THESE Failures Led to One of the Worst Air Crashes of all Time 💥 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel

Published 2023-04-14
The investigation into the horrific collision of BAL Flight 2937 and DHL 611 on July 1, 2002 pointed to a grim sequence of events: an overwhelmed air traffic controller left on his own, an unexpected communication failure at a crucial time, followed by a catastrophically bad call.

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All Comments (20)
  • They fail to mention that the ATC, Peter, was sought out and killed by a Family Member of one of the victims! This is truly heartbreaking.
  • @louieosumo
    Seriously dudes, you should've let one of you help Peter Nielsen in guiding the planes safely, but nope, you let him be killed by a distraught father thanks to your negligence😡
  • @starry53
    Everything went horribly wrong as only one man is focusing on two radars at the same time. I feel bad for that guy, as he was killed by one of victim's parent after the incident by vengeance. Truthfully, that man didn't done anything wrong because one guy went to the bathroom and they are lack of manpower that time.
  • @villacortahd
    Another relevant omission in this information is the TCAS design and information flaws that allowed the aircrafts to pursue their conflictive paths. The US manufacturers of the TCAS systems onboard were declared heavily liable by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2015 after a long and hard battle of a group of victims relatives. The last line of defense that was supposed to be the TCAS didn't work and this allowed the tragedy to happen.
  • @mg123rules
    Thats alot of work for one person should of been 2 at all times 😢
  • @CaBc933
    Why is nobody talking about how this is taken from another video!!!??
  • GPS: At the next cloud, turn right and arrive at ur destination. APL Airport 300 Deutschland Ave., Berlin Germany. PLANE STARTS SPIRALING FROM THE SKY GPS: I’m going back to France to visit my wife and calculators. Goodbye! SHUTS OFF
  • @8346324970712
    I watched the whole investigation it's sed how he got kill just couse of this accident by one of the family members that lost his whole family in the crash..
  • @rebelruth9582
    Watch 'Aftermath'. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the father of a girl killed in this crash. He's out for revenge.
  • @wwe412
    This crash was caused by pilot error maintenance problems an crew shortage the air traffic controller had a little bit of tragic mishandling of the flights but he had no reason for the crash.
  • @tpr1808
    Whoever killed Peter, I know it was frustrating but it wasn't his fault. May you rot in hell