Ghost Plane | No One in Control of this Boeing 737 | Helios Airways Flight 522 | 4K

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  • Air traffic control loses radio contact with a Boeing 737. Two fighters intercept and investigate the flight and find all but one person on board not moving. Find out what happened.
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  • @user-ew2uy5bo6e
    @user-ew2uy5bo6e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7235

    My brother Andreas was in there...
    I will miss him forever. And never forget him.
    R.I.P Andreas Prodromou.1989-2005

    • @makayla11708
      @makayla11708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      May he Rest In Peace

    • @Bravo-Too-Much
      @Bravo-Too-Much 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      How come the idiot didn’t land the plane?

    • @Joe-oq5kd
      @Joe-oq5kd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      @@garfielf1826 Not smoke, the cabin wasn't pressurized so they weren't getting enough oxygen.

    • @nickevans7049
      @nickevans7049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      omg

    • @mrt6619
      @mrt6619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +964

      Aldo the Apache At least you should have more values, respect and empathy that obviously it clearly seems that you have none...Karma is a bitch and it will eventually hit you at certain point in your miserable life and it would go to anyone who you love (that’s the case if you have that sense of love in your mind and you’re not a psychopath which it seem to be the case with you)

  • @tomaslidicky47
    @tomaslidicky47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3813

    Huge respect for the flight attendant that tried to fly and save the plane

  • @sixstacksw1tcher
    @sixstacksw1tcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1833

    Andreas was flying a plane full of dead people. That is absolutely horrifying. Rest in peace to him and all the souls on board.

    • @jimrossi7708
      @jimrossi7708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Matt Campbell , RiP , said perfectly

    • @Deeerrreeekkk34324
      @Deeerrreeekkk34324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      @@vfarthur18 At one point they were unconscious, but if their brains don't get sufficient oxygen at some point they become 'brain-damaged'/paralyzed/induced coma aka Hypoxia. If the flight attendant were to have saved the plane, it might have been even harder on families to have a loved one 'alive', but only to be on a ventilator bed forever. I will not argue as people will have their own opinions (if they had a choice), but medically speaking because their bodies were without oxygen for so long they would have been died.

    • @Awesome-21
      @Awesome-21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This video is fake

    • @Awesome-21
      @Awesome-21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vfarthur18 yea I know that the flight isn't fake I know the incident but few things in the video is fake

    • @jv-lk7bc
      @jv-lk7bc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Awesome-21 you are fake

  • @ArchTeryx00
    @ArchTeryx00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1210

    The really sad thing is that, even if Andreas had managed to land the plane, it very likely wouldn't have saved the passengers or crew. It was at 34,000 feet, unpressurized, for an extended period of time. The people on the plane were almost certainly brain-dead at that point. He would have landed a plane full of dead people. It would have at least saved his own life, though, and it really sucks that despite his heroic efforts he went down with the plane. The whole thing was a disaster that never needed to happen.

    • @ajtwain
      @ajtwain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      They should teach flight assistants to work the radios at least.

    • @ArchTeryx00
      @ArchTeryx00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@REB4444 Quite likely they all were brain dead, even if their bodies were still alive. They underwent extreme hypoxia for hours. Just the fact they were still alive at all was amazing, but even if their bodies were, there was nothing left upstairs to save.

    • @ajtwain
      @ajtwain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@REB4444 Even if they were all dead best case scenario they could have recovered the plane. However, I doubt a flight attendant could land it even if he made contact with ATC on the com. At least they were unconscious when they died. Stupid mistake.

    • @solitaregames
      @solitaregames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      at least there would had been full bodies to recover and give a proper burial.

    • @wilfriedklaebe
      @wilfriedklaebe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ajtwain Yep, even if he could land the plane under direction via radio at all, the plane was out of fuel, so he'd have only one try.

  • @WhimsyWendy
    @WhimsyWendy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2634

    My heart went out to Andreas P. being the lone person still conscious and knowing he was in a life or death crisis. I cannot imagine how he felt.

    • @samgaming5360
      @samgaming5360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ya

    • @summerHaze2510
      @summerHaze2510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i feel same *crying right now after watching air crash investigation for 3rd time adn read ur comment

    • @nenelevy9925
      @nenelevy9925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I just saw a comment from his brother about him. Crazy how the comment section works.

    • @talkswithvigy7860
      @talkswithvigy7860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So if Andreas p. Turned it from manual to auto at the very last moment would the cabin be stabilised?

    • @almostwins8270
      @almostwins8270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What could that fighter jet do to him? How can they help him?

  • @sandeepdeshpande8401
    @sandeepdeshpande8401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1634

    Rather than alarm, it should be clearly saying "Low air pressure" just like how it says "Low terrain, pull up". So pilots don't need to figure out what was that alarm for. If system would have said "Low air pressure" while crossing 10K feet, the pilots would have immediately deployed the auto switch for pressure system or would have not climbed further.

    • @tomstravels520
      @tomstravels520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Sandeep Deshpande there is a warning light warning of cabin altitude but it was determined the sunlight made it hard to notice when looking up. Hence why modern planes with glass cockpits show it in the displays now

    • @pilot_ricky
      @pilot_ricky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Well, on the Maddog, we have 2 buzzer sounds followed by the bitching betty saying "CABIN ALTITUDE". Guess it's what was needed

    • @aleahmcgrath8924
      @aleahmcgrath8924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      FUCKING THANK YOU!!

    • @happyfase
      @happyfase 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      One can only sound above 10k fleet and the other can only sound on the ground. It didn't need two different sounds.

    • @rafthejaf8789
      @rafthejaf8789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Exactly! The same vague voice message caused the crash of the Air France 747 in the South Atlantic. The voice kept saying "pull up" instead of more specifically telling the crew to reset the flaps which had been pushed to the wrong position.

  • @gregoryjohnson9733
    @gregoryjohnson9733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    Cant imagine what the 2 fighter pilots were thinking. What a helpless feeling to not be able to help and watch it crash.

    • @josepeixoto3384
      @josepeixoto3384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There was plenty of time, they might have been ordered to fired a missil if the plane was going to crash in some crowded area... some say that was the action in the

    • @vdenise
      @vdenise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      this is the actual recording of one of the fighter pilots following the plane that morning , you can hear the distress in his voice when it went down , he was shocked to his core witnessing this at 06:50
      th-cam.com/video/mpMWJY4wfNU/w-d-xo.html

    • @TotalPoatification
      @TotalPoatification 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vdenise Jesus christ..

  • @user-yw4fz6xk2j
    @user-yw4fz6xk2j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    The most chilling detail about that flight is that Andreas Prodromou, the person who was found in the cockpit, was a flight attendant who wanted to become a pilot. His mother recalled after the accident, that once they both boarded a plane as passengers and he pointed to the cockpit and told her: "You know, mother, one day I'll be over there!" How tragic and ironic that sounds today!!! It's like his wish came true in the worst possible way...😢😭🙏❤️☺️🤗

    • @rosemarymcgrory-eb2gd
      @rosemarymcgrory-eb2gd ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My heart brakes at what you just said 💔💔💔💔💔💔that is just sooo sad and tragic 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @user-mn7xn9yz8b
    @user-mn7xn9yz8b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3707

    My little sister my cousin and my uncle was on this flight... I will never forget you guys I will love you for ever... 121 souls pass away... 22 children's 99 other peoples 18+ years old...

    • @samyeung6275
      @samyeung6275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      Sorry to hear that.

    • @janetricchezza2042
      @janetricchezza2042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      I CANT BELIEVE IT. SO. SORRY FOR YOUR LOSES. KEEP STRONG

    • @clydekaladi1069
      @clydekaladi1069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Συλλυπητήρια, αιώνια η μνήμη τους.

    • @francishc253
      @francishc253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Sorry for your loss...was this a Malaysian flight that got disappeared and became mystery?

    • @user-mn7xn9yz8b
      @user-mn7xn9yz8b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@clydekaladi1069 ευχαριστω αδερφε... Νασε καλα... Ο θεος να σας προσεχει ολους σας

  • @theflightchannel
    @theflightchannel  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2913

    I received so many requests to recreate this tragic accident, so, here it is. I spent almost a full week to recreate this flight. Hope you'll appreciate my work. Have a nice weekend. ❤

    • @shawnw1291
      @shawnw1291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Really appreciate your hardwork,awesome content👍👏

    • @ayaariyani6785
      @ayaariyani6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good Job Dude Keep it up!! :^ Btw Can u make Garuda Indonesia that crash in fukuoka?

    • @NinaAhgase
      @NinaAhgase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TheFlightChannel great work!

    • @pieseldatches
      @pieseldatches 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nice one
      Hey can you create one on PIA 268?

    • @Nolofinwe86
      @Nolofinwe86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Amazing job! Check also Flight 411 Olympic Airways 1978, ''Terror over Athens''. I suppose it would be a very interesting episode.

