INFERNO over Dubai | The Horror of UPS 6 

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Imagine the soul crushing feeling you'd have knowing you just flew 4,000ft above the airport you were supposed to land it and now have to divert to an alternate. I was so rooting for this FO to make it back. Speechless. RIP to both pilots

Can you imagine the dread the FO felt when the captain said he had no oxygen, get up from his seat and never hear from him again? The FOs plight became a thousand times more desperate in a single moment. He was truly alone.

Man my heart dropped when he flew over the airport. Just trying to imagine that feeling of being so close by worlds away.

My mentor in aviation is a retired UPS 747 training captain. He was a part of the team at UPS that listened to the CVR. He said the F/O (Matthew Bell) never once panicked. Said is voice remained calm throughout the entire situation and he NEVER gave up flying that airplane.

I have nothing but respect for the first officer. He did an amazing job considering his dire circumstances.

It has to be a horrifying feeling to know you're going to die. I think the first officer knew it before he overflew the airport. Rest in peace to both pilots.

The first officer should have received a posthumous award for determination and bravery for his amazing effort. ✈

This crash was a very emotional experience when I first heard the details. It’s so crushing how close he was to the airport, fought to the end, but it just became insurmountable.

The Co-pilot faced a long, slow, inevitable death yet he fought it every inch of the way, saving countless lives on the ground. A true hero in every sense of the word.

Thank you for pointing out that the First Officer spent the final seconds of his life, doing whatever he could, to make sure no one else on the ground got hurt during this tragic event.

As someone working for DHL Express I can sadly only confirm an accident like this is bound to happen again. Just the sheer incompetence of colleagues booking shipments with DG is mind boggeling. Luckily ground personel stops these goods very frequently. But if something can go wrong, it will eventually...

"Once the fire alarm sounds, the pilots have about 17 minutes to get the aircraft to the ground or the fire does that for them" - so dark and so true X)

wow. at first i thought they were both dead, but with all the fighting the first officer did, i really thought he'd survive. the fear that man must have felt in his final minutes is insanely horrifying to imagine. this was all around just really sad :(

Even if the first officer had entered the correct heading for the other airport ten miles away, it sounds as though it was unlikely that the outcome would have been different. But he did a heroic job avoiding the residential area.

My heart sank when he tuned 195 instead of 095 because of the smoke. So sad. The first officer did an amazing job under so horrible circumstances. Such a sad accident.

Your production quality is absolutely AMAZING‼️This was one of your most horrifying episodes yet. My heart goes out to those brave pilots.

I’ve seen several accounts of this crash and they’re all gut-wrenching. For these reasons I almost didn’t watch this. But I was almost certain that by enduring this horrific event one more time I’d learn something new in spite of all I already knew about it. And so I watched it. And I’m glad I did because I understand what happened now better than I have in the past.

I’d heard about this one before, Mentour Pilot covered it and I watched it with growing horror and dying hopes. But I took the time to learn and remember his name. I’m sorry Matthew Bell, I’m so sorry. I wish you could have saved yourself and your captain.

My God. I have never been so wound up in my career as watching this. Thanks for making the video and for honoring this capable but unfortunate crew. The FO fought to the end to no avail. Great respect to both crew. Requiscat In Pace both.

24 years flying the 747. A few years ago after that awful accident, we did simulator training simulating batteries fires on main deck. To survive such event, you need to be on the ground within 18 minutes maximum.

That was so intense, I actually caught myself holding my breath more than once. I already knew about this tragedy and its sad outcome, but your attention to detail and excellent story telling made it feel almost like I was there with them. The feeling was almost uncanny and I am still checking my clothes for burn marks. One thing is for sure, I now have a far deeper understanding of how this accident happened and what must have been going through the minds of the pilots as the fire and smoke gradually deprived them of their ability to control the plane. Well done (I think), now I am off to put my head into a bucket of cold water 🥵

Terrifying story, I was desperately hoping for a positive outcome. RIP to both pilots.

The pilots gave a valiant effort. It was gut wrenching to watch.

This story always hits me hard and gives me chills, I think this crash, and the inverted Alaska Airlines crash are they most terrifying. There also was a crash where the airplane was fire and people were falling out before it crashed just short of the runway.

