This Minor Detour Led to Disaster for Flight 706

[@nelsondendomo6687]

Imagine dying or losing someone you love cause someone wanted to see a boat. Smfh

[@stevenpena7576]

But a famues one

[@busharaca9637]

Yes but a ship

[@nelsondendomo6687]

@@busharaca9637 still

[@nelsondendomo6687]

@@stevenpena7576 not worth it

[@auggith]

Planes are cooler than boats anyway

[@Reveal_City]

*passengers are literally about to die* narrator: "today they're in for a treat"

[@kodyraphael6078]

Lmaoooooii

[@ChodeMaster]

Lol

[@vegasbaby3669]

@PAXperMortem - rofl

@@kodyraphael6078 nothing really funny here,,, is there?

[@kodyraphael6078]

@ obviously the joke is my guy, why else would I be laughing

[@omnipotentdwarf571]

New rule..... No more request from passengers.

[@earlkentsucalit1082]

Omnipotent Dwarf that pilot is dumb even if the accident didnt happen, they would be wasting fuel money just for that goddamn passenger request

[@animasikecelakaanpesawatdu1031]

Why like PSA0182

[@byrons3604]

Yea that was pretty dumb

[@ryanjapan3113]

Daniel Treadwell ouch

[@ryanjapan3113]

Viet Nguyen why what

[@kylieknight2365]

At the request of a passenger? Why not do a drive through at McDonald’s while they’re at it. Fark

[@katemaloney4296]

Up until then, they might have honoured that request.

[@SirDoggington]

XD

[@Roundtableoffools]

Nothing totally bad will happen

[@Reel-Justice]

That's just a plain dumb thing to say. Why would they stop at McDonald's when they just finished their onboard meal?

[@SirDoggington]

@@Reel-Justice Stop for seconds.

[@devotedcetacean6568]

THIS IS WHY THEY DONT ALLOW PASSENGERS IN THE COCKPIT!

[@mcplutt]

ok

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Jonny B no ..you just need to distract then and done

[@alekseygameplays734]

How come i was able to Go in?? After landing and at the gate

[@gamingwolffox7121]

And this way we can’t have nice things

[@jeffj2495]

Daniel - LOL great comment.

[@michaelabraham9233]

imagine being on the cruise, waving at a plane and then seeing it collide with another plane

[@MadNotAngry]

They usually charge extra for that.

[@plasmada263]

Im dead 😂

[@tomfurgas2844]

That would certainly take all the fun out of the cruise.

[@inarimusa]

@@MadNotAngry LOL

[@rohitbanerjee1079]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheJDLonline]

Lesson here, NEVER let a passenger near the cockpit, NEVER take requests from idiots, and always fly in controlled air space. Everyone could of still been alive. I rest my case.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

They didn't have a flight attendant because of the size of plane so the cockpit was accessible

[@DM-mj8nr]

could have*

Lesson here is dont trust French pilots with your life cuz they are shit.

[@bedtimestories5270]

uncontrolled you mean.

[@coolperson4582]

hindsight is 20/20

[@electronicsNmore]

What a way to go......One minute you're enjoying the view, and the next you're in a bunch of pieces heading toward the sea.

[@yaufr]

electronicsNmore its the 400k subs and 3k views for me

[@somebodytouchamyspaghet5384]

helo electric man

[@crageranimations3915]

@@yaufr mate no one cares

[@TheTezz100]

@electronicsNmore "live in the moment, and not for tomorrow"

[@HVACSoldier]

@@TheTezz100 “Live everyday as if it were your last, because some day you’re sure to be right.” - Breaker Morant.

[@rakeshcnn1]

Captain could have just said NO even if it is rude for passengers. Safety is more important than pleasing the few passengers in the aircraft.

[@lewishadley6219]

Or left as soon as he saw another plane nearby rather than letting it get into a blind spot

[@basaGOALera52637]

Maybe the pilot wanted to see it for himself too. It would be ridiculous if he only did it because of a passenger's request. Their curiosity kills all of them

[@BlueAcidball]

Curiousity killed the cat

[@panzerivausfg4062]

@@lewishadley6219 They were several planes in the area trying to photograph the ship.

[@camsfitness1745]

@@lewishadley6219 did you not watch the video? They clearly couldn't see the plane until last second.

