How The Pilot Who Fell Out Of The Cockpit Window Mid-Flight Survived | Mayday: Air Disaster 

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Everyone: “ok, we will!”

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True 😂

No lie!

most excellent point

What if he gets throw out in space

🤣🤣🤣 true

I still can't wrap my head around how he survived. The human body truly is amazing sometimes.

How else would he pay the bills?

British stiff upper lip

Literally born to fly 😂

Whatever happened to wearing a seatbelt?

Yes... Everyone is replaceable but here they chose to hold onto him, get valuable information by doing so, and it's fairly certain he was a much more, for lack of a better word, professional mechanic from this event forward. He still had all that knowledge learned, still had a lifetime of service to give... it was, (and forgive me for sounding flippant), a win/win. What an interesting story... I vaguely remember, (rarely remember anything), this story way back when... I'm amazed by the whole aviation industry, boggles this dolt's little pea brain how something so huge, weighty, can fly at all! 🤔

Mine too! I always go back to this one thinking damn. That dude is definition of a gigachad

If that pilot died they would of put the mechanic in the dumpster and lawsuits would be flying.

we don't know that nobody died.. that window had to land somewhere.

They found the blown out windscreen in Cholsey, Oxfordshire. No one was killed by the windscreen.

300 + miles an hour, not minute!

@@wallacebell4311 🤣 Whoops!! I wrote minute?! Oof. Thank you!

I actually got a little teary reading your comment. Yeah, that was pretty remarkable, given the frostbite on the one fellow's arm from it being exposed to the cold & wind chill while reaching out the window. Frankly, I'm surprised they could even hang onto him! All of these 4 people were amazing.

Exactly. It would have been easier to let go of the captain (who appeared to be dead) so he could focus on the 80+ lives on board but somehow... God told him not to let go. Such a HEROIC act. The feeling is so overwhelming I cant stop crying.

Actually . he realized he had to hold onto the pilot even if he thought he were dead . if he had released him he could have went into the engine and ultimately could result in deaths of everyone on the plane they probably would have crashed . this was truly a miracle that everyone e survived .

iam glad you survived ❤️🙏

We are so glad u survived ❤️ bless you and stay happy and live long

Seriously talking about the power of the mind over body... Is insane 🙏 god bless

Hey just wanted to tell you that Jesus loves you and died on the cross for your sins and rose from the dead 3 days later. Get a relationship with God and Jesus and repent for your sins and Live for Christ and not the world and allow God and Jesus into your hearts

I cannot believe this. Man man man!!! I’m so happy you survived. Love you man. God is with you!

Nah I think he was faking it

That's not luck, that's devine intervention

@@nakedcapitalist ?????????????????

That’s God , this is a miracle periodt !!!!

@@nakedcapitalist you- you think he was.....faking-? He was blasted out of the- 👁👄👁

At least learn how to spell Alastair Atchinson

@@florjanbrudar692 I think we all knew who he was talking about...except for you, evidently. 🙄

@@florjanbrudar692 His name is actually Atchison, only 1 n

You people are so darn technical ya all know who he meant why all the criticism all the time sometimes us eldery people mistype on our keyboards even if we know the spelling. Spread love not criticism.

@@florjanbrudar692 you clearly need to take some mental therapy

not a miracle if the co pilot didn't insist on holding on to the captain they would let him fly....

@@ekids.bassment well to be fair, the co-pilot knew his body would fly into the engine and crash the plane. So....

I would say the co pilot is the real hero. The other guys were doing their best to hold on to their friend. The pilot saved everyone and the people on the ground. They are all hero’s in my book

@@rrokdaragjati6870 oh definitely. That was some awesome flying. Hero.

@@thereseduran7377 yeah that's the only reason he held on to him

Lol so true

It's unbelievable. I cannot believe it myself. Unbelievable. Almost feels like a cover-up of the pilots death, but it's not. This is a miracle. Thank goodness for the ones holding down his legs. All science says he should have been dead. AMAZING and mind-blowing (no pun intended). JUST A MIRACLE.

Not clickbait if it's a true story

@@florjanbrudar692 he never said it was clickbait

That is terrifying. Imagine being in that position

Can you imagine some dippy from HR interviewing this pilot after he retires and decides he wants to work part time as a Walmart greeter?

Probably would be deemed as still not enough experience 😂😂

“Ok… but can you work without pressure?… cabin pressure, that is..

Underrated comment 😅

Literally

God's mercy

@@wanderer296 why did God put him there to begin with?

@@CaptainFordo21 wasn't it a manmade fault in a manmade machine?

@@x23esports22 yes, and humans held the captain and landed the plane, so what was God's part in all of this?

