How the Crash of Flight 4590 Destroyed Concorde's Mystique

[@RtB68]

"I was thinking until the very last moment that something would save the situation". What a very human thing to say. That experience of watching the unbelievable actually happen before your very eyes and in real time. If you've felt it then you know exactly what he means.

[@andyasdf2078]

"i then woke up and it was all a dream"

[@gregoryingram7561]

I remember when it happened and the first thing I said is that is not going to end well regardless of whatever measures the cockpit crew does, with the fuel and the flame, it would be just a matter of time before it crashes or explodes, or in this case both.

[@muggleworm]

This is exactly why I will never be a pilot

[@liammansour706]

Concord be like: Professor Snape please Cut the engines off

[@hoppspross2837]

thats something an alien would say

[@Mechanicalrob]

Imagine waking up in your hotel room after a good night's sleep, getting out of bed, opening up the curtains, and seeing this darting towards you in that few seconds....

[@thedragonsnortchannel2609]

Oh mother of mercy, is this the end if Rico?

[@airbornegamer8982]

I will say to myself This is it baby

[@axel1660]

@@Pionel_pessi. You need to run faster than The Flash.

[@akschmidt2085]

It was 4:30 in the afternoon. Even the most determined student would be up by then. Still an unspeakable tragedy. If it had happened in the morning tho...

[@Icon1468]

The moment you realise this is the last minute of your life my face: 🥺🥺🥺

[@collinslfc]

2:58 "Something is happening". They must pay him a lot of money to provide such an expert analysis.

[@ronche8783]

C'est un ancien pilote de concorde jamais l'émission à payer Jean-Louis châtelain pour dire ce qu'il a dit

[@Arkensius1157]

@@ronche8783 Oh ho ho! Comme ça tu parles Français comme moi?

[@ronche8783]

@@Arkensius1157 bas oui pourquoi ?

[@Duality.12]

Yeah lmaooo

[@Trolleyatthestation]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SwissPatriot88]

20 Years today...

[@powerpointepicreviewer7329]

A 20 year anniversery. RIP to those who died

[@apaansih2863]

@@powerpointepicreviewer7329yep

[@MatuThava]

Haha plane go boom

[@NoblelllB]

annoyed monkey ohhh you play fortnite that makes sense

[@alfadoesstuff.4256]

annoyed monkey I would rather watch cuties than your “Spider-Man livestream.”

[@lucavlogs9119]

..And the plane crashed into the airport hotel, Smithsonial channel It's brighter here

[@TheGamingParadise22]

*_All hope in humanity is lost, a meteor the size of the island of Manhattan will hit earth, causing massive tsunamis worldwide, not to mention the dust which will block out the sun for decades, causing mass starvation and possessing another ice age, the greatest one in the history of our planet_* Smithsonian: It's brighter here!

[@aren4854]

It is brighter here because of the flames...

[@loddicc]

Al Gore says it will be a golf ball sized comet that will destroy the Earth.

[@aren4854]

loddicc A golf ball sized comet is not enough to destroy the earth though

[@loddicc]

Al Gore thinks so.

[@philipme109]

1crash in a over 30 years of service! I truly hope that the Concorde Heritage Group will return their Concorde back to the sky! That will really make me smile!!

[@uvaiskomath]

Wont happen As long as they want to make money

[@CarlosRodriguez-hx8cq]

You are so right I hope that will happen soon

[@melonnnnnn]

‘It’s brighter here!’

[@klum03]

27 years

[@duecomicsans9145]

klum03 no

[@flynomo]

Whenever I want to brighten my day, I turn to The Smithsonian Channel.

[@aviay]

Lol

[@leogarcia8640]

flynomo especially because "It's brighter here"

[@jeremybautista6178]

flynomo (then you see a plane crash happen) lol

[@warriorfarts123321]

Oh my god hahaha

[@afz1194]

Imagine seeing a star flying in front of you... then sees a BOOM...huh...I have no idea why am I here ;/

[@Kazwire]

Airplane: crashes into hotel and completely obliterates hundreds of people The video 5 secs later:🎵🎵🎵🎵😃

[@zzzzzzzzzzsssss]

lol

[@joshbcfc7361]

"IT'S BRIGHTER HERE!"

[@glipk]

It's brighter here

[@archtris]

hahahahaha lol

[@moritzriede2482]

The crash only killed four people on the ground

[@arussian_spy]

It's ironic how they grounded the Concorde instead of the. DC-10 which has crashed more times and caused this crash. That's why I call the DC-10 a death trap. Edit: Since I'm still getting notifications 3 years later. I know this isn't the only reason it was grounded. It was meant to be a joke.

