Mayday: Plane Crashes Into the Water | Aircrash Confidential Ep 1

One thing I learnt from watching Mayday is that the Ground proximity warning system and the stall warning is almost never wrong

I don't understand why some pilots fly a plane completely ignoring their co-pilots. The entire point of having more than two pilots is to help reduce human error. If one of them thinks the plane is going to crash, then you pull up and listen to them.

Just because you have done this 100 times, doesnt mean you cant make mistakes!

I know it's his job and all but hatsoff to Jim Cunningham for getting inside the plane to rescue the passengers.

I’ve heard that the Asiana Flight Attendants were extremely professional, brave, pro-active in spite of the crash impact. Heroes.

That Captain was a condescending POS. The First Officer was clearly telling him they were going off course. His narcissism cost their lives.

I’d believe the stick shaker over an over speed warning. In all the air disaster doc’s I’ve watched the stick shaker was never wrong!

The first officer warned the captain 18 times. 18 times. And did not order a go-around until the ground proximity warning system issued a “sink rate” warning. 18 times.

His tears were from his humanity seeing such devastation & human suffering. Empathy!!

I feel it’s important to add that one of the victims who was a school girl (16 year old) Ye Mengyuan, was eventually found to have died as a result of one of the emergency response fire trucks. She had in fact survived being thrown from the initial crash, but unfortunately succumbed to her injuries from the second event occurring. (I imagine it was because of the huge amount of dust that had accumulated, almost camouflaged her with the ground.) This, no doubt, was incredibly devastating for all involved; including the response team who were just trying to do their best to help in what was an incredibly dire scenario. 🕊 RIP to all 3 victims: Ye Mengyuan (16), Wang Linjia (16), and Liu Yipeng (15). 🕊

You have a Captain and First Officer for a good reason: Both need to communicate and coordinate. Any pilot who ignores his copilot or vice versa is arrogant, and short lived

Three very important ops rules to do: 1. Always fly the airplane 2. Always cross check instruments when in either auto or manual mode and 3. Use checklists in every phase of flight i.e. A. Preflight, B. ground taxi, C. takeoff V1, V2, V3, D. Departure phase, E. Enroute phase, F. descent phase, G. Approach to landing phase. H. Ground ops to terminal phase.

This happens so much, The Captain is laid back and don’t want to listen to anyone because he’s done this for so many years. I used to run A Shuttle Car hauling Coal right beside A 10,000 Volt Continuous Miner Cable for 10 years without cutting it because I thought I was just too good. Then one day “WHAM” I cut it and the blue flame burned the hair off my arms, lol, We are human and we make mistakes.

The fact that these pilots are allowed to fly planes and don't even seem to know the basics of how these systems function is really an indictment of the airlines who allow them to fly without the proper training.

That poor man who lost his nephew. Then investigated it after. Hearing his last words.

I also feel bad for the worker who was told to just cover it with Masking tape. He was doing what his bosses said. When someone else should’ve later fixed the issue.

I know nothing about aviation but these documentaries are so good.

I know a captain who flies American Airlines planes. He never uses the auto pilot as he says you don't have the feel of your aircraft and he doesn't like that feeling.

As a plane crash survivor myself, I understand the chaos that insus after the the crash. Watching these videos always tears me up. No human deserves to be in plane crash. God bless the heroes that helped the survivors.

That poor little girl. She traumatised for life..Among another word she uttered when another survivor came for her was, it is my first plane crash 🥺. Poor girl.