imagine the shock of the captain from the East Wind plane seeing the TWA Flight 800 suddenly exploded in front of his eyes, that memory will forever last with him.
@quantumevent
Жыл бұрын
The way story is told, it must've looked like flipping his lights caused the boom
@caraiya
Жыл бұрын
And not just watching the explosion, but having to continue flying.
@jtgd
Жыл бұрын
@@caraiyaand being unable to provide any assistance
@caustic1611
Жыл бұрын
The Eastwind plane (not the same flight crew iirc) had a near-fatal rudder malfunction a month prior, same kind of rudder malfunction that caused the crash of several other planes.
@erikaswanson7072
Жыл бұрын
@@caustic1611That Eastwind pilot was in a MayDay episode about those rudder malfunctions and was the one who said he was pretty sure the investigators were happier to have the intact plane to study than him.
@juliefrank5980
Жыл бұрын
I went to an estate sale in the Detroit area in the months following this crash. I had purchased an answering machine and noticed the tape was full when I went to set it up in my home. I rewound the tape and played it, and it was really sad- progressively more and more messages expressing concern, that the callers knew this family was traveling abroad, and hoped they weren’t on TWA 800. Seeing as these were the only messages, and the entire contents of the home were being sold, I suspect it was. I had purchased some of their Christmas decorations as well, and I still set their ornaments on my tree every year and say a little prayer for them. 😔
@MilesL.auto-train4013
Жыл бұрын
Hey, do you still have that answering machine? I'm wanting to do my own video on TWA 800 (I wrote the script for this video) at some point, and it would be crucial if something like this was preserved.
@johnnyk434
Жыл бұрын
@juliefrank5980- Wow, how thoughtful of you to continue to hang the ornaments. 👍🏽
@LKA-si7ln
Жыл бұрын
Please don’t share that answering machine with the person who requested it. That is very tragic and personal. That should be kept private instead of someone’s pain being used for content. I wouldn’t want my sobbing, frantic messages to a loved one being shared and exploited.
@07foxmulder
Жыл бұрын
@@LKA-si7lnYet you’re here watching a video about a disaster that killed 230 people for entertainment purposes. Sanctimonious weirdo.
@davidaugustofc2574
Жыл бұрын
I agree, the person likely forgot to erase the tape due to the trauma of losing someone, leave it as ìs
@mommarose7429
Жыл бұрын
My niece and sister in law were on that flight. They were headed to Paris as a college graduation gift for my niece. My sister in law was a French teacher. We still think about both of them nearly every day. Two special women.
@musicalityrush
Жыл бұрын
Im so sorry for your loss ❤
@tkemp2
Жыл бұрын
My uncle and 16 year old cousin were lost as well. Maybe they came across each other at some point. I think about them every day as well.
@philipbarton3456
Жыл бұрын
I lost an elderly aunt to it, she was a retired nuclear medicine technician. I was young at the time, so it was my first introduction to loss as a whole. In a unique turn of events a little under 10 years later my middle school teacher was a retired fireman who had moved out west to where I lived. He was one of the emergency responders involved in the recovery efforts.
@mommarose7429
Жыл бұрын
@@tkemp2 I'm so very sorry for your loss. 🥺
@olesmokey394
Жыл бұрын
Sorry for you loss least they died instantly
@aidanfarnan4683
Жыл бұрын
It's scary to think just how many small factors can come togeater to case a disaster like this. It really drives home the importance of the "Swiss cheese" model of safety planning.
@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ
Жыл бұрын
theory of ordered chaos / snowball effect / domino effect / perfect storm - one must always make efforts so that the fluctuations of chaos do not become orderly and turn into a catastrophe.
@jonslg240
Жыл бұрын
It really is. The one thing I don't get is them claiming the wires were too low voltage to cause any kind of sparks.. I'm not sure how low you can go without sparks, but I'm fairly sure even 4 or 5 volts is enough to create a spark if 2 wires are close together
@jonslg240
Жыл бұрын
Actually iirc you can short an AA battery (1.5v) and get sparks from it.
@YuBeace
Жыл бұрын
The wires being old and in poor condition is a recipe for fire problems, though... No matter where you are. Let alone inside a plane.
@charlieangkor8649
Жыл бұрын
Wiring in poor condition is not a small factor.
@theatertots
Жыл бұрын
I dont know if the channel owner reads the comments very thoroughly, but I hope that you read this. Before I was even born, my mother lost her brother, my uncle, in Northwest 255 leaving from Romulus, Michigan. I never knew my uncle (Nicholas Vanos R.I.P.) but the impact that his death had on my mother and our family was devastating to say the least. I don’t know if you do requests or take suggestions, but this flight was incredibly disastrous and yet miraculous in the survival of one 4 year old girl. If you’re reading this I thank you for taking the time, with every upload I wait in anticipation for the day Flight 255 is covered.
@crispylobster
Жыл бұрын
awhh so sorry for everyones loss :( fascinating horror should do a video on this, sounds interesting. Hope you are well
@katrinafitch3534
Жыл бұрын
I'm from the downriver area and he already did that one a year or two ago...
@brittneyluna9545
Жыл бұрын
I agree he should do a documentary on it. I've never heard of it until you mentioned it. I'm sorry for your family's loss. I was surprised to see it happened on my birthday (not the same year though I was born a very long time after)
@joelc9439
Жыл бұрын
You should do a documentary on the worst plane crash.. the tenerife disaster.
@kimkaykae
Жыл бұрын
@@joelc9439He already covered the Tenerife disaster about a year ago: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0Zx-qYKOn3qenaAsi=u--z3xhJwaDBh3PZ
@seandelap8587
Жыл бұрын
Incredible though how they managed to put the plane back together again after it was destroyed
@crazyleyland5106
Жыл бұрын
This has been done quite a number of times after unsurvivable airliner crashes. Such as the one at Staines, UK in the early 70s, or the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.
