I just happened upon this video, and story one is about my Great Aunt. Her coffin was the one found in the field. She lived in Milwaukee WI, but her family was from Buffalo. I thought the leg out of the casket was added for drama, but it was true. I asked my mom and at 92, she said it was. Whoa! God Bless Auntie Edith.
Wow that's serendipity isn't it? I'm sorry for your loss, although it was decades ago. That's a very undignified way to handle the dead, and for no good reason. Sad.
I belive Pilots are able to be plaintiffs in the Civil/class action lawsuits against the manufacturer and/or airline they we flying for if a incident is due to their negligence. And they probably can't be fired for it due to pilot union protections. And I'd for sure be suing someone if the plane I was flying in ends up with a giant gapping hole it and it almost crashed because of a door..
Yep! A pay raise, And they should be put to training the rest of the pilots, and who dont know their butts from a hole in the ground, the sky is full of them these days. They have been falling out of the sky too.
Yes if they pay 1M to relatives of the deceased so they should get what you said plus a 1M bonus with those full benefits. We are rich and so stingy to our own people but not to other countries in trouble.
The McDonnell Douglas executives that knew about the cargo door issue as early as during development should have gone to jail for negligent homicide. Paying fines is not strong enough for this miscarrige of justice. Also the FAA director that didn't issue an airworthiness directive should've been jailed too.
"I'VE GOT NO RUDDER! SINK RATE 1600!! ELEVATORS ARE SLOW TO RESPOND!!" *picks up PA* "Uhhhhh, good afternoon from the flight deck, folks, we've just got a little teeny problem here, no big deal, we'll be heading back to Detroit..." Gotta love pilots able to shift from "red alert" to "soothing DJ voice" in a split second.
I was on an old DC 9 from Denver to Grand Island Nebraska. Shortly after takeoff I complained to the lady next to me that these old planes are the ones that have problems. A second later there was a loud boom and drop in air pressure. Captain said the cargo door had popped and we were returning to Denver where we landed safely, deboarded and then were reboarded to another plane. Now I know what a big issue it was back then. I think this was around 1976.
I'm addicted to watching these videos...I retired from a airline after 30 years, my last position was a Senior Analyst forecasting engine maintenance. I was solely responsible for any malfunction on on a certain engine type, the stress and burden of the job, being on call 24 hrs literally drove me to drank and quit to gain my insanity.
I know people joke about pilots downplaying issues, but when you think about it, it really does work to help keep people calm because the last thing you want is the pilot losing his rag. Additionally most pilots have extreme confidence in the aircraft they fly, so I want to hear a calm pilot. Even with a hole in the floor.
Jesus, the clean up work, investigation and debris recovery these guys all took part in gives me a new found respect for everyone involved in the process. RIP to all the souls who lost their lives during these flights.
I was a firefighter for a number of years and only dealt with one plane crash in my time. Nothing near this size, but it's still one of the emptiest, surreal, most disgusting feelings one could ever experience. I can't even really put words to it. It's horrific and it stays with you forever.
the woman letting the crash survivors take shelter in her house reminds me of the man who let columbine students into his home when the school got shot up. people like this make me think maybe god does exist
Read "Life in Spite of Me," by Kristen Anderson and Tricia Goyer. God does indeed exist. But ultimately, you need to read the Bible, because it's the only way you can find God. God says that those who seek him WILL find him when they search with all their hearts. And God also says to seek first his Kingdom and Righteousness, and all these things (your needs) will be added unto you.
@@forbidnfruit5765 Yes I understand! I also was recently thinking about what it was like in general traveling back in the 70's-80's..food was pretty good, UAL decks of cards were given out by flight attendants, magazines, etc .
I remember this happened as I was ten years old and had just taken my first flight ever two weeks earlier. I lived in Detroit at the time and our house was above one of the incoming flight paths and I wondered if they were over our house the night before. True hero’s in that plane.
McCormic was incredible . If you feel you are going to go out - then fight to the end . Byyce was cool calm and collected . I love the happy ending . Unfortunately, not all end as such . Bryce what a man you are . Grabbing the situation by the throat . Luck of the Irish
Bryce McCormick was an awesome pilot. I'm glad he got to travel for leisure for nearly 20 years after he retired in 1980. Sadly, he was killed in a car crash in Tucson, AZ, in 1997; he was in the passenger's seat. His wife was driving and suffered severe injuries, but she lived. She passed away in 2011.
That pilot did rhe impossible and kept his wits about himself while facing almost insurmountable adversity . He deserves every award and thanks available .
This is the sad part of aviation. The manufacturer not fixing things they should be and then the airline companies knowing but still fly. Still happens till this day. I used to be a flight attendant, and I don’t know how many times we had a plane that had a “few” mechanical problems but is still flyable. People in the aviation should never take part in turning a blind eye on something so crucial. I really hope that something like this ever happens again. With all the new and advanced levels of technology.
This is why I will not step foot in a plane unless I've done the walkaround and I'm flying the plane. At least if I crash and burn in my 172 I know it's probably my own fault.
Boeing allowing MD big wigs into their company, when they bought out MD, has to be one of the worst business decisions ever made by a major company. They obviously brought their profit over safety and history of back room deals with them.
When MD was bought by Boeing, many MD executives took jobs with Boeing, and the Boeing safety culture started to die as the MD money over safety mentality slowing took over. Fact. Not theory.
Starting in the Regan Era the Boards of Directors and Stockholders, of the major corporations, started demanding10 per cent returns or better per year.Much needed maintenance and repair was delayed. These were looked at as expenses that would have to wait.
@@charlesmaeger6162 This also drove the airlines to seek out second-hand parts when they did manage to do maintenance. Amazing what corners they thought they could cut and get away with all for the sake of the almighty dollar.
