Terrifying: This Flight Crew Isn't Sure What Hit Their Plane! 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Never underestimate wake turbulence. They were lucky that the other two engines managed to hold on because they were nearly blown off.

[@jeremiahpeter8481]

ya but i did not kwon that the air brakes can level the plane..

[@jeremiahpeter8481]

Fun fact..

[@scottgamedev8542]

@@jeremiahpeter8481 same lol

[@planenboom]

@@v1perz3r04 yeah... It was wake turbulence. Watch the episode.

[@anusha6033]

@@jeremiahpeter8481 right lol

[@tian.-.]

“The engines are gone” Flight engineer: I-… don’t know what to say to that

[@tyesoncollins331]

Not what you want to hear 😅

[@jeremiahpeter8481]

@@tyesoncollins331 lol

[@chukwudiilozue9171]

Well, so much for job security...

[@Zickcermacity]

Nice way to leave us hanging! Is there a part 2?

[@kenclark9888]

The 135 has no flight engineer

[@nathancard884]

Man: "The engines are gone!" Music: 💃💃🕺🕺🕺

[@helwatywahab5236]

Lol,like el al israel 1862

[@v12ts.gaming]

But luckily, the plane managed to land safely despite missing two left engines

[@titan9259]

Look like China Airlines 358

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

😂😂😂

[@mathialagan3528]

😂😂😂

[@v12ts.gaming]

Real answer: a wake turbulence from another KC-135 causes this KC-135 to turn sharply to the left and right, breaking off both left engines.

[@Middle_fingers_9]

I'm happy all aboard survived and may captain Sweeny get the medal of honor 😊

[@anggahartoto]

I believe all crew members got an honor for that

[@Middle_fingers_9]

@@anggahartoto I'm happy for them and have a nice day ma'am 😊❤

[@two3470]

They gotten the Polaris Award pretty much the Medal of Honor but just for pilots

[@capenterjojo3373]

How come they survive without the engines

[@two3470]

@@capenterjojo3373 I watched it and if I’m pretty sure I think they deployed the speed brakes because their decent was rapid

[@lexusdriver1963]

Mission Disaster is one of my favorite Air Crash Investigation (Air Disaster) episodes ever because we see the crew working together in the event of an unexpected emergency and getting the plane back to the airport safely. The crew working together is a true show of Crew Resource Management. No matter how senior or junior you are: Captain, Senior First Officer, First Officer or Second Officer flying a jetliner or any large airliner or in this case a large military jet plane you work together as a team.

[@YYPeh]

Smart move there by the captain to level off the aircraft using speed brakes during the sharp bank/roll to the sides. Are non Air Force pilots taught that?

[@ko6jay681]

yes

[@justicelut]

All pilots are trained to use speed brakes for different applications!

[@guneetify]

Never taught to be used in extreme situations like this. Just fir normal application and sone emergency procedures.

[@bandabanderos]

“How was the flight?” “Oh not bad, just lost a couple engines, no biggie”

[@lintaskalbarvlog]

ATC : Are you declare emergency? Pilot : negative, my engine just gone but not emergency

[@GameOver-yr7ms]

Aircraft crew : Engines are gone Atmosphere of the plane now : sad flute 😂😂

[@pokoknya]

Titanic flute

[@AbhishekSanyalTGV]

Funnily enough, when I read sad flute, I thought of that funny Titanic flute

[@faridkalouch7962]

These are literally *SOOO* addicting to watch

[@ilhanhaque1809]

Yeah

[@dzenishadzic664]

Better than a movie. Just grab some popcorn and turn on smithsonian channel

[@helwatywahab5236]

This accident no in wikipedia/google_-😢😢😢

[@Meghnaaad]

You are writing this comment in hope of getting likes. 😂😂😂 This comment is in every single one of their videos.

[@thulasiramgogula9368]

Yes

[@Amitgandhi1610]

Great presence of mind by senior pilot... Glad all alive in the end..

[@anusha6033]

Yeah

[@rampagoetech7024]

The good thing is, they're survived

[@padmavathys7284]

Engines : Okay We have worked a lot...Time to leave...Take care, bye...😅

[@mathialagan3528]

😂😂

[@nihaoyt5835]

If this happened before takeoff: Captain: Why is the right wing sounding so quite? *Boom Operator leaves seat and comes into cockpit* Boom Operator: There's a problem Pilots: What problem?! Boom Operator: Engine one and two is missing?

