Bored Pilots Fly 150 Miles Off Course | Here's What Really Happened On Flight 188 (With Real Audio)

Increased automation in the cockpit leads to distraction, causing the pilots of a Delta Air Lines (ex Northwest Airlines) Airbus A320 flight from San Diego to Minneapolis to fly 150 miles past their destination.
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[@cdfavs]

'Captain, do you even know where you are going right now?' ' Yes, Off course.'

[@outernational]

some people are good at comments. witty

[@puremichigan9536]

Your reply is the best!

[@MassimoIncarbone]

Really good😁

[@catwich]

@@outernational true lol

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

oh god dammit man i will literally or not your too good jk **dumps napalm into your hair**

[@squarewave808]

"I've flown with better" -- the 150 people in the back said the same thing.

[@iSkateFast]

Lmaoo

[@arpeeh21]

lol

[@chenellebeautytv]

Right 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@stephaniebarber17]

Right!!!

[@SillyPuddy2012]

The 150 people in the back were clueless as fuck.

[@DollarDude]

Imagine screwing up so badly at work that the White House has to be briefed on it.

[@Honeycomblife]

Back when white house briefings had credibility

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

Almost got themselves shot down.

[@realnativeFLman]

@@Honeycomblife 7th

[@SpartacusColo]

Imagine screwing up at work so badly that fighter jets are about to launch?

[@robertchutonogbanua2564]

@@SpartacusColo Can you imagine if the fighter jets were actually launched as with KE Flight 85 on 9/12/01?

[@paulgrant421]

Meanwhile, every passenger watching the in-flight entertainment system map: "Whaaaa....?"

[@quietsignal]

LOL

[@harrycooper5231]

That would have been me, those things pass the time so well. :)

[@fatsonot181]

Bonus airtime included

[@thatsme2182]

"This video is dedicated to the memory of the pilots' careers"....

[@WendyKS93]

This may well be the funniest comment yet.

[@ChristopherNips81]

😂👌🏼

[@kellyweingart3692]

lol

[@edwardandrews2618]

🤣😁

[@packingten]

It's really sad that something that everyone has done is so serious and career ending😪

[@samanthafisher3308]

LOL the flight attendants like “Um...are we there yet?”

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Those darn kids in the back seat, “Dad! Are we there yet?”

[@stevedave3337]

Don't make me turn this plane around! Oh, wait, we will turn it around.

[@annielane1843]

Right lol ...not one of them knocked on the door or called the cockpit ???

[@leslieslovelies6268]

@@annielane1843 They did. That was stated in the video.

[@sha2ron874]

@@annielane1843 the fa’s called the flight deck to ask about landing, noticing on the seat video monitors the airplane had overflown the airport

[@utubewillyman]

"We're just dealing with some company issues here..." The good news is that all the company issues will soon be behind you.

[@kennethgourdin3266]

@utubewillyman Yeah ... "company issues" like an Idiot Pilot and an Idiot First Officer.

[@kirbygene]

I wonder how much longer they would be discussing 'company procedures' if that alert Flight Attendant hadn't reminded them they were flying an airplane.

[@grobert1279]

they would have been in Canada

[@mykalimba]

I would bet that the flight attendant was just relaying a question from an alert passenger. Imagine someone watching the flight tracker and seeing the plane overfly the destination.

[@cdc194]

First Officer looking down: "...Since when did Minnesota have Polar Bears?"

[@digitalwasabi2]

@@cdc194 HAHAHAHAHA

[@darrinsiberia]

White privilege is real! I already know both of these guys were white. My father is an old white man in his mid 70s. His complete denial of his mortality is his downfall. He doesn't live like someone trying to carpe diem. Instead just blindly robotically going through the motions of superficial routines every day as the days dwindle.

[@jimh4375]

When your mistake is being discussed in real time at the white house you know you are in deep $--t.

[@A6Legit]

Yep, something had to happen to someone lol.

[@Peakfreud]

IKR, I remember going to Captains Mast in the Military ... And having what felt like Rocks & Razor Blades in my Stomach ..my anxiety was so high.

[@WendyKS93]

You've got that right. LMAO!!

[@stephaniebarber17]

Exactly. They probably thought someone had taken over the plane. Remember 9/11

[@A6Legit]

@@stephaniebarber17 Yeah, at least someone was on top of it.

[@johnlehman4614]

When your flight attendant is questioning your navigation.....😬

[@rcsmit]

Imagine the passengers watching the location on the entertainment screen :)

[@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088]

@@monkymind4316 good one

[@LofiHappi]

@@monkymind4316 lol i used to be a back sit driver when i was a kid. Telling my dad to go on a green when he wasn’t paying attention

[@johncronin9540]

@@rcsmit I don’t know what the weather was like, but I would think people living in the Twin Cities area might have seen the city 37,000 feet below them, and wondered why they were overflying their destination.

[@MaiiOrduna]

When you have 20 missed calls from MOM.

[@rutgerhauerfan]

F/O: "He's a nice man, we hit it off well." Captain: "He's okay but I've flown with better." Ouch.

[@richardw4487]

It happens very often in offices. sounds familiar in pantry, elevator, cafeteria etc.

[@anthonyglee1710]

That sick feeling of knowing your career has ended but you’ve still got to land an A320. 💩

[@graciegjj]

😤🤐😂🤣

[@cpunut]

Hehe, great comment, had me laughing good :-) I enjoyed flying for many years.

[@wingsontheat7188]

The "Career Dissipation" warning light illuminating must have been quite a distraction during the landing sequence.

[@lajoyalobos2009]

"Well, I had a good run I guess. Anyone want to see if this thing can do a barrel roll before we land? I don't got much to lose."