Love when the passenger said "my husband was looking for a stewardess to get me something to cover my face". That would be the last of my worries in that chaos!!
@@Mommy55555I see your point but he was probably panicking seeing his wife get struck and presumably start bleeding from the face. But yes much bigger issues
I'm 49, and ever since I was a little boy I've had soo much respect and admiration for pilots and their crews. They were literally and figuratively higher than stars! Whenever I flew and walked through an airport, my eyes were peeled looking for pilots, etc. And if one made eye contact or greeted me, I was speechless. Now look at how so many people behave towards aviation members today... it's sad.
I've always loved the old bird. The DC-10 was a fantastic airplane. So it's beyond disturbing and frustrating that because of greed and the corporate culture, so many people had to die in these planes and the DC-10 got such a terrible reputation, that really it didn't deserve. Profit based decisions by the executive of McDonnell Douglas is to blame, not the plane itself. I've flown on them many many times, spoken to pilots and even once flew in the jump seat of one. Every pilot I asked, had nothing but good things to say about the DC-10 and how great it was to fly.
I am Not an expert at all on plane models and their histories, but I recall forming a high opinion of DC-10 long ago from random stories I read about. Probably this one as well. Seems like the "good" stuff becomes obsolete due to money greed, over safety and quality. In all areas of life.
They did NOT have to die....... THY could have actually installed the fix instead of pencil whipping false compliance documents. Obviously, nothing happened to the other aircraft save msn005 when the fix was issued] before the door was completely re-designed. Why did no one do anything about that falsification?
Can anyone else imagine being in a situation where as soon as they hit a button, something blows up or in this case, the cargo door blows off of an airplane?? There’s gotta be some sort of PTSD related to pushing buttons after that… lol.. But man, what an incredible flight crew (ALL of them!)
Reminds me of the scene in Apollo 13 where Kevin Bacon's character, Jack Swaggert, stirred the oxygen tanks which caused the explosion, and then when they tell him to push a button later on he hesitates and asks again if it's okay to push it.
Indeed he is. Even with how stressful that situation was, he managed to stay calm and keep a steady head, which I would say really helped him get the plane back in the ground. And performed an extremely impressive feat of flying. He's a hero to any pilot out there.
The pilots were still heroes, b/c they fought until the end and the emergency landed kept them from slamming into the ground. Sadly, not being a runway meant no clear landing. I hope their bravery and action were rewarded by the airline or NTSB.
I used to fly the DC10 from Minneapolis to the UK all the time. It was a lively plane to fly on. Much quieter and more comfortable than today’s Boeings or Airbuses. Only ever had one issue when the TCAS went off over the Atlantic and we did a 5000 foot dive. The captain just came on the radio and said “the TCAS is not working so we’ve turned it off” 😀
Saw someone describe the L-1011 as an engineers plane while the DC-10 was a penny pinchers plane. Shows the priorities of each manufacturer. Lockheed knew how to build planes. Just ask the SR-71
It was designed to the highest standards, as they were mainly military aircraft manufacturers whose standards which exceed commercial airline standards, making them more expensive to produce.
I feel bad for everyone involved in these but I feel particularly bad for the family of seven in the car. I mean when you drive you expect that if anything is gonna go wrong it’s gonna be a minor car crash or a major one if you’re unlucky. But what are the chances that a massive airliner crashes into you? I mean I can’t imagine how insane it would be for your last moments to be seeing a plane flying towards your car.
Depends how close you (generally) are to the airport/flight path. Most accidents are on takeoff or landing. MDW had one where they overshot and killed a kid in the back of a car. You don't play at Midway. It's VERY close to the street and houses, unlike ORD.
@@donaldsalkovick396 Haha right. I love Almost Got Away with it. You could say the acting sucks there too but whatever some of them are pretty good and its the whole package.
As a kid I used to binge watch Mayday episodes, I remember seeing them fresh when they came out. I also remember hating the McDonnell Douglas airplanes because every other episode would of one crashing or failing. I used to think they were terribly made aircraft and should be banned.
"It sounded like I was in a metal barrel with someone throwing rocks at me..." Well yeah, you were in a metal barrel with something throwing rocks at you. I mean, at the end of the day you are in a tin can strapped to a couple really powerful hair dryers. ^.^
No one ever goes to jail and some of them truly truly deserve to go to jail but that never happens in the United States. It does happen in France it does happen in Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, but over here, forget it!
We worship business management here, and think any restrictions or consequences for their actions will result in loss of jobs for everyone. It results in psychopathic leadership.
Yes those were the 'glory days' of flying as my parents said. My mom was a stewardess in the 60's and father a pilot 60's-90's. People dressed nice to fly back then, it was fun to fly as a kid in the 70's!
Labor unions both public and private sector are inherently corrupt with the bureaucracy. They use their workers while gaining massive political power to influence legislation. Career politicians aligned with Special Interest groups makes for a very corrupt system.
Don't fall for the 'conspiracy' theory here. The FAA isn't the bad guy, and 'they' are not on the take. When AA 191 went down in Chicago, the FAA mandated grounding of the birds until there was a full scale review and investigation of the mechanical and administrative processes involved plus the inspection of ALL DC-10's for similar issues. The AIRLINE was tagged as their practices were at fault. The design had other issues that were not imagined when the design was drawn, such as running hydraulic lines through the same area, which contributed to the disaster when the third engine in the tail blew up. Respect the experts - they are not being 'bought' by 'big money'.
That dc 10 was a piece of sh$t end of story. MD should have fixed the issue and didn’t because they’d rather risk your life and paying a fine then doing it the right way and taking down their profits. Period.