[@3yktx]

*pilot reads check list* 1. Do not accept request from passengers

[@caelidhg6261]

or allow kids to fly big jetliners

[@ripnob]

@@caelidhg6261 like aeroflot 821

[@JesusRobinson-o1v]

300th like.

[@MrJdele]

The only thing I ever request when flying is an extra bag of peanuts

[@chateaupig826]

Luv it , me too just an extra coffee if it's not too much trouble

[@sunnyfon9065]

You guys probably have right ideas, just request for food and beverage

[@mirkelandelplop679]

Request to pilot: "Can you fly lower and circle 360 degrees to facilitate digestion of my peanuts."

[@sunnyfon9065]

@Mirkel Andelplop *”fly lower to facilitate my digestion of peanuts” lol, nice joke”*

[@carolhutchinson7763]

I don't ask for anything because I don't fly because of stuff like this. 😬

[@icougarman369]

Passenger requested if they can see God. Request granted.

[@Xoxotho]

Lol

[@saraparson3334]

icougarman369 😂😂😂😂

[@warplane334]

😂

[@Mo16030]

Good one

[@howmathematicianscreatemat9226]

Not sure if everybody can afford it though. They charge you thousands of dollars for it per person.

[@DAIadvisor]

One thing I learned from watching all these videos, is that Cessna aircrafts are more dangerous than entire carrier battlegroup

[@uncletaylorify]

A friend of the family works on them. He calls them "Doctor Killers"

[@bernlin2000]

Pretty damn shocking how much damage that little prop plane could do, even to a small commercial airliner. Totally snapped the back flight surfaces away from the cabin, an awesome (and terrible) sight.

[@nathanw9770]

​@@bernlin2000 They are both travelling between 150 and 200mph so even with how small it is the momentum is huge.

[@karllieck9064]

​@@uncletaylorifyI call them flying coffins.

[@3p1ks]

That's probably the rarest type of aviation accident that could possibly happen. Could you imagine how hard it is to collide with a plane unintentionally?

[@lecroitg]

Not as rare as you would think with so much traffic in the sky. There’s even an entire system for these situations called TCAS.

[@thequake180]

that is the purpose of having air traffic control, to keep airplanes separated from each other so they do not collide. but in this case the ATC failed to do his job and allowed an aircraft to deviate dangerously from their flight path.

[@dout0rm942]

​@@thequake180no the ATC made no mistakes at all. Are you dumb or something? They were in uncontrolled airspace, there is no ATC. The pilots should have been on the lookout for other aircraft.

[@adotintheshark4848]

It's actually hard to do intentionally. You have to have a truck load of bad luck to be on an aircraft that collides with another.

[@AndiDuck]

The two aircraft collided. Both aircraft immediately fell to the water, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board the Beechcraft, as well as the sole occupant of the Cessna. Made me think of that phrase " A view to a kill"

[@jdmozee12]

ThE DuCk you are my crush solely for that comment

[@doogleticker5183]

Is it a phrase? I just thought it was the title of a Bond movie...seriously, is it a phrase too?

[@GrijzePilion]

It's a phrase....kind of. From Reddit: "In hunting, a view is the moment you spot your target, a find is when you discover their trail/scent and start pursuing, and a check is when you lose that trail. There's an old British hunting song that goes "From a find to a check, from a check to a view, from a view to a kill in the morning." It's a reference to that, evoking the image of a hunter preparing to kill their target. (The movie's script is called "From a View to a Kill.")"

[@doogleticker5183]

@GrijzePillon - Thanks for that explanation! Cool. Best wishes, D.T.

[@rowanahedley9578]

Thanks for telling us what happens to them

[@Milk6444]

Im glad they got rid of that happy outro

[@silviacherula6145]

😢😢😢😢😢😈😈😂😉😁😥😤😕😨😤😬😦😦

[@thereversermankid2990]

Soo Kim dosent make sense

[@thereversermankid2990]

It’s happy?

[@yvonne9863]

Ikr I hates that outro in his othed vids

[@donjohnson5653]

It's not as bright anymore😂😆🤣✌👊😎

[@JustRandomThings]

When your death is written on a specific time there is nothing that can save you. The passenger's request was the same link of the chain of events. May they all rest in peace.

[@legendatifaslam]

he was angle of death instead

[@alexchristopher221]

Seeing the French ocean liner was the last item on the passenger's bucket list.

[@robertktw]

Where's Cessna's blind spot?