[@codydudley1301]

Might as well make a few last laps 🤦‍♂️🤣😂

[@hisxmark]

Well, their scheduling just got less confusing.

[@tracerloenan8020]

good comment.

[@Claggyt]

I wonder if they appreciated the irony?

[@johnhanson9245]

Funny

[@wobblybobengland]

Hope they can spray the right fields

[@John_smith118]

Boom goes the dynamite

[@GalderIncarnate]

I thought it was fascinating that they put the aircraft through several maneuvers to verify the actual pilots were in control. Could have been hi-jacked, pilots could be intoxicated, etc.. Smart procedures right there.

[@michaelcole8196]

Didn't hear any transmissions, didn't realize they hadn't touched their radios for almost an hour and a half. Come on... you know your asses were sound asleep.

[@rethablair6902]

Jesus those poor passengers but thank God they survived

[@mr.martintorres5804]

When you're concerned about your retirement and suddenly you're forced into early retirement!

[@graciegjj]

Ouch 🤕😵

[@SFbayArea94121]

Exactly. The captain was a doofus

[@michaelraney6732]

Do they actually get their pensions when they get terminated? I thought they lost them.

[@jamescraig3121]

Michael Raney I believe that both pilots never got “terminated “ so to speak. An agreement was reach with the company and the pilots union that allowed the Captain to retire with his full pension and the First Officer resigned his position and was allowed to hold a FFA certificate for his ATPL again.... Both never flew again for Delta/NWA.

[@SillyPuddy2012]

Considering the state of that shit airline, it sounds like both pilots upgraded to better situations!

[@riccardoperini4737]

When you get into a conversation and miss your exit

[@shawnerz98]

That's what I was thinking! Who hasn't missed an exit on the highway? ;)

[@tima.478]

These dudes were asleep at the yoke!!!

[@graciegjj]

This is why we need automation it's so perfect humans are bad and flawed and not as productive they hate being forced to labor their whole lives so screw them will get machines to do it... And then they'll want universal basic income nah screw them will give em a good vaccine though

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@tima.478 no

[@Lightblue2222]

@@graciegjj automation is probably why they fell asleep. Without autopilot they'd be forced to be attentive. With these auto drive vehicles mass ppl will be falling asleep on the road lol.

[@carschmn]

Also you know it’s bad when you have to do the equivalent of “if you’re being held against your will, blink.”

[@kevo31415]

At that point, "uhhh, YEAH! That's what happened but we fought them off! That's why we haven't been talking."

[@snarflatful]

good one

[@kevinh.7994]

I imagine the "i've flown with better" is because the F/O was supposed to be flying while the captain slept but fell asleep himself.

[@susanurban5920]

The FO’s job is to do all the crap that the Captain doesn’t want to do, such as fly the plane.

[@suzannethomas1090]

Why is it saying Northwest when it is Delta

[@mankind7778]

@@suzannethomas1090 we lost her

[@bird49055]

@@mankind7778 r/woosh lmao

[@ThatIsALakeSir]

@@bird49055 lol its not "we lost her" it was supposed to be "It merged with delta"

[@mvanrensburg5497]

Pilot to ATC: "That's all I have to say..." ATC: Ok, enjoy your last landing.

[@a.emre777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NewscasterNews4]

Normally when a pilot fucks up THIS badly life fires them first so I’d say they got lucky here 😂

[@noplatesnodates679]

@@NewscasterNews4 true that

[@billolsen4360]

They forgot which airline they are now flying for, unless they still have to use the Northwest call sign

[@mvanrensburg5497]

@@billolsen4360 the only radio comms they do now is via a drive-thru

[@empireoflizards]

"Everyone survived, however, two careers died..."

[@747-pilot]

OMG! 😂 ....I do feel a bit sorry for them, tho.

[@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241]

@@747-pilot I don’t feel sorry for them.

[@GunsNRoses1123]

They risked the lives of people, not feeling sorry att all, Imagine having a unproffesional pilot like this, your life and trust is totally in their hands, so a pilot have to be able to be trust.

[@raymonddobbs6229]

...some might even say those careers were self-inflicted deaths, as it were...

[@williamlin2076]

Well imagine if they crashed the plane into the ground as suicide? At least they did land instead of committing suicide after losing their jobs.

[@areza15143]

As a private pilot with lots of hours I know a couple of things: First, I get nervous if I don’t hear any chatter on the radio after 10 minutes, let alone 90 minutes. Second, you Are usually given a change in frequencies about every 15 minutes. So not being asked to switch after an hour, any pilot would be instinctively suspicious. Couldn’t be conscious and doing your job without feeling that way. They fell asleep, no question in my mind, there’s no other possible alternative.

[@nameunknown007]

Wait, couldn't they figure out from the same recording if they were talking or completely quiet? If they were just completely quiet, then ya I guess they fell asleep. Edit: looks like the recorder only has 30 mins and loops over, so we'll never know

[@areza15143]

@@nameunknown007 That is speculated as the reason they over flew Minneapolis by 150 miles, so that by the time they were coming back in, only the last 30 minutes of the CVR would be available- which would be the circling back in to land, not the “oh shit! wake up!” part of the audio.