@mundanestuff
Жыл бұрын
the ocean isn't really that deep off Long Island.
@grmpEqweer
Жыл бұрын
...It is a common practice in fatal plane crashes. However, it's still pretty freaking impressive.
@jarigustafsson7620
Жыл бұрын
And now it has been removed for good.
@themidnighttavern6784
Жыл бұрын
That's a very common practice in air crash investigation. My grandfather, who spent most of his career as a Boeing engineer, would reassemble the plane to the best of their ability to put together a sequence of events and the root cause of the problem. For instance, if a certain part of the plane is discovered miles away from the rest of the wreckage, that essentially tells you the plane fell apart mid-air. So as an investigator, you try to figure out why that happened, and how to prevent it from happening in the future.
@ethribin4188
Жыл бұрын
This is such a "pure accident" that left so little sources to find the reasons. These are the rarest of accidents. But also the most scary. They are the ones that "just happen"
@charlieangkor8649
Жыл бұрын
No that is not pure accident is leaving wires in poor condition where death is just waiting to happen.
@exsandgrounder
Жыл бұрын
@@charlieangkor8649The faulty wiring wouldn't have been a problem if the other issue- fuel vapours in a not quite empty fuel tank caused by running air conditioning for an hour thanks to a long delay- hadn't also happened.
@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin
Жыл бұрын
@@exsandgrounder Just try to ignite diesel / jet fuel vapors. It's basically kerosene... (layman's terms). Aviation gas is an entirely different thing - think, muscle car racing GASOLINE... The two are so very different... yet the GovCo explanations don't mesh with reality. Wiring. Freaking wiring. You can put a sparking wire into diesel and have great difficulty getting it to ignite... explode? Nope.
@exsandgrounder
Жыл бұрын
@@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin Presumably the people at the NTSB, through some no doubt rigorous testing, found that it was possible to ignite a jet fuel vapour- air mix with a spark carried by poorly maintained wiring. Seems entirely plausible, under the right conditions.
@person.w9780
Жыл бұрын
@@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felinaight so why does the reconstructed wreckage clearly show an outward explosion in the area of one of the fuel tanks
@maivaiva1412
6 ай бұрын
People's inability to deal with the uncomfortable reality that bad things sometimes happen without anyone being behind the scenes, secretly in control, is really wild.
@IrinaZumba
3 ай бұрын
Okay, but sometimes there's evidence that points to that. No one has a hard time believing that sometimes bad things happen. That's an outrageous claim. Possibly because you can't imagine a world where powerful people and governments do evil things for their own benefit and have the power and resources to get away with it. 🤷♀️
@acheekymeesh
Жыл бұрын
Interesting fact, the eastwind plane that spotted the initial explision was the same aircraft that had the rudder hardover incident 2 years prior, that aircraft helped solve the mystery of USAir 427 and United 585
@rapidthrash1964
Жыл бұрын
Wait really?
@OwlRTA
Жыл бұрын
Yep, but its hardover only happened a month before TWA 800. USAir happened 2 years prior
@AEMoreira81
Жыл бұрын
Same plane but a different pilot, N221US.
@AEMoreira81
Жыл бұрын
@@OwlRTA- US427 and UA585 had been unsolved to that point.
@solo.digital.gaming
Жыл бұрын
My mom was a flight attendant for TWA and often flew that route. She graduated in the same training class as one of the flight attendants that died in this accident.
@kyrafugate3365
Жыл бұрын
My mom was a flight attendant for TWA, and recruited new flight attendants. One day, my mom came across the a new recruit and the new recruit told my mom with excitement that she's going to Paris. That was the last time my mom saw her. I just hugged my mom 🤕
@jackburton2680
7 ай бұрын
Who cares?
@hightreason7934
Жыл бұрын
I think that the biggest reason so many people continue to insist that TWA 800 was taken down by a missile, is the sheer horrifying notion that it really could've been a freak accident. People don't want to face that possibility. It's less "predictable" than some guy pushing a button. For defending the "official story," I'm often accused of "burying my head in the sand" or "not wanting the face the truth" or some such sentiment. Far from it. I find the "freak accident" scenario, which happens to be supported by the known facts, to be far more disturbing.
@drrocketman7794
Жыл бұрын
I remember the earlier broadcast saying that witnesses saw what appeared to be MANPADS...
@DanielRichards644
Жыл бұрын
bet you think covid came from the wet market and the jabs are totally safe and totally effective too.
@jobdylan5782
Жыл бұрын
Idk buddy i'd rather get got by an accident than get blowed up by the government
@KVW110
Жыл бұрын
I'm an aricraft mechanic, and I do know that stuff breaks without warning all the time. There are freak accidents. However, I had a boss years ago(retired Navy Chief) who made a strong enough case for me, that I have since believed in the conspiracy. Basically, there is too much controversy for me to believe this was a pure accident. Also, there are many other instances of this happening in aircraft, resulting in damage and loss of life, that are way more credible. TWA 800 gets all the attention because of how catastrophic it was.
@michaelallen1396
Жыл бұрын
I've been an airline aircraft mechanic for 32 years, I've worked on planes with packs running for hours and hours in 115 degree weather, it doesn't affect anything, the air they use from the APU at about 500 degrees F is cooled as it runs through the air cycle machines (packs) for air conditioning of the plane, they are isolated from the center fuel tanks and vented to atmosphere they will not overheat the tanks. A reporter found missile fuel residue on the seat covers samples he had tested where a missile went through the cabin at the wing root, him and his flight attendant wife were prosecuted for obtaining it. There was a shock wave on the air data instruments consistent with an explosion. Planes do not climb when weight is removed from the front they stall immediately, the CIA mickey mouse video of a zoom climb to cover up the missile arc witnessed by over a hundred witnesses and a helicopter pilot is absurd. The FBI stepping in front of the NTSB gave it away, it was not an accident and their coverup is atrocious. This video is an absurd repeat of all the lies.
