I’m glad for the scroll bar, I just pull the video forward to where the ‘stupid’ starts, and watch it from there! Someone should do an ‘awesome saves’ channel, where catastrophes are averted, huh?
Yep. And it's a very fitting music for these videos. Very nostalgic and poignant, the music box sound gives it an innocence that makes it even more impactful
I remember I saw a documentary on this accident and they interviewed controller Dupta. Of course he was thoroughly investigated and they tried to lay the blame on him because it's so much easier for everyone if a scapegoat is found soon. He was cleared at the end, but he was very much traumatized by the ordeal, and even though he knew he couldn't have avoided it, deep inside there's always a shadow of doubt, "what if...", that also tortured him. He had depression, started smoking, it had all sorts of consequences for him. He seemed to be a good man. When the documentary was made, he was still suspended from work. Now this video says he's not in active duty but teaching new controllers. I'm speculating, but based on what I saw, that was probably his own decision.
Residents at Charkhi Dadri said that the Saudi pilot turned the plane away moments before the crash in an attempt to save the people at the village. RIP to all 349 souls.
I m from charkhi dadri and i saw this collision live I was 4 yrs old back then Me and my mausi (aunt- mother's sister ) were in our farm ; she was taking out milk from buffalos and i was playing and suddenly we heard a very loud explosion i turned back and saw that part of the sky to be complete orange
Gaurav Singh i will tell u what i remember - i do remember that it ws a v loud sound may b the loudest one i cant say but every men women was on their roof tops after that explosion trying to figure out what had happened i was out in farm so saw it live , i ran to my mausi and said that pakistan has dropped a bomb on us To which she replied na beta jhaaz takrayen se (no its a plane crash) I was 5 yr old My father was a photographer back then and member of state union of journalist (back in the 80s nd 90s many photographers acted as independent journalists providing news to papers nd tv channels ) Soon about in 2 3 hours news through mouth nd telephone spread that the planes hv crased down in the 2 villages of birohd 8 km away and dhani-phogat 2 km away My parents woke me up and we went to the crash site Now what i remember is i seeing a broken plane structure burnt bodies scattered all around the field in which the plane had crashed , my parents had also not seen such an intense thing they decided to leave me and my sister who is 9yr elder to me in our jeep( we had a mahindra commander back then ) my father was the first one to report the crash Only the villagers and few other people from the neighbouring area were present at that time all the plane debris was scattered randomly soon in about an hour police had reached the area and started sealing it people were asked to move out and also by that time all the reporters from delhi had arrived and there were clicks everwhere the flashes had turned night into day All the dead bodies were loaded into tractor trolleys like wooden logs and brought to the govt civil hosp of my hometown charkhi dadri which was 50 mtrs from my home ( today its shifted to the outskirts of the city ) I also remember burnt bodies hanging in trees near the crash site Also many women had golden jewellery on their bodies initially my father told me you could see gold on burnt bodies but soon it was stolen when he returned back from the same path the gold was no more Also a hospital in the name of the captain of the plane from delhi to saudi arabia was opened in my hometown capt khalid Its said that he saved our town , sticked with the plane for as long as he could nd dropped it of away from homes in a field (i havnt crosschecked any such reports from the black box investigation ) the hosp ran out of buisness about 10 years back and doesnt exist today
fox on the run no it wasnt horrifying at all i was at the right time and right place to see such a big thing live and so closely such events are v rare i donot wish to erase those memories i cherish them Peace be upon the families of dead
True but they still didnt have collision avoidance systems which are now mandatory because of this incident, doesnt change how sad this event was though.
No! there was no perfect communication. Pilots didnt understand English. They had a translator behind. Translator was too late to inform the pilots about the 15k feet and vice versa even the pilots were too late to ask him about the altitude. The Kazakh plane kept dropping altitude. The clouds made the situation worse for both the planes. The Delhi Government is blamed for having only 1 corridor for the planes landing and takeoff. Other air space were reserved for Indian Airforce and the Delhi Airports technical equioments were too backward for the ATC to understand the altitude of the flights. Its unacceptable that they waited for the worst Air crash to happen to take this positive step of upgrading their technical equipments.
