HEADING INTO A TREACHEROUS STORM! | Boeing 737 | Flight 574 | Mayday: Air Disaster

Due to recent discounts on travel in the country, the Boeing 737 is full of passengers. They hit turbulence over the Java Sea, but there are far bigger problems - the jet is hundreds of miles off course and heading into a storm.
What caused the plane to veer hundreds of miles off course?
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Mayday: Air Disaster - from Season 7 Episode 7 "Lost in Space": Adam Air Flight #574 (Boeing 737)
January 1, 2007 - After taking off from Indonesia’s Suribaya airport, Adam Air Flight 574 settles in for the two-hour trip to Manado. But somewhere over the Java Sea, the plane hits turbulence, and air traffic controllers notice the aircraft is hundreds of miles off course… and headed for a major storm. The jet’s navigational systems aren’t working. And the bad weather is closing in. The crew struggle to find their way - when suddenly, flight 574 disappears from radar - 102 people are killed. The investigation uncovers shocking problems with Adam Air - and much of the Indonesian airline industry.
Despite numerous attempts, the crew can’t restart their engines. They make a desperate choice - to attempt a landing at sea. Twenty people survive - but fourteen of the 34 passengers are killed. Investigators discover a shocking mistake - that could effect one of the most popular turb-prop passenger planes in the world.
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[@Grizzology]

I have a deathly fear of flying. 12 years ago my friends decided to book a skydiving jump for someone’s birthday. I reluctantly went along. We were 13,000 feet in the air when there was a mechanical failure with the airplane. I was already going to chicken out on the jump but instead was attached to an instructor tandem style (prior to the mechanical failure) .. the plane started to fall from the sky as it stalled, we managed to level out at 6000 feet and without warning my tandem instructor leaped off the plane with me attached to him. I made it to the ground safely along with 2 of my 3 friends. Sadly my best fiend was not strapped to anyone in preparation for the jump and was left alone with the pilot on the plane. It crashed and 3 lives were lost. I will never go near an airplane again. This series gives me serious anxiety but I continue watching for some macabre reason.

[@DrLuke49]

Prayers up and thoughts with hugs 🙏🏼 ♥

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Sorry to hear. I actually took lessons to get my wings but Im glad I didnt.

[@stotgunvsface5092]

If you are in a situation like that, a skyjump plane while strapped to an instructor is probably the best place. I'm sorry that your friend died, but the instructors saved you and your friends. Be thankful you can still stand on this world and remember your good times with your friends.

[@Grizzology]

@@stotgunvsface5092 yes after years of therapy I accepted that notion. I might not be alive had I not been already strapped tandem. I thought it was a bit early to be strapped to him as we did it before takeoff but in the end it saved my life. My friend that was not strapped in had decided not to jump after takeoff and was going to land on the plane. The instructor he was tandem to unhooked his harness on the way up. The small decisions we make in life can have a profound impact. Now I have a 5 year old daughter and life is more than those you lose. Thanks for the kind words from those above

[@jenniferbooth9348]

Hugs and prayers for you. Wow do not blame you

[@jamesstreet228]

When the guy said "We need to know more about your training program" and the 2 look at each other like "What's a training program?" You know you're in BIG trouble.

[@jenniferbooth9348]

I’ve been stuck in bed due to a broken leg and all I do is watching all these episodes. I’m fascinated by this but yet scares me bc you just never know when you get on a plane if it’s safe or not.

[@DK-lg7ti]

I am in Same boat. Love to fly too much. But last 5 years watching all this crash story I went back to Driving. Unless it must to fly

[@jenniferbooth9348]

@@DK-lg7ti I’m right there with you!!!

[@kefahksebe]

you may get killed in cars, train, bus, boats bicycle and while walking too,, fly and do not worry

[@DK-lg7ti]

@@kefahksebe Very True

[@XCharger]

god forbid they make one of these that just goes over car crashes. they could do it in just 1 city and have more episodes than all these put together. in a year.

