The Worst Mid-Air Collision In The History Of Aviation | Mayday: Air Disaster

November 12th, 1996, shortly after taking off from New Delhi, Saudi Airways Flight 763 levels off at 14,000 feet. As the crew waits for clearance to climb to their cruising altitude, the plane is hit by a Kazakhstan Airlines jet.

Which aviaion disaster do you think has been the most devastating from Mayday?

Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 7 Episode 4 "Sight Unseen": The two wreckage fields are five miles apart, and corpses and aircraft debris litter the countryside. Unfortunately for investigators, the charred remains reveal little. Working with what they do have, investigators clear the local air traffic controller and rule out mechanical failure. Studying the black boxes, investigators learn that the Kazak jet was 1000 feet lower than it should have been.

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[MaydayAirDisaster]

Which aviaion disaster do you think has been the most devastating from Mayday?

[BelleFlower]

Major props to the actor playing VK! He did an amazing job showing all the emotions

[moviemakerz]

WOW!
the actor for young VK was really REALLY good. his performance was actually really immersive and i forgot for a moment that it was a recreation of the events. i hope he became a professional actor because he did a fantastic job.

[nan]

I was flying a USAF KC-135, on approach to landing, when there was an airborne explosion and the air traffic controller announced “(call sign) Lost Radar Contact.” Those words burned a hole in my soul. They still do even now, years later. I lost friends that day.

My plane and the one that exploded were the only ones in the local area at the time. We landed, turned in our post-flight paperwork, and at one of the debrief/turn in offices I was met by a person who had two crew rosters in her hands. She looked at me then said, “Now I know who it was.” For me, hearing those words was just chilling.

If you want to read the details, look up Loring AFB KC-135 crash October 1989. The cause of the explosion was a badly worn fuel pump, which overheated and ignited the fuel vapors in the main fuel tank. They crew had no way to know, and had no chance.

[patrickleighpresents]

Having just watched a video where the air traffic controller making a mistake was the biggest factor in a collision on a runway, it's good to see that wasn't a problem in this one.

[armandorey]

even years later this accident continues to cause chills when hearing the description of the black box 349 souls lost due to human errors, and sacrifices for millions of people who travel around the world today, perhaps safer than before

[andrewsstation]

According to a news article cited by Wikipedia, four passengers from the Kazakhstan plane and 2 passengers from the Saudi Airways 747 survived the initial crash, but all died shortly afterwards. The Kazakhstan plane crash-landed, while the Saudi jet entered a nearly-supersonic dive, breaking up from the force of the descent. I could understand there being initial survivors from the Kazakhstan jet, but I find it a miracle that anyone could even survive the initial nosedive of any plane from that high up. It would be more interesting though, if they had indeed survived and recovered.

[graina]

anyone else stuck on these plane disaster documentaries?

[chezsnailez]

_Rescuers discovered four critically injured passengers from the Ilyushin, but they all died soon afterwards. Two passengers from the Saudia flight survived the crash, still strapped to their seats, only to die of internal injuries soon after_

[larrybiggets]

I don't have a fear of flying. I have a fear of crashing.

[Tra_C]

It's sad so many lives must to be lost before safeguards are put in place. Tombstone technology indeed.

[randomgirlontheinternet]

Y'all get really really good actors for all of these! So well done and informative as well

[timetowakeup]

I am addicted to these.... it’s unhealthy

[brucemoriarty]

Great video about a horrible crash. God Bless them all and their families.🙏

[jamaldominicbarr]

Being a flight controller must be absolutely terrifying.

[im-very-bad-at-mw]

Even though they were basically at the same altitude in the air i think its crazy that they ended up meeting at the EXACT same time, if the Khasakstan plane was behind even a minute they most likely wouldn't have met each other at the same spot and the Saudi plane would have flown untouched in front of them. The odds just seem insane

[jebbroham]

The skies above us seem massive, like the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, but when there are aircraft flying around up there in the volumes that they do today, this accident is actually a constant danger on a daily basis. ATC can only do so much to monitor the positions of aircraft in their span of control.

[maxsmith]

My dad was set to fly on United flight 826 on December 16, 1960 from O'Hare. He fell asleep in the SEATAC airport and missed that connector flight.

It crashed over NYC with no survivors.

[jordanstrahan]

Love this videos and this narrator is my favorite one

[marigeobrien]

While it is a horrible tragedy for so many -- the 349 people on board, and more so for all their loved ones who suffered their loss -- I take some comfort in knowing their end was very quick and without dread. There was an old saying that went, "they never knew what hit them." As I suffer from a chronic illness that makes each day a greater struggle, I almost envy them. They lived until they died. Some will say, "but it shouldn't have happened." All I can is, but it did. And there are worse things in this world than a quick death. Plus, many learned from this horrible event. That's the best we can hope for sometimes. I am also very grateful that both planes went down in rural areas, rather than over a neighborhood or city street.