That 1972 and 1974 one, sounds to me like criminal negligence on the part of the director of the FAA and McDonnel-Douglas. 413 counts of it by my reckoning. They got off lucky with $80 million dollar payout.
Not so lucky to live with it in their conscience, and the amount of karma associated with 413 lives. I hope their every waking breath was filled with unsettling thoughts and nervous ticks, ulcers and panic attacks.
The airlines and manufacturers would rather risk you dying and having to pay a fine afterward then putting the money into safety upfront. It’s still that way today and I hate flying because of all the things that could go wrong.
It's really heartbreaking to see the survivors crying, in disbelief I want to jump through the screen, and gently hug all of them, and them: you are ok, I promise Ik you are hurt and in disbelief, but you are all alive, it's gonna be ok I promise.
Everytime i turned around there was a DC 10 or a Boeing 737 crashing.Was it bc they were the majority in the air or were they that rushed off the production line. Seems only the calmest n best pilots survived their deadly 'glitches'. Thank God 🙏
I never liked this airplane, I felt it was rushed into production and had so many problems. I was old enough to remember all the controversy over it and I even believe it was grounded for a while. It had a reputation and people would avoid flying in them. It was like they did all the troubleshooting after it was in production instead of working out the problems during its testing phase. They just wanted to get it out there ahead of everyone else. The Lockheed L1011 Tristar was so much better of an aircraft if only it wasn't delayed. Does anyone see a pattern here?? McDonnell Douglas was also responsible for running Boeing and was criticized for the problems of the new 737!! The stories of these 2 aircraft are almost identical!!
MD and the FAA are true scumbags as far as the almighty dollar is concerned. Your assessment is absolutely correct. I'm older and remember the DC10 disasters very well. MD makes awesome fighter aircraft but their commercial aircraft are a disaster waiting to happen. I've had to re-book to a different airline just to avoid flying on a DC10 back in the early 80s. The FAA are all yes men and MDs commercial division are nothing but wheelers and dealers and know how to manipulate the FAA. I couldn't agree with you more.
I just had to laugh at the woman saying her husband was trying to find a stewardess to get something to put on her injury! The plane is falling apart and they might die, in that moment, and he is trying to flag down a flight attendant! That's so incredibly weird.
I think these videos, along with a written test of how to avoid and get out these deadly scenarios afterwards should be mandatory for all pilots worldwide
So many of these episodes include the DC10. It was such a well known yet unlucky plane back then. I love this show and I know so much more about aviation because of it. 😊😊
The DC9 and DC10 felt a little wrong to me too, but the DC8 was fine. The DC10 had some really good avionics, better than the others, but that was not good enough to offset the rest of the design.
I thought I was the only one as a kid who saw the emergency card in my seat back in front of me and if it wasn't a Boeing I felt uncomfortable. I did also grow up north of Seattle so I might be a little biased but still.
I’m about to crash land and have seconds to escape a burning jet, but you want me to take my shoes off? No. I won’t take my shoes off in an emergency. Maybe it’s my Ranger training, but my shoes need to be on when the crap hits the fan.
Because things like high heels can fly off in a crash and be a further hazard as debris. Same with sharp jewelry. Impact in crashes no matter what kind works the same, the thing traveled in comes to a sudden stop, you do not, it's how you get internal injuries and why seat belts are important in car crashes.
@29:05 Bodies strewn every which way, torn torsos, legs, arms, articles of clothing....the amount of PTSD those clean up crews must have faced in the following years I could not imagine.
also let's talk about how completely surreal it would be to find a coffin in your backyard come from above. Like okay, someone dropped one off as a prank, sure, but like... A meteor coffin?
What exactly is the point of using a device to check bags for explosives if you’re going to totally disregard the warning it produces and load the luggage anyway?!
Oh it just warms me to watch Mr. Do-for-myselfer smile, and retell his story about how he got off of the plane and didn't look back. How he might have been able to lend a hand, but chose instead to go sit in the sun with a tall glass of lemonade, just watching the plane burn. Wishing that he had some marshmallows, and hot dogs.
It's amazing the effect of a large fine and bad publicity will have on a companies desire to do the right/correct thing. If it wasn't for greed, we wouldn't need regulations to keep humans safe. When corporations put bottom line over human safety and lives, it's time for a regulation to protect human lives.
The DC-10 had so many issues with that door, but they dont do anything because it would cost money. But losing a couple of planes and killing hundreds of people is worth it.
Imagine, a young investigator never seeing such a site, being told to go to an accident like this, thinking its going to be a bunch of bodies with horrifying injuries. Only to walk up and find not one conpkete body, but everyone in tiny bits and pieces mixed within bits and pieces of wreckage. Unless you've actually experienced it already, this is one of those times where you can't say " I can only imagine what it must have been like". It must be so life changing to see something like that, never seeing it before. Then you see a teddy bear, and realize, there are children mixed with what Im walking on..
I'm not sure what difference that should make in itself, but I did hear of a car wreck in the 50s where everyone got carted off and a guy found a baby bottle jammed in the door frame. Several guys picked up the car and found a dead baby. This was before seat belts/car seats. It was in a doc about gory highway safety films to make teens safe drivers: "Hell's Highway."
"Trying to find a stewardess to find something to stop the bleeding." 😂 Even as there is a whole in the plane, the guy is like, "Service, please!" You want a cocktail too?? 😂
Hard to believe (as the video claims) that such engines can withstand continuous bombardment with baseball size hail. (The Southern DC 9 incident) Did the sound of hail impacting the fuselage/windscreen prevent the crew from hearing the sounds of compressor stall? (Understand that with compressor stall the engine(s) is more likely not to suffer further damage if power is reduced)
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I just happened upon this video, and story one is about my Great Aunt. Her coffin was the one found in the field. She lived in Milwaukee WI, but her family was from Buffalo. I thought the leg out of the casket was added for drama, but it was true. I asked my mom and at 92, she said it was. Whoa! God Bless Auntie Edith.