[@iefr9076]

robert the pilot 😂

[@wwethemes2341]

The design of the plane itself,the 360 turn and the sun

[@randymarsh7049]

robert I have over a 100 hours of flight time in a Cessna 152 and was wondering the same thing. I suppose the sun like the person said above

[@robertktw]

so sad, rip >.

[@bobsagget823]

The cessna was descending so the pilot basically couldn't see what was below him - he missed the plane until it was right in front of him. That's the problem when you condense the episode into 4 minutes.

[@some5672]

i'll give it a thumbs up for the gus fring reenactment at 3:12

[@Milesco]

Dingdingdingdingdingdingding!

[@HotCheetos0901]

어디가 g

[@LandonMac32]

It was at this moment that he knew, he f**ked up.

[@charlesnoonan5543]

Lol

[@noobbassist1352]

NOOO-

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Imagine how the families of the passengers feel. The didn’t lose their loved ones in normal flight Ops. The crash occurred while making a frivolous pass over an ocean liner, too low for radar coverage.

[@5wheels178]

Dunno really, most plane crashes are because of things that seem kind of infuriating and avoidable after the fact.

[@cessnacitation-x]

3:10 Perfectly cut screams

[@icetooththehybrid4807]

Hell ya

[@loveplane737]

lol

[@1FRESHTACO]

Noo

[@johnhud0079]

Unregulated airspace. Stay out of it.

[@GeoCalifornian]

When both of these pilots decided to fly in unregulated airspace they doomed themselves...

[@Rindiculousfun]

John Hud007 99% of airspace in North America is uncontrolled. If only the FAA in the states adopted the 126.7 enroute uncontrolled airspace frequency that Canada uses, that likely doesn’t happen.

[@che3se1495]

@@GeoCalifornian That's not how airspace works... Most microlight and a lot of light aircraft will fly in uncontrolled airspace. Turning your transponder off is wrong and you shouldn't do it. Using different radio frequencies in the same airspace is foolish. By right of way, the Beechcraft was in the wrong, as the Cessna had right of way. I think the worst offense is turning the transponder off. It's essentially choosing to be less safe. Though I don't know if that would have helped stop the collision.

[@GeoCalifornian]

che3se1495 alrighty, then, flying in uncontrolled airspace without a transponder and you are doomed to your own unprofessional fate, and you take innocent passengers along too. And so it goes...

[@bodyloverz30]

@@Rindiculousfun This was in France, so EU rules apply.

[@exceedinc]

But they wanted to look at a freakin cruise liner... well, they got their “treat”

[@HVACSoldier]

Well, only one person wanted to look at the cruise liner. Me, I fly to get to where I’m going. If I can see a sight, great. If not, oh well. No need to deviate on my account.

[@MannyFresh1x]

@@HVACSoldier exactly. They could take took a boat or yatch out there and live to tell the tale

[@cbtcrushman]

0:26 Today they're in for a treat, the sweet sweet release of death

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Well, I hope the passengers enjoyed their nice view of the ocean liner -- before they all got killed.

[@Sidex150-g1p]

Passenger : Can we land on water? Plane Captains : Aye Aye Captain.

[@corner559]

All these Smithsonian videos are way too short on details. Did anyone survive? What was the outcome of the investigation? Did rules and regs change for passenger planes in the region? Very poorly done video.

[@KB-bh9hp]

Corn Fed No, it's basically impossible to survive a mid air collision if you break up.

[@RS-hh3et]

Puff the Magic Dragon - That's not all what they ask.

[@pattheriot3963]

It's a snippet of an episode that fills an hour-long time slot on TV. If you want to see the full investigation, you'll have to see the full episode. :)

[@Milesco]

If it's going to be just a snippet of a full-length episode, the video should say so.

[@youonlyliveonce12ish]

It does in the desc From the Series: Air Disasters: Deadly Detour bit.ly/2Dj8Ily

[@ILoveNumbers_MarioFan]

Ok, here are the court results. Passengers and Pilots of the Beechcraft: Innocent. Pilot of the Cessna: GUILTY! This crash happened because the pilot in the Cessna did not turn on his transponder like he was supposed to.