@Masud Saleh bro , pilot didnt understand english . Why u blaming India for that 😂. The pilot said he was at altitude of 16k ft but he was actually at 15k ft .
There was a flight attendant, a lady who was making her final flight as a stewardess after something like 25 years of service on the Saudi jet. What fate..
Keep in mind that this happened in 1996. Just a few years after the fall of the Soviet Union. The 1990's in Russia and all the recently freed satellite countries, it was the wild west. A complete breakdown in government institutions. You think the government in Khazastan had any sort of air safety ministry or enforcement of safety standards at that time??? Probably not, if they did I'm sure those officials were on the bribe. Doesn't surprise me one bit the pilots didn't know English, they never flew out of Soviet airspace before 1991, didn't need to know it. Travel was HEAVILY restricted/non-existent between the USSR and the west, the chance those pilots would have met english speaking people before the fall was 0%
When I was a kid the Indian magazines had such graphic pictures of this accident. I remember turning the page halfway & thinking oh nice shoes & notice it's a body still strapped in passenger seat.
It sounds like the captain of the Kazakh and ATC because the ATC is granting him not to descend even tho it could mostly see both of the planes on the radar. The pilots fault was because they decreased for landing to much so they can land and the ATC was little bit strict
True V K Dutta was not prosecuted, but he had a hard time till the complete report was published. There is another interesting fact about this crash, which was aired in news channel. Another military plane which was converted to cargo was enroute and witnessed a large ball of fire. They thought Indian air Force was attacking them due to the design of the plane. I remember bits and pieces, but will not forget the horrific news. I was in 7 the grade I think when this happened
But there were no reasons for prosecuting VK as he was operating an ill equipped control tower. Usually the first mistake was that there was not enough air space corridor for incoming and outgoing Planes. Most of airspace above that airport was for Indian air force. Those planes were not supposed to share the same airspace, to fly on the top of each other while they were in opposite heading
Dutta was not at fault at all. He did exactly what he had to. How would he know the Kazak was descending beyond the assigned flight level as no SSR was there at Delhi. So yaa.. Clearly its the fault of the Kazak flight crew
It's truly sad when over 300 people had to die to see a change of updated radar. Those lives could have been saved had there been better communication and radar system.
@@lemons20 more problems than 2, I would say... most of those airports also did not operate arrivals and departures from the same quarter (that was done only with good following, & only where something limited the usable airspace)... here takeoffs were limited by government no-fly zones over central Delhi and a vast military only airspace to allow for the bases used to protect the capital. only a narrow civilian corridor remained.
It's mind-shattering absurd to even imagine that there were any, any survivors from this freak accident. There's just no way to wrap your head around plummeting to the earth in a tin can from 14k feet and surviving that impact.
@@EphemeralProductions Hey, you're much safer on an airplane. You are infinitely more likely to perish in a car crash, something involving an almost everyday action like driving. At least you are statistically unlikely to perish whilst suffering in an airplane crash. I imagine it would almost always be instant unlike a car crash.
@@EphemeralProductions this crash is what set a president for collision avoidance systems, you should be way more worried about landing and take off than anything else.
yeah. air disasters is OK, but it is WAY to dramatic. i know it is a docudrama, but it focuses too much on the DRAMA. (luggage falling out of the overhead containers, when the plane's engine flames out, people screaming when there is a small bump,ECT.)
I do like their CGI models of the planes. I also only watch episodes with Johnathan Aris as the narrator (the English guy).....the American Narrator is too monotonous.