@@CaptainFordo21 the survival of the captain. Conditions were so lethal that survival was a surprise,not to mention a full recovery

So true…and it was quick thinking on the part of the co pilot to insist they not let him go…as his escaping body could have done more damage to the plane…gotten into the engine. That decision pushed up his heroism several notches. His actions are a testament to the advantages of proper and thorough training. Not to mention the fact that the pilot wasn’t dead after all. A miracle all around.

imagine the guilt they'd have felt on letting go after the autopsy was done. Realising he died from a fall! OMG

They had to hold on to him. The copilot told them to because the plane might have been endangered if they let him go. He could have flown into the engine. That would be the end for all of them. They had no choice.

They only didn't let go because of their own safety otherwise they probably would of let him go a long time ago.

Naah.. He was just excited and chilling from the cockpit's window.

Thankfully they didn't have to hold onto him for long. But I'm sure it must've seemed like hours to them at the time.

Whomever is hiring these actors needs to start making big movies!

I agree

Yes they are! And so awesome to see the captain live!!!

@@3Brandon11 I know that was awesome

I wouldn't go that far but very entertaining indeed

He's a pilot. I am sure he understands the thought process of all the crew members in such a situation even if its slightly morbid.

But if you are a pilot, you understood

He survived because God didn't want him yet.

I'm sure he understood that thought process fully. They needed to prioritize getting the plane and every single person on it safely to the ground. They said that they believed he was dead at that point.

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Yes, but they all did their parts perfectly and professionally. They’re all heroes.

Sooo True!!! God was with them All that Day!✝️🙏🙌 Amen Amen and Amen!!🕊️✝️🙏🙌💖🙌🙏✝️🕊️ Happy Ending To Such a Catastrophic Story! God Bless Them All Lord Amen🕊️✝️🙏🙌💖🙌🙏✝️🕊️

@@sarashepard7504 Absolutely true. There's no need to rank the heroes here, they're all heroes. Each and every one of them.

I consider all of them are heroes 👏

Yea despite the effects of depressurization and not knowing the air field and fully loaded with fuel on a short runway. You watch these videos where pilots make dumb mistakes in better circumstances. This co pilot is in the league of a Captain Sully.

Real professionals.

Funny but true. I would of been panicking.

These aren't real transmissions. The way they talk in the skits is not how controllers speak to pilots.

It was a re-enactment. Nice thought tho..... 😉👍✌

there are clips where you can hear the pilots radio transmission before they died and they are all professionals

Tell that to my uncle, he was fed into a woodchipper, my family spent an absolute fortune at the mortician

what?

This sounds like something a serial killer who tortures victims would say 😂 Ain’t judging you tho

@@Hexigonic I can totally see how you can come to that conclusion 😂🤣😂🤣

@@nakedcapitalist just stop, you're not funny.

Oh my God Yes

And to have to do his job first. Even though his Captain is practically gone, he had to push it all down and get the aircraft stabilised, then back on the ground first. The actor who portrayed him did an outstanding job showing that inevitable release though. It must have come like a tonne of bricks, truly. The image that sticks with me is the paramedic trying to comfort him. I can't imagine how he must have felt to hear the Captain was still alive and recovering well in hospital later on.

Right! The actor was very talented.

i felt his distress :(

In situations like these, a person instinctively goes into "fight" or "flight" mode. This co-pilot went in "fight" mode which released over 20 minutes worth of adrenaline into his body preparing him for battle. When they touched down and he felt safe again his body stopped releasing the adrenaline, it was no longer needed, so he then broke down. Hero status for sure.

I was the 69 liker of that comment

this pilot made me shed tears

Therapy is required after an incident like this. We have come a long way. Thank God. Have a good day all.

I bet the mechanic feels horrible. Technical orders/manuals exist for a reason- no shortcuts allowed or those lives are in your hands!

Also... always check the correct tech manuals

@@BeNice4243 "We" have come a long way? Please explain....

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A person can fall just a few inches, and if their head hits the floor or ground the wrong way, they can die, or worse, suffer a severe brain injury, or paralysis.

@@jb6712 Seriously. My dad was a pilot for several years, he rode motorcycles, he's been in car accidents, he's been hit by cars as a pedestrian.... and what takes him out? He wasn't wearing a helmet bicycling around the neighborhood, hit a bump in the road, fell off his bike, and hit his head in just the wrong spot. The human body is insane

You'd be suprised at the amount of people who get seriously injured or killed falling off the toilet. Yes, I really mean they were sitting on the porcelain throne and for some reason fell off and died. Then you hear stories like this legend of a pilot surviving something that, for all intensive purposes, should be considered instantly lethal.

Nevermind falling and injuring your knee, some people eat cheese and explode

@@montruo000000007 what?

