3 ABORTED LANDINGS at PARO AIRPORT!! | Go Around in Extreme Winds | Missed Approach

[@gregolino86]

what about the video of the druk air touch and go?! it's only pictures.

[@tusharsinha94]

I thought the camera was recording, but it wasn't. The screen wasn't clearly visible in the Sun, I missed it :( Will have to live with it now.. The pictures were clicked by my dad who was standing next to me!

[@gregolino86]

@@tusharsinha94 ouch. yeah too bad....

[@tusharsinha94]

@@gregolino86 thanks for asking :)

[@madeiraaviacaocomercial]

Fantastic!!!!

[@totosukatendel9209]

Where is Paro ?

[@flyingbatfish]

Great footage. And the fact that these pilots recognize an unstabilized approach and go around is a testament to their skill and professionalism. Good job.

[@tusharsinha94]

Exactly, thank you!

[@muckeyduck3472]

No they are doing touch and go to train.

[@flyingbatfish]

@@muckeyduck3472 Maybe, but highly unlikely they would be practicing touch and goes in a $100,000,000 airplane. That's what sims are for.

[@wanariefimran101]

@@flyingbatfish touch & go is part of an endorsement flight before a pilot is rated to fly the A320 & we do it in actual planes. But not in airports like Paro where you have to be a an experienced captain & specifically trained & rated to shoot an approach and land in that airport.

[@12345fowler]

That approach in unstabilized by design

[@eleng-h2i]

Respect to the pilots who step over their pride and go to another round! Sing of a professional ethical pilot who puts passengers' safety first.

[@tusharsinha94]

Agreed 💯

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

What a stupid remark……what has pride to do with this……do you think airline pilots are on ego trip ?? Just bloody common sense

[@MrSuzuki1187]

A nice display of true airmanship on a difficult approach. I did not see any reason why the first attempt was aborted after a perfect approach. The main landing gear was just a foot or so from the runway on what looked like a safe landing was assured. I am a retired airline pilot so I can appreciate the skills these pilots have flying this approach and landing.

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you :)

[@dpgoulette]

Is there a chance that this pilot was training go arounds for this airport? I dont know. Genuine question.

[@mezaviation]

Maybe they ran out of the touchdown zone in that 1st try, or felt that way. The app and flare looked all good, but maybe "too good" to make a necessary firm touchdown.

[@tusharsinha94]

@@dpgoulette I checked the aircraft on flight radar and it seemed to be doing commercial flights

[@dap777754]

Respectfully disagree. Not putting a craft down during satisfactory, doable approach is just courting danger. Get the damn plane on the ground and quit futzing around.

[@sarathhettiarachchi282]

After using so many Modern and Complicated kind of Airports , Bhutan Airport felt Like a Paradise ,Surrounded by Mountainous terrain with Cold windy breeze . It was facinating to stay at a beautiful Resort , Just opposite the Paro Airport and Watching the Landing & ,taking off of the Flights The Fresh Air, Delicious Food , Fine Alcholic beverages with fine hospitality will be remembered for ever.

[@tusharsinha94]

Indeed a lovely place, with lovely people :)

[@Aviatorspot]

Oh the hotel is just next to airport. What's the hotel name? Room rate? Is it a busy airport? Like to go there.

[@rahulbannerjee4845]

A wonderful place with beautiful scenery I flew to Bhutan in 2011

[@Drukyulgoods]

Speaking as a person who has been in the jump seat for numerous takeoffs & landings at PBH on Bhutan Air & Druk Airover the past 1.5 decades & with the greatest respect to the talented Bhutan Air Pilots, the approach from the north & then a sharp 180 to land from the south was not an approved landing pathway for many years. Safe, yes but fraught with challenges for the crew during marginal atmospheric conditions in PBH that often occur without warning.. DrukAir pilots are/were directly trained by Airbus 319 trainers typically recommend that pilots only use the straight in Southern approach or the straight in Northern approach when available.

[@tusharsinha94]

Agreed completely, some very skilled people in the cockpit. And you're lucky to have had the jumpseat there!

[@Augfordpdoggie]

what was wrong with the first attempt, it seemed he was feet from landing?

[@nuplanner5345]

Lucky you! I had the great good fortune to be a passenger to Paro once and the string flight was a highlight of the trip.

[@discofun]

And trained to not even attempt to land unless under certain conditions.

[@merodaainepal2979]

I love you 💛 Bhutan ♥️ from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@tusharsinha94]

Love from India to both :)

[@XerxesLangrana]

Nice filming! Always wanted to see go-arounds at Paro. Thank you.

