Was This Airport Too Dangerous? (Widerøe Flight 839)

Was This Airport Too Dangerous? (Widerøe Flight 839) - DISASTER BREAKDOWN

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We have talked about a lot of air accidents on this channel. Occasionally there comes across an incident in aviation which has less to so with the airplane and more to do with the airport where the accident occurred. In 1990 a small Norwegian plane crashed less than two minutes after take-off from a small regional airport killing all on board. The incident was not isolated as the airport had seen another incident which nearly resulted in a crash the previous year. The airport in question was considered to be an extremely challenging airport to pilots and thus was closed in 1990 following this accident. Since the crash of Wideroe flight 839 commercial flights have ceased from this airport. So what happened? Why was this airport so dangerous? (For lack of a better term) And how did it affect the plane?
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I Will Remember - Gavin Luke
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@DisasterBreakdown 2 жыл бұрын

@vuppaladattasai9264 2 жыл бұрын

Hey can u please do air india 182

@FlywithMagnar 2 жыл бұрын

I knew the first officer. He checked me solo when I was training for my PPL. RIP. And one of the passengers who disembarked at Værøy became a good friend of mine. Later, she became a pilot. Aviation is a small world.

@AriS-gg7gw 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss.

@johnbowles5399 2 жыл бұрын

Personal stories like yours really bring these tragic stories to life. Thanks for sharing. 👍

@dustinhellstern7728 Жыл бұрын

That’s intense, man. My prayers go out to ya.

@GurpreetSinghmadsfan Жыл бұрын

RIP

@ricgillingham8056 4 ай бұрын

Yes sorry for your loss 😢RIP

@xorowl1584 2 жыл бұрын

"they tried to turn it into a chocolate factory, but had to shut down when it caught fire". Disaster breakdown indeed

@MrTumbleweed22 2 жыл бұрын

Was a real mess with melted chocolate everywhere 😂

@henrikbraathen3096 2 жыл бұрын

Calling it a fire is kind of an understatement, the entire thing burned down and now everything is gone

@randomscb-40charger78 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Wonka finally had enough with the chocolate industry.

@skienavitaion1078 Жыл бұрын

Thats right the terminal brunt down

@nealshankman836 8 ай бұрын

Did the Norweigian aviation authority investigate the chocolate factory fire? I can see the report criticizing the chocolatiers for operating in unsuitably windy conditions.

@c_rhynehardt 2 жыл бұрын

I chuckled softly when he said "Twotter" 😁

@danielabackstrom 2 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂

@lilmissbloodbath89 2 жыл бұрын

I came down here to see if anybody was going to admit to giggling at that!

@karimski84 2 ай бұрын

The 12 year old boy in me that laughs like Bevis and Buthead at, Twatter 😂😂😂😂

@timigotti 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the Norwegian military flew their bell 412 on training missions to the airport after it closed, they stop by to buy chocolate

@SimLiskaNistaFista 2 жыл бұрын

I've become hypefixiated on airplanes as my depression has hit me quite hard this month, these videos make me so happy! I got really excited about alot of videos this month. Decided to comment to finally show my support, Thank you for the videos! Keep up the good work. Edit: Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

@datgockboy996 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you get better man, stay strong 💪 try finding some happy place like a Gym or Library.

@danescott4347 2 жыл бұрын

Sending a hug. 🤗

@foresthamilton2243 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, have a good day okay? For all of us :)

@DisasterBreakdown 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sending you my best wishes. Hope you get better soon!

@killersmaideniron 2 жыл бұрын

I feel ya. Been doing the same! Hope you get better with time.

@ladythalia227 2 жыл бұрын

Back in 2001 I worked with a colleague that was given tickets to this flight by her employer. She gave the tickets to her family. She still struggled with guilt more than a decade later

@ttheone3518 2 жыл бұрын

I like that someone takes on these norwegian plane crashes, as a lot of the crashes have perculiar causes If i can reccomend other accidents i would also reccomend Torghatten disaster and flight 933

@DisasterBreakdown 2 жыл бұрын

I have a plan to go through more Norwegian incidents soon

@2011SoxMD36 2 жыл бұрын

HAZE01 is another Norwegian one worth going into. Can tie much of that one back into your Erebus video though.

@ptilrem 2 жыл бұрын

My dad worked at 330skv on the SeaKing back then, and was called out to that incident back in 1988. Brønnøysund is my birthplace, and I've been to the mountain several times. I was about to suggest this incident, but you beat me to it.

