Hard Landing Bends Plane

[@tusharsinha94]

I shot the Paro go-around videos. What a day that was at Paro! 😄 There was 1 more touch and go earlier that I was only able to capture pics from. Had seen a lot from Paro, but this was something special. Very lucky to have seen these go-arounds that day! Also, it's an honour to be featured here, thank you! ❤

[@g_pazzini]

did he ask permission to use your video?

[@HighAway]

@@g_pazzini Looks like he waived that permission.

[@tusharsinha94]

@@g_pazzini yes definitely, he did :)

[@KristianF88]

I would love to visit Paro some day just to look at planes landing and taking off from the airport there. Such an amazing approach they have!

[@tusharsinha94]

@@KristianF88 trust me I want to do it again :)

[@mnztr1]

Well done Bhutan pilot!! I am proud of you. Never push a bad position. It does not hurt to go around. Perfect risk assessment. I hope all my pilots are so safety conscious

[@mhxxd4]

No hurry up and land asap so I can get off and stretch my aching legs

[@ChatminAC]

@@mhxxd4 ok wow... You want to be in a potentially dangerous and risky landing just to stretch your legs earlier??

[@mhxxd4]

@@ChatminAC yes, i've been sitting for hours😩

[@FSM_Reviews]

🎶 _You can always go around_ 🎵 🎵 _If it don't look right going down_ 🎶

[@harryspeakup8452]

The Bhutan Airlines pilot has his head screwed on properly. That kind of curved approach with poor sightlines to the runway is a tough challenge and it's evidently a short runway too hence his focus on nailing the touchdown point. Good decision making and nice flying. More like back-country strip flying: easy in a Super Cub but an A319 is a different game

[@snjert8406]

Yeah, that landing looked amazing.

[@markreeves9350]

Well said! I’d fly with this pilot any day! Never be afraid of the go-around

[@straightpipediesel]

It's a short runway in a steep valley. Airbus had to do test flights in it before they bought the plane. It's not any ordinary A319, it's an A319 with max-rated A320 engines to give it the necessary climb performance.

[@davidkallewaard750]

Tegucigalpa is much like that. A descending circle to a short runway. I used to fly a lot of TGU and enjoyed it, because (1) it was challenging, and (2) it was bankers hours, a 9-5 turn.

[@kekke2000]

The first one looked doable. At least from this limited angle. Probably didn't feel 100% in the cockpit and taking that decision was 100% professionalism.

[@r1veraa]

You owe us 10 seconds of aviation

[@Yesnt0073]

*9

[@7333-e3k]

*28 because of the intro and outro

[@RoyalMela]

@@7333-e3k In aviation, taxi times are included in the flight time as well :)

[@ChapatiMan]

9*

[@youtbe999]

Great intro music, feel free to keep playing it at the end until the time is up!

[@macbitz]

Ryan Air probably charged the passengers extra for that rejected takeoff 😂

[@wadehiggins1114]

I was ready to post this 🤣👍🏿

[@sheiladikshit5110]

or rolled out the trolley to sell lottery tickets, perfumes, and other rubbish, whilst the captain got on the pa to start begging for charity. why let a crisis go to waste?

[@justing42]

Yawn

[@medorajoe7542]

The token Ryanair joke 🙄

[@athgt6630]

Tough bird the A340. That was a good 250 tons smacking down. At 2.8g we're talking about 700 tons of force

[@sanddabz5635]

That is actually called a "WWE Friday night SmackDown" landing!

[@pojcharapoltosukowong]

@@sanddabz5635 Nah that's your average Ryanair landing.

[@andrewsmall6568]

Spares are very cheap!

[@andresn1433]

2.8g how come?

[@_Source_Consciousness]

He was coming in good till the wind got ahold of him. Boom!

[@robertchoutka3191]

00:30 It's amazing that the landing gear didn't collapse ! Very well built !

[@justin6581]

You can’t say that about Boeing.

