Helicopter Hit by Lightning Crashes into North Sea: A Tale of Survival

On 19 January 1995, lightning damages the tail rotor of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C, forcing the crew to perform an emergency autorotation to a ditching in the sea. Despite the rough sea conditions, the 16 oil rig workers and 2 pilots are rescued by nearby ships.
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[@echoplots8058]

I immediately get very uncomfortable with these documentaries when they still haven't interviewed the crew after like 5 minutes.

[@christinafidance340]

Me too!!! But sometimes, they do it on purpose to build suspense and I’m just hoping for that!! Lol

[@Redneckrampage]

@@christinafidance340 Yeah but if you read the description: "Despite the rough sea conditions, the 16 oil rig workers and 2 pilots are rescued by nearby ships."

[@robertsandberg2246]

"Rescue 911" did that a lot. Freaked me out as a little kid!

[@WorisonTV]

that's actually good giving you more suspense

[@abhigyanpratap]

The crew died mate how would they interview them

[@andrewburkinshaw1446]

The card the little girl wrote in the end gave me goosebumps. What amazing deep understanding she has of what happened

[@skylineXpert]

the thank you is humble yet so powerful

[@Reality_TV]

Imagine surviving and then having people WHO WERE NOT THERE doubt you and treat you like the enemy! WOW!

[@MrOnemate]

It's a cruel world. That's why I don't go out much. Iam fully armed with my Chinese CF98 with 156 bullets semi Automatic !

[@mikeloghry9521]

That's the Brits for ya.

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

@@mikeloghry9521 Behave.

[@alexkudjiku2993]

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[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Yea, unfathomable! People can be so cruel and narrow minded! Just because no one has crashed because of lightning before, doesn't mean it can't happen!

[@jennifercordova7229]

If nothing else, this video made me appreciate oil rig workers so much more...

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Well said! Same👏👏

[@bananka4905]

There is a movie out with Mark Wahlberg about an oil rig that burns up.. true story... forget the name of it... I always had respect for workers on oil rigs as it looks so lonely, so isolated out there... but this movie gained all my respect .

[@treydeuce8479]

@@bananka4905 Yeah the BP Spill . Movie is called deep water horizon

[@bananka4905]

@@treydeuce8479 that's it!! Loved the movie. Thankyou

[@bananka4905]

@@treydeuce8479 I notice you commented before on the same KZbin channel i was on. Hahaha. I remember your name

[@Uncommon_Sense01]

This is by far the best air crash investigation show I have ever watched and I’ve seen them all. I particularly liked this episode even though I’m a fixed wing fan. The Brits really know how to do a decent documentary.

[@redshirt49]

This show is Canadian actually.

[@Melesse636]

@@redshirt49 Beat me to it. :D

[@Uncommon_Sense01]

@@redshirt49 the accent is British though?! 🤔

[@TheNadinucca]

@@Uncommon_Sense01 well, it can be a Canadian show with a British narrator. I dunno. I recently discovered it and just love it!

[@Uncommon_Sense01]

@@TheNadinucca yea that's true i guess. It is really good though yea

[@adriennewilson7192]

The card the helicopter pilot got and still keeps absolutely made me tear up, what a profound and genuine reminder of how things could have been

[@kathleenbemis9676]

Because of the fast actions of the pilots, the entire crew's lives were saved. I don't blame the 4 men that didn't want to go up in a helicopter again, and stayed on the ship. After such a tradgic experience, I wouldn't want to go back into a helicopter myself. I'm so glad that everyone made it home 🏡 safely.

[@MrOnemate]

I live alone in london. Can I ask your hand for marriage if your father agree....

[@harisdaoud1120]

@@MrOnemate 0_0 Wutt

[@uglybetty8747]

@@MrOnemate dat escalated quickly UwU

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I'm glad no one was physically harmed. I hope they were ok mentally as well. Severe trauma can really affect someone, even if everyone was saved! We often tend to forget that!

[@kathleenbemis9676]

@@JaneDoe-ci3gj I totally agree with you.

[@AndeePandCompany]

Love when there are no fatalities!

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Same, we have to remember though there might stil be mental trauma. Very important to help people with that, as well as seeing to their physical injuries!

[@bootsnsaddle8289]

THANK GOD !!!

