It’s always a relief when a survivor or the captain gets interviewed

2:20 The captain actually had some knowledge of microbursts. He knew they were in a microburst. Cant fault the captain he did everything he could

That british airway Flight 9 is a very unique case. I watch the episode. The smoke was from a nearby volcano eruption in Indonesia and it seem the plane entered an area filled with volcano smoke. They made it back, do not worry. Everyone survived. They were on the way to australia.

I was a teacher who lived near DFW when the Delta 191 crash occurred; I was also on the regular blood donor list for Dallas County. It was nearly the end of summer break, and I remember distinctly that I was standing in our backyard that day, watching the black clouds rolling around and thinking, "This is weird weather. I bet a lot of planes are going to get backed up for a while." Then, I heard our phone ringing inside the house, and when I went inside (the era of landlines hanging on the kitchen wall with a long cord), it was the blood calling me in for an emergency donation. I hopped in my car and started racing to the center, and when I turned on the car radio and heard the news, I knew why they were calling-gave my pint that day, I hope to God it helped someone.

Spending Christmas day watching plane crashes, good times. EDIT: Merry Christmas everyone

For those wondering. At 21:45 the crew had entered a cloud of volcanic ash that had come from Mount Galunggung. It entered and started to clog the engines. Causing them to shut down.

CDC:dont travel this christmas. Smithsonian: here's plane crashes all month lol

23:50 I like how they all wore the belts at the same time. Pro mode on

All of these crashes caused incredible pain . Peace to the survivors. we must learn from these accidents and ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in many cases.

RIP Jerry Chandler (1948-2019). He was one of the best -- and among the most knowledgeable -- aviation reporters in the industry He's absolutely right when he says, "if there is one crash ... that made things safer, because we learned from it, it was Delta 191." It had the biggest impact on airline safety in at least a decade. Of course it's also true that we can, and should, learn from every crash -- no matter how big or small -- as long as we have the resources to figure out what went wrong and, if possible, how to prevent if from happening again.

I still remember that day when Air Florida flight 90 accident happened. It was right in front of my eyes. It was horrible to see it. I always pray God to keep the passengers soul in peace. Really I can not forget the tragedy.

Delta 191 was preceded 10 years earlier by another microburst crash-Eastern 66 at JFK Airport in New York (not sure if this program has ever outlined that crash). Those two crashes led to wind shear detection on planes and at airports.

Well, Merry Christmas to you too, Smithsonian. Guess I'll reconsider flying this Christmas, since you insist. lol

24:09: Rest in Peace to all those Manchester United players who perished in the crash.

Really sad that the German investigators somewhat cherry-picked the evidence to make it appear that ice on the wings had caused the crash of BEA 609, and then afterwards refused to admit that they made a mistake and continued to blame the Captain. Even after the British PM had exonerated the Captain of any responsibility, the German investigators still held that he was responsible and the airline never re-hired the Captain. So sad that his life was cut short by a heart attack a few years after 😥

Flowers of Manchester ♥️ never forgotten never will. #GGMU

Between these videos and all the car crash videos.. I've decided to just stay home..forever.

The problem here is that BA9 didn't crash at all, it was beautifully landed by amazing pilots from a very respectable airline.

These are like trailers without any clear endings. I’m outta here

70% Merry Christmas comments 20% Don't watch this before a flight 9% Other 1% Comments like this

These videos are super addicting someone help 😭😭😭

Everybody is gangster until the plane flies into hyperspeed at 21:45

Australian flyers when it comes to snow and ice: whats that?

British Air Flight 9 actually survived the incident. Every single person survived. One of the passengers even wrote a book on the incident, and eventually married a fellow passenger who was seated in front of her. That's so insane and so cool.

Never been this quick, since I was born.

i love that guy that says WAY UP

Trying to fly through moderate icing is NEVER a course of action!

I'm always amazed. Cause I feel like I've seen every episode. Then these come out and I'm like how did I miss that one.

why am i wathing this when i could be celebrating with family

So basically, ice on plane = crash

Of these 8, British Air Flight 9 is the only one I know of that DIDN'T crash.

Gotta love the narrator's voice

Darkest day in history of our club .

If you're going to do these kinds of videos with the details like you do, PLEASE include the cause of crash in each one! You're only leaving people confused because you end it and then go immediately onto to the next scenario and people think they're still watching the one before! This is the dumbest way to present a compilation.

Damn 191 might not have been bad if he was 40 feet to the right.

Smithsonian, it's Christmas. Still watching it though.

Just in time for all the Christmas flights this year!!! Merry Christmas all :)

I love watching videos of thunderstorms and then I listen to music I like like delta parole or metallica! Nothing better and more relaxing like that!

12:39 lol his name 🤣🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I have been in a microburst I stayed calm when my mom was freking out haha

Anyone start binging these types of videos lately?

3:26 That’s actually not too bad with that kind of crash!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

Respect to those cameraman that survived these crashes

Who prefers to watch this over "HONE ALONE" or wife's complaining?

Harry Gregg, the goalkeeper of Manchester United, just passed away within this past year, on 2-16-20.