[@robertchoutka3191]

@@justin6581 If you were more knowledgeable about aircraft you would know that Safran produces a massive range of landing gear, including Boeing F/A 18 nose landing gear, Boeing 787 Dreamliner nose, and main landing gear, Airbus A350-900 main landing gears, Airbus A330 family landing gears, A400M landing gears, Bombardier landing gears, and helicopter landing gears. Airbus and Boeing do not manufacture the gear.

[@auwz66]

IIRC the specs on the gear are +3.0G so it was right on the limit.

[@MichaelFlatman]

The A319 landing looked impressive. Fantastic flying there.

[@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866]

CLEAN N SASSY! JUST HOW I LIKE IT BABY! JUST HOW I LIKE IT!

[@R8andGT3Fan]

That approach at 0:45 looks challenging!

[@bootylicker69]

That is because it is the worlds most difficult airport to fly to. Only a few pilots are trained to land there.

[@R8andGT3Fan]

@@bootylicker69 I can see why! 👏🏾

[@nuplanner5345]

Famously so….and a fantastic ride!

[@vince4876]

paro bhutan airport if you wondering. and yeah you gotta fly between valley to get it through

[@R8andGT3Fan]

@@vince4876 Yeah, I was about to ask about the airport but I saw the location on the screen! 👍🏾

[@Ronin4614]

Career, USAF retired here & I love watching these videos. Thank you. 👍

[@ekbusdriver]

A go-around is always your first option. IF everything looks good, you land. Bhutan pilot may have had a little extra speed and definitely didn’t reduce the thrust to idle when it was needed. No float allowed on that short runway so great call to GA.

[@InspirationforKids]

That third attempt by Bhutan airlines was simply... Beautiful.

[@jpfreitas9146]

That A319 Bhutan Pilot is the GOAT. Massive respect

[@rcoppock44]

I know you work your butt off making all your cool videos …. Kudos my guy!! ❤🎉

[@TMGMedia73]

I know, it must be tough editing 4 clips together of planes landing. I don't know how they do it without burning out.

[@dacallp]

@@TMGMedia73 my god the sarcasm

[@fmascia]

I'm impressed by the f15 pilot's reaction time to counteract yaw when the engine stalled.

[@ghinckley68]

I be more inclined to believe that is the computer doing that not the the pilot.

[@YBZGSpots]

Very nice compilation as usual. Just a heads up for the last clip, Paphos is a city in Cyprus and not Greece :)

[@Bendigo1]

A lot of people are ignorant to the fact that Cyprus is not Greece.

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

@@Bendigo1 Yeah, it's Turkey.

[@Bendigo1]

@@RUBBER_BULLET You trying to start a comment war?

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

@@Bendigo1 I was just kidding; it's British.

[@Bendigo1]

@@RUBBER_BULLET So you ARE trying to start a comment war......

[@justsayin644]

you can actually see the fuselage bend significantly at the tail end when it hits

[@jemand8462]

yes, but as the A340 is mainly made out of aluminium, the bending is part of the structural integrity, it's also reversible. Until it isn't.

[@PilotWanderlust]

Nice compilation!

[@CreditOneSux]

Missing 9 seconds! Will we get them back in the next video? 😅🤣

[@connorbaniak]

We always do :)

[@slartybarfastb3648]

Who's counting though?😉🤣

[@thecomedypilot5894]

I keep seeing these comments but I don’t get what they mean, can you please explain?

[@stevendouglas8144]

😂

[@egafx]

just rewatch the video...

[@Ronald-ks2iy]

I love how she said, “have you lost your mind?” So sweet yet affirmative.

[@sebtaylor2631]

Dayuuuummmm That reaction time of the rudder on usaf!! Next level!

