Cockpit Breakdown | Air Crash Investigation: Special Report | National Geographic UK

Kenya Airways Flight 507 bound for Nairobi encounters a storm mid-flight. The captain decides to engage the autopilot but quickly takes back control after, as the plane has a tendency to turn right. The pilots struggle to level the Boeing 737 on time before the devastating crash that left all 114 on-board killed.

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[cherifaidara]

The captain trusted the plane more than himself.

[pewdiecake]

aircraft banking right

captain:turning the yoke to the right and left
plane:you asked for it

[maxlovesmemes]

What actually happened: the captain told the first officer to engage autopilot but the first officer never did it so the captain left the control panel and the plane turned 11 degrees to the right the captain tried a series of movements to level the plane but it was actually making the situation worse but then the captain put autopilot on but the plane had turned 151 degrees so the accident was because of human error

[abdulghannyomar]

Just watched the entire documentary, and when the pilot exclaimed 'Alaa!' - that's a Swahili expression for surprise, not 'Allah' as some might think. Fascinating!

[nihaoyt]

Captain: Rolling left and right

Plane: Am I a joke to you? Why you helping me roll the plane right

[leo-]

did anyone see how the captain was flying

[manface]

I am certain that the Pilots did not disengage the autopilot, can be the reason why the Boeing 737 crashed into a swamp 3 and a half miles away from Duoala Airport.

[Ukrania]

The only sad part is when they flipped upside down

[ruiribeiro]

Guys where can I watch mayday in the UK? I tried everything and I cant see nowhere. Not even on disney plus

[davismakumi]

It's so hard seeing my country air plane crash 😢😢

[helloitsangey]

What actually happened to the kenyan airways crash

[mrgalaxynight]

The captain was relying on the plane way to much then himself.He should have double checked the auto pilot command.

[chicosticks]

Ending the clip before the crash is not gonna get you much views guys

[elviso.j]

The pilots didn't sound like Kenyans

[paschalnyamogo]

Whoever told white folks that all Africans have the same west African accent. From my experience, Kenyans speak better English than most Americans. Whatever Americans speak is not English, it’s something funny. Wanna, gotta etc

[shehryarkhan]

They should’ve turned off the autopilot

[philheathsgutt]

Smithsonian channel has better actors than Nat Geo Air crash Investigation's crew and pasaengers

[Kewlzter]

Time and time again, these pilots do something, then don't undo whatever it is they've just done.
Push a button, plane turns upside-down, common sense is to unpush that button!
Watched one the other day, Cpt lowered the flaps, plane starts rolling, you'd think he'd retract the flaps, but just like this one, he did anything but..

[jeffalves]

Kimberly Jones have a safe trip back home 😆

[nantaplayztdsroblox]

The main cause of this crash because the left flap created more lift than the right one which caused the plane to roll uncontrollably