Wow that's serendipity isn't it? I'm sorry for your loss, although it was decades ago. That's a very undignified way to handle the dead, and for no good reason. Sad.
Thank you for sharing
Wow, that's a crazy story. I'm glad she was able to be properly buried.
No way! Did the airline at least pay for a new casket for her? Absolutely wild. My jaw dropped when they said that part. God bless her!
@@projectionv.accountability1010 they definitely did. And the transport fees
Any pilot that is able to land an aircraft that should have crashed should get a major pay raise or be able to retire with full benefits.
most pilots fly because they love doing it. Most don't want to retire when they're forced to because of their age
I belive Pilots are able to be plaintiffs in the Civil/class action lawsuits against the manufacturer and/or airline they we flying for if a incident is due to their negligence. And they probably can't be fired for it due to pilot union protections. And I'd for sure be suing someone if the plane I was flying in ends up with a giant gapping hole it and it almost crashed because of a door..
Yep! A pay raise, And they should be put to training the rest of the pilots, and who dont know their butts from a hole in the ground, the sky is full of them these days. They have been falling out of the sky too.
Why? They already get paid well so they should just do the job they signed up for.
Yes if they pay 1M to relatives of the deceased so they should get what you said plus a 1M bonus with those full benefits. We are rich and so stingy to our own people but not to other countries in trouble.
The McDonnell Douglas executives that knew about the cargo door issue as early as during development should have gone to jail for negligent homicide. Paying fines is not strong enough for this miscarrige of justice. Also the FAA director that didn't issue an airworthiness directive should've been jailed too.
No one died lol
@@gryphon10 did you not finish the video? The second time it happens it killed everyone on the plane.
The shadiness is one of the reasons why I love Airbus over Boeing any day of the week....and I'm an American.
Lock them up for life!
$80 million dollar settlement is nothing for a company like that, so sad
"I'VE GOT NO RUDDER! SINK RATE 1600!! ELEVATORS ARE SLOW TO RESPOND!!"
*picks up PA*
"Uhhhhh, good afternoon from the flight deck, folks, we've just got a little teeny problem here, no big deal, we'll be heading back to Detroit..."
Gotta love pilots able to shift from "red alert" to "soothing DJ voice" in a split second.
I have seen that tactic work often enough not to question it, but I do not understand it. That kind of artificial reassurance sets my hair on end.
No Rudder!!!!
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You know it’s a somewhat happy landing when a flight attendant is telling the story.
You know it’s a REALLY happy landing when the pilots are telling the story
I've seen videos here where pilots have survived and barely anyone else
@@BillyLeotardo47 yeah basically lol
I was on an old DC 9 from Denver to Grand Island Nebraska. Shortly after takeoff I complained to the lady next to me that these old planes are the ones that have problems. A second later there was a loud boom and drop in air pressure. Captain said the cargo door had popped and we were returning to Denver where we landed safely, deboarded and then were reboarded to another plane. Now I know what a big issue it was back then. I think this was around 1976.
It should be on the news
Yeap. Still not fixed 4 years after the original accident. Sounds about right.
wrong plane. t waas dc 10 that had cargo door problems
Oh, Geez! Time to change your pants...
@@ClaytonBigsby01Could have still had a cargo door problem without having a full decompression.
I'm addicted to watching these videos...I retired from a airline after 30 years, my last position was a Senior Analyst forecasting engine maintenance. I was solely responsible for any malfunction on on a certain engine type, the stress and burden of the job, being on call 24 hrs literally drove me to drank and quit to gain my insanity.
That's awful
im sure you were paid handsomely and it sounds like you did zero ACTUAL work so quit whining
@@ClaytonBigsby01bro what
Gain your insanity?
Its so gut wrenching to know that your family died by something that was supposed to be fixed. It wasn’t overlooked. It was ignored and lied about.
Nothing a few million dollars can't fix obviously
Its the American way, corporations need to make their millions
@@jebus914the human way*. You can't honestly believe this is a strickly American thing.. That's just being ignorant on purpose
@neilsiebenthal9254 I watched one from Indonesia and it's far worse. It's NOT just America.
@@mightymouse1005 English not your first language? How else could you mix up what I said.
I know people joke about pilots downplaying issues, but when you think about it, it really does work to help keep people calm because the last thing you want is the pilot losing his rag. Additionally most pilots have extreme confidence in the aircraft they fly, so I want to hear a calm pilot. Even with a hole in the floor.
Exactly, an hysterical Captain would not exactly inspire confidence.
😢 I feel bad about the Turkish airlines that crashed right after
Jesus, the clean up work, investigation and debris recovery these guys all took part in gives me a new found respect for everyone involved in the process.
RIP to all the souls who lost their lives during these flights.
I was a firefighter for a number of years and only dealt with one plane crash in my time. Nothing near this size, but it's still one of the emptiest, surreal, most disgusting feelings one could ever experience. I can't even really put words to it. It's horrific and it stays with you forever.
the woman letting the crash survivors take shelter in her house reminds me of the man who let columbine students into his home when the school got shot up. people like this make me think maybe god does exist
Read "Life in Spite of Me," by Kristen Anderson and Tricia Goyer. God does indeed exist. But ultimately, you need to read the Bible, because it's the only way you can find God. God says that those who seek him WILL find him when they search with all their hearts. And God also says to seek first his Kingdom and Righteousness, and all these things (your needs) will be added unto you.