[@deborahhutcheson1501]

Yes, no fatalities but I cried anyway. When Britain started putting together all the why's, how's & what happened together, it seemed like 2 days was way too early to start putting blame on the 2 pilots. I started feeling a kind of an angry bewilderment that Britain would so quickly do this. Insisting it had to be pilots' error, I hope this has taught them to be more open to the simplicity of waiting for all evidence to come in, and how 2 days later there could still be many answers to come in. A freak storm with other issues, accumulating on manufacturer's poor design! Imagine what emotions the 2 pilots were experiencing with blame going on them?! I'm so glad the truth exonerated them!

[@deprofundis3293]

@@deborahhutcheson1501 same!

[@googlegoogle9712]

I hate spoilers

[@user-ev8jc7uo1v]

The dislikes on this video were from the flat earthers: 10:35

[@michaelahearn3873]

That’s right

[@KRLE2582]

ROFL

[@magdalaas]

Lol!

[@riderprovider6213]

💯

[@joyhruska9377]

🤣🤣🤣 same thing crossed my mind at the exact time. Lol

[@dcc-randomstorieswithmel7424]

This channel has some of the best documentaries ever,I'm so so addicted!

[@soshiangel90]

At first, I was certain they all died but when they continued to give details about the events in the life raft I knew at least someone had to survive because this show has been very good about not adding extra detail where none exists.

[@Lyndiloo]

My husband often works offshore and I thought it was the coolest thing when he would call to say he was getting on a helicopter and would be home early. Now it's slightly less cool...

[@nunya2954]

My brother worked the oil fields too, he was never, ever happy to have to take the helicopters back and forth. That training shown for ditching, he hated it, but they all did it, and according to him, the guys paid attention to training and practice, they all new and had seen too many accidents to take practice and training for granted.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I understand it can be scary, but it all worked out fine because of their training and the resources at hand (the other helicopter and the boat)!

[@ControlTouchMaster]

I was a Bristow pilot for twenty years. I went down in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. It was Easter Sunday. I had just dropped off my passengers and was headed back to the beach by myself when I had to land in the water due to an engine failure. I was back flying two days later.

[@bootsnsaddle8289]

@Lyndi Wittman "Slightly less cool" ?? I would say ABSOLUTELY NOT COOL !!!

[@andrewnicholas9079]

I flew offshore in the gulf of Mexico for nearly 10 years. There was one crash in 2009 In a sikorsky S76 that hit a red tailed hawk and it crashed into the swamps killing 7 of 8 and the other guy is permanently handicapped. After seeing the pictures not sure how he survived.

[@jeanmeslier9491]

There is a wealth of information in this video that all helicopter manufacturers need to see. The erosion strips are usually stainless steel, at least early on. I worked at a major helicopter company as the transition to carbon fiber began. I first saw demonstrations in the laboratories and ended up directing repairs on main carbon fiber rotor components.. I can relate to the 4 guys who wouldn't get on the rescue helicopter..I walked away form a dead stick landing in 1960. and haven't flown since. I built aircraft for 40 years and was a very tough inspector. I worked around helicopters and helicopter pilots, civilian and military for over 40 years. I have never heard anyone, except news people and narrators refer to a helicopter as a "chopper". They must think it gives them an "in the know" position or something. I think a 1960s maybe, TV show about the Korean war used the word "chopper.'" But I never heard Korean veteran pilots say it.

[@docholiday7758]

I flew in choppers in the international oilpatch for a couple of decades. We all called them "choppers". Towards the very end of this video, one of the pilots also calls it a chopper.

[@cosechartusbendiciones239]

NOW THATS A REAL PILOT.CONGRATULATIONS FOR SAVING YOUR WHOLE CREW LIFE!!AMAZING 👏

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Was saddens me the most is that Britain's Civil Aviation Authority refuses to accept the findings of the investigation!

[@juliesprik9479]

They're arrogant,they think they know it all.

[@spvillano]

@@juliesprik9479 nope, it's far worse. Mitigating against a rare risk is considered far too expensive. Maybe when an A380 drops flaming into the heart of London, then the price might be considered a bargain (the same being true of every major transportation authority). Safety programs only move forward when the way is lubricated by blood.

[@ehteshammuhammad9813]

@@spvillanoqq ,

[@dbclass4075]

That is common problem of most regulatory authorities: ignoring the investigative body's recommendations.

[@cayman9873]

Sad

[@TheBaileyandashlyn]

How do you not accept the investigation's findings just because you dont like them? What kind of professionalism is that?

[@notme2day]

So glad the pilots were cleared.. especially since so much in aviation accidents IS human error. Though technically it WAS human error due to manufacture assuming carbon blades would operate in the same way as fiberglass.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I'm glad the pilots were cleared too! Sometimes we forget that humans can not only error but be the solution to things!

