An amateur trying to land a Boeing 737 CL -- Baltic Aviation academy

www.balticaa.com Great news for our viewers! Baltic Aviation Academy is back to the topic of amateur trying to control a big passenger jet. This time Natalja, who has already tried her luck landing Airbus A320 from 2500 altitude, faces a brand new challenge in a Boeing 737 CL full flight simulator. In this experiment an amateur acts as if she is alone in the cabin and tries to land a jet with help of an air traffic controller only. Watch the video and see if she has succeeded. Enjoy!

[@TornSoul062473]

2 things: 1. Unless she knew how to set the emergency frequency to 121.500, set the mic volume on the correct radio box, and select R/T on the mic selector panel how could she contact emergency help? 2. She should have been warned NOT to touch the flight controller in front of her at any time because it disengages auto control.

[@richardsimpson5938]

was gonna say, there's a little bit more to this than what was shown.

[@KCOWMOO]

It's not real, that's a FS trainer.

[@AboveSomething]

@@KCOWMOO yeah no shit? how is that relevant?

[@KCOWMOO]

@@AboveSomething as relevant as the match between your face and my @ss..

[@carolynromero4462]

Exactly, I said the same thing, first things first establish contact with tower, these simulators do they not have one attached that would respond accordingly? I realize the trainer is taking their place but its not real life. And she was not told that what not to do, if in autopilot, also the pedals which can disengage AP.

[@normc62]

Pranas: "Good luck Natalja, you'll need it!" Natalja: "Goodbye" LOL

[@zoobear84]

Lmfao

[@freedom281]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@aaryamangupta]

7yrs!!

[@highflyer1245]

..and the passengers after touchdown..."BLJEEET!!!"

[@therascals8237]

Alarm sounds. Natalja "something is wrong" Pranas "I am so sorry. I will give your regards to your loved ones."

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

Now I have an idea of what is going up there behind the locked door. Excellent video.

[@canturgan]

Now I know that I can land a jet, all I need is a pilot sitting behind me who knows how to do it.

[@henrychan1039]

Only in airports which supports auto land :)

[@gflgaming8003]

ATC would tell you what to do, he was acting as atc

[@henrychan1039]

And airports with more than 1 runway cause there is no auto taxi

[@zoobear84]

Hahaha

[@barnhartequipmentbrentbarn5662]

LMAO

[@mechanicalpants]

Man: Natalia, please stop being so adorable!.... Natalia: it's done!

[@Derpster2493]

Way too many steps to land the plane. Isn't there just one big "I'm feeling lucky" button on this plane?

[@MauritsVeen]

No wtf

[@silbaar]

Hahahahaha agreed that

[@archie977]

ive never been in a cockpit and i could land that plane(":

[@mr_nice.]

hell......with 300 hours on FSX......even "I" could land this.

[@AnmlPeeweeIsHere]

+NoShitSherlock you can't open the emergency door in mid flight. Their are lock mechanisms that would require superman strength to open.

[@lloydmorrison8580]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.I think every person in the back of their head has thought of getting to land a jetliner and saving all the passengers. What a rush!

[@1Mr.Legend1]

This is 1 of the top 3 videos among the 10 most ridiculous videos in youtube history I've seen in my life.

[@henrychan1039]

"A good landing is a landing that you can walk away from and a great one, is in addition, you can use the plane again" so, she actually did a very good landing :)

[@mfst100]

Who gave you those definitions on quality of landing, a plane crash survivor?

[@MrAquinas1]

And you're calm enough to enjoy your whiskey.

[@DaveyCrockett001]

It was auto landed but whatever at least she didnt go catatonic.

[@MissyAriadne]

This is the thing many people do not understand. The autopilot helps us pilots to reduce the workload. Cockpit/Workload management is an aspect overlooked by so many. Even though the autopilot controls the aircraft, it will always need a pilot to guide it along the way. The machine gives guidance, but the pilot gives wisdom. I become overstressed with things even before I leave the ground... such as dropping or losing my pen... or having my harness stuck under my seat during the checklist.