@C2K777
Жыл бұрын
This, imho, is a prime example of why law enforcement agencies should be frozen out of initial investigations. The NTSB is more than proven in its ability to ensure preservation of evidence and accurate & thorough investigative work. Of course there's always reason for them to look at things afterwards but creating a circumstance where different Gov Agencies ( often with little commonality OR with so much overlap they could be 'competitors') are working to an outcome rather than trying to discover if that outcome was even a reality is always going to hamper efforts & lead to impacting the public
@westsidewheelmen
Жыл бұрын
If only they could apply their efforts to cars.
@jmfong76
Жыл бұрын
Although, the NTSB was formed in the late 60’s, it was normal to have other agencies assist the NTSB in the 70’s/80’s and 90’s. In the 90’s and in to the 00’s, only the NTSB is called for accidents now.
@DeathknightDragon
Жыл бұрын
You forgot that the NTSB/FAA has proven itself just as corrupt as any other alphabet agency. They *SHOULD* be forced to have additional, local, jurisdiction to keep them in check.
@philipbarton3456
Жыл бұрын
In all fairness, the US government was under a high tension. The World Trade Center had had its first terrorist attack only a few years earlier and the Olympic games were just 2 days away (which was subsequently bombed 10 days after the TWA 800 incident, to give a fair hint as to the state of tensions at the time). In retrospect an initial investigation made by NTSB would have been beneficial, but I imagine the FBI were seeking a quick response to give answers as fears would have been heightened. Not defending their actions of course, but having a clearer understanding of what was going on at the time does help to clarify the actions taken.
@exsandgrounder
Жыл бұрын
The FBI signed a memorandum of understanding with the NTSB as a result of this investigation, basically they agreed that they'd stay out of the way until an NTSB report suggesting foul play emerges.
@ocko8011
Жыл бұрын
Ah the 90's, when planes still exploded due to mechanical failures. This story was on the nightly news for the rest of the summer that year. Looking back it's hard to imagine being one of the family members waiting on the 6 and 11 pm broadcasts to find closure.
@Razer_-fe9mo
Жыл бұрын
Crazy that they recovered and rebuilt the plane with wreckage from the ocean!
@dfuher968
Жыл бұрын
Its even crazier, that despite them going so far above and beyond to solve this incident conclusively there are still conspiracy theorists denying the proven findings, insisting on various nefarious (and factually disproven) "explanations". Some ppl just dont want to know the truth.
@chillyourself5208
Жыл бұрын
The Challenger Shuttle was also mostly recovered and rebuilt to find faults.
@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin
Жыл бұрын
Hey, plenty of pieces to be found elsewhere to 'fill in the blanks'. Remain calm. Nothing to fear. Your government is watching out for you. Literally.
@Ferdrew-fj6xv
Жыл бұрын
The amt of wk dd !!! 😮😮 👍👍👍
@FoxSullivan
Жыл бұрын
It was probably due to the water being way more forgiving than solid land when something crashes on it
@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
5 ай бұрын
A Coastguardsman friend who responded to the crash told me many of the passengers floated to the surface still strapped to their seats. It haunts him to this day.
@tigerwoods373
Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed how you can continue to find fascinating and mostly unknown stories for so long. I've watched your channel for years now and it's this one of only a couple I get excited about new uploads. Great work as always. Appreciate all the hard work you do.
@-bubby9633
4 ай бұрын
I mean tbf this one isn't mostly unknown. TWA 800 is one of the most famous aviation accidents in all of history - it's the only plane that's every just exploded in mid air due to technical issues.
@cadoo5591
Жыл бұрын
I think this is considered the most horrific plane crash ever because of the passengers being aware of what was happening.
@nursepatience8876
Жыл бұрын
This crash was without a doubt terrifying for passengers and crew but watch Japan Airline flight 123😢
@depalma13
10 ай бұрын
They didn’t know what happened. Almost all were killed instantly and the few that did survive the explosion were instantly knocked unconscious.
@johnp139
10 ай бұрын
@@depalma13And none of them have any memories of this so it’s irrelevant.
@DrDeuteron
10 ай бұрын
The Alaska airlines that lost flight control off pt magu, CA….they flew inverted for a while. I mean upside down in the cabin? Also that one that got got hit by a vertical stabilizer over Switzerland…they had a long crash. There was also one that hit 6g in a recover attempt, I mean six g is a lot for a sustained time….or the suicide Egypt air one…a nice 30,0000 fr dive, tearing the plane apart from aerodynamic forces….
@ryanhogan931
Жыл бұрын
One of my very favorite channels. Love seeing new content. Keep up the great work.
@haileybalmer9722
Жыл бұрын
I remember when this happened. It was a breaking news sort of situation, and every network was basically saying it was probably a terrorist attack. When it became clear it probably wasn't they got bored and stopped reporting on it. As a result, I was under the impression that flight 800 was taken down by a terrorist organization until just after 9/11 happened. Everyone kept saying nothing like this had ever happened, and I was like "what about that TWA flight in the 90's?" Yeah, the news was pretty good at getting us riled up back then, too. I was a kid, but it worked pretty well on adults.