[@watchgoose]

yeah, human error when you factor in the complete dependence on computers.

[@jasonlieu5379]

I drive a truck I listen to these documentary's all day I see heard almost all of them makes for a good day

[@hollywarehouse7938]

Be safe driving, ppl can be bat sht crazy on the roads✌🏽

[@fastcarsfreedom7282]

So I am not the only one. lol Along with Wonder I also tune into Locked up abroad and Almost got away with it. They both will suck you in and make the miles go by alot faster.

[@rajahranjit]

Same

[@OSUfan757]

Same here bud

[@christinafidance340]

@@fastcarsfreedom7282 Some of my favorite shows of all time!!! Oh and I shouldn’t be alive!!!

[@xanseviera]

I literally cried when the helicopter found them!

[@terrorhuhn9192]

ok

[@nightingaleofficial3604]

Wow, money is the real reason they refused the final findings 🤦‍♀️

[@Suisfonia]

Of course, money talks.

[@spvillano]

@@Suisfonia well, until an A380's passengers have to walk from altitude and it gets *really* expensive.

[@africacarey]

Money is the root of all evil I do totally believe that in the Bible

[@robertwatson818]

@@africacarey LOVE of money is what it says.

[@kaboomwinn4026]

If they didn’t find the Proof of ultra rare lighting strikes the helicopter then they would blame the pilot for lies about lightning strikes and say it was human error and ruined a man career.

[@JonathanZoerlein]

10:30 and all the flat earthers cry out in disbelief

[@techhelpportal7778]

1:08

[@traceechislett8463]

😆😆

[@jwil2414]

Hey no different when I laugh at people that think water curves and airlines fly upside down to Australia, and the people of Australia are walking upside down at the bottom of the globe. Everyone has the right to believe what they want.

[@PDPIE1029]

@@jwil2414 🤣🤣

[@ES-zz5yj]

Yes call this BS alert

[@princessann3760]

the ones who refused to fly with helicopter again...poor guy must have been very traumatized

[@florjanbrudar692]

Believe me, I would also be

[@secretdaisy6484]

Definitely a good result of the crew’s excellent flying skills. They really deserved those commendations. 🎖👍☮️🌞🌟

[@jamieohjamie]

This story is just "And then, it got worse."

[@feraynironmane8101]

"But wait, there's more!"

[@jamieohjamie]

@@feraynironmane8101 "They landed in the sea safely. BUT then the raft blocked the door! And they overfilled the other raft! And they forgot to share their location! And they forgot their flare signal! And the rope was severed! And their were sharks, probably!"

[@karshaakman7833]

@@jamieohjamie then the sharks started to make holes in the raft?!?!?

[@jamieohjamie]

@@karshaakman7833 The sharks were the ones preventing the door from sinking.

[@karshaakman7833]

@@jamieohjamie then the sharks finn apeard out of the water then they realized:

[@chrisran24]

"I survived a helicopter crash" would be one helluva party conversation.

[@HannahsYT]

A helicopter Mayday?? Please do not disturb for the next 50 minutes, I will be in my happy place ❤

[@yeremychauvin9835]

I worked offshore for 25 years but never had to ditch our ride , anyway the Gulf of Mexico is not as cold as the north sea , but we come close a few times but still made it back to land , many died over the years and may they R.I.P.

[@petranovak6680]

Are there sharks there though?

[@yeremychauvin9835]

@@petranovak6680 Yes indeed ! But they never really mess with ppl !

[@brenne8030]

@@yeremychauvin9835 unless of course someone was injured/ bleeding 😱

[@deprofundis3293]

@@petranovak6680 sharks rarely attack humans

[@docholiday7758]

@@deprofundis3293 Are you familiar with the story of the USS Indianapolis?

[@TommyTarkov]

that is epic that all survived ! good feeling that nobody died

[@ControlTouchMaster]

I landed in the water in a Bell 206B ( N70Q ) on Easter Sunday of 2005 about twenty miles south of Intracoastal City, Louisiana. I was picked up by a shrimp boat called the Mariah Jade out of Chauvin, Louisiana. Luckily I had dropped off my passengers and was returning to the beach by myself.

[@FaithandNova]

Wow that must have been scary. Do you still fly?

[@ControlTouchMaster]

@@FaithandNova I quit flying this year.

[@bluehorizons8913]

Wow that sounds so scary! I would literally poop myself on the way down.

