Aerolineas Argentinas Southern Transpolar Flight from Sydney to Buenos Aires Part 1

[@brilllll_]

my dad is the first officer in command, very proud!!!

[@shonix123]

Que genio kudos. Dile que tiene una hermosa hija :)

[@anaskhanazmi5283]

Really .. amazing .. i m a flatearther 😬😁

[@josecondekowal4658]

Felicitaciones! Una lástima no volar más esa ruta

[@AC-ds8dy]

your father is good human being

[@nicolasp7395]

Hi flies 330 nowadays?

[@bigtaxrefund]

im a pilot and aircraft technician. it is a scary deal when the pilot encounters freezing point of fuel. that 340 can fly really far non stop. that flight is long and having no contact midway over the ocean is challenging. thumbs up to those pilots who fly that route. really nice video sam chui.

[@hd221813]

On that precise route, what if a passenger feel bad and an emergency landing has to be done?

[@LoganLavery]

I was impressed with the captain. I didn't expect him to be so engaging.

[@munozcampos]

The rest of the world airline pilots. -American,United,Delta. Are not politically or afraid to talk to everyone.

[@carlcarlotti9642]

Because if he were from the US, UK, Aus, etc, would have ignored the pax. They have got an attitude

[@horatiomud-gudgeon4724]

Thank you Aerolineas Argentinas and its many good employees for getting the ball rolling on this route and keeping it rolling, it showed real foresight, entrepreneurship and commercial aviation planning and skill and I hope it always remains profitable for you, it has facilitated a lot of good connections between more and more families and so many friends also encouraging commercial enterprises spread between South American nations and Australia/ New Zealand.

[@Axel_Forgiono]

I did both flights last year (EZE-SYD - SYD/EZE) and they were simply amazing. Remember when flying from Buenos Aires to Sydney, there was no night the whole route (about 16 hs). What a pity this transpolar flight was discontinued.

[@dmitryvrn]

Bravo, Sam! I believe it's the best flight report I've ever seen. So sad that Aerolineas Argentinas decided to discontinue transpolar flights.

[@danielgiraldez7295]

Orgullo argentino para el mundo!!! Proud Argentinian for the world!!’

[@MAYINSANTI]

Thank you Sam....very interesting and informative. Gracias al FO por su amabilidad y profesionalismo.

[@lucascabo6243]

This is why i pay for internet. Amazing video. Proud of that Argentinian pilots, amazing work of their part and thank you Sam to share it.

[@indranimaharaj507]

Well that's Argentina for you! 😂😂 This includes the football team too! You know how Argentina won the World Cup? Yeah, That's why.

[@raydotulung]

amazing... all this time only stories from northern transpolar route... great stuff Sam!!

[@DougHanchard]

Absolutely fantastic video! Aerolineas' pilots are some of the best in the world.

[@federiickel10]

Excellent! I found thisin 2020!!! Greattings from Argentina

[@roisinkelly1509]

Greetings 2021 pandemic times - like this video very much and miss flying, pilots are great.

[@DavidPerdomo737]

Los pilotos Argentinos son únicos!! The Argentinian pilots are the best!!

[@gustavomartinkriger]

Que orgullo Aerolineas Argentinas! 👏🇦🇷

[@airpicts]

Excellent video, Sam! Yet another unique flight in your logbook. To have a cockpit visit in flight and the pilot explaining the significance of southern polar was outstanding!

[@biminipenn]

Looking forward now to fly Aerolineas from New York to Buenos Aires in November, they look like a very promising airline. And the new livery looks fantastic!

[@BeliaToscana]

I've flown that route many times with AA, always a good experience, good food, always on time.. haven't been to Bs. As. in the past two years. If I have to do it again. i'll always choose them.

[@auntbarbara5576]

Sam this aged very well, watching in 2023 and still excellent video! Enjoyed immensely.

[@brunocomolli6129]

the F/O is now A330 captain, great man!

[@noeliapedrozo6465]

@George Sturdy LMAO

[@Coloradooalt]

I’ve done this in 2010, the view of Antártica it’s something I’ll never forget!

[@jojieclaudio2124]

the first officer who speaks english is very knowlegable, i keep repeating this video, i learn alot from this

[@Randomadventuresebike]

English is required for all airline pilots. Universally

[@HDAviationVideos]

What an amazing video! It’s sad that after 34+ years AR’s transpolar flight will come to an end. The part where the FO explains the route was excellent, especially when he went into the technical details. Many thanks for sharing this! You’ve really dwarfed the quality of the videos in my channel with this one (check it out by the way). I’ve flown tons of times with AR, mainly on the EZE-MAD route and several times they let me into the cockpit, inflight and during take offs and landings, even in the 747-200. Since 9/11 attacks, they said that they wouldn’t allow in the flight deck any “non-crew” person again. It’s good to see that they’ve let you in and sincerely hope that this fact won’t put into jeopardy their jobs. Hopefully Aerolineas Argentinas will become again what it used to be in the past in terms of service and worldwide presence. Enjoy Buenos Aires!