Or just good people
God Bless that woman and her husband for warning her about the incoming storm.
Rest in Peace to all Souls that lost their lives. 🕊
15:25 The foot sticking out of the coffin was a nice touch. Well done.
😂😂
It's lore accurate
My father was a pilot for United Airlines 60's-90's, he always said the DC-10 was his favorite airplane to fly in his 34 year career.
As a passenger it was my favorite plane as well. The hum of the engines I will never forget in my lifetime of ADC 10.
I'm sorry, it was not on this flight but just ADC tens in general
@@forbidnfruit5765 Yes I understand! I also was recently thinking about what it was like in general traveling back in the 70's-80's..food was pretty good, UAL decks of cards were given out by flight attendants, magazines, etc .
@@gabrielle-AV-n-PFloyd I started collecting decks of cards when I flew back then. I have some from United, Pan Am, Northwest.....
I think the 600+ passengers who have died in one would say otherwise but ok. Let’s go with ‘it was a great plane’
It sucks for the dead guy in the coffin that was sucked out. Its almost like he died twice.
That would be my kind of luck.
Yeah. He REALLY didn't want to be buried.
Exactly! I just typed the same thing before coming across your comment. The guy indeed died twice.
His family should get the frequent flyer miles.
The guy in the coffin suffered the least of all! It’s amazing the body stayed inside the coffin at all.
I remember this happened as I was ten years old and had just taken my first flight ever two weeks earlier. I lived in Detroit at the time and our house was above one of the incoming flight paths and I wondered if they were over our house the night before. True hero’s in that plane.
McCormic was incredible . If you feel you are going to go out - then fight to the end . Byyce was cool calm and collected . I love the happy ending . Unfortunately, not all end as such . Bryce what a man you are . Grabbing the situation by the throat . Luck of the Irish
Bryce McCormick was an awesome pilot. I'm glad he got to travel for leisure for nearly 20 years after he retired in 1980. Sadly, he was killed in a car crash in Tucson, AZ, in 1997; he was in the passenger's seat. His wife was driving and suffered severe injuries, but she lived. She passed away in 2011.
The guy in the coffin didn't survive. He landed 30 miles from the Detroit Airport.
@@user-lb8qx8yl8kdark humor, you speak the language of my people.
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That pilot did rhe impossible and kept his wits about himself while facing almost insurmountable adversity . He deserves every award and thanks available .
I have never been scared to fly being a kid growing up in the military. Watching these I'm thankful we never had issues. Been on pan am and dc10
Anyone on a dc10 should consider themselves lucky. So many of these episodes involve dc10s...
@@rickshawwheelchair Drama queen.
That lady that allowed the bag being checked in without confirmation must think about what she did till today
Don't forget the idiot who let the bag in even after it set off the alarm..
This is the sad part of aviation. The manufacturer not fixing things they should be and then the airline companies knowing but still fly. Still happens till this day. I used to be a flight attendant, and I don’t know how many times we had a plane that had a “few” mechanical problems but is still flyable. People in the aviation should never take part in turning a blind eye on something so crucial. I really hope that something like this ever happens again. With all the new and advanced levels of technology.
This is why I will not step foot in a plane unless I've done the walkaround and I'm flying the plane. At least if I crash and burn in my 172 I know it's probably my own fault.
You mean never happens.
A few?? I wouldn't drive my CAR with a blown fuse until I fixed it. I had to once, had no choice. Driving 42 years. First time I ever blew a car fuse.
Boeing allowing MD big wigs into their company, when they bought out MD, has to be one of the worst business decisions ever made by a major company. They obviously brought their profit over safety and history of back room deals with them.
What kind of idiot manager puts a jet engine in the tail fin.
What kind of engineer.
MD is rubbish Dangerous Company
When MD was bought by Boeing, many MD executives took jobs with Boeing, and the Boeing safety culture started to die as the MD money over safety mentality slowing took over. Fact. Not theory.
Which lead to the Max 8 Incident just after it’s launch
Starting in the Regan Era the Boards of Directors and Stockholders, of the major corporations, started demanding10 per cent returns or better per year.Much needed maintenance and repair was delayed. These were looked at as expenses that would have to wait.
Fact.
@@charlesmaeger6162 This also drove the airlines to seek out second-hand parts when they did manage to do maintenance. Amazing what corners they thought they could cut and get away with all for the sake of the almighty dollar.
@@charlesmaeger6162 That too.
Love when the passenger said "my husband was looking for a stewardess to get me something to cover my face". That would be the last of my worries in that chaos!!
It rubbed me the wrong way when she said that. I thought that was such a tone deaf, self important thought process.
In his defense, he was always asking people for something to cover her face.
@@Mommy55555 I agree.
@@Mommy55555I see your point but he was probably panicking seeing his wife get struck and presumably start bleeding from the face.
But yes much bigger issues
It really is like calling AAA for a flat tire while the engine's on fire.
I'm 49, and ever since I was a little boy I've had soo much respect and admiration for pilots and their crews. They were literally and figuratively higher than stars! Whenever I flew and walked through an airport, my eyes were peeled looking for pilots, etc. And if one made eye contact or greeted me, I was speechless. Now look at how so many people behave towards aviation members today... it's sad.
Agreed
McCormick! Even if this is a little exaggerated, dude deserves the props. Unbelievable.
My dad was a Captain on the DC-10. He loved it.
The amount of things that had to go wrong for this to happen just amazes me.
There's something called an FMEA that would be able to catch issues like this, if it was taken seriously.
@@jeebusk FMEA?
