Decade-Long Mysterious Plane Crash Finally Solved | Mayday: Air Disaster

Have you ever found yourself researching more about a particular air crash after watching its Mayday Air Disaster episode?

“Physics of flying ain’t gonna change just because someone important is in the back of the airplane.” aptly said.

My heart breaks for the Chapecoense player because I could tell in his voice how devastating the crash and losing his teammates was for him

Hard to believe it could take ten years for an aircraft to crash.

When I was piloting an aircraft , the VIP was ME.

At 1:45 When the pilot said "Ndola" I was like, there's no way.... then at 1:55 the narrator said "British colony of Northern Rhodesia" and I gasp. Why? because I realized they were talking about my birth country, Zambia. Formally known as Northern Rhodesia and I was born in Ndola.

Regarding the recording (I call it 'supposed' recording) of the possible conversation between factions of a group that shot down the plane of the UN Secretary General, I'm amazed nobody even bothered to check out the validity of this claim. The person at the listening post was stationed and working at monitoring in Crete. The crash occurred in Rhodesia. The distance is over 4,500 miles. Just the mere distance tends to invalidate the claim. Add the fact that the line of sight distance for such radio signals to travel over ends in under 100 miles. Plus if these were close proximity transceivers, there is no way the weak signals could have travelled that huge distance. And you don't need a 50K watt transmitter to communicate with an accomplice in the local area. Yes, atmospheric ducting, and other forms of radio skip, could have allowed the signal to travel over great distances, possibly enough to make the route. But then we have to consider that the listening post, 4,500 miles away, figured what frequency to listen to, the type of modulated transmission , at the right time and somehow be aware that it was coming from Rhodesia. And THEN wait 40 years to mention it. Sorry, not buying it.

A VIP? That would be anyone on board!

I still remember Bill C. Walking out for the burial service laffing and joking until he sees the cameras.

I think the video of Bill Clinton laughing (and then abruptly stopping when he noticed a camera) while leaving Ron Brown's funeral caused a lot of suspicion around his crash.

When it comes to vip's, it is the vip's who put pressure on pilots to get them to where they want to go, and the worst passengers on a military aircraft are self-centered government officials who treat military personnel as their slaves.

This crush took place in my country zambia on the copperbelt province in a town called Ndola, there's a statue built on the crash site and i have been there several times

My son played basketball at Cedarville University (2022 grad). A knew a little about the tornado, but this was a fantastic report. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this story. Rest In Peace to all that have lost their life. My Condolences to the family and friends that knew them.

Each is such a tragedy!

Why not fly into an unknown airport during the daylight visual conditions with such an important passenger

As a private pilot I've long been puzzled by the use of "above sea level" altitudes used when the concern SHOULD be--"Height above the GROUND". The use of above sea level business is what caused the Thunderbirds crash.

RIP Dag Hammarskjold.

The 3 most useless things in aviation. The sky above you, the runway behind you, and empty space in your fuel tanks. There are 2 accident causes that are 100% avoidable and happen more than they should. Continued VFR into IMC and not properly handling your fuel situation. I still remember a man who lost his aircraft about 30 years ago. He went down because of fuel starvation NOT exhaustion. Thankfully today he is still breathing.

I wonder if they will mention the 45 cal. hole in Ron Browns head , he was murdered .