Torn APART Without Warning! | Hughes Airwest Flight 706

*Use the code "pilot" and this link 👉 https://incogni.com/pilot to get a whopping 60% off the Annual Incogni plan!* ----------------------------------------------------- On June 6, 1971, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner and a US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom fighter jet collided over Southern California, this tragic accident exposed critical flaws in US airspace management that still exist today. This is the full story of Hughes Airwest Flight 706 ----------------------------------------------------- If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot 737 Course: 👉🏻 Visit https://www.virtual737course.com to learn how to fly a 737 like Petter in our virtual 737 SIM course Make sure to use code "mentournow" for 20% off! ✈️ Our Connections: 👉🏻 Exclusive Mentour Merch: https://mentourpilot-shop.fourthwall.com/ 👉🏻 Our other channel: youtube.com/@mentournow 👉🏻 Our Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MentourPodcast 👉🏻 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot 👉🏻 BOSE Aviation: https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Social: 👉🏻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MentourPilot 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot 👉🏻 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MenTourPilot 👉🏻 Discord server: https://discord.gg/JntGWdn Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. SOURCES ----------------------------------------------------- Final Report: NTSB https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7226.pdf Aircraft Used: DC-9 BY SKY SIMULATIONS F4 PHANTOM BY DC DESIGNS by Air West Fiarchild: RuthAS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Airwest#/media/File:Fairchild_F-27A_N755L_Air_West_SFO_19.09.70_edited-3.jpg Howard Hughes: Acme Newspictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#/media/File:Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg Hughes H-4 Hercules: SDASM Archives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#/media/File:H-4_Hercules_2.jpg S-43 Sikorsky: Karen Nutini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#/media/File:Howard_Hughes_S-43_Sikorsky.jpg Howard Hughes 2: UNKNOWN https://www.ocduk.org/ocd/history-of-ocd/howard-hughes/ Hughes AirWest First Flight: @HughesAirwest VIA X https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECynwm_U0AYP__6?format=jpg&name=medium New Livery: Ted Quackenbush https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9-31%2C_Hughes_Airwest_AN0077665.jpg New Livery 2: Richard Silagi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Airwest#/media/File:Hughes_Airwest_McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9-31_Silagi-1.jpg Hughes AirWest Ad: Astralines VIA Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/167824415429 Cubana de Aviacion 1: SDASM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubana_de_Aviaci%C3%B3n_Flight_493#/media/File:Douglas_DC-4_Pan_Am.jpg Cubana de Aviacion 2: Unknown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubana_de_Aviaci%C3%B3n_Flight_493#/media/File:Beechcraft_SNB-1_Kansan_front_quarter_view.jpg 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision: National Park Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Grand_Canyon_mid-air_collision#/media/File:Severed_tail_of_TWA_Flight_2.jpg 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision: National Park Service: Trans World Airlines via Jon Proctor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Grand_Canyon_mid-air_collision#/media/File:Trans_World_Airlines_-_TWA_Lockheed_L-1049A_Super_Constellation_Star_of_the_Seine_N6902C_in_flight.jpg Vietnam War 1: War Memorial of Korea Open Archives https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_of_the_Fierce_Tiger_Division_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces_in_Vietnam,_1967.webm Vietnam War 2: USDoD / USN https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_F-4_Phantom_Joins_the_Fleet_1962_Mcdonnell_film_USS_Forrestal.webm Martin-Baker 7A Ejection Seat: Nimbus227 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-Baker_Mk.7#/media/File:Martin-Baker_Mk.7A.jpg Jet Blue - Air Tanker: www.theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/jetblue-pilot-avoids-midair-collision-air-force-venezuela #Mentourpilot #pilot #aircraft