[@ramurias421]

Siempre te encuentro en todos los comentarios. Muy buen canal, saludos

[@HDAviationVideos]

Sólo en donde vale la pena. Gracias! Saludos

[@dieeze3186]

que grosos pusieron un campera en el vidrio para que no les de el sol jajaja bien Argentino

[@henrinelli]

yo tambien pensaba pero la luminosidade es muy grande

[@rodrigomangiaterra]

Jajajajaja pensé lo mismo

[@dfc_ok4337]

MM2019

[@starseeds7506]

Jajajajaja es verdad, bien de Argento!!!

[@QuijotePublicitario]

Era necesaria esa musica de fondo?

[@wr1830]

I did the flight in the flight simulator, and it was a grand polar experience. 13h23 min for my gate to gate. Wonderful video!

[@n4120p]

Hermoso el video , fantastic flight going half way around the Earth , what can be more epic and mesmerizing . Great Job Sam Chui , Ernest Barcella

[@DansJets]

Excellent video Sam, thanks. Great filming.

[@cbermudez66]

Great Job, AGAIN !!! :-) The pilot explaining the fuel freezing temps was great.

[@SlndrBoi99]

Great video.-....I ve shared it with all my friends who love aviation. I love the fact that Sam Chui cuts Valeria Lynch " Loco" song after the pilots'route exposition...It just fits

[@polo-kf6yh]

what a fantastic captain...salute.

[@nicolasp7395]

Great video Sam! Nowadays due to covid-19 AR is making this fly but not transpolar, they use a 330 etops180

[@dariohcastro8992]

que grandes nuestros pilotos

[@joarcokru]

+Dario H Castro Como dejaron este boludo emtrar con una camera en la cabine?

[@jhonnymeniconi7720]

no era cualquier boludo.... tenia una camara XD

[@ezequielfrydman1630]

Es porque estaban en crucero.

[@florencegomer7937]

Excellent video, especially the technical chat with pilot.

[@martinyankelevich6133]

What an incredible video! I remember aerolíneas argentinas used to have this route made by the 747-4

[@peterhoebarth4234]

And the Reful - Stop was in XXX for 2.5 Hours.

[@magalizerda7272]

Excelente y muy interesante video. Si me permiten una observacion, la cancion de Maria Conchita no le va pero nada al contenido.

[@octaviorisso732]

+Amino Buana El chabon parece ser yanqui, le gusto la cancion y listo

[@makipowerwolf203]

excellent video. always amazed at the extent we can go with aviation. Im so glad the pilots were able to explain everything to you

[@salestianocuimbra8799]

Brave pilot and passenger because this fly is long journey and through the pacific ocean.....brave captain

[@Mets747]

Almost thought I was watching a JustPlanes video, great job as always, Sam!

[@danielalvarez1350]

Amazing...No more words needed !!!!

[@lulla3]

Great Video! Very interesting explanation from the pilots :)

[@alexandervogt9564]

I love it how the flight attendant looks at the ticket and points towards the aircraft! Thanks, I would have gone left...

[@ANCD7_]

What a great and historical video!

[@limavictor8570]

It is a pity that they have closed this route, but there are two reasons, one was the high cost of the same and was not at all profitable and another was the withdrawal of the A340-200 of the fleet that were the only aircraft capable of achieving this route so long for more than 16 hours from Buenos Aires to Sydney and 14 hours from Sydney to Buenos Aires non-stop. Currently the fleet of long-range is composed of A340-300X and by A330-200 and none of these aircraft is capable of doing the route as well that was discontinued. In 2015 he will be Air New Zealand which reconnect Oceania with Buenos Aires thanks to its code-share with Aerolineas Argentinas with which the passengers of NZ will be able to make connections to all of South America with AR and its network of destinations on the continent.

[@JustinLHopkins]

Thanks for all of this information.

[@octaviorisso732]

+LimaVictor85 You named it, hope that Aerolineas sometime resume EZE-SYD or EZE-AKL-SYD on a new fleet able to get Oceania nonstop, hope that AR will get an A350

[@marasol7169]

LimaVictor85 yes after all was A.Arg ,who does created that route.From 2014 ,for different reasons, doesn't go any more.