And praying that NEVER BE THAT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE AND ANYWHERE AMIN✍🤲🙏😭😭😭

Praying you never ever ever have to go through anything like this!!! DID I SAY…EVER!!! EVER!!!

Have you ever had anything crazy or scary happen on a plane? I have never understood how people can fly on planes for a living, I'm scared to even go on ONE plane. My intense phobia leaves me unable to travel.

@@uuesgirl flying is safer than driving. You will be okay.

@@uuesgirl the reason why people are so scared of flying is because every single accident in the sky is a big deal (because they’re so rare!) there are more car crashes in a day than any kind of aircraft accident in a year If every single car crash was put on the news, people would probably be scared of driving too, so there’s no need to worry about the window popping out or something when you fly

... I'm thinking that maybe what contributed to that was the fact that he didn't experience a great deal of what the others did, since he'd lost consciousness.

@@sammybee1929 exactly. that co pilot took the FULL force of the horror

@@cobrazax oh for sure ... I wonder if that's partly the reason he didn't participate in the interview/docu-report ... he didn't want to relive it.

@@sammybee1929 im sure it is. he was scarred for life

I have PTSD just knowing that he was sucked out of an airplane!! I don't think i will fly again. I sure wouldn't if I was him. Balls of steel. Wow.

Well derseved, what a man 👌

That is making those shoes even harder to fill for the ones who would have to receive this honor after him...

It is absolutely not the same caliber as the Medal of Honor, especially being a civilian award. They did their jobs, nothing more

The Polaris Air Award was defintely given to the rightful recipient! Alastair Atchison: WE SALUTE YOU! 🇺🇸

@@alexnope2223 Nothing more?? Get outta here you TROLL.

It is amazing, but fighter pilots during the First World War flew open cockpit airplanes at those kind of altitudes regularly.

@@andrewwebb-trezzi2422 But not at Jet engone speed but proppeler engine. Jet engines are mire than 5x faster at lwast

He sure was flying high ....watching this makes me feel glad my flying days as a passenger is over.

@@dillonschildknecht9317 Frigid temperatures. Metabolic activity gets slowed down to a fraction of normal. Same way people have survived up to an hour under the ice on a large body of water. The same concept is used in a technique called a Hypothermic Cardiac Standstill operation used for certain types of neurosurgery that require blood flow to the brain to be halted so the surgeon can see what they're doing.

It is absolutely amazing how the Captain survived!What an incredible story! Had me on the edge of my seat!

Agreed

it's truly impressive how he saved everyone's life

Not many the situation is just so terrifying to even react properly

every other pilot would have reacted the same way. it's litterally in the book that in the case of decrompression or cabin pressure loss. you go down to survivable altitudes.

​@@darkracer1252 There may have been some differences in the rate of descent. According to the video, this particular old plane didn't have sufficient oxygen for everyone on board (plus the co-pilot didn't have a means of putting on a mask himself, what with the pilot being incapacitated), so it was imperative that they got down to breathable air as quickly as possible. Knowing this, he allowed the plane to continue its extremely fast descent. Other pilots may have descended at slightly slower speeds, though I'd imagine they'd all have gone faster than was deemed safe due to the nature of the emergency.

yes a great actor!

I cried with him 😅😅

me as well..

Oh I felt that part!

@@tabeajanus8687 a great actor indeed.

The adrenaline. in some stressful situations many people can keep their composure temporarily because of the high amount of stress.

Today the can land with autopilot but i dont Know how it was back there

@@mikeoak5817 In 1990 landing with automatic pilot was already there. But in an emergency, no pilot will fly on autopilot.

When the co-pilot broke down after landing, I teared up too. What must have been going through him mind.

AllI can say is miracles STILL HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD

Well that and the guy who had to saw his arm off that was trapped under a boulder

@@pattimaeda6097 That one still gets me ! 127 hours

I'm in more trauma after looking at your dp

@@pattimaeda6097 that's exactly what came to my mind as well

Don't forget Robert Schornstheimer. He managed to safely land a plane after half of the plane blew off and one engine failed, saving everyone except one flight attendant who was sucked out of the plane during decompression.

I thought about that too! He did everything he could to help the co-pilot

Air traffic controllers are heroes every day!

I don't know if you realize how important this is; thank you. I'm in law enforcement and have worked many incidents that haunt me, including the murder of a friend and co-worker. Many people focus on those in the field. For first responders, it's the unsung heroes that most over look; our dispatchers. Like the air traffic controller, they go through their own hell. Those on the radio listen to everything while sitting in a place where they cannot physically help. While the help they offer on a radio is one of the most important jobs, they often feel helpless and as a result, suffer serious PTSD because they felt helpless. The air traffic controller played a vital role in the survival of everyone on board. Without him they would not have made it. Thank you for mentioning him. He needs to be honored.

yes! he basically helped guide them all the way to the ground because all the checklists and schematics of that airport were blown out of the window. Pilots rely on books and checklists every flight, things that have to be performed every landing. The air traffic controller must have been under a lot of stress too trying to get them down on the ground.

