Air Crash Investigation s05e08 part 3 of 5 - "Who's at the controls? (fatal distraction)"

[kevthrev66]

amazing that between them,4 experienced aviators could not detect the plane was going down

[OriginalAtomicSheep]

0:05... chuck norris's cigarettes don't light jet fuel.

[CPRailRTC]

I love the rescue workers smoking while hauling bodies out of the swamp... different time

[nathanfishing3000]

F*** THE LIGHT BULB AND FLY THE FRICKEN PLANE!!!!

[CrazyCessnaPilot]

@mystix0 Around 250 knots. So that's about 300 kph

[BBQTeach]

Oh god, the autopilot went into landing mode, well at least I think...

I wonder if those returned parts are still in operation?

[BBQTeach]

Oh god, the autopilot went into landing mode, well at least I think...

[PInk77W1]

@pedrodea my bad.

[PInk77W1]

99 deaths for a .20c light bulb

[LambosWebs]

Wouldnt The Ground Proximity Warning Warn The Pilots

[ghostintheshelll]

@LambosWebs It probably would, had it been installed on that particular aircraft. The GPWS was made mandatory only in 1974, two years after the crash.

[Truthseeker4449]

@LambosWebs Even if it was installed, it won't work if the gear is down

[mysticx0]

does anyone know the speed that a plane would be going during something like that?

[aznbaconftf8]

@mysticx0 100-200 mph?

[grkdancer96]

wow, rip lily. ):

[Bazanadu]

Tell you what - lets settle this once and for all- A lit cigarette will not light aviation fuel- or even petrol (gasoline) for that matter. Full stop. End of. If anyone wants I'll do a video myself to prove it....

[pnishimu]

@Bazanadu Geez people. EMS is the most stressful job especially, cut the guy a break.

[n8tivguitar]

whats wrong with saying THE hospital

[Hash1996]

nah, if they tried landing without a front nose gear and it wasn't locked in place, pretty much everyone would be killed

[jrdragster3323]

so the pilots could have taking the chance with the landing gear. but instead decide to worry about a fucking light? wow

[tregino]

everyone saying oh look he's smoking. with that amount of jet fuel in the vicinity the helicopters engines alone would have sparked it. already had it been an issue try it yourself by pouring some petrol and water in a small vessel and dropping a lit cigarette into it all that happens is it goes out . you need vapour in an enclosed space to be any threat of inflamation, if i remember from school 15 years ago

[atsoftco]

All you guys shut up about the smoking .the guy is working his ass off and helping people far away from the aircraft. If it was any of you .you be standing there saying omg what should I do ?

[MissWooHoo1]

it sad for the wildlife as well. that would poison the swamp and ruin the eco system. alligators would be covered in oil and die.

[ciscokitty8]

@MissWooHoo1 that's an oil spill. jet fuel is not oil-based, it's kerosene based. while the alligators wouldn't get covered in oil, they would probably get poisoned by the kerosene, with the amount that was spilled...

[oldsouth31]

they use the Traffic soundtrack to help make this segment?

[lcmortensen]

6:57 - how on earth do they have CT scans? Clinical CT machines only began to be introduced in 1974 - two years after the crash.

[sxtraildanny]

Whats the name of the song at 2:50 ?

[kingofkeyboards]

@sxtraildanny An Ending - Brian Eno

[MrJackanthony]

so sad about Lily and the crew.

[reaperrowledge]

at the very beggining of this clip. is a cop smoking a fag.. second guy on the stretcher?

[pgotw]

3min30 mark

Make sure you choose the right seat when flying

[icemachine79]

@Macinabit That's what I thought at first too, but looking again when he pulls it out of his mouth I think its a pen. At the very least its not lit since there's no smoke. If it was a cigarette then he probably just had in his mouth out of habit to calm his nerves. Smokers do that a lot & sometimes when they quit they put a straw or pen in their mouth like a cigarette. Its called "oral fixation", like an obsessive-compulsive behavior.

[MLBExpert2007]

100% wrong. If you look closely, you can see the ash fall to the ground when he takes the butt out of his mouth. That ain't no pen, sir.

[JPChabert]

Had this L1011 been equipped with a simple GPWS system, none of this would have happened ! It would have yelled "TOO LOW TERRAIN", "GEAR", "FLAPS", "SINK RATE", "PULL UP". I think that would have been enough to get their attention !!

[Dave071960]

It's "An Ending (Ascent)", track 5 on Brian Eno's Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks. A hauntingly beautiful piece of music if ever there was one.