  • @nikolaosdendris5757
    @nikolaosdendris5757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    I remember the day. I was shocked. We all were.
    R.I.P. to everyone, R.I.P. to Andreas who tried to save the flight. God bless their souls.

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      was everyone talking about it ? how long did it go for ?

    • @thejgamer0855
      @thejgamer0855 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We all were.

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thejgamer0855 was everyone shocked ?

    • @thejgamer0855
      @thejgamer0855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gencturk92 i wasn't living in 2005, but my parents told me, and yes, everyone was shocked

  • @bluesfun
    @bluesfun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Andreas Prodromou, the flight attendant (also a pilot) who tried to save the plane, was 25 at the time. His girlfriend, Haris Charalambous, was with him on that flight. I can only try to imagine how horrific this whole ordeal was for Andreas. Huge respect to him for keeping his coolnes, trying his best, and a warm hug to their family.

  • @ManonLovesSMG
    @ManonLovesSMG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    I’m a flight attendant myself and not one single video has ever made me feel like this one. I could truly never and would never want to know what Andreas went through

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      why did the flight attendants not alert the cockpit that the masks dropped ? and why did the pilots not check the switch before take off ?

    • @justintyme1449
      @justintyme1449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      .....had a commercial pilots license, but was not experienced enough to take control of this plane......sounds like another nail in the WTC coffin

    • @mikethespike056
      @mikethespike056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Oh I feel soo bad... I mean they all died even after Andreas managed to stay conscious just because of a fucking radio channel

    • @TROONTRON
      @TROONTRON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@mikethespike056 The pilots and passengers were already dead. The only people that could've been saved at that point were potential flight attendants that were using portable O2 tanks

    • @niteshkumar-qi9ih
      @niteshkumar-qi9ih 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its okay dear. Everything is fine ultimately father has a peace mechanism buit within for this kind of situation.lots of love Nd peace to u

  • @AlexEwan1
    @AlexEwan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1104

    The shocking thing about this crash is there were so many avoidable mistakes. The 1st engineer who switched the air pressure to manual and did not return it to auto, the 3 times the pilots failed to check the air pressure was set to auto during completion of 3 separate checklists and the captain who didn't answer the 2nd engineer's question regarding the air pressure switch. This crash was so easy to avoid if everyone simply did their job competently.
    That said well done to Andreas for trying to stop the plane from crashing. It's a shame it was in vain but it was not his fault. He is not trained/qualified to fly a 737.

    • @vancedstone
      @vancedstone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Imagine the guilt of the first engineer. That would be so unbearable.

    • @AaronJohnandroider
      @AaronJohnandroider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@vancedstone I think that are why checklist are for .... I see bigger responsibility on the crew

    • @voxac30withstrat
      @voxac30withstrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Even when the engineer on the ground asked them about the switch there was no reply to that specific question.

    • @pascal2085
      @pascal2085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      The mistake already started at Boeing. Why was the sound for low cabin pressurization the same as the wrong take of configuration? Disasters are the result from many mistakes.

    • @justsmallstuff4994
      @justsmallstuff4994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Plus flying with a left side engine flamed out and the right on its way due too no fuel, my only concern is as the plane got a lower altitude we would of quickly become very conscious

  • @samiksha537
    @samiksha537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Andreas deserves to be awarded posthumously. At such a high altitude with little to no oxygen, he was probably experiencing some symptoms himself and had to see everyone passed out on the plane including the pilots. Despite all that he tried to save the plane in his last moments. That gesture really touched me.

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Weeeell🙄
      He was using a portable oxygen bottle, so he had no symptones.
      From the investigation report:
      "The Board found the fact that this cabin attendant might not have attempted to enter the flight deck until hours after the first indication that the aircraft was experiencing a non- normal situation quite puzzling."

    • @ceramicvases
      @ceramicvases ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember this case vividly, being in greece. Andreas was engaged to one of the flight attendants. "In a tragic twist, Prodromou was on the doomed plane as a last-minute replacement and only agreed because his girlfriend Haris Charalambous was also working on the flight."

  • @XxProdigySnipingxX
    @XxProdigySnipingxX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    And this is why they should bring back Flight Engineers on every flight. This disaster could've been easily avoided if airliners didn't cut budgets and remove Flight Engineers from airplanes.

  • @johnj3577
    @johnj3577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2694

    I think all alarms shouldn't just be beeps. They should be in words - "LOW CABIN AIR PRESSURE!!' would have been better than beep beep beep. No pilot interpretation needed.

    • @tmroadrunner
      @tmroadrunner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Well said, if not English, simply program different languages and require the pilots to select his language before takeoff.

    • @TrainDriver186
      @TrainDriver186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Which is still a switch or selection that can be missed, just as the pressurisation switch was missed.

    • @JTScott1988
      @JTScott1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Theres a beep AND a fucking light saying whats wrong. The pilots couldnt be bothered to simply turn and Look.

    • @JTScott1988
      @JTScott1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Kilo Byte no. They arent

    • @teresas8173
      @teresas8173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Nicholas Tay , I thought all pilots needed to know English?

  • @glammapaki
    @glammapaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3179

    These video's are so addictive. Well done to the creator. But now I'm shit scared of flying

    • @rahuldeovatsa
      @rahuldeovatsa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      what about video of pakistan F-16 shot down by Indian MIG??

    • @Ace-ni9ko
      @Ace-ni9ko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      @@rahuldeovatsa - WTF does that have to do with this tragedy???

    • @annam3112
      @annam3112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Ace-ni9ko Were have you been living.India and Pakistan attacks and battles!I think Rahul thinks Khuram is from Pakistan so he is just being salty.But India is a great country to vist.

    • @maciejp7829
      @maciejp7829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I watched a compilation of these before I had a returning flight from Bangalore to Frankfurt and guess what, nothing happened

    • @glammapaki
      @glammapaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      rahul deovatsa I'm born and bred in London... anyway what does that have to do with this video?

  • @homerl7
    @homerl7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    I remember I was at a beach near Kalamos with my parents and friends. Then an aircraft pass above us and I remember my dad saying "isn't that kind of lower than normal?" When we went home later we saw what happened and as a kid I was shocked that I saw the airplane literally minutes before it crashed. Rest in peace to the passengers and crew members.

    • @Ijineda
      @Ijineda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kalamos is on the other side of Greece and nowhere near the flightpath of flight 552. You definitely saw another plane.

    • @abandonedaccount123
      @abandonedaccount123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably a different flight on final

    • @himegsweg
      @himegsweg ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL YOU MUFFINB

    • @homerl7
      @homerl7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Ijineda You definitely don't know that there are a lot places in Greece named Kalamos. I am talking about Kalamos next to Oropos.

    • @Ijineda
      @Ijineda ปีที่แล้ว

      @@homerl7 You're right. I even visited more than one Agios Ioannis ;)

  • @HerveBoisde
    @HerveBoisde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    If only the oxygen masks had automatically deployed in the cockpit it would have been obvious to the flight crew.

    • @antoniomazzaalex7087
      @antoniomazzaalex7087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Why the cabin crew did not warn the captain that the masks been deployed?

    • @sravankumarmutyala519
      @sravankumarmutyala519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would had been better solution at that point of time to give a clear indication to pilots that the alarm is low pressure warning

    • @farhsa_
      @farhsa_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@antoniomazzaalex7087 actually there is an indicator in the cockpit that tell the pilot that passenger oxygen mask is on , but seem like they ignored that too

    • @negativepunk9638
      @negativepunk9638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@farhsa_ I believe at that point, both the captain and the F/O already starting to not focus. Like when youre trying to do work when you're really sleepy

    • @ingloriousMachina
      @ingloriousMachina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@farhsa_
      It sounded the same as the flight configuration warning, so even though they were at the wrong altitude, they must have been confused already.

  • @blinderII
    @blinderII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1577

    Kudos to Andreas...he deserves recognition for his attempt to get the plane out of the situation. It must have been a horrible experience for him. RIP to all lives lost.

    • @bb-ballistics1706
      @bb-ballistics1706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Yep walking through a plane , past all those bodies. All alone, I would hate to feel what he/she would of been feeling. Complete helplessness, fear and doom

    • @blinderII
      @blinderII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I just couldn't imagine going through that. Talk about feeling completely alone. Poor guy :-(

    • @kellyweingart3692
      @kellyweingart3692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      RIP Andreas 😢

    • @sparky8506
      @sparky8506 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Were the passengers dead already or just passed out?

    • @alex-hv2cy
      @alex-hv2cy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why he didn't try to communicate with pilots / enter the cockpit when oxygen mask were dropped but the aircraft didn't start descending??? He have to understand something goes very wrong at this moment, when it was really possible to save everyone.

  • @aparnasingh8546
    @aparnasingh8546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    In the memory of Andreas. You shall be remembered and never forgotten. We miss you. And you shall be a hero.