Thank you for your kind comments and recognition of the air traffic controller as well as all behind the scene workers

You think so, but in a real life situation, human instinct works miracles; u will search for ways to save yourself and others specially if you know they are under your responsibility @lindsay Harper

@Junior not when you are the pikot and trained for such situations

Me too. I would completely shut down

It's amazing what you can do when you have to.

pilots are trained for these situations but they are never ready for it

All from Toronto, Canada!

@@JustJenna6969 ……😐

@@ariannagrande7798 ??🤨

@@saskialolita Did you see ur name? And get a notification of me responding to ur comment no I don’t think so move on lady

I agree! Normally I don’t enjoy re-enactments that are this long but these actors are totally enjoyable and the clips go so well with the interviews. It’s very well done!

I own and operate an auto shop for a living, and would never consider a dump like that to work out of. But keep in mind, this is the British we are talking about here. Great ppl, but they haven't contributed a worthwhile thing to the transportation industry since the steam engine 😂

That beeing said not all fault is at the mechanic if he had more time and less pressure he probably would have done it more thougtful

Gabriel: & Joris Kemper: Don't talk such naive nonsense. It's a documentary: The workshop scenes are NOT British AIrways facilities. They were filmed in a grotty back street garage, probably at the insistence of the director for "dramatic effect" to convey a sense of sloppy working practices. Do you seriously believe British Airways would have allowed them to film that nonsense in one of their hangers? Also....next time you fly, remember this: Engines on many Boeing planes are made in Britain. They are certainly not "Steam Engines". I recall seeing another YT Video of air disasters where an American plane was brought down because of a leading-edge being replaced using incorrectly sized rivets......... Concorde was brought down by a poorly fitted part installed on a previous American departure that detached itself. And by the way: Have you never heard of Frank Whittle? Christopher Cockerill? Or, even, Concorde? NASA declared Concorde a masterpiece: and that landing on the moon was a walk in the park by comparison. Your belief that it was a BA Workshop shows the level of your understanding. Stick to your back-street garage.

right....especially the fact that one bolt can be catastrophic, its almost more pressure then pilots honestly

PTSD for sure

Amen

Wow! Great story, thanks for sharing!

Shut up

Amazing story I used to work for sun country and I was part of mechanic team responsible for gassing the planes making sure the correct weight of bags/cargo/mail is recorded and making sure the tires are okay and trust me we never let anyone check something off alone we work in teams of 4 and we all look over each other work so mistakes aren’t possible. Although pilots and co pilots perform the last main checks it’s the ground staff responsibility to make sure everything is tip top

@@WonderDocs thanks for sharing the video!

Me too...it was surreal

If a novelist wrote about this situation, I'm sure the editor would return it back because this story seems completely implausible especially how the pilot thankfully survived.

@@cbbees1468 That’s the part I couldn’t believe when I saw he survived!? It’s absolutely the most of all airplane videos I have watched. astounding!

I couldn’t either!!! I kept thinking, ah this is so fake news, mm hmm, fake fake fake. Then when I realized it really WASN’T fake 😳 🤯🤩

YES !!! AMEN !!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

he didn't get a heroism award.But he got an award for exceptional civil aviation and the entire crew received a queen's commendation

@@MsJubjubbird Thanks for the update.

If that had been me flying that plane the only award I would’ve got… would be the psychiatric ward, as I don’t know how to fly a plane and this would probably be just another one of my delusions I don’t even know how I ended up here

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The always polite British 🤣

Stiff upper lip!

Little correction: "English sarcasm at its best!" 🙃

Lmao 🤣 I was reading this at the exact moment he said it. Made it much funnier.

The passengers are also heroes, they showed enormous restraint in not raising living hell about all that racket coming from the cockpit. I would’ve been furious, especially with that breeze, it would be so easy to lose your belongings. I’m just sick of these bloody airlines and their excuses, just get me to my destination on time, is that so much to ask?

@@nakedcapitalist they were not Americans probably

Seems like she is more concerned for her belongings lol

“Loosing your belongings” 😱 Who cares about belongings in such conditions???? 🧐

Did he really have any other option than take over at that point though, unless he is not frozen from shock 🤔

Stress of keeping 80 plus people alive, easy to give up on yourself but not a small town.