[@theultimateprogrammer6932]

Death Contraption 10 DC 10

[@OchaFauzan01]

Not_A_Pro death chamber-10

[@allegiant347]

it wasnt just because of the crash. Concord was way too expensive to operate and was losing a lot of money and no one could afford to fly it so BA and AF retired it

[@robinsmitjr]

DC-10 was a great plane. The only problem was bad maintenance

[@DMSDrummer]

Agreed, I love the DC-10, it handles incredibly well

[@Tengri30]

Who would win? - A fleet of supersonic airliners with potential to change travel forever. - One shiny boi.

[@1974moumita]

- A dead meme

[@sir.yinyang6258]

- One shiny *boi*.

[@melkuspinot3678]

Vive la France and UK

[@amir_oates]

-It’s brighter here

[@duecomicsans9145]

*boi*

[@yssyplanes]

I feel bad for the passengers and crew, but especially the crew that did everything to try and get the plane under control and save everyone. RIP all 109 passengers and crew, and the 4 people in the hotel

[@number1bobo]

Beautiful, yes....but unpopular in American cities where they landed, due to being much noisier than other airplanes.

[@boundaryzero]

the crew had themselved to blame as well - concorde was way too far aft loaded

[@boundaryzero]

@@samwisehuluberlu2210 BEA has history of being a corrupt organization - not just here, and the airport even paved over the runway right after, to hide the fact the MLG was skidding like a shopping cart wheel, during the take off roll.

[@j700jam4]

@leeveraction they were probably smoothing the runway after any damage or fod

[@boundaryzero]

@@j700jam4 the runway was paved over before the investigation was complete - thanks BEA ! !

[@someperson298]

The captain's last words were "Too late, no time."

[@uncouteau9421]

"We do all as possible", "that's all..."

[@someperson298]

@@banger2998 There's multiple sources saying that those were his exact words :)

[@someperson298]

@@banger2998 multiple air crash documentaries.

[@Lee247Jamaica]

..

[@someperson298]

@@Lee247Jamaica your not funny

[@allegiant347]

A lot of inaccurate things people are saying in the comments. Heres what really happened. A piece of the engine cowling fell of a continental airlines DC10 as it went down the runway. When Concord later took off it ran over the metal piece causing the tire to pop and chunks of tire struck exposed wiring in the landing gear and also punctured the wings fuel tank causing a leak. sparks from the exposed wiring ignited the fuel causing the fire and bringing the plane down.

[@EnderShard]

@absoftitanium the chances of that were so low...

[@thomaszinser8714]

@@kai_b1156 I mean, the piece in question was improperly installed by a workshop not certified to work on the DC-10, but sure, it's totally the fault of the DC-10.

[@paulgarrett1622]

It is more complex than that. I am a 777 pilot and I know a couple of former BA concorde pilots, we all agree that the pilot was also in error. The plane probably could have landed at the other airport, but captain Marty rotated before V1 this is a known fact that came out during the investigation. The shut down an engine because they showed an engine fire but this was not actually the case but I would probably do the same if I get an engine fire indication, but not during my take off roll. I would shut it after take off at a couple of hundred feet. The aircraft was overweight and too slow to fly safely, in the opinion of many this was pilot error as someone else has said Concorde was prone to burst tires. There were other factors like the no2 engine having been worked on that day for a faulty thrust reverser the extra luggage being added just prior to takeoff. All these things add up to a number of errors happening all together. Sorry if this upsets anyone but it is only information that is in the report and the opinion of former Concorde pilots.

[@dylanhall7681]

@Steve the Pirate Merde? do you mean nerd just learn to spell

[@dylanhall7681]

Steve the Pirate but you spelt it right this time and plus how am I a nerd ?

[@Arkensius1157]

Rest in Peace Concorde, we will never forget you! And R.I.P everyone onboard the plane

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

same

[@jesterknight3837]

same

[@Exoblix]

also the people that lost their lives But mostly the Concorde

[@warrior9326]

@@Exoblix yep

[@dfwtwarrior]

Yep

[@cdiking7026]

Concorde: Slams into hotel, killing many people *happy smithsonian music*

[@shreyan80085]

😂😂😂

[@cat-zw2ye]

Thats not funny BITCH

[@cyrxxrx-.-9547]

Lmao

[@tkaz7777]

Only 5 people died when flight 4590 slammed into the hotel

[@ahadisgoat]

“It’s brighter here”

[@canethesquire]

I love the ending of this video: “plane burns and crashes into a hotel” Smithsonian: *music plays* “it’s brighter here!”

[@diegoarenasleyton7763]

Concorde: *preparing to take off* DC-10: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.

[@quentin1016]

lol

[@moduleapothem6446]

@golden killer exactly. 109 of them. that's the point of the joke.

[@gabeseyfried5241]

I'm tired of seeing these jokes on almost every video I watch.

[@moduleapothem6446]

The shear denseness in this reply section just made a fucking singularity appear in my room.

[@jcjcjunk1881]

@@moduleapothem6446 a bf-109

[@tiggs7255]

Of all of the places to crash it crashes into a hotel ?