    • @nightly3689
      @nightly3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Paddy Mcdoogle wtf is he supposed to say then

    • @garfielf1826
      @garfielf1826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @Paddy Mcdoogle What are you supposed to say when someone dies? Congrats? Fuck off.

    • @tortellinitentacles69years99
      @tortellinitentacles69years99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Paddy Mcdoogle your hair cut is cringe

    • @nightly3689
      @nightly3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Paddy Mcdoogle lol yikes, seems like that's directed towards yourself trying to disrespect the dead, nice try

    • @nightly3689
      @nightly3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Paddy Mcdoogle ik ur cringe dude, we all get it loo

  • @TheAkashdh1
    @TheAkashdh1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    It’s frightening how there are just soooo many reasons a plane can go down and the experts only understand about it later and do rectification measure after lives have already been lost. Makes you scared to go on another plane and be a reason of another case study!

  • @melschwartz3960
    @melschwartz3960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    All my years of flying to many countries, I have never had problems with the flights, I was very lucky to be still alive today. Thank God for keeping me safe..

    • @mrloop1530
      @mrloop1530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are no gods. Grow up.

    • @LDRX44
      @LDRX44 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrloop1530 …

  • @jmp.t28b99
    @jmp.t28b99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1260

    As a retired professional pilot, I find it incredible that Both of these pilots were that incompetent in their knowledge of aircraft warning systems. It defies belief! A depressurization problem is highly serious and is usually taught/covered in recurrent training.

    • @bdphotog6785
      @bdphotog6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Exactly!!!!!!!!! So ridiculously stupid to miss something so obvious, esp if the masks drop...! And there's no way that the plane was de-pressurized/un-pressurized sufficiently to cause errors in critical thinking, at least at the time when the alarms were sounding...Masks dropping is ONLY caused by insufficient cabin pressure, correct? Other than some major electrical/systems malfunction of course, I believe? CRM needs to extend to the cabin crew as it "feels" like they never informed the flight crew that the masks had dropped, but I feel that that would have been the missing piece of the puzzle and made the pilots go "Duh! Of course!" and slap their foreheads...
      So also-Why is it so difficult to put cameras on the plane body that are sufficient to see all areas of the plane from the cockpit? And why do pilots not always get out of the seat and go back and look, esp in the event of engine trouble?
      Or get so wrapped up in trying to fix a .20 light bulb that they crash into the Florida Evergaldes? IE Flight 401...

    • @Stringbean421
      @Stringbean421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@futile2try
      Did you watch the whole video? He was already experiencing unconsciousness which is why he was suddenly looking for circuit breakers.

    • @Stringbean421
      @Stringbean421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@bdphotog6785
      There's no way to tell that oxygen masks have fallen from the passenger cabin unless they were told by a flight attendant which they weren't. That's what you should find most disturbing!

    • @bdphotog6785
      @bdphotog6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Stringbean421 Its def disturbing...but the pilots confusion was at least equally disturbing..this is one more reminder as to why i haven't been on a commercial flight since the late 1980's

    • @Stringbean421
      @Stringbean421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@bdphotog6785
      I respect your flying anxieties but you could easily get knocked down crossing the road and there's more chance of you dying in a car accident than there is on an aeroplane.

  • @datsuntoyy
    @datsuntoyy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +742

    I feel so sorry for the lone attendant still awake who had to watch it go down. I find it distressing that two pilots with such extreme experience could make such a mistake.

    • @SFbayArea94121
      @SFbayArea94121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      and the idiot engineer

    • @Bankable2790
      @Bankable2790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      How was it the engineers fault? The pilots failed to conduct their pre-flight and in-flight safety checks.

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Bankable2790 exactly and i dont understand why the pilots didnt check the switch before take off... dont pilots normally do this on every flight ?

    • @sandpiperr
      @sandpiperr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@SFbayArea94121 Yeah the engineers messed up by leaving in manual, but the pilots missed it in 3 safety checks! Pilots are never supposed to assume that everything is as it should be, because not happening to notice that something small is off can be disasterous. That's why safety checks exist.

    • @Blaznchicken
      @Blaznchicken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just Another Important Person none of this is the engineers fault.. the pilots should’ve checked it in their checklists and besides that the pilots literally ignored the question the engineer asked

  • @DexterH46
    @DexterH46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    7:21 The engineer spotted the issue... so sad the question went disregarded.
    Condolences to all those involved.

    • @TheHorrorDevotee
      @TheHorrorDevotee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's sad the pilot physically wasn't able to respond due to losing his mind from hypoxia.

    • @jayluis189
      @jayluis189 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheHorrorDevotee He responded with his own question.. lol

    • @Dr_maths3
      @Dr_maths3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Due to hypoxia

    • @pianotrainee9314
      @pianotrainee9314 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's a video of a military pilot training where the effects of hypoxia can be clearly seen. Anyone interested search 'four of spades hypoxia'. The trainee's brain starved on oxygen fixates on the last conscious thought, kind of what we can see here with Helios crew.

  • @oceanstaiga5928
    @oceanstaiga5928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Apparently Andreas even waved at the fighter jet very briefly. I can’t even imagine what he must have been thinking as the on,y one conscious, knowing you’re unable to control this plane yourself and not even the jets beside you can help. May he and all the others rest in peace.

    • @marionarda2790
      @marionarda2790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was already suffering from the lack of oxygen which is why it took him so long to enter the cockpit and why his decision making was not top notch ( not blaming him , the fact he was still conscious is a feat by itself )

    • @ceramicvases
      @ceramicvases ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember this case vividly, being in greece. Andreas was engaged to one of the flight attendants. "In a tragic twist, Prodromou was on the doomed plane as a last-minute replacement and only agreed because his girlfriend Haris Charalambous was also working on the flight."

  • @_Mr.D
    @_Mr.D 4 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    I wish that once a quarter, they gave pilots, co pilots and navigators two days to watch like 5 of these videos.
    They would always have this extra knowledge or at least reminders in their head

    • @puffy6975
      @puffy6975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They Dont have navigators anymore wtf
      gps is their navigator

    • @drmantistobboggangonzodr3961
      @drmantistobboggangonzodr3961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@puffy6975 maybe dan meant the flight engineer?

    • @puffy6975
      @puffy6975 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961 Yea, But Many Modern Planes Only Need 2 Pilots So It's Kinda Useless

    • @bb_binx
      @bb_binx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Interesting idea, it may very well be helpful in at least 1 way to every pilot that watched them. Giving them at least 1 spark of insight they would other wise not have.

    • @samwilson745
      @samwilson745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They will have obviously all studied major crashes....

  • @Eisenhammer78
    @Eisenhammer78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    I cant imagine the frustration and helplessness of those fighter pilots... they could just withness the tragedy unfolding...

    • @ravibhu1236
      @ravibhu1236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nhji0

    • @Pisti846
      @Pisti846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@ravibhu1236 And the poor steward who knew he was going to die!

    • @pvtdipwad2944
      @pvtdipwad2944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would probably not be able to forgive myself even though there was nothing I could've done.

    • @cd6243
      @cd6243 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Pisti846 omg this was so sad 😢

    • @pillottt90
      @pillottt90 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you can listen and see the actual HUD footage of one of the f-16s th-cam.com/video/OzxV1kRMdqE/w-d-xo.html

  • @divyarani5128
    @divyarani5128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Thoughts about Andreas just makes me go numb.Despite being the only person in consciousness and realizing that the plane is soon gonna hit the ground he had the mind to at least make a try. Huge respect🥀

    • @ceramicvases
      @ceramicvases ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember this case vividly, being in greece. Andreas was engaged to one of the flight attendants. "In a tragic twist, Prodromou was on the doomed plane as a last-minute replacement and only agreed because his girlfriend Haris Charalambous was also working on the flight."

    • @brettbanta2100
      @brettbanta2100 ปีที่แล้ว

      He also supposedly was able to steer the plane away from crashing into the city of Athens, which could have killed hundreds more. Guy was a hero

  • @asianR53
    @asianR53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    r.i.p Andreas, he was the only one who had a horrible dead because he was conscious while the plane crashed.

  • @prison_wallet_thief
    @prison_wallet_thief 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    At least evryone was already dead before the plane crashed, except for that poor flight attendant who had to watch the plane crash.

    • @ajalchemist9480
      @ajalchemist9480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think he also lost consciousness and probably died before the aircraft crashed.