Omg same He a drink a good cry and a big hug

Right. Even though I knew for a fact the actor shaking wasn't actual visual of the pilot just a reenactment, I felt it in my chest.

@@JLYT2024 Exactly.

@A That's because the system hides certain superhuman aspects of our being! We have several dormant faculties and powers they don't want us to know about, they do their best to keep our species dumbed down. Human potentials are unlimited, we did not even scratch the surface.

I felt the same way, but I found myself in an emergency and instinct took over. I think that’s what happens here. You switch into survival mode.

same rn lol. i watched like 20 plane crashes in last few days and this one,japanese one and columbia crash were so horrific

That's training. Good training gives you good muscle memory. It won't prepare you for everything but it keeps you from freezing up.

1). Training kicks in. You go down to the level of your training. 2). For some normally very anxious people, emergencies are paradoxically calming. Like, job interview? End of the world. Someone bleeding out and you're the only one there to apply pressure? Chill, nice and easy.

Probably he didn't want to appear in this documentary cause of sad memories, like people who don't want to talk about war where they had been

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Same.. so scary

He was relief crying.

I can’t imagine how terrifying

A lot of people decides to face their demons.

Right. I was thinking he would just retire after that

Nope Still more amazing that he survived! It's pretty common for people with near death experiences to continue their passions that nearly killed them. Divers, surfers, swimmers, motorbike stunts, racing drivers etc

I'll bet he won't take that seatbelt off again

Ok Good man 🤕

great observation

Their decision may well have saved all their lives.

Amen

They should have let go. With the luck of that Captain he would have survived the fall as well.

@@jrrains He wouldn't survive as he would probably be sucked by the engine causing even more problems and maybe bringing down the entire flight. But I guess this was a joke

Check out the Wonder vid with a guy lost at sea for 70 plus days. Carazaay.

@@sleeplessonterra9845 👍

@@sleeplessonterra9845 I saw that!

@@dgirl1864 it's my fave episode, even got my 19 yr old son to turn off his rap for a little while to watch with me. No minor feat i assure you! Now he watches every episode.

And he flew again!

When i say hanging out i mean it literally

Outta pocket oh my god 💀

That was awful. Here. Have my upvote. 😁

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I’m sure he got enough of a lawsuit to never work again.

@@Catherine-wt3st it’s not about “decent.” He deserves to be compensated for what he went through.

@living the dream It's easy to judge someone else and call them greedy huh

Kay Duchess: Agreed ×1000!

@@Catherine-wt3st true that. Suing after getting your life saved would have been dirty. Glad he had integrity and decency.

It did bring the plane out of the skies. It forced an emergency landing.

Catastrophes are very prevent in the sky and the water damn .. imploding subs news earlier wow this is crazy

😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️true.

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Hopefully you never find yourself in a life or death situation like this. If you do you will be shocked once it is all over how things in you activate a strength you did not know you have takes hold and takes action to save someone or do something amazing. Many people that become heroes or take amazing action never expected something like that happens .

Honestly you might surprise yourself. Time really does slow down in situations like this.

Pilots are trained to stay calm in situations as these. I used to date one and man was he one of the most relaxed men I’ve ever dated.

This should be a lesson to everyone DO NOT PANIC. As scary at the situation is DO NOT PANIC, you think clearer and have a better chance of survival when you don't panic.

@@kellyanderson7624 If you listen to the recordings of the plane crashes/incidents over the years, survived or not most of them were calm AF, it's a part of their training I suppose.

@Shakil Very true. Excellent point.

Lol

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".... Roger"

Yeaaah, if the pilot had fallen from that height, I don't think anyone would find anything recognizable as a dead human after he hit the ground. The woman who holds the record for the highest fall was strapped into her seat & fell with a section of the fuselage. I think she fell 11,000 feet & survived. Or it may have been 14,000. I really can't remember. That's incredible in itself. But to free fall from the height he was w nothing to protect your body when you hit the ground would almost certainly not leave an intact body.

I wanted to add that thank God NEITHER of them HIT a person or an animal on the ground b/c that would have been certain death. In fact, one of the firefighters at the Twin Towers on 9/11 died when one of the people falling from the building fell on him!

@@DonnaBrooks Ur right.......The momentum gather by a object falling from high above is enormously high during impact

God Bless you all

I could hardly believe it when it was revealed that the pilot had survived. I had accepted earlier in the documentary that he had died, to learn that he had in fact survived and with very little injuries was astonishing. A stupendous effort by the co-pilot in landing the plane under those circumstances at an airport he was unfamiliar with, while highly stressed. Just extraordinary. All respect to the crew for their courage during that ordeal.