[@v32finish]

Bro it's so rare I find one I haven't seen . Love these so much

[@CornvilleConsigliere]

Same

[@smc130]

You guys would make great Emergency Room techs!

[@sawahtb]

I got the impression that the storm added to the freak out in the cockpit even though they didn’t say that it was the problem at all. I have come to appreciate how dependent the airlines are on communication and very modern computers now. How in the world did they fly from New York to London in the 1940’s?

[@davidt8087]

In third world countries, pilots I think don't get the aeronautical knowledge and skills like we do in the US or the west. I get the feeling watching third world country pilots, that they literally get trained by the airline from zero to airline pilot, and don't have any knowledge of what's going on, it's as if they're just taught to be managers of the autopilot, and freak out if one thing goes wrong, just like a regular job. So fkn pathetic, in the US these r3tards would never even get a private pilot license let alone be airline pilots. What a joke. "Omg my irs is wrong, were gonna crash". Like seriously. You're plane was perfectly fine, you don't even need the fking irs or any autopilot to land at that point, but these arent real pilots, they're just ppl with a managerial job

[@professorwigginslectures3808]

They always talk about spatial disorientation and pilots may be fooled into thinking they're flying perfectly level because of the way the g forces operate upon them as they bank. Then they immediately cut to a scene back in the cabin and the passengers are tilting wildly, hanging onto their seats and screaming as stuff is cascading down on their heads.

[@spikenomoon]

They should be required to hang a pair of dice from where the review mirror would be.

[@professorwigginslectures3808]

@@spikenomoon Wouldn't make a difference when they're pulling the Gs.

[@ttimetotroll]

Ikr. I don't get why they don't just put one of those levers on the dash. If the computer can sense a 35° bank angle, you can see that with a leveler with that little bubble thingy. It acts like an extra redundancy

[@shawnpitman876]

Don't you know that the cockpit of every plane operates in another dimension than the rest of the plane?

[@vicvega3614]

@@shawnpitman876 wasn't there a movie that was about something like that? Or the plane went back in time

[@jenniferbooth9348]

Flying over the ocean scares me to pieces

[@adotintheshark4848]

especially if your flight is supposed to go to Kansas.

[@smc130]

Me too! There’s no land down there beneath the plane to set it down! Helpless feeling.

[@jenniferbooth9348]

@@smc130 very helpless feeling

[@crystaldawn9255]

Having babies crying in your episode invoke something deep in primal inside my motherly instincts and makes me anxious

[@441rider]

Freaks my cat out completely.

[@ttimetotroll]

48:00 about a crash every year. This is good information to put into perspective that even with pilots who only knows how to fly with the basic fundamentals, they can do it. We watch so many of these documentaries, we may think that accidents happen all the time. But that's is not the case. They happen rarely not it just seems alot because it's a compiled and explained here

[@travelwithtony5767]

For those that have the time, the train ride from Jakarta to Surabaya is beautiful.

[@TaurusMoon-hu3pd]

Maybe a stupid question, but why can the passengers know and feel the plane rolling or going nose down but the pilots can't?

[@prmayner]

Hey that guy played the pilot on the other program. now he's an investigator.

[@davesmith5656]

When your pilot grabs the operations manual for the airplane, you know you're in trouble.

[@jp-ty1vd]

it was a trouble shooting schematic. No one can memorize all potential problems, their causes and finally possible solutions.

[@paulcanon5533]

Sad for all of them. Basic instrument training would have prevented this.

[@MrWhiterunGuard]

NTSB to Adam Air - so uhh do you have any pilots that actually know how to fly?

[@djpyroflux4071]

Can you fly?

[@MrWhiterunGuard]

@@djpyroflux4071 I can probably fly better than these pilots.

[@professorwigginslectures3808]

​@@djpyroflux4071 If a nuclear power plant melts down and people die and information emerges that the operators were incompetent, does it mean that no one can complain about that unless they're nuclear engineers?

[@nicholasmcelroy603]

Im hooked on these episodes

[@crystaldawn9255]

It seriously blows my mind that they allow pilots to be so cut off from the rest of the airplane but they have no idea what's going on in the cabin. Had they had any type of open airway, camera, to the passengers and other crew they would have heard the screaming maybe even shouting and somebody could have told them hey we are rolling. Just like when there was flames and smoke in the cabin on another crash. There should be a way for them to push a button be able to hear or see what's going on in the cabin. A camera? Something

[@alinadobro]

Proper maintenance of the planes and better quality of the trainings for the pilots are very important in this case, I think. I am very sorry for what happened.

[@jenniferbooth9348]

I cannot imagine being NTSB investigator and having to listen to the FDR. That would haunt me

[@smc130]

It would make me wish I could go back in time and warn the pilots before the flight. If there is predestination it probably wouldn’t matter.

[@davidt8087]

You don't listen to the FDR. Wow. Do you have a brain? You listen to the CVR

[@alberickmendes6472]

Up there,You can never be behind the Plane. Always one step Ahead.

[@killman369547]

Yup. The rule is you never take the airplane anywhere that your mind hasn't been to at least 30 min to an hour in advance

[@jenniferbooth9348]

Isn’t this similar to what the 737 800 macs doing before they grounded them?

[@dejaporter7338]

So sad all those lives lost😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@floridaray3380]

This is like any Spirit air flight assuming you even have a Spirit plane to get onto....

[@jenniferbooth9348]

Aren’t most flights now flown in autopilot?

[@joshuamartinez2389]

Finally anee into haven't seen

[@MrMississippiMan]

huh?

[@Rammstein0963.]

Trying to say this is new to them.

[@CousinFeetus]

If they plane says " Fly Is Cheap" right on the side like that last shot in this video..... DO NOT GET ON IT. lol ✈

[@fn0rd-f5o]

There are 2 independent IRS systems, 1 for captain, one for FO. All they had do is switch. Lack of training no doubt.

[@lincolnyaco5626]

I wonder if a "kill-switch" would be helpful to quickly turn off all engines when faced with a flock of birds or heavy weather (hail, ice, snow, et al) or anything that might hit intakes and blow-up the engines.

[@killman369547]

No. With an event like that it all happens too quickly to do anything about until the damage is already done. The engine is effectively toast the moment the first fan blade separates from the hub. It just obliterates the compressor stages behind it and that engine will never run again.

[@kilcar]

A company' s greed in not paying for and maintaining equipment. A unfathomable vectoring of the aircraft to a waypoint that has severe weather. Both converged to kill those poor people.

[@maecarpenter6735]

Also very important is that they skimped on training their pilots. Basic safety for its employees and passangers was not a priority for this company. Only greed.

[@jebbroham1776]

Indonesia doesn't have a stellar record of successful flights. I'm pretty sure everyone remembers Indonesia Air flight 370 that went down in the Indian ocean back in 2014 without a trace. To this day nobody knows what happened to it or where the wreckage is located.

[@Katie-vy5rd]

I think that one is where they suspect the pilot did a unaliving mission but it coukd have been just a super freak accident and without the black box really can't solve the mystery

[@jamesstreet228]

Malaysia Airlines. Yeah that's a strange one but Malaysia Airlines is a reputable company. They've just had some bad luck. The Russian separatists shot one of their planes down and another went missing.

[@jenniferbooth9348]

@@Katie-vy5rd they will be resuming another search this year to try and locate it

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

They kno what happened! The pilot was a political activist. One of his friends, high up activist, got arrested. The pilot had a flight simulator in his home & he practiced what he would do. Investigators found it & knew right away. After taking off, The pilot flew to a specific point then circled for 30 min. It was during this time he was negotiating the release of this activist with the passengers of the plane as hostages. They did not meet his demands so he downed the plane thinking it would spark MAJOR unrest & bring media coverage to his cause. But that didnt happen as it was kept quiet for obvious reasons.

