August 22nd, 1985 — British Airtours Flight #28 is taking off from Manchester Airport for the Greek Island of Corfu. As the aircraft is accelerating, a loud ‘thud’ emanates from the fuselage, and the pilots abandon takeoff. They believe a tire has blown, but passengers on the left side of the plane see the real problem — one of the engines is on fire. Within seconds, thick black smoke fills the cabin, panicked passengers struggle to escape, and just six minutes later, the aircraft is completely ravaged by fire. 55 people die. Can investigators determine how a minor emergency turned into one of the worst disasters in British aviation history?
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They were so lucky that the can exploded before takeoff, had they rotated and cant turn back, probably everyone is dead.
@4:45 "We heard a dog fart, which sounded as if came from outside."
Sounds hard to believe. How would a dog get onto the wing?
are these videos even real?
I heard about this disaster and my family watched it all on the news. I was born in 1989 and i asked my brother how did this happened. I heard the captain who was on the plane started suffering from PTSD after what happened.
Flying becomes much safer after each accident.
Modern car have air preshure censors in every tires, but in planes, pilot must guess that tire blows up or not.😢😢. And like alwaus: passangers alwaus guilty for panicking, but not disigners of the planes.
I remember hearing about this disaster for the first time in 1985. To think how worse this could have been if the plane had left the ground. Hope all those who survived that day are well and may all those who lost their lives rest in peace.
This is 12 days after JAL 123 crashed
We never learn ! this started as a maintenance mistake , as many other aircraft disasters have . Don’t need a psychiatrist to tell how people might behave in this dreadful situation . More thought needs to go into these flying machines safety especially when some are quite old and are flying can’s full of aviation fuel . Aircraft engines need to be taken out and examined monthly and parts should be replaced not welded as many parts are.
They decided "smoke hoods" are the answer? No. Immediately getting people of a frickin' plane once you know its ON FIRE is the answer. Instead they waited to pull off to the side nicely, piddle around with their checklists, tell people who had the common sense to know they should be evacuating that they needed instead to wait in their seats…wait until 4 exits became only one exit and it was too late. Smoke and fire might have been contributing causes of death but the main killer was the complacency we are taught. Take your seat, wait your turn, don't make a fuss, follow the rules. Its stronger than even our basic animal survival instinct.
In the US Congress has proposed rule making that politicians are evacuated first, then their baggage with our money it them.
Funny how many people first had to die before knowing problems were sorted out by the aircraft builder!!!!
What kind of dickheads in Boeing comes up with all these bullshit safety designs and protocols, it’s simply amazing…. Not forgetting the assholes in NTSB accepting those ideas..
It's a first responder and other healthcare professionals first semester of fundamentals teaches that fire is not what ends lives whether alone or in a crowded situation of fire consuming everything and everyone. Smoke inhalation triggers instinctive mechanism that closes and blocks airway as if you had swallowed a towel. Smoke is as toxic as the fue it is burning. So wood or plant material just the smoke can trigger the closing of the airways. THis wasn't just smke but actually gaseous poison inhalants. It acts like acid in gas form that one breath in would begin to melt the delicate sponge-like tissues of lung lobes. I remember when this happened. We were an AirForce Family and all things aircraft was on our radar. That research showing the toxicity of the plastics and foams etc began the overhaul of materials approved for EVRYTHING ie baby loths, kid pj's, mattresses LR furniture even. RIP all the ones lost so abruptly.
My father, Samuel Lyttle, received a QGM (Queens Galantry Medal) for bravery in this disaster. (Fire Fighter based at Manchester Airport) Never forget the trip to Buckingham Palace 🏅 👑
Volunteer testers to evacuate an airplane … 🤔 well let's see they already know what's going to happen in advance and they already know what they have to do so I guess that's not much of a test.
4 exits and all blocked but 1, did anybody know that when they got up to exit the plane ?….no?
Smoke mask ..yeah that's a great idea there was already enough smoke masks for all of the crew that are trained for this unlike the passengers) not one of them got used that's a great idea… people didn't know what to do or where to go , let's add a smoke mask in there too that the crew didn't even know to wear.
Would of, could of, should of after two + years of research, you see these assumptions all the time on these airplane crash stories.
Holding an evacuation exercise and offering money to the first people off shows me how so many people can get hurt in a real emergency.
Due to Covid, FFP2/KN95 masks are cheaply available to everybody. How much do they help with that kind of smoke?
what does it mean, at 4:49 "we heard a dog food" ???
It really seems like Boeing used/is using passengers as beta testers/test subjects.
The main issue alot died was because of the fwd service door. And why no one help the steward to open it.
I think when the situation was so bad and they were. Suffocating from smoke and there was just one way out they could use the windows of cockpit as the captain and co pilot used ,to accelerate the evacuation because there were a lot of people (sorry for my bad english grammar)
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The stewardess did an exellent job and saved as many lifes as she can.
The aircraft industry must stop using polyurethane foam in their furnishings. Go back to pre WW2 horse hair and other natural fibres wherever possible. BAN SOLID GASOLINE PLASTICS FROM PLANES!!!! Stop being too bloody clever. Forget about relying on fire retardants in plastics. Fire retardants are useless in a sudden large fuel fire. They are only useful at suppressing smouldering electrical fires.
ADD fire suppressant chemicals like aluminium hydroxide to natural fibres, and it may slow down the fire just enough to save one life. It is worth it.
Cabin crew should be equipped with fire fighter’s door opening crowbars!!!
They don't have to build plane like they do,,, so damn pron to fire,, why not use fireproof material that can't catch on fire ,,,,, this damn plane burn like killing u put on a camp fire,,,,, how dn inorrant can people get ? This boggles my mind,,,,, everything on an airplane needs to be fire proof, except for the fuel , nothing else should burn, period !
Such a good story
Far too many adverts
Probably so, but was there and investigation into why the door was jammed? To me that is why so many others had died.
16:14
It was not a crash. It was a terrorist bombing of the plane by Khalistani terrorists.
It was totally preventable but the Canadian authorities were negligent in proper screening of the baggage and a bomb was easily loaded into the plane. Reckless behaviour
Out of all of these shows that I have seen so far, this one ticked me off the most. SERIOUSLY…..the 4 page checklist before evacuation. OMG!!!! When does COMMON SENSE kick in?
Just don't let my epitaph read: PULL UP. PULL UP. PULL UP.
I don't understand, why the firefighters didn't enter the plane to pull out unconcious passengers.
Nobody thought of chemical or poisonous substances when the entire plane is full of plastics and materials that could kill people if the plane caught fire? Can’t fathom being stuck on a plane and breathing those fumes!
remember it well, a friend of mine was on the plane and survived.
Who tf decided it was a good idea for the pilots to go through a 4 page emergency checklist during an evacuation 💀
Si volar fuera seguro No existiría este canal , no sabía que el FMI de la arqueología se dedicará a esto , ahora me odiarán porque escribí esto , pero saben , me importa una mierda
I feel like they could help with the smoke by having emergency vents in the cabin? Idk I’m not an engineer I just think that could help
this air crash investigation end credits this will be new seasons of air crash investigation
The graphic on exits failed to mention the over-wing exits. Clearly, the left exit was unusable because of the fire, but the right exit was serviceable. It not near the front, I always aim for the over-wing exit row.
The owner of plane didn't want shut it down repair it correct new parts so did patch job now how much will cost buried the people who die