[@munozcampos]

Aerolineas Angelina's hopefully will order the A350 1000. Or 787-10 to continue this route.

[@DeisonMorrow]

Sam! Thats so amazing and the view and the videos from that years! Amazing job and experiences! Grettings from Colombia!

[@Axel_Forgiono]

By the way, what an amazing video Sam, it's simply a ''must''!. Congrats!

[@thiagocavagliatto18]

Wow! Thank you sam for share this video, im watching this video 8 years later 😅😅 now AR don't have this route and they have the A330 but i loved this video and is amazing

[@mjguerin63]

Flown that route(via Auckland) 3 times. 1990 on 747-200, 2004 & 2008 on A340-200.

[@mercboy111]

what an awesome doco! thanks sam chui for posting this. can't wait for part 2.

[@outoftime7740]

I love these pilots, so cool.

[@julesthedj7]

Cool video and trip report...wish i could do it sometime.....

[@jorgemarcelobana61]

Los pioneros de los vuelos transpolares fue en 1956 la SAS Scandinavian Airlines Sytem con DC6 B Y 1957 DC7 C a pistón.Eso era volar, con sistemas más rudimentarios una verdadera hazaña .En el vuelo de Aerolíneas ya utiliza 747 200 tecnología de avanzada.

[@HugoBrown]

Great video sam , I flew with them back in 2008 via Auckland , hehe it was experience , I thought I had gone back in time with no PTV, and on way home we flew over southern antarctic they even told us so we could look out at the ice was s blinding white even from the height we was at...I wouldn't fly them again but certainly an experience...

[@martinmonterodeespinosa6870]

Anyone watching this in 2018?

[@johnnyronmark4497]

yep

[@pablo130r]

@@johnnyronmark4497 2020 counts?

[@nicolasp7395]

In 2020

[@augustocarnero9115]

2020

[@piecerich7628]

In 2022

[@astoxqui]

Great video Sam and very interesting information. Very cool Creew !!

[@johnsax1445]

AR pioneered this first Southern Trans Polar Route 👏

[@juanruano735]

Even I understand. Thank you captain for your time.

[@ecowanderer6099]

Air New Zealand has restarted the Auckland- Buenos Aires flight with the 777-300er.

[@nancyhunter3293]

yes

[@ulisesbazan2565]

nowadays 787

[@lucasechenique39]

Yeah, but its not the same :(

[@aidenpilot3119]

Actually I think the JFK-FAOR route operated, by South African Airways, is the longest A340 route. I've flown on it, and I believe it was 15hrs and 26min or sometimes longer.

[@allanzinho2v20]

Uma excelente companhia aérea, como a TAM é aqui no Brasil a Aerolineas é na Argentina...

[@anagiorno4507]

yo viaje con Tam y fue muy bueno el trato y la atencion a bordo,,

[@marcellorossi582]

Excelente información que nos brinda el Primer Oficial del vuelo. Muchísimas gracias de todos los que amamos la aviación por abrirnos la puerta de la cabina y explicarnos lo maravilloso e importante de este vuelo tan especial. Gracias por el esfuerzo en expresarte en ingles ya que no es su idioma natal por lo visto. Gran aporte para la comunidad. Thank you very much to the First Officer To open the door and let Mr. Sam Chui get into the cockpit and to explain all the community so many important facts of this very special flight and its risks. Thank you also to put the best of you trying it in english even this is not his mother language !!

[@damianlencina3395]

You are lucky guy! Abrazos!

[@EinkOLED]

It is certainly not the longest A340 route in the world You already know that. EZE to SYD is almost identical in distance from Santiago, chile to paris on the 777. Anyway I love the argentinians despite our dispute and war of the falklands/Malvinas

[@jonjef3179]

muy buen video!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires.

[@darioiniguez3478]

Thanks Sam wonderfull video, and the explication was amazing thanks to the tripulation.

[@MGoudsmits]

excellent video

[@vigarcaDM]

Lastima que no aparezca la pestaña de subtitulos,me parece interesantisimo el video,que me gustaria resubir a mi canal (con agradecimientos,claro)

[@mainn364]

Bueno fuera lo tradujeran al español. Ese vuelo va sobre el paralelo 38. Hay muchas dudas sobre ese trayecto y los mapas. Well outside they will translate it into Spanish. That flight goes over the 38th parallel. There are many doubts about that route and the maps.

[@tomigrunge]

Nada que ver...Ese vuelo en la ida (Buenos Aires-Sydney) llegaba en su parte mas austral dentro del circulo polar antártico (latitud 66°34')...En la vuelta iba un poco mas al norte del circulo por el tema de vientos de cara.