[@AdamHWarren]

I am impressed at the clarity of both protagonists' English - thank you for a very enlightening video!

[@briancooley8777]

Lol protagonists?

[@TheTotz2012]

At the end "Natalia r u still with us??" I would have expected a long silence the way she ploughed that plane into the ground..)

[@uttula]

First, didn't have time to go through all comments, so this might have been mentioned before... but the "controller" (while otherwise doing a great job) failed on his own; "I don't see what is happening"... he guided the amateur to the correct equipment, but failed to determine if what she found was indeed the correct one. When she was looking at the wrong piece, only at that point did he offer more help. I also would have expected him to find out what the current setting is before instructing her to change it... you know, just in case that she was not in fact looking/handling the right switch and/or the settings were not what the controller was already expecting them to be (since he saw all the indicators himself). Other than that... ;)

[@christophertaylor5639]

Definitely better than I could!

[@nathanvandevoorde7851]

Beautiful flare the 2nd try! Only 210 ribs got broken, 110 fatalities, but we've got 2 survivors so good job.

[@caspersees6257]

WoW!!! That was something else, my heart was thumping like crazy. Totally enjoyed that, even though my memory was playing some games, I think I could do that. Awesome video!!

[@lukealucard]

Nice Natalia and of course you have an excellent instructor. Thanks

[@brianvalente3071]

Enjoyed that very informative. I had an hour in a 737 simulator last week. The captain looked after the bells and whistles, flew Malaga to Gibraltar We managed 3 circuits around the island ! all landed safely. I think if one was serious, one would need some time on the cockpit lay out and the function before flying. This was the most confusing bit.

[@EwigesEis]

Michael Cera seems to be a good landing instructor

[@cletobici8484]

😂😂😂

[@deepee918]

I'm weak af you almost won the internet today.

[@freedom281]

Indeed, and yet he still look like a schoolboy, but he sure do not talk so. There is confidence in his voice, and some there make me calm. Hmm.

[@CarlosCruz-ll5ez]

so this is where he has been lately' no wonder we don't see him acting any longer!

[@rusrus29]

I use to fly Concord (FSX) and id be very happy for the lovely Natalja to be in my crew..Great effort!

[@THEKITPLUG]

I'd rather try to land this thing over an old single-engine. If you know where everything is located the plane pretty much flys itself.

[@roppongi765]

…until you accidentally disengage the autopilot.

[@johneickmeier2759]

W 5th

[@addicted367]

@@roppongi765 then you would just turn it back on again.

[@fllthdcrb]

If we're talking about something like a small Cessna, personally, I think I would prefer the opposite. Much less complicated, so there are fewer things to screw up; fairly easy to fly by hand, compared to an airliner; takes less runway to stop; among other things. At least that's my impression as a non-pilot.

[@boooster101]

@@fllthdcrb If there is no wind, yes. Airliners can deal much better with crosswinds where a Cessna would have trouble staying in the glideslope. The main issue I see for non-pilots is how far you are actually off the ground in an airliner cockpit so you might flare or just start pulling back at the wrong time. No such issues in a single-engine airplane.

[@Hirozama]

7:53 "Is it a big handle?" -"Oh yes it is ;)" LOL

[@Lee-yn1by]

Then she laughs. I don’t think it is.

[@jimmysnyder2212]

Why do I love hearing this chick say "it's done" so much?

[@whorayful]

Wow, she is so cute. I love that 'it is done'. Good job following instructions and getting the sim on the ground.

[@jiml7401]

That was excellent! Great job to you both!

