The people who went into Chernobyl knowing that they were going to die because of the job they had to do were true heroes and deserve much more recognition and respect from us all

R.I.P to those men and every other person who went to Chernobyl and passed away because of radiation poisoning

About 20 years ago, a nurse friend treated one of the pilots here in Seattle, where he came for a marrow transplant for the leukemia that resuted from his Chernobyl flights.

The liquidators were better man than most of us will ever have a chance to be. RIP all of them.

What a terrible day, in the USA we only saw this footage years later, but it wasn’t any less horrible. These guys were very brave and it’s a shame they were serving in such dangerous circumstances.

Another great upload, keep them coming, i am in awe of these people who made such a sacrifice to try to rectify the problem, we should never forget.

I remember Chernobyl very well. I was stationed in West Germany in 1986 and it was very sobering to see our chemical weapons guys outside taking air and ground samples…

Another very well done video, but I have to politely disagree on some things. In "Chernobyl" episode 2 where they recreate the crash, you can actually see the main rotor hit the crane cable, followed by the helicopter crash as the rotor disintegrates. If you watch very closely, you can see the hook/cable of the crane fall down with the helicopter. In the accompanying official podcast that goes with each episode, Craig Mazin, the HBO series creator, explained why he moved the crash. Not only had it to do with the limited run time of each episode, he absolutely wanted to honour their sacrifice when he learned of it. The only way he could do that is to move the crash to an earlier date.

The liquidators are true heroes. So many have been forgotten.

It is insane that once one quits watching Hollywood movies he / she learns of real heroes and that life neither just nor unjust, it is just life. Thank you for honoring these men. Greetings from Central Europe.

The liquidators saved the European continent. I wish they could be honoured accordingly instead of hidden away and living poorly. This is a shame.

Salute to all the helicopters pilots who perished fighting Chernobyl. It's odd that the Cup formation was ordered to re-group after one of the two crashed. The surviving pilot was probably thinking 'how the heck can we re-group' ?

Never knew this aspect of the cleanup... Nice presentation! Clean and to the point!

My new favorite channel. Been listening to the history of Chernobyl for like 12 years now and it's what got me into nuclear topics and this is the first I'm hearing of this

Thanks for making a video about this it’s really interesting and a sad untold story

Thank you for covering their story. I've watched a number of videos on Chernobyl and never heard of this crash until now.

Those men must've known their lives were going to be cut short when they saw the damage to the reactor building. They did a job nobody should have to do and made the ultimate sacrifice. They are truly heroes.

great video, you earned a subscriber. RIP to all of the people who did these heroic acts

Your channel is the equivalent of Anomalous Dugout but in a different universe, where there was only 1 accident. Brilliant. I'm binging on your vids, hard.

Thank you for your informative and respectful report. While I’ve seen the footage through the years, I never knew the story of the pilots and what happened. Again thank you.

The Chernobyl series focused completely on the radiation effects when they showed the crash. They showed the crane cables getting hit but all dialogue was about the dangers of radiation as the helicopter crashed and even after. They framed the crash like it was completely caused by the radiation and the crane was just something it crashed into after the helicopter was completely doomed. It is nice to see the true story behind that crash.

Thank you so much, I always was interested in learning about this incident.

Beautiful video, thank you 💓💐

Great documentary m8

Those men were our enemies in the Cold War, but no one can deny their bravery and sacrifice. As disastrous as Chernobyl was, it showed a human side to the Soviets we hadn't seen before or been allowed to see. As an ex-military veteran, I salute their outstanding efforts.

Sad.... I always thought that the exposure to the radiation caused the Helicopter to crash. I never knew until today it was due to the Helicopter blades becoming tangled in crane cables!

I knew that the crash didn't happen during the first days of the disaster. Then when I thought about it, that's all that I knew about it! This was an informative video that held my attention. Thanks! 😁

when I saw the tv series I missed the fact that they struck the cables. I assumed the helicopter broke apart due to material fatigue caused by the radiation. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

Thank you for sharing this ]

Remarkable heroism in the face of unimaginable disaster

Thanks you..good video. RIP to all the people who died trying to help at Chernobyl.

I always wondered where exactly it landed and how they cleaned it up as well

Thanks!

