THESE Failures Led to One of the Worst Air Crashes of all Time 💥 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

The investigation into the horrific collision of BAL Flight 2937 and DHL 611 on July 1, 2002 pointed to a grim sequence of events: an overwhelmed air traffic controller left on his own, an unexpected communication failure at a crucial time, followed by a catastrophically bad call.
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[@MissezPremiseHello]

They fail to mention that the ATC, Peter, was sought out and killed by a Family Member of one of the victims! This is truly heartbreaking.

[@rebelruth9582]

Yes, Aftermath with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brilliant film

[@louieosumo]

True Peter made mistakes but it was the company's fault for leaving him with disabled vital equipments.

[@fs10inator]

Nielsen's murder was depicted in the episode; it's just not in this clip. But I agree. Everything about Uberlingen was a total mess!

[@marcussantiago]

Why did the grieving dad kill the ATC and not his boss, boss' boss and the CEO of the company? They were more to blame than the ATC was. They just set him up to fail and he paid the ultimate price. IIRC none of the management served jail time, let alone got stabbed in the heart for their role in letting hundreds die just so the company could save a few bucks. As an additional bizarre twist, the grieving father returned home and was hailed as some kind of hero. He was even elected to some kind of local political position as a leader. This wasn't just some freak accident, but a horrific injustice all around. And worst of all, totally preventable if not for corporate greed.

[@MissezPremiseHello]

@@marcussantiago Exactly.

[@louieosumo]

Seriously dudes, you should've let one of you help Peter Nielsen in guiding the planes safely, but nope, you let him be killed by a distraught father thanks to your negligence😡

[@rayankhan8308]

😢

[@kyleyuen245]

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong

[@starry53]

Everything went horribly wrong as only one man is focusing on two radars at the same time. I feel bad for that guy, as he was killed by one of victim's parent after the incident by vengeance. Truthfully, that man didn't done anything wrong because one guy went to the bathroom and they are lack of manpower that time.

[@mg123rules]

Thats alot of work for one person should of been 2 at all times 😢

[@villacortahd]

Another relevant omission in this information is the TCAS design and information flaws that allowed the aircrafts to pursue their conflictive paths. The US manufacturers of the TCAS systems onboard were declared heavily liable by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2015 after a long and hard battle of a group of victims relatives. The last line of defense that was supposed to be the TCAS didn't work and this allowed the tragedy to happen.

[@CaBc933]

Why is nobody talking about how this is taken from another video!!!??

[@FallenHybrid_x]

full episode?

[@1JAHRIP234]

I love it

[@nadjahopetoerien2999]

FIRST AND LOVE U SMITHSONIAN

[@8346324970712]

I watched the whole investigation it's sed how he got kill just couse of this accident by one of the family members that lost his whole family in the crash..

[@jacobkeira4eva947]

GPS: At the next cloud, turn right and arrive at ur destination. APL Airport 300 Deutschland Ave., Berlin Germany. *PLANE STARTS SPIRALING FROM THE SKY* GPS: I’m going back to France to visit my wife and calculators. Goodbye! *SHUTS OFF*

[@rebelruth9582]

Watch 'Aftermath'. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a girl killed in this crash. He's out for revenge.

[@jegortsukanov8990]

Why did pilot went on collision course and consumed by ATC error?

[@louieosumo]

The other plane was told to descend while the Russian was told to climb. But for the latter, they ended up following ATC that instructs them to descend rather than following their TCAS to climb. Then they thought the other plane was from the right, but its from the left. Too late for the 2 planes to avoid and ended up colliding. Everyone on both planes are killed and Peter was later killed by a distraught father.

[@jegortsukanov8990]

@@louieosumo that’s really nice of you and name your profile, thanks

[@wwe412]

This crash was caused by pilot error maintenance problems an crew shortage the air traffic controller had a little bit of tragic mishandling of the flights but he had no reason for the crash.

[@johnbenjiebarnuevo1489]

Most of a victims are children😢

[@clearcoat1st]

😅

[@tpr1808]

Whoever killed Peter, I know it was frustrating but it wasn't his fault. May you rot in hell

[@lamboodabest]

Lol cry