A Routine Takeoff almost Turns into Australia's Worst Disaster | Terror in Brisbane (Real Audio)

On 18 July 2018, an Airbus A330-300 operating as Malaysia Airlines flight MH134 begins its takeoff roll on runway 01. As the aircraft accelerates through 50 kts, red speed flags appear on both primary flight displays, and the plane takes off with no airspeed information. Find out what really happened.

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[YHBW]

Wow! The Australian ATC delivery is buttery smooth. Clear, concise and so easy to understand.
Why do so many other ATCs around the world rush and gabble their words. Even if you are working a busy sector, it doesn’t have to be so fast and frantic.

[gwats]

I fueled Airliners for 5 years in Denver...One day, I was fueling a 737-200 for Continental Airlines, and noticed a red sticky fluid oozing down the bottom side of the wing near my fuel panel... The first officer was doing his his required walk around and walked right past it... I yelled at him, he turned around, and I pointed at the leak: Hydraulic fluid...He looked, cursed under his breath, and called for a line mechanic... the leak was repaired and the plane left late but safe... If you see something, SAY something....everyone who touches that plane is responsible for it's safety, even a lowly fueler like me...🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[RomNYC]

That DEP/ARR ATC is so calming and reassuring, he should create his own ASMR youtube channel. What a pro!

[virginiaviola]

ATC here makes me proud to be an Aussie. Clear, concise and on point. Poor old Malaysian had a bad run there for a while, glad this incident didn’t make it a trifecta and all ended well. Such a simple oversight that has had such catastrophic consequences on other flights.

[privatepilot]

The classic and dreaded “Chain of Events” that can lead to disaster. These guys were very fortunate. Aviation can be quite unforgiving. There were so many opportunities to break the chain. Complacency can be deadly.

[theycallmetundraboy]

"Reduced diligence" is such a kind way of saying "laziness."

[aadixum]

Everything wrong happened on the ground, and everything right happened in the air. Luckily the pilots did not panic like those on Air France 447.

[finepilot]

The purpose of the captain's walk around was only to spot problems like this.
It shows how we take procedures for granted when we do them for quite a long time.
Great Video TFC.

[KJ]

The amount of lesser known crashes their are baffles me but this guys great at showing them

[spiritmatter]

You made me look up “prospective memory.” So I learned something today. Thanks.

[roberthagedorn]

The ground communication before takeoff goes from "F" to after the aircraft is airborne. Everyone had to be functioning at top level to ensure a safe landing. This was an outstanding job by the flight crew and the controllers.

[cikame]

I am used to hearing every pilot refer to takeoff speeds religiously (V1 and V2), it's a pretty simple decision to abort the takeoff if there's no airspeed indication, there were so many mistakes before that but it really shouldn't have gone any further.

[nicknico]

Such a good communication between the pilot and the regional traffic controller.

[fredashay]

Suggestion: Attach RFID tags to the streamers of all pitot tube covers. Then have sensors at key points where taxiways intersect the runways to detect these RFID tags that alert the tower before the aircraft is given clearance to take off. No modification to the aircraft needed.

[johndoyle]

Some employees should lose their jobs over this. The pitot tubes are vital, which is why they are duplicated, or triplicated, shocking failure of procedures.
Thanks for another excellent simulation, with no casualties.

[robbflynn]

Hey, they got it back on the ground safely. That's the most important thing.

[ryanlester]

Man, this is a perfect example of the Swiss Cheese Model effect of an accident, minus the catastrophic accident, luckily. It's unbelievable how many people missed the pitot covers in this situation.

[gregqualtieri]

When I was in the Navy and working on C2, We had just got done washing it. the crew and the ground crew myself included. Everything looked normal. A C2would fly itself off the ground with no input from the pilot. The bird lifted off and just as quick set back down. They taxied to the gate the copilot opens the over hatch. leans out and takes the tape off the pilot tubes. No one said anything at least 10 people missed the tape after the was job. They taxied out and had a nice flight after that. No got in trouble due to the crew also missing the tape.

[venderstrat]

The level of visual detail in these episodes is amazing. In the background we see the Gateway Bridge. It IS Brisbane airport!

[margeebechyne]

So many people didn't follow through with their duties! So glad that all those other people didn't end up paying a price for that! Another great presentation. Thank you.