@@luvondarox Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
I've always loved the old bird. The DC-10 was a fantastic airplane. So it's beyond disturbing and frustrating that because of greed and the corporate culture, so many people had to die in these planes and the DC-10 got such a terrible reputation, that really it didn't deserve. Profit based decisions by the executive of McDonnell Douglas is to blame, not the plane itself. I've flown on them many many times, spoken to pilots and even once flew in the jump seat of one. Every pilot I asked, had nothing but good things to say about the DC-10 and how great it was to fly.
What's far more disturbing is that somebody signed off on work that wasn't done, or worse... the work WAS done, and somebody sabotaged the plane.
I am Not an expert at all on plane models and their histories, but I recall forming a high opinion of DC-10 long ago from random stories I read about. Probably this one as well. Seems like the "good" stuff becomes obsolete due to money greed, over safety and quality. In all areas of life.
Clearly it’s a terrible model that was involved in a tragic disaster due to manufacturing failure. But you can hold on to your pride lol
DC death plane
They did NOT have to die....... THY could have actually installed the fix instead of pencil whipping false compliance documents. Obviously, nothing happened to the other aircraft save msn005 when the fix was issued] before the door was completely re-designed. Why did no one do anything about that falsification?
I'm terrified of planes but here I set watching these marathons lol 🤨
Fascinating aren't they.
I flew as a kid in 1971 on a dc 10 to holland this is scary
Can anyone else imagine being in a situation where as soon as they hit a button, something blows up or in this case, the cargo door blows off of an airplane?? There’s gotta be some sort of PTSD related to pushing buttons after that… lol..
But man, what an incredible flight crew (ALL of them!)
Reminds me of the scene in Apollo 13 where Kevin Bacon's character, Jack Swaggert, stirred the oxygen tanks which caused the explosion, and then when they tell him to push a button later on he hesitates and asks again if it's okay to push it.
PTCMD, post-traumatic coffee machine disorder
McCormick is an absolute LEGEND!
Indeed he is. Even with how stressful that situation was, he managed to stay calm and keep a steady head, which I would say really helped him get the plane back in the ground. And performed an extremely impressive feat of flying. He's a hero to any pilot out there.
I’m freaking myself out binge watching these airline crash videos…and I have a 15-hr flight vacation in a month. The psychology of an anxious person 😂
About time Bryce McCormick got the attention he deserved... before Al Haynes, this was the original DC10 hero!
I love that you know about him!! He was handsome too!!
@@lsimon343 Not sure if there are any photos of him out there on the internet... but he was indeed a special bread of airman.
@@Sams911he ended up dying in a car accident in 1997 sadly.
@@Planeandaquariumgeek how sad and ironic ,,, at least he lived a relatively long life.
@ I think he was 76, but I do know the accident was in 1997.
The heads of McDonald Douglas should have gone to prison.
The pilots were still heroes, b/c they fought until the end and the emergency landed kept them from slamming into the ground. Sadly, not being a runway meant no clear landing. I hope their bravery and action were rewarded by the airline or NTSB.
Wdym not being a runway
I used to fly the DC10 from Minneapolis to the UK all the time. It was a lively plane to fly on. Much quieter and more comfortable than today’s Boeings or Airbuses. Only ever had one issue when the TCAS went off over the Atlantic and we did a 5000 foot dive. The captain just came on the radio and said “the TCAS is not working so we’ve turned it off” 😀
The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar was a better aircraft. Sad it didn't sell well. Way ahead of it's time.
Saw someone describe the L-1011 as an engineers plane while the DC-10 was a penny pinchers plane.
Shows the priorities of each manufacturer.
Lockheed knew how to build planes. Just ask the SR-71
It was designed to the highest standards, as they were mainly military aircraft manufacturers whose standards which exceed commercial airline standards, making them more expensive to produce.
I remember seeing the episode on Air India flight 182. And the first episode covered too. Both were heartbreaking.
I feel bad for everyone involved in these but I feel particularly bad for the family of seven in the car. I mean when you drive you expect that if anything is gonna go wrong it’s gonna be a minor car crash or a major one if you’re unlucky. But what are the chances that a massive airliner crashes into you? I mean I can’t imagine how insane it would be for your last moments to be seeing a plane flying towards your car.
Depends how close you (generally) are to the airport/flight path. Most accidents are on takeoff or landing.
MDW had one where they overshot and killed a kid in the back of a car. You don't play at Midway. It's VERY close to the street and houses, unlike ORD.
As for as Pilots saving the day .......Not wanting to Die is a great Motivator
@@ADDrecords so you prefer that they all die?
but it can also be a great hindrance if you cannot deal with extreme stress well
How do they filming and production of these is incredible. This one in particular is so on point.
Yeah but the acting sucks bad
@@donaldsalkovick396 Haha right. I love Almost Got Away with it. You could say the acting sucks there too but whatever some of them are pretty good and its the whole package.
As a kid I used to binge watch Mayday episodes, I remember seeing them fresh when they came out. I also remember hating the McDonnell Douglas airplanes because every other episode would of one crashing or failing. I used to think they were terribly made aircraft and should be banned.
They're still a terrible company - DC-9 and DC-10 are still terrible planes. Your kid instincts were spot on.
@@mangos2888 Drama queen.
It was the MD corporate culture that didn't value safety, not the planes themselves. End in the end, the same.
I remember hearing about this as a kid. My dad was stationed in Germany with the American air force. It was front page on the stars and stripes papaer
Cool that I share a name with an absolute legend pilot
Not sure why I woke up to this playing at 3 am but it’s not bad.
3:42am for me. 😆😁
1:13:14 really shows a mix of southern hospitality and people doing what's right for the moment.