My dad's a former first responder and I asked him about this crash and how anyone could've initially survived it. He's never had to show up to aviation incidents, but he said the case reminded him of an accident in the 90s. Basically in our city, there was a criminal on the run (pretty sure it was just gang charges). He was struck by a train and because of the way the rails sloped + other factors, he wasn't crushed by the vehicle. Instead, he was launched towards a brick wall, and slammed into it at easily 30 mph. Miraculously, when my dad found him, he was alive. In fact, he looked pretty damn good for someone who had been hit by a train and thrown across the train yard into a wall. Abrasions, broken limbs, missing teeth, bruises, that stuff. But he was still alive. Unfortunately, he died on the way to the hospital, and his autopsy revealed that pretty much everything inside of him turned to mush. His organs, muscles, bones, all ripped apart. He may have survived that initial impact, but there was no way he could've survived the whole ordeal. Anyways, the point is, my dad said that's probably what happened here. Their bodies were resilient enough to withstand the crash itself, but they had no chance at surviving the incident. Because on the outside, they seem alright. But everything inside is just destroyed.
I was 10 years old. This mishap happened in our village as well as near by villages. My father was village Sarpanch at that time. We were sitting in front of our house with a group of around 20 people. Everything was as usual for us. Around 7:00 or 7:30. Big light seems in sky. We all thought there is fire in another part of village but within some second our entire group realised that it was a air crash. Totally hussle bustle start in our village. People were running in unknown direction due to fear. We also run behind it. Railway line is also near by our village. We it fall down, it " Malba" spread in every direction. On that day a Plan has many engines. One of it engine fall down in our village street. It was exactly in street between two houses. It one engine in the size of railway couch fall down on railway track. Just five minutes before Rewari- Hissar passanger train passed the track. Another one was just leaving Ch. Dadri station but it was stopped in mid. Nearby village people run towards the spot, and not nearby people only but run from far away distance also with their avail convience. One of my cousin brother came from 25 kms by running. But it was fall down between five villages( Patuwas, Mehrana, Dhani Phogat, Tikan Kalan and Kheri Sanwal) and a city (Ch. Dadri). If it was fall down out on any village and town and casualty could be turn in thousands. My father and village many people were on accident spot to help admistration during this mishap. But i was not allowed to go there during night time. Next day i went here with my uncle. It was very tify scene ever never seen me. Deadbody were scattered in fields, on trees and many more. It one pilot was on his chair much behind the main spot. Two more young guys deadbody were near his chair. H.D Devhora was prime minister at that time. He also visited the spot. He clearly know his helicopter land in our school ground. We were seeming him from our classroom window. Ch. Dadri civil hospital totally converted in deadbodies. Victims relatives were coming to know about thier known. But no one survive in that accident. RIP all those who lost their lives during this mishap.
I was in 10th grade when this happened and I live in a nearby town, I remember that how everyone was talking about this incident and I was wondering that how could it be possible to collide in the vast sky where one can move up/down along with side by side, it was really a horror because the most passenger were poor labourers from India who put their everything in order go to Saudi for work.
You have to remember that air travel is 100x safer now. Modern technology and procedures/requirements at airlines have practically eliminated these types of situations. Most of the crashes that happen now are from human error.
This mid-air collision happened in 1996 and the flight number was 1907. 10 years later, another mid-air collision happened in Brazil and the flight number was also 1907. What a coincidence...
Some other facts: 1) Illyushin was a military carrier converted for civil usage, as can be seen, the radio operator's bench is located at a weird position, and it is also a known fact that cabin had ego issues, captains and first officers looked at the radio operators with disdain, often ignoring their strong messages 2) Sadly, Saudi plane mostly had poor blue collar jobs people, who were traveling to the gulf in pursuit of a better life for their families, some stories are so tragic that they crack opens the heart!!! Aftermath: 1) Much of the air space across New Delhi was 'reserved' for airforce at that time, leaving very small corridor for commercial flights, this was rectified later 2) Secondary radar at IG airport was actually present at the airport, just was eating dust in warehouse, without being installed, ironically, it would take another several years that secondary radar could be finally installed
If the death total is still among the 3 highest ever and most for a mid-air collision and I believe it still is, all 3 involved Boeing 747's. Sadly that was one of the major concerns when the first jumbo jets were built in the late 1960's, The staggering loss of life when they eventually and inevitably crashed. Overall, the 747 has been an extremely reliable aircraft but after 50 years in the sky they have been involved in some unforgettable accidents.
