The Green Ramp Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 23rd of March, 1994, two military aircraft collided while approaching Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Background
01:40 - The Green Ramp Disaster
07:39 - The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

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[PrinzPassionsfrucht]

This is one of these disasters where everyone involved tries their best to avoid tragedy but fate has other plans...

[cariboocustomwoodworks]

Imagine running in to help your friends not knowing you're covered in fuel and suddenly getting set on fire yourself... terrifying.

[cameron]

I arrived to Bragg in 2005 and jumped for the next 10 years. Many of my senior non-comissioned officers were present during this incident. Soldiers were no longer allowed out of the buildings to wait for aircraft to try and prevent another incident like this from happening. Good video.

[krymerax]

This is a prime example of how consistent training leads to excellent reactions.

[matchismo]

That chaplain wrote the most amazing journal of this disaster.
So much respect for this man.

[chrischarlescook]

This story was the definition of a fascinating horror.

[jamesturner]

The F-16 has a single main engine, therefore it utilizes an Emergency Power Unit, EPU. EPUs are small jet engines that provide startup and Emergency power. The EPU on the F-16 is special, it is fueled by Hydrazine. Hydrazine can catch on fire when it touches your skin, crews wear head to toe covering while even handling the fuel, it is that dangerous.

[sharonsmith]

What a horrible disaster! I don't remember hearing about this when it happened. I had 3 year old twins so I didn't listen to the news much! Thanks for bringing us these stories.

[ElliesCousin]

Thank you so much for making this video.

It means a lot. ❤️❤️

I showed my mom this, and she cried because there aren't many people who know about this or even know what happened.

Thank you again!!

I am proud to be the son of a man who served his country.

Harry Lanakila Momoa Jr.
A father & husband husband who loved his family very much.

[pwhales]

I was stationed at Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne Division. I used to go through Green Ramp all the time.

[miaf]

Also a Fayetteville native and I still remember this day vividly. Down to the song that was playing on my car radio when they broke in tell us about the accident. I worked with children and all of us teachers wondered if any of the children's parents were killed.

[softwhiteundrarmr]

I'd like to see you cover the "operation babylift" from Vietnam in the early 70s. From what I understand an overloaded Hercules with hundreds of fleeing Vietnamese perished in an American military crash

[bobblebardsley]

The cruel irony that an ill-fated training exercise led to the death and injury of so many personnel who were only in that location on the ground because they were also training, but the response was so good because of how well they and the hospital had trained for mass casualty events. It's like this whole incident just occurred within its own little bubble, which I guess is true of anything like this where it's wholly contained within an Air Force Base or equivalent facility. Just feels especially true here.

[KingLucifer]

I had 3rd degree burns on my chest from an ied. At first I didnt even know I was on fire. Later when my gear came off, they had to cut off my shirt underneath. Skin was stickung to it. They gave me surgery and removed all the burned skin and then pulled the skin above and below together and stitched it all together and cut new holes in the skin for my nipples. I have a half inch thick scar from armpit to armpit. That shit hurtduring the recovery, but I was back to normal after a month. Had to stop combat job when I lost my left eye, tho. Stab wound. I kinda think its cool, bc of how it happened. But to be languishing with burns for 9 months, not from combat but from an accident? Thats too much. RIP to all those who perished that day.

[wolfhound]

Rest in Peace to those we tragically lost that day.

[timmyy]

This is by far my favorite part of having Tuesday's off of work. I get to get up, make a nice breakfast and enjoy this weeks new FH video.

[tamarosenthal]

Imagine if everyone put as much effort into safety as this base did. Drills taken seriously, coordination with relevant community resources, quick response that isn't affected by mass panic or ignorance because everyone feels prepared to deal with emergencies.

[MelodyMLucianoNorris-qelc]

Kudos to everyone on the ground as they did everything correctly! If only every disaster were handled so well!! As for the people who screwed up in the tower, shame on them! That poor trainee was literally thrown into a situation by people who didn't care and now the trainee has to live with the guilt for the rest of their life even though, technically they are guilty of nothing. They tried their best with the little training they had. Another fine example of how higher-ups' indifference and willingness to pass the buck can end in disaster! RIP to these poor people!

[alanholck]

Retired USAF here. This was a difficult era in USAF history. The controllers were only partly to blame - top USAF leadership was of firm opinion that fighter pilots could do no wrong. F-16 pilot doesn't check pattern, crash into C-130, kill 24, blame the tower controllers (who had asked for training for multiple airframe ops but were turned down). This is squarely due to top leadership wanting 'composite wings'; moving aircraft around without training the Airmen for these kind of multiple-airframe type operations. F-15s shoot down 2 US Army Blackhawks, kill 26 - blame the AWACS controller (despite the fact that the F-15s made visual passes & decided that the Blackhawks were Iraqi Hinds). Nope, it was the AWACS fault that the F-15 pilots pulled the trigger. Fighter pilot Wing Commander ignores standards & has airfield grass cut short, which attracts geese, E-3 hits gees on takeoff, crash kills 24. Thank God for Ron Fogleman putting an end to this lunacy.

[jasonwomack]

I feel for the trainee controller. Saw the problem, tried to prevent it (even though it was the wrong call sign), then all hell breaks loose. Puts the usual new job anxiety in perspective.