    • @marcdraco2189
      @marcdraco2189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ajalchemist9480 He will have I expect. His last minutes would have been horrific though,

    • @andreareynolds9209
      @andreareynolds9209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not Andreas

    • @blankkitty1870
      @blankkitty1870 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I rather die in a crashed instead of suffocation

  • @paulsmith5906
    @paulsmith5906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    A few facts about hypoxia or oxygen deprivation:
    1)You dont know when you are hypoxic
    2)Commercial pilots receive no hypoxia training....military pilots only
    3)At only 5000 feet,you start to lose night vision when hypoxic.
    4)Above 10000',you start to lose other faculties including memory and reasoning.
    5)Above 20000,you are in the danger zone and can pass out in 2 minutes.
    6)Above 30000,youve got about 60 seconds before passing out.
    7)If you're healthy and acclimatized you can defy the above numbers(not 6,never 6)
    to a certain extent.
    When the pilots heard the horn,they were at a cabin altitude of 10000 feet and already
    suffering from mild hypoxia.And the plane was climbing,so the cabin altitude was climbing.So they had one chance to identify the horn.The longer they leave it,the more hypoxic they become and wont be able to recall training and memory to control the situation.
    After the accident,the 737 was fitted with a warning light that illuminates with the horn telling the crew what the problem is.

    • @IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag
      @IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I really wonder how long did Andreas last...did his portable oxygen still have enough oxygen for him to survive until the impact? Or he just passed out after the 5th mayday message? If he did survive until the oxygen was out, did he know that he would have passed away shortly? (Was he able to see how much oxygen did he have left?) Terrible to think about...

    • @user-sr2zo7lt8q
      @user-sr2zo7lt8q 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Before commercial pilots become actual commercial pilots, they have to have experienced in the air force therefore becoming a military pilot, so they did receive training but it was pilot error, and every commercial pilot was once a military pilot before becoming a commercial pilot

    • @aviationismylife6814
      @aviationismylife6814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@user-sr2zo7lt8q actually not true it's not an requirement to join the air force to become an commercial pilot.

    • @m.y78
      @m.y78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      actually there are sign that show that you are suffering from hypoxia (blue fingers, blue lips, headaches, drowsiness, etc...)

    • @emin86
      @emin86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag He probably also used other oxygen devices (masks for crew seats and the pilots). Once under 9000ft the pressure would be sufficiant for humans. If he didn't pass out before the plane descended to that altitude, he would have been fully conscious during the crash.

  • @elmerfudd6305
    @elmerfudd6305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    An engineer who failed to turn it back to auto, a simple thing forgotten or overlooked.. and captain and co pilot missed it on three pre flight checks.. what a shocking end.. RIP everyone on board..

    • @rosemarymcgrory-eb2gd
      @rosemarymcgrory-eb2gd ปีที่แล้ว

      Should be done for manslaughter really

    • @sooners2037
      @sooners2037 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The flight engineer on the flight even made a call out for them to check it but it was ignored

  • @lavanyaadhavle6491
    @lavanyaadhavle6491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was writing an essay for a competition on importance of communication. Literally was bored and started to watch the Flight Channel. I've always watched atleast 5-6 videos in one go and this one video struck me. I used it as an example in the essay and it got selected in the merit list!
    The flight channel saved the day for me! 😉

  • @Schlotskers
    @Schlotskers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    The amazing moment to me is when the last communication to the tower was the answer that could have saved them.... he asked if it was set to auto but the pilots already couldnt think clearly enough. That was the moment right there that could have saved them, but also seemed to be the moment it was too late

    • @matthewvaughan8192
      @matthewvaughan8192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Anonymous Hitman Hypoxia is pretty fucking difficult to detect tbf. Pilots are trained to spot it but you can’t really feel it coming on. The only way you can recognise the symptoms is by doing a cognitive/memory test. There’s only so much you can do. As far as you’re concerned there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you. It’s only if somebody else is able to tell you, but by the time it would have started to show to one another they were already falling unconscious

    • @Jonathan-fw6ty
      @Jonathan-fw6ty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @Anonymous Hitman Bro... telling people suffering from hypoxia to just "think clearly" is fucking stupid.
      I advise you to watch the video on hypoxia by SmarterEveryDay
      .
      The intructors clearly tells him "put your mask on or you are going to die" and the dude just stand there smiling while saying "I don't want to die" and someone had to come and put the mask on for him.
      You staight up lose control of your body.

    • @MrSoccerball100
      @MrSoccerball100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Anonymous Hitman Because it takes seconds to become unconscious from hypoxia. By the time the answer came they were too far gone.

    • @eddiegardner8232
      @eddiegardner8232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Kind of hard to believe that a 737 doesn't signal the flight deck that the cabin masks have automatically deployed, since they use chemical oxygen generators that only work for 10-12 minutes, depending on how many people actually PULL DOWN ON THE TUBE TO OPEN THE FLOW VALVE. Did you know you have to do that? The steward directions usually say to pull down on the mask and attach it to your face, but they don't say WHY you need to pull it down firmly, so this instruction probably goes in one ear and out the other, even if people are listening at all.

    • @jean6872
      @jean6872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We were not told how long it took the air traffic controllers at Nicosia to find the engineer and for him to get up to the control tower. Half a minute earlier might have made a difference.

  • @breezielynn5407
    @breezielynn5407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    The only blessing in this is that everyone was unconscious and did not see the fate ahead of them. This truly breaks my heart. Human errors can be tragic.

    • @martinlazar83
      @martinlazar83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Actually they were brain dead already...

    • @riordanparata5243
      @riordanparata5243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well the flight attendant wasn’t unconscious?

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that wasn't a blessing. that would be a horrible death.

    • @Dude0000
      @Dude0000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Boris Sheen no, they would have experienced a nice feeling as people have gone through it (either at altitude or under water)report a calming even euphoric feeling. Probably the best way to die in a disastrous accident.

    • @daneduttry8957
      @daneduttry8957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I truly hope your correct on that.
      Because I believe some was using the oxygen masks till the end.

  • @dlvox5222
    @dlvox5222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    In the military during aviation training we did hypoxia training in the pressure simulator. Hypoxia has a VERY subtle onset. Unless you are anticipating it’s onset (like in training) it’s really hard to identify. You feel a little euphoric, then seconds later you are literally asleep.

    • @lukej452
      @lukej452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      must be similar to general anaesthetic, in some cases it probably kicks in with no warning at all

  • @smcdonald9991
    @smcdonald9991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I remember this accident and it never ceased to amaze me.. Such a failure from Boeing..
    1. The alarm sounds and there is no ECAS message or warning light indicating what the problem is.
    2. There is no alarm that the passenger oxygen masks have deplloyed.
    3. There is no alarm that the O2 level is too low in the cockpit.
    4. If the auto-pilot is engaged, the plane should level off at 10,000 feet when the plane is not pressurized.

    • @JadaKingdom971
      @JadaKingdom971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with the leveling off automatically with an alarm at or under 10 000 feet if the plane is not pressurized. This could be implemented very easily within the autopilot but I guess they are trusting the pilots to do the right things... Maybe way too much.

    • @bwwestman
      @bwwestman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And the engineers did not put the switch back to Auto. If they put it back the way it was originally set, it would not have happened. Just a whole pile of errors.

    • @anaghaadharsh
      @anaghaadharsh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A warning red flashing light with logo 'WEAR MASK' in the cockpit,
      is more appropriate than the directive by FAA

    • @hexagonist23
      @hexagonist23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What? This crash is totally the fault of Airbus. All of the airbus planes near this plane failed to inform the pilots of their imminent failure.
      Airbus is not a trustworthy company anymore.

  • @TNsher776
    @TNsher776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +845

    A simple switch of a button killed everyone! Unbelievable

    • @TNsher776
      @TNsher776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Sihyun Kim Yep, sometimes you have to bring the big hammer in to stop the enemy in their tracks!!

    • @leamorvallescas
      @leamorvallescas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      or UNBEARABEL

    • @TNsher776
      @TNsher776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leamorvallescas Right

    • @davemiller6055
      @davemiller6055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @☣☣ẌЇℒ€Ð☣☣ They were suffering the effects of hypoxia and weren't capable of clear thought. The guy who forgot to flip the switch back to auto killed everyone.

    • @MothaLuva
      @MothaLuva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ProGreen LAWN Yes? Then, I hope somebody brings out this big hammer again and smacks it right down on the White House for a change.

  • @spirostsounis3289
    @spirostsounis3289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    I can't imagine the frustration of the flight attendant that tried to save the plane watching all those people dying still in their seats and the officer next to him just dead (unconscious)

    • @stumpedii8639
      @stumpedii8639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      flight attendents should spend a few weeks in flight simulators on the aircraft they will work on.. be able to locate all flight controls and things you need to do to fly the plane in an emergency.

  • @karenmessinger9609
    @karenmessinger9609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most heart wrenching part is that the flight attendant knew he was going to die in spite of his efforts. A hero for trying. I truly wish he had been successful.

  • @Chrisoula17
    @Chrisoula17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How can 2 pilots not notice the incorrect setting? Checking this should be part of the preflight checklist. Deep respect for Andreas who tried to save everybody.