@@m1co294 I don't think it might be easy to compare both planes the JAL plane wasn't smashing to the ground with a dive whereas the Saudi 763 and Kazakhstan 1907 were diving downwards
There was no fault of the Saudi pilots.. the kazaks misunderstood or failed to understand the instructions . This is what they showed but maybe the actual story is different
Just a few seconds from impact, the Kazakh plane climbed slightly and the two planes collided. This was because the radio operator of Kazakhstan 1907 discovered only then that they were not at 15,000 feet and asked the pilot to climb. The captain gave orders for full throttle, and the plane climbed, only to hit the oncoming Saudi plane. Had the Kazakh pilots not climbed slightly, it is likely that they would have passed under the Saudi plane.
Hard to imagine how anyone could even survive that initially! It's probably not the kind of accident you'd want to survive anyway. No chance anyone's coming out of that without horrible injury.
Passengers before onboarding : “ wow, where so lucky to catch a seat !” Just before dying: “ how do i get in this situation?” Luck and bad luck are relative ! It depends how it affects you on personal level
Yes, it was sometime around winter season during my schooling in South Delhi; We were sleeping at night .Suddenly mom is awakened by the thunderous shattering sound which shook windows in our vicinity in Vasant vihar. The next morning is the heartening sad news of the crash .RIP prayers foe all the dead ..
The most scary thing for me is that the flight number of the smaller plane is 1907, exactly the same of the Boeing 737 owned by GOL Airlines which was lost ALSO due to a mid-air collision with an Embraer jetliner owned by US executive airline Excell Air, above the Amazonian Jungle in September 29th 2006, almost 10 years after the catastrophe depicted in this video. It was Brazil's worst aviation disaster at the time, with 154 lives lost. The coincidences are unreal.
You earned a new subscriber. These are very sad, depressing, but interesting stories. I really liked your FedEx Fight for your Life video, they NEED to make a movie, or book from that story. Here's a somewhat off topic question for you - Where do you download FS2004? I would like to use that program, if possible. Thank you
Allec Joshua Ibay What site, specifically? I do a google search, and there are tons of them. I want to know which is the right one just to be safe, thanks.
me and my friend experienced a strange phenomena that night when we were out late in the night... something appeared in the sky not very high and we were stunned... we ran after it to see what was up there and it just vanished and sometime later heard this news..not sure if such a mistake can happen and seems some extra terrestrial angle..
Clockpie So what does knowing that time frame mean? Will things change in year 21? Often wondered what the point is in announcing an anniversary date. What about year five, or ten?
Witch 1 Just don't understand the correlation. Is 20 years a magic number? Should they only be remembered at end of decades? It seems like cause a certain amount of time passes, it's officially correct to remember them. Weird as some replies of people telling us they took the flight right before that, or they lived next to the airport where it happened.
Kakashi Hatake I never knew her sir, but this much I may be able to inform you - May she rest in peace. This may be the best I can offer you sir. Anyway best wishes to you sir from Scooby in the USA. May you have safe and pleasant journeys ahead.
Alec, Just want to say (again) that your videos are the most amazing pieces of art when it comes to aviation. I would LOVE to know how you do that and what software you use (for different topic/industry altogether) but I don't expect you to divulge and I can respect that. But most importantly, just want to say thank you again and keep up the awesome work. These videos....ALL your videos...are simply AMAZING! Thanks for sharing and all the hard work you put into them! Much appreciated and me and my entire family really enjoy them! Great job bud!
Very cool channel. The music during the event was very distracting and took something away from the experience. Much better with only the flight sim sound effects, such as engine noise, and the alert sounds. Music at the end is okay, but not necessary. Thank you!
Well, India should at least get a new Air Traffic Controller. Also, this is why every plane (yes, including the IL-76) should have the TCAS system, not the ATC. If you followed the ATC, you’d end up with the Überlingen mid-air collision, or even worse, this.
i was very small and was shocked the way ppl got killed in this crash. I boarded my first flight in may ,2009 but not before watching all episodes of air crash investigation
Sarah Riedel that was 1996 and Kazakh planes were mainly Soviet leftovers. India also opened itself to the world after 1992 economic crisis. So the organizations, infrastructure and technology of these two countries were primarily obsolete or in process of modernization. These countries were predominantly socialists with huge spendings on welfare schemes so they had little to spend on these things.
