NTSB investigators delve into the harrowing crash of Comair Flight 3272, where the aircraft spiraled into the ground. As they search for answers, they must confront a longstanding belief among pilots that could have contributed to the fatal outcome.
What was the cause of Comair Flight 3272 crash?
Mayday: Air Disaster – From Season 17 Episode 2 “Deadly Myth”: When a commuter flight to Detroit ends in a harrowing death spiral, it’s up to investigators to determine the cause and prevent it from ever happening again. They sort through the shattered wreckage in search of clues, and a close analysis of the flight data eventually leads them to a stunning realization—What doomed Flight 3272 is a danger the industry has known about for years.
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…this one is going to be a juicy one, I can already tell..
This is a new one for me. Just right for Friday night.
The crash gripped me. I was thinking 'NO! Come on! Come on!'
This made me saddened and physically sick.
My husband and I really like your videos but how can we get rid of the new time report and channel announcements that are on the channels and videos. They are very distracting and not nice to listen to. We will not share or like any videos with those announcements.
Unseen episode for me, finally, it's been a while. A small commuter turboprop crashes because of ice on the wings. Somewhat different to other similar episodes with ice. The pilots were not informed about the change in procedure of using the deicing boots on the leading edge of the wings. The deicing function has dramatically improved with virtually instant inflation and deflation of the rubber boots. No need to wait for ice to build up as in the older system. The FAA failed to make the notification mandatory.
What’s up with Youtube’s evil political Republican ads? We may have to sue Youtube for showing them.
Conspiracy, negligence and manslaughter.
Icing happened from slowing speeds?
Losing control Shouldn't wsit
These planes should only be allowed to be flown in the Southern United States or in summer elsewhere.
Someone at the FAA needs to be fired.
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If the wings were some 21 feet behind the cockpit windows and deicing boot activation was mandated at 1/2 inches of wing ice, what alerts pilots when they accumulate that thickness?
Where is the last sentence, i.e., the FAA acknowledged its error and now mandates following manufacturer directions re use of the boots? Is this the DC-10 cargo door fiasco all over again?
20:03 – his dramatic realization of a possible cause of the accident and the actor mumbles so bad that close caption could not even pick it up. I'm pretty sure he is saying "its Roselawn all over again". I don't know if anyone else had trouble understanding what he said but it took me a few repeats and only after the narration picked back up did it make any sense.
I bet they all took a dump prior to impact
I have flown several dozen times in my life. I always feared this episode happening to me
looks like flight movie
When using deice boots, I carried and religiously used boot wax first flight of the day. I flew SD3-60 for Simmons airlines out of Marquette MI (MQT) Negaunee airport, now closed . The aircraft was a high wing design. I used a ladder to wax the boots. This allowed me to not worry so much about bridging. Allowing ice to accumulate to .5 inch made for a cleaner break because the airflow had bigger chunks to grab hold of and tear clean off. One wing boot activation on decent between 4000-6000 ft and 1 activation at gear down was normally enough except for the occasional extended flight. There were exceptions during occasional heavy icing encounters around the Great Lakes. Post flight inspection of ice on my aircraft when compared with other SD3-60 aircraft landing at the same time (ORD/DTW) demonstrated that my practice of boot waxing made a significant difference in the amount of residual ice remaining on the wing. There are no boots on the wing struts of the SD3-60. Post flight inspection always showed how much total ice accumulation during the entire flight minus some sublimation due to airflow and exposure to the sun if on top of the clouds. I started this practice when operating light twins flying overnight packages in the north. I was shown this procedure by a training pilot. The use of wing boot wax or his favorite, a spray can full of Lemon Pledge wood polish were Immediately evident. Spray it into a rag and spread it evenly covering the entire boot surface, Its very slippery. Ice easily falls off with almost no residual. No chance for bridging. It also wears off fairly quickly. Reapplication recommended after 2 hours of flight.
Only takes a few minutes to apply. Keep the can warm before applying. Same thing with all boot wax applications. For best results, apply boot wax in a warm hanger and let dry for one hour if time allows. During deicing operations I would instruct the deicing crew to avoid the deice boots if no ice or snow contamination was present to avoid stripping off the wax with hot fluids under high pressure.
At least the ice broke off the wing when it crashed, right?
My friend that taught me to fly in Corpus Christi in the early 90’s was flying for Comair out of Cinci the day this flt went down I was on pins and needles until he check in with me.
Can't there be an automatic effective anti-icing system?
I find these episodes episodes very Informative and interesting. We can learn a lot from them. I did find a small error that I just couldn’t shake. It’s not the most important thing, but I just wanted to point out.
At 3:52 in the video, the Detroit approach controller refers to the larger Airbus as Cactus 50 (AWE50 on his radar screen) which was America West flight 50.
They were considering vortex turbulence as a cause of the crash.
Later, at 11:42 the controller says “America West made contact”
Correct so far.
Later, when they have ruled out vortex turbulence, they refer to the jet as American Airlines flight 50. This is wrong! I am an American Airlines flight attendant and this is historically our flight from LGW (and / or LHR )to DFW.
At the time of the incident of Com Air flight 3272 (1997), the merger of America West and USAir with American Airlines hadn’t happened yet.
Thank you!