[@makigreece9427]

Slightly Psychotic It lost the control and they were under 20 meters I think 15 but the plane went on the left side when it lost the control and fell down

[@classicalricky]

pretty much.

[@tommurphy4307]

but it was a 4-star place.....

[@MarksTournaments]

tom murphy lmfao

[@aporyptix5743]

Rythlar via the plane does not care where it lands

[@gigi4713]

I will always remember watching the Concorde flying over head from the beach in Sandy Hook, NJ during the early ‘80’s. I have many photos. Tu me manques 😢💔

[@declannewton2556]

Today, it is now 20 years since Air France flight 4590 crashed in Paris. This comment is posted at roughly the same time Concorde crashed that day. (Yes, I timed this down to the second)

[@Rackhage]

Nerd.

[@stone.orlanski2728]

Oui c'est l'anniversaire du crash horrible qu'il repose en paix 🤦‍♀️

[@declannewton2556]

@@Rackhage Not like I have anything better to do with my time trapped in my house.

[@declannewton2556]

@@SpencerBMW So what?

[@bradleon1926]

@@Rackhage so?

[@TonyGoodwin1967]

The poor wonderful people who died in this accident have my heart and soul. Same with all aircraft disasters worldwide, as they could not control their own destiny. SO tragic and sad on all levels.

[@worthlessgarbage4857]

They were more likely rich and awful, not poor and wonderful

[@cranksetwrench]

@@worthlessgarbage4857 stay mad that rich people will always be more successful then you, no one deserves this type of death

[@MikeJProto]

@@worthlessgarbage4857 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@T-Square]

Nazi's the passengers.

[@karlsalocks]

I know it's a figure of speech, but my little pet peeve: Destiny by definition is not controlled by anyone.

[@jkryanspark]

In the early '80s while playing softball on Sunday mornings along Long Island's south shore, my fellow players and I frequently got to see this magnificent plane making its descent into Kennedy Airport. It reminded me of an enormous pterodactyl.

[@weiweisun8581]

Pilots: Nooooooo!!! Air traffic controller: Oh mon dieu! Smithsonian Channel: It’s brighter here

[@leanimafriend9522]

“The crew can’t outfly the fire that is quickly consuming the plane” Excuse me how do you outfly a fire that is literally on your plane

[@chahandemilind]

If u for high enough or very fast enough and Concorde was the fastest plane

[@flaziola]

I think they mean to get the airspeed fast enough to cool the wing and extinguish the fire. I'm presuming the flight deck was doing all it could to cut off the fuel supply to the engine so as to remove fuel supply to the fire.

[@tormodhag6824]

@Eoin flying faster will only supply more oxygen, what the narrator said was meant to tell there is no saving the plane, it wasnt meant literally

[@abigfatblob]

while flying faster may supply more oxygen, the speed at which the oxygen is travelling past the plane is high enough that the fire cannot use all of it and the forces are both smothering and cooling the fire at the same time

[@paaryan]

*"This conversation is so high IQ its making my head hurt"*

[@jordon6067]

Horrible. They just payed $9000 to die.

[@geert574]

Their kids were like "Woohoo"

[@junioraviator4325]

@@geert574 Nope

[@fullconsciousness1448]

At least the funeral should have been included...or not? Hopefully it was

[@ben.taylor]

@@geert574 That's a horrible thing to say. They'd never see their parents again, if not just one of them.

[@ben.taylor]

@suny123boy1 What if it wasn't a fault with the aircraft, such the case of Flight 4590?

[@SoldierOfFate]

Imagine the horror of the flight tower crews, watching that plane take off with one of its engines on fire and absolutely nothing they can do will save those lost souls onboard.

[@BF1GUN]

2:58 “Something is happening” I wonder what made him think that!

[@Erunanethiel_TheBlack]

When you think it was not Concorde’s fault…such a beautiful aircraft, it will be forever remembered and loved ❤

[@Tomi.762]

concorde-1 crash-ITS SOOO DANGEROUS DC-10-15 crashes-its ok boeing-737-76 crashes-ITS THE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST

[@arussian_spy]

Comrade Vodka Cause f logic

[@Tomi.762]

makes sense

[@classicalricky]

well some of the crashes were pilot error. i've been a pilot long enough that i've flown the DC-10 & it handles REALLY well.

[@ericdorobantu8973]

Comrade Vodka that s not math..math is calculating how many types of boeing that flies at the moment and then devide the accident numbers..concord had only 4 aircrafts..1 crashed..so that means is it a bit bad..it was speedy..but very expensive...and i personally think the airbus is the best..

[@diabeticalien3584]

Eric Dorobantu there were 14 Concordes. It's only crash was caused because of another planes failure. As well as a mechanic that did not want to do his job.

[@NinjagoGuy416]

I like how they got the shape of Concorde's control columns right even though the view of them is brief. Well done, Smithsonian Channel.

