The scenes in this video are from the film Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash None of them belong to me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_... Music in this video - Sorrows of Tomorrow
Nothing blew up on the fatal flight. The pilots miscalculated how much fuel they were going to need to reach their destination. The CV240 crashed from fuel starvation. The lack of fire and explosions after the crash are a direct result of no fuel to start or sustain a fire
I worked with a guy from Mississippi who had an aunt and uncle that lived not too far from where the crash happened. He told me (as his uncle told him) they just happened to be outside and heard off in the distance sounds of metal being crushed and crumpled together. After a while a helicopter showed up and they could see it hovering off in the distance with a light shining down in the woods. Then shortly after that here came a whole host of emergency vehicles. Sometime later was when they heard a plane had crashed and a few days later they found out it was Lynyrd Skynyrd.
It’s a miracle only six people out of 26 died that plane was unrecognizable after the wreck,my mom still has her concert ticket but never got to see them
You’re right, this video was a little bit misleading. According to the NTSB report, the engines had developed an unusually rich fuel mixture problem where it was burning more fuel than what it was indicating. Where the pilots really messed up was they did not top their tanks off when they left South Carolina (I think it was) and had they done that the airplane would have more than likely made it. When you have an extra rich fuel burn, you’ll tend to see more flames coming out of the exhaust and I think that’s what they were trying to mimic here in this video.
No, you don’t want to fly on that plane! The Convair 240 had a glide ratio like a streamlined brick. Had Lynyrd Skynyrd been flying in a DC-3 as shown in this video there’s a good possibility they would have survived because even with both engines out on a DC-3 given its slightly longer wing and larger wing surface area it would have allowed it to glide for quite a distance and possibly landing in a open field instead of a swamp like Lynyrd Skynyrd’s airplane did. Word has it the pilot was trying to land in an open field, but fell short of it by about 500 feet. If he had been in that DC-3, he more than likely would have made that field.
The only way that plane could have simply cruised along after the left wing was taken off would be if it had been Wile E. Coyote Airways, flying an Acme 240.
As soon as I saw the caption under the thumbnail I knew it was not accurate. The band's plane simply ran out of gas, so there was absolutely no fire. Added to the irony of the original post-crash album cover, with them standing in flames..
Dis movie thinks An dc3 is convair 240 and when they see an convair 240 they shout "OMG THATS AN DC3" (i read the pinned comment rip to people anyways)
Only 6 people passed away, which were Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, and both pilots (Walter McCreary as Captain and William John Gray as the First Officer).
3 band members died. 5 lived. Both pilots died. One tour manager died. So 6 total fatalities. 20 people survived including Gary Rossington, Alan Collins, Leon Wilkerson, Artemus Pyle, Billy Powell and Leslie Hawkins. Jo Jo Billingsley was not on the plane.
Three are three things that are no good in aviation. Blue sky above you, the runway behind you and gas at the pumps. There is only one time when having too much fuel is a problem, that is when you are on fire. RIP to the members who passed and to the ones who will never get over it. Fly high a free bird yea
@@AirlinesDisastersUnited If this isn't your original work then why are you posting it? The "information" in this video is inaccurate. So, don't get butt hurt if you receive less than stellar comments.
@@luchatrokaalvaradoguajardo5185 CV240 was not pressurized. CV340/440 were pressurized. Curtiss CW20 Condor III (C-46) could carry a greater load than the DC-3, but could not hold altitude on one engine at full load. DC-3 can still climb with full load on one engine, so can't really say the C-46 was superior to the DC-3 in every respect.
Wow! So instead of a Convair CV-240… it was a Douglas DC-3. And instead of running out of fuel… the engine exploded into flames. Hmmmmm? I think it was a kid behind a grassy knoll with a pellet rifle 👍🏻
@@nigel900 Like i said, i acknowledge the fact that it's a DC-3 instead of a Convair 240 or the fact that no fire was produced, but don't ask these questions to me, i wasn't the one who animated this, if you want an explanation on why the movie has those mistakes, then go ahead and contact the movie producers
@@AirlinesDisastersUnited I believe the aircraft was a convair 240 with Pratt R2800 2400hp. It is twice the size and power of the DC3, having flown them. They ran out of fuel but had little command time in the aircraft. Accidents are usually a series of mistakes.
If i were in a band on tour, i would ride my bike between gigs. There are more bike paths now than there were in the 1970’s and cities are becoming bike friendly with dedicated bike lanes. When I get to the gig town, I’d borrow an instrument from someone in the club and give it back when done. Safe travel. Low overhead costs. Get healthier. You can put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Beautifully made but hideously inaccurate which is a real pity. If your going to spend the time doing these kind of Videos, try to do a bit more research so you don't have to read so many silly comments about your work. Keep trying.