@@justacrocodile9486 That's what makes the whole "Mayday" docuseries so interesting. It plays a narrative like it's any other work of fiction, presents the story of the crash and its resolution, but doesn't stray away from facts or expert testimony (some of these crashes/incidents don't have much material to work with, like Air Transat 236) while still being entertaining. But if listen carefully to what the narrator tells you before the "reveal" that the captain is still alive, only once does he say say anything that could be construed as the captain is dead (the narrator says "lifeless" once), and every other time the narrator just says "the captain" or "body". We as the audience simply assumed the captain was dead because it's a plane accident, heard it reinforced once, and then never bothered to think about it again until the "reveal" that the captain was still alive. Regardless, "Mayday" is an excellent docuseries. It is also known as "Air Crash Investigation", and the series is now into its 19th or 20th season or something.

Talk about teamwork! Glad the captain made it...this was definitely a nail biter!!!

I don't know how he could breathe with that force of air blasting him. He obviously had more work to do on this earth.

@@purpleflametarot39 The video explained that: He couldn't breathe while he was facing into the airflow, so he turned his head to face along with the airflow (towards the back of the plane), which meant that his head created an eddy current in front of his face and he could breathe. This is just physics.

AMEN! My father, a pilot, but a passenger the day he died in a plane crash. They never figured out what was wrong with the plane, but eventually trashed the design (because it killed so many pilots) and started over from the ground up.

not only timelines - but also and to try and escape liability and lawsuits AFTER the fact. because the airlines saw that the inspectors methods were more thorough and led to more honest results that their weak method of 'investigating' themselves. yet they decided to try and hide the truth, truly disgusting and inexcusable. they chose profit over human life, just like so many of the airlines still do today.

Unfortunately the people who make the cost cutting decisions are CEOS who are rewarded lotto sized bonuses for saving money weighed against a crash or two. The missing Malaysian airplane would be found by now had they just spent the few extra dollars on a GPS tracking subscription.

@@MariettaFarley Was it the Vee tail single engine plane?

@@MariettaFarley sorry for your loss! That is so heartbreaking!

Spoiler alert, lol

Because it would feel too Hollywood. There’s no way to make this not sound/look fake as hell, when in reality, fact is stranger than fiction

"The Captain" Is a Chinese movie which is pretty similar to this I'm not sure but I think it was based on this incident I did some research and I think something similar happened with Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 So I think the movie was based on that

I suggest Tom Hanks.

Ikr!!

@@RMJ1984 this is not ship "movie"

I so appreciate the realness in this recreation. I feel him completely.

And to think he was only acting?

@@terrencedube9702 he's an amazing actor then

@@pooja350 most of them on this channel are actually good actors and l think they should be considered for awards

very good acting !

You can literally see the terror in his eyes as he relives the story. I often wonder if it's a good thing for people who have gone through such terrifying experiences to recount them again decades later.

Seriously, the amount of strength and willpower to hold onto someone with that sort of intense wind nearly sounds superhuman. He should be awarded for his role

So very true. Nigel is an amazing flight attentend and a truly wonderful human being.

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Even iron man wouldn't have done more.

Thank God for assisting the Co pilot to land the plane safely and no one else was hurt. PRAISE GOD

I argued with my mom once about belts in a car. She was like "It's for my safety and I should be able to choose. A low impacting only me to wear it is dumb." I told her it was not just for her but others on the road too. She said how. I remembered that last winter her car started sliding on ice and went into a spin. She was able to gain control, get it straight and stop it. She agreed and was proud. Then I asked if things went flying around in the car? Yes they did. Why did you not go flying around in the car? I had my belt on. So your belt kept you in the seat which helped you regain control of the car? Yes. So the law making you wear your seat belt saved you that day. It also saved the other cars and people on the road because if you had not been wearing it you would have been flying around inside. You would not have gained control. You and your car would have hit and hurt someone else. Your belt is a safety devise that not only protects you but everyone around you as well. She thanked me for opening her eyes and mind.

Extremely . My 15 yr old daughter died in a car accident because she did not have her seat belt on . The car she was in was not moving but stopped at a light . Some drunk kid drove up underneath her and the driver and put the car airborne which flipped it 7 times . She flew out the window . Please everyone , wear your seatbelts . Please .

@@joeottsoulbikes415 another reason for seatbelts is if you don't wear yours and sit in the backseat, you can kill the ones in front who are using seatbelt with your weight. (The only exception when seatbelt could actually kill you is if you fell in water. It prevents you from getting out. And when stress levels go high, it's not easy to get rid of a seatbelt).

