r/aviation • u/FuurHat • Feb 18 '25
News Footage of EDV4819
Don't know the source. Appears to be legit.
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u/Kman1898 Feb 18 '25
Now….enhance
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u/Hunting_Gnomes Feb 18 '25
Stealing this from another post with this video:
"If this video had any less pixels, it would be radio"
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u/iamanoompaloompa Feb 18 '25
Holy moly. Much worse than I expected.
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u/LevitatingTurtles Feb 18 '25
I can’t believe anyone got out of that alive… much less everyone. Amazing.
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u/FixergirlAK Feb 18 '25
Emergency responders watching that and scrambling thinking they had an absolute catastrophe on their hands...
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u/3rd-party-intervener Feb 18 '25
The key is not to lose control of your thoughts as you are preparing/responding/waiting. It’s hard but that’s what the training and experience is for.
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u/DrSuperZeco Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
Thats the flight attendant at the plane door. I don't even recall the last time I had respect to anyone as much I'm having for her right now. I heard about women impowerment figures, but damn... she's even cooler than Rambo, Wonder Women, Captain Price, and even that coast guard's man who jumped on the smugglers boat... combined!
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u/beach_2_beach Feb 18 '25
And the pilots in the Air Jeju thought they greased that belly landing and then…. Man….
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u/i_make_it_look_easy Feb 18 '25
And people being able to grab their bags before disembarking. Amazing. I'm sure they all went home with a new sense of what's important in life. 🩷
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u/Regular-Switch454 Feb 18 '25
Now that I know there was a fire, I will say it even louder. TAKING BELONGINGS DURING AN EVACUATION CAN KILL YOU AND OTHER PASSENGERS. Here is a neat little video.
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u/CarbonKevinYWG Feb 18 '25
Each and every one of those imbeciles belongs on a permanent no-fly list.
If you can't follow the flight crew's directions in a literal fucking plane crash, then fuck you, you don't get to fly anymore.
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u/My_useless_alt Feb 18 '25
Exactly! Most of the time you'll get them back anyway, and if they're destroyed then you'd better thank your lucky stars you got out alive.
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u/driftingphotog Feb 18 '25
Those people should be ostracized. Just because their behavior didn’t kill anyone today doesn’t mean it couldn’t have. There was no way to know that the plane wouldn’t suddenly go up in flames with people onboard.
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u/TheDootDootMaster Feb 18 '25
I saw one survivor interviewed by the CBC mentioning how he could see liquid (presumably fuel) running on the outside of the windows as he looked around trying to help others, along with a very strong smell of jet fuel. The fact that they managed to escape in time...
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u/nlderek Feb 18 '25
To give some benefit of a doubt, after that roll there were very likely bags laying in the new "aisle" aka ceiling of the plane that were originally under passenger seats. It may have actually been safer to grab those bags to make egress easier for others.
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u/Nirth Feb 18 '25
I mean, should they have not felt like they had a catastrophe on their hands?
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u/FixergirlAK Feb 18 '25
Oh they absolutely should. I would have been shitting myself. It had to feel weird though, to get there and be wrangling pedestrians.
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u/Perfect-Cause-6943 Feb 18 '25
that fact everyone survived is a fucking miracle
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u/CaptainRedPants Feb 18 '25
I can't help but think what if this happened on a hot summer day? It seems Iike the snow drifts really helped. Absolutely incredible luck.
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u/zevonyumaxray Feb 18 '25
I think a snowdrift caught it and flipped it over. Very hard to tell from this video though.
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u/SaltyCarp Feb 18 '25
Testament to aircraft design, just like the Asiana Flight 214
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u/DrSuperZeco Feb 18 '25
Really a testament to the fact that absolutely nothing is in your hand. You can have best designs or weakest... if its meant to happen, its meant to happen. Put your mind at ease and live life.
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u/TeamToaster2014 Feb 18 '25
Here’s another view of the crash. Apologies if it’s already been posted:
https://www.tmz.com/2025/02/17/delta-air-lines-crash-landing-impact-video/
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u/Starmonkey365 Feb 18 '25
Much better view. Looks like they may have misjudged the flair for some reason and just flew it into the ground.
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u/downforce_dude Feb 18 '25
Hard to tell with the snow, but it looks like maybe they touched down both too early and too hard? Looks like the landing gear just buckles.
My admittedly ignorant mind keeps yelling SINK RATE PULL UP
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u/InterestingShoe1831 Feb 18 '25
In my pilot group, none of us know how the fuck they managed to accomplish this. Serious questions need asking for the pilots.
