Shrapnel Chaos!: Delta Airlines Flight 415’s Near-Catastrophe!

What started as a routine departure quickly turned into a terrifying emergency. Delta Airlines Flight 415, a Boeing 767, was accelerating down the runway when disaster struck-shrapnel on the tarmac caused the aircraft’s wheels to burst. But the damage didn’t stop there. The exploding tires sent debris flying, puncturing the wing and creating a life-threatening situation.
With critical damage and fuel on board, the pilots had to act fast. Would they be able to land safely, or was disaster inevitable? Watch as we break down this high-stakes emergency landing, the moment the aircraft veered off the runway, and how the crew managed to bring everyone home safely against the odds.
Final Report:
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✈️ What went wrong?
🚨 How did the crew respond?
🛬 Could this have been prevented?
Stay tuned as we analyze the incredible decisions made in the cockpit and the harrowing chain of events that led to this near-disaster.
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[@CuriousPilot90]

The footage for this video and the editing was carried out by people other than me, so the style may be a little different. Hopefully you enjoy! Thank you for all your support!

[@moiraatkinson]

Yes! This is what I liked from the start, that and the excellent narration. If you can carve out a niche among the many aircraft incident channels, there’s a better chance of building up a large following of true aviation keen followers. Too many people only want to see maximum gore and large numbers of fatalities without being interested in how the accidents occurred.

[@MisterEightyFour]

Another great video, , you seem to cover ones that other channels haven't, and as a nerd I really appreciate this.

[@CuriousPilot90]

That's great thank you. That is absolutely what I try to deliver for these videos, I appreciate the support! :D

[@laustinspace5838]

Operating as an emergency aircraft with hydraulic and related flight controls , I was surprised that the Tower refused their request for a right turn to avoid 12,000 ft mountain range, seemingly because there was other traffic in the area. Bad news for Delta had they not discovered they had the control to climb to 13,000 ft

[@Ztbmrc1]

This reminds me of the concorde crash in Paris back in 2000. There also a tire burst after hitting some FOD on the runway during take off. The bursting tire caused huge damage to the wing, the wing fuel tank and set off a fire. So Delta 415 had more luck and all survived.

[@Ksgggg]

Speed was the difference

[@MartinScheuerJr]

This isn’t one I’d heard of. Thank you! Keep up the good videos!

[@CuriousPilot90]

Thanks 😁

[@malcolmwhite6588]

@@CuriousPilot90 Stellar flying and easy in hindsight but when they felt that vibration do you think that it would’ve been sensible to have aborted the takeoff to check out what it was?

[@CuriousPilot90]

@@malcolmwhite6588 It's difficult to say without being there, there is an expected amount of vibration, it's not known how much more than normal that was. Also a lot of the time it's safer to continue and deal with the problem once you are airborne. If they went beyond a speed known as V1, this is a speed based on the current performance where if they go beyond there isn't enough space left to stop before the end of the runway, then they would have continued anyway. I think they made the right choice, based on the information they had at the time, even looking at the event after, with all the information, I still think the best decision was made.

[@KelpieDog]

What this video shows, if nothing else, is the professionalism of the crew involved. I hope, next time I fly, guys like this are in control. I'm a pilot and I can appreciate the situation.

[@CuriousPilot90]

They did remain calm and professional throughout, it was a great job!

[@CammyFi]

Yipee, I was devoid of new content today. Thank you

[@The_Plastic_Ape]

oooh, check out the fancy pants editing, very lar de dar. Nice video.

[@billotto602]

Delta has some of the very best pilots in the industry. God bless them all ! (Retired Delta aircraft mechanic)

[@nigelbond4056]

Your videos are invariably informative, beautifully narrated and well explained. A work of art 👌

[@CuriousPilot90]

Thank you very much!

[@josh2961]

Fantastic video! I really love what you do. Like others have said, I can see the comparison with the Concorde incident. Imagine sitting in the window seat and seeing the hole get blown through the wing! Absolutely crazy! I also find it hard to believe that the metal rod would be put in the tire in the retreading process. Stranger things have happened I guess but still not too believable.

[@CuriousPilot90]

Thank you! That’s true, it must have been scary to see the hole in the wing!

[@s.castellino4306]

Crazy such one little tiny thing caused so much catastrophic damage to such a big plane with safety redundancy! I am astounded that everyone came out of this alive and intact, incredible crew! I feel like airplanes should go back to having three people in the cockpit, it seems to help so much with managing situations like this, but I doubt it will happen due to budgeting and airlines wanting to profit

[@BBrambles]

Excellent video. The pilots did an amazing job getting everyone down safely 👏🏻 must’ve been terrifying for everyone on board.

[@CuriousPilot90]

Thank you. And agreed, they did a great job.

[@danytoob]

Flight deck crew = pros doing pro work. We can't have too many as well prepared as these flyers were.

[@chrisgee7631]

Another cracking video 👍

[@CuriousPilot90]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@johnnydao8056]

Looks like they avoided yet another crash

[@MiaMichele9696]

Thank you for another great video. Impressive crew. I'mma need them for ALL my flights 😂 ✈️ ✈️ ✈️

[@mysterycrumble]

what's more likely metal left inside a tyre or debris missed on runway inspection? hmmm...

