Why Did This Plane Lose All Power? | Mayday Air Disaster

[@seffy4u]

I love it and just feel so happy when I’m watching the video and then it suddenly pans over to a survivor from the crash instead of hearing the narrator say there were no survivors. This accident though, was my happiest moment yet. ❤

[@juliemanarin4127]

FABULOUS pilots!!

[@prettyptravels]

Me too 🙏

[@The_ZeroLine]

It’s even better when a baby is born during the flight, so that beyond no losses, the flight actually has more living passengers than when it took off.

[@haveagreatday-x1g]

@The_ZeroLine so true

[@kathyjones1576]

I've seen this episode before, and I watch it every time it comes up. I've even looked for it to watch from time to time. It's one of my favorites because of the research done to find the culprit, and also the quick thinking of the captain to give them those few more feet of airtime they needed to get over the obstacles. Plus, there were no casualties. A quote from Doctor Who always comes to mind. "Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once, everybody lives!"

[@Irisedpig]

i think of that quote too! such a great episode. i treasure the cases like this where everyone lived, been saving them in a playlist. same fascinating investigation without the sorrow

[@ruthadamson4035]

As someone who lives close to Heathrow it is awful to think what could have happened. Thank goodness for quick calm reactions and a health amount of luck!

[@nm628679c]

That's just one reason why l would never live under short finals. Not to mention the noise.😡

[@pateralus9]

Man, I love this show so much! It's fascinating to see how investigators piece everything together to prevent future accidents. I would LOVE some behind the scenes footage, showing how the recreations are filmed & so forth!

[@kovy689]

Reuploaded episode

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@kovy689what’s your point?

[@kovy689]

@@The_ZeroLine Reuploaded episode…

[@onefootedphoenix]

Some of it is likely computer generated and some of it in a pilot simulation cockpit I would guess

[@TheoTMasonThompson]

I lived very close to Heathrow at the time and went to the end of the next road, which overlooked the A30 and the runway 27L and I could see where the plane came down. I stood on top of an electricity box at the end of the road soon after the plane came down, to see, then when I came home from school, I stood in the same spot all evening, other than when BBC News asked me to move, so they could put a cherry picker up so their reporter was at a level higher than the houses & traffic, to report on it. In between the 6pm & 10pm news, they let me go back to my spot so I could continue observing. I spent all evening there with my Dad, I’ll never forget it!

[@AntiFurrySupport]

The amount of engineering that goes into planes and just anything could go wrong. I couldn't imagine solving these

[@onefootedphoenix]

@@AntiFurrySupport it’s amazing though when horrible as these accidents are they inspire engineers to make flying safer all the time. That’s why I find the crashes interesting. 🤔

[@AntiFurrySupport]

@@onefootedphoenix So true. Every accident as tragic as they may be makes our traveling safer after we find the cause

[@Frank-mn4hx]

Sherlock would be proud. His way of thinking was the way to find out what's wrong

[@wobby1516]

Amazing airmanship, and amazing diligent investigative work, a true a life saver.

[@peanutgallery4159]

Id. Take a hard landing over a crash... These did the impossible,...

[@The_ZeroLine]

First Officer Coward is not a name that immediately inspires a great deal of confidence.

[@conniegnesda9720]

I agree!

[@edvaira6891]

I believe his name is spelled “Cowert”

[@dennisyoung4631]

“…Noel Coward?…” (who was anything but!)

[@lilycalir6515]

@@edvaira6891no it’s not. It’s John Coward

[@davidbeckham1760]

Right?! I hope it's just his name - not what he is!

[@bg147]

BA is a great airline. I have no idea how they got that bird down safely.

[@juliemanarin4127]

These pilots were phenomenal!

[@omuani]

BA pilots are well trained

[@brendaduncan4347]

This is a very interesting episode.

[@NormanMangan]

But how did both engines fail at almost the same time when each engine has separate fuel lines?

[@hefoxed]

They were both under similar conditions, so they both developed ice, so they both shut off.

[@vadwvea7153]

@@hefoxed Very unlucky too, since Delta only suffered a single engine failure despite both engines being in the same conditions and the various tests the investigators did only 1 proved their theory

[@karenshafer234]

Amazing how these huge planes stay intact...

[@accountuser5588]

Really interesting documentary. There is always that fear that models of the same type would be affected too. The most major flaw that has now been sorted that I really tried to look into was the B737 max from 5-6 years ago.

