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Flying With Arthur Godfrey (1953) Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Constellation
An Eastern Air Lines promo piece with the Lockheed Super Constellation. This is the full length movie and I did my best to fix the ...
Air Crash Investigation s05e08 part 1 of 5- “Who’s at the controls? (fatal distraction)”
One of the most fascinating episodes so far... Also: Check in Wikipedia, how in a bizzare way a very same landing gear issue had led ...
won’t you “feel” the plane falling?
@rokgill Point well taken!I Wrote this late at night, but that’s no excuse. I felt empathy for the families of survivor’s who are likely to view this event. There is such abundance of vulgar language in the comment’s section of youtube. I did not do much to make a point in my efforts of feeling protective.
@miamired1 You should really proofread your work or ask someone that knows about it before you tell people to ‘learn how to use the English language effectively’. ‘An’ obvious not ‘a’; ‘your’ obvious not ‘you’. Do you ‘scub’ toilets for a living? Time to get off your high horse, save the pontification for the church.
Very well done VibraciaX ! Thank you for kindly posting this.
@miamired1 lighten up…..i was only pointing out the cost of the bulb and the BS surrounding the cause of the crash…..loss of life is ALWAYS unfortunate…especially when it is caused by something as simple as a distraction in the cockpit, a burnt out light bulb, and a ‘bump’ of the stick…i’m sorry if i offended you…may God bless you
@scales57
How dare you use vulgar language with this topic! Your choice of words is a obvious reflection of your lack of character and mediocrity.. The only message that you clearly relflect is you obvious ignorance and insensitivity. Learn how to use the English language effectively or scub toilets for a living.
I was born and raised in Miami. I was only 14 at the time of the crash. I recall 1972 well. It was the glorious year of the Miami Dolphins undefeated season and also the year of this tragedy. It was my first lesson into the unpredictable nature of life itself. For unknown reasons, I still have flashbacks of the shock and grief of this crash. I was only a citizen watching the news. I can only imagine the grief of those directly affected. God Bless all of the survivors and families!
$12 light bulb? it looks like a freakin’ flashlight bulb? guess they bought it where the military buys their $600 toilet seats…fuckin’ A…no wonder this country is having an economic downturn!
well lots of stuff cost a lot in that time.
like a lego then 1.00,now .12
@05027802
Ground proximity warning systems were available in 1972, but on the L1011 it sounded like a series of chimes and not spoken words
Do you know Chart?
Shut the fuck up if you don’t know about aviation.
12 dollars for a light bulb?!? and that’s in 1972, what does that bulb cost today, like a hundred bucks? parking light bulbs for my car are 2 for a buck and a half. No wonder air travel is so expensive.
and that guy looks nothing like Jimmy Stewart.
John Nance the avaition specialist guy @ 4:20 is a near perfect look and soundalike of Hollywood icon James Stewart. Its almost creepy.
damn, what a sad thing, damn burned out light triggers a chain of errors leading to disaster that shouldn’t have happened.
@YoungHungryPoet
you can find the crash site at these coordinates on google earth:
25° 51′ 53″ N, 80° 35′ 43″ W
there were no sound to tell the the autopilot is off
usaully there is like “DEH deh deh deh”
I guess they didn’t have that GWRS thingy back then to tell them “terrain, pull up” Would have likely saved the other 99 passengers.
Wow so many coincidences at the same time.
This is why most planes nowadays have audible warning when any part of the autopilot is disengaged.
where did it crashed?
yes, some said it was true.
The Ghost Aspect Is Bizarre. Interesting, though.
Bob Marcus is a hero.
I suppose it was due to the fact that the place was descending slowly and slightly. However, I do agree with you, I too notice subtle changes in altitude (ears pop). :O
They knew that the main gear at least was down and locked, and they knew that whether or not it was locked the nosegear was probably extended. The increased drag therefore wouldnt help them with the problem.
Making sharp turns at relatively low altitude and at low speed with the gear down is not a safe thing to do. They would not do that to asess whether the grae is locked, and as I said above it wouldnt tell them if the gear was locked anyway.