The Plane That Wouldn't Come Down - Delta Air Lines Flight 1080
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Delta Air Lines Flight 1080 was a scheduled flight notable for the incident that occurred on April 12th, 1977, during the San Diego to Los Angeles leg of the flight.
Jeez that Captain was a well-trained hero.
Double checking his cockpit warning lights, moving the passengers to the front to counter the pitch by changing the center of gravity, having to decide the safest place to land, refusing to fly over heavy populated areas for saftey, and THEN controlling the pitch via the engines.
Wow....just wow.
that is how a US trained Military pilot operates.
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That was a well-trained skillful pilot. I think every passenger on this plane should have paid him a visit afterwards. He saved their lives. If I was a passenger I would have made sure he's well cared for in his late days before his death.
Actually, most if not all didn’t even Know! Hell they even had one passenger complain about the DELAY in the flight to LA! That's how good these pilots handled this incident that seemed completely unsalvageable.
Much love from an American Christian
@@enterprisethesylveon5787 how is that possible when the passengers were told to move to the front of the plane?
@@tashakomaroff2982, I would say that seats were either being rearranged or to counteract a slight updraft... one of those two is more plausible than the other...
"former United States Marines pilot in World War 2"
They're gonna be okay
They weren't the Marines back then. They were the US Army Air Corps.
Captain Obvious you obviously don’t know anything about History and Naval and Marine Aviators. Heard of Black Sheep Squadron? Battle of Midway? It’s better not to say anything than to say something and have everyone know you know nothing about the subject.
@@SergeantExtreme You're thinking of the US Air Force. The US Marines have been around for almost 250 years, technically as a branch of the Navy on paper, but not in practice.
@@mongorians22 You're right, I am thinking of the Air Force.
Midway is a great movie. Really shows how pilots flew their planes in the ACTUAL battle of Midway.
I love when these turn out ok!
I was JUST thinking the same thing.
Incredible! It is amazing (and sad) that these sort of events are simply unknown by the vast majority because there was not an accident that resulted from it. These are some steely eyed aviators for sure!
True, We need more videos and articles on events like this. Of issues and emergencies that happened, but which were successfully handled by the flight crew. I'll bet there had been many more, of flight crews who were unsung heroes and not widely acknowledged... because there had been no tragedy. This isn't right.
Eleven crew members for 41 passengers is a ratio you don't see anymore.
and for such a large plane being so empty
I seriously don't buy this "flying's gotten worse" nonsense. First class is as luxurious and personal as it's ever been. And if you can't afford to fly first class, then stop complaining because you wouldn't have been able to afford to fly at all back in the "golden age" of air travel...
The USA is divided by class more now than in the golden age, when all passengers were greeted as valued guests, all the seats had knee room, and all the meals were delicious.
Because everything back then was the equivalent of first/business class today, and cost the same as what business/first class costs today. What you are complaining about is the invention of this thing called "economy class" which opened up flying to people who had never been able to afford it before. If you can't afford to fly first/business, you wouldn't have been able to afford to fly during the golden age at all. Economy class may suck, but it is still better than not flying at all- wouldn't you agree?
PS- I dunno if you've seen the meals they serve in first class nowadays, it's EASILY the equivalent, if not better than old school pan am or BOAC.
Having another engine in the tail has saved so many.
The Tristar was one of the finest Airliners every built.
There is another thing the Tristar had that was very unusual on an airliner, "Lift Dumpers."
As you push the control column forward the aircraft's attitude would remain the same, as little spoilers would lift up on the wings and reduce lift.
This could have been a big factor in getting this plane to come down.
It was one of the safest Airliners ever built. Loved the old bird.
"WHEEEEH." Same.
"Whew" would have been sufficient. Wheeeeeh sounds like little kids exhiliration....like when their swinging at the playground, LOL.
Wew lads.
The engine #2 pointing down and adding thrust was so smart
2:15 Can you imagine what it must be like when you're flying the most advanced airliner then made, and there's something terribly wrong with it, and after checking everything, you still can't find the answer? Those guys had nuts of pure steel.
..well..it seems that after all that advanced stuff failed to give an answer, a WW2 dude went back to analogue way of thinking as his warbird was..steer damn thing by utilizing COG and throttles..clever dude..
