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Great video. My dad missed this flight after he left his passport in his hotel room. He had a business class ticket so it's a good thing he didn't get on!

The fact the captain survived is astonishing. I am sure he suffered from this for many many years..

For those interested the CAAC Airlines was split into 6, China Southern, China Southwest, China Eastern, China Northern, China Northwest, and Air China. China Northern ceased operations in the early 2000s, China Northwest merged with China Eastern, China Southwest Merged with Air China. The remaining Airlines left now are China Southern, China Eastern and Air China

Another amazing video! One thing I miss, though, is the Disaster Averted series. Maybe you could bring it back with Transair flight 671 - a 707 LOST ( they broke away ) two engines on the same wing, caught on fire and managed to land.

Great video. One of my flying instructors who flew in the Korean Air Force is very familiar with this crash and declared the Captain was stupid. Just one correction, this crash is the worst crash in South Korea.

The 767 is one of my favorite types. It's a wide body capable of flying nonstop San Francisco to Paris, but it's not as big as other widebodies. Great plane to fly.

The Captain should have listened to his First Officer and immediately execute a missed approach. At the airline I flew for, if either pilot announced that a missed approach was required it was mandatory to perform one immediately.

the thing i am most amazed by is how you present these cases in an entertaining manner, while still being able to educate about flight systems and such. amazing!

I’m home sick today and seeing your upload put a smile on my face. Thanks for making my sick day a little brighter. Your videos are always amazing and respectful of the accidents.

its kinda sad that the pilot who didn't take action survived and the first officer who wanted to do the right thing didn't.

The nice thing about the 767 was the nearly identical flight decks to the 757 which I had previously worked at the Boeing Renton field. The 767s of course being much larger were made in Everett. Both were very much user friendly for maintenance as was the E-bay downstairs which was much more roomy.

Thank you for your amazing content and hard work! I've been a aviation fan since I was a kid. I'm from Canada and my Grandparent's own a home on the Bay of Quintie. They live about 15 kms away from Canada's largest Airforce Base called CFB, 8 Wing Trenton. The Base is currently home for the C-17A, C-130J, and a SQN of F/A-18C's, they have been at the base since 9/11. CFB, 8 Wing Trenton also has a Search & Rescue SQN. I remember being a kid and watching the 707's and C-130H's conduct maneuver's over the Bay of Quintie! They would fly so low and I have to say that the 707 was the loudest aircraft I've ever heard! I sure miss those day's!

Clearly the pilots were not flying a stabilised approach. This seems to me like a lack of training combined with a lack of proper cockpit management on the part of the flight crew. I wonder why the pilots didn't request more time from ATC - maybe they should have asked to go into a holding pattern while they made the necessary preparations for landing, before making the approach. Not noticing that they were flying too fast, their situational awareness was not nearly as precise as it should have been. Pilots cannot afford to make mistakes of this sort, because as in this case, the results can be disastrous.

Fact: The captain later benefited from the attitude of Chinese aviation authorities (“it's Korean's fault”) therefore did not face any harsh penalties like the pilot who caused the VD8387 crash. He retired from flying but continued to receive salary from air China. According to aviation enthusiasts' report, captain Wu now runs (probably owns) a commercial flight simulator in Beijing’s Wangfujin area. So there's a chance you would meet him as a customer.

Cannot say enough praise for this channel...A very knowledgeable host and the matter is presented very well!

I was an expatriate Captain at KAL. I’ve flown that approach many times. It can be challenging, especially in low visibility conditions.

This channel is underrated

A topic i would like to see is the story of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. A Christmas day disaster which almost happened, but was avoided in a very unexpected way.

This is an accident I never knew anything about. Thanks for posting this Chloe! If you're still taking suggestions for accidents to cover, has anyone suggested the icing accident of Air Ontario Flight 1363? I grew up in Northwestern Ontario and travelled several times on the smaller Air Ontario planes, so it's one I remember well.