[@TomSrc]

ITS NOT CONCORDES FAULT its either the airports fault for not checking the run way or it was the other plane in front dropped a metal peice and concordes tire ran over it and then the metal peice went for the fuel tank. i saw this ina documetry they found a peice that was not from concorde and they think that was the cause of it catching fire

[@leogarcia8640]

T\/Gamer the metal strip on the runway was the engine mount for a DC10

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

If an airport checked the runway after every flight that took off or landed, the airport wouldn't make as much money.

[@MrTrainFrog]

Lol it wasn't the DC-10's fault because the part wasn't put on correctly by mechanics.

[@MrTrainFrog]

No because the part they replaced wasn't put on correctly

[@redcardinalist]

Well then it was the opertaing companies fault then.

[@teejay5432]

Glad I'm binge watching these during covid international flight ban

[@carterrissmiller2510]

plane: crashes smithsonian: *Happy music* *I T S B R I G H T E R H E R E*

[@pkd8357]

The aircraft was beautiful I'm very upset that it crashed

[@ben.taylor]

I know. You simply can't accept the fact that such a beautiful aircraft has fallen, all due to something that wasn't its fault.

[@BillAnt]

@Sky Pilot < Chuckled, good one... you mean due to the DC (Death Chamber) ;)

[@crozraven]

Beautiful plane, too bad ...

[@MuhammadHussain-xi7uv]

Mad Matthew 1280 fuck you

[@redcardinalist]

It wasn't a waste of money at all. Not only did it assist aircraft development but from a brand point of view it was a flagship (and great advertising) for Air France and BOAC (later BA).

[@Thenormalguy_real_one]

Croz Raven I was it 2 days ago in a plane garage at the Heathrow airport

[@redcardinalist]

I Live in Edinburgh and shortly before it's retiral there was a flight over central Edinburgh. I didn't know about it and was walking along and heard this huge noise and here's Concorde banking overhead. It was a great sight!

[@BlueAcidball]

Croz Raven I just wish it didn’t retire, besides, I was born 2 years after the Concorde retired.

[@N-L3]

3:31 So sad, RIP to the pilots and all the passengers.

[@svanteylvinger8726]

I was flying from Greece to Sweden the day after. On our seats in the airplane there was newspapers that had the Concord-crash as the main news. My mate who is scared of flying did not really like to "read all about it".

[@osdoge6656]

The music at the end is inappropriate

[@bluenation3838yoohoo]

ur face is inappropriate

[@jmk0822]

Shit it weeb

[@naeagle1285]

@@bluenation3838yoohoo ur profile pic is inappropirate

[@Jet-Stream-Arc]

Its brighter here

[@jumbledsiren8190]

No u

[@fluffyrr4889]

They used the same cockpit in: *a320...a380....747....777....like what😂*

[@dharshdanube6911]

Lol the pilots are also same for some ,yeah sure they actors but how many times will the same guy die

[@novemberdelta1282]

Yeah, in their older seasons they actually used the proper cockpit and instruments.

[@imalentms1846]

i agree

[@Oat_meal_YT]

Like My God pick one

[@ronche8783]

No

[@ianburry5629]

A shame that such an iconic airplanes reputation was destroyed by someone else's plane falling apart

[@Pilotsisthebest]

That was not the pilot fault

[@1yoan3]

A fucking American plane

[@chinazieswillstartww3253]

It did make sense. Because debris in the runway are dangerous for jet engine. So the Concord can't operate on normal runway where debris are more likely. Running it on special air force runway are not economical. So they stopped the service

[@rogeryscankill962]

the dc10 just slapped the concorde in the face with debris

[@woodenseagull1899]

​@@rogeryscankill962The curse of the DC-10 struck again...

[@someperson298]

2:52 "The plane's airspeed is now dangerously low" *speed increases*

[@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet]

Logic.

[@supboiplayzsyea9294]

Lol

[@StressYt]

200 can be low depending on how fast they want it to go -_-

[@Tonatsi]

The counter goes up while the dial goes down. **_PHYSICS**_

[@someperson298]

@@Tonatsi ?

[@DavidMarfe]

When the plane was just 25 feet off the ground, Gilles Jardinaud, the flight engineer, shut down the ailing number two engine. Both French and British pilots say it was another disastrous mistake, which breached all set procedures. The engine itself was not on fire, and as the tank emptied and the fire burnt itself out, it would probably have recovered. The fixed drill for shutting down an engine requires the crew to wait until the flight is stable at 400 feet, and to do so then only on a set of commands from the captain.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

thery ítß f¹⁴ after búrñer ón liké f¹⁴ ór f¹⁶ nit reàl fíree ñír ßúper ßiñíç àftèr búrñer

[@AvesZephyros]

@@sharonbraselton4302 Great comment.

[@TheColinChapman]

the fire melted the elevons far before reaching Le Bourget. not shutting down engine no.2 would not have saved AF4590.