[@vicvega3614]

They know what happened, It crashed in the ocean and sank really deep and never found it

[@vortex162]

One can have knowledge but if faced with a situation mental and emotional tension can overrule the ability of reasoning.

[@DK-lg7ti]

Why all plane have dont simple Mechenical poerable Compass. Will help pilot going straight or up or down

[@CanuckTony]

When you realize that you can fly better than the pilots…

[@Ralphbo-u6l]

After he played a video game

[@colleenthomas353]

A SIMPLE cup of hot or cold water in the pilot's lap would tell how level they are!

[@mikemck4796]

If you Google why that doesn’t work, it’ll explain it.

[@davesmith5656]

@@mikemck4796 -- The guys who can do a 360 roll in a specifically designed stunt plane with a very carefully planned execution are stunt pilots in stunt planes, not commercial pilots in 737's or A-310's. Maybe you're the one who needs the explanation?

[@mikemck4796]

@@davesmith5656 what do aerial acrobatics have to do with my comment?

[@davesmith5656]

@@mikemck4796 ---- I thought you'd be smart enough to figure that out!

[@nan7861]

OK, so when the pilot is struggling to get control of his plane, he should just page the cabin crew for a coffee. Right.

[@stevewheatley243]

Until pilots learn to fly again,I'll just drive my car.

[@jebbroham1776]

It's only Indonesia Air that cant keep their planes in the sky. They have basically a 0% air safety record.

[@mikalabaker6110]

My ex husband used to ride his motor cycle to & from work. I would worry he could crash, but he said, he doesn't worry about how he rides as he's a good driver, but he worries about other drivers on the road who don't pay attention especially around bikes. Moral of the story is, you can be as safe as you can possibly be, it's the other's on the road that might not be. Be situationally aware at all times.

[@stevewheatley243]

@@mikalabaker6110 Drive like they're all trying to kill you. Drivers get worse everyday.

[@ashleyreagan5543]

Thousands more times more dangerous driving a car than flying

[@stevewheatley243]

@@ashleyreagan5543 Only because there's millions of cars,and only about 10,000 planes flying worldwide.

[@jackseward7779]

Why couldn't they pinpoint the location of the black boxes while they were still transmitting a signal?

[@timbear64]

I am not a pilot, so apologies if this is an ignorant question. I use a level in projects such as hanging items on a wall. Why couldn't planes be equipped with some sort of level that can be visibly seen?

[@maecarpenter6735]

EXCELLENT IDEA! I WAS ALSO THINKING THE SAME THING!

[@borismedved835]

Gravity is just acceleration. A plane banked sharply is accelerating into the curve it's following.

[@Katie-vy5rd]

@@borismedved835 you have a different brain than I do, still don't understand.. I avoided physics class . Thanks though, really curious... going to get out my level and place it into a curve!....

[@jamesstreet228]

They've got a wings, blue/brown, level display but it seems so many pilots forget about it when they need it most. Gluing a soda bottle to the console would be a help.

[@SquareCanine]

I'm not sure if passenger jets have them, but fighters actually do have this. It doesn't tell you if the plane is level with the ground though. It's more intuitive if you consider a pendulum. If you have some decoration that hangs from the mirror in your car, you'll know that it swings to the outside of a turn. A spirit level is subject to the same phenomenon. When the plane turns, the bubble moves to the outside of the turn. But planes can also bank. If you bank the right amount, then your level will show level flight when banking through a turn. This is actually exactly what you want for the most efficient turn. A slip gauge is basically a spirit level that helps the pilot apply the correct rudder input during a turn so that you cant feel the plane is banked at all.

[@kimberlyhewitt7048]

Passengers should have fire blankets too! Some live during a fire ball through the cabin, so maybe more would live with a fire blanket!?

[@carmelademir1193]

I'm sorry but it doesn't matter if black box is found. Aircraft accidents should never happen. All those darling people, who lost their lives. That's what I always think about. No wonder I've never flown xx

[@sparkyshore3543]

They should include a physical level in the cockpit as a fail-safe.

[@davidorth4906]

Now I have 2 reasons to hate the I.R.S.