[@publikenemi49]

Il0venumbers Mari0fan , transponder off and apparently had a blindfold on. Wtf. Cessna should have seen that plane with plenty time to spare that pilot wasn’t was looking everywhere but forward for far too long

[@orvinkent7600]

There was no legal action to this crash

[@ryantheyoutuber611]

3:17 Everyone: "Screaming gets you nowhere." Pilots: "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

[@tanmaypalkar9861]

Finally!! a perfect video by Smithsonian With real scenes, analysis, investigation, conclusion...and over everything . . no happy music for the death of innocent people onboard 😂

[@dfuher968]

They stole it all from the Mayday - Air Crash Investigation episode linked elsewhere in this thread and cut a 40+ minute episode down to a superficial misleading 3min puff piece. Which I sincerely hope is the reason for the several stupid comments, other ppl made for this vid.

[@elliotchen7706]

Air Crash Investigations is shown on Smisthonian if you didn't know that.

[@griytzmessesup2212]

Dfuher D, Smithsonian owns Air Crash Investigation

[@lpsfunstrawberry914]

TANMAY PALKAR its not funny

[@newblip1220]

yet ironically you put a laughing emoji in your comment

[@danielvygodner6620]

3:12 It was at this moment that he knew. He fucked up.

[@rockynets]

It is no longer brighter there?

[@cannedspaghetti1854]

Sadly, its darker here.

[@eclipsedpichu]

lollll I get it, usually the end of all these Smithsonian vids say "It's Brighter Here"

[@trolltrama9780]

Lynn Yuzuriha no shit

[@ILoveNumbers_MarioFan]

The fire is bright, but the results are not bright. In other words, 3 pilots and 12 passengers are dead.

[@Arkensius1157]

They are now plunged into the darkness

[@PeterSt1954]

That reconstruction of the collision is the most terrifying - and best - that I have ever seen other than in a major production.

[@notsocooldude7720]

Is this not considered a major production? It‘a a TV series

[@adamposts69420]

0:52 Cessna be like: NO TIME TO WAIT I WANNA SEE THE OCEAN LINER GET OUT OF MY WAY!

[@siding8]

The spectators in the boats really received an amazing show that day.

[@cranksetwrench]

Someone recorded the video of the collision

[@bernlin2000]

Apparently, according to this documentary, nobody on the ship actually saw the collision as it happened, it was that fast. They (and the photographer in another nearby Cessna) only saw the planes falling as debris. That was part of the reason why they had to fully reconstruct the airplanes from the scraps found in the sea.

[@jacccccccck1475]

Love the length of these videos! Perfect for my tiny attention span lol

[@rjb073]

I learned to fly on a Cessna 150 at flight school. Nice plane and the view from the cockpit was very good. IMO, the pilot of the Cessna was not expecting any aircraft in his flight area, so he was not scanning the sky. I am not blaming him because obviously, the pilot of the Beechcraft should have stayed on course, especially knowing that he was below radar and would not receive any help from the ATC.

[@bernlin2000]

I think he was too experienced to not presume that aircraft would be flying over such a historic ship. Perhaps he didn't realize just how many planes would be in the area, but if he had been interested he certainly could have contacted other ATCs in the area to get more information. Sounds like it was a very casual flight, with devastating consequences.

[@adotintheshark4848]

The Cessna was a 172

[@r1vers335]

Why am I watching this when I’m about to go on a 20 hour flight

[@mariyaavdalyan774]

20 hour's !!!!!!!

[@bedtimestories5270]

It is also my bad habit,

[@windshearahead7012]

Sweta Singh there are flights that long

[@jimmycakes7158]

Did you survive

[@eastwood111]

k l Yes we made it

[@Booga04Minecraft]

All this for some boat

[@JustCalMeBozeman]

She's a ship, you troglodyte, a historic ocean liner to be exact.

[@windshearahead7012]

Adam what’s a troglodyte lmaooo?

[@epiclightning10]

Adam who the fuck cares

[@juanthompson8016]

@@JustCalMeBozeman shut up you nerd

[@iloveweedsomuch9275]

Adam ok pussy

[@LiterallyMark1]

Who would have thought air space to be so small.

[@abelucious]

Apparently the Cessna's blind spot is straight ahead where your field of vision is supposed to be .

[@RBMapleLeaf]

Well in addition the Captain is not the one flying so he can’t see any traffic as his FO is flying and they were banked so I think maybe yeah highlighting the fact a request by a passenger was approved shouldn’t have been the reason but I guess the Captain of the 1900 D can’t be a fault because he couldn’t see out the right side in part because they were not flying level and his FO is flying

[@noobyegg4859]

3:10 I wonder why the Cessna wasn’t looking out for the Beachcraft.

