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An absolutely wholesome story that came out of this terrible event was American businessman Robert Macauley's reaction when he heard of the crash. When Macauley learned that it would take more than a week to evacuate the surviving orphans due to the lack of military transport planes, Macauley chartered a Boeing 747 from Pan American World Airways and arranged for 300 orphaned children to leave the country, paying for the trip by *mortgaging* his house. I mean, wow. My hat off to you good sir.

This throttle manipulation reminds me of Japan Airlines 123 and how pilots desperately tried to save their plane. Luckily, here we had some survivors. However I love that you began covering rather unknown accidents, it still amazes me how many details you are able to bring up and how informative your videos are! Cheers (:

I flew the C5 for over 20 years, including when this accident occurred. Overall, the video is accurate, however there are some errors, especially in the description of the “aft pressure bulkhead/ramp”. Also, my memory of the problem was that the design of the lock indicator lights showed that the locks were engaged, although in truth, they were not engaged. Great job by the flight crew, we all had to fly that scenario in the simulator to learn that power/pitch “phugoid” maneuvers.

Large casualties of Children are sometimes the grimmest of all accidents

In Year 11 a Vietnamese boy named Tri became one of our classmates. When he was 14 his mother put him on a rickety boat destined for Australia. I was always in awe of the love shown by his mother by putting him on that boat, because seaworthy they were not, it was a risk, in the hopes of a better life for her son and the bravery of this boy, getting on that boat, the sea journey, coming to a foreign land all alone, unable to speak the language..Tri was and still is to this day somebody who I have nothing but the deepest admiration for. Such a tragedy that what was meant to be a positive operation to help all those children and babies left stranded by the war in Vietnam were lost in an avoidable accident. RIP.

Beside the pilot airmanship the investigation into the crash is also a remarkable story to itself the crash site was looted and they only had 26 days before the fall of saigon on the 30th of april. Apparently the US Air Force had to award a bounty to those who can give them wreckage from the C-5A while a small task group from the US Navy search for the flight data recorder with the doors being discovered by helicopters.

All those poor children who had all their life ahead of them…

I do not get emotional about these disasters, but this one made me shed a tear.

I was 25 years old in 1975, and I can remember the evacuation of Saigon quite well. I was a real News Hound even back then, but I have NO Recollection of this accident being reported at that time. At least not on the 3 broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, & NBC. I read the Sacramento CA Bee everyday, and I saw lots of local new reports too, but I come up empty with any memories of this accident being reported. And it's legitimately such a big deal that I can't believe that I would've missed it. Maybe I'm wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me either that Washington DC would want to suppress such bad news at the point where America was suffering such a humiliating military loss. "The evacuation of S Vietnamese from the rooftop of the American Embassy in Saigon is America's last gasp effort to prove that 58,000 American soldiers didn't die in Vietnam for Nothing." ... Eric Sevareid, CBS News commentator, April-05-1975.

This accident brought to light a lot of issues with the C5 including wing cracking and fuselage early metal fatigue. If I remember correctly the C5 was grounded for a time to figure out this door issue and a number of other issues this accident brought to light of poor government oversight of defense contractors and manufacturing processes along with maintenance procedures. On a side note I’ve seen loaded C5’s take off when I was stationed at an expeditionary base in Africa and between those turbofans screaming and the plane looking like it’s lumbering down the runway like a slow moving Ox you end up staring in disbelief when the thing actually rotates on Vr let alone actually gets in the air!

I've always been fascinated by this accident. Very tragic, but very interesting.

Wow it's crazy to me that there were survivors after the door flew off! Great video as always DB. Thanks to all the Patrons for supporting DB for those that aren't in a position to do so

We Just Had a 737 Flair Air that Overun Runaway and landed in a Farmer Field in Waterloo Ontario. NO people die few people Injured . Flight had 135 people on board.

It's a miracle that anyone survived at all in such a situation, even though it's still a tragedy that so many people died.

would be interesting(?) to see if there's an increase/decrease in accidents due to poor maintenance during wartime. there'd be all sorts of problems in figuring that out, i think, but idk i'm curious. great video, as always!

One of my favorite parts of your story telling is your excellent historical context you provide with each video. I’ve learned so much and it makes me wish you had a separate channel or playlist of history mini documentaries! Since you’re such a great story teller! Thanks so much Chloe!

Excellent video - it’s interesting to have learned a bit about the Vietnam war and an accident I’ve not seen covered elsewhere.

I was in the dark about this incident before and this video prompted me to research on the vietnam war. This video was very informative

Watching more and more your great channel, looking forward to keep on viewing your material, congrats on your new home.

Great video, thank you. Hope you have a nice safe move; looking forward to the next videos as always!

I can’t imagine what the pilots felt and how depressing they must of felt. But thank god I didn’t have to die for this content

Great video again chloe very interesting and really well produced 👍 thanks

Your voice is so soothing, I love seeing notifications that you've uploaded

Splendid video. Thought provoking. Love your North East accent. My mum (mam) was born in Chopwell. 😊❤️

This one was brutal. I mean, babies and kids...

Wonderful video again Chloe!