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Dont worry, the IRS are going away. When our Govt goes digital, they will tax monies as they go into our accts. Tax collection in REAL time. No more tax returns, No IRS needed.

[@eddieshabazz5603]

Where do they find these pilots?. I'm amazed they can even tie there shoes

[@juliemanarin4127]

What a terrible thing to happen. Storms and ice bring more planes down than anything else!

[@jessebradshaw9993]

Jesus the babyies and children on that plane

[@MrScottie68]

Everyone’s life on the plane matters….not just babies and children.

[@Katie-vy5rd]

@@MrScottie68 he was just expressing his sympathies... geez

[@Afterburner]

They forgot to aviate. Literally not flying the plane.

[@brucechamberlin9666]

Aviate, navigate, communicate in that order.

[@CornvilleConsigliere]

They had everything going for it...flashy paint jobs and uniforms? ???? That's what I care about at 30k feet hahaha

[@sg7772]

HEARD THE ACTUAL CVR OF THE PILOTS..WAS TERRIFYING!!

[@sakuraturbo3364]

And that’s why I don’t buy $200 round trip tickets

[@christyfoster6862]

Or fly spirit

[@jenniferbooth9348]

These pilots look incompetent. Obviously this is a reenactment of the flight but these pilots have no clue what to do.

[@kefahksebe]

Yes it is a documentary ,, they did not know they r going to crash,, they try to have people who look like them and their age,, they do a great job, that is why those documentary r so addicting

[@jenniferbooth9348]

@@kefahksebe I totally understand that and like you said they really do a great job and very addicting

[@breakeverychain7]

Because the accident involved an American made aircraft, the NTSB was brought in to assist the investigation

[@charlessomerset9754]

Shouldn't the CVP amd FDR beacons provide global positioning information, making finding the airplane a simple procedure? What am I missing here?

[@arcamean785]

IMO it should be zero negotiation, if a company loses a plane they can sell assets till either they're dissolved entirely or the aircraft is recovered and mystery solved.

[@cocodk9]

There should never be a "budget" option for flying. You can be cheap about food or clothes. But should never be cheap about your life

[@lethabrooks9112]

They have budget airlines in the U.S. such as Southwest, Frontier, Spirit, Jet Blue, Aloha, Alaska and they have trained pilots and mechanics and they do well and they havent had many incidents. But Keep in mind that large airlines such as Delta, United, American, British Airways, Air France, KLM, Malaysia, China, and Japan airlines have had their share of crashes too!

[@battlestar1788]

I would hope after all these plane crashes through history they would make black boxes beacons to last longer for more than 30 days may 3 months with technology today and beside if these pilot had read their manual they would have known about this issue

[@jasonthebear9297]

Ok😊

[@bobross5580]

Is this considered content creation when you copy and paste from the Wonder "Mayday" channel?

[@jessebradshaw9993]

All those people on that plane and they only managed to save a black box …..smh

[@juliemanarin4127]

ALL the families should have sued AdamAir to oblivion...

[@lincolnyaco5626]

next-morning quarterbacks say things like, "if I was flying, I would have taken care of it easily because I would know if I was upside down." A lot of flying experts who have never been in a pilot's seat.

[@lethabrooks9112]

Flying a commerical jet upside down is almost impossible because theyre not designed to do so. You have to consider weight of the commercial jet compared to fighter jets, the aerodynamics, the wings, rudders, and engines.

[@lincolnyaco5626]

and yet...@@lethabrooks9112

[@yaniramena3401]

Ughhhh all over the pilots mistake. This is beyond sad 😔

[@adotintheshark4848]

Adam Air had one of the worst safety records in the world. The country with the worst safety record? Indonesia.

[@lethabrooks9112]

Im suprised the Idonesian government didnt reach out to Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, U.S. and other wealthier nations to raise funds to help with the salvage operations since the airline wasnt willing to help as much as they should have?

[@ronniewall492]

BAD DESIGN WHAT IF YOU CANT FLY STRAIGHT LEVEL. THEY WERE IN A STORM.

[@maecarpenter6735]

Did you watch the video? Watch it again and understand what exactly happened.

[@Katie-vy5rd]

@@maecarpenter6735 I think what ronnie was saying is that for those 30 seconds where that were supposed to fly level before turning on auto pilot was impossible due to the storm..

[@rickrick70]

These people are the worst pilots on Earth, disaster after disaster after disaster. You're playing Russian roulette when you fly with these people.

[@slyfoxxsr.941]

My heartfelt sympathy to all these Chinese people. ☹️

[@alexsamaniego9061]

huh? that sounds like a terrible training program. it sounds like everyone got their wings after a 3 month crash course. one guy has a little over a year flying, the other not even that?

[@danielraymadden]

The navigation controls were clearly a problem...when pilots have no accurate navigation instruments...YOU GOT A PROBLEM...to put all blame on pilots in bad weather is not fixing the problem...the navigation controls were broke fix the broke plane...more than one plane had a broken navigation problem....

[@TherealgoddessK]

It's a poor country I don't see the point of spending $$ to salvage a crash. There's nothing left to bury

[@johnsun2416]

If God intended for man kind to fly, he would give us wing.

[@carlseiz1266]

Really sad that plane company doesn’t even want to pay for killing the people they killed tells you right there money is more important than human life

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

ADAM AIR & RYAN AIR, both hav bad records.

[@buck9739]

Phillipino people are the best. Hard working friendly people.

[@stacey4u2luv]

No training, no proper repairs, these are the airlines that you just know when things go wrong will put all the blame on someone else. Likely a very toxic environment where the ones running the establishment think they are better than everyone else. What do they care, they likely do not even fly on their own airlines knowing the risks and if they do travel will take more expensive flights. They do not want to pay for the training they only want to pay for in flight hours. We see it all the time where places pay the bigger money to those who can think of ways to save money and not to those who work the hardest. It is the hardest workers who do not even have time to breathe because those above them are harassing them and putting all the work load on them and constantly telling them what to do and how to do it. They will make remarks like I do not do that anymore and snicker tee hee.

[@vortex162]

It boggles my mind with what sloppiness aviation mechanics perform their service on machines that rely on safe operations for so many lives!! Not to mention the negligence of the Airline itself, knowing full well that these disasters will come back to bite them in the ass!

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

Publishing false information of survivors was negligent, and inexcusable.

[@moebazzi340]

What Happen to the passengers??? They should be Brought up to their Families. They should also been recover from the bottom. Why None ask???

[@altoncrane9714]

Flying is just not for me. This is a perfect re-enforcement to my natural sentiments. Those poor people, may they rest in peace.

[@LuKuluKu123]

Sue adam air

[@joanfrellburg4901]

' with each passing day, the chance of survival grows smaller ' grow verb 1.undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically; progress to maturity. "he would watch Nick grow to manhood" Similar: get bigger 2. become larger or greater over a period of time; increase. "turnover grew to more than $100,000 within three years" 3. become gradually or increasingly. "sharing our experiences we grew braver"

[@ricksanchez9669]

Frans Wenas

[@StarJet1960]

The fact that it’s form a deadly airline is bad I hate the fact that Adam air had 3 haul losses and then this. Adam air is just a crap airline

[@Basstroutfishing]

Monday night quarterback’s much

[@mikeanderson4112]

You people always want blame pilot or maintenance make repair when fact matter it's the owner of airplane replace cheap junk

[@yomommaahotoo264]

Too bad it didn't happen in India...

[@kefahksebe]

Why

[@100xyz]

What kind of dumb comment is this?

[@yomommaahotoo264]

​@@kefahksebe Because pilots there are too skilled to let a navigational equipment failure result in a crash....especially when there are gift cards yet to be had.

[@David-ty5hl]

Real pilots. Would of flown that aircraft.

[@David-ty5hl]

Pilots depend on electro ncs way to much to much. much. They. Werevat fault