  • @rangermaverick85
    @rangermaverick85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1428

    Andreas you are a hero anyway, you tried your best to save the plane

    • @Jackiezyon
      @Jackiezyon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      rangermaverick85
      Yes.. he was 💔

    • @hexticblue
      @hexticblue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      A better Andreas compared to Andreas Lubitz, the culprit behind Germanwings Flight 9525

    • @errythangemily8693
      @errythangemily8693 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ditto, truly a hero 🙏🏾

    • @gaming4life25
      @gaming4life25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Indeed a hero. Rest in peace. 😔😔

    • @harleyme3163
      @harleyme3163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      pilot error... he might have tried to save it but it was the pilot error in the first place... you dont overlook something when 200 people lives are depending on you.

  • @farraelena7555
    @farraelena7555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    I can't imagine how hopeless that last flight attendant felt as he was trying to save the plane with everyone else on board passed out. The eerie silence that surrounded him 🙁 great video, TFC. You're very good at making these long videos. Pure satisfaction. Thank you ❤

    • @dsanalysis5013
      @dsanalysis5013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Which is why ppl are afraid of flying and its not irrational. Your chances of dying are low. But when you do, its the worst way to die. Watching mountains or water come at you.

    • @pks195
      @pks195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      DS Analysis well, i think the fear comes from being at such an incredible height. a car crash is more likely to happen to you than a plane crash, but at least you’re on the ground with opportunities to survive if you do end up in an accident on the ground.

    • @pks195
      @pks195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      DS Analysis besides i think that if a plane crash happens to you, you will most likely pass out before the plane hits the surface because you’re falling towards the ground with such a large amount of speed.

    • @AJ-xm4xc
      @AJ-xm4xc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      He made a heroic effort. Planes should, by now, have an “auto-land” button.

    • @evolution7180
      @evolution7180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A J Do you mean the approach mode of the autopilot

  • @xendava7217
    @xendava7217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Imagine being that flight attendant. Imagine how absolutely terrified he must have been upon the realization of what was taking place. Yet still had the courage to attempt to save the plane. Though he could not, that person is still a hero to me.

    • @ceramicvases
      @ceramicvases ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember this case vividly, being in greece. Andreas was engaged to one of the flight attendants. "In a tragic twist, Prodromou was on the doomed plane as a last-minute replacement and only agreed because his girlfriend Haris Charalambous was also working on the flight."

  • @rady7273
    @rady7273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This shows how one quick 1 second look at something that you already assume is alright but you check on regardless can safe so many lifes.

  • @Unknown-bv7lv
    @Unknown-bv7lv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    No telling how and when we gonna die. Lets be nice . Kind and loving to all living Beings

    • @imvandenh
      @imvandenh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Patricia Westervelt never used to consider such things when I was a younger man but I now tell everyone that matters to me how much they mean to me every time I see them because I never know when if I will see them again. I'm not old now, only turned 40 last year and don't expect to go anytime soon, I'm just a little bit wiser now and never take for granted the people who care about me and have made my life richer for being a part of it. Tomorrow is promised to no one. Take nothing and no one for granted, because you or they may not be around tomorrow

    • @KARTHIKPANCH97
      @KARTHIKPANCH97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes

    • @syedshaheryarrazzaki7342
      @syedshaheryarrazzaki7342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% agreed

    • @chrisL0430
      @chrisL0430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @showbizonastick actually flying is safer than walking down the street

    • @chrisL0430
      @chrisL0430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spaghettiupseti9990 its 100% the safest way to travel

  • @kiwishbj1
    @kiwishbj1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1483

    There should be a camera in the cockpit for pilots to see the passenger cabin.!!!

    • @danielle5253
      @danielle5253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Right!?! My thoughts exactly!!!

    • @kiwishbj1
      @kiwishbj1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@danielle5253 They'll be like.."Ooh we don't want distraction on the pilots".

    • @danielle5253
      @danielle5253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kiwishbj1 Probably 😒🤦‍♀️

    • @whjerts
      @whjerts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Why didn’t a crew member ask the pilots why the oxygen masks dropped? Then the pilots would have known.

    • @maxnoerenberg6370
      @maxnoerenberg6370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@whjerts because they didnt speak german...it was a german pilot amd most likely greek flight attendant with limited english language skill ( and no german ).....

  • @2011lizalex
    @2011lizalex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Everytime I watch the reenactment of one of these air disasters my heart breaks because at times it's one thing overlooked and an entire plane filled with people are gone. That's why it's so important to go through a checklist thoroughly and follow protocol each and every time.

  • @johnknowing-zr8de
    @johnknowing-zr8de 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    The engineer had it solved, 7:24
    " Can you confirm that the pressurization panel is set to auto"
    ALL that pilot had to do was take 2 SECONDS to check and conform for this NOT to happen..

    • @pksmith1275
      @pksmith1275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      By then the pilots were not thinking clearly.

    • @bssecrets2200
      @bssecrets2200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Captain was already experiencing Hypoxia @14:49

    • @jasonvoorhees6152
      @jasonvoorhees6152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@Noangeltosin if i could change back time if I was the engineer . I would have repeated the question to him to try and get him on track so he can answered the question. maybe it could have saved the plane. but we'll never know.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@jasonvoorhees6152 wouldn't have mattered. When you are suffering from hypoxia, all ability to reason goes out the window. He probably couldn't find the switch even if he wanted to. If you told him that he is suffering from hypoxia, if you told him that he needs to put on a mask or he'll die, he wouldn't know what you're talking about.

    • @jasonvoorhees6152
      @jasonvoorhees6152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@naverilllang I know. But hopefully more pilots know when the effect of hypoxia happen.

  • @chelsea-rosewilliams9762
    @chelsea-rosewilliams9762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    I was on this plane the day before this tragedy, I remember my dad who was a frequent flyer was genuinely scared during this flight he and many others complained about numerous things on this flight from the air con to banging noises.
    It felt awful to be sat by a pool in Cyprus the day after getting off this aircraft to see all those lives gone,
    Helios cut corners here because at least 80% on our flight from London had reported it whilst exiting RIP to all those who lost their life xo

    • @mistamatthews6255
      @mistamatthews6255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I was also on this plane the day before. I recall the state of the plane being quite shabby. I used to fly regularly but since this incident, developed a chronic fear of flying. I also recall extremely graphic pictures in the cypriot papers which didn't help!

    • @bvdl5121
      @bvdl5121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s true, I’m the banging noises

    • @Trout636
      @Trout636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is why they went out of business a year later...

    • @vikki6061
      @vikki6061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I also flew with helios 3 months before the crash and I remember complaining as did many others about the freezing cold temperatures and weird noises, at that time helios only had three planes in their fleet it makes me shudder thinking about this tragedy.

    • @negativepunk9638
      @negativepunk9638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some of these crashes happened bcs the company was on low budget. But hey look, they dont have to cut corners no more since they are bankcrupts due to the fatal accidents, look who's laughing now.
      Not worth it, right?

  • @ladyfake3065
    @ladyfake3065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Poor Andreas he was possibly the only conscious person in the aircraft which he intended to save and the only one to see their tragic ending.

    • @Wiikidmicky
      @Wiikidmicky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @A Frustrated Gamer Old, but Ive been reading about this incident and figured I'd throw in my two cents. According to autopsies performed on the victims, it was believed the passengers were still alive when the plane crashed. It was a ghost plane, but the poor hero who tried to save the plane was most likely the only one conscious.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His girlfriend, who was a fellow flight attendant, was also conscious.

    • @ladyfake3065
      @ladyfake3065 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krashd It was a terrible ending.

  • @mangos2888
    @mangos2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Two years after release of this one and and I still think it’s one of you best videos. ;) Thank you for the hard work!

  • @adrianrocha49
    @adrianrocha49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This should motivate anyone about to fly to spend at least 12 hours the week before, playing flight simulator, trying to pilot any and every commercial aircraft and playing with absolutely every control, you never know, one of the few conscious people might have been able to save this flight.

  • @rangariraishanterozvinonet9767
    @rangariraishanterozvinonet9767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    R.I.P to the victims and salutes to Andreas. May Your Souls Rest In Peace

    • @nanetterichardson8171
      @nanetterichardson8171 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We are immortal conscious beings of light, we live for eternity, we never die, we transistion into anything else we want to be as we are mutidimentional!!! God Bless This Universe......

  • @doolum123
    @doolum123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    I didn't realise how this 18 minutes passed. It was utterly captivating. It's amazing how a small mistake can lead to a massive tragedy.

    • @BoomerKeith1
      @BoomerKeith1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In virtually every aircraft incident you'll find that the crash was almost always caused by more than one incident. True in this case too; had the ground engineer reset the pressurization back to auto and the flight deck paid better attention while working through 3 different checklists (any one of them would have exposed the issue before it was too late) this event wouldn't have occurred. It's crazy to think how it took a specific series of mistakes for this to happen. Almost always the case with these accidents.

    • @cwldoc4958
      @cwldoc4958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A small mistake? No way! This was a case of multiple huge blunders!