[@hugostiglitz6914]

He didn't tell her to check for three greens when she selected U/C 😣

[@l30njam3s]

Hahahaha oh yes its a big handle. They both know whats up lol. And when that alarm went off I would of ran through the plane screaming "we're all gunna die"

[@ronaldjeffers2415]

I always wanted to learn how to fly that was one of my biggest accomplishment but I just didn't get a chance I love this wonderful video I keep watching it all the time thank you so much Happy New Year

[@ItIsHDN]

I like watching this video. This is great to know that there are many procedures to do by an amateur before land a plane. Wondering it would be so nervous if we facing a real situation like that, so i hope it will never be happened.

[@marcstrassel5412]

I was told 1500 hours are required for a left seat. Actually it's 15 minutes !!!

[@kenpalmer1965]

I wish her the very best of luck in her training. It really takes an incredible amount of courage to learn how to fly these incredible machines!

[@furryface1057]

and thanks to YOU for being a good Navigator of the controls , and good thing you both speak the same language , lol

[@dansbrown1313]

I think this video clip was wonderful. The controller may have assumed some data as he was watching and not in the tower.That being said, I think it was a wonderful simulation and very well done.

[@LMF5000]

Haha. About 18 seconds in: "we are back on the topic of amateurs trying to handle big... uh, passenger jets"

[@freedom281]

LMFAO

[@gandalfthegrey8236]

Damn that second landing probably killed the landing gear. But she did great the first time around. You can't expect her to be able to land it manually the first time after previously landing using autopilot. Great job girl! :)

[@Adityac1]

The second landing would've probably got it to blow up Loool

[@joefuentes2977]

I was picturing more of a gta 3 style explosion myself

[@bufordwood19]

this is a great starter training video love to watch it

[@2233golf2]

Really good instructor-calm and collected - no bullshit talk...very good.

[@aksulojik]

Are we going to just completely ignore how she would know how to put on the headset, go to the right frequency, push the button to talk (and release it to hear) in order to take instructions from the ground ??? 😂😅

[@MrVeryfrost]

To put a headset probably is not a big difficulty and start shouting help help. I am sure she would be be directed by all listeners how to get into emergency channel afterwards.

[@Ambigious]

@@MrVeryfrost It doesnt work like that If she puts on the headset, without doing anything, and screams: not one will hear her. (If shes lucky, the rest of the plane will hear her scream for help 😂) The process to even be heard by traffic control is suprisingly difficult if you have no idea what youre doing.

[@melvinpjotr9883]

I also would think, that the most difficult task is to set the emergency frequency and find/push the talk button Also avoid doing anything that disables the autopilot

[@stevencharnock9271]

@@melvinpjotr9883 It is hard enough for someone to figure out a ships radio

[@TopContentCreator]

@@MrVeryfrost Finding a headset may not be an issue but finding the right emergency channel and may day ing correctly could be a difficult task. An amateur would not know the emergency channel and the button to set the frequency

[@Alex-sj8qs]

"It's done." - "OK, thank you very much"

[@SparksMagoo]

I was lucky enough to get into the 747 Sim @ Miami years ago. Two takeoff and landing routines. All went well. I was 20. What a thrill. Later was able to shoot carrier approaches in a real sim for the Navy. A born natural I tell ya ! They wanted me to sign up on the spot......

[@johnlatessa2256]

Natalja did well. And Pranas was very calm and informative. And we're all safe =)

[@fsce8599]

natalia: successfully lands a 737 despite having no prior experience also natalia: i t s d o n e

[@garysmedley6263]

God bless you Natalja for getting us home safe. I can breath now.

[@pyro8455]

Now I am ready just in case that happens to me on the 737 lol! I happen to be a Private Pilot with 200 hrs but still would want someone talking me down every step of the way! Awesome video! Thx for the memories being PIC! 👍

[@ns81]

Just one question - is there any urgency to extend the flaps RIGHT after you dial in reduced speed? To prevent stalls and such?

[@TommyOlsson]

Nice video! And a nice simulator. I work myself as an simulator instructor at Vasteras Aviation Museum in Sweden. We have 3 simulators open to the public: Convair CV440 Metropolitan, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and SAAB J 35 Draken. An Airbus A320 is under construction and will hopefully be ready in 2013.