@DanielRichards644
Жыл бұрын
"back then" the television "news" has never been about facts, it's about getting people scared into watching or anger watching, you wanna see some things that will make you question the mainstream media's ethics? See how many of the shows that tell you the jabs are safe that are sponsored by Pfizer, try to get the names of the 100 media organizations the Joe Biden presidency paid to promote the jabs, then watch the selective edits of things Trump said vs what he actually said, take the part the media uses to brand him a racist where in reference to Charlottesville he said "there where very fine people on both sides" but then the media cuts the very next line where he says "and i'm not talking about the neo-nazis and the white supremacists they should be condemned totally", the media is not your friend, they are highly politicized and only care about their agendas and how they can spin things to push their views.
@TTSantiago821
10 ай бұрын
I'll never forget this. We were coming back from europe on twa and landed in jfk the same day this flight took off to head to Europe. We were coming back from a family vacation, my mom n I going to Italy, the Uk and Paris. By the time we got home back to Michigan from JFK, this was on the evening news. I was 14 years old and had a complete meltdown. I couldn't believe it.....we were just there 😢 rip to all the lives lost.
@kyleshockley1573
Жыл бұрын
If this is what happened, it goes to show that even trace amounts of a substance can lead to a false positive of sorts. Which in turn leads to a rush to declare something definitively or to oversell a theory, due to the agency involved having their own wheelhouse bias in formulating certain kinds of conclusions.
@aceckrot
Жыл бұрын
My Tuesdays always begin with "I wonder what today's Fascinating Horror story will be?" This is a disaster that I am well aware of, so tragic and frightening. I can't imagine the horror the victims must've experienced in those final moments. And to think that this disaster may never have happened if the passenger and their bag hadn't been identified as a mismatch.
@slypear
Жыл бұрын
RIP to all souls lost and condolences to all those who lost loved ones~
@carlstenger5893
Жыл бұрын
Remember that event well. The time that it took for the NTSB to arrive at their conclusion seemed interminable. Excellent video (as always). Thanks!
@benjaminlambert8944
Жыл бұрын
Finally! I remember this crash so vividly when I was working July ‘96 renting bikes in a park as a 15year old. The news fascinating, so much confusion.
@petercarioscia9189
Жыл бұрын
I grew up on Long Island, maybe 20 minute drive where this happened. Was such a wild time. Drove by the memorial more than a few times (it's quite off the beaten path) I was only 11, but I remember the news reports quite clearly
@DannielleK-cg9vl
Жыл бұрын
What do you mean off the beaten path? It’s right next to the main road when entering smith point park
@littlejogger95
Жыл бұрын
If you want a more detailed video on this incident, I would recommend The Flight Channel. His flight simulator recreation videos are top notch 👍🏻
@Dystopia1111
Жыл бұрын
Good recommendation. The Mentour Pilot and Disaster Breakdown channels both put out some good 'when aviation goes wrong' content as well.
@AEMoreira81
Жыл бұрын
I had watched this before there. The Eastwind pilot was the first one to say that he thought TW(TWA)800 went down.
@deborahmontgomery7881
Жыл бұрын
The day TWA was bought out, they canceled their flights. The EF tours group I was part of lost the first day of our trip due to this. I was sad at the time. But now I’m glad we didn’t blow up.
@marcialynn3469
Жыл бұрын
Hola from Baja. Good video! The entire Paris Gay Men's Chorus was on this flight, having competed in San Jose International GALA festival, I also performed in (solos)with Ft Lauderdale's Lambda Chorale. The flight crashed over my Mom's house on Long Island. She had plane parts in her pool. She gave me her miles the next day, and refused to fly afterwards. I flew t Paris...
@marcelosoto-quiroga1965
Жыл бұрын
I remember this tragedy and how it was strongly believed as a missile attack at least during the first weeks. On a side note, in less than 3 months it will be the 40th anniversary of the Byford Dolphin disaster in the North Sea. Perhaps having a video of that tragedy on this channel would be a respectful tribute to the 5 workers dead on that day (Nov-4-1983).
@emilyanderson9559
10 ай бұрын
yeah people saw the rocket. fired by 2 guys in a small boat as i recall, this was debunked many years ago
@jayjaynella4539
10 ай бұрын
I have heard about that and it would be great to see a video on it.
@UnlikelySero
Жыл бұрын
I'm not even scared of flying but there's a nervous, respectful undertone I get with the helplessness you have when flying (especially a long trans-oceanic flight) from knowing accidents like this happen. Even with improved and better-monitored safety regulations in present times.. it's spooky. I'm sure the channel isn't in need of suggestions, but it would be cool to one day see you cover a thyrotoxicosis outbreak that happened in the USA. Once identified, it was suspected of being the culprit behind some previous similar outbreaks that had not been fully understood in years before. Not sure if it fits the channel content but I find it interesting how authorities had to pursue many different angles before finding out what connected the cases.
@Pawzeez92
Жыл бұрын
Your channels awesome and I find your voice soothing cheers brother 😊
@lanafonseca5565
10 ай бұрын
This was really well put togeter and concise , thank you for telling this story.
@MilesL.auto-train4013
Жыл бұрын
Dangit Kristen, I was just about to go to bed XP This one was hard to write, prolly the hardest script I've written. Hopefully, it gets the point across. TWA is one of my favorite airlines, and the details surrounding this incident are certainly something to behold. Also to everyone commenting it, yes, this served as a partial inspiration to Final Destination's own plane crash, combined with Pan Am 103. Edit: the amount of people pandering the missile theory is dumb but expected. It wasn't a missile, cope.
@tifKh
Жыл бұрын
Well done
@shayelea
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the footage of this on the news. Absolutely haunting. It’s been pretty overshadowed by the 9/11 footage, but there was something incredibly eerie about the burning wreckage at night.
@HMFan2010
Жыл бұрын
I cannot possibly imagine what it must have been like to be one of those passengers in the main fuselage seated immediately behind where the nose separated from the rest of the plane. May all those souls RIP.