[@asa_______________commente4195]

While I’m not disagreeing with you, for the sake of argument late at night over less busy parts of the western US on some sectors it’s coming to go quite a while without hearing ATC or another aircraft. Even longer once you start flying out over the ocean. We have all dropped a frequency at one time or another, sometimes our fault and sometimes the controller doesn’t give a handoff and we end up outside their VHF coverage. This is why it’s required to monitor 121.5 so these instances can be corrected. I can give them that much. The company send them a number of ACARS messages. While there is no aural alert for this, ‘company message’ is shown just below the engine indications in your normal scan. These are seldom missed, but again it’s possible. The real indicator that something was wrong was the mode reversion from Nav to Heading mode. This aural triple click and flight mode annunciator change should never be missed by either pilot. Any experienced Airbus pilot knows the FMA is the heart of what the aircraft is doing, which is why it is top and center on the primary flight display.

[@areza15143]

@@asa_______________commente4195 I think VHF range is another issue. If you don’t hear someone on frequency within half an hour, you’ve likely gone out of range of that transmitter. In my hundreds of hours of night cross country all on instrument flight plans, I would always get nervous if I hadn’t heard something in 15 - 20 minutes. I would call for a radio check.

[@asa_______________commente4195]

@@areza15143 VHF is line of sight, so flying a couple thousand feet has a different range than 35,0000 feet

[@mattdickey2717]

“I just got to verify that the cockpit is secure?” Time to get the resume together

[@jscanl]

LOL

[@philjose3236]

"... We got distracted... That's all I can say at this time... We'll provide additional details as soon as we finish making up the rest of the story."

[@DaveDepilot-KFRG]

We'll tell the rest to NTSB investigators...

[@Maverickf22flyer]

Just imagine being a cockpit operator (cause that's what the so called "pilots" are today), there had absolutely nothing wrong happened even if indeed you were asleep for 1.5 hours and try to reflect on what you've replied. You'll have a very different thinking then...! They didn't do anything wrong at all. Nothing! They should indeed file a report and blah blah, but should never be fired as long as everything went OK. Pay for the delay and wasted gas, but hey..., they're not going to do it again without having someone to tell them so! Some "retards" cause I can't call them otherwise will say things like: "But what if the plane would go out of control while they are asleep and what if this and what if that and what if...," and what else their small brains might come up with! As long as you've done a mistake that didn't generate any bad effects, mostly you should have some sort of penalty that won't demoralize you and make you hate what you're doing, especially when you're otherwise doing it very well. Getting fired for stupid ideas of "what could've happened" is a very toxic mindset and people are not going to evolve the right way on this course!

[@pigeon7446]

@@Maverickf22flyer true until you're the passenger with these pilots and they fall asleep again, and maybe this time they sleep long enough for the fuel to run out

[@johnwelchs3576]

@@Maverickf22flyer Are you out of your mind?

[@Maverickf22flyer]

@@johnwelchs3576 Maybe you should ask that question about yourself! My reply to Phil was clear and fair! If nothing went wrong more than 1.5 hours late arrival, the "punishment" should be a lot lower than being fired. If they would've entered some hail or some sort of hard to believe situation, the same punishment would've been implied, which isn't fair!

[@snapmalloy5556]

I'm so glad this channel included the two pilot's assessment of one another. Hilarious. 🤣

[@andrewsnyder9262]

How did they get that information?

[@snapmalloy5556]

@@andrewsnyder9262 I'm not sure. It must become public information/record as part of the federal investigation and can be requested thru the Freedom of Information act. That would be a guess

[@David-cm4ok]

Yeah, the captain was a little bitch in his assessment.

[@danajohnson6273]

“I’ve had better.” Essentially.

[@brianwhelan5382]

At least this one didn't end with lives lost

[@ibrahimfayyaz]

careers lost 😂

[@susanurban5920]

No, but it most certainly could have. Anything could have happened while they were both asleep in the cockpit for an hour and a half. I’m glad their licenses were pulled and they were grounded. Those two have no business being Pilots. What they did was a inexcusable and unacceptable. No second chances after ignoring ATC for an hour and a half and almost causing them to send up fighter jets….unacceptable. Those two Pilots can go work at McDonald’s or Walmart….like the rest of us commoners.

[@vitalygoji2257]

Only putting military on high alert and calling the President in the middle of the night. Give them a break. No lives lost, just an extra test of a nuclear facilities security and preparing rocket launchers for a response. Who cares?

[@johnwolcot]

Yes, always nice when you watch one of these and everyone survives.

[@abiesertavarez6102]

@@susanurban5920 Well Said , There were lives up there...

[@rockyo59]

How could two "professional" Pilots with so much experience and hours of fly time do such a thing? It makes you wonder what else happen in their careers that were never caught

[@byteme83]

Complacency. They probably weren't like this at the beginning

[@andy5392]

It's actually very boring flying a modern passenger jet, my close friend left the airliner he worked for and took a job as a civil servant

[@cthoolhoo1441]

I'd be more interested in how many others are constantly doing the same thing but just haven't got caught.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

​@@byteme83 bruh with a view like that outside, I wouldn't get bored

[@amasing115]

@@28ebdh3udnav Most veteran pilots have 10k+ flight hours, nothing stays novel forever unfortunately.

[@donnabaardsen5372]

You can hear in their voices they know their jobs are gone.

[@thomasdaniels6824]

Yes when he says Minneapolis, Northwest.....pause.........188, his voice says it all

[@ItsameAlex]

They should've said ''you better promise we'll keep our jobs, otherwise we'll crash the plane''.

[@theoriginaltroll388]

@@ItsameAlex lol that would be the first someone would get the max sentence for terroristic threats

[@sesquashtwo]

@@ItsameAlex Don't laugh...think about it....both know their jobs are gone...loss of income...censure for obtaining other jobs....if they would have taken the plane down....there would be debris...and always that there 'could' have been something wrong with the aircraft, that had them....distracted. Also, life insurance policies would pay out...as no proof of suicide could be proven, and their widows or assigned loved ones, would also get a portion (60 %) of their company's pensions for life. So, don't think THAT was not thrown around the cockpit...and be thankful that they were professional enough...to not 'plow the farm' for their last attempt to do something protective of their families, financially wise. They landed the plane...knowing they had no job or license beyond the point of stepping off the flight....