[@michae8jackson378]

always great

[@pesawatindonesia]

wow...superb video mister

[@BrokeNbelt_tv]

A ton of respect for the pilot taking 3 attempts to land. He refused to endanger himself or his passengers even right above touchdown. We need more pilots like that

[@ItsBlasting]

You are the best youtuber ever!! ive enjoyed every moment of being subbed!! :)

[@cpaps8500]

Just an FYI that Paphos is in Cyprus (not Greece!). And, more importantly, its a beautiful place :)

[@Maggi_Mann]

Good to know!

[@tautukas]

whats the difference, haha

[@andreww2098]

@@tautukas Ask the Turks

[@TheUkdan02]

Paphos is Greek Cyprus, so technically is in Greece.

[@cpaps8500]

@@TheUkdan02 lol no Cyprus is an independent country

[@rcoppock44]

Hi Art…just me enjoying your labor of love

[@yeahdefinitely6607]

I’ve been lucky enough to land in Paro, Bhutan - what a stunning experience that was

[@gringoaviationph]

That fuselage bend on the A340. Must’ve hurt.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

Maybe some compressed vertabrae amongst the passengers as well. If the shock is strong enough to bend a carbon fibre fuselage, I imagine there were some very sore necks and backs as well. I wonder how many lawsuits were filed? If this happened in America half of the passengers would file for permanent disability and get it.

[@labrathor7874]

@@slartybarfastb3648 the A340 has a AL Fuselage

[@slartybarfastb3648]

@@labrathor7874 You're right. I'm getting so accustomed to carbon finre I see it every where now. Forgot how old the 340 is getting.

[@Boss_Tanaka]

@@slartybarfastb36482.8 g are not comfortable but it wouldn’t hurt a normal body

[@slartybarfastb3648]

@@Boss_Tanaka It depends on how sharp the onset is. 2.8G shouldn't cause a fuselage to buckle either.

[@sshah2545]

Mannnn that A340 landing is something else!!

[@w.ryanbutler8097]

RyanAir: We reject takeoffs, we NEVER reject a landing!

[@matteopisu2768]

Wtf u on about?

[@samarch2189]

In that Airbus A340-600 video, if you watch closely, the pilot flared and then dumped the nose back down after that wing rock. I was always taught that once you flare to a particular deck angle, you just have to ride it out. Never put the nose back down, lest you hit really hard.

[@AnonyMous-jf4lc]

Is that for larger aircraft? I’ve been caught with a gust in the flare and put the nose down to arrest a high float, then right back into the flare. Not putting the nose down would cause me to be high with low energy making for a hard drop.

[@FlybyLV]

@@AnonyMous-jf4lc yeap, fully agree. I have had my share of high floats and to avoid dropping down, put nose down slightly for a brief moment and back up.

[@samarch2189]

@@AnonyMous-jf4lc Yes, that is mainly for larger swept wing aircraft. If the bounce (regardless if your wheels touch or not)is too high to be acceptable, then you go around. In smaller single engine aircraft, its ok to adjust your pitch.

[@peerpaulin8486]

@@AnonyMous-jf4lc Exactly. There has been two phases where the sink rate comes to zero. So the pilot did the right thing. In hindsight maybe a go around would have been the better choice but you have to decide quickly and this landing was still manageable. Bad luck I would say.

[@jemand8462]

Then watch again. In fact he does the opposite, when the nose comes down, he gives a big pitch up input to the elevators but it's too close to touchdown already. He never (!) pitches down!

[@ronaldcharan2705]

Seeing a beautiful A340-600 suffer a landing like that was hard to watch.

[@dominiksuk7261]

Plane rejecting takeoff because there is a plane rejecting landing because there is a plane taking off: THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE

[@bella380]

I love your videos. Short, but with all the information needed to understand what I'm looking at. Thank You!

[@n1msu]

I'm no engineer but the A340-600 is as long as some of the widest of the widebodies, 777-747-A380, and the A340 is just a stretched A330. The 500-600 variants are just ridiculously long compared to its other dimensions. Although 3g landing is hard! It has been phased out mostly so what I'm saying doesn't even matter now. I always wished I's been able to fly on one though because it was such a quirky looking aircraft!