[@africacarey]

@@FaithandNova good for you that it worked out

[@deprofundis3293]

Yikes, glad you were okay!

[@natal777]

Thank God for those 2 great pilots !

[@khaotic6668]

Awe he kept the letter from that little girl :) a true hero

[@ZealotCuber]

Super Amazing Series. Thank you for all episodes. Love from Nepal

[@josemannyhernandez4760]

I just can’t get enough of these documentaries 🙌🏻😆

[@deprofundis3293]

So addicted XD

[@robertoquinn7047]

As a fixed wing pilot, I was thought any aircraft was safe from lightening in the air. Thanks for these additional scientific based facts.

[@ywe3]

Actually lighting strikes on a airliner isn't so much better...if the lighting misses the grounding stakes and hits a wing with no fuel or low fuel could cause an explosion

[@moteroargentino7944]

@Initialddriver Actually, in 2008 the FAA issued a rule to install inert gas systems in new airplanes and retrofit it in older models, with the exception of cargo planes. So fuel vapors igniting shouldn't be a concern. Shouldn't...

[@jlb396]

The ending was so touching 😥

[@florjanbrudar692]

I agree. If I were to save passengers on a plane or helicopter I probably would've gotten a family letter too.

[@florjanbrudar692]

That ending was heart-warming

[@change_your_oil_regularly4287]

If they had never found the tail rotor people would still be condemning the pilots which I think is disgusting. The pilots must have felt good (at least better) when it was found.

[@itsmeekers]

They probably still tried. They always do that. They would blame Sully if he was friends with Mike Tyson for the Bird Strikes.

[@Werrf1]

They're playing up the drama. There are always questions asked about the crew of a crashed aircraft, even if there was an obvious technical failure. Scepticism saves lives. In this case, it's being used to play up the drama and the quesiton of how lightning caused such unexpected damage.

[@itsmeekers]

@@Werrf1 Yes, but when you're Sully and they still are well you swerved into the birds! You got the plane wet!

[@Werrf1]

@@itsmeekers When you're Sully, the investigators were under a lot of pressure. "Nobody wanted to sully Sully". Nonetheless, even though nobody wanted to attack him, they still had to question his actions and decide if he did the right thing. He did, and report said as much.

[@itsmeekers]

@@Werrf1 Right but I hate when a piece falls off a plane and the airlines plays blame the Pilot.

[@bootsnsaddle8289]

Thank God for these pilots & MOST especially, the First Responders !! WOW !! What COULD go wrong, DID go wrong !! Regardless of any mistakes the first two pilots made, I believe they & God, saved the lives of ALL 18 men !!

[@shuvasishtalukdershuvo821]

49:43 I got goosebumps while he was reading survivor's daughter's letter

[@urielhainzl6275]

The first time they didn't interview the passengers during the accident. I thought they would die

[@paul6925]

Yea that was a surprise

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

That is good though. From what I understand. Interviews can actually cause additional trauma!

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Hero pilots deserve every award they received.

[@jeremycox2983]

Rule #1 never underestimate Mother Nature. Just because you think you what she is capable of doesn’t mean you 100% know what she is capable of.

[@maxflight777]

Couldn’t watch this without crying ….

[@mskinetik]

FINALLY! Wonder is getting back to the REAL survival stories instead of following rich posers going on fame seeking ego expeditions. Thanks Wonder!

[@bernlin2000]

They must have caught on pretty quick that fans were gaining comfort from interviews of the crew early on in the episode, because it took a full 30 minutes here, wow! Really had me unnerved for sure, very simple way to cast a lot of doubt into what's going to happen here. Also very cool to see a non-airplane event, helicopters are far tougher than I realized!

[@motojunkie8348]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the "experts" who doubted the pilots story either worked for the helicopter company or the insurance company. Both of which would have every reason to put the blame on the pilots.

[@trr4488]

Good it all turned out well. Only thing that would have been best is to radio position but I guess in the moment it was forgotten.

[@notme2day]

Forgot locator beacon too. They got real lucky!

[@amberkat8147]

@@notme2day- Considering that the helicopter who had the best chance of finding them couldn't detect it anyway, I don't think it was that crucial of a mistake.

[@aeroair4724]

Thanks for the free Mayday episodes :D

[@MichelleQuintiaVLOGS]

I’m addicted to these uploads! ❤️

[@drewilson2262]

More Air crash investigation pls 😩

[@docholiday7758]

I worked in the North Sea on the Thistle Alpha platform for a couple of years...took these choppers countless times. Had some spooky moments..e.g. landing backwards between cranes and the flare stack in the dark during blizzard conditions and 70 mph winds, or diving towards the sea with some kind of mechanical fault hoping we can gain enough altitude to clear the vertical coastal cliffs of Shetland. Being a North Sea Tiger had its moments. :)

[@deprofundis3293]

Yikes!