[@ItsameAlex]

@@sesquashtwo true

[@martinstent5339]

When you are working with dangerous stuff every day, in the beginning you are very alert and careful, but after a few years, there are times when you forget that it’s dangerous. That’s the time to stop.

[@asnakhan9576]

So true

[@joevignolor4u949]

You mean like the captain of the Titanic?

[@garthcox4]

Like taxi drivers. They are the worst drivers on the road. You should expect them to be the best with all the driving they do.........

[@aarondarling2036]

@@joevignolor4u949 The Titanic Disaster was not really one of individual complacency, but of the complacency of the oceanliner industry in general. There had been very few famous cases of ocean liners being lost in the prior 20 years, certainly none due to ice, and so many largely considered them invincible or unsinkable in the open ocean. Maintaining schedules at all costs meant that most ships operated near their maximum speeds at all times, even in severe ice conditions. The importance of the telegraph and ensuring proper weather reporting was not a priority yet, most very large ships did not operate with enough lifeboats for all passengers, and crew requirements were not as strong as they should've been. Captain Smith did make the mistake of not heading the ice warnings and going into the ice field at full speed, but its nothing like the case above, where such practice is widly considered abnormal or wrong.

[@DScott-bp4vu]

Exactly, complacent!

[@WestAirAviation]

Ironically, if they had just claimed they had fallen asleep due to fatigue - considering this was before the newer Flight Duty Period rules - it might have salvaged their careers or turned the conversation away from them and onto other issues with the industry at the time.

[@TonyPerez816]

I was thinking this very thing. In fact, it was obvious to me from the tone of his voice when he first made contact that he was still drowsy and trying to sound controlled. Like waking up after the nap and going "OH SHIT!!!" but they can't do that because of the CVR. lol!

[@blainetunnell9067]

I'd imagine the first thing the investigators did was pull the tapes. You can't talk while you're asleep.

[@WestAirAviation]

@@blainetunnell9067 The CVR only recorded the last 30 minutes of this flight, of which most of that was on the ground. KZbin nukes my comment whenever I link the NSTB pdf, so you'll have to take my word

[@isobel64]

@@WestAirAviation why does it only record 30 mins, is that normal?

[@WestAirAviation]

@@isobel64 it's usually 2 hours of flight data and 30 minutes of voice recordings. Why those specific intervals is anyones guess.

[@michaelcole8196]

It's comforting to know that their careers died quietly in their sleep.

[@debbieg8260]

good one

[@lazarostheodorou9183]

"Flight 188 we'll see you later" Later: "You're fired"

[@surlygirly1926]

Right ... the "We'll see you later" sounded ominous.

[@kylestroia9939]

First officer: loved the captain saying he was “well prepared and very nice” captain: “ive flown with better”

[@geoffreybradford]

He should have asked him if he'd respect him in the morning .

[@chenellebeautytv]

Andyyyyyyyy 😂

[@MrPhat0817]

When I saw that I was like wow... What complete difference in comments

[@lindaeasley5606]

The captain gave every indication of being a p****. Don't know how he got a pilot's license

[@stevenspilly]

Sounds like a typical tinder summary

[@heredownunder]

10:13 That zoom in to the Nav display would have been literally what the captain’s eyes would have done, after the flight attendant called him.

[@clifflong1203]

Looking out your window and realizing you have passed your destination and instantly knowing your flying career is over 😔

[@geoh7777]

"Uh Minnapolis Center, I plead the 5th and I want my lawyer, Northwest 188."

[@SAL-9000]

😂😂

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

When you’re so bad at your job, they have to call the President of the United States.

[@Trump-eg4dz]

Hm

[@jiwoo..22]

@@Trump-eg4dz lmao

[@HoosierHacker]

hahaha

[@Billyboy91]

hahahahhaahaahha

[@kevinbushracing58]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahabahahahahaha!

[@mykalimba]

ATC: "How much fuel do you have left?" Captain: "We got plenty of fuel." A true a-hole to the very end.

[@anonymouse9105]

The captain probably thought "I don't have to play by your rules anymore. I know I'm fired."

[@elskid206]

Captain: “FUEL? Oh hell; we could stay lost for MANY more hours. What do you think we don’t know what we are doing up here? By the way, are we still over North America?”

[@nameunknown007]

@@MurdogYT at that point only 5 mins passed in their mind for what it seems, so if the F/A didnt interrupt they would have easily spent many more hours without realizing. When they were so distracted, you think he was closely monitoring the fuel indicator? bahahaha

[@matrox]

Plenty of fuel=about 1 gallon left ...just to get home.🤣

[@AnnaAnna-st2je]

@@nameunknown007 .

[@Blueeyedjenn14]

I have never been so happy than to finally watch a video where everyone was safe and sound with zero issues getting people to safety… I fell into this worm hole and cannot stop watching after booking a flight… (thank you google algorithms) not very smart to do but I can’t stop watching and thrilled to finally see something with a happy ending, granted not for the pilots careers but at least everyone is alive!!

[@knottreel]

"I've flown with better" LOL! There must have been an ongoing tension with the F/O to earn that kind of response.

[@andrewjvaughan]

Given this was likely after the incident, it probably was the captain trying to throw the FO under the bus. They both were terrible, though. i

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@andrewjvaughan F/O was the one who started it.

[@carlosdyer5868]

I was thinking the same thing !