[@kevinm2365]

lol

[@shaofuchang515]

They were lucky. Grissom KC-135E aircraft 58-0013 lost two engines, and the aircrew was still able to land with no loss of life. crew encountered jet wash. The unexpected jet wash pitched them so violently from side-to-side, that somewhere in the process, both engines on the left side of the tanker were torn free, leaving the fully loaded tanker with very serious control problems. the entire crew was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their skill in safely landing the aircraft. They tried to duplicate the feat in the simulator and crashed every time. Meanwhile a similar incident was a KC-135A, 58-0002, entered a thunderstorm near Killeen, Texas. Two engines separated and one of the engines struck the tail, causing loss of control. The aircraft crashed on a hillside, killing all four crew on board. That was back in 1959

[@thedave5748]

Its good to see one of the crew men commenting in current time - so you know they made it...

[@thegamingarsenal1662]

Lol ya

[@PHOENIX-kl6ig]

“The engines are gone” “Roger”

[@anusha6033]

But where did it go?

[@LaniakeaDenizen]

Excellent sideways acting by the guy at 1:45 there.

[@itzrektevolved9519]

1:20 did i see the airspeed drops??

[@Commentator541]

He remembered the training - let’s give him a medal. :D

[@saadinan7616]

Amazing skilled pilot!

[@peter-pan2011]

We need daily Iv watched them all over so many time I love em !!!!

[@GEORGIABOY23]

I love how this show stopped right in the

[@OfficialDoggyYT]

I actually watched this a few weeks ago on Air Crash Investigation on National Geographic, the cause? Wake vortex of the plane infront caused the plane to bank more then 110 degrees over in less than 1 second, the stress causes both engines on the left wing to fall off, there was never a fire.

[@sharoncassell9358]

That would cause asymmetry unbalancing the plane. They would need to add rudder to compensate for that not just speedbrakes. There was a lot more maneuvering than that.

[@RobloxFunX]

in 1:42 did i just heard the Boeing 747 take-off warning

[@ididyermom3273]

They Hit Genie on Flying Carpet!! They killed Aladdin!!

[@hecklersfan991]

Guys when this plane two engines were gone it didn’t make it stall nor turning to right it made an emergency landing and it landed safely :)

[@probanity]

"Never board a plane when you see a Smithsonian crew onboard." please stop those comments

[@3littledogplushie137]

Ok

[@MrOnemate]

Is it ilumanti ?

[@gemstonegamingisautistic1877]

To all the comedians who are happy that the camera man survived Dead Joke

[@arober9758]

Excellent work fellows!!😎🇺🇸

[@EllenB703]

Is this a clip from a full length video? If so, where can one find it?

[@32.9msubs.2]

National geographic

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Would you please post a link, @ I’m Watchin’

[@32.9msubs.2]

I watched on tv @@emeraldqueen1994

[@samobadie]

search aircrashinvestigation on reddit, they have all Season 21 episodes there

[@rheycabuloy2012]

Boom Operator: "The engines are not on fire" Captain: Ahhh thank goodness. Boom Operator:They're not on fire.. They're gone! Captain: 🤔🤔🤔

[@mathialagan3528]

😂😂

[@HimanshuVerma-vk6nf]

Captain: *thinks for a moment* Roger that

[@sharoncassell9358]

Good thing engines ejected so no fire could cause more trouble. It just changed the balance of the plane and it banked more.

[@ronhazlewood6767]

So what happened? What caused the engines to fall off? Where's the rest of the story?

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Wake turbulence from another passing KC-135 ripped two of the engines and left the other two just barely holding on.

[@v12ts.gaming]

But the plane managed to land safely

[@anusha6033]

@@Powerranger-le4up Oh god okay

[@scottgamedev8542]

Like a wiseman once said: "If you don't know what hit your plane, just find out".

[@muhammedziyan6188]

Wow! 😃 a video from Saudi Arabia I'm in Saudi Arabia as well!

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

2:12 my maneuvers in war thunder

[@helwatywahab5236]

Did yo know??!!! This accident no in wikipedia/google Me be like: 😢😢😢😭😭😭

[@Oshawottlover23]

@@helwatywahab5236 why u cring?

[@helwatywahab5236]

@@Oshawottlover23 i sad....and i search in wikipedia or google they not found this accident😭😭😭

[@nikhilsunny7791]

How can I watch full videos on this

[@lavanyachella6515]

I know this, The planes crew lets another plane pass them but not at a very safe distance, This created turbulence which turned the plane left and right. Since the g-force limits exceeded on the left wing due to which the two engines on the left wing detached.

