Overseas National Airways DC-10 Plane Crash Nov 12, 1975 (ONA)

Overseas National Airways (ONA) DC-10 Crash during take off at JFK on Nov 12, 1975. All 139 passengers and crew were ONA employees, and, because 'death took a holiday', there were NO fatalities. I'm convinced that it was one of God's Miracles that our lives were spared that day! Cause: Bird strike! (Note: SO much was learned from that crash....how to better certify aircraft engines, better placement of the 'black boxes', escape path lighting, much more emphasis on bird control at airports etc.) Nowadays a typical bird strike will most likely not cause 'rotor imbalance' and the engines will probably stay attached to the wing (as in the case of the U.S. Airways Hudson River landing!)

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[landroversrs1]

Thanks for posting this video, slides of this incident are even used today as an example of a Birdstrike for training bird controllers.

[BurrEyeN]

@landroversrs1

Thanks for posting your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. My 35th 're-birthday' of the DC-10 crash is this Friday...I'm always extra vigilant on that day!

[aerobat150]

Wow, this was the day I was born...

JFK has been a huge part of my life, my mom worked for Pan AM at JFK and I worked at Fedex and Delta at JFK...

[BurrEyeN]

Well, happy belated birthday! Thanks for the comment on my DC-10 crash video.

[Mally1225]

Happy 34th anniversary!

My mom was a flight attendant on this plane.

[BurrEyeN]

Hey thanks! We are all thankful to have survived the crash! I still get 're-birthday' cards from my sister on this day. I probably know your mom, I was mgr of crew sked at the time. Take care.

[OlegKostoglatov]

Amazing, a DC 10 that actually crashed for reasons other then it being a DC 10, that's unusual for that era. Even more amazing is that everyone survived a DC 10 crash.

[ajb33460]

Impressive - the chairman is actually explaining why the plane crashed. Nowadays they don't give a flying fuck what happens to passengers/planes/etc. They already got paid.

[residentevilfreakk55]

whose the anchorman i feel like i have seen him be4

[monkenround94]

My mom was a flight attendant on this plane too!

[gustavo87467357]

subliminal message at 0:06 lol