@@boopyournose5698 I had a teen tell me that her driving instructor would do accident get out of car drills with them. Using the schools class instruction car, he would blindfold them, play loud annoying music to diorientate and distract them. Say go on a bullhorn and time them getting out. Over and over from different seats in a two door car so they had to think about getting over a driver or passenger seat. He would go to junk yards when he could to collect seatbelts of old cars. Install them on a seat he had mounted on a wood frame in the class and teach them how to use the little emergency glass hammer/seat belt cutter tools. He would teach them about the emergency trunk release required by law inside the trunk of all new cars. He did all he could to prepair someone and make them think about it. It is not exactly Marine Corp boot camp. If only you could put the students inside a car body, drop it in water, flip it and make them get out. In boot camp buckle you in a simulated helicopter body with a full fire team. They drop you 30 feet while the craft body turns upside down into a pool. You unbuckle. Help anyone having issues (an instructor does that if they are freaking out and a danger to you). Grab your simulated rubber rifle if you have dropped it. Unlatch, open the door with others. You can't really do it alone. Swim out and up. On the surface account for everyone. Then swim pulling a partner the pool length, switch places and go back. Then advanced for those expected to see combat. Now your on to the simulated cargo plane....the 30ft tower drop with gear...the escape from under the parachute...recover gear from the bottom blind folded... It's probably simpler now that everything is soft and the instructors can't touch you/need to be treated like humans and rules that do not prepair you for war. Sorry...tangent but you get the ideal of the only training that would prepair drivers for the worst.

I’d definitely have PTSD after that horrifying experience, prob be in rehab for so long omfg.

@@i_had_3_pugs I don't understand why they didn't think of taking a belt, any belt, to secure the pilot? Or, ask for help from the passengers to pull him in. I totally understand that they did not have had much time , but still...

@@SuperSweetflowers The deck is too small, and the straps wouldn't reach. He also was wedged there in such a way it would be impossible to pull him in

Mine too! I didn't see that coming at all.

It's pretty damn frigid at those heights, increasing the amount of time the brain can survive without oxygen. Being on an EMS crew where everyone goes snowmobiling on the frozen river and lakes, I've seen multiple people survive extended time submerged in freezing water. And certain neurosurgery techniques take advantage of this protective effect by dropping a patient's body temp and then stopping blood circulation. But it's pretty limited. Once you get past 60 minutes crystals form as water in cells begins to freeze which causes the cells the rupture and die.

We’re counting on you bro, don’t mess this up

JuJu...I was married to an A&P for many years. When I first met him he told me he worked in heavy maintenance. I thought that meant he lifted big pieces of trash. When I told him that and after he stopped laughing, he told me "No. You're thinking of utility. I help keep the pilots from playing lawn darts with the planes." Good luck on getting your tickets!

She did: First Officer Alastair Stuart Atchison and cabin crew members Susan Gibbins and Nigel Ogden were awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air; Ogden's name was erroneously missed from the published supplement.[8] Atchison was awarded a 1992 Polaris Award for his ability and heroism."

Computer generated special effects are an amazing thing.

Nah He was in a helicopter 🚁 taking those shots.

He must have had one heck of a selfie stick for that shot.

@@stevejoshua9536 It was a joke but still u stippin fax anyways

Humor in the face of things like this is important. Hahahahaha!!!

T . Bolivar, pls I hope u know it's was the doing of the Lord.

T.Bolivar...I agree with you on 75% of your points....It was extremely well done....until the producers wanted to blame British Airways for the "sloppy working practices"...even filming the Hanger-Maitenence-Facility scenes in some grotty back street garage that had poor lighting, crowded working conditions & poor procedures as if that was "reality". (I mean, did you notice the bundle of scrap timber stored there? The casual discarding of the replaced bolts in an old empty hand cleanser tin?....Really?.) It was, at best, simply a way of reinforcing the point they were trying to make. That sector of the documentary was deceptively fabricated....and.... my opinion, needlessly so.

@@eliana3740 🙄

Agree with the point co-pilot took a risk above and the Captain of the flight ✈️ the the above-mentioned accident Protect with the major injury and small injury

hell yeah

@@retr0gaminghub good thing they didn't let go of the co-piolet

the maintainance man should be accountable for his actions

@@zzgordoxzzgaming4718 it was the captain of the flight whose crew risks savings him,

Why are u classing human being as a goat ? Do u know God was in total control of what was going on. It's was also a miracle that he survived

@@eliana3740 huh? GOAT means Greatest Of All Time.

@@eliana3740 🙄Yeah, that never happened.

Dis thing look like movie

Human courage, strength and stupidity* Not being mean towards the engineer. I’m sure and I hope that he’s forgiven by now. But that was a poor decision on his part. The positive in retrospect is accepting that accidents like these benefit the prevention of mistakes in the future.