Sometimes Mistakes are lessons learned too late

May god rest all the souls of the people who died in these plane crashes.i send my condolences to their families and friends.xx

It looks like the people that where in the back survived it just broke off

All except the cameraman survived 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😂😂

It’s so sad that the first officer got killed by a guy that has anger issues, the first officer could had such a nice life but it just got took away by a no life, I’m so angry 😡

24:10 RIP Manchester United Players

Me watching this and being in the gate of a plane rn-

At the family Christmas party while on the couch watching this on Christmas. Weird lol merry Christmas everyone.

can you finish a story before you start another

21:55 they be flying in hyperspace

Fun fact: BA009 didnt crash, they made it to the airport and got all the engines working again.

I waited till my mom and her boyfriend texted me they were off the plane before watching this.

the pilots know what theyre doing boys: 3 seconds later CRASH

"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."

ThE PiLoTs KnOw WhAt ThEy’Re dOiNg BoYs. 3 seconds later: plane slams into a building.

Hopefully the actors in these Smithsonian videos are keeping their regular jobs.

Merry Christmas

To clear it up, you should not be scared to fly, your chances to crash is 1 in 12 million

Well, I think you have to add *"Sriwijaya Air"* into your compilation. Indonesia, 9/1/2020

Okay only if the flight crew had some cameras to get that light show on tape

Nice

They shoud like make a "No building zone" Around the runway so if theres any plane that cant made to the runway they can land at the grass and not hit a building

Pilots know what they are doing boys 😆😂

The ice make the plane crash

I don't even like to fly but I love watching shows about crashes lol🥴

In "Icy Wings: Arrow Air Flight 1285", there's more to it than that. They'd de-iced without letting Tower know, then moved into a take-off spot without Tower approval. The flight waited another 20-25 min until they were cleared to take off, but by then they had even more ice since the weather was so bad.

Never been so early

So, what was that blue glow and how did it all end? This whole video is disjointed.

When u too early that plane haven’t crashed yet

Had that tank not been there, delta 191 would’ve probably been ok.

Merry christmas smitsonian

So the caused of North Link Flight 5719 is Pilot error but FROM captain not first officer.

Volcanic ash is by far the worst thing you could possibly fly through. It sandblasts the paint off, scratches the cockpit windshield, damages compressor blades, and, worst of all, melts and turns to goop as it passes through the combustion stage of the engines only to re-solidify and jam the engine shaft, causing engines that ingest it to fail. That was why European airspace was grounded in 2010 when Eyjafallajökull blew, but it was Speedbird 9 that taught us this lesson.

Shit just got real I love aviation

"HOLD ON TO THIS SON OF A BIT-"

Disjointed video -- some of the stories don't have a proper ending, then suddenly another accident story is started.

I watched this. 1 hour before my flight :) im at the airport now. help

Interesting stories, but you need to provide more details - especially about the crash investigations...

21:47 who else thought star wars after seeing that

I was near the Florida Flight 90 crash. I watched them pull the survivors out. Very sad.

In February 1991 I was coming back from Then West Germany and landing there at Dallas Fort Worth airport the plane as we came closer to the airport dropped 10 maybe 15 feet. First thing I thought was here is another flight 191. We landed ok but man made my heart stop for a second. Last time I flew on a plane was 1996 and haven't flown since. Haven't needed to be anywhere farther than I can drive, plus to damn expensive.

no ending to the story??????? oh my gawd I have run into this too many times what a disappointment..smh..

Awesome 727

God damn it I wanted to see the last of the British Airways one

If I'm not mistaken the Gander crash was due to unclaimed weight on the plane, not weather.

On this plane were Don Estridge, an American computer engineer who led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), and thus is known as the "father of the PC revolution". His decisions dramatically changed the computer industry, resulting in a vast increase in sales of personal computers, thus creating an entire industry of hardware manufacturers of IBM PCs. Steve Jobs offered Estridge a multimillion-dollar job as president of Apple Computer but he declined. Estridge and wife Mary Ann were killed in the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on August 2, 1985. He was 48 years old. The Estridges were survived by their four daughters. At the time of his death, IBM ESD, which included the development and manufacturing of the IBM PC, PC DOS, PC LAN and TopView, had nearly 10,000 employees and had sold over a million PCs.

That delta 191 captain saw that microburst coming you can tell by the way he said your gonna loose it all of a sudden

Suggestion how about Planes that crashed due to mechanical error

21:45 The plane looks like it just entered Hyperspace all of a sudden.

On the first one , are the fuel tanks near the runway ? , if so WHY?

Please post the year of these situations.

Coming from Africa or Europe if you're running out of fuel you have to go to Gander!!! It's a refueling stop but it's also an emergency landing spot for both Europe and Africa. Atlanta day when we were running out of food coming from the Canary Islands: unbelievable Headwinds.

I’ve been binging these all day and also deciding to never fly on a plane ever 😀

I suggest going on a plane on a day with good weather, or perhaps if ur going far a week or more for a safer flight

When that British flight 7 episode was playing every time they interviewed someone i whould allways see "Da flight Bob" instead of "BA flight 009"