[@larrywhiteside1236]

Than was awAse

[@larrywhiteside1236]

Very informational,

[@larrywhiteside1236]

Thank you

[@fernandoferraz3527]

In the manual landing she crashed to the ground :) ... Nose was way too down, prolly almost 5-8 degreess.... gears wouldave broken for sure :) ... but she behaved very well on the auto landing :)

[@lamarboy1885]

+Teepleesee Gaming No No no , The earth and its future would have broken :P

[@lamarboy1885]

+Fernando Ferraz :D

[@stub1116]

I've watched this many times and it stills fills me with respect for pilots and their skills...

[@shanejett3550]

This was a walk in the park or Sunday drive. Pilots skill, knowledge and expertise is truly tested in challenging or emergency situations. I saw a novice young first time solo pilot land a small plane without 1 landing gear. That was respect.

[@Peter-od7op]

Great vdo i am ual mechanic and small plane pilot. Loved how you were very nice and calm. I subscribed

[@spanishblog9507]

I would be setting the radio panel to the emergency frequency and then Mayday Mayday Mayday and take instructions from the tower on how to configure the plane for an automatic landing

[@PraetorianPhalanx]

These where some good tips for landing in FSX. The only thing missing was setting up the ILS :)

[@flightlevelfouronezero147]

no, he got her to dial in the frequency for the ils and then had her engage apporach mode

[@henryso4]

fsx ils is super simple anyway, set nav radio to whatever frequency it says on the map, line up with last waypoint and then line up with the localizer. set to approach when on the glideslope and it does the rest for you

[@sarumanthewhite2782]

She is so calm and collected. If I was going down on a big Boeing Max without the pilot, I would be sweating. Is there a way you can simulate panic and we see how she does, plus alarms and all

[@rocha3758]

great flight natalja!!

[@danndane3642]

7:53 is a classic, hahahaha, best!

[@wartb.58]

Dann Dane "Ohoho yes it is"

[@Rob0917]

Natalja is flippin gorgeous!

[@doid3r4s]

+Robert Love she really is.

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

smh

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

+misb lamp Shes not all that in my opinion

[@Rob0917]

Gorgeous. Seems like she has a great personality too.

[@1220b]

she is simply lovely. ....

[@frbarcellos]

Congratulations, Natalia. Good Job! Good Instructor.

[@13111994x]

It's amazing .....I am very much impressed by seeing this video. Pranas Drulis you are such a good instructer to her. All I want is to become a Pilot, if possible.

[@thelaughingman79]

that instructor looks about 15 wtf lol

[@MrFaizan28]

He's 22 and he's not an instructor he just did his ATPL like a year ago.

[@bubbaole9036]

Yeah! Russian air force. They start flying in their Mom's belly. That's why you will never see a pregnant Russian woman. THey are interned in rooms full of simulators and get out only to give birth.

[@fatihinankeles590]

@@bubbaole9036 they are latvians...

[@glennschadow3779]

His 72 believe it or not

[@JanisZvirgzdins1988]

@@fatihinankeles590 Lithuanians actually but I believe that for others it is the same - latvians, lithuanians, russians. 😔

[@jetblack4715]

Natalia, I would like you now to reduce your speed. Yeah!

[@DonaldPiccione]

Guy: I would like you to reduce the speed little bit more! Do you remember where the speed is? Girl: Yes! .... Girl: Is it right to the altitude Yes? Guy: Ehmm, No! it's left to the heading! :-D

[@bucc5062]

All in all a fun video to watch. There was a good amount one could get from watching this, the first being that many of these modern jet airliners can autoland with human supervision, but most pilots will hand fly the last few hundred feet so there still needs to be a skill there. I would have changed one thing for that would have given Natalia as little more pressure, have the instructor not in the cockpit, but on the radio so she has to deal with PtT while thinking about changes. He also didn't deal with frequency changes which would also add to the pressure and be more realistic for most of that time spent setting up would be approach with a hand off to tower as they establish. I enjoyed it and after 7 years, I would hope this maybe inspired the young lady to become a pilot.