[@joaocarlospolli1823]

Uma das mais longas Rotas Aereas do Mundo,deve ser feita agora com os A340-500 que estao chegando!

[@sixelepe2841]

Great video!

[@ale825dtm]

Excelente la explicacion del primero oficial sobre la ruta a seguir, la verdad me hubiera gustado viajar en el tramo del transpolar, que hacia la escala en la USH, al menos para probar lo que es viajar en 340, pero lamentablemnte la ruta ha sido desprogramada por AR. Una pena. Thanks a lot Sam for showing your experience on an AR flight, hope you enjoyed your travel and our beautiful country, so as we do. I tell u you`re going to my favs right now. Keep on flying!

[@ecowanderer6099]

Alejandro Dadamia Argentina is one of my favourite countries that I really want to visit someday.

[@ale825dtm]

Tanmay i hope you have a great experience here, when you decide to visit. Welcome!

[@hkdiva2015]

Remarkable, I hope one day I do get a chance to visit Argentina, flying the transpolar route. By the way, what's the title of the song in this video?

[@octaviorisso732]

+hkdiva2015 the name of the song is "La Loca" by Maria Conchita Alonso

[@AC-db4ek]

Thank you Mr. Sam Chui for confirming the real truth, the earth is FLAT

[@windyzz]

This wouldn’t be possible in Flat earth map Wtf are you dumb

[@Son_Goku.59]

1st flight Transpolar did an airplane of the Argentina Air Force in 1973, who later gave the route Aerolineas Argentina. Always showing boldness, expertise and porofesionalismo of our pilots AIR FORCE ARGENTINA. It is the same air force that broke the ass to the ( FUCKING ) British in the Falklands War , And they sunk 32 BOATS of the most important the British Empire The famous route that hovers near the south pole to shorten Oceania way to Rio Gallegos route began on June 7, 1980, ended in Auckland, New Zealand, and became a Boeing 747-200 owned by the company. The same type of aircraft in December of the same year flew nonstop from Melbourne, Australia, to Ezeiza, and taking advantage that means flying eastward which translates, in this particular route in one hour less flight and thus allowing the connection without the scale in Patagonia. VAMOS ARGENTINA !!! VIVA LA PATRIA CARAJO !!!

[@peterhoebarth4234]

And a secret refuel in XXX - Island.....................flat Earth............

[@EscuelaVueloVirtual]

Excelente ! gracias por compartirlo !

[@marasol7169]

asi es A.Argentinas creo el primer vuelo transpolar de B.A ,New Zealand ,Australia, y luego en conjunto con Qantas,habia bastante buena relacion.Mas tarde aparecio Lan asociado con British A.or Qantas.Lamentablemente 2014 A.Arg,se le cerro esa ruta aera.

[@davebournemouth]

no diversion airports for emergency landing,some parts of the route have no radio contact,and sometimes the fuel will freeze, no thanks.

[@mohamedelmahdi8543]

The map also show that the eart is flath ! Thanks a lot !

[@remieres]

Wow you didn't see the semi circle antarctic did you. The flat Earth would show them hugging the antarctic the entire way along the edge of the map. Not one isolated region. All lines of meridian converged on one point in the middle of the antarctic and then showed the southern tip of South America, where argentina is. Maybe pay better attention next time.

[@nogfgoodnight]

What are they supposed to do, carry a globe with them? It's a projection map genius.

[@peterhoebarth4234]

Map straight Line = Flat Earth. Why not great Circle, Ha, ha....Earth is flat...

[@Whenitraveltheworld]

Great Video Sam. Always wonder how your allowed on the flight deck these days with all the restrictions and rules

[@Gameflyer001]

Probably with him being such a prolific aviation photographer on sites such as Airliners.net

[@phantomworks23]

Great video. Great insight to my fav intl SYD flight :)

[@Bio54633]

So very interesting..

[@albertonisman165]

Hey bro Nice video I'm from of Argentina

[@wil_10p3]

Sounds like Romantic i love this music. Greetings from the Philippines. What title of the song ?

[@roisinkelly1509]

Maria Conchita Alonso - la Loca (1984)

[@wil_10p3]

@@roisinkelly1509 thank you Roisin

[@ZheLaser1987]

Saw LV-ZPX at Victorville Airport last summer. I think it is stored at now, not sure about the future of this aircraft.

[@BHIArgentina]

Huge flight!!

[@MrAlexprm]

Hi Sam , the lady that sings Loca is Maria Conchita Alonso from Venezuela not from Argentina , , great video!!!

