HOW This Aircraft FELL 30 000 Feet in Less Than 2.5min! | China Airlines 006

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WoW this is the classic swiss cheese model, I work in aircrew training and the hardest thing to teach is trust your instruments, the second hardest to to get the first officer to speak up when things go wrong.

This is one of the most insane stories I've seen you present yet. The fact that they recovered and landed in mostly one piece after falling 30,000 feet is UNBELIEVABLE.

"And perhaps there was one other hero that day. The Boeing 747 itself. It was put through manoeuvres and stresses that far outweighed it's known limits and yet, despite it all, the aircraft survived and landed safely." -ACI, Panic over the Pacific

It's crazy they would start to question the instruments so quickly. They were lucky when they got below the clouds with ample altitude to recover. A lot of times this type of dive coupled with low clouds is certain death.

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"It's okay, we landed in one piece." External inspection engineer: "Well, technically....no, you didn't."

This aircraft is now stored at the Tijuana International airport and has been for years. It sticks out like a sore thumb near the end of the runway. Great video!

Imagining the cold chill felt by the flight crew when they finally connected the fact that the false horizon and the real horizon were in sync with each other.

5g's in a 747. All these years and I thought my experiences in Microsoft Flight Simulator as a child using the biggest plane as a stunt plane were baseless. Still terrifying for everyone on board.

Anyone who flies and is frightened of turbulence and wondering "at what stage the wings are going to fall off" needs to watch this, A quite incredible account of just how much punishment an airframe can take, yet still land safely. What the crew did or didn't do in a timely manor to avoid this situation altogether has to be excused by the fact they got the aircraft safely on the ground with everybody living to tell the tale. Another great video Captain Petter, thanks for all your efforts in keeping these truly excellent studies coming.

absolutely insane that after pushing the aircraft far past any safe limits they still wanted to fly to their intended destination instead of landing down safely as fast as they could

It is amazing how an experienced crew can allow a situation that seems manageable to escalate that quickly out of control 😮

That these pilots managed to create such a big mess out of a single engine failure is very disheartening from a passenger's point of view.

"We can control the aircraft" just killed me. I wonder if air traffic controler [who probably had not been apprised of prior situation] wanted to ask the obvious question - "was there a point where you couldn't control the aircraft?"

I had expected this to end with everyone onboard lost, so it was a nice surprise that everyone got out (mostly) okay. Still, considering how bad the damages were to the aircraft especially to the control surfaces, it's a miracle they could land safely.

When your coffee starts flying upwards out of your cup but you re still convinced the instruments are wrong.

Its so good to hear of an emergency that actually ended in everyone surviving. This actually makes me, with an extreme fear of flying, feel better about flying because it shows not all emergencies end in disaster.. well except for the guy with a broken foot

"Trust you instruments" This was pounded into my head during flight training. They can fail but if the redundant systems agree, they are probably correct. Amazing amount of damage to that aircraft! They were fortunate it wasn't worse.

I live in Tijuana, Mexico and since little I remember a parked 747 in our locale airport and until now I decided to look into the history of the aircraft. Crazy to think that the 747 involved in this specific incident has been sitting in my city for 15+ years, it feels so weird to know everytime I watch this video I can just drive a few miles and appreciate the actual 747 in all it's glory. Loved the video btw, great job as always c: