it was just unbelievable to me. march 25th, 2011, dave darby is spending the afternoon at albert whitted airfield, a small airport just outside of tampa, florida. my buddy kirk who s been building this air control tower back here, he s been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn t come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out. the 100 grand prix was going on. the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport including east-west runway become part of the actual race course. the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera up. we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off.
Off the wing. and then as he tried to make his way back into the open area, he didn t have enough altitude so he went down in the brush just across that across the runway. after the wreckage is cleared, the crash site provides clues as to what split-second decisions kyle made in an attempt to save and amanda s lives. this is where the plane went down. and after looking at the site, it appears to me that he was trying to turn back towards the runway because there s a tree up there that has some branches missing at the top and if he was coming from that direction, that implies that he was going back towards the runway and he just didn t have enough altitude to make it. despite not making it to the runway, kyle still manages to get the plane in a good position for the rescue. if he d gone in another 20 or 40 feet east of here, the fire trucks wouldn t had been able to
sometimes we ll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case it was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn t really seem out of ordinary to me. but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls. and the pilot struggles to make the runway. at first, it looks to darby like the plane is going to make it. then as it was coming in, it just seemed like all of a sudden, it just dropped. it just hit the water. [ bleep ] dude. crashed and flipped forward. and it was just shocking, to say the least. immediately, boaters in the vicinity of the crash spring into action. all kinds of boats started speeding in to the plane, probably about ten of them. i think that some the boats that responded to the site were the police department because they had a boat already in the water for the race and i believe some coast guard as well. holy crap.
Surroundings, but like standing where johnny s at now i m a little bit more like a little bit more observant. see people coming their cars and too fast and they made noise, i get nervous. coming up a small plane misses the runway and crashes into the bay. and a runway mishap at jfk airport leaves passengers shaken when caught on camera: crash returns. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i m stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn t un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that s the cold truth!
Transcontinental airplane clips the tail of a smaller regional jet spinning it with jawing force. april 11th, 2011, a small delta comair bombardier arriving from boston lands at jfk. and passengers on board get a frightening reminder of one of the reason yes they should not take their seat belts off before they reach the gate. 563. send the trucks. just hit a a massive airfrance airbus a380. turning it about 45 degrees. crashes into it. emergency equipment. once ground control receives word of the accident, they immediately dispatch emergency personnel. after moving both planes away from the crash site, crews work to cleanup any debris on the runway. the cause is still being investigated. but the ntsb s preliminary