[@suspicionofdeceit]

“The long line has been cut, it’s been shredded” lol

[@noobfromtheuk1113]

45:32 "that was luck more than judgement" When we all clearly know it was the massive balls of steel the pilots had to pull that landing off

[@denisesander7728]

Those pilots were wonderful

[@GudaGudaPaisen]

Respect to Survivors!

[@52ponybike]

I was thinking it wonderful this was one episode I'd not end up with tears flowing. But NO, the very last sentence changed all that! At least they are tears of happiness.

[@zoyalis1487]

One year later I'm still binge watching documentaries as if covid-19 quarantine just began. So happy to find this channel bc I was running out of things to watch. 😭😭😭 #besafe

[@iamrichrocker]

bosses worried about 20K a day to recover chopper..when these companies make billions a year..smh..typical

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

GET TO THE CHOPAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[@CrabGamingTF2]

Love these documentaries so addicting and informative

[@1961Lara]

I had to do that class when I worked on an island in Alaska, for an oil company! It was fun.

[@rivesdoe6442]

Thankyou wonder

[@sem3423]

1:10 “the cause of the crash shocks the involved” oof poor choice of words

[@matthew48609]

The Cause of the Crash shocks those involved....

[@danni1993]

To prevent some of those problems, 'chaos' each man needs to be delegated a job i.e. one guy for the emergency beacon, two or 3 guys for getting the raft, one guy to remind the pilot to report their coordinates, ONE guy in charge, etc.

[@GaZonk100]

the scale of the engineering is astonishing...from another world

[@rama30]

I couldn't do this. I admire those who can.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

1:21 I love the intro of Mayday AKA Air Crash Investigation

[@gottaprepordie]

I did training for ditching an under water helicopter crash. That was scary enough, I couldn't imagine the real thing. 😳

[@ScarabChris]

As a life long boater you always stay with the boat if it's floating. If it's floating upright you stay in the boat until you feel it will sink. In this case I would have stayed in the helicopter with the life raft ready to go in case the chopper started taking on water. If this recreation is accurate the helicopter looked like the safest place to be.

[@cosechartusbendiciones239]

Yea a little more time.

[@Alb410]

Not in this case. Helicopters are NOT lifeboats, they are top-heavy as hell and if it tips, it takes them down with them. The floats are also meant to be temporary and won't last long in the waves.

[@fastone942]

Just proof training can save your life when all goes wrong

[@allidragon7041]

The CAA really won't do anything unless someone is lost? Guys, you should be thankful that everyone survived.

[@eufemiahechanova5927]

I watched and amazed 👏 the bravery of the pilots in times of emergency,now I understand why we have to remove our shoes when we enter our terminal in the airport in the Philippines..

[@MegaMARLEEN1]

Wow Congratulations to the complete crew of the helicopter. Skilled, disciplined and trained they made it through the unexpected and unthinkable before that. And their second survival skills were also tested after the accident, by having to prove the incident was really caused by a lightning. And again they showed skills, determination and training all the way through. The final note shows their humanity. Their best reward was the card of a daughter of one of their passengers, thanking them for saving their father's life. Good people make a good planet.. Also flying again after this unexpected adventure seems quite remarkable to me. Beautiful documentary. Note: Hope regular airliners will take 'note' and ACTION of the conclusions of this investigation. Good and always better people make good and better planet, I think.

[@SimPilotMika]

Ah you skipped 2 episodes! The bomb on board one, and the mistaken identity one?! What happened?

[@pamelagroover2850]

very intriguing , and fascinating video. thanks Wonder.

[@rotenhoko]

Looks like the CAA won't do anything till lives are lost...

[@Zoomer30_]

Sounds like NASA

[@spvillano]

That's true of every transportation authority. Safety programs are lubricated to move forward by blood.

[@elickykibet3079]

Kenyan fan🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@Del-Canada]

I remember Piper Alpha well. I had just joined the military a few months prior and remember discussing the incident with some other recruits.

[@timgraaff7551]

All made it alive? God was with them!!

[@timothythomas1626]

There should be a Radar and Controller station mounted on one of the rigs or at "The Gate" .

[@alteredneon2491]

Thank you for making these episodes available to us, So many sad stories, So many unscrupulous business practices only interested in money destroying lives and families. Accountability needs to be taken more seriously, but sadly with these entities budgets exceeding small countries lives don't matter. And to think that it was denounced by the UK is even more mind boggling. is it money, or corruption.

[@petranovak6680]

It is scary to think this especially when these sorts of things happen in such countries as the UK, really disappointing. If they don't care, then who will?

[@amberkat8147]

Money. Overhauling the blades of every helicopter and the wings of every modern plane in Great Britain would cost too much compared to the estimated loss of life. Until it causes a REAL tragedy that forces the entire world to pay attention and makes people not trust flying in the UK they'll ignore it.

[@johngeorge5684]

Thank you God for the help of this.

[@ARYorkieMom]

So before they had the tail rotor they start calling the pilots liars and questioning their stories? 😯

[@alainvosselman9960]

I was thinking the same. People should get more educated about toxic behavior such as undermining another individual's integrity. It should be material for high school ... in all countries. There's just too much of it.

[@notme2day]

@@alainvosselman9960 I understand the skepticism since this had never happened before and was unique BUT the real problem was the manufacturer thinking that carbon would react the same as fiberglass without doing any text.. that's negligence in my book.

[@alainvosselman9960]

@@notme2day One simply does not undermine someone else... It's really a sickening trait and belongs to the domain of severe mental abuse. In our society it is even the most common form of abuse.

[@akyer8085]

I wouldnt go far to say theyre liars, but if I was to hear the story without the underlying cause, I too would be skeptical. It is a very popular common knowledge that aircraft are designed to survive direct hit on lightning strikes. They have to be, its part of regulation. Its for this reason an aircraft that crash to the surface solely because of lightning strike is a very rare sight to hear nowadays, often its a combination of errors or mismanagement that causes accidents, not a simple natural lightning strikes. People are bad at insight, we are bad at predicting the future. It is rather infuriating that the standards and regulation hasnt changed in response to this incident all because of money. If this happened on a large passenger airline, they wouldve change the procedures.

[@ARYorkieMom]

@@akyer8085 but the problem is, they made these claims and statements to the press. Do a Google search! It is one thing to have questions, but another to go to the press and make these statements with no facts or proof!

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

Best Doc

[@theresabraddock9310]

Im so happy they saved my cousin Vinny!

[@nightingaleofficial3604]

I had no idea there could be floating devices added to make landing on the water smoother. Wonder if they are working on something like that for commercial aircrafts…could be helpful to a lot of over the seas maydays.

[@Skeletomania]

It's not for landing. It's designed to keep the helicopter from sinking so passengers have time to escape

[@phalanx3803]

not very useful as most aircraft that re not sea planes cant handle water landing they tend to flip and break up as the engines hang so low they touch the water first and dig in.

[@Alb410]

Planes while landing are too fast and they could lose stability from the floats and tip over because of the fact they land flying forwards, not straight down.

[@deprofundis3293]

Commercial planes are just too big for flotation devices, unfortunately, along with the other reasons stated. But I think we should keep trying to come up with solutions anyway, in the off chance that people survive an ocean crash

[@0700andrea]

Amazing story, love this channel

[@flaxenpotato2008]

Damn, Poor people onboard. I hope helicopters in the future are some lightining bolt proof just like planes are.....

[@Sembel-xh9vq]

Those floats came in clutch lol

[@vickysparadise]

I cried when the helicopter found them!

[@mboyer68]

Weather reports are updated every....TWO HOURS???? To fly over the north sea?? That's crazy.

[@ashwin5203]

Brilliant documantary will help lot to future rig workers as well as better helicopter design

[@pursueon247]

Love the vids!!

[@royalgene4035]

Oh l love that all of them survived

[@abhinavkumar4016]

I find the Mayday series better than any bollywood movie.

[@Crashed131963]

Watching paint dry is better than a bollywood movie.

[@cefarther3945]

These are great videos, too bad I've seen them all now. Just great documentaries, keeps your interest, investigations that are really interesting. I have enjoyed my time with Wonder air mayday crashes.

[@deprofundis3293]

Check out the On the Move channel. They have even more of the Mayday Air Disaster episodes than Wonder does!

[@LotusLady9]

Thanks🌞

[@robertschweppie5256]

VERY GOOD AND WELL TRAINED PILOTS

[@paulrivers7248]

This is what our lovely 🦕s left us as a big gift lol

[@cayman9873]

Great pilots