[@tusharsinha94]

My pleasure :)

[@teasingbrown75]

I found both attempts beautiful and the third was a perfect and smooth landing !! Extremely good pilot at what he does !! I loved this video !!

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you!

[@ibgeorgeb]

A clear example of when the pilot’s concern for the safety of their passengers overrides their ego. 👌🏾

[@dead1290-d9k]

As a Bhutanese, I would understand why there was multiple go-around. The mountains and high terrain does not cope with the high winds as well.

[@XplainedSB]

Hey! We love your video about Paro Airport. Would it be okay for us to use a few clips for our airports story and credit your channel in the footage and description?

[@tusharsinha94]

Sure, go ahead 👍

[@XplainedSB]

@@tusharsinha94 Thank you so much!

[@JohnSmith-mk8hz]

I don't think he "missed" the first attempt. He was lined up well but it looked like the crosswind was too strong. You can tell by the tilt of the wings.

[@GregiiFlieger]

I agree, but… If in doubt, go around. 👍

[@tusharsinha94]

Always.

[@Bren39]

The first approach was fine.. The wind rocked the wings a little bit but he recovered and would have landed fine. If others used this as a criteria for a go around... There'd be hundreds every day.

[@discofun]

When you fly out you see Mt Everest .. so cool. I can't wait to go back to Bhutan.

[@tusharsinha94]

I did, yet to edit that video :)

[@Dogsnark]

As a passenger, I always feel confident about my safety in flight, because I figure that the pilots don’t want to die anymore than I do. Even if they don’t care about the passengers, they certainly care about themselves and are going to do whatever they can to get the plane safely on the ground.

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

*Andreas Lubitz entered the chat*

[@tusharsinha94]

😅

[@siddeshmestry498]

Well some pilots are mentally unstable and will suicide crashing the wholenplane so you never know

[@johnmat4678]

It is the maintenance guy that worked on your right engine the night before that you have to worry about. You know, the guy on meth, getting a divorce and having his car repossed.

[@tusharsinha94]

@@johnmat4678 😂😂

[@christopherkane2842]

Incredible aviation work in such a brutal mountain environment

[@shonen84]

Isn’t A5-RIM the exact plane in which Sam Chui was flown in by Capt. Chenga? Amazing footage, thank you for sharing!

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you :) I guess the fleet size for the airline wouldn't be very large, so that's possible! I have seen the video, don't remember the aircraft but if you're saying it should be right!

[@AadityasVlog]

Yes

[@Thomas-eu6fj]

Nicely shot !

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you :)

[@3MinutesofAviation]

Awesome capture! May I feature this first go around in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. Cheers!

[@tusharsinha94]

Hey, sure buddy! Been watching your videos for a while now, was hoping to get featured someday 😀

[@3MinutesofAviation]

@@tusharsinha94 Cool, thanks, glad to hear!

[@DorjiWangchuk101]

I am from the area. I think this is a regular training session

[@herryrachmad6597]

I love the way to land the A319 and even 3 missed approach, first approch was so nice bank turned increasing the altitude

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you!

[@joelt4416]

the first plane looked fine, I wonder why he went around. And I was looking at the trees and it really didn't look that windy.

[@compassft]

Same thoughts

[@namdo5103]

captain's judgement felt something wrong so for the safety of the passengers he made a call

[@wanariefimran101]

Short runway & the plane floated probably due to early flare so he went around. That’s what I think it was from my perspective as a pilot after checking the runway length of this airport. But none of us were in the cockpit to confirm it.

[@q-listq-tourarchives1185]

He probably saw that his airspeed was too high to enable stopping before the end of the runway. At an airport like this, it's critical to have the exact airspeed nailed down. The pilot exercised superior judgement.

[@lemo_ade5445]

Cause This is training you fools !!

[@tanugarg2491]

Awesome video. Just loved it. Re watching

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you Tanu, I can really use the encouragement!

[@xybersurfer]

nice footage. i wonder if they will ever do some terraforming, to stop the last mountain from obscuring the airport

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you, maybe if they expect more traffic. They might attempt a new airport somewhere else too!

[@sarathhettiarachchi282]

I am very much Fond of this Very Very Attractive Paro Airport . No doubt that Its so interesting to keep on watching the Landing and Taking Off of the Aircrafts at Paro . I had a Luck to stay about One Wk , just in front of this Airport and observe all those Exciting Activities there .

[@tusharsinha94]

That's awesome!

[@jdaniel3068]

They may also fly in with a certified pilot in the jump seat to guide them as we have seen in the TriMG landing disaster. Wonder if they were getting a newbie on the route...