[@reallynotyourbusiness1659]

Beaver pilot Vs F1-11 pilot

[@haiwatigere6202]

Or just the truth

[@dubyag4124]

ATC: Uh We're gonna need you to fly in a straight line and recite the alphabet backwards.

[@edwardandrews2618]

to fly a straight line!😂🤣

[@zzzmmmjjj]

This reminds me when i was pulled over at maybe 2am n the cop did some test but i was cleared because i wasnt drinking. But other team came by shortly n asked me to walk backwards n read 20 to something backward, now i got really nervous because i m an asean and it is even hard for me to read 1 to 20 in english let alone backward. They let me go. This was in early 90's.

[@isabellind1292]

Dubya G Hahaha!😃😃😃😃

[@tonydavis4825]

@@edwardandrews2618 *jo Kim*mk

[@ericsmith8373]

MW188. Minneapolis. See that tube on the left side of the instrument panel? I'm gonna need you to pull it out and blow into it for 20 seconds.

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

This is more terrifying than straight out crash videos. "we got distracted'?!? And the flight attendant, Are we there yet?

[@atodamadre3197]

Landing that plane has to be akin to walking home when you know you're getting a whoopin when you get there.

[@terryblack2844]

That’s the best line in these comments!!!

[@luftaru]

Imagine being a passenger on that plane, and having to explain to people that you were late because the pilots fell asleep

[@maxpenn6374]

Just say, "Ladies and gentlemen, we're a little behind schedule" something about air traffic bla, bla, bla, "we'll have you on the ground in a few minutes."

[@therealfauxstradamus1135]

They were watching movies on their laptops from what I heard.

[@luftaru]

@Kev024 bro it's a joke

[@nikobelic4251]

@@therealfauxstradamus1135 they serve planning their schedules

[@jw393]

Can you imagine being on a flight that seemed pretty normal and then see a bunch of fighter jets super close to you

[@alerey4363]

I'd love to see the expressions in crew's faces if the jet fighters would have flown right beside them LOL

[@zero1fifty8]

They probably would've shit in their F/A uniforms

[@markblix6880]

And the passengers.

[@Bad_Khanna]

I image it would've looked something like the surprised Pikachu meme.

[@greywuffzfavrr6038]

Probably wouldn't have noticed them...

[@F_Tim1961]

MOre fun if precautionary tracer bursts came over the wings from the rear..that would focus them.. damn right it would !! :-))

[@jeffreygosselin1143]

“Hey! I missed my connection to Eau Claire..... can you just drop me off instead...... ???“ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hb1338]

Certainly sir, just lift that handle up and across, while I press the manual button. When you reach the end of the slide, you are on your own.

[@RonMotta1972]

“Everyone survived.” Except the pilots’ careers.

[@adamw.8579]

Everyone survived, two persons fired.

[@samanthafisher3308]

It’s a nice change to be laughing at the end of one of these videos instead of feeling super depressed

[@SuperWooba]

They were more than just fired. From the sound of it, they'll never fly again.

[@dr.coomer789]

Time to add that to the old resume

[@F_Tim1961]

@@dr.coomer789 The old one that has 15 yrs of flying on it that you can't kind of explain ??:-)) Tim Fidler NzL

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

I don’t like the word fired.....Just say Promoted to customer.

[@thegolfballshop]

After the adjudication the pilot was heard mumbling "I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue"

[@GeoffInfield]

lol it's sad that a whole generation missed that movie :( Was called 'Flying High' here in NZ, think it was 'Airplane' most place..? Still funny today!

[@tbtb1249]

So Funny!! "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines" Lloyd Bridges was the best in that movie!

[@thegolfballshop]

@@GeoffInfield It's timeless humor. I don't know if you guys watched Leave it to Beaver in NZ? Barbara Billingsley speaking Jive was one of the greatest parts of the movie. Beaver jokes are racing through my head but I'm going to resist. OMG😲 am I finally growing up? I hope not. Anyway, the first time I saw it (yeah the movie not a Be@#*r) you guys are terrible!! I worked at The Rusty Skupper in Bloomington MN. We had a great group of people working there and we were all good friends. Don one of the employees said he had HBO? Most of us didn't know what it was?? I suspected it was an STD🙊 I asked him where he got and he said the Cable Guy🙉 He explained it was a TV channel on Cable. Cable?? He said there was a super funny movie called Airplane on at midnight or 1am something like that. After work we all went his house got boozed up and almost died laughing at Airplane. Great Memory!!

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

Was that Cucamonga! I'll never forget Cucamonga.

[@michaelraney6732]

Give'em some slack, Jack!

[@Fir3Chi3f]

My stomach churned for them when they finally looked down at their instruments after the call from the cabin crew.

[@eddiem.5811]

They were busy answering a call about the Extended Warranty of their airplane about to expire....

[@chidenisee]

I was a flight attendant with a different major airline that was also dealing with merger issues when this happened. I remember a captain from my airline talking about this and he stated that they were actually watching movies on their laptops.

[@hrush437]

Damn.

[@Brand-ju4jm]

they were watching airplane

[@NakulDalakoti]

@@Brand-ju4jm no they were watching Hot Shots !

[@Brand-ju4jm]

@@NakulDalakoti they should have been watching this channel but I do not think it existed back then.

[@harrisn3693]

Or getting laid...

[@silverwheel]

NWA188: *ignores calls for hours* "new phone who dis?"

[@graciegjj]

🤣😂💀

[@RGale60]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mobius-1503]

"Its your boss..you know you done fucked up right?"

[@MargieO]

lmao

[@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088]

Lol!!