Great video as usual! :)

As usual, great job with this video. I am on a steady diet of watching your catalog and I have to say yours are among my top 3 aviation channels I watch regularly. I wanted to comment on the many instances of poor Crew Management, and how it is possible that it was, and still is in many cases, a fundamental aspect of these accidents. I am not a pilot, at least IRL (I do have several hours on simulators) but in another life I was an Italian Army Lieutenant in command of a tactical missile section (the “Lance” tactical nuclear missile). We lived and died on our checklists and I personally communicated with various members of my team, regardless of the role I had on any given day. Because I believed I should know every job on the weapon system, I often switched roles with my Sergeant, other specialists and so on. The only step I had to take personally, no matter what, was the final aiming with an optical device a ways behind the missile launcher. In the case, we had clear hand signals to represent the checklist steps. It didn’t take any of us long to memorize each and every checklist involved in the positioning, aiming, launching, and GTFO steps of the mission (the latter was rather important if one wanted to avoid counter-battery fire. In our case the nuclear variety). We did have some decision tree, with relative checklists, in case the mission changed last minute or other variable came into play, and we trained on all of them. While I’ll be the first to admit that our procedures were nowhere as complex as flying a commercial jet, we still had somewhat complicated procedure and relative checklists. Never in a million years it would have crossed my mind to skip or fail to communicate the state or step to any of my subordinates, even though I could have easily done so and still complete any mission. We just didn’t do it, and considering that in peacetime the worst consequence would have been getting a dress down from my superiors, not sending hundreds of passengers to their death, it makes me wonder what kind of logical process makes some of these pilots to fly the plane in a certain way without informing the rest of the crew. In this case, their were flying faster than they should have. Naturally, setting a timer or making a turn when the plane is faster than it should be is incredibly dangerous. If there are mountains around, a lot more so. What makes these pilots ignore procedures so blatantly? Why no one in the crew look at the speed and figures “at this speed we need to turn sooner or we’ll fly into a frigging mountain”? I don’t know, maybe I would be no better. Maybe I can’t compare launching a nuclear missile with piloting a plane, but I see this behavior over and over and if I were a pilot I would make damn sure to brief my crew so that they call every single tiny step and they hit me on the back of my head if I dare to maneuver the plane without reciting chapter and verse of everything I am doing, you know? Just in case I am having a moment and I am about to fly into the side of a mountain.

1. "The lights were on a timer to save money" 2. "The pilots of 129 didn't get a warning they were flying dangerously close to the mountains" 3. "This plane was fitted with that older version of the (GPWS) system"

Minor correction for Chloe : Busan is the second largest city in South Korea. The largest airport by passenger traffic is Incheon Airport which services the capital city of Seoul. It carries over 5 times the number of passengers than the Gimhae airport discussed in the video. Love your videos and keep up the great work.

This is why doing your research is important when buying a plane ticket. Never go for a sketchy airline. Never fly to airports with a spotty track record. Always try to inform yourself of the profile of the cabin crew of flights involved in accidents by that airline to see if there's a pattern of low experienced or poorly trained pilots. Quality costs money.

As I understand it; in the United States circling approaches are prohibited for commercial flights

I live under the primary approach to an airport with moderate freight traffic. I very much appreciate the quiet B767s.

Excellent video yet again Chloe 👌

Oh neat I didn't know you were a pilot, makes these whole series a bit more insightful from your end.

that's quite the series of compounding problems 😅 great video, as always!

Circling approaches in areas where terrain is a significant factor call for a high level of concentration even with good visibility.. when visibility is poor and timing is involved, the potential for errors is markedly increased.. having to monitor the actions of the handling pilot while at the same time attempting not to lose sight of the runway can quickly become very demanding. The briefing must emphasise that loss of visual acquisition must be cause to break off the approach.

Another excellent episode of a very tragic event!!!🙏😢✈️❣️

I remember flying in to XNA once. We did a circle into a landing; I think it was a matter of the winds being unfavorable for the usual approach. It was a little CRJ aircraft, 1x2 seating, so rather sprightly. I'm not sure if the pilot was just being a bit reckless, but we were banked hard to port, nothing but grass on the left and blue sky on the right, right up to leveling off and touching down about four or five seconds later. Come to think of it, I've had takeoffs from that airport that do just about the same thing, gear up and a hard bank. Maybe the air space is not as wide open as it once was.

Airblue 202 seems familiar to this disaster -A similar approach -overextended the approach -crashed onto an elevated land

there really should be a standing rule. If ANY crew member calls for a go around, it must be executed. Failure to do so should result in significant repercussions. Also any change in pilot flying on approach should also result in an automatic go around. How can an approach be stable if you change the pilot flying?

