How a Badly Trained Pilot Caused this Airbus to Crash into New York City | American Airlines 587

Since I had problems with YT, I decided to re-publish the video. However, as you might see, this isn't just a reupload: I completely remade the intro and outro, I updated the texts to meet the new standards of current videos, and I applied a few corrections here and there. Thanks for watching :)

I remember that one of the victims in this plane crash was an employee of the world trade center, she survived 9/11 but died 2 months later in this crash. So sad may they all rest in peace.

A friend of mine, an AA pilot, was two planes behind this one waiting to take off that morning. He watched the whole scene unfold. Very sad. RIP to all that lost their lives.

I am a huge fan of your content, but I almost can’t bring myself to watch this video. My uncle was on this flight. I have not been able to forget about it. All the fear and lost hope that he must’ve been feeling when that plane plummeted. I will never forget him.

When honoring the dead, let’s not forget the people sitting in their homes watching The Price Is Right that morning while sipping their morning cups of coffee. I graduated high school with one of those victims. RIP

Any other fearful fliers out there find themselves binge watching these videos? 😨😨😨

5 people on the ground were also killed - they should be mentioned too.

It makes me so sad trying to imagine people just chilling in their house living life and then a plane just comes straight at them out of nowhere

My great grandfather was supposed to be on this flight with his new wife. They had just moved to queens and ended up missing their flight because they woke up late. He always talks about how lucky he was and feels bad for the people :(

I have over 8000 hours and currently fly an Airbus A320. Large inputs to the flight controls are used often and under many circumstances. Even though the 300 is not fly by wire, there is no way the rudder faltered due to the application of full rudder control. The aircraft was well under maneuvering speed and I’ve never, ever heard an aircraft make such a significant sound due to wake turbulence. They departed plenty of time after the 747 and were also at a slightly different altitude through climb out. FAA was covering for American Airlines***(see note). The plane was previously damaged in weather overseas and I’m sure there were complications where a band aid was used to get the plane through to its next overhaul. Airlines save time and money at all costs, and sometimes it costs lives. At the end of the day, it’s a business, and I love the Airbus 300 series as well, but sometimes responsibility trumps optics, and unfortunately in this imperfect world, we can’t be prepared for or foresee every single possible scenario. We do the best we can, but flying is inherently dangerous given the amount of changing factors on a daily basis. God bless and clear skies. * this is going to be the only edit I make to my original comment. It originally said “Airbus,” but should be “American Airlines.” Ive changed it to that. I’ve received many comments about this and wanted to clarify my original mistake. In commenting quickly when first typing out my response to the video, I subconsciously put Airbus when I meant AA. It was an honest mistake that I had these two switched. Also: I understand that the NTSB is the investigative body for aviation accidents. When speaking of the FAA, I am referring to their many statements following the crash and investigation that, to me, seemed to omit important information and mislead the public in an attempt to show American Airlines in a more positive light. Lastly: I have posted a “deeper look” response to many commenters below... might be worth a read before commenting about “large control inputs” and other aspects of my comment that may seem unclear. (I try to keep comments short, and sometimes it leaves a lot of room for misinterpretation). Thanks for all of your comments.

I remember this happening like it was yesterday. I remember hearing the fire engines rushing to the scene and the fact that I lived in East New York Brooklyn and the fire engines were from Downtown Brooklyn told me something big had happened. Coming so soon after 9/11 meant everyone was on edge.

The flight was supposed to go to Santo Domingo. My wife and in-laws had planned to be on that flight, but the travel agency told them it was already booked solid and booked them on a flight for the following week instead. Every now and then, my wife reminds me of how close we came to never meeting.

I will never understand how ANY rudder movement that would rip the tail off of a plane can be allowed by ANY pedal movement a pilot can possibly make.

I was an employee of American at the time and one of my co workers was staying late. She was in the office and when I asked her why she was here so late she said I'm taking the flight to SDQ in the morning. So I'm going to stay here over night. We talked for a while and talked about 9 11 among other things. When I left her at about 1am and went home We said goodbye and I told her to get some sleep. When I found out the next morning I was totally devastated. May she Rest In Peace.

I remember this happened within the month after 9/11/2001. The city was already in shock from the terrorist attacks and this just compounded the heartache. I met a father in the Bronx that lost his young daughter and his mother on that flight. He owns a cuchifrito truck in the Bronx and has a picture of them on the outside. His daughter was not older than 6 and his mother, well, it was his mother. It was so sad. I have tears in my eyes while watching this video.

I was working on the memorial for flight 587. Our company was a GC, spent few days on the jobsite. It makes you appreciate your life and RIP all that are gone. Will never forget the days and all the names that are written on the boards. Rest in Peace

My mom remembers this. She lives just out of JFK. In her backyard looking at the planes takeoff. And one of those planes was this flight. She saw something fly off the plane. She said she heard a big boom. One of the worst days of the year.

This was only 2 months after the 9/11 attacks and as an American it scared alot of people - those were very uncertain times and nobody knew if another attack was going on or if it was an accident. RIP to the passengers and crew.

Thanks for making this my cousin was on this plane he also survived 9/11 acouple months before this. Once again thank you for making this video it means a lot

My uncle and cousin were on this flight. she was 13 at the time, he worked for AA for years. RIP, really crazy day even tho I was fairly young. I remember it clearly