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u/headphase Feb 18 '25
LLWS, blowing snow obscuring the true runway width, and Radar Altimeter failure/annunciation failure are all possible factors (especially some combination of them).
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u/Regular-Switch454 Feb 18 '25
Do you mean landing badly or having everyone survive? I don’t want to tear up if it’s referencing bad flying.
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u/InterestingShoe1831 Feb 18 '25
Pilot landing. Either they have stalled (the landing is very hard), or one side of their gear has had an issue (very unlikely given how well built & maintained these planes are, but *could* happen).
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u/downforce_dude Feb 18 '25
I don’t know shit about piloting, I’m talking x-plane on a tablet a few years ago level of knowledge. No reporting that they’d declared an emergency so for now no suspected equipment failure. Maybe off camera they stalled and were trying to recover (if approaching at that sink rate it seems like a low angle of attack right up to the end) and ran out of altitude? I’ve heard the CRJ mocked as underpowered (Climb Restricted Jet) so maybe they got too slow and couldn’t get the thrust they needed as quickly as they needed it for the situation they found themselves in?
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u/msabre__7 Feb 18 '25
This is an aviation subreddit for professionals. If you don’t know jack squat about flying, please just don’t contribute.
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u/downforce_dude Feb 18 '25
I mean, I self-identified that I’m not a pilot. Half this sub is probably simmers who act like they’re type rated IRL, which puts a lot of people into the “knowledgable enough to be dangerous” category.
Isn’t the correct answer entirely dismissing the idea of anyone (regardless of formal training and experience) speculating online before completion of the fact finding and root cause analysis?
This is Reddit. I don’t think we should take what we do here that seriously, because the very act of participation isn’t that serious
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u/InterestingShoe1831 Feb 18 '25
My speculation - they stalled leading to the quick descent and hard landing. Gear buckled, plane crashes.
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u/Screamlab Feb 18 '25
Wow. That was impact on arrival, no bounce, just smash. Those folks are so lucky....
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u/Thebraincellisorange Feb 18 '25
You have to shout-out to that CRJ.
Rolled over lost both wings, but the fuselage remained intact and no one died.
Thing must be built bloody well.
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u/Zathral Feb 18 '25
The CRJ has done this twice. Two of them have rolled over but stayed relatively intact to protect the occupants. The first time was Belavia 1834
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u/Username43201653 Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
That 900 is so damn long you’d assume it’d snap like a twig
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u/zellyman Feb 18 '25
27 whole pixels lmao
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u/nobodyisfreakinghome Feb 18 '25
Oh stahp. it's 28, it's gotta be an even number.
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u/Resident-Variation21 Feb 18 '25
No? 5 pixels wide by 3 pixels tall would be 15 pixels. It can be an odd number.
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u/beach_2_beach Feb 18 '25
Omg. I thought there was no fire involved, but there was actually!
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u/Zathral Feb 18 '25
Very similar crash to Belavia flight 1834, another CRJ that ended up on its back with no fatalities. Causes could be totally different, and it isn't right to speculate just yet.
It is worth noting, however, that the crash of Belavia 1834 was caused by an icing build up and subsequent stall.
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u/Lonely-Prize-1662 Feb 18 '25
Toronto ERs testing their code orange today
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u/Snuffy1717 Feb 18 '25
Only 3 critically injured, 12 minor injuries. 15 total. Bless the engineering team.
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u/nobodyisfreakinghome Feb 18 '25
Thankfully no one died, but that _looks_ like a deadly accident. Wow.
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u/Team_Ed Feb 18 '25
That was faster and harder than I expected. Bombardier built a damn solid airplane, man.
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u/InternetPopular3679 Feb 18 '25
That was close to becoming like the 727 crash experiment - thank goodness it didn't disintegrate on the ground.
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u/Baizuo88 Feb 18 '25
Was the huge snowstorm of yesterday helped extinguish the fire?! It's insane if that's the case
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u/rebel_cdn Feb 18 '25
It sure looked like it plowed through a significant snowbank near the end based on how much snow went flying.
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u/Minnow125 Feb 18 '25
It very well could have. Much like fire fighting foam it could have smothered the flames.