[@ScouseTrainspotter1999]

@@TheColinChapman most of the wing would of been melted too no way would they of made it

[@sirilreddy9508]

there was literally 1.2 tonnes of fuel in the tank that was burning out, there was little to nothing the pilot crew could do.

[@glipabazza9994]

Inaccurate view of available seats : That day, Concorde was fully loaded (100 passengers). Inaccurate view of the plane angle and trajectory at the moment of crash : In reality it was about 110° banking left + had more vertical speed than horizontal speed.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

They actually recovered from the left overbank which was caused by no.1 ingesting parts of the disintegrating left wing and failing this caused the asymmetric thrust from 3 and 4 to lift the right wing into the 100⁰+ left overbank forcing the pilots to reduce thrust on 3 and 4 or go in inverted but since they were only marginally flying to begin with they stalled and went in on a relatively flat trajectory - when the left wing began shedding parts the crash became inevitable

[@robertforster8984]

I didn’t know it was inverted. Rather I thought the captain put it 10 degrees nose up.

[@donrumata1006]

@@PabloGonzalez-hv3td sadly it was fatal... even if they tried to stop the plane instead of taking off after Vpoint it would have crashed after the track and burn with tons of fuel leaking everywhere... That was an impossible equation.

[@rstein926]

Imagine being on that plane looking forward to your trip and one minute you are relaxing and getting comfortable. The next minute the plane is about to crash and you only have moments before you are killed 😱😱😱

[@donrumata1006]

Fast as the plane was...

[@ajandrewy.1024]

Man, it's truly sad. There was a small clip of actual footage from someone passing by in their car. it's on the Air Crash Investigation episode. Of course, there's also that chilling photo after they rotated off the ground

[@captainchris4123]

This music in the end is so insulting here's a scenario : Ron : Hey man , what happened why are you crying? Bill : Hey Ron...I lost my mother... Ron : *SMITHSONIAN OUTRO PLAYS , IT'S BRIGHTER OUT HERE*

[@notthefather3919]

😭😭 so it should be all somber and drab? Why?

[@deflatedair6642]

Hey Ron HeY bIlLy

[@cfnmedia]

hahaha yea :D

[@KuroKegawa]

A single crash ends the line of the Concorde. Weird.

[@ben.taylor]

Concorde was retired three years after the crash due to expensive maintenance. By then, it would've been known that the Concorde was not at fault in this easily preventable accident.

[@biancab310]

Benjamin Taylor exactly

[@ben.taylor]

So realistically speaking, the DC-10 destroyed its mystique. It's sad, isn't it?

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@ben.taylor Improper concorde maintenance, overweight concorde, and pilot errors also contributed to the crash.

[@jessacamtzw]

Thats not the only reason they stop producing the plane!

[@nathancard884]

Imagine if you were in that hotel on the balcony chilling and seeing a plane coming towards you😳

[@Exoblix]

You wouldn’t be flushed you would be dead

[@FDguy343]

It wouldn't have been for very long. I guess that's a good thing. They went quick. RIP

[@gc1172]

I see a lot of comments on DC10 issues. Having flown a lot over 45 years and all kinds of planes I can tell you there is litter on runways often. One of the Concorde's issues was it had to be a lot lighter and thus not as able to take a hit from objects. One of its fears was birds and hail would have taken it down. Air plane safety is based on the total hours flown by a model and crashes with and without deaths to see what its real record is in the real world as flown. Safest is the DC3 with some still flying and have been for over 80 years.

[@TheColinChapman]

Safest is the DC3? Wikipedia is listing over 200 incidents with this plane (16.000 have been built). that's one per 80 planes. The A380 has no fatalities up to date, but will still be in service for several years (251 have been built). The A340 will retire within the next 3 to 5 years, with just a little luck, this might become the first plane that will have had a full career in the skies without any fatalities (380 have been built).

[@GlobalTossPot]

@@TheColinChapman yeah, not sure what that person is on about with the DC-3 being the safest. Research I did, it’s had 419 accidents with 2,707 fatalities. That’s far from being the safest even if it’s as old as it is. A honorable mention is the ERJ-145. Now it’s had a handful of accidents; a couple pilot error but majority skidding of runway due to terrible weather/slick runways, but none ever caused fatalities. If you don’t count those towards the plane itself, it’s a really safe aircraft

[@thorveim1174]

@GlobalTossPot you have to look over how many flights all these accidents happened though I mean a hypothetical plane with 10 crashes only would be real safe by the metric you provided here.. even if said plane only had 10 flights so far and that thus it crashed at every flight. And the DC-3 being such an old plane, the total number of flights has to be huge so 419 accidents may actually be a really low number statistically speaking

[@keegang_55]

Smithsonian video: *talks about death* Their outro: *happiness and joy sounds*

[@cxaviation3313]

The way he said that “engine fire procedure” I felt that

[@MozzyM0zzw4ld59]

21 years ago today. R.I.P to all of the passengers and crew that died on the flight.