@johnp139
10 ай бұрын
They have no memory of this occurring.
@southernlady160
8 ай бұрын
I believed the "missile" story for years then I saw the investigation of TWA Flight 800 and when I heard about the fuel tank explosion it made since that the plane stayed in the air for several moments, if a Missile had hit the plan, it would have exploded the entire plane right then in a million pieces and NO one would have able to put any piece of it back together. I am glad that common sense took over. Many reports of lights going out and other issues on that plane before it finally couldn't make another flight. May all those souls on board RIP and the ones who ignored the fatal flaws on that plane be haunted forever.
@cmerton
5 ай бұрын
What a load of crap. Missiles do not hit aircraft - they explode when they sense PROXIMITY to the target. The do not "explode the entire plane right then in a million pieces and NO one would have able to put any piece of it back together." That sentence is is a real load of BS and it originated in YOUR mind, not reality.
@IrinaZumba
3 ай бұрын
I don't know much about this case, but a missile could still do that. It wouldn't necessarily explode into a million pieces. That's probably where your mind goes because of how every explosion is portrayed in movies
@damonroberts7372
Жыл бұрын
I can't help but think there is a generation of Americans who would hear their Captain introduce himself over the PA as "Ralph Kevorkian", and _immediately_ take it as an ill omen...
@myzacky96
10 ай бұрын
by that time it was too late
@martyrick7343
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most horrifying plane crashes I've ever heard of. Not only did they crash, the entire pilot part of the plane broke off and the rest of the passengers were dealing with a massive fire. The remaining 2 thirds of the plane increased altitude and then descended to crash. I cannot imagine what the living passengers experienced. One of the saddest plane crashes ever. My feelings are with those unfortunate people. Edit my feelings are with everyone involved. Nothing about this is prioritized
@caffienatedtactician
Жыл бұрын
Somehow I didnt realize the specific flight you were talking about until you mentioned the friendly fire theory, despite having walked past the memorial at smith point at least a dozen times. FunFact: there are still people who are *adamant* that it was a missile. My friend's dad talked about it for like half an hour coming home from the beach when I was younger
@myzacky96
10 ай бұрын
Fun fact????
@CapCarter838
Жыл бұрын
This disaster being on the news is one of my early memories from when I was a kid. I remember the news constantly having coverage of the recovery. Any time I hear or see TWA I immediately think of this even.
@JulesMarsTM
Жыл бұрын
I've been binge-watching your videos over the past few days. Love them! 🩷
@aspectx1588
Жыл бұрын
It feels almost illegal to be here this early
@tavonfenwick-yb5xv
Жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old when this happened; I remember this very vividly. I was on the way to work on a class project with two of my classmates when this emergency broadcast came through…
@ChocolateDon929
10 ай бұрын
Seeing how the plane went down is pure terrible! Condolences to all the families involved
@IAmMisterTterevel
Жыл бұрын
The inspiration for Final Destination's opening disaster?
@drunk3n_m0nk12
Жыл бұрын
I cannot even begin to imagine the sheer terror those poor people experienced in their final moments.
@johnp139
10 ай бұрын
Since none of them remember it, that’s irrelevant.
@johnfitzgerald4456
Жыл бұрын
Me, my wife, daughter and her friend were walking along Fire Island about the same time of the tragic disaster. We didn't see the explosion but being on the beach not far has left me with a queasy stomach whenever flight 800 is brought up.
@johnfitzgerald4456
Жыл бұрын
@youarejealousofkingcobrajfs666 weed helps, it still feels badly. I'm too sensitive
@ellenbryn
Жыл бұрын
I remember when TWA-800 seemed like the most horrific thing that would ever happen on US soil. Before school shootings started with Columbine, before the Oklahoma City bombing, before international terrorism breached US shores, before firestorms began burning in the rainforsts of the Pacific NE snd Hawaii we had the burning shell of this plane shooting up into the sky like a missile after the weight of the nose came off.
@maverick114e9
8 ай бұрын
The Oklahoma city thing happened in 1995
@SWISS-1337
Жыл бұрын
I know they were thought to be safe, and in 99% of cases they were safe, but why risk having any electrical wiring going through the fuel tank? I personally thought they were completely sealed units.
@DanielRichards644
Жыл бұрын
the gas tank in your car has electrical wiring inside it.
@SWISS-1337
Жыл бұрын
@@DanielRichards644 I know, doesn't mean it's not a bad idea lol. As I said, it's probably a low chance, but it's never 0. And you can eliminate that risk by not running electricity through explosive materials.
@Kirby_loves_mangoes
Жыл бұрын
I grew up going to this beach and I always asked my mom what happened when we passed by this memorial. It is beautiful in person, but my mom would say how it was a terrible crash with no survivors. I never looked more into until this video came up. An extreme loss and tragedy.
@dr.woozie7500
Жыл бұрын
In 1988, USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air flight over the Persian gulf thinking it was an enemy fighter, killing all 290 people. TWA 800 may have been an accidental input. I lived on Long Island back in the 90s and there were reports in the paper of people who saw a missile trail rising from the horizon and striking the plane BEFORE the initial explosion.
@Patrick_OWheresmypants
Жыл бұрын
They saw some kind of magic missile that fired itself somehow?
@benjalucian1515
11 ай бұрын
No hole in the fuselage indicating a missile hit. Sorry, not a missile. It was reported people CLAIMED to see a missile trail, but of course, we all know missiles don't leave trails. They have a little fire and smoke once they launch, but then a few seconds later, there is none. So they didn't see any missile trail on a plane that was 2 miles up and 10 miles out to sea at sunset. LOL
@dustbowlhammer7119
Жыл бұрын
Good presentation, I like the fact that you use actual pictures of TWA 747s, instead of random stock footage of non relevant planes like I have seen in some videos xD.