Just imagine that feeling, you're 1000 feet above the ground, in an uncontrollable descent, you're alive, but you know that you're going to die, you'd be mentally destroyed, and I can't imagine how the co pilot felt during the final moments - R.I.P to both pilots, you will both be remembered.

Ups 6 is one of my horror crashes that makes me feel a little sick to hear about, along with the aeroflot one. I would have a complete meltdown in a situation like that

Thanks again for another informative video. My wife and I love to hear your voice. It's perfect for narrating. Also nice to see your face after all these videos. Thanks for the work you do - always very informative and entertaining. I thought for the narrative that these pilots might make it through. RIP to both of them and man, that First Officer did all he could. Greetings from Australia. Keep up the great work.

I am always amazed that cargo aircraft do not carry internal CCTV so crews can see for themselves what is going on behind and underneath them.

This is so sad! He tried so hard. He was so close but yet so far! RIP

I'm physically and mentally drained after this. Poor bugger, God bless both the Captain and 1st Officer. Those Lithium batteries are nearly impossible to extinguish.

your videos are so well done, its like im watching a high production documentary, so much detail and images to help fully understand what happened

It's hard to imagine a lonelier, bleaker, more tortuous end to a life, than the First Officer endured. If his predicament trapped inside a burning plane weren't horrific enough, he lost his colleague and companion in the crisis, and was unable even to speak direct to air traffic control. Of the two men, the Captain who checked out first by succumbing to smoke inhalation, undoubtedly got the better deal. God bless those men. They combined seamlessly as a team and battled courageously to avert disaster - they could not have done any more. But it wasn't to be, their fate was sealed from take off. Life as a commercial airline pilot must have many rewards, not least its high status and salary. The odds against a crash are huge. But there's no question the risk is there. The longer a pilot's career, the higher the odds rise. I often wonder when I hear an horrific story like this, if those dedicated, (mostly) men would have chosen a different career path, had they known aviation would ultimately end their life prematurely. If only one or two factors had been different (which have been amended since, as a direct result of the tragedy), this story might have ended differently. There was no pilot error involved in this. The two men were simply sitting ducks at the mercy of circumstances that together conspired to kill them. Huge Congratulations to 'GREEN DOT AVIATION' on hitting the 100k subs milestone! The quality and originality of 'Green Dot's' flight reconstructions and analysis sets it among the best of the best flight channels. This latest video is the finest telling of this notorious and often-covered incident I've seen. Bravo - and here's to hitting the million. It's only a matter of time! PS I'm being greedy, but I'd love to see this content creator branch out into a few extended, special reports on the more controversial air disasters, perhaps including interviews with experts like David Learmount who spoke so eloquently about the 2009 Air France crash on the 2012 Channel 4 documentary 'Fatal Flight 447 - Chaos in the Cockpit'.

Can't help to think if the Captain had go onto Doha Airport they might have been able to land the plane. 😢

I felt sorry for the crew of flight 6. They were wonderful to try and do a big workload, but failed in the end. RIP pilots of flight 6. Great video as always!

As a pilot myself I really have nothing but respect from both the pilot and co-pilot.

They were 8 minutes away from Doha - more than enough to land the plane. They didn't know the airport but if they issued "May Day" message, ATC would help them to land safely.

I accidentally punctured a laptop battery in my room, due moving something heavy onto it without realising, it almost seemed to melt the wood underneath it. Only one of the cells inside the battery3 by 3 inches in size and a couple of centimetres thick, the black acrid smoke filled my room within seconds, thankfully it was contained and it just ignited and burnt out and didn't ignite anything else. I can only imagine what pallets of the batteries burning must be like. A cargo plane without fire suppression... wow. A cost cutting exercise no doubt... Safety features like that shouldn't even be optional.

I see myself as a calm and collected person, but this situation was absolutely dire. The worrying thing is how fast the fire spread, and started to destroy the fire guard. Must have been terrifying for the first officer. Great video as always.

Thank you for sharing your insight into this case. I remember mentour pilot covering this incident about a year ago. Truly heart breaking. I only wish the pilots knew how much respect they would earn for their bravery that night. They never gave up in that terrifying situation.