[@grr9790]

a few cm can make all the difference between keeping a flight up and bringing it down :O amazing

[@mikehindson-evans159]

I still take my hat off to the responses, instincts and reactions of the flight crew. An excellent documentary - when the only quibble is "The A30 (2:43) and (7:07) is NOT a motorway", then the producers have nailed it.

[@kevinquist]

'what ever is left....' was a modern interpretation, that sir Aurthor Conan Doyle stole from Occams Razor by William of Ockham in 1347ad.

[@mtomiuk8133]

God bless this valiant crew!

[@bumbum1919q]

Its ironic that the Boeing 777's QAR Quick Access Recorder uses a PCMCIA card. The only problem that unless you get a special custom built laptop, they no longer come with PCMCIA slots as back in the day, those slots were meant for telephone modems or network cards (either wireless or cat 5 wired (via a custom dongle that the rj45 plugged into and then the dongle plugged into the PCMCIA card. 😛

[@HenritheHorse]

Some old synthesizers had those too!

[@asicdathens]

There are dongles.....

[@Moons_broken_right_eye]

15:50 HELPPPP I GOT AN AD FOR A FLIGHT SCHOOLLLL😭

[@onefootedphoenix]

31:16 I feel like if I was the investigator, I’d be nervous my own flight ✈️ would crash 💥

[@lesliecarr312]

Star Trek The Undiscovered Country "An ancestor of mine once said 'If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Keep looking. Eventually, you'll find the truth. My question is, why can't they have a fuel system additive that prevents moisture from in the fuel from forming ice in the first place? Something that absorbs and assimilates water and helps it blend with fuel at non dangerous levels?

[@tedwalford7615]

They have it for cars...

[@southerncross3638]

That quote is by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He said it a hundred years before Star Trek. Beam me up scotty.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

The crash landing of British Airways Flight 38 dominates headlines around the world, including the US media, such as NBC and CBS News Nobody could've imagined that a crash like this one could happen in one of the world's busiest airports like Heathrow!

[@r_jlll8568]

One of my favorite episode ❤

[@joypeacewisdom]

The narrator's voice is addictive.

[@charlesmusanya5016]

We are now half pilots because of watching. We have learnt many things like human era or mechanical failure.

[@mikehindson-evans159]

@charlesmusanya5016 Yes, we are in the "human era".

[@pandumiharja6769]

this just proofs how safe and strong the 777 is. the passangers think it was just a hard landing where in fact it wasn't, it's a crash landing

[@The_ZeroLine]

I won’t spoil the episode, but the problem had nothing to do with anything made by Boeing. Just thought I’d point that out before foreign trolls started fear mongering.

[@chippyjohn1]

It was the micro tube heat exchanger designed and manufactured by Rolls Royce. Sadly they did not actually show the heat exchanger, only a mock up of tubes being held together.

[@yours2injesus2]

HOW SAD

[@malubasic2267]

Amazing

[@jca111]

Someone had just discovered how to use a lens flare filter.

[@kickingsaturday]

like I always will say technology is taking over the pilots. This is the major errors of airlines.

[@loeb1]

Fuel line frozen from ice which blocked feed to both engines

[@sergebrunet4218]

Air Canada incident was a confusion between metric and imperial amount of fuel, so my question is Don t airplanes have fuel gauges ? Pilots should ve seen how much fuel they had ? My younger sister was the lawyer for Rolls Royce Canada ! she quit for a bigger company she told me it was too much work for one lawyer !! We live around Montreal ! I remember the Air Canada incident. Winnipeg, Manitoba was just a bit too far to land there, so they landed on a closed runway closer than winnipeg, but it wasn t deserted, there was car races happening there ! luckily nobody got hurt ! That s all that counts ! 😎beeing a pilot was my dream as a teen, but because of my heart condition it was impossible so i later became a highway truck driver for 35 years without any accident ! now retired after losing my driver s permit due to my heart condition. i m now 68 and glad not living in trucks anymore ....🤠

[@781David]

Been a while since I've looked at the Air Canada incident. From memory the fuel gauge(s) were inoperative.

[@kevinwelge7208]

@@sergebrunet4218 on that flight the fuel gages weren’t working, so the conversation had to be done by hand. That’s where the issue arose

[@ณภัทรสุขแสง]

The A30 is NOT a motorway A British narrator should know that..