[chris3one6]

LoL Flight Level 2000? 200,000 Feet

[rbadm69]

you got it wrong mate, FL2000 is 200 thousands indeed, but 2000 feet is a FL020

[xiangxiang92295]

why did i see a guy smoking?i thought that any spark will lead to an explodsion

??

[rrmperez]

Yeah I saw the guy smoking too....but this show makes jet fuel look like gasoline or something. I'm in the aviation industry. Trust me, it takes a VERY hot spark to ignite JP-8. I've seen guys put out cigarettes and matches in JP8, though i wouldn't do it myself.

[rbadm69]

lol got it 2

[leviathan94xxx]

with new technologies come new failures... they always wonder how could a state of the art airliner crash?!?!? well cuz the more systems you have the more failures are possible systems are made to be relied on... so when they fail its catastrophic to prove my point this crash is mainly cuz of a system failure: autopilot failed to maintain flight level 2000

[icemachine79]

Actually one of the pilots hit the control column and turned off the altitude control, so the plane was just doing what it was told to do. Its not that the plane had a problem; the pilots should have kept an eye on the readings & been more careful. They lost situational awareness over that stupid light bulb. In fact, if the plane would have had even NEWER technology like the GPWS they would have been alerted in time to stop the dive. Better training is the answer, not fear of technology.

[leviathan94xxx]

yeah i know

[MLBExpert2007]

Check out the retard EMS rescuer right at the beginning of the clip with a cigarette dangling from his mouth despite the presence of thousands of gallons of spilled jet fuel in the area, lol.

[goldenismonica]

oh em gee!!!! you are soo right!

people are so fucking stupid. what if that cigarette fell and ignited the whole area.

and why the hell would that guy be smoking anyway, dispite the fact that he's doing something very important.

God damn him! is he serious.

im so mad.

[vitaeterna]

@goldenismonica Could it be a flashlight?

[Monthagny]

@goldenismonica Calm down!! its 1972 its perfectly acceptable to smoke anywhere you want to!

[goldenismonica]

@Monthagny

i will not calm down! thank you very much. ;-)

[Bazanadu]

A cigarette can't light aviation fuel or petrol for that matter..... unless it's vapourised of course....

[liquidfire213]

Yes it could, idiot

[Bazanadu]

I can assure you, it doesn't. Try it.

[liquidfire213]

Let me douse you in some fuel and we'll try it.

[icemachine79]

You're both sort of right, but in this situation it would have ignited because the crash spilled the fuel everywhere contaminating it & some of it was vaporized.

[Cytacon]

@MLBExpert2007 he is nowhere near the jet fuel.. The guy with the swamp boat ferried the wounded to an area where they could be airlifted, there was no jet fuel in that area.. Can't blame a guy for having a cigarette after seeing dozens of dead bodies floating in a swamp.

[Kamikuru77]

@Cytacon cig? I thought it was a small medical flashlight paramedics use

[vitaeterna]

@MLBExpert2007 Could it be a flashlight?

[Kamikuru77]

@MLBExpert2007 lol

[Armigo91]

@MLBExpert2007

I thought mythbusters busted the possibility of a cigarette lighting kerosine...and simply its impossible. Its like saying water will boil at 50celsius. Does it? I dont think so...

So may I please ask you the severe problem of smoking a cigarette with 1000s of gallons of kerosine??

I cant find one.

Unless you defy smoking people,

if so just say your hate smokers.

Dont take it out of context.

If you really thought it was dangerous... go read a book!

[Armigo91]

Im making a fool of myself. Sorry,

you need ofcourse a lighter or a match to smoke a cigarette.

that does make it dangerous. That is if he throws the lighter in the kerosine soaked water. And it has to be a zippo or else the the lighter goes bulb.

Still hardly unlikely it would cause a fire at the distance he was smoking that cigarette. But i understand the concern.

[svboyn]

@MLBExpert2007 Yea they need to include that precaution in their "rescue manuals" lol

[xPinkStrifex]

@MLBExpert2007 a pool of liquid jet fuel can not be lit by a match or the like.(made that way for a reason) While stupid not necessarily deadly

[Xzanork]

@MLBExpert2007 luckily jet fuel isn't as flameable as normal petrol is if it ain't in gas form, but i I atleast wouldn't be smoking there :D

[weirdcitykid]

@MLBExpert2007

Yeah that is totally unbelievable I hope the powers that be notice that and sack this mad man he could have killed them all - what an absolute idiot!

[patriot4lyf33]

ron infantino is my dads co worker lol