@ewilloch 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! As a Norwegian aviation enthusiast, I remember this accident, the investigation and aftermath pretty well, and from memory, I’d say the video is extremely accurate. Very impressive indeed. Another tragic and interesting accident with Widerøe, albeit with a Dash-8, is the Torghatten accident, flight WF710. Also, the Mehamn accident with a Widerøe Twin Otter is particularly interesting, with the investigation re-opened several times during the 3 decades after the accident. According to the official report, the cause of the accident was a failure in the tail section, relatively similar to that of the Måløy accident 8 years later. Highly recommended topics.

@Oldschoolgamerdad 2 жыл бұрын

Torghatten accident was a Dash-7. I presume it was just a typo and you know this :) But just incase any one else was wondering.

@ewilloch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for correcting me! To be honest, it was a memory slip from my side and not a typo, but either way, I stand corrected!

@On-Our-Radar-24News 2 жыл бұрын

You have an amazing voice! Perfect for this type of analysis. Perfect cadence and tone! I could listen to you reading the world's encyclopedia...lmao.

@heatherhent4445 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 💯%

@richarddyasonihc 2 жыл бұрын

The proximity of steep.terrain to aierodromes and airs airfields is something with which as a PPL holder, affects the small GA aeroplanes I usually fly. I used to fly from Cambridge Airport innTasmania and quite often had to postpone flights owing to the turbulence and Dow draft from nearby hills. Change of wind direction during flights als made landings quite challenging.

@Aldairion 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always, but what I think I'm most impressed with is your ability to say "Twotter" with a neutral tone 😅

@ZombieSazza 2 жыл бұрын

I dunno how he managed to say “Twotter” without laughing, I was cracking up 😆

@rethablair6902 2 жыл бұрын

The captain should've never took off for that second trip

@stanislavkostarnov2157 2 жыл бұрын

as of 2015, a small operation still existed on the now "airstrip", being frequented (mostly in summers) by extreme sports enthusiasts on Ultralight delta-flyers.. seems to be a hub for them. one part of the former airport (the former factory shop/cafe) became I think an of-site club-room for the Røst Microlighting club

@jadeparelius 7 ай бұрын

I am norwegian and I love listening to non-norwegian folk try to pronounce norwegian words. You're really good at pronouncing the places in English, even if I still find it funny.

@KimDeRider 2 жыл бұрын

Something that is always impressive to me is your name pronunciations. How much effort do you put into pronoucing names correctly?

@abdullah3739 2 жыл бұрын

He pronounced Nepal to NEPOL

@derrickwalker4423 2 жыл бұрын

@@abdullah3739 I mean yeah that's how you say it it's not Nepail or something

@AlonAltman 2 жыл бұрын

@@abdullah3739 SHE

@kevinmiller3375 2 жыл бұрын

He must be doing pretty good you noticed.

@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar 2 жыл бұрын

@@derrickwalker4423 I think he means that the “a” in “Nepal” should sound more like the “a” in “father,” and not like the “a” in “fall,” “call,” or “pall”-i.e. the vowel should be farther back and unrounded. But we’ll end up down a rabbit hole if we start getting that nitpicky. To your point, it’s not like Anthony pronounced the “-pal” in the name of the country like the _word_ “pal”. 😆

@grapeshot 2 жыл бұрын

It's good to see this disaster documentary that focuses on the wacky airport designs.

@princeofcupspoc9073 2 жыл бұрын

Wacky, as in my life is so sheltered that I know nothing about non-US aircraft? That's not wacky. That's ignorance.

@grapeshot 2 жыл бұрын

@@princeofcupspoc9073 no wacky as in the airport can be the true danger. But this is the internet and people are triggered by many things.

@danielabackstrom 2 жыл бұрын

@@princeofcupspoc9073 you didn't read the comment, try again...

@yevhenbalytskyi9153 2 жыл бұрын

Great videos! I hope you're happy how your channel is progressing so far

@edmundasmarglenn4984 2 жыл бұрын

Your work in this field/subject is done very well.

@Tikibunss 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as always, and congrats on the growth!

@jmarth523 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up man! You are making great videos

@tonisiret5557 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great videos! 👌👍

@ivebeenmemed 2 жыл бұрын

Please do more videos on these more minor accidents! I find them way more interesting

@danielabackstrom 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video! 😊

@MeFromTheIsland 2 жыл бұрын

I'm norwegian. It's just too random that I'm this early to this video.

@JimbobsTransportVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Always wanted to know about this one, thank you

@robkyzer6695 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent accounting of an obscure aviation event. Well done.

@ghakal007 2 жыл бұрын

i love to see your channel growing

@adragol_cabaret 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up with the good work!

@greymark420 2 жыл бұрын

What a very unusual and interesting video, thank you for the story.

@scotturban54 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for posting

@davidjma7226 2 жыл бұрын

Did my skydiving training on the DH Twotter! All solo jumps from day one.

@jaretschmelz1796 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Disaster Breakdown, Does your Patreon include your videos without the music? This continous piano is driving me nuts.

@lineschug1017 Жыл бұрын

As a Norwegian I am very impressed by your pronounciations, especially considering these are difficult words with characters unknown to English speakers. Well done.

@bobdouglas5774 Жыл бұрын

I have flown on Twin Otter to St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly. They also used Islander

@threeparots1 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t know Harbour air had a flight to here…quite a long trip in a single otter 😝

@tdestroyer1882 2 жыл бұрын

Superb video!

@DisasterBreakdown 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AlternateCesarT 2 жыл бұрын

I love the twin otter. And the videos

@lakshyajain5608 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos a lot

@painkilleris 2 жыл бұрын

daily uploads incoming? great video lad :D

@mjb405 Жыл бұрын

I wish you kept calling the plane "Twotter" It caught me off guard and made me laugh. Reminded me of the video you did on the Fokker plane

@r48productions 2 жыл бұрын

Has their ever been a plane incident where the carry-on was too heavy causing problems on a flight?

@gamma_dablam Жыл бұрын

Air Midwest 5481 is close

@angelachouinard4581 11 ай бұрын

The was also a faulty repair problem on 5481 but both the baggage and passenger weights were over even though the pilots used current tables. They really got screwed.

@terencenxumalo1159 11 ай бұрын

good work

@YoussefRashedElox 2 жыл бұрын

I like how crused this location is.. Even a choco factory were shut down due to another disaster

@Neymarinet 2 жыл бұрын

5:27 I'm sorry they call it the what

@dsandoval9396 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I know I wasn't the only one that 😳 at that. LOL! Something that popped into my head when I heard that was a Jeopardy style response... "What is an insult hurled at Twitter users?" among other things.

@---qh9tb 2 жыл бұрын

Love the vid!!! xoxo

@scottmoseley5122 Жыл бұрын

So was it the weather or the degraded structure of the Twotter ? This is similar to your Air Thaiti otter that went lost its elevator cable and crashed making a short hop.

@cogitoergospud1 2 жыл бұрын

A trailing wind to an airplane can be as bad as a trailing sea to a boat.

@calcampbell Жыл бұрын

C'mon, Traigh Mhor (Barra Airport seen in the intro) can't be that difficult! But, as a native, I can avow it can scare the Bejesus out of first time passengers when landing :-). But I always loved being flown in the Twin Otter on the Barra routes. A proper flying experience which beats the hell out wee 1-3 hour hops on jets. And thanks hugely for all the films.

@VengefullyQueerDragon 3 ай бұрын

"Twotter" had me cackling sounds like a pom insult

@tahustvedt 2 жыл бұрын

I have flown along Lofoten in a Lynx helicopter in perfect weather. It's stunning.

@cococeceloveable 2 жыл бұрын

This airport isn’t even on the top dangerous airports. Kathmandu is a challenging one

@ToreDL87 2 жыл бұрын

... You were listening, yes? It's got winds powerful enough to rip a Twotter apart.

@cococeceloveable 2 жыл бұрын

@@ToreDL87 woo powerful winds probally just can shoot an ILS while Kathmandu you have to keep adjusting your instruments and I don’t think you really how many crashes there have been

@lineschug1017 Жыл бұрын

well, this one was so dangerous that they closed it XD

@skylineXpert 2 жыл бұрын

Some airports are captains only for a reason and some airports get closed for a reason

@troodon1096 2 жыл бұрын

I can't think of too many incidents where it's concluded that the airport itself is the problem (or at least a very significant factor). There are many famously dangerous airports, many of which have had fatal incidents as well, but the danger is known and there is at least a window in which safe takeoffs and landings are possible. This is clearly an exception to that.