[@tusharsinha94]

Could be, but 2 airplanes made 3 missed approaches that day. So I am tending more towards windy conditions :)

[@flightmode254]

Awesome capture! Would you mind if I featured this view in one of my upcoming episodes? I'll be sure to credit your original video with a link. Thanks a lot!

[@tusharsinha94]

Sure go ahead :)

[@johnburgess2084]

In the first attempt, first set of scenes, couldn't tell from the telephoto why they did a go-around. Too far down the runway? Too fast? Unstabilized? In the second set, was the touch-and-go planned, or did they start the missed approach a bit late and touched down for a moment anyway?

[@barrypenobscott9882]

I'm guessing that this airport is only operational during daylight.

[@tusharsinha94]

Yes

[@kylesmith8338]

Awesome Video. 👌 Great Work!!!

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you!

[@mnkreator]

Both pilots show great professionalism..safety first as always..

[@tusharsinha94]

True

[@jimmycline4778]

3:53 I like the limo tint on the front windshield, it looks cool!

[@tusharsinha94]

Right!

[@imspecial2314]

An airport where the approach minimums are at 18,000 feet, as soon as u come out of class A airspace!

[@mosesrivera8792]

Hope to fly there in the near future, and hope to get a window seat. Great videos

[@tusharsinha94]

We all hope so :)

[@RussellD11]

Why do you pull wheels up on a "go around"?

[@tusharsinha94]

Landing gear increases the drag on the airframe significantly. A go around is treated similar to a takeoff, you need to contact departure frequency and have them route you back to arrivals controller. It's a fairly long process, and you don't want to be dealing with the drag during the climb and on the way back.

[@PaliAha]

I would love to plane spot at Paro but it costs $250 just to be in Bhutan *_per day_*

[@tusharsinha94]

Yeah it wasn't so expensive when I visited in 2019

[@PaliAha]

@@tusharsinha94 , for Americans at least it was $250 per day (in the high season) back before covid so that includes 2019, 2018.

[@tusharsinha94]

@@PaliAha true for Indians changed recently

[@Humminghalcyon]

Wow...what a video!

[@henson2k]

How long does it take to circle around for another attempt? I saw charts and seems like a lot of extra miles.

[@tusharsinha94]

20 minutes if I remember. I'll need to check timestamps on old videos, will update if I find something.

[@JUSTICEshsyedZaC]

Bravo to the pilot for the professional level of 🛬 air manship

[@tusharsinha94]

Indeed

[@AtoZaviation11]

What a catch mate! Would you be cool with me using this clip in my next video? I'll link to your original channel in the video and description. Cheers

[@tusharsinha94]

Sure, go ahead!

[@mccloysong]

1:20 he totally had it had he gone to idle over the threshold. But good discipline to go around if in doubt.

[@tusharsinha94]

Yes :)

[@AudieHolland]

Wow, they sure keep their reversers on untill they have to turn. Probably not wishing to risk an sudden wheel brakes failure, just after landing safely.

[@benoitp.3233]

Trainig flights ?

[@tusharsinha94]

Not aware, I think it came from BOM.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

That first approach appeared to tick all of the boxes. Could have been that Vat was too high?

[@tusharsinha94]

What's Vat?

[@tomarmstrong1281]

@@tusharsinha94 Indicated speed at threshold. You can find a list of all V (velocity) speeds for various flight configurations in Wickipedea. .

[@tusharsinha94]

@@tomarmstrong1281 got it, was aware of a few common ones like vr & v1

[@Bren39]

@@tomarmstrong1281 you could have said he might have been way above target speed and 99% of the people would have understood. But you had to use a term only you and Wikipedia know about... Great!

[@tomarmstrong1281]

@@Bren39 Thank of you. Nice if you to say. I am always ready to learn. I will try harder. By the way what does 'target' speed mean exactly?

[@maxdibiagio6073]

extreme winds?? I don't see any tree or grass or anything else moving, see for example at 1:20

[@ChaosGamer93]

Do you see the prayer flags fluttering🤦

[@sirmium12]

As someone said it 'no room for mistakes' hats off to the pilots.. Man, talking about hard...

[@tusharsinha94]

Correct! Btw I have another Paro video by that name ;)

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

Why not show the plane climbing out on the go-around? Surely there's close terrain there. I wanted to see their path up and out of the valley

[@tusharsinha94]

I have that on another video!

[@oneTOU3]

Why don't they just land from the other side if they'll able to climb on the go around?

[@tusharsinha94]

It's just as bad as this! So they go with the wind (or against it should I say).

[@alc6799]

I landed in Paro in September 2019 and the taxi way at that time was not in operation. It is not dangerous if you have suitably qualified pilots. Challenging yes.