[@impresadacostituire9239]

You said "i was asleep solid" ...... and the Antarctic (South Pole) you saw only on the sheet of the pilot route ..... (which, by the way, was new zealand - Argentina) because even the windows you see. The earth is flat !!! and the Antarctic is the edge that would be seen by the right windows .... 3000 miles

[@AFP557]

Perfect video! Lucky to get into the flight deck. What was the music?

[@dmitryvrn]

Music is Maria Conchita Alonso - "La Loca".

[@semsemeini7905]

A bit scary. Very interesting. I think they stopped the route.

[@YTP1137]

Route now terminated.

[@Randomadventuresebike]

Because the a340 is getting older and it was the longest range aircraft.

[@amin6990]

Sam, Thanks for your great video again. Your captain was such a charming and genial man, but sam What was the beginning background song?

[@ottavva]

¡ Qué canción estupenda ! María Conchita Alonso - La Loca (1984) G R A C I A S :)

[@1977alo]

great video sam!

[@matsnowb]

Absolutely great video! subscribing...

[@VGN737]

This is a First Officer ... Captain is on the left seat

[@LightShadow]

The pilot speaks excellent english - unlike most Argentinians. Great video !!

[@sugarpop7377]

Well, most English speakers do not speak Spanish and if they do is with a marked accent . So we shouldn't criticise as at least they make the effort .😁

[@LightShadow]

SUGARPOP73 I agree with you. Americans when speaking spanish (at least in the movies) do sound funny. I guess that my accent when speaking Spanish is jsut as funny (I am not an American) I was told I sounded like a French or Brazilian.. :-)

[@sugarpop7377]

True . Not everybody was born bilingual ! ☺️

[@okkcomputer]

+nirsul i speak WAY better than this guy

[@nicolasp7395]

Y vos como hablas???

[@Tury2801]

Great video Sam.. but why the Maria Conchita Alonso song? she is not from argentina . Mercedes Sosa would be a better option or some Argentinian rock Band like "Soda Stereo" they have a song titled "Planeador"

[@govindkpradeep8862]

i am looking into jetstreams in that area. True speed might not be the actual speed at 35000ft. They might be traveling at an excess of over 250+ kmph. Correct me if I am wrong

[@peterhoebarth4234]

Stream 500 km

[@marxxmann8758]

I'll trust these long distance with a quad jet over a twin jet anytime, besides that i love to see these long haul flights being covered by the 4 engine aircrafts

[@LNOscar]

Great stuff, what a nice guy!

[@anagiorno4507]

la musica de cuarta,, hay tanta musica buena para agregar

[@edy4eva]

You need to do Virgin Atlantic's HKG-SYD flight. They'll end it very soon too. Go in Upper Class please.

[@ramonbellot6186]

Thanks for the video. I don't understand how they can loose comunication in the age where the Satelites dominate the comunications. I'll never understand that kind of problem.

[@remieres]

Satalites depend on towers to strengthen the signal that they triangulate the data sent and recieved between satalites. Otherwise it's like you shooting a gun across 1,000 miles without a point of reference in the dark.

[@jerryrose4446]

ramon bellot Many comms satellites are geostationary or geosynchronous and only have "spot beams" or coverage over areas of the earth where coverage is necessary. Costs a lot of money to have them up there, and wouldn't be cost effective to shoot one up to cover an area where it will be seldom utilized. Other comms satellites are put in orbit and have moving coverage but some areas of the earth are still not covered due to the nature of their fixed orbits.

[@danielbistman3184]

No radio because of Flat Earth! satellites dont exist, GPS is made of land based communication antennas. I can play videogames with japanese teens in milliseconds but this plane is isolated. An ISIS terrorist have satellite radio, but this plane is isolated.

[@remieres]

Daniel Bistman Satalites find their target by ground triangulation. Some planes do have Satalite.

[@afh7689]

ramon bellot They lose _radio_ communication with ATC. As explained at 7:00, they can communicate with the company through ACARS messages. Not explained in the video is what ACARS is. ACARS is just the name for the message protocol (so like email or SMS). ACARS messages are sent by radio (if in range with good reception) or via satellite. The protocol for satellite-based ATC communications is called ADS-B. It requires major, expensive upgrades to ATC systems around the world and only a couple countries' ATC systems have integrated ADS-B, but it should be implemented in most countries by the mid-2020s. The cockpit of larger aircraft like the A340 is equipped with a phone that uses the the satellite link to make and receive voice calls and a communications panel that is used to send and receive text messages (using the ACARS protocol), which is more commonly used than the phone.