"It sounded like I was in a metal barrel with someone throwing rocks at me..." Well yeah, you were in a metal barrel with something throwing rocks at you. I mean, at the end of the day you are in a tin can strapped to a couple really powerful hair dryers. ^.^
No one ever goes to jail and some of them truly truly deserve to go to jail but that never happens in the United States. It does happen in France it does happen in Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, but over here, forget it!
Somewhat true but pre 9/11 there was a few but now it’s almost impossible
We worship business management here, and think any restrictions or consequences for their actions will result in loss of jobs for everyone. It results in psychopathic leadership.
"The business of America Is business."
Correction. Nobody with money.
The lady that opened her door without a second thought is a saint
White gloves!!!
Days of people caring...
Self Respect.
+ pride in ur Profession***
Paid a livable wage above minimum, too!
Yes those were the 'glory days' of flying as my parents said. My mom was a stewardess in the 60's and father a pilot 60's-90's. People dressed nice to fly back then, it was fun to fly as a kid in the 70's!
@@gabrielle-AV-n-PFloyd Agree, it was a much nicer experience back then. Now it's about as glamorous as riding a Greyhound bus!
I can remember when people dressed well to board a flight, and we were served real meals in real trays.
The FAA allowing the big money influencing the way it operates is eerily similar to what had occurred with Boing 737 Max
Labor unions both public and private sector are inherently corrupt with the bureaucracy. They use their workers while gaining massive political power to influence legislation. Career politicians aligned with Special Interest groups makes for a very corrupt system.
Don't fall for the 'conspiracy' theory here. The FAA isn't the bad guy, and 'they' are not on the take. When AA 191 went down in Chicago, the FAA mandated grounding of the birds until there was a full scale review and investigation of the mechanical and administrative processes involved plus the inspection of ALL DC-10's for similar issues. The AIRLINE was tagged as their practices were at fault. The design had other issues that were not imagined when the design was drawn, such as running hydraulic lines through the same area, which contributed to the disaster when the third engine in the tail blew up. Respect the experts - they are not being 'bought' by 'big money'.
That dc 10 was a piece of sh$t end of story. MD should have fixed the issue and didn’t because they’d rather risk your life and paying a fine then doing it the right way and taking down their profits. Period.
That 1972 and 1974 one, sounds to me like criminal negligence on the part of the director of the FAA and McDonnel-Douglas. 413 counts of it by my reckoning. They got off lucky with $80 million dollar payout.
Not so lucky to live with it in their conscience, and the amount of karma associated with 413 lives. I hope their every waking breath was filled with unsettling thoughts and nervous ticks, ulcers and panic attacks.
Guys like that have no conscience.
The airlines and manufacturers would rather risk you dying and having to pay a fine afterward then putting the money into safety upfront. It’s still that way today and I hate flying because of all the things that could go wrong.
Ridiculously small amount for so many lives. MD lawyers were probably paid $millions to do the defense.
I never trusted those ass-heavy tri-engined suckers growing up. Even as a kid, it never seemed right to me to have an engine jammed into a tail.
Me too.
Same
You could be on a BOAC w square windows. Lol
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 LOL good one, very true
It's really heartbreaking to see the survivors crying, in disbelief I want to jump through the screen, and gently hug all of them, and them: you are ok, I promise Ik you are hurt and in disbelief, but you are all alive, it's gonna be ok I promise.
This is amazing, the graphics of every video you do are so cool, keep up the good work!
its a television series rebroardcasted on youtube, i watched those 10 years ago
he doesn’t make these videos. he just posts them lmao.
@@scooterelway9191 Ikr. Graphics, thats funny.
The graphics are so realistic ' real life; great work
Everytime i turned around there was a DC 10 or a Boeing 737 crashing.Was it bc they were the majority in the air or were they that rushed off the production line. Seems only the calmest n best pilots survived their deadly 'glitches'. Thank God 🙏
McDonnell Douglas culture & "values" lives on!
CYDYA SMITH and the pilots are my heroes!
I never liked this airplane, I felt it was rushed into production and had so many problems. I was old enough to remember all the controversy over it and I even believe it was grounded for a while. It had a reputation and people would avoid flying in them. It was like they did all the troubleshooting after it was in production instead of working out the problems during its testing phase. They just wanted to get it out there ahead of everyone else. The Lockheed L1011 Tristar was so much better of an aircraft if only it wasn't delayed. Does anyone see a pattern here?? McDonnell Douglas was also responsible for running Boeing and was criticized for the problems of the new 737!! The stories of these 2 aircraft are almost identical!!
MD and the FAA are true scumbags as far as the almighty dollar is concerned. Your assessment is absolutely correct. I'm older and remember the DC10 disasters very well. MD makes awesome fighter aircraft but their commercial aircraft are a disaster waiting to happen. I've had to re-book to a different airline just to avoid flying on a DC10 back in the early 80s. The FAA are all yes men and MDs commercial division are nothing but wheelers and dealers and know how to manipulate the FAA. I couldn't agree with you more.
I just had to laugh at the woman saying her husband was trying to find a stewardess to get something to put on her injury! The plane is falling apart and they might die, in that moment, and he is trying to flag down a flight attendant! That's so incredibly weird.
So entitled! Use your jacket!
he was worried about the woman he loves
Yeah, beyond weird, I'd say BIZARRE & FREAKY, to say the least !!!!
I thought the exact same thing! So weird!!
acute stress does lots of funny things.
54:45 "the unholy tattoo of this hail" sounds metal af.