@AlonAltman 2 жыл бұрын

I don't ENVY anyone who needed to land or take off at that airport!

@dodoubleg2356 2 жыл бұрын

How's a Twin Otter takeoff from, of all places, Vaeroy in 57kt winds? If it's anything but a headwind I don't see how it's possible. If it's a crosswind they're gonna lose directional (yaw) control...a tailwind they might run outta runway. 🤔

@navigategoodluck9069 2 жыл бұрын

Flown many times with this airline ✌️💚🤍

@treyn8070 2 жыл бұрын

A plane crash and then a chocolate factory burned up. That piece of land is cursed or something. On a side note, does anybody know why the lines at some airports are yellow and others at are white?

@ptilrem 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Norway it's standard for the lines to be yellow. Snow is the reason, and that's it. Easier to see and distinguish the lines from the snow.

@peregrinemccauley5010 2 жыл бұрын

Sticky ending for the airport terminal .

@Purrfectiu 2 жыл бұрын

NORWEAGIAN HERE

@christopherwasko5948 2 жыл бұрын

Bonus vid!!!

@christopherwasko5948 2 жыл бұрын

Very solid video. Was interesting to see you do something a little different. Would love to see a long-form (2-hour) video that you charge to watch. Maybe a really controversial accident with a lot of divisive evidence or air cover up?

@jameskonzek8892 2 жыл бұрын

It's a STOL aircraft?.. That's just too close to stall. Bad ju ju.

@Electriceye1984bySam 2 жыл бұрын

The “Twotter”🥴 😂

@ohioguy215 Жыл бұрын

"Twot" for short. I like riding on Twots!

@pop5678eye 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a more extreme version of Madeira.

@dontspikemydrink9382 Жыл бұрын

please fix the closed captions so they match with what you say. in places words are omitted

@charlotteinnocent8752 Жыл бұрын

Limits are given for a reason. I fault the tower for not grounding the plane and giving them the winds, and to the pilots for not double checking the wind directions again given how marginal conditions were. I don't know about the airport. Doesn't look like they had many other options on where to put it. Haha if the chocolate factory hadn't closed, I'D fly into it! :) I believe if the limits had been adhered to, the airport would still be open today.

@michaelkobylko2969 Жыл бұрын

A bad place to build an airport, but it seems an even stranger place to put a chocolate factory.

@lineschug1017 Жыл бұрын

lol right? Next disaster will be the sinking of the chocolate ferry

@macaylacayton2915 2 жыл бұрын

so this airport was not just dangerous but also cancelled several flights? ok why did they even build it? I have no clue why they would risk people's lives and planes for landing on this island at a place like this. too many risks there, you know what I mean? also I'm trying to calculate the numbers involved(wind load) and right now I'm trying to figure out wind density, I have used the average C and average dew point in F but having a bit of trouble with altimeter setting, not sure what I should use for this particular incident. any values?

@62koalalover 2 жыл бұрын

awesome awesome awesome youre so awesome

@kennethsalomonsen6244 Жыл бұрын

The Airport was last used 02.11.2022 by the USAF

@5ive62_nick 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do Iraqi Airlines Flight 163

@jacktueton7445 2 жыл бұрын

It's called a what!?

@CatLady-9327 2 жыл бұрын

4:23 I heard pirates instead of pilots

@scottcol23 2 жыл бұрын

Are you Norwegian? You pronounce those names and places too well to not be of Scandinavian descent. Excellent video as usual! I look forward to every upload. Cheers from New Orleans Louisiana.

@DisasterBreakdown 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not Norwegian, I live across the water from there in Northumberland, UK.

@adulthumanfemale8666 2 жыл бұрын

@@DisasterBreakdown Will you do a video on the LaMia Flight 2933?

@wayneandrews9298 2 жыл бұрын

its obviously difficult for you yanks to recognize & appreciate a true English accent considering you lot don't have a language of your own & you completely abuse & disrespect the real English language ..

@scottcol23 2 жыл бұрын

@@wayneandrews9298 why dont you go away with that bigotry and hate. I am French for crying out loud. English was not my first language.

@wayneandrews9298 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottcol23 why are you even replying !!! you can clearly see that i thought you were an American .. they think its ok to abuse other peoples languages because they don't have one of their own .. Spanish too " LOS VEGAS " one example .. it has nothing to do with bigotry & hate , what you talking about , don't get so uptight , froggy .. i guess its to be expected though considering your French . .. au revoir ..