I am so blessed. I was one of those children. But I came over on a civilian Pam Am 747.

Another great video... Congrats on your new place👌🏽

Also can we give props to those kids and others who just survived a plane crash only to get back on another one so soon? Man that's wild.

A very good video mate. I made a reenactment video of this accident in FSX a few years ago. The model I used looks practically identical to the one that you used.

Yeah when you see that crash site it's a wonder that anybody walked away from this disaster. My dad did two tours in Vietnam from 66 to 68.

Thank You For Making These Videos 🙂🤯🙁😵‍💫

Excellent video!

Excellent video chloe!

This was incredible to watch, I was on this plane as an infant, and an thankful for surviving the crash. I was adopted by my parents in Iowa and I'm still living here.

Happy Holidays to Chloé and everyone else in the comment section.🎄🎁

You have a very pleasant voice. I like this subject matter but so many channels in this genre have either no narration, or narration with a voice that irritates me. Thank you for not being either of those. Subscribed.

Another great video! Cheers

incredible interesting episode!

There is allot more to that story. The air plane was delayed at clark field for a pressurization leak. I was a loadmaster on a c130 leaving clark to u-tapao thailand that day. The c-5 was overdue to saigon. The last of the viet nam war was taking place in cambodia with the airlift to phenom penn. People were dispatched from u-tapao to help retrieve the bodies. The door problems of the c-5 are simular to the problems of the c141 years earlier. We are are all very lucky to get any one back from the accident.Under the conditions of the aircraft.There are always risks involved with flying. Especially with war time schedules. Remember all aircraft doors that open out ward will fail........

Very good video once more and as we have come to expect. Production values much better in my view as irritating background 'music' under better control thus allowing the quality of the narration to shine through and be enjoyed without distraction.

Outstanding information

I'm just saying Every Saturday is a highlight for me. This channel is TOP SHELF. I would watch an extended 1 hr video on Curiosity Stream

Speaking of cargo door issues, do you think you'll do a video about Turkish Airlines Flight THY981, and American Airlines Flight AAL096?

Yes, finaly! Thank you so much.

The narrator is very specific & accurate in his descriptions of tragic events with thankfully a scarcity of unnecessary added comment. Good synopsis.

just a week after the crash, some parts had already arrived at the Antonov design bureau office in Kiev

This accident was totally preventable

Good luck with your new home!

Can’t watch this episode. Too many bad memories tho I love your channel.

That was a great video

One thing that has me wondering with this is why don't airplanes have doors that slide open and closed? In the UA811 videoit was mentioned the reasoning for having the doors open outward is that it allows for more space inside the plane since you don't need to leave room for the door to swing, but wouldn't a sliding door also solve this problem, or would the mechanism be too weak?

congrats on the new place!!

The biggest difference between the C-5A Galaxy and the Antonov 124 is that on the C-5A, the main deck is pressurized. The Antonov main deck is NOT pressurized, only the upper decks forward and behind the wing spars.

An absolutely mortifying accident

7:37 - I'm 90% sure that they call it "blood" because hydraulic fluid is _red_ and it simply looks like a plane is "bleeding" if it leaks the fluid. -- When control surfaces are cable operated it makes logical sense to compare them to muscles/tendons so it would make more sense to refer to the means of control surface operation _(be it fluid/cable/electronic actuation)_ as something like an _"Achilles heel"._ _(more finely what I mean to say is that they call it "blood" first and foremost because it's a red liquid and while it may fit somewhat naturally it's not/never would have become considered biologically analogous to a "fluid essential for human function/survival" if, for instance, it were blue...)_

In inginerding parlance, we call it the phugoid oscillation. Normally transport aircraft are designed in such a way that most modes of oscillation dampen themselves out on their own when excited (by, say, a bit of turbulence). This is why a well-trimmed, well-balanced aircraft tends to require relatively small control input to keep on course unless flying through heavy turbulence. A good example of this is static pitch stability. When the centre of mass is just ahead of the centre of life, the wings lift up while the tail pushes down. When an air current nudges the nose up, the tail lift (which is downwards) reduces, dropping the nose back down. If both lifted up (i.e. if the centre of mass was behind the centre of lift), the aircraft would require control input from the pilot to lower the nose (which practically makes the machine unflyable), otherwise it'd just keep pitching until it stalled, and probably in an unrecoverable way. Coincidentally, this is why payload distribution is so incredibly important. Anyway, the phugoid... That's a very long-period oscillation, which depends on many more interactions than regular static stability, so it's difficult to engineer damping into it, and even more difficult to make sure it's damped across the whole flight envelope. As a result of the difficulty to engineer out the phugoid, as well as its relatively long period (meaning it can easily be kept in check by a pilot or flight automation), most airworthiness regulations DO NOT require it to be stable, though they do require it to be documented (frequency or period, and damping ratio). These regulations also assume that someone or something will always be exerting some sort of control over the airframe, so... yeh...

I remember this crash for a long because my mum and my brother was this plane

Hey Disaster Breakdown, is there anywhere I could listen to the music used in your videos? I'd like to listen to them while at work and stuff and I'm not sure where to look. Thanks!

crazy that they were able to locate the door after it blew off!