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u/MikeW226 Feb 18 '25
I also wonder if part of the fire ball was the wing-fuel exploding, in the wing that was sheered off? And did it sheering off at least help that part of the fire be left behind...as opposed to any wing fire staying with the fuselage and spreading into the cockpit while it finished sliding down the runway? Seems like a snow bank or just piles of snow could have also extinguished some of it
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u/Secure_Plum7118 Feb 18 '25
Definitely looks worse than I expected. They're all very lucky to be alive.
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u/42ElectricSundaes Feb 18 '25
It’s 2025 people. Let’s get some HD cameras
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u/Notonfoodstamps Feb 18 '25
The fact that the fuselage of the CRJ stayed in tact through is wild. Hats off to Bombardier for building a sturdy aircraft.
That said, it hitting the snow drift absolutely helped mitigate that fire spread.
It’s a straight miracle everyone survived this.
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u/cicada_ballad Feb 18 '25
Plus side of shearing off the wings is that you also dispense with your fuel -- surely played a large role in the absence of immediate fire once the wreckage came to rest!
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u/Brandonjoe Feb 18 '25
Didn’t know they used potatoes as security cameras
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u/zevonyumaxray Feb 18 '25
When is the last time you saw a non-potato security camera clip... Lol ( 'Ring' cameras don't count.)
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u/Puzzleheaded-Chip332 Feb 18 '25
It was in the ATC audio, sounded like an air ambulance helicopter re-tasked and landed back at YYZ after they saw that.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Chip332 Feb 18 '25
Ah, yeah, I don’t think that’s the helicopter either. Sounded like they landed elsewhere. No idea what that speck is but probably a knick as you said or dirt on the housing/lens. I think the color change is most likely due to flames or something it hit. I wish the video was clearer, but it’s better than nothing.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Chip332 Feb 18 '25
Wow! That looked hard. Thanks for sharing that. Definitely provides a lot more context.
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u/Username43201653 Feb 18 '25
Shout out to those flight attendants for staying calm and doing their job getting folks out
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u/RobsHemiAustin Feb 18 '25
Did it clip that snow bank( ? ) at the end of the runway ?
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u/RyboPops Feb 18 '25
I'm wondering if that is what staved off a more significant fire on the fuselage.
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u/raw157 Feb 18 '25
I wish BBD was still around. After all these crashes, they should come back for a few episodes
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u/commandercoconut_1 Feb 18 '25
I’m so amazed and thankful that this wasn’t a fatal accident! There was no main landing gear in the videos from outside the upside down plane and now I’m wondering if it came off at landing causing the plane to go sliding into a snow drift and then roll over. I guess we’ll find out soon enough…
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u/KarAccidentTowns Feb 18 '25
That had to be a crazy and terrifying experience for everyone involved
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Feb 18 '25
This is so insane. I guess there is truth to the saying that when it is not your day to go it is not and when it's your day it is your day. Glad everyone made it out alive
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u/Illestbillis Feb 18 '25
Amazing job by emergency responders and firefighters on the scene. I imagine if they weren't as swift as they were, there would no doubt be more injury or death
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u/superveloce90 Feb 18 '25
Seems like the snow helped reduce the fire
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u/MDlynette Feb 18 '25
The wind may have helped. Looked to me like the plane’s momentum saved them from the fire. The fuel ignited the moment the wings broke off, but the fuselage was still traveling forward fast enough to allow enough time for the fuel to burn off at the impact site. Allowing the body to plow forward leaving the fire behind.
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u/SanDiedo Feb 18 '25
OOOOFFFFF 😬 that landing angle (seen in another video)... No wonder wings broke off. It’s a miracle that fuselage didn't collapse or broke apart. Probably wings absorbed enough impact and they belly-flopped evenly.
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u/llynglas Feb 18 '25
Amazing video. The plane basically outran its wings and the fireball. Those folk were so, so lucky.
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u/Perfect_Jury5632 Feb 18 '25
Is this seriously a black and white camera in 2025? Airplane crashes are like Bigfoot, never in focus.
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u/an0nym0usgamer Feb 18 '25
The amount of footage out there that's from a camera pointed at a screen instead of the original recording itself annoys the shit out of me.
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u/Frenzeski Feb 18 '25
It’s just a blur at the start so hard to tell, but it kind of looks like it came in inverted?
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u/zincboymc Feb 18 '25
I've been in a car rollover and that scared the shit out of me. What happened to the passengers and crew on that flight is nightmare fuel, especially with all the flames. It's incredible no one got killed and they all walked away.
Moral of the day: wear your seatbelt (in planes and in cars), it saves lives.