@marc-andreservant201 2 жыл бұрын

Accidents are never due to a single thing wrong with the airport, or a single mistake by the crew, or a single part failing (apart maybe from the MAX fiasco, and even then multiple people had to sign off on the system).

@jackiekrickl3649 2 жыл бұрын

can you please do flight 173

@AnonymousAnonymous-nn5jr Жыл бұрын

The code for the airport is ENVY XDXDXD

@Radiant08 2 жыл бұрын

The ICAO in this airport represents the word ENVY

@JasonSmith-pe5py Жыл бұрын

For reference-Im an American,& dont know what kilometers equate to in miles,feet,etc

@Big_Tex 2 жыл бұрын

Twotter?🧐

@TheLastPhoen1x 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunate name.

@jamest2401 Жыл бұрын

If glad you knew how to pronounce that Norwegian island, because I wouldn’t even know where to start.😆

@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын

No Widerøe didn’t cease operations

@stephanieparker1250 Жыл бұрын

I would say that a boat delivery would be better than that insane airport but the North Sea isn’t much better 😵‍💫

@ivarnordlkken8082 6 ай бұрын

There is a daily car-ferry to that island.

@amoghasiddhi1422 2 жыл бұрын

Do video about new orleans plane crash good video have good day 👍 😊

@amoghasiddhi1422 2 жыл бұрын

🐲

@malachi9690 2 жыл бұрын

the islands name is ironic

@AnneAslaug 2 жыл бұрын

No, not really. It`s not "vær" as in "weather", it`s "vær"as in "fiskevær/fishingtown"

@ToreDL87 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah in this case the name means somewhere people live/exist.

@Tj11813 10 ай бұрын

Are you a pilot?

@alexandermathar7780 Жыл бұрын

The Chinese would simply have blasted the damn mountain to dust.

@eliteschaf5697 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏😉👍

@Jean.P.Cartier 2 жыл бұрын

Værøy translated weather island

@ladythalia227 2 жыл бұрын

That translation is too literal and doesn’t take into consideration the other meaning of “vær” that’s mostly used in villages that make a living out of fishing, think of the Norwegian word Fiskevær ( i.e. fishing-vær) The original name of the island is therefore most likely meant as a description of what the inhabitants do for a living: the hunting/fishing island or the island where people make a living trapping and hunting fish (and other sea creatures.) All of these little villages and places in northern Norway have vær in their name.

@AnneAslaug 2 жыл бұрын

@@ladythalia227 Skreiv nettopp det samme til en litt over her. ;)

@karlesmcquade2863 8 ай бұрын

My girlfriend gets a bit of Twotter STOL every now and then.

@gilbertfranklin1537 2 жыл бұрын

Aw, c'mon - instead of closing the airport, they just needed to write on the runway (in GREAT BIG letters)... "STOL at your own risk". 😏

@muhammadyogamaheswara2790 2 жыл бұрын

Next Episode: "Caught in a jam Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 Bombardier Dash 8-q100. June 9, 1995. With X plane 11. Please? 5000k subs. Amin ya rabbal alamin......

@fanatic26 2 жыл бұрын

The moral of this story aligns with most disasters, dont ever get on those small planes. You are safe on commercial jets but those lil puddle jumpers have killed so many people over the years. Imagine all the celebrities, athletes, musicians etc that have died in plane crashes....every single was was a small plane like this.

@princeofcupspoc9073 2 жыл бұрын

As long as weather is moderate, they are just as safe as the big planes. But of course someone always comes along to blame the victims. "Shouldn't a got aboard!" Brilliant.

@philhughes3882 2 жыл бұрын

Princeofcups Poc - Who's blaming the victims? All he's saying is it takes just one little puff of wind to INSTANTLY send these things into the deck, vertically - at 500mph. And as a Northern European, we don't get much moderate weather for 8 months a year.

@astrowolf_1313 2 жыл бұрын

The problem is, what do you then do with transportation in remote areas such as this island? Public still needs to have a connection with more developed areas, possibilities for car travel or ships are either limiting or outright impossible, and sending large jets and building appropriate infrastrucure and providing adecuate service to said jets is just a huge waste of money, taking the nature of operations into consideration. Helicopters and small planes such as Twin Otter is an optimal choice for remote routes, and they, as every other types of transport, have their limitaions. Small planes are in no way “very dangerous”, but accidents almost always happen because of pilot error or improper weather conditions, but you can still negate the latter (delay the flight, return to departure airport, fly around the problematic area etc.)