Pilots with military combat backgrounds are the best.
Marie Katherine sure if you’re in a war
Common sense, observant, quick reactions, ever thing you need
Military flying teaches to think outside the box. Civilian flight schools don't. Military flying by its nature goes way beyond normal commercial flight operations and as someone said they push the envelope and see emergencies civilian pilots often don't see. Their extra training and experience makes them better in unusual emergency situations.
@@douglasb5046 And even when you're not! If a war - like emergency arises, I want the combat pilot.
@@johnemerson1363 Well said.
That third engine really saved their bacon. I love happy endings in stories like this. God bless
Now these pilots! These guys should be given a huge award and honor. They saved so many lives
I believe this was the fastest response to an uploaded video for me. Great video! Really displays the captain's presence of mind at a time of crisis.
After watching videos from this channel over the past 4 hours, this is the first one where no one died and the plane didn’t crash. Nice work, I like how you recreate everything so perfect. Keep it up.
Captain McMahan, ex Marine Corp pilot saved the lives of 52 people and safely landed the Lockheed L-1011. He may have had great training and experience, but he was also a man that worked well under pressure and didn't panic.
It's a wonderful story.
What magnificent airmanship! The awards given to the captain, first officer, and flight engineer were were well deserved. RIP Captain, you saved many lives that day.
Incredible job by the pilots. They are indeed heroes.
Astounding creative ingenuity by the pilots. For example moving passengers to the front of the plane in order to shift the centre of gravity forward to help counter the upward pitch was brilliant.
"You are all invited into first class!"
Another excellent video XPilot. Captain McMahan and his flight crew are heroes.
“Can everyone come up to the front of the plane? Don’t worry, everything is fine.”
Everything's fine! Sure, bring your luggage, all your luggage! You at the back...Bring the toilet while you're at it! No, everything's fine!
350 pound guy: Show time
Saved t plane, finished the trip, saved all those lives, just an amazing guy
I'm glad you also include success stories. Binging these videos can be quite depressing.
I love how this ended in a positive manner. Safe landing, no fatalities, no injuries, and the pilots were even able to take the plane to the gate.
I used to fly often & i would constantly educate myself on the aircraft i was traveling in. Baffles me that more people don’t do this..You never know when knowledge is needed. In this particular case, it saved many lives! These pilots were beyond EXCEPTIONAL! I hope they are now living thier best life,on a beautiful beach! 💯🙏
Wow, after watching several dozen of these simulations it's very refreshing to see a successful outcome and I just want to salute the two pilots that saved everyone on board that night via their strategic decisions. Everything from moving the passengers to the front, adjusting thrust, and careful planning on which airport to land at is highly commendable. On that final approach all I could think was "I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you."
GREAT JOB, my man. Happy ending for once. Don't see many of them, they're boring. The morbid curiosity is built into us. Everyone head to front.. LOL, just what you want to hear from flight crew. I guessed jammed elevator/stabilizer. I always think of Alaskan air(that story is one of saddest ever heard of) and the movie "Flight" when I hear pitch problems. Great job by crew. Clutch.
CJ S
I'm not sure if I'm alone but I always find myself willing the plane to safely land and no deaths or injuries.
I think you're right about the morbid curiosity, but I'm with watershed44. I always hope everyone survives. I usually check the description to see if there were any deaths, that way I'm not stunned or disappointed. This video didn't describe the event though.
Deric Gregory Yeah, I had no idea of this story, and was happy, but let's be honest.. Air accident.. Mayday, whatever they are called. What's it like 90+% catastrophic accidents. I'm not sure ppl would watch near misses and almost died, no one wants anyone to die, but we watch, because it's fascinating how they solve accidents and the re-creations for shock value. It's intriguing, but obviously devastating. What's it like for those ppl.. NTSB, rescue workers? They've seen shit I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's taxing on the psyche, mentally haunting, with the sights and sounds, smells etc. of an accident.
CJ S
I have to believe that professional pilots must be scanning some of these videos, after all even the experts can learn from the mistakes other professionals make.
Well. The pilot died
I flew on that exact Delta L1011 (N707DA) in 1992. LHR to CVG. It wasn't the smoothest flight in the world, with a little turbulence, and to be honest not the nicest food onboard, but at least I got there safely.