[@welpen2006]

Surprisingly she doesn't make any mistakes and finds everything immediately (they must have trained this many times before it got perfect).

[@SomeAirbusfan]

She dint flare at all and did not use reversers, and was not on the centerline when landing manually those are the only mistakes i found for the rest she did well.

[@RenX3133]

"I- Is it a big handle?" "Oh, yes it is ..."

[@TeamGForce75]

Cool video. What are the spinning black wheels on either side of the thrust levers and how do they work?

[@125brat]

@ Kenneth Catrond I think you'll find its the autothrottle that's controlling the throttles in the flare and she is just following through.

[@rock3tcatU233]

"We're back on the topic of amateurs trying to handle big uhhh..."

[@Carterofmars]

Natalia is the best. She is a great pilot!

[@DaSquirrelnuts]

She is a Russian. I am Russian too

[@Carterofmars]

I won't hold that against her! Pardon my Double Entendre ;)

[@DaSquirrelnuts]

Maybe but I am not sure that she's Russian!

[@williamvasilakis9619]

Natalja, you are my hero! You are amazing. You did great. Thank you.

[@Baldmaxx]

In a real situation like this, even if it was ideal, I would be a total wreck after touchdown. Great video!

[@kd5you1]

I wish I could get one of those simulators. I use Microsoft Flight Simulator and using a mouse to click on the knobs and buttons isn't the same as in a simulator or real aircraft.

[@tonyebaggett9809]

You are still using the controls for the same purpose,just not touching them with your hands,but you don't have that overall feel of the aircraft. Just my thinking!!!

[@kd5you1]

@@tonyebaggett9809 Yes, and its also like having control of a movie but not being in it.

[@zombieman9509]

@@kd5you1 Maybe get a VR set like oculus Rift. It will change things completely, and you will experience being in the cockpit instead of a detached experience via a picture in a screen.

[@kd5you1]

@@zombieman9509 I'm wondering if the new Flight Simulator will support a VR device. FSX had a virual cockpit that you could look around in freely by using the mouse. The drawback is that its not really possible to look around while controlling the aircraft yoke/joystick... I would need two right hands.

[@zombieman9509]

@@kd5you1 Not sure about the upcoming Microsoft one, but there are already several flight sims available that work perfectly in VR. X-plane11, Aerofly2 for civilian and DCS for modern fighters and IL2 for ww2 combat.

[@stevej1154]

On a flight sim I was playing recently, you can select ‘land at nearest airport’ and the autopilot handles everything; no more input required. Much easier! The lack of contact with ATC would be problematic in the real world of course. Although a really good autopilot could maybe handle that too. Alternatively… “Hey Siri… I’m in the cockpit of a 747 at 30,000 feet. How do I land it?” “Here’s what I found online…”

[@yommmrr]

AP can do most things until you touch the ground. Then you have to keep the plane straight and bring it to a stop.

[@DrRSole]

Nat your a star..Well done.

[@Mullikia]

Love that, "do not use for training" on the video. 18:00, I swear that's Gert Van Hoef.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

First, put it in "drive", then set the cruise control.

[@joejjl]

7:50 Natalia - "Is it a big handle?" Pranas - "Oh yes it is." LOL!!!

[@sneaks01]

What a cool video!! Great instructor as well!! :-)

[@stephen26448]

Where can I do this at I want to try I fly radio control airplanes and I love aviation and I would love to add this to my bucket list

[@MotionInMotion1975]

Natalja killed us all! But we forgive cause she's hot! LOL

[@thongly3794]

3w

[@smartthevote]

by the time we freaking find a particular button...our faces will be splashed on the ground dirt

[@rmason4358]

Nice video. Natalja was quite professional :)

[@pbierre]

Ground elevation at Indy Exec in 922' above SL. So the minimum for sighting the runway was at 200' above ground.