[@schoolssection]

@@eddieduplantier4513 Wonder if the Cessna was talking with ATC- even if both planes were below controlled airspace, there could have been traffic advisories given. Stress the word 'could'

[@rogeliolopez2190]

@@eddieduplantier4513 a transponder communicates with the ground radar and delivers a squawk code that you get assigned. there are also the 7k squawk codes which are 7500 (means hijacked), 7600 (lost radio communication) 7700 ( an emergency). If its off then the position and its altitude is unknown by a radar. if you are wondering why its off, it could be he forgot. You really should leave your transponder on at all times (as long as there is power of course) but some pilots turn it off while on the ground to not overwhelm air traffic controls with more aircraft.

[@evoman1776]

What are the odds of being in the exact same spot at the same time in that big sky? At those speeds, one second difference and they would have missed each other or just a few feet higher or lower. Really bad luck.

[@DavidGarcia-jq4qx]

Pilots taking special requests? I guess the elite know no limits.

[@jdmozee12]

David Garcia well since they're dead they know nothing now

[@s0ulfire]

Justin Mozee just like Jon Snow

[@dustindykes7523]

I could be wrong, but I believe that VFR aircraft are not required to have a XPDR in Class E or Class G airspace

[@dfuher968]

David Garcia, since when is a regular commercial passenger flight "the elite"?

[@gustav_a.mozumder2011]

David Garcia Pilots do take special requests and will always for the ones who have the right connections & Money.

[@americacountryball7931]

Can people stop blaming the passenger the smaller aircraft had it's Transponder off making it impossible to locate on the technology

[@carolhutchinson7763]

@Freethinkers: 🙄 😒 😂

[@uhejnjd]

If the passenger didn't make a request to go outside of a flight plan and if the crew didn't accept it, the crash wouldn't have happened.

[@Knee-Lew]

@@uhejnjd Hence, no passengers should be allowed to be inside the cockpit.

[@che3se1495]

@@Knee-Lew It's fully the pilot's responsibility. If the pilot believed it to be unsafe, they should have said no.

[@brigitteschultz1552]

@Freethinkers Don't blame God for peoples choices.

[@Mikael5732]

Person responsible is the pic! (pilot in command!) Not the passenger making the request. The pilot in command!

[@johncarlofernando1705]

i agree. never fly in uncontrolled airspace

[@vivians9392]

He should have said NO!

[@DizzyMapping]

Guys! Not just one Person is responsible! It is the pic fault for accepting the request, the cessnas fault for turning off its transponder, the atc fault for allowing the request, and by just the design of the planes themselves. Not just one person

[@BANGITSME87]

The actor???

[@GaiusCaesarAugustusGermanicus.]

Why weren't both aircraft on the same frequency? Same altitude and airspace

[@barbaradyson6951]

makes you think of world war 2 pilots always having to keep their eyes open.

[@eriksmithdrummer]

I was a witness to this accident back in 1998. The SS Norway (formerly SS France) was on a european cruise with all norwegian passengers. A big part of the cruise was performances with well known norwegian artists. I was a musician in the backing band for the artists. At the time of the incident, most of the passengers were taken to the landside for sightseeing while we had rehearsals on the rear deck of the SS Norway. During a break we heard a loud engine roar, I turned and saw two planes colliding and debree falling from the sky. it was a surreal experience. At the time it was chaos around and above the ship. Everybody wanted to see the former french pride. Within minutes after the crash, all traffic in the air and on water stopped and we saw rescue boats and helicopters emerging.

[@elisem1912]

So interesting to hear perspective from someone who was actually on the ship and witnessed, thank you for sharing that. Sad to hear she's been scrapped.

[@eriksmithdrummer]

@@elisem1912 Glad i could give some input. The SS Norway was a magnificent ship inside and out. At another port in France (the name has escaped me) there were 50 000 spectators sightseeing the ship in just a few hours. The interest was enormous.

[@soujatya2439]

This video is 2 years old and mine is the 4th comment the oldest one is from 9hrs ago Wtf

[@averyrosesilva]

These videos just make me never want to go on an airplane again.