    • @doolum123
      @doolum123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @CWLDOC what I meant was it was just a matter of setting a button or a knob to it's right place n we wouldn't be talking about it right now

    • @jeffersonbenlee4162
      @jeffersonbenlee4162 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dandut lama

    • @deksea
      @deksea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Small mistake?? It was a series of very serious mistakes that lead to a totally preventable tragedy.

  • @notwhereyouthink
    @notwhereyouthink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Tragic, tragic, loss. This is just one of those accidents involving pilot error that should never have been allowed to happen. RIP to all those who lost their lives.

  • @satsuki_kiryuin_sama
    @satsuki_kiryuin_sama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember this event happening when I was a 9 years old at the time! It was a tragedy broadcasted on all channels nationwide and while watching this video I was thinking “is that the incident of back then when the plane crashed to the ground and broke into 3 big pieces?!”, until I saw the picture of the broken wing-tail and it hit me hard! It was that incident and I still remember the shoots and footages of it as if it happened yesterday!!! However it is today, 15 years later, that I learned what it really caused its crushing!
    Thank you so much for making this video and RIP to everybody who lost their lives on this tragic flight!

  • @xX1GuNNy1Xx
    @xX1GuNNy1Xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    This makes you realize how precious life is and how any day could be your last. think 121 people died, why? because of a 1/4 click on a switch. Rest in peace to all those involved and especially the flight attendant who didn't have the luxury to being asleep while watching the end of his life and 120 others draw closer and closer.

  • @nostaljah19
    @nostaljah19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1012

    Nowadays, no matter how small the problem, pilots will immediately return to the airport.

    • @harrickvharrick3957
      @harrickvharrick3957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      nowadays? this was in 2005. the airport had already been unable to figure out what caused earlier reason for concern, and their own check ultimately caused everyone's death. the pilots might have been idiots, but it is not precisely fool proof.

    • @dufus2273
      @dufus2273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like that

    • @janjyot1457
      @janjyot1457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The Person who gave up False, aviation is at the safest it has been for a long time at the moment. Despite the two B737 MAX crashes in regards to Boeing’s software malfunctioning; the aviation industry was at its peaks of safety for passengers.
      Btw - it’s more likely to get killed by your own family member than get killed in an airplane crash.

    • @janjyot1457
      @janjyot1457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The Person who gave up See how you use the word “can” there :) a small failure won’t make the airplane go down trust me, pilots are able to take control of the aircraft these days and safely co ordinate the passengers into safe hands. Remember this, a pilot never try’s to bring his own airplane down.
      A pilot loves what he does, as a profession. A pilot has faith and trust in the workmanship around him, for example the engineers, the cabin crew, the dispatchers, the refulers the ground crew.. everyone. That pilot knows the hard work that’s been put into bringing an aircraft of such into the sky... and the last thing he’ll wanna do is bring it down.
      Pilots will always try their best to safely bring their passengers to safety. I can assure you of this. Remember, pilots aren’t superheroes.. BUT... they sure do love what they do and that’s what makes them great.
      A small issue.. trust me.. is not enough to bring down a highly advanced aircraft of these ages, it takes a chain of events to bring down an aircraft, and when crashes do happen.. it’s incredibly unlucky and disheartening. But of course there will never be a time in life time where flying is completely safe and there is a 100% chance your aircraft will not crash... but let me tell you. We sure are close to that figure.
      But one thing we can stop doing as mankind is stop the incredibly over dramatic news reporters from putting a bad reputation on aviation... they make it seem far worse than what it is ;)

    • @janjyot1457
      @janjyot1457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The Person who gave up Again the less experienced pilots don’t mean that they can’t fly. The pilots with less experience still are pilots remember. They still know how to operate an aircraft just as an experienced pilot would, the only difference is that the experienced pilots would know the little secrets about the airplane.
      Although many think aviation is dangerous I don’t think they’ve seen the amount of movements in the air that go on each day. Download an app called Flightradar24 and just see how many airplane move about each day.
      How come we don’t be happy and grateful for all the hundreds of thousands of flights that go out each week without having an incident, but as soon as one aircraft crashes aviation becomes dangerous?
      All the facetious reporters out there tryna scare the living heck out of you guys. ;) trust me...
      Aviation is safe it’s just how you look at it

  • @tsm_lloyd4322
    @tsm_lloyd4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This entire story could of had a different outcome if it weren’t for multiple people. 1 huge thing missed by a lot of people. Whenever I fly it makes me want to do my own walkout- and pre flight checklist as a passenger

  • @passingclouds3409
    @passingclouds3409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1214

    Multimillion dollars aircraft cant even install different alarm sounds... what the hell

    • @TMAN30
      @TMAN30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Budget cuts

    • @nkmcfrln
      @nkmcfrln 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In other news Indians speak directly into iPhone microphone.

    • @Killerpixel11
      @Killerpixel11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Why bother? The manufacturer (rightly) assumes that there's two trained professionals in the damn cockpit. It's a master caution and it lights up with the issue, they're supposed to find out what the hell is going on. And if they can't figure it out at all, they need to return to the field, not keep going.
      Some hightly critical things have specific warnings, like terrain avoidance, bank angle, overspeed, stall, etc. A cabin altitude alert isn't actually THAT critical. It's uncomfortable for the passengers, sure, but a duo of reasonably-competent pilots either have it solved in a matter of seconds by flicking the switch and then getting a tongue-lashing by the airline's head pilot later. Or don their masks and descend to a safe altitude if it's an actual hardware problem.
      If they added devices or software to produce different alarms for every damn thing on the plane, they'd never get done. And they would add a lot of unnecessary failure points, maintenance items and complexity.
      These two ya-hoos skimped on their pre-flight checklist, which has the cabin pressure switch in it and they forgot everything they were ever trained for when the alert sounded.
      You can absolutely blame the pilots for being asshats.
      You can most likely blame the airline for skimping on the training and putting schedule pressure on the pilots.
      You can't, however, blame the manufacturer.
      That'd be like blaming Ford for some dickhead using their phone and driving into a tree.

    • @passingclouds3409
      @passingclouds3409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Killerpixel11 as u said, manufacturers should not assume. Thats the critical thing to avoid while dealing with lives 30k feet above sea. Who ever it is human error or careless always comes through. But manufacturers should know about these cockpit guys psychology as well to create a system.

    • @shuraya8795
      @shuraya8795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are there only a few beep beeps or in-words warning in the cabin?

  • @thirstonhowellthebird
    @thirstonhowellthebird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    6:58 “we will get someone in just a moment” not the words you want to hear on a doomed jet😢

    • @wavematrix
      @wavematrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      right?, that made me kind of irritated. A possible emergency with hundreds on board..just a moment..hey play some hold music while you're at it man ..clearly have all day here 😡

    • @wavematrix
      @wavematrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thirston Howell The Bird and Friends! but I'm sure maybe they had their reasons so I will stay in my place of judgement and expertise.. which is none, but what I can say for certain is rest in peace to all on board . period. sad story.

    • @Adriana-eu6ty
      @Adriana-eu6ty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, they act as if they complained about their electricity bill.

    • @negativepunk9638
      @negativepunk9638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wavematrix by the time this "please hold" is not a thing anymore, many of us will be jobless because it has been replaced by a bots. Well, you know what? might as well the pilot is not needed bcs bots are created to be perfect while human have so many errors

  • @elinflowers3195
    @elinflowers3195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This happened to my flight to prague aswell but the pilots actually knew what they were doing and took us down to a stable air pressure and then did an emergency landing

  • @joeshmoe000
    @joeshmoe000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is the most negligent crash I've seen on your channel so far. All warnings aside, when the oxygen masks came down, you would think the crew would have notified them. In addition, they should have noticed the breathing difficulty and just began decent even if they couldn't figure the problem. Sometimes I wonder if some pilots get so used to everything being automated in commercial jets, that they actually loose experience the more they fly this type of plane.

    • @gabriellaklein8898
      @gabriellaklein8898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hypoxia can happen very quickly, especially in a plane that is ascending so sharply after takeoff. You become disoriented and can't think or take action. The fighter pilots saw the oxygen masks dangling, suggesting that everyone was already unconscious.

    • @JJJJ-gl2uf
      @JJJJ-gl2uf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "This is the most negligent crash I've seen on your channel so far."
      __________
      Keep watching. There's far worse negligence on some of these videos than what you witnessed here.

  • @tropeller9535
    @tropeller9535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    If I were in one of those jets, this would've given me PTSD for the rest of my life. Especially seeing those passengers.

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gota do what you gota do.

  • @cageybee7221
    @cageybee7221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    that buzzing-beep sound is the stuff of nightmares

  • @AndyArmstrong88
    @AndyArmstrong88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was hoping at the end it said “mr Andreas managed to successfully land the aircraft and save 121 souls on board.” 😪 but in reality never made it home. What a hero for trying to land it 💜

    • @speedbird9313
      @speedbird9313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry to burst your bubble..but if he had gone to the cockpit earlier this whole accident would have been prevented.

