' families know that the luxuries they are enjoying is *Blood Money*. When the corrupted animal finally in the cage knows that the family is out on the street begging food, it will remember families of people crying after dead passenger. When dead passenger was only earning member of the family, won't you find his/her family begging in the street ?

[@brent658]

Wow! Like many others have said, a very well done and impressive video. I have subscribed. Thanks!

[@billblack8148]

These videos are addictive with excellent analysis, and recreation :)

[@stuartlee6622]

Douglas lagged behind Lockheed with their L-1011 Tristar so they rushed their DC-10 into service still having all these flaws present including the wing engine mounts. After the Chicago American Airlines DC-10 crash, the cylinder of death DC-10 was GROUNDED. Finally. The Tristar was a far superior and SAFER aircraft!!

[@augustkoningen9970]

Wtf, how the hell the bloody design of the engine mounts are a flaw?

[@raptunoc787]

I thought the O’Hare crash was because of flawed maintenance by American

[@juliocaesardarsonevi6928]

you haters say that the dc 10 was a death trap but it was a victim of poor maintance, and also more people died on the boeing 747 that the dc 10

[@sadiqjohnny77]

The Chicago DC-10 crash was because of the AA using fork lifts to replace wing engines that had been worked on. This was illegal and the shock to the engine supports caused cracks that led to the engine separating from the wing. It was NOT MDs fault but the airline's. The engine that separated went forward of the wing and struck the leading edge. This caused the leading edge flap on that wing to retract. Sadly it also damaged the warning system that would have told the pilots about that. The aircraft was FLYING at the speed at which the engine came off. The DC--10 had a system, when an engine failed, of changing the bars on the Flight Director on the pilots' instruments to fly at V2 (the best angle of flight out to gain height quickly) instead of V2 + 10 knots. The left wing with the retracted LE flat stalled and the plane was doomed. If the pilot had maintained the normal climb out speed they would probably survived but he followed the bars. NOT his fault! I trained my students that, if their plane suffered an unusual situation (like a loud bang on climb out) maintain and increase the speed a bit if there are no obstacles that require a MAX climb, and the plane is climbing at 500 feet per minute or more. Accidents are a terrible thing but we should learn from them.

[@chriskun32]

Another great video!! I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos. This again could have been prevented, but a big company didn't want to have it's reputation tarnished and failed to fix the problem in development. May all those passengers R.I.P. To me, it is truly sad that a company will risk people's lives over profit or reputation.

[@eliaswidmer1172]

Chris Simon und dann die ganze Familie

[@mohammedaslam3862]

Mr Chris you have rightly sum up the scenario of the manufacturer.

[@algrayson8965]

Chris Siford - The list of corporations that put profits and stock values over all else is VERY long. Ford - Model T (continued selling a totally obsolete and dangerous car) to Pinto to Fiesta/Focus GM - most recent: ignition switch failure Just a couple of.well known examples

[@ivanabcdefg9375]

Umm .. the video didn't say anyone died. So, you're wrong (luckily).

[@algrayson8965]

ivan abcdefg - When two rows of seats full of people blow out the door from a couple of miles altitude is it necessary to say, "Everyone died?" Then when an airliner dives into the ground at hundreds of mph and is smashed to bits isn't it obvious that the people aboard did not survive? Did you watch the video? Did you see the photographs of the actual wreckage - not a simulation?

[@LaurenThompsonIsMyRealName]

Ty for the video, I so wish these were audibly narrated sometimes too!

[@AimanNaaj]

Thank you for the super nice videos a love them really you are the best out there , thanks for all the effort and time you spend in making them.

[@IngvarMar]

Well, this reminds me of two Boeing 737 Max that crashed this year

[@fortissimo6210]

Igor don’t be disrespectful two different planes two different problems

[@fortissimo6210]

Also the pilots had control of this crash

[@fortissimo6210]

Shame on you

[@helmethead72]

Igor Yes. 346 dead on the DC-10, same number from the 2 Boeing crashes. That’s more than a coincidence. We need to put people first, not corporate profits.

[@juliocaesardarsonevi6928]

@@fortissimo6210 soooo your defending boeing huh?

[@theendofanerror4173]

DC-10. That's all I needed to read..

[@dx1450]

I remember my first transoceanic flight, I noticed the aircraft was a DC-10. I was like, "Oh, great." But that was in 1989 and they had gotten a lot safer by then.

[@karamsodhi1750]

They actually operate the route multiple times per day with the Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Boeing 737 but mainly the Boeing 777-300ER.

[@grmpEqweer]

Wow, so McDonnell-Douglass was basically making the Ford Pinto of the skies.

[@frankrawr7747]

Subbed! I love your plane crash re-creations! You work hard on these keep it up! :)

[@theflightchannel]

Thanks man! I’m glad you appreciate my videos

[@frankrawr7747]

You are most welcome!

[@pascalweste7697]

Keep up your work! Your Videos are great!

[@theflightchannel]

Thank you very very much man!!!

[@_dark_jack_462]

Another great quality video that just keep blowing me away! Keep up the good work!!!