[@nestormarte817]

the curse of the DC 10 stiles again. .dc= deadly crash

[@JSGirl09able]

DC-10 - Death Contraption 10

[@MrTrainFrog]

You dumbasses it wasn't the DC-10's fault because the part wasn't put on correctly by mechanics

[@Kardashiangrandere]

ESweden by Emerald MC you've said this on all comentsy

[@galaxywonders5165]

Nestor Marte DC= Death Cruiser

[@TheDogofTin]

The DC-10's are the aircraft versions of...of... Damn, I've got no idea on what animal for that

[@danielblaze4112]

So sad, very sad ! I feel a pinch of heart every time I pass by the accident site in Gonesse, for the passagers of course, and for the France.

[@lightsaberlordp373]

At least it didn't had a double aircraft crash like Tupolev 144 did

[@Mark_A50]

going off the runway is better because everybody might survive and it's easy to put the fire out

[@PublicLibertyOnline]

The DC-10 Is a stone cold killer

[@shajiddreamlinerb-787]

I didn't know that The reason is dc-10 😅 But i know today from mentor pilot yt Chanel

[@shaungreer3350]

20 years ago today. Rip to Sierra delta and her passengers.

[@stefcondor9482]

It wasn't Sierra Delta but Sierra Charlie ;-)

[@refutationguy6412]

Just when you were feeling good about the fact that this plane wasn't a DC-9 or a DC-10, it somehow makes an appearance in a Concorde crash. For those of you who don't know, a piece of a DC-9 popped the tire and caused the rubber to cause a fire. The DC series had the chance to be a truly great aeroplane, but faulty maintenance ruined it's record. You have to recognize that the DC series was essentially a lower cost alternative to a Boeing, and that most airlines using the DC series were poor and were more likely to cut costs of repairs when possible. RIP the DC series.

[@st.peterfuneral2981]

Refutation Guy you mean DC-10 not DC-9

[@igloo54]

bindlepig80 Like the Sins of Humankind which caused the death of Jesus Christ. Except that He Resurrected. The Concord will have to return as a different plane and program.

[@davidmurray4412]

Refutation Guy Funny how the Dc 10 did not crash, but still ends up crashing the other

[@MrTrainFrog]

Yeah, it was neither the Concorde's or the DC10's fault, it was the mechanics who put bad the part on.

[@danzervos7606]

The Concorde was a marginally safe airplane. The airlines had to compensate through extensive maintenance and having only their best pilots operate them. I think it is the only plane that could be destroyed by running over a strip of sheet metal.

[@GergelyPVari]

Today is the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. R. I. P. CONCORDE. Come back pls!

[@dramey]

I like how everything was sad and then at the end there’s bright and happy music

[@Koronuru]

Concorde: We will be the best and fastest commercial aircraft in the future! DC-10: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@suzannewalsh3341]

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[@Gk2003m]

Didn’t destroy its mystique at all. Debris on the runway brought it down. That’s on the airport management. The plane itself was awesome. I got to fly on it, and was amazed.

[@DaTrueBacon]

late reply but it isn't really the airport's fault. The debris fell from a dc10 that took off right before the concorde

[@Gk2003m]

@@DaTrueBacon ummm, no. You’re running an airport. It is your responsibility to ensure the runways are clear of debris. It certainly is not the responsibility of the flight crew following the plane that spewed the debris, and the crew of the plane that spewed the debris can’t have known in that moment.

[@DaTrueBacon]

@@Gk2003m I don't know much about the airport and runway stuff so if I'm wrong then im wrong

[@lucasnicoara7400]

@@Gk2003m You can't have shit falling off planes anyway. The dc10 was unreliable af and this titanium piece wasn't even certified.

[@VermyScrubs]

@@DaTrueBaconthe strip was only 1.1-.3 inches wide and 0.055 thick. On a runway it was virtually undetectable. Let’s not forget that this was the middle of the day.

[@Mateo-lb3op]

Screw you, Continental Death Chamber 10. You made the Concorde fail.

[@JSGirl09able]

Upvoted

[@MrTrainFrog]

You dumbasses it wasn't the DC-10's fault because the part wasn't put on correctly by mechanics

[@redcardinalist]

Fault/smault. Irrelevant wordage. The DC-10 caused the disaster when a part fell off. I don't care if that was down to the mechanics who serviced the part. They either directly worked for the DC-10 operating airline or for a sub-contractor. Don't be so pedantic regarding "fault". It wasn't the fairies or magic moonbeams or a TGV that caused the crash; it was a DC-10.

[@gamingblaming3838]

rip concorde

[@sfsaviation]

It failed from being to expensive to operate dc-10 had little to nothing to do with it

[@BoskiM]

I remember watching this like if it was yesterday

[@rob5674]

DC-10, worst plane to ever take flight. Not only has it taken the lives of those on board, it has also taken the lives of those on other aircrafts

[@hevendor958]

well blame the company for not taking care of the DC-10

[@jasonph2522]

100% correct, in the 1980's, I purposely missed a flight because I discovered to my horror it was a D(eath) C(ertain) 10- such was it's horrible reputation even back then.