[@mohamedmuzaahir6570]

I felt as I was in a dream cannot believe such a tragedy was at its closure. The passengers were very calm and quiet. Everything came to an end, what a tragic moment was it.... All of a sudden the screaming of the passengers broke out in horror. That made me heart shaken. Unexpectedly the two flights banged each other. The flight burst into pieces, that was the end of the journey. May all those died in the tragic incident rest in peace. My deepest sympathies and condolence to the victims families. I'm from Srilanka!

[@arthurmcnamara8938]

The way the guy screamed at the end sound like a kind of movie death 😂😂😂 "NOOO-"

[@cheeky_cheesy4924]

if the passenger never asked that request they would of still been alive

[@ELFCloudGamer]

or they may have crashed on landing. who knows?

[@azscratchers8596]

A couple of years after this event, I took a cruise on that ship when it was the NCL Norway. RIP....

[@tishateelucksingh3263]

I sorry for the old guy in the Cessna im actually crying pray he's in heaven

[@darkguardian1314]

SS France was scrapped in 2008. Only it's bow survives. Pilot knew there were other aircraft in the area. It was a bad call to go below control altitude.

[@Beencouraged777]

Since when do captains take inflight requests from passengers?🤔

[@KathySandru]

If the passenger owned the aircraft or the company that manufactures it

[@rogeliolopez2190]

@@KathySandru if he had authority over that aircraft because he own the manufacturer (which he didn't) then every single aircraft made by beech craft would belong to him ( they don't)

[@elisem1912]

Small aircraft, pre 9/11, things were more chill.

[@godlyoli7821]

"This little maenuever is gonna cost us the rest of our lives" - The pilots

[@michaelkensington2494]

Deviation where ATC cant track you... What was the pilot and ATC thinking, they mustve known there are a lot of smaller aircrafts in that area.

[@ursuss100]

Actually, while BEA published an advisory afterwards, calling for flight plans to only be cancelled/modified in case of real necessity, the Cessna and its pilot were found at fault for the accident. It was discovered that the Cessna was being flown with its transponder switched off-thus preventing the Lorient approach ATCs from seeing it on their screens and consequently from giving its position to the Beechcraft's crew...

[@twentyrothmans7308]

I see also that the Cessna pilot had 15.5K hours - not a weekend flyer. I'm reading through the report, slowly as my French has deteriorated.

[@blademaster8881]

imagine what that would look like from the boats point of view. "hey theres an airliner, and theres a water plane." BAM "..."

[@bestoutcomes]

As an investigator-analyst of aviation incidents in my state and select high profile cases, and a passenger as well as an aviator myself, these incidents of multi-factorial negligence and ignorance if not outright stupidity among pilots -- such as this one who allowed a passenger's request to dictate his flight plan and out the window going all of his training which centers on cautiousness rather than over-confidence and a cavalier attitude that all is well regardless of what is done/ not done -- never ceases to amaze me as well as frighten me.I strive to educate the flying public on matters specific to safety but time and again, like in this case, it all comes down to the PIC's sound jugdment or lack thereof at any given time. This is why a pilot ought never allow oneself to be engaged/ spoken to/ distracted by any passenger. And why we have co-pilots in the first place. That is, to speak up and assert rather than be silent and infifferent and blindly trusting what the pilot does.

[@animepotato1028]

3:11 Me when I see my friend in front of me trying to crash into me in Microsoft Simulator 2020

[@timothyjohnreyes4744]

The Cessna pilot was kinda an old man there if you pause it in 3:00 and rip for him :( And for everybody died :( i was kinda about to cry.

[@chipjumper]

Odd part is that a banked aircraft is generally EASIER to spot than one at level flight. The Cessna pilot should have spotted the B1900

[@timothyduffy8818]

He was probable looking at the Ship also.

[@whitepeacock5939]

The Cessna pilot couldn't see the plane as it was in a blind spot, so when it actually came into his view it was too late.

[@dout0rm942]

​@@whitepeacock5939you got it all wrong. The Cessna was in the blind spot of the beechcraft, not yhr other way around

[@ShutupBitch-l4g]

Good job with taking out the happy music and "it's brighter here".

[@InstaAE]

2:30 What’s scary is nobody’s flying that plane 😂

[@johncarlofernando1705]

😂

[@Spooked]

“Without warning” No sh*t, no aircraft would hop on frequency and be like “*KSHH* Hey we’re about to hit you so uhh be prepared”

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

That animation was amazing

[@eletricboogaloo5861]

I've been in a Cessna a few times and the control panel sit far up. (I'm not a Pilot I was a Scanner for those flights). So I think it was a slightly higher altitude and so when the Beach craft came out of the turn it was too late.