[@marpass8763]

Complimenti per il canale, i tuoi video sono di ottima qualità, sempre ben spiegati. Interessanti le analisi post incidente. Grazie per questa opportunità di capire cosa c'è dietro un incidente o un disastro sfiorato. Continua così !

[@susanfagan2727]

Totally preventable crash .. those poor people were effectively murdered by negligence over the problems with the cargo door .. disgusting ! I've looked at the passenger list ., so many kids left without parents .. so many young people dead .. fancy having someone who can't read bloody English close the doors ! really sad .. 😢 RIP

[@ivangrozny875]

Yes, you would push huge containers of luggage into planes whole day for a turkish company ;). If they only installed more vents, plane would be controllable and would land somehow like A 96, this is corporate negligence at its worst.

[@toxicatto6074]

If the ground crews are smarter, it is preventable

[@toxicatto6074]

@CrasherXtreme xoxoxo what the government and FAA has to do?

[@fernandokaiser3053]

Keep the good work! Your videos is the best aviation realistic simulator videos! 😘👍🏻

[@theflightchannel]

Thank you so much man!!

[@fernandokaiser3053]

You're welcome! :D ;D

[@waynethebarber1095]

Your vid is great! And thank you to all the men and who fly us around the world! You are all the best!!!!!!

[@hanguyen4831]

your video is so cool !!💖💖 i've liked and subscribed

[@gibishaju7716]

Whoaaa... awesome video amigo!!! I am very happy to see u making , wonderful videos!!!

[@alanpt795]

Video was just like a movie about Rascal's Douglas. Rip every victims

[@Dutchinvegas]

This is sad for me. My father flew 36 missions in WW2 on a B17 named "The Fancy Nancy." Then he worked for McDonnell Douglas in Torrance CA working on the DC-10 until retirement. Wow.

[@TexasRose50]

The debris seen in the photos of this crash is what should have been seen in Shanksville, but wasn't. That should be an eye opener. Great video.

[@aashirkhan5650]

Once again an amazing video, i look forward to watch your videos

[@theflightchannel]

Thanks man!!!

[@bumblebeegamer7107]

Now i am proud to be ur subscriber

[@theflightchannel]

Thanks a lot man!!

[@bumblebeegamer7107]

Eagle1 why... what do u mean

[@blackenwhite0000]

Theflightchannel what is the music you used in beginning ?

[@albrettnell]

So sad - the greed of a corporation cost so many lives. Thank you for sharing his well-made informational video.

[@marcthesavage9868]

Now I found my favorite aviation channel

[@jimmyculp8756]

They , Mc D should be ashemed!

[@stefeniedavidmusic]

How do these bastards sleep at night. All those innocent victims and they knew about it but ignored it. Unbelievable...……….then again, maybe not so unbelievable. This is the world we live in. Money talks.

[@cchris874]

They're mostly dead now so that's not an issue. Not quite true to say they ignored it. They made a number of fixes, but the largely untold story of this crash is Turkish Airlines. Their willful and negligent and reckless tampering with the door was required for this crash to happen. Not to say they were the primary cause, but their role has more or less been stamped out of the popular story.

[@rickbrenner6079]

Love your videos (including this one), but was there a reason for not mentioning that the 6 or 7 people sitting in that blown out cargo section got sucked out of the plane at 11,000 ft. falling to their horrific deaths (only to be found later, miles from the wreckage, with the victims still strapped to their seats)? Seems like a pretty important detail from this tragedy to leave out, considering how rare it is (and how frightening it must be) for people to fall 2 miles to their deaths.

[@craycraywolf6726]

3 years too late I know, but it is mentioned here 5:40 Even if numbers of passengers aren't specified, it still tells those watching that people were indeed sucked out.

[@zaheerkader7426]

You keep knocking them out the park 👌🏿

[@keithhallam1663]

In August 1974, aged 18, I flew from Brussels to Kinshasa, via Lagos, on a Sabena DC10. Man, Im glad I didn't know about this stuff.

[@krashd]

They didn't want their reputation tarnished with a forced directive but still decided to only make a half-arsed voluntary change knowing that nothing damages an aircraft manufacturer's reputation better than a fatal crash coming from a known flaw. When you gamble like that you are playing with fire, or in this case, people's lives and it cost MD everything as they quickly lost market share to Boeing, Lockheed and the newly-formed Airbus.

[@anonymousaddict7779]

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[@theflightchannel]

Thanks for the support man!!!

[@anonymousaddict7779]

Ok bro

[@xiayabennett6982]

The Boeing Max 8 is replacing the DC-10 as America’s most dangerous airline. Anyone else find it a coincidence that 346 people died in the Turkish accident and a total of 346 people died on a Max 8?

[@mams2000]

Thx for the video, my uncle died in this crash and I never knew some details

[@aaryanramourti3081]

Which flight sim do you use? Btw your videos are EPIC The best sim recarnations i have ever seen!!

[@owenwest1473]

Aaryan Ramourti he uses p3d.v4

[@theflightchannel]

Thank you very much man! I really appreciate! By the way, I use p3d v4.1 :)

[@aaryanramourti3081]

Thank you! :)

[@wayneandrews9298]

never heard that self promotion is really low .. fckwit