[@kazilziya830]

I commend them for the disciplinary action taken against the two pilots. Everything that they were charged with was accurate and they deserved to lose their privilege to be pilots. This incident could have ended very badly for the passengers and attendants.

[@patriciaramsey5294]

Very Badly? They would have been dead. 😂😂😂😂

[@patriciaramsey5294]

What I wonder about is. 1) How could they bring their laptops into the cockpit? 2) the video said the pilot took 11 years to finish his training to become a captain. WHAT!!!

[@mollz6796]

I’m glad this had a happy ending..so reckless and the outcome could of been a lot worse because of their reckless behaviour. Thanks for your continuous hard work of putting these videos together 👍

[@badhrihari1705]

I can only imagine how the pilots felt when they noticed they were 150 miles off

[@tima.478]

It was at that moment.....that knew they had F'd up!!!!!

[@jacknick429]

It was something along the order of Homer Simpsonesque - "DOH !!!!"

[@graciegjj]

They were just happy they don't get paid minimum wage

[@bendegorro754]

Probably the same feeling when you're late to your own wedding because you've overslept due to playing too many matches of battle royale game.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

that's like 3 hrs by car though.. (what the heck we got to stop living our lives for a couple of hours delay? )

[@av8ionUSMC]

asleep, 100%. As a controller myself (enroute) you don't go more than 10-30 minutes tops without a freq change and on average enroute it's much closer to 12-15 minutes. Sometimes literally just a minute or two before a freq change. Sleep is the ONLY distraction that you wouldn't notice "gee, we haven't changed freq's in a while."

[@thefreedomguyuk]

If you are ATC, wouldn't you say you ought to report a NORDO??

[@vanessaruiz4705]

isnt there any camera at the cockpit? :O

[@starboy5888]

You’re a controller so no doubt you know exactly what you are talking about. So If your saying they were sleeping 100%, then no doubt they were sleeping because you know and understand the protocols of how pilots behave and what they need to do as routine etc. The nerve on the F/O to just brush off when ATC was asking him to elaborate. Absolutely careless and reckless to the highest degree. I don’t even go out for a drive in my car if I’m really tired, I’d rather walk or use public transport which I’ve done in the past. And these guys just passed out for over 90 mins. I don’t even think their eyes just closed off, what I think is both the Captain and F/O agreed to have a nap, otherwise how can both fall asleep at the same time?! Ridiculous

[@pbarc552]

How could both of them fall asleep though?😱

[@naturalverities]

Agree, asleep. Otherwise there are too many reminders of their situation and responsibilities to jog their awareness. Controlled flight into la la land.

[@timschmidt3784]

Official press release by each pilot on the matter: At this point in my career, I have chosen to retire early so that I may spend more time with my family.

[@micheleshively8557]

Watching movies

[@hillbillypatriot1]

I'm sure they both have plenty of time to sleep now.

[@artkingofwholefoods74]

That one ATC guy sounded PISSED....

[@pomerau]

I thought it ws astonishing how calm and professional the ARTCC guys were when they finally got a call from the FO. i would have gone ballistic on them. "Do you know we've been calling you for 90 minutes? Jets have been waiting to scramble. The Whitehouse was briefed." Sheez. What a way to throw away an 18000 and 9000 hour career. Anyone know what happened to them long term. Interesting also how they were made to do manoeuvres.

[@marlist1]

Glad someone got pissed! Kick the careless pilots to the curb.

[@mobius-1503]

@@pomerau oh im sure they wanted to. But you cant be raising the stress level on the pilots at that time overdistractions will lead to devestations..im sure they knew they were fucked when they asked what had happened..mann..their guts must of been wrenchin baad! They went straight into the office with serious lookin suits waiting for them im sure 💀💀💀

[@timonsolus]

@@pomerau : The ATC suspected that the flight had been hijacked. Chewing out a pair of pilots with hijackers in the cockpit would not have been helpful.

[@pomerau]

@@timonsolus True. That explains the normal, calm seeming response (as well as the manouevre instructuctions that TFC explained). It can't happen very often to controllers, and different centres were involved, so still very impressive in this instance.

[@Bobrogers99]

The pilots were experienced and knew the rules, and every rule is there for purpose. Those on the ground had good reason to believe they had been hijacked or were unconscious. Totally unprofessional.

[@jcheck6]

"Totally unprofessional" Yep.

[@3dland874]

Stfu

[@BigAssNigga311]

@@3dland874 Yeah!!!!

[@raj05tilak]

when you have been doing a routine job for so many years, you don't care anymore because they are absolutely confident that nothing can go wrong,no matter what they do .

[@mawmawvee]

@@raj05tilak Complacency can kill. If it's just you, that's ok, but taking a plane full of souls along with you--not so much.

[@mollyjackson4514]

I love how you guys have the noise of a plane motor as the background noise. Greta job at making it seem as real as possible. I subbed for sure. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kennethgourdin3266]

"Greta job [sic] ..." Who's she? Sorry! Couldn't resist! Don't hate me! Yes, I'm a sm@rt-@$$ ... 😆🤣

[@puremichigan9536]

This is just one example of why they earned the nickname “Northworst”.

[@kevo31415]

The Delta people be like "goddamn why did we paint the re-paint the plane so fast"

[@lirrtrainwreck]

They had to know they were in deep shit when they were questioned multiple times over the radio on if they could reiterate exactly why they were distracted.

[@johnfisher747]

As hard as they tried they couldn’t come up with a plausible story. They should have said something completely unverifiable like a bright light blinded them and they woke up an hour and a half later with no recollection of events.