I never did like the L1011 or Tristar series that much, but at least it's no longer in service with any major airlines.
Hey I just have to reach out and say what an amazing job you do on these videos. I’ve been binge watching them all day. You keep it informative but still straight to the point, also I can’t imagine the time that must go into making one of these vids. 👏🏼
I finally found one of his video that doesn't end in a tragic crash! I really thought something horribly wrong would happen but thank God it didn't!
i was once on a flight where they had to shut off the engines and restart them 2-3 times. I remember the pilot saying something like, "folks, we're going to restart the engines and glide down a few thousand feet. It's normal procedure." A flight on TWA, summer 1985.
Absolutely incredible pilots. Thinking of every outcome, every option and every solution to the problem in a calm and safe manner. Really THIS is keeping the area “sterile” to the highest degree.
Complete control its comforting knowing there's experienced pilots like this just watched a documentary about the French plane that stalled and crashed those guys were running around like a chicken without a head r.I.p
You just know that passengers on such flights rarely find out how close they came to dying. They're told, "Oh, we're gonna divert to LAX for a minor maintenance issue".
LAX was their destination! When everyone was asked to move forward everyone knew it was NOT a minor maintenance issue. I have no doubt the passengers knew something was wrong when the plane kept pitching up.
@@johnemerson1363 "such flights". Not "this flight". ;-)
That was some fine piloting. I remember this incident. The #2 engine on the L-1011 had a slight downward angle which helped lower the nose when the thrust was increased on that engine.
Truly on the "edge of my seat"! Thank you.
Thank you X Pilot! This is truly the best one yet... I teared-up at the end. Bless Captain McMahan forever, and may he be at peace.
The highest calling of a human being is being able to care for others in a chaotic, life or death situation.
Your videos are great always keep working you're better than all those other overrated aviation channels
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I flew on ATA to Honolulu many times,from 1998 till they went out of Business” I may have been on this L1011, they they were overall Great Jets, I loved sitting next to those RR engines on the flights!!
These videos are extremely well made. Addictive to watch.
Enjoyed watching this one, the captain is a legend and the suspense had me routing for them, I hope the captain got the best lay he ever had after saving all them lives with his quick experienced actions. I salute you Sir 🙏
That's the kind of captain I would want piloting my flight. That one had his head on straight and was solution oriented. I was rooting for him to make it. He deserved it for trying so hard.
Heidi Dietrich pretty well all pilots type trained in this aircraft would have been successful. Pilots train for these types of malfunctions annually typically over a 3 day period
Well trained pilots, usually in these videos you see at least one screw up. Not here, the captain, first officer and even the flight engineer were heroes on this flight and got the plane safely on the ground. I hope the passengers thanked their pilots when they landed at LAX.
I remember this incident. Incredible flight crew. Always nice to have a former fighter pilot at the controls. Thank u for posting.....
Great piloting!! Great video!!
Man o man that's the kind of guy I want in the cockpit. Things could have gone really bad quick if the flight crew hadn't been so skilled.
It's amazing what those Tri-Stars can do.
can even land there self
"The plane that ALMOST wouldn't come down".....
I haven’t watched yet and I get the feeling it’ll be very different than what I’m thinking.
Only quick thinking saved this aircraft from certain doom. A brilliant commander.
Can't wait to see a video about Rich in Seattle. Legendary flight.
The Cohesive Garage
I hope at some point someone uploads the ENTIRE unedited ATC communications between him and the tower!
Amen, I want to hear him while he flew upside down. But the real question is ; can any flight simulator even simulate what he was able to actually do with that plane!?
The Cohesive Garage
Indeed, I just cannot believe this untrained baggage guy could pull those stunts off. MAYBE fly the plane sure, but the acrobatics while in the actual pilots seat with the g forces and other stresses on him?
Not the same at all as any regular video game. You'd at least have to train in a real flight simulator for many many weeks, he didn't do that.
The more I learn about this "story" the more I think it's fake news.
I think the extensive time on video games payed off for him.
But then again, could be a pilot playing dumb.
MarioBit
Even video games can't prepare an unskilled person such as this to perform such complicated actions, remember you have g forces and many other factors involved. This story is fishy really.