[@joecrammond6221]

luckily deploying the speed brakes when they did saved the plane, that and good team work between the crew

[@_R-R]

The direction of the wind blew the turbulence into them. Everything else was by the book.

[@kathymcmahon5308]

Where is the rest of the video? I hate when they show only half.

[@dailylifewithsteve4460]

Was that the same thing that happened to the el al Israel plane in Amsterdam

[@helwatywahab5236]

Yes

[@Skybound_travel]

Epic recovery!

[@miguelreyes5924]

Bro but what the hell happen? Why your videos doesn't have end 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@canalcaribeno]

Great channel.👍🏻

[@andrejjan2240]

Air Disasters, which season and episode, please?

[@andrewparrott7260]

Just a bit disconcerting when two of your four engines fall off on a mid routine flight. 🤔😖😫😫

[@vikrantsingh8156]

Where to get full episodes??

[@pdcdelacruz3138]

Where is the full episode

[@Mark_A50]

reminds me about el al 1862

[@helwatywahab5236]

Yes,2 engines are gone

[@NinjaFox311]

You should cover Alaska airlines flight 261 which crashed into the Atlantic (I think) in 2000 that was flying inverted until it crashed

[@iqrarraja90]

Please make longer videos

[@tram_modmaster]

when your engines go engineer be like what was that

[@AartiKumari-ri4vh]

Where can I watch the full episode ??

[@JH_789]

It baffles me that these aircraft that cost 100s of millions of dollars and have every sensor and gauge you can think of, don't have cameras looking at every engine and control surface. Cameras are so light, cheap, and small these days. Why do they rely on having a crew member visually walk back and look out the window instead of being able to view the engines and control surfaces on a screen from the cockpit? Pilots are forced to piece together a puzzle based on sensors and warning lights instead of being able to visually see that, yep, that engine is gone, or that flap is stuck, or whatever.

[@rbb9369]

So true!

[@BenoitRAG3]

ummmm....... where would they mount to have a good view that wouldn't lead to drag and all that jazz? The systems are in place to allow them to figure that out already.

[@JH_789]

@@BenoitRAG3 If they can put a camera in my phone flush, they could do it on the fuselage and wings. I don't see how it would add any measurable drag, weight, or expense. If they already have the systems to figure it out, why did the crew member in this video have to walk back to look out the window? Sensors and gauges are great, but the Mark 1 Eyeball is still one the most important sensors on any machine. Allowing the pilots to do a visual inspection from the cockpit seems like an asset with no real drawback.

[@BenoitRAG3]

@@JH_789 I'll just let you ponder on this one little fact. WERE it so easy, why has no airplane manufacturer done it? You don't think there's a correlation there?

[@JH_789]

@@BenoitRAG3 By that logic anything that hasn't been done can't be done.

[@strikezero01]

the engines are gone!? what the hell!! 0_o

[@Kiran_360_movement]

Actually the plane flew into the wake turbulence of another kc 135 and the engines couldn't bare the pressure of these banks so they broke off causing the bank.

[@doicare9407]

Why do I get this recommended 1 week before I go on holiday

[@anusha6033]

Not a good sign babe I hope you are doing fine now

[@irfansheikh9063]

Where can I watch this whole episode ?

[@jeremiahpeter8481]

Looks like the engines are hawing fun in the are....

[@jeremiahpeter8481]

LOL!!

[@seanmathews3148]

The true backround is whale-05 was following another Boeing KC-135, and they whale-05 when to the left, and the other went to the right, switching places mjid-flight. Because of this, they sufered SEVERE turbulence.

[@paulchew7675]

Watched this last night. Very interesting.

[@tajayshepherd977]

Am happy that all survive captain sweeny gets medal of honor

[@derpyto3z]

I swear this is the first time Air crash investigation has used the actual real engine sound rather than the mundane one they normally use

[@LeemWills]

crazy thank god they wee safe after

[@shadysnare5547]

what episode and season is this?

[@Sahilprakash1999]

February 6th 1991 United States Air Force KC-135 callsign is Whale 0-5 with 4 crew members on board Flys to the night mission into the middle east warzone

[@visheshtirthani4494]

Where to find full video

[@dougdesrosiers4571]

Maybe someone should call Santa to see if he's missing any reindeer.

[@zaharahorrorgaming8624]

Wake terbulance is so Important to Be careful about. Wake terbulance happens when The wing had low pressure on top and high on below. When the two differences meet a circiling flow of air is created. It's easy to recover. If a Cessna takes off after a Boeing jumbo jet the Cessna will crash. That's why they say " heavy"

[@chanakaweerasinghe1505]

How can i see full video

[@oralrobert5536]

Kindly show till the end....

