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🟢 Support the channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/GreenDotAviation 🌏 YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCNU6LWB66VR48V58d2KOg/join ☕️ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GreenDot ----- On December 15th, 1989, All four engines suddenly failed on a KLM airlines Boeing 747-400, miles above the Alaskan Wilderness. Smoke filled the cockpit, and the pilots tried desperately to restart the engines as their aircraft began falling towards earth. The lives of all 245 people on board depended on whether they could restart their engines before they hit the mountains below. This video uses publicly available sources to piece together the series of events which led to the near-crash of KLM Airlines flight 867. Final flight of this aircraft (PH-BFC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8QScGnGGlI&t=4s ------ All music licensed through Epidemic Sound BA 747 Livery: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/44013-british-airways-landor-default-xp10xp11-747-400/ KLM 747 Livery: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/54409-klm-old-for-747-400-default/ Volcano clips from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com Final Report: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001213X29893&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA VACC picture: ​​U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ATC Tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1YzhWHWKZc ----- 00:00 ATC recording 01:11 Intro and Flight Background 03:00 Trouble brewing in Alaska 04:16 Descent into Anchorage 04:55 Encounter with ash 06:45 Engine restart attempts 08:30 Salvation through solidification 09:33 Aftermath and damage 10:21 Safety Improvements