[@CuriousPilot90]

It did seem odd to think that a metal bar could be accidentally added into an aircraft tyre.

[@everythingisfine-b4d]

@@CuriousPilot90 I'm not aware of any re-treading process that leaves metal bars inside the tyre. Sure, they scrape or cut off the old treading but then the new rubber is glued and vulcanized on this surface. Metal bars would be immensely noticeable. FOD on the runway though... has happened before! The Concorde was murdered by FOD from the DeathCoffin-10!!

[@dfuher968]

@@everythingisfine-b4d I would also say, that FOD is most likely. Coz theres never a runway inspection between every takeoff and landing, hence why the Concorde was struck, it fell off the plane taking off a couple of minutes earlier. Usually there are set intervals for runway inspection, or if there is any reason whatsoever, that there could be a tiny chance of FOD, whichever comes first. At least here in Europe.

[@MeaHeaR]

Thiss Similar to Con-Cordê Crashêd

[@SerhanOgan]

So similar to the Concorde's incident. That tire debris could have severely damaged a fuel tank!

[@chrisvoyles363]

Perfect speaking voice

[@johnklar5131]

If the runway at Madrid is made of tarmac it would be very hard on aircraft tires. And, it would need to be resurfaced quite often.

[@HeaanLasai]

Hold up. The FAA wrote the report? Where they said ''it wasn't our runway inspections that were bad, it's someone else who was bad''? I thought the NTSB wrote those reports.

[@grahamstevenson1740]

The lead agency will actually be the Spanish air accident authority. The Spanish air accident authority is called the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC), which translates to the "Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission" in English; it is responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents and incidents occurring within Spanish territory. The NTSB may assist, as the USA is the country in which Boeing jets are certified. You are however correct that the FAA does not undertake or publish air accident reports.

[@fsfaludi]

My comment is: a crew with a combined total of over 41,000 flight hours out of which a combined total of over 16,000 hours on type contributed to a successful outcome. End of story. Actually there is more: I’m a retired pilot. Ask me if I’ll ever get on a future aircraft type designed not to have pilots on board.

[@espenbjerke665]

Politics: Spain We didnt do anything wrong (FOD on runway) , must be goodyear

[@rilmar2137]

That brings Air France flight 4590 to mind - with a way better outcome

[@Splicer]

👍🏼

[@tctunerky]

N182DN was the aircraft in this incident. The tail number in the video was the Diarrhea aircraft 😂

[@robertcairney2955]

Was that fruitshoots lol

[@pobinr]

Good vid. No need for distracting music though I'm here for information not music

[@moiraatkinson]

I didn’t even notice the music 😊. I don’t think it degraded the video.

[@caterpillajoe]

I was on this plane

[@proscoviabulya488]

Glory be to God for the protection upon his people

[@riccicrozzie8204]

The text on screen says 37L, you stated 36L. I'm glad you're not ATC.

[@HeaanLasai]

I don't know if anyone has told you, but the abbreviation CP has a completely different meaning in newspeak on this site.

[@shroom1693]

it’s kinda gross to bring this up bro, it’s just his channel name I don’t see the problem

[@moiraatkinson]

I don’t even know what you’re talking about and don’t wish to. As far as I’m concerned, he’s just Curious Pilot, making lesser known but interesting videos from a background as a pilot in the air force.

[@HeaanLasai]

@ What it is is funny. He literally named his own channel the equivalent of calling a computer support channel ''PDF file expert'''.

[@Crabonoe]

Air plan

[@coolruehle]

This is what I want, two pilots in their late '50s that have a million flying hours between them. Not some fucking DEI hire.

[@grahamstevenson1740]

Co-pilot isn't really the right term to use. The person in the right hand seat is normally a First Officer and may be the pilot flying. He or she is far more than a co-pilot and if required can handle the plane alone.

[@CuriousPilot90]

When I make these videos I use the terms used in the final reports. This is because either at the time those terms were accurate or that airline/country uses those titles. This is also true for pilot flying/pilot not flying or pilot monitoring. In the military we still use the term co-pilot. It’s not supposed to discredit the role, as you say, they are a fully qualified pilot too and able to operate the aircraft alone if needed.

[@grahamstevenson1740]

@@CuriousPilot90 Frankly curious that an official report would use the term co-pilot actually.. It's so dated !

[@cogitoergospud1]

They could have dumped fuel.

[@Prodagist]

The 767 doesn't have a fuel dumping system. When the original versions came out in the late 70s, they didn't have nearly as much range as the later version eventually did, because of this, a fuel dumping system wasn't really required because the older 767s didn't hold enough fuel for a fuel dumping system to really be all that useful. The later versions got much larger fuel tanks but still never received the fuel dumping system since they used mostly the same parts as the original 767's

[@lukacsjano]

why does this chanel even exist? recycling billion times told stories, bringing absolutely nothing new...intentionally speaking slowly so the video takes at least 15 minutes to properly monetize it, repeating fact, adding unnecessary details...classic youtuber