Boeing 747 nearly CRASHES immediately after takeoff | United 863

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Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. The intense vibrations terrify the passengers, and are so strong that the pilots have trouble reading their instruments. Within moments, the aircraft is losing altitude and speed. The pilots struggle desperately with the controls as the aircraft veers off course, and heads straight for a mountain. Petrified residents below the flightpath telephone the airport fearing the worst - that a plane is about to crash into their neighbourhood. Will the pilots be able to rescue their stricken aircraft before time runs out? Over 300 lives hang in the balance. This is the story of United Airlines - flight 863.

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Special thanks to Selma Tekin for creating the thumbnail for this video, and to ZGamer for helping with the video shots.

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00:00 Intro
01:15 Endel
02:19 Flight background
03:10 Pushback and taxi
04:06 Takeoff
04:20 A problem occurs
04:54 A new issue
05:30 First Officer's response
06:29 Airspeed low
07:02 GPWS alarm
08:00 Close call
08:13 Climb
08:57 Fuel dump
09:11 A new dilemma
09:55 Return to San Francisco
10:24 Why?
10:44 Pilot interviews
11:36 Training issues
12:52 United's response
13:53 Manual flying skills
14:24 Thanks!

[GreenDotAviation]

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[CBTheMechanic]

What I really like about green dot videos is that he puts light on aviation incidents that are not well known instead of the few who have been talked about in many other documentaries and videos.

[annayosh]

8:16 "and the crew declared an emergency to air traffic control" - the rare case where air traffic control will be happy to hear a declaration of emergency - an emergency is still lots better than a crash that has already happened.

[Xamry]

“So unfortunately, none of the passengers had access to this week’s sponsor” 😂😂😂

[ronaldcharan]

I live in San Francisco and pass the airport all the time. The San Bruno mountains are clearly visible from the airport and don't leave much room for error in an incident such as this. Lots of credit to the pilots and very scary.

[CupwakeRBLX]

Former resident of Avalon Park here. I was 10 at the time. I remember being woken up by the vibrations and my parents screaming. If it got a little higher then it did I probably would of slept through it. You got used to planes going over after a while, it was part of living there. Whenever they were lower then normal we felt uneasy. Me and my little sister slept together that night as we were scared. I live in Dallas now and my sister lives in San Mateo.

[CretvMG]

My father retired as a UAL captain flying 747s out of SF to Asia. There are no YouTube videos about him, but that’s because he never made a dangerous decision in 35 years as a pilot. There are so many like him who studied hard, flew well, and delivered hundreds of thousands of people safely around the world. And that’s a decent legacy. :-)

[hkmps]

I was on that flight. Right after the engine cut out the Captin got on the intercom and said "This version of the 747 is 25% more fuel efficient than any other 747".

[karolisbareika]

Concise, straightforward, and insightful. Excellent job! You've earned a sub.

[jurassicpeter]

You've quickly become one of my favorite airtraffic disaster channels.
Your narration and quality research paired with excellent visuals make for some amazing educational content!

[oliverclark]

I would be interested in your take on Olympic flight 411 over Athens which seems to have similarities to this incident but on that occasion the pilots were hailed as heroes for ignoring the standard operating procedures and saving the day.

[alext]

These graphics are unbelievable. Excellent job all around. Thumbs up and share.

[nonine]

This channel makes me wanna become a pilot at the same time giving me a phobia of flying.

[ingoschubert]

Idk if it was included in the final report or not, but it would have been interesting to know what happened to the engine to fail at TO. I would have appreciated this info in your video, but none the less great content, and visuals, as always 😉

[QuiteSpiffing]

There was a flight in Athens Greece that faced a similar incident where they'd lost engine power on their (I believe) No 3 engine on take off, and only just managed to avoid a terrain collision into Pan's Hill before slowly recovering and returning to the airport.

[audreyjohnston]

That sponsorship insert was sooo smooth

[blpblp-tjux]

I used to live in South San Francisco, directly beneath the typical climbout path...the sound of a 747 or A380 at TOGA power is pretty crazy.

[ryanvandoren]

You really have a knack for story telling. Another exceptional video dude!

[IanMaggs-gr]

I have learned so much since I started watching you, before in my flight sim I couldn’t even takeoff, now I’m great at flying. Every one should subscribe to you.

[davidnavarro]

Mini Air Crash Investigation covered this one a while ago but your video is perfectly complementary. Your graphics and animations are superb as well as your camera angles!