    • @TheBobbyNation
      @TheBobbyNation ปีที่แล้ว

      @@speedbird9313 i see you everywhere commenting about this crash, at least have some decency and respect for the people killed, you absolute scum of the earth

  • @darrinsiberia
    @darrinsiberia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If I ever wind up like Andreas lone surviver ... at least this channel has taught me to turn that little altitude knob down to 10k feet.

  • @esotericyetti327
    @esotericyetti327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    After watching a few of these videos I don't think I want to fly again.

    • @batowner1
      @batowner1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Look at traffic videos

    • @vwchick24
      @vwchick24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Never have, never will. There’s no emergency lane in the Sky.

    • @vwchick24
      @vwchick24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Batowner there’s no emergency lane in the sky.

    • @jacktorrance4129
      @jacktorrance4129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Occurrences like these are very rare. Its safer to fly than the drive to the airport.

    • @DeepRedBlue
      @DeepRedBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Might be safer to fly than drive, but at least in a car crash you have more chance of surviving, plus even if you die you don’t have a while of plummeting to the ground, being aware you’re going to die.

  • @luckarm5481
    @luckarm5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    This is the only plane accident that won’t leave my mind for some reason

    • @Jackiezyon
      @Jackiezyon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      UNKNOWN
      I agree

    • @garethevans9789
      @garethevans9789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It should have never happened, those 121 people shouldn't have died that day.

    • @gustafabrahamsson4251
      @gustafabrahamsson4251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The only crash that nerver leaves my head is the crash of JAL123. It is astonishing that they kept the plane airbone for such a long period of time.

    • @Jackiezyon
      @Jackiezyon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Gustaf Abrahamsson
      This channel have highlighted some remarkable stories of bravery on the part of pilots. Much respect given

    • @Jackiezyon
      @Jackiezyon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      funkpunkandroll
      Yes JAL123 is another.

  • @justvid366
    @justvid366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    If only Malaysians sent their Air Force jets to check MH370 right when he stopped answering the radio, we would know what has happened with it.

    • @vicreadies
      @vicreadies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It would have already, probably, been too late. . MH370 was almost certainly shot down and ended up in the South China Seas. The search in the Indian Ocean was BS.

    • @SteveSmith-ot9vk
      @SteveSmith-ot9vk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vicreadies it was murder suicide by the pilot

    • @jetthicks6658
      @jetthicks6658 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vicreadies There is a plausible scenario if the equipment cooling override valve was open during a major electrical failure. In that case, then the valve would have been left open without raising any alarm in the cockpit. MH370’s cabin would have depressurised gradually over 20-30 minutes.

  • @Deepbluecat
    @Deepbluecat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    TheFlightChannel GREAT job as usual, and EXCELLENT music!!

  • @garethevans9789
    @garethevans9789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    The errors:-
    1. The first officer wasn't qualified to fly a 737.
    2. Engineer left the air pressure on manual.
    3. Pilots didn't pay special attention because the plane had recent problems/ been worked on.
    4. Preflight check missed it.
    5. After-start check missed it.
    6. After-takeoff check missed it.
    7. Pilots didn't do a check when the alarm was sounding.
    8. Pilots didn't level off while they figured out what is going on.
    9. Pilots didn't turn around so the plane can be inspected.
    10. Pilots didn't tell ATC there was a problem and may have to land.
    11. The cabin crew didn't realise they or the passengers were getting altitude sickness (some people handle altitude better than others).
    12. When the masks came down, no one was screaming or trying to alert the pilots.
    13. Pilots didn't follow the engineer's suggestion.
    14. The pilots didn't recognise the symptoms of altitude, especially when the captain went to get up (I believe he would have stumbled, or light-headed at the least).
    15. There was still at least one person alive, why didn't they contact the pilots sooner?
    16. Why didn't ATC try to contact the plane of the last known frequency?
    17. The Alarm was unclear.
    18. Pilots should have been competent, and knew scenarios that would cause an alarm to sound.
    19. Language barrier between the Captain and First Officer.
    20. Was the captain in the early stages of Alzheimers that had gone unnoticed?
    Did I miss anything? It's hard to get your head around all the factors that lead to the crash.

    • @gsubra2018
      @gsubra2018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      The Service Engineer had left the Switch in Manual mode after the Pressurization test. That's the mother of all errors.

    • @TheLuxentertainment
      @TheLuxentertainment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      G Subra I don‘t think it is. It only is the root here cause the pilots apparently never checked it in their lifes.
      Pilots are supposed to check if all theirs systems are set right, even the most „unimportant“‘systems from a pilot‘s point of view. The engineer is not supposed to set it for the pilots

    • @backfromcuba
      @backfromcuba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I think it was the flight attendant who wasn't qualified on 737, not the pilot or Fo!

    • @ronwilliams357
      @ronwilliams357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's not what the official accident report concluded (available on a quick google search). The pilots were properly certified and had proper medicals. The captain did not have alzheimers (?!), he was suffering from hypoxia. The cause was the missed checklist items. Failure to properly recognize the cabin altitude alarm was attributed to training problems with the company that included lack of hypoxia awareness which exacerbated the poor decisions by the flight crew.

    • @justinamarina3774
      @justinamarina3774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, all of it; 18 and 19 especially.

  • @lmarshell8225
    @lmarshell8225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This is so sad 😢 just imagine the only guy alive trying to keep the plane from crashing the terror he felt watching the plane go down

    • @ajtwain
      @ajtwain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least his death was quick and painless. We all die.

    • @jamiemglezr.9385
      @jamiemglezr.9385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ajtwain dude...how can u be so.... wtf he died the worst way everyone could

  • @angelvisions444
    @angelvisions444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    15 Years today 14.08.20 May the souls of those who perished, rest in eternal peace :'(

  • @ChristinaMitchell-USA
    @ChristinaMitchell-USA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    If Andreas was still conscious and cognizant, I don't even want to imagine his last thoughts and emotions as the plane rapidly approached the ground ....

    • @ceramicvases
      @ceramicvases ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember this case vividly, being in greece. Andreas was engaged to one of the flight attendants. "In a tragic twist, Prodromou was on the doomed plane as a last-minute replacement and only agreed because his girlfriend Haris Charalambous was also working on the flight."

  • @Chris-Alia
    @Chris-Alia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    That brave flight attendant, my god

    • @konstantinosmavropouloslop3188
      @konstantinosmavropouloslop3188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where's the bravery. He was trying to save his life

    • @Genshinlmao123
      @Genshinlmao123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Konstantinos Mavropoulos Lopez still.

    • @BizzBizz69
      @BizzBizz69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@konstantinosmavropouloslop3188 You probably wouldve been shitting yourself in the back, what he did is brave as fuck no matter why he did it.

    • @andreareynolds9209
      @andreareynolds9209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konstantinosmavropouloslop3188 no he was trying to land the plane while the gp was on him and everybody passed out

  • @bcbdrums
    @bcbdrums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is devastating. Brought me to tears multiple times. Thankful we can learn from the past to prevent this type of disaster in the future.

  • @Arawak9
    @Arawak9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing Channel. You explain so well the events, it's crystal clear ! I love your Channel !

  • @ron828
    @ron828 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This YT Channel is way better than watching any movie or TV program ever. Thanks a million to the creator.

  • @1tommymulligan
    @1tommymulligan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I spoke to one of these F-16 pilots he was giving a presentation on this incident at a Fire Officer Conference in Dublin.

    • @MrSoccerball100
      @MrSoccerball100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Did he have anything interesting to say about the crash?

    • @1tommymulligan
      @1tommymulligan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MrSoccerball100 He gave a full presentation on the incident from the time he and I believe a second F-16, intercepted the fatal airline until it crashed.

    • @kellybell2770
      @kellybell2770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was the flight attendant conscious when it crashed? Wouldn’t lowering the plane make them all wake up right before the crash?

    • @1tommymulligan
      @1tommymulligan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellybell2770 I Don't know how skilled he was as a pilot or if he was still suffering the effects of Hypoxemia.

    • @dmnds979
      @dmnds979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did you specifically ask him?

  • @wonderlandhope1720
    @wonderlandhope1720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    When I saw the video title I thought that the airplane had takeoff and kept flying by itself

    • @lizzz2252
      @lizzz2252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's exactly what I thought. Very misleading and it turned out to be such a sad story!

    • @atoka2206
      @atoka2206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Technically speaking
      Exactly that happened

    • @coolingheat5644
      @coolingheat5644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Liz Sanders tf

    • @chickensouvlaki
      @chickensouvlaki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i thought it would be like pan am 914

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what happened in the crash of the Learjet which killed six, including pro-golfer Payne Stewart. The pilots didn't even have time to don their oxygen masks before they and the passengers were overcome by hypoxia (there was no warning) and the plane flew for 4 more hrs w/no one piloting before it crashed.

  • @ddseir1443
    @ddseir1443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The autopsies showed that they all died on the impact. But there’s no way to tell whether their brains would have had sustained irreversible damage due to prolonged hypoxia. The confused behavior of the pilot can also be attributed to that condition. After the first alarm wnt off on 10.000 ft altitude, there was still time to save it but very quickly, within a few minutes, the oxygen was too low.

    • @josepeixoto3384
      @josepeixoto3384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the ASSHOLES that heard that, and the engineer,did not pick up on it, hypoxia; stupid asses!!!

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They all had brain damage most likely. Hypoxia is no joke and takes very little time actually to cause permanent damage depending on how low your blood oxygen levels get

    • @ddseir1443
      @ddseir1443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@el34glo59 I know, I’m a medical doctor and I’ve seen the effect, although hypoxia from high altitude is different, since the problem’s not in the lungs. So the body will try to cope with hyperventilating which you may not notice. Anyway, since they didn’t make it, I’m glad at least with the idea that they likely slipped into a coma without even knowing what’s wrong and without the agony of impending death. That’s also why I feel sorry most of all, for the man in the cockpit, because he was conscious through it all.

  • @americanmade-1
    @americanmade-1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most gripping things I've ever seen. Well effin done TFC!

  • @Its_mihika
    @Its_mihika 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Beautiful creation as always!!
    RIP to everyone on board :(

  • @itsdimitriymedvedyev
    @itsdimitriymedvedyev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Why couldn't there be a "low cabin pressure" verbal warning instead of just beeping sounds? If there is a "pull up" or "terrain" verbal warning, why can't there be a verbal warning for issues like this and other possible ones?

    • @alex-hv2cy
      @alex-hv2cy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If the dumb pilots ignored the sounds, ignored the light signal ignored the cabin altitude gauge they might ignore the verbal warning also. What is really strange they ignored even

    • @alex-hv2cy
      @alex-hv2cy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      What is really strange they ignored even own body signals. Aircrafts climb not very quickly, they have to feel breathing difficulty long before losing consciousness.

    • @jakmylmik
      @jakmylmik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      %100 agree that would save every airliner from crashing because mostly all the aircrafts that crash are the ones that pilots have a misunderstanding of the alarm noises that could easily be solved if they were verbal not identical alarm noises meaning completely different things

    • @sstrick500
      @sstrick500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "Pull up" and "Terrain" are immediate critical scenarios. Bottom line, an alert is an alert and should be investigated. Even if all 1000 warning conditions use the same "beep"....still needs to be investigated. Pilot error. 6 times! (2 pilots missing 3 checklists).
      And ALL safety features are written in blood. 10 years from now we'll be saying "Why wasn't there an audible warning of bird poop on the left wing light!!"

    • @Elite7555
      @Elite7555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@alex-hv2cy Because you lose higher thinking capacities very quickly. Why don't people who climb high mountains turn back whilst they can? Because they can't think straight.

  • @christineaufmann6414
    @christineaufmann6414 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on 1 mil subs!

  • @andryjns
    @andryjns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some crucial moments during the flight that the flight crew missed:
    1) Oxygen masks in the passenger cabin was deployed. If any of cabin crew inform pilot/co-pilot, they will acknowledge that there is an air cabin pressure issue and return to airport.
    2) Ground engineer was asking right question "can you confirm that the pressurization panel is set to auto?". Should pilot/co-pilot not ignore this query and corrected the panel, they will be fine.
    3) The moment pilot/co-pilot felt lack of oxygen, they should immediately put on their oxygen mask.

  • @seaschulainn
    @seaschulainn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I wonder when if ever they'll be able to have an emergency team on the ground or in one of those jets that would remotely control the plane in situations like this.

    • @jingliang9562
      @jingliang9562 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daze Sea 😮😮😮

    • @aidanhill5578
      @aidanhill5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is physically impossible to do so

    • @JN-ug5ky
      @JN-ug5ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@aidanhill5578 No, its not. Its just unfeasible.

    • @creedlang419
      @creedlang419 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They did it on 911

    • @aidanhill5578
      @aidanhill5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fred Curtis 9/11 was done on the plane

  • @lilymay400
    @lilymay400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As much as this saddens me, I’m happy they were all unconscious when the plane crashed so they didn’t have to witness it. Rip to all that died and to the flight attendant who tried to save the plane... you’re a hero, although you didn’t save it, you did a better job than what anyone could’ve done.

  • @dressageandalusian
    @dressageandalusian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Andreas. You died a hero. You knew your fate but tried anyway.
    To all those saying he should have landed it:
    1- by the time he got into the cockpit was too late, need the right code to get in, plus suffering oxygen deprivation, took him time to figure it out
    2- he only had a license for small, simple air craft
    3- mayday calls were not heard as on wrong frequency
    4- both engines flamed out and plane was falling to the ground, he did manage to level the plane but he didn't have a nice flat soft field to put it down even if he was familiar with the plane
    5- for him to even have a slim chance of success he would have needed the code for cabin straight away, know this type of plane well enough to figure out was on wrong frequency and the right one to change to, engine power and fuel, a pilot of the other end talking him through it plus a clear head, not deprived of oxygen to follow the instructions to the letter
    6- have some f@*king respect

  • @theaccountcreated8962
    @theaccountcreated8962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a terrible feeling it must have been to struggle or 2 hours to enter the cabin, with only 6 minutes left before you crash. I think criminal charges should sometimes occur with these tragedies.

  • @davidimhoff5571
    @davidimhoff5571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Wow. That is such a tough break. I can't imagine that flight attendant having to deal with that knowing everyone is passed out and not revivable. So gut wrenching. Brilliant job as always.

  • @armstronglance
    @armstronglance 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    You’d think hearing an alarm passing thru 10K ft would automatically direct your attention to pressurization.

    • @YukarisGearReviews
      @YukarisGearReviews 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's possible that by that time he was beginning to suffer from hypoxia (at least early stages) and wasn't thinking straight.

    • @SO-eg1cm
      @SO-eg1cm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      darrenmuso k

    • @bartricky5894
      @bartricky5894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When flying gliders they taught me to watch my fingernails around 10k feet. If turning from pink to blue descend..

    • @kamveng453
      @kamveng453 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ya judging from the captain's panicky conversation with atc it was mostly due to Oxygen deprivation of the brain that the captain and copilot are entering in a state of confusion. Hypoxia is already happening before they took off.

    • @Delibro
      @Delibro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YukarisGearReviews No thats not true, when climbing at typical rate as they did, you keep complete conscious until 30 000 ft, and you reach that more then 13 minutes after this warning.
      Actually, on every flight you have this pressure level, as this is the normal flight pressure level.

  • @AK-qj9id
    @AK-qj9id 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    RIP Brother Andreas. You will be remembered as a Braveheart.

  • @rudycramer225
    @rudycramer225 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great channel. Binging as of this moment!

  • @dungeonrat
    @dungeonrat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Check lists; they're kinda important! Another great video!

    • @dsanalysis5013
      @dsanalysis5013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Redundancy creates complacency. I'd argue that checklist redundancy caused this. Its not as simple as you think. The usual Monday morning QB'ing here with flight crashes

    • @BoomerKeith1
      @BoomerKeith1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@dsanalysis5013 I disagree. There's a reason there are checklists in place. The cause of this accident wasn't because of redundancy, it was oversight on the crew's part. Checklists are only as good as the people using them. You won't see this from a US carrier because checklists require the crew to agree and that makes it much harder to become complacent. The passenger aircraft industry is built on redundancy. To say that it creates complacency is kind of ridiculous. Sounds like you may not quite grasp the concept of crew resource management.

    • @watershed44
      @watershed44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Sooner Keith
      Wonder if in Greece they are required to practice the sterile cockpit
      and CRM protocol. Also since the O2 masks dropped why in the world didn't the flight attendants inform the captain or F.O.???
      This really puzzles me.

    • @BoomerKeith1
      @BoomerKeith1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@watershed44 Great questions. With things the way they were in Greece when this occurred I have to wonder how the industry oversight was affected. I suspect they had the sterile cockpit rule in effect, however, there was a clear issue with their CRM. You have the exact same question I have about the lack of another crew member alerting the flight deck of the mask drop. Additionally, since there was at least one crew member with a portable oxygen system, I have to wonder why he didn't insert himself much sooner. Many unanswered questions I guess we'll never have answers for, however, the biggest issue was the lack of focus during their checklist work through.

    • @watershed44
      @watershed44 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sooner Keith
      Yes especially since FA Andreas was a qualified commercial pilot too he had to know something was clearly wrong up front and that ascending after the masks came down was a bad thing. (DELETED COMMENT FOR SECURITY REASONS) I won't go into that any further, however I'm not sold on a locked cockpit door, it is a double edged sword really when you consider how rare hostile intrusions are.