@@PersiaX582 I'm glad the accident investigator brought a behavioral psychologist in the team....if you were listening keenly you would have heard how much pressure these engineers are under to have the planes ready....too much work with too little staff, he was trying to meet a deadline. The engineer was at fault but it was also a systematic failure....That's why investigations occur to identify and correct failures!

@@barbarakauppi9915 Good points, I agree 😁 - fellow peanut

@@avonnehuggins2122 Good to know, thanks for sharing!

I agree, this is the very first I am learning of this. You think it would have gotten much more widespread attention.

Saved all of their lives - if he had gone into the engine it could have been all over for all of them

And theirs most probably.

By “stewards” do you mean the captain and his family?

Definitely not the first time that bloke with the little moustache has held on to a man's quivering legs.

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not freaky at all.. the airline was obviously cutting corners on maintenance...

@@mikepatrick5909 its still freaky when the pilot gets sucked out of the plane, and survives!!

It was not a freak accident at all it was the fault of the maintenance person who's stupidly didnt follow SAFETY PROCEDURES and use the manual he stupidly eyeball mached the bolts

I would never, ever want the responsibility of working on planes. Human errors happen every day, but the consequences of screwing up an aircraft are deadly serious.

And No. 1 IS: Pilot out the Window Live

yeah, that tends to be the case. i can't remember her name and can't look it up rn, but it reminds me of the story of the women who survived a plane crash, the only one in history to survive falling something like 35k feet, never got a fear of flying because she was unconscious almost the second the plane lost altitude, and understood it was very rare to happen to her again

@@gavriellarutigliano2356 vesna vulović

Oh my - that seems impossible to survive!

Yes, I think the experience was more traumatic for the Co-Pilot than the pilot who was semi conscious to unconscious most of the time. The poor co pilot was in a situation that no one had ever been in before and landed the plane under extreme conditions .... he’s the hero

yeah

I never take mine off. Only because accident happens at anytime.

I never wear mine or face mask

@@larrygarcia1416 shut up larry

@@jwcob1239 you shut up

wise man indeed! clear air turbulence could happen anytime out of the blue

Same! Crying rn, this is better than even a work of fiction

Yep... the pressure to keep on schedule is real. And it happens in every industry. Healthcare, the Challenger disaster, Chernobyl, the sinking of the El Faro... every industry has this issue and it is not discussed enough.

@@paulgilbert2506 Atchison must've been traumatized by the horrific explosive decompression from the window blown out!!! It's perfectly normal and good to make a grown man like him cry!!

Whatever happened to Safety First on jobs?

Greed is the underpinning of mankind

or just modesty. It still exists, even among the "fly boys" believe it or not.

It is because he was still working at BA at the time of the interview. Confidentiality laws.

How? The pilot survived! This would of be a killer story to tell

@@Retroscoop Exactly. Some people don't need constant praise to be happy. But he deserves it.

@@nelsoneveria8518 I dun think so. Qfter the incident he left BA .

Absolutely, a true hero indeed.

You obviously are not a pilot. I am, go comment on what you know. This isn’t Anime 🤡

Facts

@@kurules3072 would you care to explain why honoring his achievement in this situation is derogatory? I would realy like to know.

@@kurules3072 what

That’s the kind of man I would trust my life with.

Me too

I couldn't hold my tears too

Me as well. I almost cried myself.

Me to.

Wow, really? How did it get through all your make-up and pretense?! 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Johan Liebert not when it’s your life right?

Scary story with a good ending 👍🏻

Trained pilots, whether pilots or co-pilots are just amazing These people are a particularly composed people. Able to to maintain their composure in the most extreme circumstances. I know this because my Dad, Uncle, sister and cousin have all been these brave and unshakable personalities! I’m a very proud daughter, sister, niece and cousin of one of all of them!!!!

God too care of them all 🙏

It’s so satisfying and refreshing when the story ends with no fatalities

Most of them have that. The only ones where the passengers aren’t interviewed is when there are no survivors. Ofc I just got to this episode which is season two. I’m binging this series cause I’d find it very interesting. So you might have seen other episodes that I haven’t seen. But from my point of view, it’s only when there are no survivors.

When I had to save a drowning victim, she ended up living, I had to get away, and told no one. It does something to you inside, cause you’re so scared and it’s up to you to save that life. Best part, years later I got to meet the young lady as her brother was the custodian at my school. How is that!!!

Good actor

Most people who go through something this traumatic never return to their work in the field they experienced that trauma in. My respect for his return to piloting is immense.

@@AutoGamerZ_ Exactly

I’d never return 😳 that’s traumatic

that's why he's a pilot and you're not

Agreed. Then again, if you plan on returning at all, it’s probably best to do it ASAP. The longer you wait, the harder it will be psychologically to jump back into the saddle.