I always find it incredulous, that an airline would allow such an inexperienced crew to fly together especially when dealing with an airport in such a mountenous area. It only takes bad weather and this is the consequence.

Amazing video as always! You could probably make a video about the crash that killed Buddy Holly. Other then that, keep up the good work!

This is why my friends immediately booked the back seats the only time we flew together...to a place which is barely above sea level :D.

Another amazing video, looking forward to a longer one next week!

RIP To the 129 passengers and crew of Air China Flight 129

I flew a lot when I was younger but after watching enough episodes of the show mayday I’ll never get on a plane again, when you see what can bring a plane down it’s terrifying.

It's also interesting to note that whole flight crew was quite young for a passenger jet of that size.

Love your videos Chloe, I've literally watched all of them! I noticed the titles to the background music scrolling at the bottom, not sure if it's new or I just never paid attention enough but I always wanted to know the titles. It's gotten to the point where I memorized their sequence and I know what part of the video you're on as soon as I hear the soundtrack lol. Much love from 🇿🇲

Goodness these videos are so well done

Great video! They really make my day every time we get them! Glad to be a patreon to support more of these!

This is why you always do a proper briefing before executing any landings and never try to land in fog.

This accident happened on the day I was born, so sad to see how it came down

What a site for a runway ! it's like a natural harbor, with very high harbor walls.

I work no a 767-200F everyday. Unload it, re-load, (Cargo) and turn it around in less than 2 hours! Amlost always, it is the same one, N652GT!

I am certain that most viewers would agree that this is a quality video, and that the narrator's voice is splendid for a KZfaq presentation. I wish that all postings would have this fellow doing the talking... 😊 ps- I am already subscribed. 👍

Great video as always! Do you think you could make a video of Lamia flight 2933? Unbelievable stuff were made by the pilots. I guess it would give a cool video!

Seems madness that an airport would turn the runway lights off when planes are landing.

All these videos and I somehow didn't know that you were a pilot

Another great video Chloe. Thanks for the effort you put in to make this video's so interesting. Hope your well and thanks again.

10:27 Oh no, it's the "they're about to crash" music

R.I.P. I know it's easy to be an armchair critic after the event, but if I were ever an aircraft pilot my No. 1 consideration at all times would be "where are the mountains".

Did the flight crew mess up? Absolutely. Does the fact that these flight controls/parameters mean that the GPWS would disengage blow my mind? Yes.

I think I might be addicted to this channel 😛. Brilliant video as always 👌

just a quick correction, the downwind to base turn is a 90 degree turn. it would be a 180 if they were turning base direct to final.

I don't really understand why China's investigation and the pilot keep bringing up the runway lights. If there was a ever a sure fire reason to initiate a go around it would be because the runway isn't lit up.

Naturally both countries are pointing fingers at each other for the failures on both ends.

I live near Manchester airport in New Hampshire so the 767 is a comm sight for me leaving work in the morning. Always fascinating to hear stories about the aircraft series. But nonetheless keep up the goof work. This was a great video!

The 767 is a great plane, always has been, always will.

Hi Mr disaster breakdown, I like your videos since I discovered your channel back last year. Great work as always! Btw I request can u do El Al Flight 1862 or 1976 Zagreb mid air collision? Thanks and mabuhay from 🇵🇭💓

While the conditions weren't great, it sounds like bad Crew Resource Management

Thank you so much for your content

Super weird layout for Gimhae airport, I can't imagine why anyone would think it was a good idea. Airport is perpendicular toward the northwest mountains, instead of the northeast valley.

When in doubt, go around. It's much easier to recover from a missed approach than a crash landing

Two things... One, its hilarious that China is shaming the aviation infrastructure of another country, and two... Having expat friends who have flown in Chinese airlines, Im confident their accident records are much higher than reported.

Always love watching these during my lunch breaks, Chloe! Another wonderful video!

Great video as usual! Unfortunately I was no able to guess the plane.sorry bro.

I'm surprised that a timer was used in this case. Maybe it's common practice, but it feels risky.

Substandard regulations all around led to this. Certain "first world" countries definitely shouldn't be classified that way, RoK especially

Hey there, I'm curious about something you said @ about 6:30-6:50. You stated you read a report that said these circle landings are 25 times more dangerous then standard landings. Did you mean 25% more? Or actually 25 times? Crazy to think..