@clayc8115
6 ай бұрын
I was 8 years old when this happened. This is the first disaster I remember seeing on live tv. Very sad
@JFish-df2ep
Жыл бұрын
800 people on Long Island saw something arise from the ground and impact the plane.
@Just.A.T-Rex
7 ай бұрын
Eyewitnesses typically don’t know what they’re seeing and make up things they swear are true.
@cmerton
5 ай бұрын
No. 800 people on Long Island THOUGHT they saw something arise from the ground and impact the plane.
@jst7714
Жыл бұрын
One of those rare pure accidents. You can’t fault the crew, they did everything by the book. Can’t fault TWA, wires and fuel tanks aren’t wear items and not easily replaced. They already were planning on retiring the big 747. It just… happened.
@hotdognl70
Жыл бұрын
The type of wiring used was already subject of discusion at that time. During the last revision a cheaper cable was used, wich has caused several incidents (small fires/explosions) that never made headlines as only cargo planes on the ground were involved. Several other companies already had replaced the wiring prior to this dissaster, TWA ignored warnings and so did FAA.
@ODI_113
Жыл бұрын
😢
@johnp139
10 ай бұрын
Just plain ignorance.
@Blupa.
10 ай бұрын
I’m afraid that isn’t the case, it was a case of bad design by Boeing they should never have run the power cables together with the control system , it’s asking for trouble
@Meyoline
Жыл бұрын
It's so strange to me that I was literally just thinking about this event yesterday, and realizing I had never gone back in my adult years and researched what ended up having been the cause. Then here we are, with a wonderful short documentary from one of my favorite channels. I'm fairly sure anyone who grew up in PA or the surrounding states during that time remember this tragedy. It was all over the news, and for most (possibly all?) high schools in those states, this changed where and how school/club/class/grade trips were allowed to be taken. My sister had flown to Paris with her French class the year before this happened, but that yearly tradition came to a full stop after this incident. As did most out-of-state trips as a whole for at least several years. I was too young at the time to understand the extent of the tragedy, nor why schools and parents were so adamant about the policy changes for so long, but I can understand it now, and it's heartbreaking. Thank you for covering this event, and for always covering your topics with the respect and fullness of information they deserve.
@MEGalomaniac6829
Жыл бұрын
My husband went to school the students that lost their lives and it still affects him to this day.
@callmeshaggy5166
Жыл бұрын
After a lengthy inquiry, investigators determined the plane exploded due a frayed wire causing a spark in the central fuel tank. It should be noted that the wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile.
@noahcorneliustv
Жыл бұрын
I’d be willing to bet FH has seen Seconds From Disaster or Air Crash Investigation because many of his videos remind me of them. And I love it!
@RumbleDelta
Жыл бұрын
I was on a flight to visit family last week and while waiting for takeoff I imagined a FH video that started with: "On the 4th of August 2023, a Loganair plane would leave Glasgow airport for a transfer to Southhampton and then to Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, which is a hotspot for holiday makers. Sadly, nobody would make it to their holiday destination." Glad I was wrong lol but that goes to show how great this channel is.
@feitocomfruta
Жыл бұрын
This was one of the first major air crashes I remember, because I had just moved back to Pennsylvania with my family and was going to start 6th grade that fall.
@nelsonbrum8496
Жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: If your plane is being piloted by anyone named Kevorkian, get off the plane instantly!
@mplewp
Жыл бұрын
this by far is the most horrifying plane crash ive ever seen & i was 16 when i first saw this
@mikvance
11 ай бұрын
Knowing the back half of the plane kept flying after separating is simply terrifying.
@tdpooh1972
11 ай бұрын
We were in Orlando on vacation (Disney) and were in the hotel when it came on the tv. We watched & watched in stunned silence. It was so sad. We listened to news coverage in the car almost all the way home.
@Coyotek4
Жыл бұрын
When I hear about a school's French club perishing, I kinda wonder if this incident was the inspiration for the first "Final Destination" movie.
@pmberry
Жыл бұрын
Given they were four years apart, it'd be hard to deny it was an inspiration, even if unintentional.
@davidcoblentz7468
5 ай бұрын
This happened on my birthday. I was part of the twa crash response team it was horrible.
@alienrefugee51
10 ай бұрын
I thought the US Navy were doing training exercises in the area and "accidentally" shot it down? I remember the news coming out some years ago (around 2012) with this information, as it was breaking news into the investigation, but then it became a Mandela Effect and forgotten. It would be interesting to see what big players were on that manifest.
@druidriley3163
9 ай бұрын
Nah, US Naval exercise area was miles and miles south of the area. No military naval exercises occur near a major commercial flight corridor and civilian areas. No evidence was found on the fuselage or in the victims of a missile strike. They even now have Malaysia flight 17 that was shot down in the Ukraine to show everyone what a plane looks like when it's shot down by a missile.
@nickhart6592
Жыл бұрын
I'm a flight instructor and two months ago I flew with Oliver Kricks older brother. Wild stuff. Absolute tragedy. Krick had been selected to fly the F-15 for the air force three days prior to this event.