@fanatic26 2 жыл бұрын

@@princeofcupspoc9073 How exactly did I blame the victims? Its like you read a different comment then decide to put your reply on mine instead.

@EvanBear 2 жыл бұрын

The twin otter is a fine plane but like every other plane it has its limits. The pilots went over those limits which is what caused the structure to fail. It's a good plane and many remote locations do not have enough traffic or a long enough runway to allow for commercial airline traffic. Also, 57 knots is by no means "one little puff of wind".

@smoothmicra 2 жыл бұрын

I've often thought that air strips in "challenging environments" should be phased out in the interests of safety. You want to live in the middle of nowhere? Fine, knock yourself out, just don't expect pilots to casually risk their lives (let's not forget passengers as well) to supply you. "No, it's not that, this remote area is a tourist magnet, we need an air strip to land them". No you don't, if tourists are that desperate they can get a boat/car/train/ to your little paradise. They won't want to spend so much time getting to your paradise? Can't be that good then. I suspect technology will eventually take landing a plane out of the pilots hands, in which case the debate becomes academic. Meanwhile, let's just make it as painless and safe as possible.

@ToreDL87 2 жыл бұрын

Another ban everything'er. People choose how they wanna go where they wanna go. Can't handle it? Well, not your life. Your livelihood at stake? Well, not my problem, can't be that good then, can't this can't that. 🤣

@troodon1096 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of hard to drive a car or ride a train to an island.

@richardcranium3579 10 ай бұрын

@@troodon1096Goteeeeeem!

@crazyape968 2 жыл бұрын

4:35 Not quite. Instead of "The airport only saw few operations by Widerøe, of which a significant number of flights were cancelled due to unfavourable wind conditions" it should be "The airport only saw few operations by Widerøe, a significant number of which were cancelled due to unfavourable wind conditions."

@justdecaffeinated 2 жыл бұрын

i found the prescriptivist

@troodon1096 2 жыл бұрын

Both of those sentences are grammatically correct, and mean precisely the same thing. Not sure why you think the distinction is important.

@bjofuruh 27 күн бұрын

This is how it was: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odNkirOFuq_Df2g.html

@ToLWaM 2 жыл бұрын

A passenger plane just crashed in texas

@megyskermike 2 жыл бұрын

It never even left the ground, at least everyone is fine.

@user-bk5xl3fy7b 2 жыл бұрын

1960's plane...no wonder the tail failed because of the breeze.

@ptilrem 2 жыл бұрын

LN-BNS was built in 1977.

@user-bk5xl3fy7b 2 жыл бұрын

@@ptilrem Not modern. Bad design if the tail falls off in a breeze. It was built by the same company that created the De Havilland Comet....not good

@slome815 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a dumb comment. People should just not be spewing opinions on the internet about things they are ignorant about. There are still DC-3's build in the 40's flying around without problems. The havilland Comet's failures where because it was the first commercial pressurised aircraft. The cyclic loads this brought about where unknown about at the time. The crashes would have happened to the first pressurised jets no matter who produced them. After the crashes the plane was modified with round windows, and the Comet's flew fine after that. The Twin Otter is a very popular plane with a design good enough to remain in production to this day. De havilland also produced universally loved planes like the Mosquito, Vampire, and Tiger Moth. Oh yes, and modern planes never crash right? I would suggest looking at the wikipedia list of fatal crashes, and see how many of the aircraft where build in the last 2 decades.

@jacksondoesstuff2458 2 жыл бұрын

I’m on an airplane right now. Why am I watching this? I paid 8.00$ for internet to scare myself.

@adrianciobotaru9595 2 жыл бұрын

the plane was poorly constructed... it was as if a car would fall apart while driving on the street, just because of the wind... this is unacceptable... poor constrution is the couse of this disaster...

@Eruthian 2 жыл бұрын

You are talking about a plane, that was and is one of the most successful and reliable ones of it`s category in the world. It`s like blaming a Toyota Landcruiser to be poorly constructed after you drove at 70 mph over rough terrain and it`s axel broke. Windsheers are no joke and can bring any plane down.