[@cr10001]

I've flown on them (Etihad, Air France, Cathay Pacific). Love the 2-4-2 seating in Economy, means you can book an aisle seat & a window seat next to each other. Quite comfortable (only thing that's better in Economy is A380), and bugger ETOPS, I *like* having four engines on long over-ocean flights. I don't think A340 is quirky, I think it's the best-looking engines-under-wing airliner built. (IMO of course).

[@N330AA]

It's really a stretched A300

[@jemand8462]

@@N330AA which is just a strethced C172 if you think about it

[@jemand8462]

@@cr10001 you sir are reading my mind. I couldn'T have said it better, all of it. I wish I can fly one until it's too late. Luckily I live in Germany and Lufthansa still operates some of these beauties! And I totally agree about 4 engines (and the additional redundant systems that come with them). No wonder they never lost an A340 in their lifespan.

[@N330AA]

@@jemand8462 i'm not seeing it tbh

[@iain8837]

No narration by Chris…..bliss!

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Excellent video!

[@johnstanley7874]

The Bhutan segment is pilots training for touch and go-around scenario's, and not what you think. Excellent pilot skills btw.

[@Twobarpsi]

Wind...the great equalizer between button pressers and real pilots.

[@AkkarinAviation1307]

Paphos is in Cyprus, Isn’t it

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

When you see how much the A340 was being pushed around by the wind, it’s pretty clear the pilot was having difficulty keeping it aligned with the runway. The safest way to land in that situation is going to be hard because once the aircraft is on the ground, then you can start decelerating and bring it to a stop. Trying to land smoothly would’ve been more dangerous. That pilot did a fantastic job

[@lbowsk]

Actually, he BENT the jet when he slammed it into the ground at 2.8G. I'd say he dicked it up pretty good. Probably took weeks to repair and cost $$$$$$$$$$ News flash, its fairly easy to total a passenger jet with an excessively hard landing. Most airlines frown upon this type of display and most pilots do ALL they can to avoid it. A fantastic job is when the pilot puts it down smoothly in the touchdown zone in spite of what the wind is doing.

[@freedomforever6718]

A great video. All the incidents I've never seen before each of which are very interesting.

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Great stuff!

[@renes9966]

0:33 would a pilot be disciplined for that given the conditions? Was it reasonably avoidable?

[@omarijoseph3189]

that Lufthansa landing looked as if it would have broken my back 🤣

[@AlexIsModded]

In the first clip, I don't know why the plane hit so hard, but that rough landing is why the fuselage can bend the way it did. That bend is what prevents damage.

[@TheAlkochef]

ty for not click baiting. the thumbnail is always the first thing we see, i like that. no fuckery

[@inncogneato6341]

…this time.

[@doraemon00722]

Ryanair: Congratulations! Lufthansa is the next candidate to go to the inner round of our competition!!!

[@rocketcello5354]

nice one

[@BrunoKarett]

It is always better to interrupt than to gamble with people's lives

[@wadehiggins1114]

Bhutan Airlines has some of the BEST Pilots!

[@Videolinquency]

2:09: Wasn't that just a birdstrike? Spectacular, though.

[@i.c.wiener2750]

it's an eagle

[@piseypohurloveforever35]

It’s really hard for Lufthansa to landing but you still be good ❤

[@GabrielPalOfficial]

Paphos is in Cyprus, not in Greece.

[@ケンケン北海道チャンネル]

素晴らしいです❤🛬👍❣️💓🌟😃

[@youtubehandol]

Bhutan pilot was awesome. that 3rd attempt was butter

[@MarkAMMarrk]

Regarding the approach into Paro, Bhutan... at least they were smart enough to go around!!!! Otherwise we'd be watching this on PILOT DEBRIEF! I think it's EXCELLENT piloting!

[@mrtopcat2]

A later investigation into the A340 landing and careful checking of flight recorders revealed that the flight attendant was mistakenly serving decaf for the crew.