This one was intense.. had to pause for a bit and come back to it later. That’s how good your videos are. I had a pit in my stomach the whole time, what they went through is simply unimaginable and it felt like 10000 different things went wrong. I kept wondering maybe ejector seats on these cargo planes??? If they could just ditch the plane in the ocean and escape that way.. the poor copilot struggling for his life knowing his captain likely is dead behind him… I just kept hoping something would go their way

I work at Amazon and anything to do with lithium batteries is taken deadly seriously due to this. If a package has lithium batteries in it, it has to have a large warning label put on it clearly stating that and the package chutes that are for the Amazon delivery planes has several warnings on them stating not to mix it with regular mail and that packages with lithium batteries are prohibited. When you get trained for packing, they make it very clear that if a lithium battery got on a plane, it could go very, very badly which is why the labels are so important.

Your video production and narration is outstanding. I had forgotten the outcome of this event, therefore your presentation had me on the edge of my seat.

One of the most gut wrenching crashes in my opinion. Lithium ion batteries make me queasy - and they are everywhere!

May the souls of the captain and the F/O rest in peace. When this accident occurred, I was living in Alain, which is about 90kms south of Minhad air base and 120kms south of Dubai. I remember my mates and I deciding to drive to the crash site to see the aircraft debris. In the end we decided not to. Hearing this accident after so many years makes me feel that we did the right thing out of respect for the departed souls on that aircraft.

The heading selector should have an option for audio reading of the selected heading. Same with speed and altimeter. Useful for smoke in cockpit.

RIP those brave pilots. You'll get to 1 million within 2 years. Keep going!

my heart goes out to that F/O for his bravery and determination. its sad to hear that despite everything he tried it just wasnt enough. if anyone deserved to walk away from a crash like this it was him no doubt about it. the world needs more courage like his and to be capable of keeping a leveled head all throughout this horrible event.

I gotta say....I appreciate how your videos end with what was learned from the accident in order to try to prevent it from happening again. Easy to just talk about the disaster itself but equally as important to show how we improved from it.

As soon as the auto-land was mentioned I considered how risky that seemed to those on the ground. It obviously was a huge risk. BTW, congrats on the 100k.

The FO was a hero. Salute.

Such a sad story, everything that could go wrong went wrong, the situation getting worse by the minute and finally crashing a few 100m from the airport. I'm really impressed by the way you tell these stories btw. It really puts the viewer into the pilot"'s position and provides enough technical details without dropping the tension of the story. I see 1M subs coming up real soon, keep it up!

Very devastating. RIP to those fine crew, who work every day to make our lives convenient.

I have so much respect for pilots. When things go wrong there are so many things running through their heads and so many options but they want to do the right thing. One thing I have learned from watching these videos is that piloting a plane is extremely complicated. Much respect!

In-flight fires really are one of the scariest things that can happen on a plane

With that type of cargo, only a smoke alarm😰🙉 2 lives are every bit as precious as 100 lives. That crew were so at risk before the plane ever took off. I can only imagine the absolute terror. This is gut wrenching😢😢

Thank you for this brilliant, dignified, sensitive and informative account of a truly horrific situation. RIP to the two valiant and gallant pilots, and especially huge, posthumous praise for the FO. Green dot - many congratulations on your very well deserved accolade! The 1 million milestone deserves more than just a plaque - I'm certain we can all recognise the hard work and dedication that goes into shaping and delivering these excellent videos with such clarity and accuracy. They get better each time, and dispassionately avoid the sensationalism that some other accounts of these tragedies seem to include. So once more, thank you for your aviation account and for this latest video. I hesitate to say that I look forward to your next, because all such accidents involve human tragedy. But that said, I will eagerly watch your next informative contribution towards explaining the "lessons learned" from such accidents. We all learn from such experiences, and as you regularly point out, paying very close attention to the past makes the future safer for everyone. Best regards, Captain Fred.

Those damned lithium batteries are going to be the death of us all.

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers and counting! Honoured to be one of them. Milestone celebrated with a more than epic spine-chilling video. It's in a league of its own.

Your videos keep getting better and better. Amazing job!