[@tusharsinha94]

Any commercial airport should definitely be at most challenging! An actual dangerous airport should not exist!!

[@gomachan10000]

Thank you for your safety flight😍

[@ubtimalsina22]

Bhutan inte'l airport ?? it seems like a domestic airport

[@tusharsinha94]

Nope, why do you think so? Flights from India, Nepal & Thailand!

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Why did the first plane go around when the landing was assured, and the wheels just inches from touchdown? It was a nice bit of airmanship just to get in the landing groove, only to abandon the landing.

[@factorgamerbr2024]

Treinament copilot ???

[@tusharsinha94]

Hahaha

[@cameronmurray9026]

Wow! What a cool video

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you 😊

[@ChrisM541]

Imagine only being able to confirm a stabilized approach 2 seconds before touchdown! This is why only a handful of pilots are certified to land at this airport.

[@Kassiusday]

24 pilots that means only maximum of 24 airplanes at the same times on the ground ? Not that busy airport ? Then ?? Better 24/ 2 = 12 teams 👩🏾‍✈️ pilotes 👨🏾‍✈️ so 12 airplanes ✈️ only ?? Is that makes any sense ?? Thank you

[@tusharsinha94]

I have never seen more than 3-4 planes at the same time

[@aghaali6814]

What was the issue in the first attempt?? Can anyone explain me??

[@tusharsinha94]

Could be floating past the touchdown point, winds coming in at the last moment, or anything else. Difficult to tell from my position!

[@MS-hh5yi]

first one doesn´t look like an missed approach, lppks like an go around for training

[@Sohailmasood786]

Whats wrong any body tel me y capt cant landing boht time

[@tusharsinha94]

Tough to tell from here, but could be a windshear at the last moment, or maybe they had crossed the touchdown point. The runway is quite short, so one would not want to take the slightest chance. Never land if in 2 minds!

[@wultna]

What insane telephoto are you using there?!

[@tusharsinha94]

It's a Sony Handycam with max optical zoom of 32X. I usually use upto 25-30X, as it's not stable after that in my hand. This airport is quite small, so I'll actually not much fast from the closer end of the runway here!

[@DukeCannon]

What was wrong with 1st?

[@rickblaster-xu5ie]

could be an orientation flight for new 1st officers

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Spellchecker failure - How many attempts do you need ?

[@madeiraaviacaocomercial]

Ye

[@RayLabs]

Flown into Paro several times, had a few aborted landings and a few where the weather got bad quickly and we had to return to Delhi and wait it out.

[@tusharsinha94]

Would be an experience!

[@Aviatorspot]

Awesome footage and mountain view. You can film inside the airport area? No security? Worth a visit there. What cam you use? Subbed!

[@tusharsinha94]

I actually filmed this from outside the perimeter. Security isn't much of an issue. I used an old Sony Handycam with 32X optical zoom :)

[@travelshad]

I am not a clapper but these landings deserve claps! 🎉

[@tusharsinha94]

Haha yes

[@Fuzziefeelings]

So exciting. What if the wind is really strong? What's the closest other airport?

[@tusharsinha94]

I'll check if I can find some info on that. There are a few other airports in Bhutan, but not sure if they can handle A319s. Guwahati, India might be a nearby option I guess...

[@abhiverma9294]

Guwahati India, bagdogra India.

[@javi3384]

Wauuu is beautyful Bhutan the airport is xtreme Old aventure

[@tusharsinha94]

Yeah, thanks for watching :)

[@club90minutes16]

Nice filming and melodious background tunes.what about the such a nice tunes?

[@tusharsinha94]

It's Overcome from KZbin audio library.

[@csakbencee]

Less than 24 pilots is how many ?

[@tusharsinha94]

Not a 100% sure, Google says that number is 24 these days.

[@yeagemk]

what was wrong with the first attempt?

[@tusharsinha94]

Could be too far down the runway

[@sundar999]

Maybe they are just doing touch and go to get familiarized with the airport?

[@Nick-Emery]

What was wrong with first approach?

[@tusharsinha94]

Might be touching down late and not having enough runway left

[@ashishprasai1919]

Pilot could have touched down on the very first attempt, seems well aligned. I wonder why did he decided to go around?

[@tusharsinha94]

Tough to tell from here, but could be a windshear at the last moment, or maybe they had crossed the touchdown point. The runway is quite short, so one would not want to take the slightest chance. Never land if in 2 minds!

[@markforan4812]

We didn’t have a go-around at Paro, but we did have to circle the airport for half an hour until the pilot could see the runway. It’s an amazing approach.

[@tusharsinha94]

Amazing!

