The Crash that CHANGED Aviation Forever (With Real Audio)

I will NEVER forget this night. I was staying with my grandma at the time because she had broken her hip. She lived on Railroad st. In Clarence,NY. I was outside smoking a cigarette and heard flight 3407 pass low over my head. I still can't believe I never saw the plane but a few seconds later I felt the Shockwave of the impact pass through my body and instantly knew a plane crashed. As I turned I could see an orange ball of flames rising up a few blocks over and the terror and nausea hit me. The plane and impact was so loud I assumed it was a much larger plane like a 737. Crazy night.

I love the way the autopilot turns itself off every time the going gets tough. It's as if it's saying, "This is too hard for me. I'm off. Good luck."

661 must have been one hell of a ride. RIP

It's actually amazing how many of these accidents are caused by the crew not adhering to sterile flight deck conditions during take off and landing.

A 9/11 widow, Beverly Eckert was killed on the Buffalo flight. Her husband died in the South Tower.

Love your content but personally I still prefer your old one accident per video, was far more detailed and engaging. The first accident you brushed over the Captain’s very poor training record & how he actually lied to Colgan Air while being interviewed, which would have stopped him ever flying with them (they only allowed one failure and he had 4 failures). His most worrying training failure & mentor comments was actually highlighted to be that he would overreact and in the complete wrong way when startled. Hence, he reacted to the stall warning by pulling back the column and only worsening the aircraft state with each movement he made & it was proven if he had just let go of the stick, the ‘stick pusher’ feature would have recovered the aircraft. This accident basically kick started the pilot information database that prevents any deceit or previous failings from being covered up.

I was there. I was on a flight just in front of the Colgan Air flight. We we flying out of Chicago and as we landed, we noticed sleet but nothing major. But the strange part was after we gathered our luggage, we went up the escalator to the lobby. I was the last one to get my bags because I had an oversized bag. Baggage claim at this point was 100% empty. But at the top on the escalator, there were still many people waiting for their flight which was scheduled to arrive 2-3 minutes after ours. Sadly, they were waiting for passengers who would never arrive. I'll never forget the looks in their eyes, it was so sad. As I got in my taxi to drive to downtown Buffalo I remember seeing a line of first responders racing the other direction on the highway towards Clarence Center. Colgan really cut corners with those two "pilots"...

I miss the original guy who started this channel. It's obvious that he sold it or something. This new person has no idea how to run the channel. He/she should at least talk to the original owner about how to engage and inform his subscribers. Way too much info is being left out, and we only want to see one story per video.

One of the Colgan Air's victims was a widow of a 9/11 victim, her husband was in one of the towers and she was heavily involved with commite of the rebuilding of Ground Zero, talk about tragedy

There was just a couple minutes of Hope there....😢

Pilots: MAYDAY MAYDAY! Autopilot: Nah I can’t this anymore I’m too tired. Your on your own with this one pal.

I think people are missing the big picture with the continental flight. Yes it was pilot error, and yes it seems like the absolute rookie mistake to pull up when at risk of stalling. The pressures these pilots, especially the first officer was under were immense. The first officer lived in Washington state and flew overnight in for her shift. She was on an estimated $20000 dollars a year. In the end it was their fault and no one is more to blame than them, but the industry has to remember that humans are not machines. And not providing the environment where pilots are 100% capable of flying without being impaired just sets them up for failure. Just my thoughts on the matter.

A bit of a weird one for the channel... A good video but no mention of how "it CHANGED aviation forever"??!

One of my neighbors died on the Colgan flight. Very preventable.

It’s a testament to aviation safety that the last North American fatal airline accident was in 2009, and had absolutely nothing to do with the aircraft but rather the fatigued pilots. Before that, was the American A300 that crashed due to wake turbulence and rudder inputs the second most recent? (Correction: it was a Comair CRJ-100, runway overrun due to pilot error). Regional airline crew conditions have improved but there’s still a lot of room for some more. A first officer on a regional aircraft for example is paid quite low despite all the expenses they made to obtain their licenses.

Thank you for another great video.

Hello, I have a recommended crash that I really believe deserves a proper reconstruction. Aviateca 901, it was a flight with an airport that had no radar during disorientating conditions that contributed to ATC telling the pilot to go 5000 but it led to him crashing into a volcano. Its the only aviaton incident in El Salvador besides Taca 110 that had a Salavdoran pilot. Thank you.

The Pakistani crash reminds me of another crash in Pakistan where they did a deep investigation and concuded HALF of Pakistan Airline pilots had either FAKE or suspicious licenses!.

A good friend of mine's younger brother was on this fight. He was going to see his G/F who he thought was cheating on him. It was a last minute decision.

Did anyone survive the first crash? Whoever is running this channel now seems to omit these crucial details & is showing a lack of respect for the souls on board.