Soooo happy that you are past a million🙂 And yours is the only one to have reported this with keeping the image of the crew in mind.. like not highlighting their last minute follies, mistakes too much. . Also i do not recollect having watched any other documentary which has such detailed debrief of how the CO2 usage in case of lithium iin battery fires has an exact opposite effect. . The animations too were superbly done and edited👌🏽 Especially one for the one explaining the fire suppressing for lithium and the relay signals between UPS > Fly Dubai > ATC 1 > ATC2 . Hopefully the subtitles for non native speakers of English too would be incorporated in the future productions.

Your videos are amazing. Keep it up! Congrats on 100K. Always looking forward to your next upload!

Why on earth did the pilot decide to turn back to the airport that was further away? The video suggests why but it still amazes me. If there is a fire on board ISTM the plane should go for the nearest airport it can land at every time (barring some extenuating circumstance). Perhaps they would not have made the closer airport either but it was their best shot. (I get the armchair quarterbacking from a non-pilot but still...)

If you'd ever told me that my favourite thing to watch would be flight sim footage of plane crashes, with commentary... I don't even have an interest in aviation, and am terrified of flying! You really do a fantastic job of bringing it to life. Does anyone remember the 90s TV show 999 Rescue? Aired in the UK, and was the best when I was about 10. This channel reminds me of that!

I knew about this incident but you managed to convey the horror and abject terror of the situation. I don't know how you do it but every time I watch one of your films ,I feel as if I've actually been on board experiencing the situation. This was just horrific. Those poor pilots. RIP ❤

Love your channel music and style, it's epic and fitting. Hope to see you at 1 mill soon!

That was really well done! One of the best ones so far. You had me stressed practically the whole time. I feel so terrible for those pilots though.

Thanks for covering this and adding your own insights. This has always been at the top of my list of most harrowing aviation tales. Having a self-fed fire onboard really is the worst case scenario for a pilot.

So much invaluable knowledge was gained from this. I’ll admit, every time I’m given this emergency during a table top or in the sim. I’ve never really given it it’s due diligence. I knew it could be dangerous, but didn’t fully grasp how dangerous until this clip. Thanks for putting this together. The lessons learned from this clip, I hope i never have to use but I feel much more confident should that moment arise.

Thank you again for another excellent presentation. It was thoroughly explained and with a tone of reverence for a likely faultless and experienced crew. It must be a haunting tale for every airman knowing that one day, perhaps after two or three decades of highly professional airmanship, out of nowhere, fate deals a deadly hand. Thoughts with the families of the crew.

Crazy to think the levels of stress the FO was going through not only dealing with the unknown of a blaze approaching and his captain likely dying behind him but flying a plane without being able to see or tell his position and having to rely on a long chain of communication is so scary. I can't imagine the feeling of flying into a city completely blind knowing you have to land or kill yourself and likely many others. He did a great job the snowball was just too great RIP.

this crash just sound like a horror movie, with a pilot being alone, and being unable to see anything in front of them, even their instruments. The FO also sounds like he would be just confused and scared at the same time, with alarms blaring the whole time and just trying to get back on land to see his family again.

i think of it this way: flight on board requires u to land at the closest airport possible. Bahrain was 100 miles away at first, while dubai was 180 miles. almost double... I'm no pilot but that's bad decision making on behalf of the captain id say, shame they both met the same fate

Excellent review of a hopeless situation . I hope the investigation made recommendations concerning the carrying of Lithium batteries as cargo .

As soon as you said the 747 had no onboard fire suppression system on board I thought to myself why. A plane only three years old without a obvious safety system sounds not only dangerous but negligent. Also why is such a dangerous cargo allowed to be transported by plane, when there is no means of extinguishing a fire caused by lithium batteries.A heroic attempt by the F/O.

Congratulations on your channel reaching this important milestone. Unfortunately I’ve already binge watched all your content as this has become my RU-vid channel. Keep up the great work. Your videos are always incredibly informative, well researched and brilliantly produced 👌👍

Congrats on getting the youtube plaque! Great channel, best one out there of this type of content. Love from Liverpool.

Your videos are gettin better every release, its been fantastic watching your channel grow

This is by far One of your Best in-depth investigation video You have created. Everything from the first minute to the Last is absolutely impeccable. The Background Music starting from 22:00 is so chilling. I forgot to breathe for a few seconds.

The way you explain things is just unmatchable. I love all your videos. Thanks a lot for making the youtube more interesting. ❤😊

Please make videos on a) PIA Flight 268 crash in Nepal (1992) b) US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crash at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepal (2018) c) Turkish Airlines flight TK 726 crash-land at TIA in Nepal (2015) Also, the preliminary report on the crash of Yeti Airlines flight 691 (15th Jan, 2023) has been released. I really want to hear your thoughts on it.

That was heartbreaking. Those poor pilots doing their best only for the blaze to win the battle.

The progress in quality and production value makes this channel one of the very best on youtube!

That 1st Officer was a Beast, What a Hero to steer away from the people on the ground. While it is always excellent that improvements were made, this ever evolving matter of flight seems to learn best only at the cost of Human Life. This was riveting the way you explained it so a non pilot (me) could totally understand. Well Done & Congratulations! ❤👏🏻

I'm at 19:50 and I'm not entirely sure what's gonna happen to these guys. What a fantastic video. RIP was really holding out hope.

The chemical reaction between Li and CO2 is interesting 10:15 Although we carry Halon/BCF extinguishers which are far superior in preference to CO2 extinguishers onboard aircraft, even Halon/BCF which chemically displaces oxygen has a difficult time with Li fires due to their oxygen producing self sustaining nature. That type of fire also requires rapid cooling to fully control its combustive process. Li fires burn like a blowtorch once a thermal runaway event has begun. Just a single laptop erupting into a furnace is scary enough onboard an aircraft, so entire pallet loads of the wretched things would be unbelievably destructive when considering the extreme heat and its focused intensity as they burn. It would have been like an onboard volcanic eruption. Had the pallets been further aft and directly beneath the aircraft crown, the blowtorch like effect would have compromised the flight controls and fuselage skin integrity much earlier in the flight with probable loss of the aircraft when still over water. So the actual location and subsequent impedance of the lining and upper deck floor structure bought them a great deal of time. If only the PACK 1 failure had not have occurred, and better still the earlier fire warning as allegedly exists industry wide today. Magnesium fires are another peculiar and significant challenge to extinguish due to its unique chemistry when burning. Even Halon/BCF creates an undesirable and ineffective reaction. Fortunately Magnesium is typically only more of an issue with wheel brake fires or when the metals in wheels are burning from an aviation perspective. Halon/BCF is also the agent used for engine fires and cargo hold fires. Despite it being the most effective agent across a large number of fire classifications it has some nasty environmental concerns, consequently its use is only authorised for use in aviation and possibly the maritime industry.

I love the editing is perfect, keep going! Specially the music tones are so enthusiastic.

As a student pilot, I read an article on in-flight fires. I think it started with a statement something like this: If you have an in-flight fire, you've lost the airplane. Save your passengers and yourself. Get the plane on the ground as fast as you can.

What can i say, once again outstanding video quality

That first officer was absolutely incredible.

I really love your style of story telling, good with timing and music and vibes. I can really feel and sense the danger on the plane

Wow that was intense. They both did so well to keep their chances alive. Great graphics, audio and narration.

Sad story but beautifully presented.

I always feel bad for people lost to the open skies, but this hits a little harder as close as he was to making it. If he had had 5 minutes of visibility to land the plane, he would have made it

Beautiful summary and description of the tragic events that happened that night. RIP to both pilots.

I have watched many GDA videos but this one is one of the most gut wrenching, truly devastating

I knew how this ended but I still rooted for the first officer. I hate it when this happens. Such an unfortunate situation.

Hey good to see your face! Glad to hear you are doing a new weekly schedule! I can’t get enough of your videos!

I have watched multiple videos about this flight as well as read quite a bit both official and other. This First Officer did an absolutely outstanding job given the circumstances. Being a pilot I can only imagine. It's a blessing no lives were lost on the ground and an absolute tragedy these pilots were killed. May they both rest in peace and their loved one's take comfort in their heroics!

these are excellent explanations and descriptions. love the content, well done.