Mentour Pilot: Aviation Accidents explained

The story of Olympic airways flight 411 is one of the most fascinating and nail biting stories I have ever covered on this channel. A fully loaded Boeing 747, suffering a crippling engine failure during departure, almost crashing into downtown Athens. Enjoy!

On the 3rd of September 2010, a Boeing 747 Freighter with callsign UPS 6 took off from Dubai International airport with destination Cologne Bonn In Germany. Soon after departure, an uncontrolled inflight fire broke out. How the fire started and what happened after, is what I will cover in this video.

An Airbus A320 from Air Arabia gets cleared to takeoff runway 30 in Sharya, UAE. During the Lineupp the aircraft turns the WRONG way and starts accelerating for takeoff. How was this possible? In todays episode I will tell you the incredible story If Air Arabia flight 111. Enjoy!

On the 4th of February, 2015 a 10 months old ATR 72-600 Aircraft from TransAsia Airways crashed into the Keelung river after an only 3,5 minutes long flight. During the crash it struck a taxi that was driving on a highway overpass close to the river. In this video I will explain all the details surrounding this accident, as outlined by the final report.

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was a Boeing 767 passenger jet on a scheduled service from Newark, United States, to Warsaw, Poland, that on 1 November 2011 made a successful gear-up emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport. In todays video i will explsin why it happened and if it could have been avoided.

This video will tell you the crazy story of Royal Air Maroc flight 780S. A Boeing 737-800 which suffered several technical problems during a flight from Rabat to Paris which put the pilots in a very uncomfortable situation. I hope you will find the story interesting.

Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was a regularly scheduled flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 21, 2009, which landed over one hour late in Minneapolis after overshooting its destination by more than 100 nautical miles. In this video I will tell you everything about what happened on that day including the circumstances which led up to it. Enjoy

Aeroflot Flight 593 was a regular passenger flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. On 23 March 1994, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A310-304 flown by Aeroflot, crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast, killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The investigators found, to their horror, that the children of the pilot was present in the cockpit when the aircraft crashed. In this video I will tell you the full story about what happened.

The Linate Airport disaster occurred at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy on the morning of Monday, 8 October 2001. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 686, a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 airliner carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation CJ2. business jet carrying four people bound for Paris, France. All 114 people on both aircraft were killed, as well as four people on the ground. In this video I will go through all of the different factors who led up to this disaster as well as what happened afterwards. As Always I hope you will find the video interesting and let me know your questions in the comment-section below.

JetBlue Flight 292 was a scheduled flight from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. On September 21, 2005, The flight-crew executed an emergency landing in the Airbus A320-200 at Los Angeles International Airport after the nose gear jammed in an abnormal position. In this video I will be explaining the technical issue which caused the emergency as well as the decision making inside the cockpit. Enjoy!

On the 18th July 2018 an Airbus A330-300 was getting ready to depart from Brisbane International Airport in Queensland, Australia for Kuala Lumpur. Shortly after the take-off roll was initiated, the flight crew was suddenly aware that they had no indication of airspeed on their PFD’s (Primary Flight Display). What was the cause of this and how did the story unfold? Stay tuned.

Airblue Flight 202 was a scheduled Pakistani domestic passenger flight from Karachi to the nation’s capital of Islamabad. On 28 July 2010, the Airbus A321-231 jet airliner crashed into Margalla Hills, north of Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport, killing all 146 passengers and six crew on board. In this video I will explain all the reasons behind this crash and what we can learn from it.

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled Singapore Airlines passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taipei, Taiwan. On the 31st October 2000, the Boeing 747-412 operating the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway leading to a very serious accident. In this video I will explain what caused this fatal mistake and what we have learned from it.

On the 10 May 2022, after a fishing trip in the Bahamas, a Cessna Grand Caravan is travelling back to the United States when the pilot passes out at 10,000 feet. One of the passengers on board, Darren Harrison, who has no flight experience takes control of the situation.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, continuing onto Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. At approximately 19:15, while attempting a landing into Chicago Midway, the airplane slid off the end of runway. How did this happen and why was this aircraft unable to stop?

An Air France B777-200 narrowly missed central Africa’s highest mountain in early May. Flight AF953 was travelling from Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and commercial capital, when it hit bad weather on 2 May. How did this happen?

On the 7th March 2020, two Air Canada #aircraft experienced a close call on 06L at #Toronto Pearson International airport. The two aircraft involved were a #Boeing 777 and a much smaller #Embraer ERJ-190. A Dash 8 also makes an appearance. The weather on the day was beautiful with high clouds and a temperature of -5°. What could have caused just an event to take place? Let’s #explore!

On the 7th January 2017 a Challenger 604 private business jet was travelling between Velana International Airport in Malé and Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. An Airbus A380 was passing overhead at the same time in the same location heading in the opposite direction when disaster struck. How dangerous can wake turbulence be?

On the Tuesday, August 18, 2015 a Jet Airways 737-800 left Hamad International Airport in Doha bound for Cochin in Southern India. The weather on that day was marginal. During the first approach into Cochin the pilots were unable to make visual contact with the runway due to the misty weather and had to execute a go-around. In total, SIX missed approaches were performed during this flight. How was this allowed to happen?

On April 10, 2019 an Airbus A321 operating American Airlines flight 300 was taking off from runway 31L at #JFK International Airport in New York. Out of nowhere, the aircraft started turning to the extreme left side of the runway and the Captain’s efforts to correct this anomaly had initially no effect. What has just happened and what events took place afterwards? Lets investigate…

On 3 May 2006, an AirbusA320 was on route from Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia to Sochi International Airport in Russia. After a series of confusing commands and requests from ATC, the plane began its approach into Sochi. The crew are becoming more and more frustrated and there is an increasing lack of communication . What follows is the story of Armavia Flight 967. Please note, this episode depicts loss of life.

On the 23rd May 2022, an #Airbus #A320 was performing a standard RNP #approach into Runway 27R at Charles De Gaulle #Paris. Unknown to the pilots at the time, the aircraft was on a #descent path straight into the ground below. How was this possible and why did the pilots not notice? Let’s explore

On the 3rd of August 2016, the #flight crew of an #Emirates Boeing 777-300 performed a go-around, when their #landing on runway 12L in #Dubai went wrong. But instead of accelerating and #climbing out normally, the #aircraft fell back down on the runway. How did this happen?

On the morning of July 6, 2013 a Boeing 777-200ER from Asiana Airlines is on approach to runway 28L in San Francisco. Everything seems fine in the cockpit as the aircraft descends down. It soon becomes apparent that flight 241 is too low on the glideslope but by the time the flight crew notices this, it's too late. Why did The pilots continue? Why was this not noticed sooner and why did the autothrottle system not activate?

What could cause a pilot to handle the aircraft in almost the complete opposite way to how he has been trained? As this aircraft tumbled through the dark night, it changed the American aviation industry to it’s core but was it for the right reasons?

Pilots are trained to trust their instruments but what would happen if those instruments put the aircraft in a position that the pilots didn’t expect? What if the reaction is something completely different than what they had been trained to do?

How can a fully operational Air France Airbus A330, one of the safest ever made, go from flying along normally at cruising altitude to being in a complete free-fall stall, within a matter of seconds?

Sometimes, the chain of events needed to cause an accident can be so strange that it seems almost comical. But these pilots, struggling to keep their Airbus A321 in the air were not laughing.