[@childofcascadia]

Im not british or know anything about uk road systems so Im curious - what is it called then and what makes something a motorway? Is it like the difference between an interstate and a highway in the us?

[@ณภัทรสุขแสง]

@@childofcascadia motorway number begins with M, such as M25. An A road is a main road not a motorway.

[@Nyxofthechaos]

The more accurate description is a road with 2 or more carriageways, there are also confusingly some sections of A roads that are classified as motorways such as parts of the a1 in Yorkshire that learner drivers aren’t permitted to travel on. It’s all a bit complicated

[@childofcascadia]

Ah. So it sounds like motorways are like what we'd call a freeway where Im from. Im assuming you use them to go from city to city or area to area within a large city quickly and they have higher speed limits and not as much entering or exiting traffic? And an A road is what we'd call a major arterial, a big but normal road. Thanks guys, always like learning stuff about other places. And if I ever visit the UK now I know the correct terminology if Im looking at a map or talking to someone.

[@paulclifton9488]

@@childofcascadia Speed limits are the same on both (70mph) unless it is part of the A road where it has narrowed to 1 lane (in which case it is 60mph). However, ironically, due to extensive roadworks that take far longer than they should, combined with variable speed limit zones during peak traffic, a much greater proportion of M roads are 50mph or lower speed limits in comparison to A roads when outside of urban areas. Edit: A Roads are also used between cities and major towns, as well as bypasses around towns and cities. A roads tend not to have many service stations or emergency lanes in comparison to motorways. A roads also may pass through zones in which the speed limit is reduced due to other road crossings/ roundabouts/ close to built up areas, this is not the case with motorways. B Roads are main roads that are majority 1 lane but on occasion may become 2 lanes for a short stretch.

[@RTC_intrnational]

2 million flights in more than 10 years means 400 plus flights daily wtf

[@02WIFE]

They must continue to have two pilots

[@cjgordon22]

Is it wrong to be happy when it's not pilot error

[@JASONCIRONE-kp4xr]

if i had the money i would fly alot and the time to do so now i dont due to school if i wanst in school i would love to fly on planes with these types of pilots i wont have to worry about my life only if i knew a head of time and how they are it will relax me before i step foot on a plane

[@SaraeStitts]

14:38 let’s go it’s the legend

[@oskarlh]

TheLegend27?

[@childofcascadia]

Wait. The guy who was the first officer who actually flew the crash landing and made it possible for no one to be fatally injured because he didnt panic- his last name was Coward? Guy needs a name change to Brave, or Brasspair or something.

[@Adam-c6x4l]

2 million flights in 10 years? Maybe 2 million passengers but flights, no way.

[@myrabeth77]

They're referring to 777s at large, not that specific plane. That comes out to about 550 777 flights per day, worldwide. Most commercial planes fly multiple flights per day, and this one was specifically mentioned to be good for both short and long haul runs. It's not an unreasonable number of flights.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Only one Flight Attendant? Amen 🙏

[@barracuda7018]

Rolls Royce Trent 800

[@sharcrum]

Why is it that they so commonly used the call of speedbird.? I seem to hear that in different videos it seems like maybe one airplane would have that in their call name but not a bunch of them.

[@shyanngilmour]

According to google, it’s the call sign for the British airways airline. Meaning all aircraft in that airline would use it.(In 1939, the airline adopted the call sign, deriving it from the airline's emblem, which featured a stylized seagull in flight)

[@shyanngilmour]

-most airlines use the name of their airline as the call signs

[@nancylongworth9617]

British Airways

[@stephenbland7461]

At the start and end of every radio transmission, the flight crew use the name of the airline and the flight number. Rather than ‘over’ or ‘out’. ‘Speedbird’ is just a world wide recognised alternate name for British Airways.

[@childofcascadia]

@sharcrum Airlines themselves have callsigns, not individual planes. Individual planes have numbers So Speedbird is the callsign british airways. If youre talking to a British Airways plane from the tower (or out of the plane to the tower) youd say Speedbird (plane number) to start and end the call. Some of them are just the name of the airline - IE Delta. Some of them are weird - IE Brickyard, Cactus, Shamrock and usually have something to do with the history or location of the airline. One that makes me laugh is Alitalia Express has AliExpress.

[@jittsVlogs]

In short flight had heart attack

[@nyalih929]

They are so upset when the South Korean fuel doesn't have contamination 🤔

[@riggstwenty2]

An aircraft so advanced , it didn’t work.