[@desiguy55]

glad it was not a 747 obeying the request of a passenger for closer look.

[@6infinity8]

Glad the camera crew survived

[@leusreit3327]

Why on the Earth would there be any situation with more than one aircraft sitting on different radio frequency?..

[@anxiety161]

Love these videos! Keep up the great plane vids like this 💓

[@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN]

Sweet Jesus, all actors get Academy Awards. I especially like the screams of impending death.🤯👊🏽

[@Teqnyq]

I enjoyed this video unlike the other uploads that alway end in a cliffhanger.

[@ehssanghandehari856]

Smithsonian I love your videos!!! Plz post more air crash disasters!!

[@imkindahungry04364]

Dark...

[@mazizbringingbackthecreati2113]

This channel needs know the history of aviation’s catastrophic events in order to make new videos for people like you... damn.. you dark.

[@Ivanamalakian]

I laughed a bit at this comment

[@urhoyrjola429]

I am addicted to watching these

[@guynorth3277]

Life can be so freaky and ephemeral.

[@ryantheyoutuber611]

3:12 Timestamp for impact scene

[@OldHoboManYouTube]

Rip people on the boat who watched the crash

[@Hercules718]

Zyhir Harris not a boat. Can you speak English ? Ship.

[@TheSecondVersion]

(Plane beings to divebomb a French ship) Old men: "Merde! Not again!"

[@gamerredoffical4385]

3:12 when you get kill by a sniper in call of duty

[@aaptyp]

GamerRed Offical Your humour sucks. Straight up sucks.

[@KristenHammerback-pk5wy]

This is so awful, SO awful. No words. I'm so sad for all of those who died. RIP.

[@Kingzombie101]

When you and your friends are messing around at the gta v airport

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! XD

[@joshmathis5337]

Everyone here thinks they know everything and would never make a mistake. That was what a one in a million chance?

[@ebonywales2330]

If he wanted a closer look he should have rented his own private jet for that because they actually do specials for stuff like that. You just have to let them know ahead of time so everything is good to go. Making sure no airplanes can collide, the jet is ready to do several turns etc. It's his fault and it's no denying it. If your family died there's no way you would say hey it's a one in a million chance🤔

[@MannyFresh1x]

There was no "mistake" if the passenger didn't request a fly by of the ship they would all be alive right now

[@Ayks123]

From every crash we hope they learn from it and make sure the same accident doesn't occur again

[@Rorkazak]

The French now speak English with American accents ?

[@omnipotentdwarf571]

Alistair Winthorpe International pilots are required to speak English.

[@bryliang]

Actors with french accents are too expensive for this channel

[@deprogramm]

french sounds disgusting so they brought english speakers.

[@johnferguson7235]

Since the Beechcraft and the Cesna are built in the United States, the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) conducts it's own investigation and is part of the investigation team.

[@ianfoster750]

They’re are pilots who work for companies that aren’t they’re country too

[@paulbroderick8438]

I remember a flight close to the Grand Canyon, Arizona, where the pilot announced that he was going to dip the wings for passengers to attain a classic view. This was his decision alone, no passenger involvement.

[@anonnimoose7987]

Isn't that the part where it was cloudy and they only have 10 seconds to avoid each other?

[@captainchris4123]

*SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL, ITS DARKER HERE*

[@ILoveNumbers_MarioFan]

SmithSonian Channel, It’s Burning Here.

[@uhejnjd]

This video just SCREAMS rich passengers. Plane only carrying 19 people, going to see a special ship, one passenger gets a special request approved which voids all flight plans, crew allows the request to go through.

[@prisonmike3605]

What kind of pilots listen to these type of requests?!?

[@imbatman2319]

The dead kind apparently

[@havokcomplex1425]

Okay but why does the Cessna have a truck horn? 0:51

[@holdenwait]

these Smithsonian videos have the most terrifying computer animations

[@epicfilmmaker3998]

What’s weird is there was another flight 706 that also crashed after a collision

[@mondaymotivator_]

All because they wanted to see a floating piece of metal.

[@teejay5432]

Why can't I stop watching this vids while in lockdown?!