S7E4 Air Crash Investigations - Cleared for Disaster - USAir Flight 1493 English

[Asalieri2]

flannel shirt lady should not have left the kitchen.

[YanYan1337]

"use caution we just had an acft go off the runway...in flames..."

[normanjtongmd]

Is LAX safer today?

[wtaworld1]

@normanjtongmd Yeah there's lots of improvements now so LAX is safer... I'm flying there this weekend actually :P

[legmanpv72]

This is the second USAir accident in as many years the other a fokker

[Rob187ok]

It's a shame for that poor woman who'll probably feel as if she killed loads of people,, but she was part of a system that wasn't safe enough in the first place. At a place like LAX controllers would be far better off if they worked in pairs who double chech each others work, even if it means paying out for more staff. A computer could be fed with all movement info and should show the possition of every aircraft and give warnings if any are in a dangerous place. How hard would that be to set up?

[atjnAdfhhjea]

@Rob187ok The problem with that whole argument is that you're trying to use logic. The people in charge don't run on logic, they run on money, and anything that eats into their profits can't be tolerated.

[purefatdude2]

david looks similar to Christan Bale

[rmachayes]

So what were the crew of the metroliner doing besides waiting for clearance? I am assuming that the tower uses the same frequency for launch as they do for recovery. If so, I wonder why the metroliner crew did not perk up when the ATC gave the 737 permission to land on the same runway they were on? Another sudda, wudda, cudda, I guess.

[minooo44]

was TCAS activated that day ?!

[MrBenjamin223]

@minooo44 TCAS is only for mid air collison. So if the TCAS responded it might of said GO DOWN and they couldnt cause their on the ground

[OAleathaO]

I know the voice over narrator is Jonathan Aris but his voice keeps reminding me of John de Lancie.

[MrBlankBarcode]

The US Air first officer looks kind of creepy...

[Anonymous52550]

@MrBlankBarcode Looks a bit like Christian Bale back in the day...

[HKUK94]

Holy crap. She got axed for that.

[kashsoldier]

Stupid air traffic controllers. If the fools on the ground can't see and guide a plane through with whatever means, how the hell pilots can land safely?

[tolaz96]

18:33 ... wait ... 45W??

[nccsa186]

I'm just wondering why David Koch is flying coach. He could buy that plane with his daily lunch money.

[titanic5577]

as with many things in aviation

[titanic5577]

why didn't they execute a go around

[sj0903]

@titanic5577 how could they execute a go around when they were so close to the metroliner. even if they tried to, it would have been very difficult as they have to put flaps to takeoff position and full power

[titanic5577]

@sj0903 they had the flaps down

[sj0903]

@titanic5577 they had the flaps down for landing, not takeoff

[EpicFilmsGERMANY]

@titanic5577 They couldnt see the crossing plane, had no strobes. Just a accident waiting to happen

[craigdragon17]

@liveevery My grandpa has a Metroliner. 24 years old, hunk of junk, but gets you where you need to go. I agree on your statement about the FAA. I personally think the NTSB should have authority to enforce changes as well as the FAA. The FAA is in bed with the airlines a large part of the time and since NTSB is not responsible for economics, it is a win win scenario. Especially if congress pass laws that forbids economic favors to the NTSB or lose license to operate in the US if caught,

[Summonearth]

The air traffic controller was lucky that she wasn't killed because of this accident like Peter Nelson who was murdered because he was part of the blame of two planes that hit collided into each other.

[magellanmax]

Too many things caused this accident. Blaming it entirely on the controller is unfair. In fact they should now think about building another airport nearby to ease congestion.

[maralda1]

How Ironic that the ATC controller Robin Wascher, had lost both her parents in a plane crash. R.I.P all the victims.



[united614]

Im a pilot. The first thing you do before taking off is turning on strobe and landing lights... and have taxi,nav,logo, and beacon on. It was the fault of the skywest pilots and of the traffic controller.

[sandyblock18]

@united614 Hmmm what company do u work for?

[thecouchdoor]

@united614 Your channel says you're 14? And you have videos of random xbox products with iCarly in the background? Seems legit.

[liveevery]

Also, what beats me - is that the metroliner heard that US Air was cleared to land 24L, they didnt alert the plane or the controller that they are on the runway.

[PICLex]

Ah i searched, mind controlling hypnotic russian warfare creature, glad i found it! lol

[juventusfan8]

She should go to prison for this

[jmsschooner]

@juventusfan8 yes she should

its murder she killed them

[liveevery]

@jmsschooner Sorry, I dont agree. Without ground radar, or a view and heavily overworked, you cannot expect a human to keep track of that many flights. She wasnt a robot - and he didnt have any toold to do her job properly. In other words, she was crippled to begin with and its the fault of the FAA. This accident was waiting to happen ... and eventually it did.

[gabo0576]

@liveevery what a pity no sanctions to FAA staff who didnt prevent this accident providing more ATC staff and equipment to LAX

[kurnellampdwarf]

@liveevery I couldn't agree more. The workload of the air traffic controllers at LAX must be immense...

[liveevery]

Also, the metroliner didnt have strobe lights on. No one could see it.

[sandyblock18]

@liveevery are u a pilot too plus i agree she should not be jailed cuz there was so many more planes she needs to settle with too.

[jmsschooner]

@jmsschooner still it was her fault

she should have known the where abouts of skywest

although the skywest plane pilot should have known that there was a plane coming

he would have seen it or heard it

[jimmyvbs]

@jmsschooner but shouldnt he hold short?

[budgerigarz]

733 doesn't have a glass cockpit!!!!!

Darn it ACI!

[budgerigarz]

@budgerigarz

[TheCriticalCanadian]

@budgerigarz Depends on the production time. In the late 80s/early 90s, the 737-300/400/500 came out with a 'hybrid' steam/glass cockpit. Not fully-glass, but not fully steam-gauges either.

[budgerigarz]

@TheCriticalCanadian It varied on the model. 733's had aalog cockpits, 734's had partial glass, and 735's were available with either.

[TheCriticalCanadian]

@budgerigarz Some 737-300s were retrofitted in the late 90s with glass, I believe.

[williepayt01]

@budgerigarz If you are talking about the 737 yes it does. Have you ever heard of the 737-800???

[Mcoov]

@williepayt01 The aircraft operating USR1493 that night in 1991 was a 737-300. The -800, along with its sister models hadn't been introduced until the late 90s (~1998).

[orestria]

wow. I`m officially kind of scared of LAX now. hopefully in a few years we`ll get new statistics that show an improvement

[sachinrameshtendulkr]

@orestria i can't afree with u more.. LAX SUCKS!