[@nicolet.rainer1605]

Well where did the engines go????? What's the conclusion Smithsonian??!!!

[@justafriendlyguy8858]

because the wind is 85KTS so it can easily make the engine gone

[@KNGexp]

The banks make sense because you could definitely feel a several ton turbine leaving the airplane.

[@chanakaweerasinghe1505]

How can i see full invistigation

[@ahmadrifan9026]

What happen story??😢

[@MarcusCliff]

What episode was this please

[@k-awticbeats5765]

The lack of info in your videos is unreal

[@RaisedLetter]

Almost like a military version of El Al 1862

[@senkottuvelan]

What about the people on the ground? The engines must go somewhere right?

[@l0kaltpsykf4ll34]

what are the possibilities that there are people in the middle of the kuwait Desert. in the pitch-black night and in the middle of a conflict ? id recon theres a higher chance that terrorists. IED'S or ambush attacks would kill them off first before random plane engines would fall out of the sky & kill them.

[@senkottuvelan]

@@l0kaltpsykf4ll34 😆 I’m sorry you’re right 👍🏻

[@l0kaltpsykf4ll34]

@@senkottuvelan dont be sorry , im just informing you thats all, im sorry if i made it seem like i had a aggressive tone. its all good mate 👍

[@senkottuvelan]

@@l0kaltpsykf4ll34 No no it's not in an aggressive tone. There is nothing to be sorry about. Thank you for the kind words mate 😊

[@heyitsme8222]

Where can de have full clip

[@malkakannangara8125]

Good pilot

[@endevour.4218]

yu should do that one where the c130 hercules that crashes in the philippines

[@raiderjames85]

What episode is this?

[@legendkhanproductions5263]

Great movie

[@aviciifan2719]

Dude just wanted to eat his food 1:38

[@The_Duggler25]

Seriously why isnt this show on Amazon

[@jackjack6054]

Link whit full video pls

[@Mr.MarKhor_Qamar]

Where can see full documentary

[@phapnui]

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[@vigneshgowdabidrupane4917]

*No fire. The engines are gone.*. No pilot wants to hear that i suppose. 😯

[@anusha6033]

How many engines were there?

[@vigneshgowdabidrupane4917]

@@anusha6033 sorry. I dont know. I forgot when i posted this comment.

[@anusha6033]

@@vigneshgowdabidrupane4917 np I expected that😅 have a great day mate!

[@vigneshgowdabidrupane4917]

@@anusha6033sorry. I realise now my reply was cold. Have a good evening. 🤗

[@anusha6033]

@@vigneshgowdabidrupane4917 no no not at all I didn't mean that I expected you wouldn't remember it but just wanted to give it a try😅 I was just watching these flight videos to learn the concept used here as I am preparing for jee advanced 😅 sleep well goodnight ☺️

[@rayankhan8308]

When the engines slipped the plane took a bank angle leading to less altitude (for anyone who is confused).

[@rockwin7111]

Plzz upload full episode

[@IndonesiaMajapahitNDPCA]

Why does the aircraft look like a Boeing 707-420?

[@starguy2718]

KC-135's are military versions of the B-707.

[@IndonesiaMajapahitNDPCA]

@@starguy2718 k

[@dmitriypopykin2003]

Just crazy flight

[@Sahilprakash1999]

0:02 Narrator: it's late afternoon at King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah Saudi Arabia dozens of US Air Force KC-135 aircraft prepare for late night missions during the Gulf War

[@mothswing7776]

OH DAMN THATS BAD 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@TheRealHusk]

I like the Smithsonian is using emojis now

[@q80aziz]

Thus we are hung into eternal suspense .

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

Can anyone explain to me why speedbrakes help stabilize the plane if they act the same on both wings?

[@festungkurland9804]

equal drag forces on the wings overcoming unequal forces can help.

[@Jamenator1]

The spoiler panels which are used for speedbrakes also aid in roll control by deflecting differentially when aileron inputs are made. E.g. if the pilot commands a left roll, the left spoilers go up while the right spoilers stay down. With the speedbrakes partially deployed, it gives the spoiler panels more room to move and can give a little bit more roll control authority. Deploying the panels didn't directly stabilise the plane, it just made the roll controls slightly move effective

[@richamayenkar423]

channel which give realistic view of aviation.

[@starguy2718]

Over 20 years in the USAF, and he's only a Major?

[@AkkarinAviation1307]

How to survive from the plane crash Be a camera man