@BStab
Жыл бұрын
This story is absurd on so many levels. Many things left out of this video. Radar footage showing small craft racing away from the scene immediately after the upward streak is witnessed. CIA involvement in crafting the official narrative/animated video. Combat helicopter pilot eye witness stated that it looked like a surface to air missle launch. His statement, along with many others, is the reason the official narrative has the plane climbing from 13,800 ft to 17,000 feet after nose separation. A few things about that. I understand eye witness accounts can be sketchy, but I'm fairly certain that seeing something streak upward from ground level, verses something streaking upward starting out at 13,800 ft is easily discernable. The idea that the plane climbed after nose seperation is IMO physically impossible, with several factors at play. A. The giant wind sock opening left as a result, would immediately scrub tons of speed from the plane. B. The sudden departure of the nose would have caused a severe imbalance, resulting in the aircraft suddenly pitching up almost vertical, stalling, and falling out of the sky. C. If I remember correctly, some Boing engineers independently came forward stating, that if the nose were to separate from the rest of the fuselage, the engines, without throttle input, would fall to idle speed. Frankly, even if the engines were WFO, it wouldn't be enough to overcome the first 2 problems. Regardless of the cause of the explosion, science does not support the post explosion story. History is replete with examples of government cover ups, and made up BS. No agency is immune. Believe what you want.
@cmerton
5 ай бұрын
There you have it folks! Straight from a highly experienced and brilliant physicist. On his mom's KZitem account. LOLOLOLOLOL
@johnrobinson5156
Жыл бұрын
Wow, such a freak accident. Great investigation!
@auntbarbara5576
Жыл бұрын
I'm to believe one of the most popular planes in the world exploded this way yet none did before this or since. Makes sense, in that 'Bldg 7' sort of way.
@TheDriedfrogpills
Жыл бұрын
As always, thank you for your work
@twistedyogert
11 ай бұрын
It's crazy how such a small thing as a short circuit can cause a disaster like this. I'm not a conspiracy theorist who says that a missile caused the accident. The complaint about the fuel flow indicator was definitely the smoking gun here.
@benjalucian1515
11 ай бұрын
It wasn't the first report of sudden electrical fluctuations on that plane.
@jspaceemperor420
10 ай бұрын
At the time of this disaster there were even older 747's still in service, Incredible how none of them just *spontaneously combusted* and that's not mentioning the other 747's that were coming up in age that had similar fuel tank layouts and wiring to Flight 800 that were still in service for a few years after the disaster
@jayjaynella4539
10 ай бұрын
Great point there. Only that one flight had sus wiring. I don't buy the official stories.
@druidriley3163
9 ай бұрын
When they landed the fleet to check, I believe they found at least 5-7 other 747s with frayed wiring bundles in the center fuel tank. It was just a matter of time. Within a few years, the airlines had placed inert gas in the empty fuel tanks to prevent future explosions.
@EqualOpportunityDestoroya
Жыл бұрын
I knew someone who lost his daughter on that flight. If I remember right his last name was Watson and was a president of Thermo King. A company that made refrigeration units for trucks.
@brennafarrell2606
5 ай бұрын
I was about 9 when this disaster happened and to this day, any time I hear "TWA" my brain automatically fills it in with "flight 800".
@AbaWhite2021
5 ай бұрын
You and I are around the same age. Sadly this occurred the same month I was born. I'll never forget this event until I die. So sad...
@Norfnorf12
Жыл бұрын
I have a fear of flying but need to fly a few times a year to visit loved ones, and yet here I am watching another FH video about a horrific and catastrophic plane incident
@thisnthat3530
Жыл бұрын
Apparently the technology to avoid this scenario (filling the void in the tank with nitrogen rather than air as the fuel was used) had been around for years prior to this. The airlines didn't fit it because it weighed several thousand pounds. They'd rather fit out entertainment systems because those sell tickets, but the public "already assumes aircraft are safe"...
@benjalucian1515
11 ай бұрын
Pretty much. All safety improvements on airlines are paid for in blood. The airlines won't fix things until they're sued.
@RedPolarBearRanger
Жыл бұрын
I was 12 years old when this accident happened the students from Montoursville Area High School they were from Bucks County a suburb of Philadelphia which made local headlines too.
@donnix1192
Жыл бұрын
“God bless em” the words from the pilot of Eastwind Airlines Flight 507 who first reported the incident, gives me chills.
@tanderson6442
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I have a kinda funny flying story, a little long winded but a cautionary tale as well. due to adolescent stupidity it was perhaps one of the top 10 dumbest ideas I ever had but here goes. I was a 14 year old hockey player in Alaska going to a tournament down south. A friend and I were pretty crazy he being from A-town me from the valley we fought the year previous multiple times but were now close buds. Speaking of buds about 1/2 our team smoked so inside a aluminum hockey stick we had a oz. of herb we were taking with us. However. The day before I came across a 1/4 oz of mushrooms and thought it might be cool to eat them before our plane trip. So my friend and I split the bag in the bathroom and munched them down. So…. 2 fourteen year old kids with suit and tie are on shrooms, trapped in a cylinder tube flying thru the air. It became a nightmare. I must of went to the bathroom 6 or 7 times. My friend was kinda freaking out but we managed to hold it together a while the story ends undramatically, the beverage cart came by and I was in the isle seat, I look over and see all these shooters of booze in the drawer and without hesitation just started grabbing them. Don’t know how the stewardess didn’t catch me or she may not of cared. My friend and I drank enough shots to pass out and end the one of the dumbest ideas ever. As a warning to anybody at any age, don’t eat mushrooms and get on a plane!! Not as fun as it sounds.
@Muonium1
Жыл бұрын
The most important outcome of the disaster isn't even mentioned! After the cause of the explosion was identified, the NTSB required all new aircraft built after 2010 to have center tank fuel inerting systems installed which continuously purge the headspace above the fuel with non-flammable, inert nitrogen. All aircraft built after 1991 were required to have these systems retrofitted onto them by 2017. It is now impossible for an accident like this to happen again on commercial jet aircraft.
@ScepticGinger89
Жыл бұрын
After watching "Final Destination" for the first time, I had automatically assumed the plane crash scene was just some made up bs for a scary movie. Then I learned that it was actually based on a real event (TWA 800) and for a moment I thought that I would never set foot in an aircraft again.