[@Oldman808]

I was on a small passenger jet, we got too low too soon on landing, the plane suddenly rapidly ascended, then we dropped hard onto the runway, bounced up, then landed hard again. As I was departing the plane, I overheard the experienced stewardess giving the young pilot hell. I’ve quit flying except on rare occasions to attend a family funeral.

[@lbowsk]

But you'll get in your car and drive around all day long.

[@donadams8345]

The pilot should have let the "experienced" stewardess do the next landing.

[@fibecheee]

Ryanair jokes are the equivalent of Amy Schumer.

[@Bendigo1]

Recycled crappy jokes that get old the first time they sre said?

[@fibecheee]

@@Bendigo1 yup

[@rael5469]

The Bhutan Airlines go-arounds looked more like training. The first approach looked just fine.

[@OfficialRyanx]

‘Hard landing makes plane flex as engineered’

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Oooof! Carrier pilot on the first one. Next stop, RyanAir?

[@Redridge07]

2:16 In the case, the news story was that the pilot wasnt sure whether he left the iron on at home.

[@BANGRANDI001]

0:28 The A340 Was Broke The Butter Machine 🗿

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

0:28 ouch😬. Pretty sure Ryanair wants to hire those Lufthansa pilots lol😄

[@Jezusbeznogi]

To their defence, a few months ago I was a passenger on a Ryanair flight that had to land at night in a really, really dense fog, the visibility can't have more than 15 metres - and the moment the plane sat on the runway was so smooth it was almost imprercetible. The best landing I've ever experienced. I know the pilots certainly used the ILS II/III, but still :).

[@charliecharlie7460]

@@Jezusbeznogi lol we might have been on the same flight, I wouldn´t have described my foggy night landing with them any differently XD

[@Boss_Tanaka]

They ll probably end up in the US Navy

[@belshazzarcoscolluela1378]

Ryanair landing is funny. It's so funny that that got me dead on the floor 😂😂😂😂

[@MarktheMole]

Same thing happened at Heathrow - a crunching landing - when I was on the first Vienna-London inaugural flight of Austrian Airlines A-340 in the mid-1990s.. A fierce argument broke out between the pilots, too.

[@ElementofKindness]

Good use of the word "too." 🙂👍

[@Turkish-airlines-69420]

A340-600 did the perfect Ryanair landing 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@ryanbray7812]

That ryanair at the end reminds me... :)

[@johnt.4947]

The F-15E looks like an AB (afterburner) blowout. I've never heard of an "engine blowout". Not trying to be "that guy". I love your videos!

[@justing42]

Compressor stall

[@abdulmismail]

0:27 Looks like the headwind suddenly went from strong to zero so the lift ended up as non-existent so the aircraft "dropped" in to the runway. Not the pilots fault as he/she was in the correct configuration and there was no time to correct the manoeuvre.

[@opticalmixing23]

Whoa! That was a hard landing

[@tomcline5631]

I bet that first airbus,with the damn near 3g landing is in the airframe shop for months!! If it's ever certified again! That was amazingly brutal!

[@MrSchwabentier]

it was flown back to Germany after this and repair took a few weeks. It then flew again for another 5 years before getting scrapped.

[@tomcline5631]

No shit!? Tough airframe!

[@AudieHolland]

F-15s have incredible thrust to weight ratio. In one instance, an Israeli (I believe) F-15 got one wing blown off by a missile hit but thanks to both engines working fine, the pilot was able to keep flying till he could perform a safe emergency landing. I'm surprised the pilot in this video didn't just go nah, it's fine, take off. I have only 'flown' an F-18 in MSFS2020 but still it feels like you're flying a missile with large wings. Risk of stalling/hitting the ground? Just point the nose up and full thrust. It makes 'flying' the F-18 Superhornet much easier in MSFS2020 than a lowly single engine Cessna.

[@janclierinck]

What repairs were done on this LH340?