Soviet leaders didn't give a crap about those pilots

😮 Good video

Thank you to all the people who worked to render Chernobyl as safe as they could after this terrible accident! The world truly owes you a debt of gratitude! I was a kid on the other side of the world when this happened but nuclear disasters have the potential to kill all of us so I truly thank those who risks and sometimes gave their lives to minimize my exposure to whatever radioactivity may have come here even though my government was and has once again become quite belligerent towards the governments in that part of the world. I only wish my government would remember that some things will get us all killed and are bigger than some stupid power game that most of us around the world are nowhere near rich enough to play.

Very sad RIP to all on board the Helocopter and those who died from exposure very brave men and patriots

The sad thing is, yungkinds son would be about the age that now he could be dropping bombs on ukraine. Does anybody know what career path he followed? He is mere months older than i am. Crazy how long it's been yet it is still on peoples minds.

This whole disaster started two days after I was born, so I feel a strange connection to it, and a special appreciation for everyone who tempted fate for the safety of others.

Citing the deaths as multiple bone fractures so the families got no compensation at first...so typical

My deepest condolences to the fallen helicopter

Another incident of heroism is a incident of a Soviet nuclear submarine that had leak in the nuclear containment area one guy volunteered to go into the containment to stop the leak knowing he would die he went in and closed the valve saving the ship and all of his comrades and died within a couple of days of severe radiation burns another point how about all of the brave soldiers in combat will dive on a grenade to save their brothers

Awesome video, I remember being at school in 1986 when this occurred, it was quite frightening to think that there had been a significant nuclear accident in Russia, bearing in mind that the Cold War was still going on. These men that helped to seal the reactor after the initial explosion, should have been made national heroes, I suspect that most of them lost their lives either doing so or shortly after given their exposure to something that most of us never thankfully will. The whole world learned something that day.....

I was 9 years old when this happened in Chernobyl. I remember watching it on the news with Ronald Reagan. It was such terrible disaster and I am so sorry for all the lives that were lost in the beautiful city of Pripyat was lost to time! I live in the states and I really felt bad for that country!

Good job for clearing up your mess.

Great video

I watch stuff everyday about this. But I’m especially binging on the 38th anniversary today. I hope all the men and women who passed found peace, as well as their families.

Saw this on the HBO series but the true story Heartbreaking

What song is playing in this vid background? Thx

The world deserves to honor every person involved with Chernobyl's accident. It could have been so much worse, for the entire world, if they had not done what they did.

Huge respect for these Soviet working class men.

This was a good tribute to those men 👏

I adore the people of that time, brave men fighting the battle to rescue the continent. I can still hear the prophetic words: every generation has to experience its suffering. And then it must find peace with it. It is heartbreaking that so many had to suffer. But it makes me proud, that I was able to listen to their stories. Those who did not make it will not be forgotten. They may rest in peace.

i never thought that the bodies of the liquidators in this helicopter were returned for burial 😮

I was stationed in Aschaffenburg Germany from 85 - 87, I don't remember ever being told about Chernobyl or any kinds of testing.

Dumb question: why not launch the materials into the hole? I'm thinking modified artillery shells with no explosive, or even slinging sandbags from a trubuchet. Sure it'll kick up dust, but more than dropping loose sand from a helicopter? If you miss the core, you're still spreading the items around the contaminated area.

Superb that you've covered this. One of the reason I won't watch HBO's Chernobyl is all the things they've changed just for the drama. It's disrespectful. I like actual documentaries. That memorial is great. Subscribed.

You said avoiding the sarcophagus it wasn't built yet when this was happening

I always wondered what happened to the actual wreck

Why did they fly so close without safety buffers?Save a tiny amount of time and fuel?

To this day, wire strike is the number one killer of helicopters in flight. On the ground, it is the tail rotor and unaware people.

Did I miss this, did they recover the bodies?

I do not understand why they did not have streamers on the cables

A lot of brave young men sacrificed their lives, to save the lives of countless others, and to save the European Continent and peoples. It's sombering that when we see footage of the early efforts, and later, that most were already walking dead men, or have died since. Due to their Heroism, they weren't Ukrainians, Soviets, or enemies. They were Noble Humans, brothers, dacrificing all for Europe and the Planet 🌎🌍 God Bless them all. 🙏🕊️

Any idea to drop glue on a radioactive leak can’t go well 😬

➡ In the last second of the video, behind the reactor is a big hole, is that where the helicopter crashed ? Can you see that hole behind the cheminée ?