If the 6 survivors actually survived, the deadliest crash with no survivors would be the turkish airlines flight 981 disaster in 1974 making it the 4th deadliest behind the Japan and tenerife disaster.
I can’t express how much better your newer videos are without the music. The music works perfect in the credits afterwards. Don’t be like TheCringeChannel.
Henry Rivera Judging from the location and the airline involved, the passenger list may have included a host of Muslims from both India and Saudi Arabia. I probably might know this because I do have Muslims from India as shoppers at Marianos in Hoffman Estates where I work at.
I am so excited to see some young person also excited on plane crashes and just planes in general. Tbh I would love to become a pilot when I grow up, or at least an air traffic controller. I want to because I feel like there isn't as many female pilots as male pilots and I want to change that. Some people say that make pilots are safer; but that's bullshit. I hope I'm still into planes when I grow older, because I love your videos and air crash investigation. And they don't scare me off planes like other people. It actually makes me want to go on them more. Sorry for the long comment, I just wanted to make my voice heard. Thanks Allec for taking your time out of your day to make these amazing videos ❤️
+Zach Spencer Well, actually there are at least 20,000 female pilots worldwide. They are mainly flying on Scandinavian, Asian and Central European airlines, since in eg. USA you have to go in the air force to become a pilot
It's crash over our village sky 10 km from Charkidadri and some parts in our village I also have a damage part of this aircraft.it remember that red devil night.
I am from near by village of charkhi dadri where the plane ✈️ crash I remember that horrible night red sky. That night the sky was red after the plane collision with loud thundering sound 💥☄️🔥⚡.. .I tought that it was a unique type of sky shot.But Suddenly I realised what was that and confirmed at BBC News...... Next day i went to watch where the plane crashed. I saw the plane of saudi airlines crashed in village field the parts and debris of plane all over the area about 2-3 km. I saw a orange🪂 parachute 😓 over a tree prephaps someone tried to escape from crashing plane but failed. I never forgot that horrible night. 😓😓😓
My friend was having a flight with the Saudi plane but he changed before the plane took off. After a while I saw that same plane crashed and he got a trauma right after
Dave Stock its macho assholes like you that are the reason that a lot of men end up committing suicide or doing other shit like that, because they feel like they're not allowed to express their emotions, and thus hold them in and never talk to anyone about it because they're "expected to akways be tough". Fuck off with your hyper macho shit
@@dancindavey1515 what's the matter, are you gatekeeping the male world? Are you the type of person who says "EuGghhh real men dont cry"? As a male, I'm extremely offended by the likes of you
Remembered that day bringing that aircraft to Delhi. Waking up in the hotel during our layover and saw it in the news of indian channel. Tragic and traumatic. Asking to identify our colleagues.
that must be a different crash. the death toll wasn't 400. in fact I don't think there's a crash that had 400 deaths if this is the 3rd deadliest with 349. tennerife had 583 and Japan 123 had 523 I believe.
I understand that this video is based on the Mayday documentary on the crash. But it has wrongly shown the no. of crew in the Ilyushin plane (3), whereas There were a total of 5 cockpit crew in the Ilyushin 76. They were : Captain Gennadi Cherepenov First Officer Armeck Dzanghirov Flight Engineer Alexander Chuprov Radio Operator Egor Repp Navigator Zahanbek Arupbaev
I was thinking... Wouldn't it be soothing if every cockpit had an option to play some Bach or maybe, Chopin, as the plane is descending helplessly to Earth? I mean, if the pilots already know that they are going down, wouldn't it be more dignified if they went out with some of the greatest music ever made, instead of those god awful, beeping alarms?!? Seriously, just think about it... Say, you are a pilot and your wing has just been clipped in a mid-air collision. WHAT is your choice? To go down while those shrieking alarms are beeping all around you, or to have Bach's "St.Matthew's Passion" accompany you to the hereafter? And it's super easy to install!