[@areyouokthenyouneedglade9697]

You can literally see the fuselage of the a340 bend as it lands 😭😭

[@simpilotadamt1012]

2:33 I should probably mention that calling it "Paphos, Greece" is incorrect... Cyprus is its own sovereign state, so that text should say smth along the lines of "Paphos, Cyprus".

[@tsarwilliams8912]

Great video! But one correction there, Paphos is in Cyprus and not in Greece.

[@echocongo]

Ryanair rejecting a takeoff sounds like the unspeakable. They probably want to take off regardless 😂

[@MissSam]

Hey, can't do a hard landing if you never take off 🤷‍♀️

[@echocongo]

@BOB K 🤣🤣

[@echocongo]

@@MissSam Right lmao

[@sephirotic87]

I saw the F-15 video. THe actual blowout and breaking is missing from this compilation and occurs almost a minute later.

[@reltney20]

Very nice! These presentations are getting better! GREAT! Why the A340 pilot PUSHED the control stick forward to cause the hard landing is inconceivable! Who does that? You can see the elevator actually move significantly DOWN in the flare. You release the back pressure but NEVER push like that….as demonstrated….

[@jemand8462]

No he didn't. Watch it again. In fact you cannot see any input to the elevators until the nose already comes down because of a gust / windshear. Then and only then the pilot reacts by pitching UP, not down. But at that point, it's too close to touchdown anyway. If you really think sitting on your computer, never flown a plane, you're much better then Lufthansa pilots, in this case a senior captain, which are trained and regarded as the top pilots in the world is really stupid.

[@WriteToRemainSilent]

@@jemand8462watch it again, mate. Try half speed playback. Clear downward deflection of elevator. No one knows how they’ll react in those situations so not getting at the pilot as seemed a very tricky day. However there was definitely forward stick input.

[@ashman4827]

as they say... third time's a charm...

[@LSZB_Airport_Spotter]

Amazing

[@deluxejay69]

Holy hell that Bhutan runway is crazy. No option for ILS there

[@N330AA]

Wonder how long the go-around circuit is at Bhutan

[@Shabon67]

Bit of an avgeek but also very tired at the moment... Trying but struggling to figure out a situation in which a go around would prompt a rejected takeoff. Help me out?

[@3MinutesofAviation]

A standard missed approach routing often takes the aircraft straight ahead on runway track until a certain distance. Having a slower aircraft taking off and climbing from below might create a conflict.

[@dacallp]

paphos is in cyprus not greece!

[@echo-trip-1]

Maybe that's the same Lufthansa pilot I had a couple of months ago when I flew into LAX from Frankfurt. He came down at an unusually steep angle to make up for being too high several miles out on the approach, and he only brought the plane back level at the very last moment. We hit really hard. Seemed like it would have caused some damage.

[@wavesandsky]

LAX-FRA is flown by 747-8, so this pilot was very likely not yours :)

[@g_pazzini]

that could happen to any pilots... windshear and wind gusts will screw up every landing, even for the most experienced pilots

[@maccodj]

2:25, matey looks like you need some more general knowledge! Paphos is in Cyprus not in Greece!

[@Zinericks]

Lufthansa hired Ryanair pilots

[@keenanhenry95]

Yup! Still white, blue and yellow

[@vicentenicolasmessinalorca9858]

You owe me nine seconds of aviation

[@mistertornado2303]

Wonder what it would've felt like to land on that A340 - rougher than a Ryanair landing?

[@matteopisu2768]

And thats the idiot about hard landings in ryr..

[@spy2778]

That’s the most positive thing I’ve ever seen a Ryanair plane doing.

[@matteopisu2768]

That means you have never seen any ryanair then

[@marvindujardin463]

Get down there! So sick of these winds!

[@22oct74]

Paphos (PFO) is in Cyprus.

[@Viking88Power]

*Paphos, Cyprus

[@oscargirling380]

Do these kind of videos get monetized?