I have a tip for you that you can use in an episode, Braathens Safe flight 239, one of Norways few air disasters.

Wow can't be there were survivors! Yay, rail videos! Love you DB

On a side note… can we talk about how 129 people died on air China flight 129? Has that ever happened before?

Watching the animation of the aircraft flying into the tree was chilling.

Even our small airport (partly the ANG's) has runway lights that seem to come on at the "last minute" before landing (I've driven by it a lot)...probably bc the city lights keep it luminated? My short stint at lessons were done during the day and only in good weather

Excellent Video of Breakdown from a voidable Disaster.

How is it even a question if the captain never briefed the FO on the change of plans regarding landing. And not a minor change of plans!? WtHeck?!

This disaster is yet another avoidable one. Pilots deficiency/gets overloaded, old GPWS shortcomings… and for some reason ATC didn’t warn them about the terrain (there was an low altitude alarm sounded in the tower, but the controller didn’t warn them…). The latter is what Chinese’s comments focused on, where South Korea didn’t seems to think their controller or the airport condition was also at fault in their report. Any one of the three can prevented disaster… what a pity…

In sailing...position and depth. In flying...position and altitude (depth) And, looking at charts. So, this crew hadn't looked at the risk of flying past the runway? The mountains! Poor performance. Peace be unto you.

I am on FlightRadar24 all the time, there was a passenger flight using 767, I think United from Hawaii (Kauaii) to mainland just yesterday.

Wasn’t the LaudaAir a 767?

Literally the second officer had one job to do but didn't do it!

My airline would never allow a circling approach near terrain.

I had started watching your videos back in October 2021 and I have enjoy your channel. And you maybe should do give aways as well 14:41

Hello Disaster Breakdown loved this video i did watch most before i eventually fell asleep. But loved it, i would love to see at least Transair 671 or Olympic Airways Flight 411 as disaster adverted. However, i thought for another disaster breakdown video. Would be around Japan as to be honest i would love to see ANA (All Nippon Airways) Flight 60 and 533 alongside Canadian Pacific 402 (Mentioned in the BOAC 911 video) as all these accidents occurred in 1966 within the span of around 8 months. Aside from that one. I do want to see a video of Emery Worldwide Cargo Flight 17. Similar to Trans International Airlines 863 had an issue with its elevator during takeoff but i won't have much leaked aside from the plane which was a DC-8-71F registered as N8079U.

2:35 my dad use to work for Ansett Australia specially Boeing 767

RIP crew & passengers

AWESOME VIDEOS AS ALWAYS!!!! btw can you do a video on yeti airlines crash which happened recently? :)

Why do flights not have some kind of GPS system to show where the plane is? I mean, at least to assist this kind of circle around maneuver?

13:48 Like said "Let's pause here for just a moment" : Prximity ? Not a proximity warning system ? 😁

Lights were turned off to save money....... It's the most tragic thing about this.

That's why a young crew should have someone with the voice of experience onboard. Youth has a carefree tendency to think they will live forever.

Well I must say as a man of aviation curiosity and even USN flight deck experience, it seldom surprises me how often things that seem insignificant end up turning into disasters of global memories. You, Sir do a great job narrarating these videos as well as the research and editing that goes along with creating them. I watch many other channels with similar stories and details of them, however, few delve outside of aviation into say, ocean liners or train tragedies making their content more varied for someone who CAN get enough plane crashes.. Maybe try yo get uour mind around doing a mini documentary series? Either way, the more choices people have, the less likely they'll stray too far elsewhere to get their learn on here. Just saying...more choices, more diversity. More diversity, more customers. Peessowt

Surprisingly young and low hours flight crew for the aircraft type.

Having lived in China when they literally buried a high speed train that crashed (google Wenzhou train crash), even to the point that state-owned media questioned it, I pretty much disregard any comments the Chinese government makes regarding accidents. Might as well just say "Everyone else is at fault except for the Chinese pilots/conductors/drivers/boaters/bikers/pedestrians/whatever else." I love China, but they suck at accepting responsibility for their mistakes.

interesting, it appears the star of this narration is the 767. RIP to the dead passengers though.