Moments from landing, United Airlines 585 starts spinning out of control and falls out of the sky at 450 kilometers per hour. Everyone on board is killed. In ten violent seconds, the crash site has become one of the most mysterious air disasters in aviation history.
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From Season 4 Episode 5 “Hidden Danger”: Around the globe, more than six billion people have traveled on a Boeing 737. They’re the backbone of the aviation industry. But in 1991, something happened onboard a 737 that sent shudders through the world of aviation.
Almost two years after the crash, the NTSB had studied the crew, the weather, the rudder, and thousands of other pieces of evidence – but they can’t solve the mystery. For only the fourth time in its history, the NTSB released a report stating the cause of the crash of flight 585 was undetermined.
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I don't know why exactly but this particular episode is one of my favorites of all. R.I.P. all who perished. 😢
One single part led to this crash. Its mind boggling.
Remember they don't like to leave things unanswered so they'll just make s*** up
this test should have been done at first crash and save lives
If they are going to make these shows, they should at least consult with people that know something about aviation. All of the actors keep using nomanclature no pilot or ATC would use.
Wake turbulence 🤔
Very frightening
That's where they began teaching to pump the rudder pedal to unstick it, but later a copilot crashed a plane by doing that when it wasn't needed. 🥺
Rivetting report I 've
seen before. The valve first being bench tested didn't
show violent agitation to simulate the extreme turbulence
experienced by BOTH accident aircraft. Temperature shock testing produced failure, I still think
extreme motion was also part of the equation.
Similar to the flight into Richmond in the latter part of this presentation, I was flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse on the same model of plane. As we were nearing the airport and flying over the city, suddenly the plane tipped hard to the right and the right wing dipped straight down. Then the plane righted. It happened one or two more times, violent sudden dips so the right wing pointed to the ground – it was very alarming. Surprisingly, we got on the ground in a matter of what seemed like a minute, much sooner than I was expecting to land at the airport. On the way out of the plane I passed the cockpit and the pilots were standing there. I mentioned something about what happened and all he said was, "we made it didn't we?". I was a bit surprised by the statement and it seemed to confirm there had been a serious problem with controlling the plane. It appears, like the example above, the plane was afflicted with the rudder problem but we dodged the bullet and landed safety. I never realized how dangerous that problem was until reviewing this and other video's about this issue.
Sounds like microburst activity at first
I can only imagine how terrifying that must have been.
I watched this video once before on another YT channel and was so intrigued with it, I had to watch it again. I have zero knowledge of flying a plane and have only flown in a plane three times in 58 years. I still find these stories fascinating.
The narrator referred to NTSB investigators as “tin kickers” and said they investigate 2,000 accidents a year. That averages out to about 5 or 6 a day. What a cool job! I am sure it can be depressing at times, but imagine reconstructing an accident from the smallest of pieces to figure out what happened. That would take some patience and a good imagination. Makes me wish I had taken a different career path.
I have been a truck mechanic for a public utility for 39 years. Most of our trucks are manlifts and digger trucks using hydraulic booms so I fully understood the conclusion that a hydraulic valve was a possible cause of the accident. Made perfect sense to me. Kudos to the investigator that figured it out. He saved some lives on future flights.
Back in the days Boeing actually cared
So they took the parts to be looked at by the company that made them and makes money off them. And they thought they would get truthful answers about the part . Why would they say their own parts are messed up ? That would stop their money. They fast to blame a pilot but will cover up any part the company that made these plans had in it
If they got it right, then they could have explained in this video what the weather (heating/cooling) conditions were in each of the three cases that caused the accident. This documentary only points to a faulty rudder servo, due to extreme heating and cooling, but did their investigation prove that those heating/cooling conditions were present? If so, due to what weather condition? External and internal conditions? Interesting that they omit that in this documentary. It could be both mechanical and pilot error, their final conclusion was not complete it seems.
I can't believe he would say "Driven"
Heard Avionca pass over my house in Huntington, NY. Envisioned it crashing into my house and killing me. Must have known subconsciously that things didn't add up right. Friend comes over and says plane just crashed in Cove Neck, lets go find it. We parked and cut through the woods to skirt responders. Saw a little more than I bargained for. Plane had pancaked on a hillside in the woods, split in 3 parts. A roll of toilet paper was lodged in the bushes we hid behind. 20 or so white sheets covered dead bodies lined up in a row. I guess some people lived. All because they were denied landing clearance and the fuel pumps failed to draw up the fuel they thought they had.
You guys uploaded the same episode twice 5 days apart…