Do you consider making another of those "half life" video about Aleksandr Akimov?

A proper tribute

what piano music please played?

Correct me if I am wrong. I remember watching a video about the new sarcophagus and the main fuselage of the helicopter was still visible inside of it.

If you ran INTO chernobyl you get the big swinging nuts award

While i think that the HBO mini-series was excellent, i also thought that its presentation of the crash was confusing. Yes, it did show the fatal damage of its violent encounter with the cable. But why did that happen? I wondered if some sudden physical or mental impairment due to radiation radiation might have led to that encounter. Or perhaps radiation-induced avionics failure. But i did not think that a flight-plan or pilot error was meant to be implied. So, it seems to me that this was muddled by the movie. As the event happened later, during the "liqidators'" efforts (?), if that event had been properly placed later, it would have made clearer that radiation was not the culprit. So it seems to me that accuracy was sacrificed for drama, leading to a confused interpretation about the actual risk of radiation for that flight.

The "small Siberian city of Chita" has a population of nearly 350,000. If it were in the UK, it would be about the 15th-largest city in the country.

That whole ordeal was so sad

Is that the MY PILLOW GUY @3:29. Who Knew Mike Lindell was at Chernobyl?

Okay, maybe just a rookie question but why couldn't the first heli go back to the rear of the second and guide the second one just as they had been guided?

Very well done… thanks for the video

Rest in peace brave souls.

30? He looks 15. May God rest all their souls.

Wasn't the sarcophagus the concrete & Lead structure that was built around it after the disaster? So at the date of this crash the sarcophagus didn't exist yet?

Great Video about a Group of real heroes! 😎

I’m curious how they couldn’t see that. Yeah the cables were invisible, but the boom of the crane couldn’t have been invisible also. Just climb vertically until you don’t have any more crane booms above you and you’re clear of all cables regardless of direction.

The Story of the Russian pilot reminded me of the first US civil MediVac pilott. Like the Russian, he survived the dangers of flying a helicopter in combat, only to be killed flying a helicopter under peaceful conditions... at home.

Why did the editor use frame blending? Total waste of archival footage.

Is there not a way to reverse radiation? I feel like there must be a way to catch all of these particles into a harmless element of some kind. Like a net. Or perhapse a vacuum on the atomic scale. Whatever might work. Is there any research going into fallout control? I would love to hear about it!

All those globs of molten material oozing through the shattered cooling system are the result of these material drops. It's uncertain if there was any real benefit, but I think there probably was, as it kept some of the dust that would have otherwise been spit into the atmosphere inside the building.

I sure the “I could have reached a hand out of the helicopter and held onto them.” is just an expression.

Let’s not forget those who died , those who saved us all .

What was mixed with the sand?

My respects to all of those who volunteered to go on 'one way missions' into the Devils lair. Those who got close to the exposed core - ALL knew they would not live after doing their duty and going back to base. The whole incident was a horrific accident that should not have happened, leaving the core exposed overheating then exploding. RIP to all those who died.

5:20. I wasn't aware there was a sarcophagus as early as October 1986... And the "Afghan military" you refer to would have been allied with the Soviets. The Mujahideen are the combatants you meant, I'm sure.

That's so sad. I wish they could have done a better job at marking the cables. Would it have helped? I don't know. However with all that was going on at the time they probably didn't think much about it.

they flew right into the devils playground , r.i.p. to those brave guys

0:50 isn’t EVERYONE alive right now a “master at avoiding death”?

Don't understand when the crane can put the mixture into the core and they use heli to fly into that mass of cable and crane

Rest them in peace...

What were they carrying? "A mixture of ? and sand" - Great video but I think you need a better mic...

Hello, can you please include sources for every video you make? You mentioned you would make a video going over sources you used on unsourced videos but I think it would be a good habit to include sources in every video you make

I was 11 years old, when this happens...then in ex Yugoslavija...R.I.P Heroes

I can't get over the fact that all those guys wearing paper masks while flying over the reactor, and the guys on the ground wearing them as well. Those masks literally did nothing for them. Those men likely didn't realize at the time they would become heroes for liquidating that reactor. They saved countless lives in the aftermath.