[@imphoto1]

nice video also here first lol always wanted to say that

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

Lol! ❤

[@lilcoffeypot8982]

Congratulations 🎉

[@imphoto1]

@@lilcoffeypot8982 thanks

[@lilcoffeypot8982]

@@imphoto1 ima beat you one day lmao

[@CynicalDelightxXx]

Did you get something for commenting first? I'm jealous. I wanted to win absolutely nothing first. 🎉

[@dramspringfeald]

16:50 I get this is a rerun, and that it's an older aircraft, but I don't get why audio and data recorders are so limited now. I have an audio device that supports 16 channels of audio that basically fits in a water bottle and can hold about 400 hours of audio with an expandable memory of about 1 or 2 years more, nearly everything is either wireless or I would probably use contact with lock and latch. Not to mention basic power storage for them that, say the aircraft gets obliterated it keeps the device on long enough to save the last data.... And Honestly, it probably wouldn't be too hard to make dozens of armored Altoids tins* and scatter them throughout the aircraft just in case.

[@diontranekr6567]

@@dramspringfeald the trouble is having it survive deep water and/or heavy fire.

[@dramspringfeald]

@@diontranekr6567 deep after is easy, most abs plastics are effectively crushed proof, and nearly everything is solid state now. It would be like tossing a silicon brick into the ocean like, good luck with that. The other one is more tricky , but currently a lot of it is either water based or highly moist Drywall* encasing a silicon brick. The idea is it boils away the heat until someone can get there.... Guess would be more robust memory modules

[@tomorrow4eva]

I'm sure one consideration is the cost to design, test it sufficiently, and deploy, but I agree it seems like the result would be worth the investment.

[@dramspringfeald]

@@tomorrow4eva as for cost, these jets cost in investments that be calculated in high schools Like, a new high school plus annual staff is "only" about $25 million

[@jennifersanders549]

Watching as my 13 year old granddaughter is flying home from Utah to New Orleans. 😢

[@furrybear7853]

A car has a light of petrol is getting low how could any plane run out of fuel while still in flight?

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

Who else saw the thumbnail pic and thought it was MH370 (finally)?

[@gregoryhalye8907]

Gimli Glider episode... produced by you guys yourselves... The plane ran out of fuel at 39,000 feet... not 26,000 feet as you mentioned here. Please double check production scripts before committing to recording.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Gimli, the dwarf and the flight, were always fan favorites.

[@MotherGoose]

Was this not called air crash investigation? I’m confused?

[@thomaszinser8714]

Both are correct names, I believe used in different places for the same show.

[@stevecampbell7589]

the A30 is not a motorway

[@Gladhandskids]

Install 4 engine on all commercial jets.Whats Is the problem with the manufactures that the pilots can't see the engines from the cockpit?Here in Houston Metro City Buses has cameras so the operator can see inside and outside the bus.There should be cameras on these jets that would give the pilots and flight engineer a 380 degree view of the aircraft.

[@donibobes2454]

There's only 360 degrees not 380

[@johannrajan3279]

Keep your one cent on idea in your head.😂

[@The_ZeroLine]

It wouldn’t have helped in this flight. So, so much for your idea.

[@rafaelwilks]

Short answer: it had Rolls-Royce power

[@theloweboat]

And simple answer.............

[@dominickmiecik9549]

all what air jet need is ; ENGINE OIL , 40L WATER PER PERSON ,AIR FOR FREE !!!!

[@kovy689]

Reuploaded

[@hrajotte]

Why was there water in the fuel? Is this a common occurrence? And the fuel was checked early on, so why was water not found?

[@The_ZeroLine]

There is always some level of water in the fuel.

[@stephenbland7461]

And there can be moisture in the air in the tanks if they are not completely full, which they rarely are.

[@childofcascadia]

Theres always some water in fuel of all types whether jet fuel or regular old gas/petrol. Normally it doesnt matter, the engines are designed to handle it. But when you get to crazy low temperatures, the water in the fuel can seperate and make ice.

[@marksmith8079]

The FOI seemed to have such as obvious fault having areas that areas exposed to hot oil. It is arrogant of Rolls Royce to think they were experts at ice formation mechanics.