I think these videos, along with a written test of how to avoid and get out these deadly scenarios afterwards should be mandatory for all pilots worldwide
Start putting the people in charge of implementing these safety problems family’s and loved ones on board and they will do it fast! 😑
So many of these episodes include the DC10. It was such a well known yet unlucky plane back then. I love this show and I know so much more about aviation because of it. 😊😊
The family of the dead guy can always say he fell thousands of feet out of an aircraft, but that he wasnt killed by the fall.
Very true 😏😏😏😏😏
That title card looks like the first officer ripped a nasty SBD.
DC aircraft really bothered me, even as a kid. They were loud, uncomfortable, and just didn’t feel safe.
The DC9 and DC10 felt a little wrong to me too, but the DC8 was fine. The DC10 had some really good avionics, better than the others, but that was not good enough to offset the rest of the design.
I thought I was the only one as a kid who saw the emergency card in my seat back in front of me and if it wasn't a Boeing I felt uncomfortable. I did also grow up north of Seattle so I might be a little biased but still.
@@SpearFisher85 Actually I wasn’t Boeing biased. The Lockheed L1011 TriStar was by far my favorite.
@@DeanStephen The tristars were great! Also Airbus is ok with me. Just young kid opinions lol
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I’m about to crash land and have seconds to escape a burning jet, but you want me to take my shoes off? No. I won’t take my shoes off in an emergency. Maybe it’s my Ranger training, but my shoes need to be on when the crap hits the fan.
I have never understood why they would recommend taking shoes off.
Yes definitely!
@@bethhentges Because it was the 70s!
Because things like high heels can fly off in a crash and be a further hazard as debris. Same with sharp jewelry. Impact in crashes no matter what kind works the same, the thing traveled in comes to a sudden stop, you do not, it's how you get internal injuries and why seat belts are important in car crashes.
@@XDrZaneXYou're not stopping on a dime either way. That's why we have air bags.
I might be okay with driving for the rest of my life now 😅
Might ??? 😂I'm done ✅
@29:05 Bodies strewn every which way, torn torsos, legs, arms, articles of clothing....the amount of PTSD those clean up crews must have faced in the following years I could not imagine.
Air India has given me a whole new thing to consider and fear when flying. 😅
“Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve had a small problem.”
It’s enough to make you die laughing.
also let's talk about how completely surreal it would be to find a coffin in your backyard come from above. Like okay, someone dropped one off as a prank, sure, but like... A meteor coffin?
The 3rd story of India flight was fantastic ! One of the best I've heard ! Thanks for sharing !!
"small problem" THERE IS A HOLE IN THE PLANE
This first pilot is a hero
That flight attendant is a hero to
What exactly is the point of using a device to check bags for explosives if you’re going to totally disregard the warning it produces and load the luggage anyway?!
Oh it just warms me to watch Mr. Do-for-myselfer smile, and retell his story about how he got off of the plane and didn't look back. How he might have been able to lend a hand, but chose instead to go sit in the sun with a tall glass of lemonade, just watching the plane burn. Wishing that he had some marshmallows, and hot dogs.
Now I understand the lyrics "Like a DC10 guaranteed to go down, cause baby your blackbox is the on that I found"
What song is that
@@warbxrdmusic Kiss me where it smells funny by the bloodhound gang
100% clearly that they did not fix that cargo door problem.
All DC-10 should be grounded.
I’m very lucky. I was a passenger on DC-10 twice in the 70s.
It's amazing the effect of a large fine and bad publicity will have on a companies desire to do the right/correct thing. If it wasn't for greed, we wouldn't need regulations to keep humans safe. When corporations put bottom line over human safety and lives, it's time for a regulation to protect human lives.
The DC-10 had so many issues with that door, but they dont do anything because it would cost money. But losing a couple of planes and killing hundreds of people is worth it.
Imagine, a young investigator never seeing such a site, being told to go to an accident like this, thinking its going to be a bunch of bodies with horrifying injuries.
Only to walk up and find not one conpkete body, but everyone in tiny bits and pieces mixed within bits and pieces of wreckage.
Unless you've actually experienced it already, this is one of those times where you can't say " I can only imagine what it must have been like".
It must be so life changing to see something like that, never seeing it before.
Then you see a teddy bear, and realize, there are children mixed with what Im walking on..
I'm not sure what difference that should make in itself, but I did hear of a car wreck in the 50s where everyone got carted off and a guy found a baby bottle jammed in the door frame.
Several guys picked up the car and found a dead baby. This was before seat belts/car seats.
It was in a doc about gory highway safety films to make teens safe drivers: "Hell's Highway."
BRACE FOR IMPACT! My guy clenches every time I hear that, even in these re-enactments.
The actor portraying the Turkish captain looks like the same actor that portrayed Ramzi Yousef in the episode Bomb on Board...Sam Kalilieh.
yes, he did.
"Trying to find a stewardess to find something to stop the bleeding." 😂 Even as there is a whole in the plane, the guy is like, "Service, please!" You want a cocktail too?? 😂
Anyone else notice that Ramzi Yousef is the Turkish Airlines pilot? At least the actor from the episode haha
Dead body got out of the coffin, kicked down the door, and escaped like damn DB Cooper. This is getting out of hand
The New Hope memorial service was very nice
I love Mayday!!!!
Me too 😁
Rudder Hardover should have been solved long ago. An emergency disconnect to allow the surface to freesail streamline.
What a great
Crew!!!❤️❤️❤️🎉
I love this series
Hard to believe (as the video claims) that such engines can withstand continuous bombardment with baseball size hail.
(The Southern DC 9 incident)
Did the sound of hail impacting the fuselage/windscreen prevent the crew from hearing the sounds of compressor stall? (Understand that with compressor stall the engine(s) is more likely not to suffer further damage if power is reduced)
Great job by the crew for sure!
I start trembling when I hear American Airlines.