A Routine Plane Takeoff Quickly Turns into a Disaster

It was a routine takeoff for Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a domestic cargo plane making its way to Ohio, on February 16, 2000. Seconds later, that illusion was shattered as the plane began to violently tilt and rotate.

[AzakielRuns]

Cheers to the people commenting "at least the filming crew survived" on every video thinking they are 10/10 comedians.

[jjasbar]

I knew they all died when I didn't see any of the actual people being interviewed

[macman]

"They realised sooner or later that they had to get on the ground"
Next clip: Plane smashing into the ground!

[emiliasusnjar]

they used the same clip of the plane flying at least 4 times

[erikb]

Really beginning to hate these clips that abruptly end when the plane crashes

[flytheskies]

On February 16, 2000, the DC-8 crashed onto a salvage yard shortly after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport, killing all 3 crew members on board. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that during the aircraft's rotation, a control rod to the right elevator control tab detached, causing a loss of pitch control. The crew attempted unsuccessfully to return to Sacramento airport. The NTSB further found that an incorrect maintenance procedure, which was implemented by Emery Worldwide, introduced an incorrect torque-loading on the bolts which were supposed to connect the control rod.

[teejay]

Aw I don't know why but this episode just broke my heart for the pilots. They tried everything

[rumorady-]

RIP flight crew and pilots and anyone else that was on board.

[llanamejia]

It is so silly to let us with no conclusion. We rather go to YouTube channels such as Air Crash Investigation or The Flight Channel

[mariya]

The saddest thing is that they were so close and then the plane said:

*Not today*

[danasakid]

R.I.P to all affected and thoughts go out to the family’s of the victims🙏

[TheLinearCircle]

Emery Worldwide never recovered from this accident. I left several months before the company stopped doing business. Sad story!!

[molly_]

I don't know why I watch these, flying can scare me in general. But these are just so interesting😂

[brandonp]

1:45 2:13 2:44 3:31 i didnt know the same thing happened 4 times but in the same position each time?

[lmgmaster]

The cause: The right elevator tab detached during take-off as a result of an incorrect maintenance procedure implemented by Emery worldwide.

The FAA found more than 100 maintenance violations by the airline, including one that caused another accident in 2001, Emery permanently grounded their entire fleet and ceased operations that same year.

[sam]

If you're rarely going to post plane disasters as least give us the full episode

[joecrammond]

the crew worked so well together, was a shame they came down short of the runway

[genekimberly]

I was working at the Emery Hub in DAY that night. It was sorry shift to work. A lot of us knew the Flt crew (particularly George). A flight engineer that came in later, and who I flew all over the world with (USAF), was devastated and I ended up taking him home with me, as the ATL aircraft went down for maintenance and his crew rest period expired. All the flt crews left at the Hub went out on the East ramp and stayed there until all the flights went out. There was a question of a container shifting to the rear (lock problem) and causing the COG to cause the nose up. interestingly enough, the parking lot that they crashed into had just held a discount car auction a couple of hours before they lifted off. it was the beginning of the end. the investigation was not kind to maintenance but management was not blameless. I left Emery ( Menlo Logistics, and untimately UPS AFTER they bought us from Menlo) in 2016. Some things from 17, I believe, were buried in a time capsule in the HUB. Don't know what happened to that either. Emery was a GREAT company to work for early on, not so much later. but still have some friends in the local area.

[ryant]

Their first mistake was hiring George Land instead of George Takeoff

[RommeruTempest]

As a ground crew. The loading of cargo/ net weight of the cargo and fuel is one of the most important info for the crew. To have a safe and stable flight