[@diannshowers9129]

ICE maybe? That would explain why the fuel system failed. In a warmer area it could have melted

[@hood_TheJoker]

Rolls Royce fault

[@valeriobert]

i think i flew in a plane with this captain cause I rember clearly the name

[@andrewmcahon97]

Boeing use glue for there planes

[@cvdheyden]

What a "sloppy" error causing this disaster. You should have let German engineers check that heating device. They would have moaned that this is very "sloppy" manufactured.

[@mmumi1707]

as soon as I heard Boeing I knew...

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

As soon as I read your comment I knew.. he knows nothing😂

[@tonycuellarsolis5345]

2011.

[@SintayehuMitiku-w2e]

L

[@karenshafer234]

Residents "well accustomed to flights overhead..." Sure...like accustomed to skunks under your house...

[@frontend_devloper]

If it's Boeing, I am not going.😅

[@centaur2300]

Boeing is well known for RIP.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

No one died genius

[@02WIFE]

God has all power ice sank the unsinkable Titanic

[@divyanshisagar1109]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅satvachan

[@Ilovemylife-o8s]

How did It happen

[@Candy_Blossom1245]

You mean "when did it happen".

[@Ilovemylife-o8s]

No

[@The_ZeroLine]

Ice that had built up during the coldest part of the flight in the fuel system got turned into slushy ice as they descended and then it got dislodged and created a bottleneck at the fuel heat oil exchange core face when the pilots had demanded more power. Problem was fixed by redesigning the fuel heater core face.

[@maqthedon8969]

This show would be amazing if they lost the actors trying to (and nearly always failing) put together dramatic scenes, and whoever does the set lighting needs to goooooooo. The premise is awesome though!

[@MrYorickJenkins]

"were probably left over" not "likely left over". Likely is an adjective, not an adverb. "Make" a comparison not "do" a comparison.. Air safety may be improving, but knowledge of English grammar is in rapid decline.

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

*Yeah baby ! BOEING just RULES !* So Superiour ! I will NEVER fly an crappy Airbus ! with their dangerous 'fly by wire' ! Airbus is just an flying coffin !

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

This aircraft has fly by wire weirdo

[@johngeorgiou5736]

"One of the most sophisticated airplanes" Hm... well, seems people love to brag. There is a Greek saying "Μεγάλη μπουκιά βάλε στο στόμα σου μα μην πεις μεγάλο λόγο" which is translated as "Put a big bite in your mouth but don't say a big word" Apparently things may go wrong at any time!

[@seabird6744]

Boeing is the answer

[@childofcascadia]

Boeing didnt make the engines, nor the part that failed. Rolls Royce did. Blame them.

[@donovandelaney3171]

Boeing Airlines is cursed.

[@johannrajan3279]

2 million flights without issue is not a curse. It's a blessing. Things happen. Boeing for sure has a company issue, not an aircraft issue.

[@blueshift9]

@@donovandelaney3171 Boeing isn't an airline.....

[@yvngwonderchild]

@@johannrajan3279 right so lets just ignore the hundreds of people dead and families ruined over the past years due to Boeings negligence and greed. And the boeing CEO had to testify to congress? and got a 45% raise while their workers got a 1% raise over 10 years and are threatened and mentally abused to not spread factual information on how Boeing executives are skimping on engineering designs which puts people at risk every day?

[@turbofanlover]

Lol at "Boeing Airlines".

[@maripartridge4168]

You don't use parts from crashed planes because you think they are still good on new planes. That should be a standard NO!

[@gryphon10]

These could be half as long as they are now and convey all the same information. Too much pointless chatter.

[@margarita8442]

pilot error

[@susantate4710]

If it’s Boeing I ain’t Going

[@gerardbosvonhohenfels1866]

Sorry, captain, you didn't took your responsibility and after the crash you're at once captain again? Ridiculous...

[@MrDavfit]

oh its a Boeing............. explains all

[@benyomovod6904]

How desperate has a person to be, to fly to GB?

[@ellentronicmistress4969]

What a silly ittle comment

[@lchaput7721]

If BOEING MADE IT, GET OFF IT----ASAP!

[@waynesummey5051]

Yup, have sworn off u.s. built.

[@deezkhajiit184]

The old Boeings are perfectly safe. Quit fear mongering.

[@joeystoney3678]

This was pre-MD "merger".

[@turbofanlover]

Yes, everybody get off. More room for me! :)

[@The_ZeroLine]

This had nothing to do with Boeing. In fact it was an issue with the Rolls Royce engines. Boeing still has the safest record of any airline.