747 in DANGER | The MYSTERY of the world's WORST mid-air collision
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November, 1996
Two planes carrying 349 people speed towards each other in the evening skies above Delhi.
In one of those planes, five pilots sit at the controls, making preparations to land. In the other, three pilots are climbing along their departure route.
An air traffic controller sits at the top of a tower, watching two blips on his screen draw closer together.
What do these things have in common?
The people immediately in charge of the outcome, those sitting in the pointy ends of these structures, also sit at the pointy end of a vast and complex infrastructure which undergirds their actions.
Aerospace technology, air law, aircraft design philosophy, and political and historical contingencies. All of these systems and infrastructures make up the foundations for the pyramid of aviation safety, on top of which pilots, and air traffic controllers sit. What youāre about to see, is the shocking story of what happens when the foundations of this pyramid, are rotten.
This is the story of the 1996 Charkhi Dadri Mid-air collision.
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This video was created with reference to publicly available sources:
www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/HZ-Aā¦
All Comments (21)
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I was fully expecting the controller to have made a mistake when his working conditions were described. I'm amazed one person could juggle all those flights on limited information and still do their job properly.
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A truly tragic incident. Simulations would later show that, had the Kazakh crew realized their error a few seconds AFTER they actually did, the incident could have been avoided. They had gotten so low that they would have flown under the Saudi jet. RIP.
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There's a phrase in various areas of regulation: "The rules are written in blood." It's unfortunate that more industries aren't equipped with the foresight needed to put in place practices like this before they happen
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I've seen this unfortunate incident ... the worst mid air crash. I was around 6 yo, and was playing on the terrace when I saw huge flames touching the skies towards the right, a few miles away. It was like a burning hell. As a kid, I was scared. Next morning, it was all over tv and people were rushing towards the spot. Irony is, how living people turn into just non-living beings in just moments, and with them, burn their hopes and dreams!!
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This incident brings back old memories. I was meant to be on the Kazakh flight with my family but we had postponed our flight to Delhi a week later a few days before the incident. Back then flights from Almaty to Delhi were only running weekly. Counting my blessings since then.
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The research and the amount of time this guy puts into his videos is crazy. He deserves more subs!!
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My grandpa worked in the hospital near this crash and he still describes this day as one his most horrifying days at work.
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I started watching this and my dad (who has been in all 3 positions of the 747-200, and in the area this incident occurred in) overheard and got sucked in and was impressed by the quality of the video and that heād never heard of this incident. (The same goes for me but I know your videos are always top notch- they are much appreciated! )
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So incredibly heartbreaking that the last transmission was the Saudi pilot praying. Imagine their final moments.
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I was an air traffic controller in the army for 6 years. I love this channel but I can never make it threw a video without a break because they just give me so much anxiety. These videos are the thoughts that kept me awake at night.
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The writing and narration in your videos are genuinely amazing. Keep up the good work
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It's absolutely crazy to me that in 1996 a plane would need 5 people flying it o.o
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Your episode answers so many questions that were largely left unanswered by the commercial video made about this disaster.
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shoutout to the atc guy that held down that airspace solo
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Thereās an interview of one of the ATC controllers from Delhi from that time where heās talking about how flights from ex Soviet (then CIS) countries regularly used to fly higher or lower than the assigned altitude, this crash was a ticking time bomb.
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One thing you didnāt mention in this video: There was a 3rd aircraft in the airspace at the time of the accident - a US Air Force plane, commanded by Captain Timothy J Place, approaching New Delhi. Captain Place would later testify that he saw āan orange glowā in a cloud, and two fireballs fell out from the cloud. Another thing you forgot to mention: It was later determined that, had the Kazakh crew NOT attempted to climb back to 15k feet, they would have slipped below the Saudi aircraft.
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As a Saudi, Iāve heard my parents and relatives talks about this accident many times and describe how bad it is, I remembered later this day and wondered how it happened, never thought it was this bad. Thank you for the detailed information, and may Allah(God) have mercy on their souls
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the sound of the Saudi pilot before the accident is chilling
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As an Indian born just about a month before this incident took place, I was always told that it was the fault of the kazakh aircraft. I didn't know that our aviation infrastructure was so bad back then. These days the infrastructure has changed a lot, and are still improving. Thank you for covering this case. Take love. ā¤