[@guy3639]

@@jasonph2522 Death Chamber 10. That's the DC-10 for you. For all of us. Terrible plane.

[@mach6893]

it's called the Death Cruiser for a reason.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

There was a lot more to the crash than just the debris on the runway(improper concorde maintenance, tons overweight, pilot errors, etc): www.askthepilot.com/untold-concorde-story/ The DC-10 started badly, but had a good record overall.

[@lightsaberlordp373]

Christian Marty was also a French ex-athlete who took part in the Olympics before joining his flight career with Air France!!

[@coolguy13333]

What a crazy thing imagine just being in a plane and seeing a fire out ur window

[@shiblee0670]

Please always give us episode and season number so that we can watch it directly and I do not need to look at every episode to find

[@xdgreenlambo1232]

*Plane crashes and a lot of people die* The channel: it’s brighter here

[@TheFunkernickel]

My dad was a body guard for Henry Kissinger and he flew in this

[@springspAce.]

Shoot, that must suck. Did he survive?

[@-_neo_-]

Sincere condolences

[@kur0_m1i]

thats so cool to be able to say

[@midasmagnezone4282]

Your dad flew in a Concorde or the 4590? If the latter, I'm sorry to hear

[@idknils2920]

Cool Now.....

[@jacobwong2230]

Fact: The DC 10 is a troublemaker. PS: Why Couldn't they just abort take off?

[@jamblman]

I just watch the documentary on the crash. Didn't know the metal scrap had come off a DC10.. and thought the very came. The DC10, when not in trouble, is causing trouble...

[@youropiniondoesntmatter5005]

Facts don’t even have to be on the plane for it to be dangerous

[@RefrigeratedWaffles2]

Of course it was a DC-10.

[@fsg7710]

Of course

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz3816]

(DC) Death Cruiser

[@deoglemnaco7025]

the thing that gets me, is how they were able to have such great footage of the air tower people AND the people in the Concorde; including the pilots and passengers. It's almost like they knew something was going to happen.

[@ashishkushwaha7045]

It was an insider job. Jet fuel can't melt the airplane.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

@@ashishkushwaha7045 just another Vietnam…..

[@remzy4173]

Facts

[@jadrankapavlovic3126]

ask these from boeing how and why the concord fell, they know very well

[@glooper]

this is a reenactment

[@CloserExamination]

Perhaps someone could answer this question. Why did they ground Concord after this accident? The cause of this accident was not directly related to the airliner. The debris could have hit any commercial jet just right and caused this catastrophic event. Furthermore, many commercial airliners have crashed due to their own mechanical and/or pilot failures yet they are still in service.

[@williambrandondavis6897]

The difference is the people that died. The concord tickets cost $10,000. Everyone on the jet was rich elites with really good lawyers.

[@Zippism]

The concorde wasnt cost effective, there are some videos on youtube explaining that. It would have stopped flying sooner or later even if that crash didnt happen, it just accelerated the decline.

[@themechanic9398]

As sad as this was if I'm not mistaken I believe debris from a fight that landed before this aircraft took off ruptured the fuel tank. It was another plane that caused this accident not Concorde. Loads of planes are still flying after multiple accidents. What makes this any different to any other aircraft that crashes but still flys? Rest in peace to all those that perished.

[@janstein2142]

Yes, it did!

[@Deeky76]

Exactly 👍

[@mrtoastgshost]

Concorde was already on its way out due to expensive maintenance, higher crew costs (Concorde required 3 pilots while other planes only needed 2), and restrictions that forced it to fly slower than the speed of sound (which was the whole point of Concorde). Then we have this crash that grounded the entire Concorde fleet, then 9/11 happens a year later which screwed up the entire airline industry.

[@anjou6497]

At last a sensible voice. Thank you. 👍

[@flabeachlas]

The concorde was unbelievably expensive to fly and required a lot of fuel and not luxurious at all. The plane had frequent problems with tires bursting and flinging pieces up into the Wings where the fuel was contained

[@laidsgpr63]

What a beautiful aircraft. What a shame to see it end like that !! R.I.P.

[@obscured.by.clouds.]

Concorde should have had its own team of semi- superheroes that accompanied it on weekly and seasonal sitcom adventures. I never flew it, maybe it did.?

[@sealy999]

I keep watching these and I feel like I don’t know enough about what’s going on and what happened.

[@SmokeyBCN]

A lot of this is an oversimplification, watch John Hutchinson's Interview on the matter. Many mistakes and false assumptions were made that compounded to cause the disaster. Maybe later in the episode they clarify some things, but for starters, there was no engine fire, and the shutdown of the engine probably doomed the plane because it did not have the power to stay airborne from that moment.

[@Beaver-b1v]

There’s an interesting point made about another Concorde pilot regarding this crash and Air France if any other aviation enthusiasts would like to read it’s by the pilot John Hutchinson.

[@suzannewalsh3341]

Yeah, it was in History Channel's documentary on the plane.

[@sidney3117]

It's been 20 years since this happend 🥺❤️ RIP Concorde 🙏🏻

[@TeamPsychoGaming]

My father got to ride on one of these concords a year before they stopped!

[@ChilternRailPhotography]

Smithsonian Channel: Its Brighter And Happyer Here Me: **watches this** yeah it deffinatly is brighter. but not so happy

[@crypteddata6736]

I like how they all die then it says It's brighter here!

[@dekipvanida]

CryptedData same

[@ivan-ym8ik]

rbloks

[@AC-xh3pn]

OOF

[@rocksikhaselvakumar2604]

CryptedData life

[@dylantorres7112]

Do you have a roblox account?

[@Doritx7]

:Concorde gets Destroyed and everyone dies :Smithsonian Chanel Its brighter Here

[@darkninja3224]

Lucky the filming crew survived

[@theskiller2217]

@just me its a documentary.. 🤦‍♀️

[@sophia66666]

After watching 3 of these i am scared to go on a plane again..

[@algrayson8965]

I D D - Get back on your motorcycle.

[@cancelanime1507]

• nophaa • That’s pretty sad since if they made these for car accidents no one would ever drive a car again..

[@triton6490]

You are more likely to die from a lightning strike. Cant live ur life like that

[@khaisproductions]

0:36 Who was the guy with grey hair I thought he was the flight engineer gilles jardinaud but he died who is the guy with grey hair talking?

[@spud13x13]

I happened to arrive at CDG the morning of the same day of this crash. My ex and I didn't hear about the crash until we arrived at her parent's house in Bretagne nearly 7 hours later. I still think about those that perished that day all these years later.

[@alex_0005]

Imagine. Hearing “flames behind you”😭😭

[@lightsaberlordp373]

RIP Concorde, The British and French marvel aviation achievement!!!!

[@niharikamishra8371]

Concorde : goes super fast . Atc controller :nice ! Literally 30 seconds later : plane is on fire : atc : oh god 2 minutes later, crashes into hotel: atc : cries and crawls under the desk

[@anggahartoto]

Fun fact: There are only 2 super sonic jet models. Tu 144 and Concorde, both ever crashed in Paris only 6 miles apart.

[@julosx]

Your comparison just doesn't make sense. There were 26 years between the two to begin with.

[@anggahartoto]

julosx yes I know, but the loaction

[@tonyhannes]

Thats right

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

@@julosx A Mile is not a unit of time

[@brownie473]

*Air France Flight 4590 was heading to New York JFK Airport from Paris Airport, at 3:20PM Air France 4590 requests takeoff from runway 26R, the Concorde engines goes on fire. Because, a Continental DC-10 was heading to Newark that took off from the same runway a piece from the fuselage ripped off on takeoff, soon as Air France 4590 known as AF4590 took off from Runway 26R, then at 3:26PM the plane engines on the Concorde exploded, the flight crashed at a hotel near the airport. Thanks for reading this!*

[@somerandomninja4027]

Airport hotel? Seriously? How ironic.....

[@arthurhill3454]

I like the Concorde in movie James Bond Moonraker with Concorde Roger Moore and the Concorde 79.

[@ColinH1973]

I like the Concorde Concorde, with the Concorde, Concorde, Concorde. Concorde.

[@michaelschumacher3701]

You Now who caused it to Crash? A dc-10 ._.

[@벨라-i6u]

Arthur Hill WHY AM I WATCHING THIS

[@MrMiamiswaggz305]

Traumatizing for anyone witnessed this with there own eyes. RIP to deceased

[@shipsun]

*Plane crashes into hotel* Smithsonian plays happy music* "IT'S BRIGHTER HERE"

[@miguelsalami]

They forgot to show you the plane that departed just before them that lost a piece of metal on the runway that blew the Concords tire.

[@waterbeyza3769]

Damn this rly happend ????

[@miguelsalami]

@@waterbeyza3769 Absolutely!

[@ahmedsabith4157]

Concorde has the best design among the all airplanes

[@antcraft3590]

They've put 4950 in the title when it is actually 4590.

[@nranacs5844]

Ant Craft they haven't

[@antcraft3590]

In the title.

[@jdm_jord0391]

Ant Craft they haven't

[@antcraft3590]

When this was released, that's what it said and they can change the title.

[@eetuhautala3777]

shit

[@boundaryzero]

This should be titled - "how the French managed to destroy the concordes reputation" - AirFrance had several near disasters already with the concorde due to piss poor maintenance and tire explosions - the last flight was a perfect storm of pilot arrogance (CoG was too far aft), crew and maintenance incompetence (wrong engine shut down, and critical parts left uninstalled) and bad luck. BA had no such issues previously and their mx was meticulous, as was their piloting.