[@TrainsUnlimited]

Amazing Video...! 👍👍👍

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you!

[@santiagoboorman8823]

I dont get why did go around the first time? Im not a Pilot, thats clear. Can anyone explain me that?

[@tusharsinha94]

Tough to tell from here, but could be a windshear at the last moment, or maybe they had crossed the touchdown point. The runway is quite short, so one would not want to take the slightest chance. Never land if in 2 minds!

[@royalfinest]

If I was a passenger on that first plane, I want the pilots to take as many go-arounds as they feel like. Touch and go some more. Here, take my money.

[@tusharsinha94]

Huge +1 to that! 😃

[@viswanathpathak3838]

This is beauty of safe landing.

[@a2roland]

Thanks firsharing! ❤👍

[@jjjj1234_]

since it's the most dangerous airport in the world, why won't they change their location and build their airport somewhere else?

[@tusharsinha94]

Bhutan lies in the Himalayas mountain ranges, and this is the safest piece of land they could find!

[@user-iw9xn1im9e]

All salutes to pilots But why the airline operate such bog aircraft? Instead, they must go for even smaller aircrafts for safety Thanks for the video, I will never fly to Paro

[@tusharsinha94]

They get traffic for A318. On shorter routes they use ATR.

[@Pushyhog]

looked like he had first one, must b super short runway

[@tusharsinha94]

Yeah

[@captbosco]

I don't understand why he bailed on the first one, he was in already

[@tusharsinha94]

Could have been floating too long, crossed the touch down zone, just guessing. It's quite a short strip, so best to go around while you still can!

[@fyahhype]

Why can’t they move the airport ?

[@tusharsinha94]

It's mostly a mountainous region throughout the country.

[@moritzhummel9747]

How do you count to 3?

[@tusharsinha94]

Haha there's a third missed approach of a different plane later in the video

[@moritzhummel9747]

@@tusharsinha94 Ah, sorry, didn't wait for that one 😅

[@tusharsinha94]

@@moritzhummel9747 haha no worries, most people don't ;)

[@Dessert_x_Tat]

Only 24 pilots!? WOW. That tells the lot.

[@azizurrehman2168]

Why Bhutan airline aborted first landing ? It all looked good.

[@tusharsinha94]

We can only guess, windshear or past the touchdown point

[@sundar999]

Touch and go training maybe?

[@rokitman5753]

✈ as a seasoned pilot i don't alway make a go around but when i do... i prefer three times ✈ Stay airborne my friends ✈

[@cpuwolf]

Great footage, Thank you

[@tusharsinha94]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bocckoka]

Can't imagine how stressful this must be. Can they still divert if they miss the third?

[@tusharsinha94]

They should have that option. Reminds me of the Jet Airways flight at Thiruvananthapuram

[@discofun]

No, they crash. Seriously, what kind of question is that? Of course, they can.

[@DJRF2012]

Excellent 😍👌

[@tusharsinha94]

Thank you :)

[@adb012]

I don't know what happened with the first approach, it looked beautiful and about to be a perfect landing from the perspective of this video, but who knows what was transpiring in the cockpit.

[@tusharsinha94]

True that, 1 can't tell from here. Wish I could listen to the ATC

[@waynepayne9875]

Wtf do they do if its rainy/foggy/night time?!?!

[@tusharsinha94]

Probably shut down the airport!

[@tusharsinha94]

Night time is shutdown

[@hemrajx5865]

Very very excited paro

[@impaler_ferhan]

This field is built above 7000ft sea level. My God thats a suicide to approach there.

[@tusharsinha94]

That's why only a select few pilots are certified to land here!

[@tusharsinha94]

@Táka Toúkas it's more about manouvering the plane through the mountains, but yes greater altitude means thinner air and lesser lift for a given air speed.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Scared co pilot did the first 2 i bet.. Captain had to take over..

[@tusharsinha94]

Haha

[@compassft]

Why the first attempt was aborted?

[@tusharsinha94]

Could be wind shears or something. There isn't much room for error, so better to go-around while you still can!

[@compassft]

@@tusharsinha94 thanks!

[@tusharsinha94]

Also possible that they had crossed the touchdown point (that we can't make out from this perspective). So even if the approach looked stable, they wouldn't have been able to stop in time.

[@compassft]

@@tusharsinha94 Yes, that's what I was guessing too

[@markeversley6025]

Amazing pilots

[@tusharsinha94]

Indeed

[@peppercap]

The pilot should have tried anyway when they were too high. The co-pilot could have took bets from the passengers on whether they make it or not.

[@watchfullwarrior8180]

what was wrong with the first time, he looked fine