[@matthysfourie1962]

Didn't the Mythbusters try this one out?

[@Smokie181]

17:05 FI facepalm lol I think she broke the simulator with that landing.

[@caleb0606]

She did a great job! She understood directions very well.

[@jp-ou5zn]

great English, and fun idea to let her land the plane in the end! very fun.

[@FlyAdam]

Ya if that was irl it woud crashed but still an amazing job she did I felt she is nervous

[@AlphaSerpentis]

Pfft... I can do better... Here hold my beer.

[@ktilearning7760]

Simply outstanding. Great teacher. WOW

[@scooboy]

awesome video , great instruction !!!

[@MrMuttley50]

Now, you can play GTA 5 for more practice, you did it very well, congratulations. :)

[@99domini99]

With manual, she didnt flare. Irl it would have crashed.

[@SLUFloader]

I saw the nose coming up as she got close to touchdown. Autoland?

[@GudmundurKristjansson]

Thank you Thank you guys! That was awesome to finally know how to do it ... (well I haven't yet tried it on my Steam Flight Simulator) but even though the local time is 2:40am I got to try that final aprouch that I've always been trying to do totally manually from ca 1000 feet and pretty often on too much speed :( But I'll let you know how it all went ... p.s. from what airport were you suppose to be coming from? and to what Luton or Gatwick

[@WhitneyDawe]

Very cool! Not a trained pilot myself but that manual landing can be done better with a little practice. Get yourself a good flight simulator program and practice lining up on the center line. The other aspect of the manual approach that was missing was the flare which I believe is usually started around 50 ft off the runway. Pull back on the yoke to raise the nose a bit so that the main landing gear touch down first. A good point of reference is the end of the runway. You should be able to see it at the bottom of your windscreen. If you can't the nose is too high and you risk a tail strike. Cut the throttle to idle just above the runway so that the plane slows itself down just enough to lose lift and "drop" onto the runway.

[@tjscott395]

What happened to the flight crew? I can't image the circumstances that would have to happen to make something like this happen. Did the ENTIRE flight crew have the fish? Why not just activate the Otto Pilot? All that aside, I would love to go flying in the simulator with Natalja anytime!

[@stavrophotography]

What's an otto pilot? This is not real.

[@tjscott395]

Google "Otto Pilot".

[@omegasparow]

They did use the autopilot!!!!!!

[@CoDisafishy]

***** To the movie Airplane!.

[@Crimejaildotcom]

All the crew are bad seafood and were sick. The passengers could not help, all old women. But this girl saved the day. Hero

[@Nico62863]

The Airplane comes to runway with -10° the airplane is crasched!!

[@BillCipher1337]

not real

[@Nico62863]

i know

[@johnorr7386]

I have done this in a B737-800 simulator except it was a manual landing and not an autoland. Just to qualify that, I was a 1500 hour private pilot and I spent my working life as an aircraft electronics technician so I was very familiar with the cockpit layout and functions. It was a thrill to fly the simulator but I did have an instructor sitting next to me. It would be nice if I never have to face this situation in real life as there is always an element of risk involved.

[@fredm.9474]

Thank you for your teachings and knowledge to simulator

[@crlguitar1]

She missed it by....that much! I always wonder why the controls have such a 'well used' look to them.... That must be a pretty old simulator and used for hours and hours daily....

[@covenantlightorg-ng]

tyfhgcbn vu

[@Jerbod2]

If the knob is worn down you should probably use it. Multiple times if you're about to crash.

[@patrickgorman7230]

Natalya is probably Colonel in Russia Air force

[@Mattk3ng266]

Interesting to watch. Thanks 👍

[@millieo7155]

They communicate well, words succinct. and focused. Her answers were clear and precise. "It is done."