[@sitaward3437]

@@johnfisher747 lol

[@A6Legit]

@@johnfisher747 UFO got em

[@DeepRedBlue]

Annoys me that they don’t verify that no one’s threatened them etc. All this “...thats all I can say at this time” sounds like they could still have a hijacker or whatever telling them to say it. I get they’re embarrassed but come on!

[@RABIDJOCK]

Tbh they should have just let them land the plane. Questions can come later. They were probably already in a bad way.

[@TariqHlayel]

“Uhh, weren’t we supposed to land already” *Checks map* “Shoot” *This is you captain speaking, turns out we are nowhere near your destination. Uhh...sorry ‘bout that. Free peanuts for all.*

[@BNSF157]

LOL Nice one

[@miragelee9754]

@@BNSF157 me: ahhhhh......bruh.

[@PBTTOfficial]

But I'm allergic to peanuts...

[@philhughes3882]

PeaNUT.

[@SneakyAtom]

@@PBTTOfficial rip ;-;

[@johnrickards1908]

Please, please please voice over your excellent videos. I am 80% sight impaired and have to wait for my wonderful son Ben to return home from university at the end of each term so I can binge listen to him narrate your brilliant uploads to me. I can't be the only one? By the way, thanks Ben. How many of you out there have a best friend who happens to be your son?!!!

[@patriciaramsey5294]

Yes please. Add narration

[@THXT1KIDX]

Co-Pilot: "Do you know where we are flying?" Captian: "Off-Course"

[@magellanmax]

The FAA took their licenses away and still wouldn't give it back after the appeal process.

[@krystalbowen3680]

This is like driving drunk same idea little regard for the job and people on the road or in the car

[@anonops1980]

Rightfully, by the way.

[@LeafyPeach]

They're lucky to be alive if anything.

[@jsea1967]

When the captain realizes they're flying over duluth: "Welp, we're fired"

[@nikhilbheemisetty8992]

lol

[@terra6361]

@Qatar001 Really funny

[@KrissyBlendz]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Epiphany-818]

@Qatar001 absolutely hilarious

[@privatepilot4064]

That’s exactly what happened! You can count on it!

[@toomyconne768]

You know your conversation is really good when the airforce sends jets to check on you.

[@georgelinton5432]

Love the increased automation in the cockpit especially when something goes wrong. When something goes wrong the computer turns the autopilot off and says here, you take it and by the way you've 2 minutes to figure it out before we hit he ground.

[@hb1338]

They would have carried on in level flight because that was how the auto-pilot was programmed; they would have continued until they ran out of fuel..

[@rhymereason3449]

After a refreshing nap, they were bright-eyed and bushy tailed and made a perfect landing!

[@surlygirly1926]

😂

[@miked5539]

after visiting a neighboring state.

[@bristar3004]

Even though I’ve gone through this story several times since it actually happened, the part that gets me the most (besides 2 pilots acting in an unprofessional manner) is the panic that must have been happening on the ground. You have an unresponsive jetliner, and have to alert both the military and the White House to prepare for the worst case scenario. I can’t imagine what that must have felt like.

[@JohnRandomness105]

I'm wondering why they didn't scramble fighter jets. Sometimes I've had the notion that this exercise was done to prove that fighter jets aren't routinely scrambled when something goes clearly dangerously wrong with a commercial airliner.

[@xheralt]

@@JohnRandomness105 Launching fighters is a last resort, not to be done lightly. There was enough uncertainty (them staying on heading could be attributed to inattentiveness) that they held off. Had the aircaft made an unannounced heading change of any sort, demonstrated any sort of intentions in that way, the birds would have been in the air immediately.

[@JohnRandomness105]

@@xheralt It seems to me that the nonresponse of the pilots and the inability to do anything else about them qualifies the last-resort action. The idea would be to intercept the plane. (Please don't confuse "intercept" with "shoot down" as certain people pretended in another, more infamous situation.)

[@Dvy383]

@John Randomness The FAA didn't immediately contact NORAD when they lost radio contact with the flight. Losing radio contact with an aircraft is actually not uncommon, albeit for minutes, not hours. Controllers (and maybe pilots) even have a term for this, "NORDO." So initially, loss of radio contact was not particularly alarming. The delay in contacting NORAD was given as a contributing factor for not scrambling fighters earlier. The FAA subsequently changed its procedures for contacting NORAD to (iirc) 15 minutes after losing radio contact.

[@tt-ln4mc]

imagine the president preparing for another possible 9/11, and later he's told that the 2 pilots just got distracted

[@ericsmith8373]

The FO's voice is the best "I'm fucked" voice ever.

[@GayorgVonTrapp]

Out of radio contact for an hour and a half and in all this time no one could organise an F16 to go flash their lights through the cockpit window? This is quite alarming.

[@bridgecross]

2:54 the F/O sings the Captain's praises, then the Captain smacks him down like that LOL

[@CSAGFleetz]

The ultimate betrayal

[@vhperches]

LMAO

[@walkingman9171]

Being smacked down by captain dumb ass.

[@barney1684]

Ikr. Like, he shouldn’t really have said “I’ve flown with better”. Why he gotta compare people like that lmao

[@StanStacks]

Makes me think the FO did something while pilot was eating

[@Megabishop65]

"Here's another distraction for you: you're fired!"

[@walidbrahim7019]

They were just grounded but not Fired. Office duties

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@walidbrahim7019 Loss of licences, due to being mentally unfit to fly.

[@ghostface8241]

Lmao

[@pankajkushwaha2288]

😂

[@gregorypierson4536]

@45 would be proud to utter those words.

[@lablvr3285]

After watching some of these videos my love for flying has lessened . You truly have no idea how experienced they may be.