Now THAT'S a reason to have a 3-engine aircraft! :-)
I think your icon agrees! 😂😊
Oh it’s so nice to see a good ending! Haven’t seen one yet til this one. Bravo pilot! 👏👏
Excellent.
The L-1011 and 727.
Long live the memories.
Captain: Yes, we need to conduct an emergency landing. Airport: Sorry, we’re closed; did you try the airport down the street?
Superior airmanship, the ability to remain calm under pressure, and great crew resource management saves the day.
So glad none of these have been Southwest. It’s good to know that the plane my family and I fly on is safe
i love hearing those stories where everyone lives
yeah, sometimes I get really high and never wanna come down either
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No down just Up, and up, and up!
R.I.P. Captain, a true hero.
I had this same problem in the 172 in X-Plane 11. I engaged the autopilot for the flight, which can control the pitch, but found I could not disengage it. I could not angle the nose down and I had to keep adjusting the pitch so I landed, a rough landing because of a high flare, at KLZU and taxied to the hangars.
These are so very interesting. I can't get enough.
The Lockheed L-1011 my favorite aircraft of all time.
That was the most advanced passenger aircraft at that time i think am i wrong. What an aircraft i love it
These are fascinating, especially with cockpit recording.
Love your vids... they are amazing and make my day 😀😃😄😁🙂
who else after watching a lot of this channels vids will never go on a plane again
Moral of the video-the pilot's are badass!!
great work again.....look forward to the next.
You should cover the recent Dash 8 seatac crash
Absolute legend of a pilot!
Finally there’s one I’ve seen with no casualties
Even when it touched down and they were slowing and then said they were fine, i was still expecting it to burst into flames spontaneously lol
woow very skilled pilots #Bravo"👏👏👏👏
How skilled the pilot was!!!! But I don't understand one thing is that when does and astonishing emergency landing there are less passengers and when the plane is going to crash it has a large amount of passengers.
One of the greatest emergency landings of all time, the whole process was carried out perfectly by the crew.
Ugh, how terrifying that realization must’ve been when they discovered they couldn’t point down and unless something changed, and quick, a stall was inevitable.
It's nice seeing these where not everyone dies at the end.
A demonstration of why 3 engined jets are still useful and can be safer. And L1011, one of the best.
brilliant animation, though Im going to be really sad here- HSBC didn't even exist in 1977 so its unlikely they would be advertising on the jetties-. i need to get out more ;-)
Great video, love it!
Proving once again, Takeoffs are Optional... Landings are Compulsory! Thanks for posting
I love when the plane lands safely.
I was thinking in my head that all would be well. Than I thought we’ll probably not since they made a video. Nice to see the conclusion. Because even after landing I thought they may have to go up Again
That a l-1011 500 because it is shortened and had 6 door, the actual plane is l-1011-385-1 because it has 8 door and is slightly longer but still Great video.
7:23 "We'll take it to the gate" Damn right you will
Please do a reenactment on the stolen plane crash in Seattle :)
That was a freaking MIRACLE
someone criticized pilots for earning so much wages and they do little, in the plane. a pilot replied that.....once in several years, in ten minutes of emergency we earn every penny of that salary!
The whole crew members and the passengers are true heroes.
These are ADDICTING!
Wow, when I heard "the plane that wouldn't come down" I was thinking of the plane where everybody except the jumpseat rider passed out. This is way more tense
I love your. Channel can you Upload air france flight 8969?
A pilot who could fly "by the seat of his pants" Pilots today fly by autopilot and hardly ever fly the bird.
thank God for that third rear engine
Great work from the pilots; not an easy one to work-around.
Why does it matter if an airport is closed? Surely if its the safest place to land, the runways still gonna be there, and thered be enough time before landing to get people there in time???
I didn't know the outcome of this one, but by 6:38 I knew these guys would land safely. Real heroes.
In those days, wouldn't the flight have continued eastward from LAX to somewhere like DFW or ATL? I am sure that Delta would not use L-1011s on short stages SAN-LAX by itself.
Was the technical issue similar to the Air Alaska crash bound for San Francisco from Mexico? A Jammed stabiliser though, which couldn't be freed?