@Youthsoldiers1992
9 ай бұрын
And thus the final destination series was born.
@stanksalvala
11 ай бұрын
This freaked me out as a kid and watching the video it still freaks me out today. Yikes.
@jettjeff686
Жыл бұрын
As a member of the airlines industry , never will i believe TWA800 went down due to mechanical failure,
@benjalucian1515
11 ай бұрын
I bet you make reservations, don't you? Sorry, airplane mechanics and aerospace engineers all agree that is what happened because it had happened in the past.
@jettjeff686
11 ай бұрын
@benjalucian1515 actually I flew 747- 100 many times , incredible aircraft, never wil I believe twa800 went down due to mechanical failure.
@benjalucian1515
11 ай бұрын
@@jettjeff686 I'm sure the pilots flying TWA800 wouldn't have believed it either but then they were pilots, not engineers.
@RoryeOConnor
Жыл бұрын
I was 10 and this made a huge impression on me.
@miz_logo_lee
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for covering this. It is the disaster I’m most interested in, partly because I had been on the same flight a few years earlier. I definitely was one of the people who was concerned about a conspiracy for a while (and I NEVER believe in conspiracies) but you explained it better than anyone else has.
@THEMJD80
5 ай бұрын
With a Pilot named Kevorkian they all were destined to not make it.
@kendavid4386
Жыл бұрын
This plane was shot down.
@cmerton
5 ай бұрын
Well, your impeccable evidence you presented here has convinced me! {eye roll}
@ryanOGab
Жыл бұрын
Going down in a plane must be horrific in itself, but imagine being seated in the main body or further back in the craft and rather that going down and hitting and its over. You end up going higher and higher in a plane in which you’ve just seen the whole front nose with the all the pilots, cockpit and all the flight controls flying it gone and ripped sucked out/ away dead and having fallen below, and the craft peeks and your view of the sky and air around you become the view of the ocean, as it drops and shifts weight and then seeing open sea get closer and closer from a seat near a big massive hole in looking out into the void getting nearer as your sucked out and the crafts falls apart.Then it's over.
@gcrichman53
6 ай бұрын
Still the worst fatal jet plane crash was in May 25 , 1979 American flight 191 crashed a few minutes after take off right near the O'Hare Chicago Airport and all all of the almost 300 people on board were killed. The cause of the accident was a mantience error that caused a crack in the pylon over time.
@brilovett5827
Жыл бұрын
This is the flight my mom keeps referring to fear solidified her mind on never flying..ever.
@gohanangered9650
10 ай бұрын
I still have some issues with some of the stuff that happened. And yes i believe there's some fishy stuff that happened. I'm originally from Long Island as well. Where there have been other crashes in the past also. (This is a side note, not sure the the video maker will see this. But there was a crash that has been forgotten quite a bit. Jan. 25 1990, Avianca Airlines Flight 052. A Boeing 707 aircraft, crashed in the village of cove neck. In which 65 passengers and 8 crew members died. Some how 84 passengers and one crew member survived. I remember a bit of this, because it was on the news. And it was near a place called Oyster Bay. Which i would visit from time to time. Because my grand parents lived there. I was wondering if you could look into this one. Because not many remember it. :/ Only reason i remember it some what, because i would visit the near by town.)
@ditzygypsy
10 ай бұрын
Never flew TWA, but I have flown the other big “four” you mentioned. All had shoddy service and sketchy aircraft. Eastern was so bad that we waited 5 1/2 hours on a stopover that was supposed to be 30 minutes in Atlanta. The stopover was planned, but then they found a problem, and the plane was so broken, they couldn’t even fix it in 5+ hours. It was an especially bizarre culture shock to go from eating a complimentary three course meal off of Royal Doulton China in regular class on WardAir to having a dried out sandwich and a bag of spoiled peanuts flung at your head (after having to pay for them) on a US carrier. I’ll travel by horse before I ever fly on a US airline again.
@IronMaiden756
Жыл бұрын
This video broke my heart. Dr. Ghassan Haurani and his wife Nina were on board on the way to Paris for their 25th anniversary. He was a vascular surgeon at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in the Detroit area and his skilled hands saved my mother's life. I will be forever grateful he saved her and I feel so sorry for his family.
@archlich4489
Жыл бұрын
Respect.
@supersnake151
10 ай бұрын
Wow! Such a small world, I'm from the Metro Detroit area!
@Psidawg
10 ай бұрын
was he a muslim terrorist? he might blew the plane up. solved
@W.H.A.P.
6 ай бұрын
🧢
@marlyb176
5 ай бұрын
@@W.H.A.P.not everything is a lie
@TheKazragore
Жыл бұрын
That break up mid-air must've been utterly terrifying in those final moments for everyone. I can't even imagine.
@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ
Жыл бұрын
And you don’t need to imagine, you just need to stop flattering your ego and stop flying planes (ego & hubris of those, who claim that planes are safe and who, for the sake of convenience and speed, use them!)😎
@nlwilson4892
Жыл бұрын
There wouldn't be enough oxygen to keep them conscious so they would pass out in seconds.
@BradTheThird
Жыл бұрын
@@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ No
@azzy-551
Жыл бұрын
@@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ If you are privileged enough to not worry about time then good for you, but most people can't spend weeks driving just to see their family or for work. That and planes just aren't that dangerous soooooo...
@franksavage8031
Жыл бұрын
@@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ Calm down, Karen.
@hdsrn1992
Жыл бұрын
My dad graduated from Montoursville HS in ‘81. He knew several of the chaperones on Flight 800. The way a small town was so affected by this loss is truly heartbreaking. They have a memorial in town with 21 trees, one planted for each person loss.
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