The one reason pod-mounted engines are everywhere today, even smaller regional jets is largely attributed to two reasons. One is reliefing wing bending moment, the other is potential for additional pitch control (because they are mounted below center of mass of a typical aircraft, there was considerable reserch into how to contol a plane when engines alone)

So why fly at 23,000 feet? Why not something lower and probably safer, like 15,000 or so? That would've meant less pressure on the weakened rear hatch, and if that still failed there would be somewhat more oxygen.

I was so engrossed in the story that I forgot that the crash happened and I was hoping for them to make it back to the Saigon airport

I like safety pins, cotter pins, locking clips if they really stay locked, and safety wire.

Is that your own music at the 10:00 mark, or someone else's? Eitherway, I like it, what's it called, any idea?

I flew on a C5 twice. The seats are configured backwards.

Learning more about this crash makes me sad

They should have never passed 9k flight level with the door issue.

So sad, they created a better world by bringing people together in a tragedy, rest in paradise.

Hello good morning from Ohio, good content as always , anyway any chance of the disaster involving collision of an Air Mexico Dc9 and Piper Cherokee over Cerritos?

A harrowing story. Japan airline 123 phugoid movement plus DC 10 problems a difficult time for the airline industry.

Omg I thought of that character from Hey Arnold when he had to give up his daughter to live a better life bc of the war. And he went to live in the bording house with Arnold.

Not to back seat drive but, they knew the door was having issues. Had they just stayed below 10k feet and didn't pressurize the cabin this could've been avoided.

Congrats on the new place...

The reason the error concerning the latches was ever discovered was because the ship I was on, U.S.S. Deliver ARS-23 was sent to recover the door pieces that blew off. (ARS-Auxilary Rescue Salvage, looks like a fleet tug, but 50% bigger) We were anchored I would say 2-3 miles offshore (been a few years, my estimate is only from memory) in a 5 point mooring position, two Danforth anchors off the bo , a stern anchor, and two box anchors at 90 degrees off both port and starbord beams. They were positioned at about 1/2 mile out, and drawn taut to prevent our heading from deviating from true North, as that was our guide for the search pattern. We deployed our two small boats, Mike 2's with dive teams and side-scan sonar in a grid pattern taken from the ship's heading and using the ships radar to track the cross-hatching of the pattern. It was HOT, long days, and a pretty fair North to South coastal current. Search op's started at just before dawn and went until dusk. It was over 45 years before I ever found out what had happened, I was 23 at the time and a Salvage Bosun'smate. Our next time in Vietnamese waters a few months later was to assist in Operation Frequent Wind by towing small civilian refugee ships from Saigon to Subic Bay in the Phillippines. The trip took close to 2 weeks. To this day I can see them just standing in the sun, no room to move for ANYTHING. On a deck about 90 foot long there were easily 3-400 hundred men, women, and children standing next to each other close enough that if one fell asleep they couldn't even fall down. The hardest part was chow. We had 5 hot meals a day and weren't allowed to give anything except WW2 C-rations to them. I KNOW they could smell everything we ate. After a few days it was hard to eat.

Nice job Cloie. Magnus.

Wow! I’d never known this story before. I wonder if the surviving kids have any memory of it.

Reminds me on how we did prisoner transports on C-17s.. Not something I want to relive.

What is a "Persident"?

Do someone know the C-5 mod for FSX which was used for the video ? I would be thankful

Babies 😢😢😢

I would love to see ur review on Flight 9268

Honestly impressively built plane to “crash” take back off, cross a river, and then crash a second time.

Thank you for sharing your investigation with us. It's a very sad story but some did survive. Praise God 🙏🙌

I remember the day when this happened, some times life is not fair. :-(

Damn how unlucky were those people on that plane.. first flight of the operation

It's amazing how the designers of planes manufactured in the United States have difficulty designing doors and hydraulic systems that are reliable!!! There are dozens and dozens of "accidents" caused by these design flaws throughout history!!!

Maintenance. It's always maintenance. People will really hire anyone off the street to do that job. Even at my job: the maintenance teams suck so badly that contractors are usually called in to do simple tasks, such as applying lubricant to moving machine parts and welding.

If you have never seen a C-5A Galaxy, it is hard to imagine how enormous it is. It's gargantuan. It makes a 747 look small by comparison. It's the biggest plane I ever saw. It rwally is incredible that more people did not die in this accident. I've always thought it to be brutal because of all the children who survived the horrors of war only to perish in this way. That's a shitty start and a cruel twist of fate.

I haven't seen anyone cover the China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 that happened this year. It was ruled intentional. If you wanna look into that?

The floor loading used in the lower decks is how the KC10s brought some of the Afghan refugees over the Atlantic.

ikutan sedih mister

RIP to all 138 victims and good job captain Traynor and Co pilot Harp

Airplanes!

They're called 'Bui Doi', 'The Dust of Life', conceived in hell, and born in strife. - Miss Saigon.

found a typo! 4:15 "Persident"

Oh I can’t watch this one, catch you in the next one

I flew in that big ass place During my army service

When you will make a rail video?