[@ginnykang943]

This video is a nice change from your other ones, which often come with "in memory of [insert fatalities from crash here]" at the end. You can laugh at this one just for the "epic fail" aspect of it 😂

[@deancole962]

In memory of 2 deceased careers.

[@vegasbob0075]

We had a airlines mechanic in the Navy who said one time two airline pilots both decided to take a nap and just figured they'd just wake up in plenty of time to get ready to land the aircraft but they overslept and woke up 400 miles past their destination .

[@JCDofNYC]

"... We got distracted... That's all I can say at this time... Unless, of course, if you can get my attorney on this call..."

[@atodamadre3197]

They needed time to come up with an excuse

[@nml4546]

Flying late at night when radios traffic is less, I've heard pilots call in just to make sure their radios are working. Going for over an hour without contact is just unfucking believable and further makes me think these guys were asleep.

[@RNWDawg]

I flew with the CAP in Hawaii in the 1980s. We were up flying one night and heard on the radio ATC calling a flight from California. The flight answered with some nonsense. Then about 10 minutes later that California inbound requested a 360 from ATC. It turned out that the inbound flight was about 20 miles from Honolulu and still cruising at 35,000 feet. It took them quite a few 360s to get down to where they could land at Honolulu.

[@patriciaramsey5294]

They

[@michaele8347]

TheFlightChannel, love your videos... they're superb. Increased automation however didn't really play any part in this. Automation has been flying these aircraft at the flight levels for decades. It was a total disregard to monitoring the aircraft by the pilots. After 10mins of being on ATC with Center and if you're not hearing radio chatter you should check your radios. It's absurd to go that long without checking their course, radios, or instruments. Side note: It looks like the Captain was the one who should have been the one to have "flown...better".... hahah

[@themanwins8102]

The only radio they use now is to ask, “would you like fries with that.”

[@James-oo1yq]

McDonalds fired them for sleeping at the drive-through window

[@themanwins8102]

@@James-oo1yq 😂😂😂😂

[@mofopopo437]

Hello...hello....anyone there can i get a comb # 1.....hello.

[@edwardandrews2618]

@@James-oo1yq 😂🤣

[@edwardandrews2618]

🤣😂

[@seanluo8369]

"Pilot Response" alarms are seriously necessary.

[@arthurbrunelle9828]

The alarms exist....at least on long haul....about every 15 minutes with no crew input......

[@Triggernlfrl]

The plane would have such alarm wich are common in airplanes and ships. But if they do not activate it than it does not work...

[@bdanz5851]

What's necessary is professionalism and taking responsibility to ensure you are fit and well rested when reporting for flight duties....as is mandated by federal regulations....simple.

[@arthurbrunelle9828]

@@bdanz5851 they were.....just pissed off about duty rotations and seniority after a merger.

[@bdanz5851]

@@arthurbrunelle9828 That's why I listed "Professionalism" in the list I gave of what's necessary........

[@d3vilman69]

It is hard to stomach the fact that once we board an airplane and it is up in the air, our lives literally depend on a few strangers in the cockpit - people whom we do not know and never met. The conduct and actions of these people dictates whether we make it out in one piece, or evaporate in a ball of fire.

[@outernational]

we need a “where are they now”

[@ih82r8]

I was literally thinking "I wish they'd show the pictures of these guys"

[@stoneheart_raven]

i wish i was in that room that tore them a new one. Imagine if the fighter jets actually caught up with the plane.

[@kevincurtis4528]

Cab drivers

[@billlawrence1899]

36 years flying for a major airline, and then and now I wondered how in HELL is that possible?!

[@skinnerhound2660]

Hey Bill!

[@billlawrence1899]

@@skinnerhound2660 Ralph! Izzat you?

[@James-oo1yq]

If you don't know....then I sure don't 😆

[@CubsWin2012]

They both were sleeping.

[@arthurbrunelle9828]

How many times were they called on guard?

[@PrivateVoid1]

ATC: "Souls on board and career remaining in minutes?"

[@kennymrosemond]

I’m surprised they didn’t use we’re over the Bermuda Triangle excuse.

[@mischievousmelon]

Your videos are insanely well made

[@grassblade63]

That same thing happened over Hawaii in '08. The pilots fell asleep and flew like 30 miles past Hilo, out to sea. Imagine waking up and not seeing any island, nothing but the wide open Pacific. You'd know your shit was in the wind, then. In that case, too, everything resolved safely, but damn..stay awake, y'all.

[@shaynak745]

Is there a video on that? I’d love to watch it!

[@cellgrrl]

Somehow they have to invent a way to keep these guys awake. It has to be very monotonous in there. I recall as a young nurse working the night shift I actually fell asleep briefly while walking down the hallway.

[@O-T-7-BTS]

Yes! Just fly the damn plane!

[@DrLuke49]

@@cellgrrl microsleep

[@codmonster1493]

My question is didnt flight attedant see the pilots sleeping and woke them up?

[@sah3173.]

"Is that Sydney Harbour Bridge down there, Captain?"

[@Barflax]

Hey, is that Chicago loop down there?

[@henrydenner5448]

Hahaha! 😆😆😆😆😆

[@dufus2273]

hell if i know; i was sleeping.

[@aaltvandenham]

Plenty of fuel ...

[@stevemarks9360]

No the Tyne Bridge (check the images)

[@SB-rs8te]

You could tell in his voice that he knew that they had screwed up big-time.

[@themobseat]

@:42 Twin Otters and Turbo Beavers sounds like a punk rock band lineup.

[@Kyle_Lurz]

Whoever makes these animations knows what they’re doing this is outstanding

[@surlygirly1926]

I marvel at them every time.

[@krashd]

It's a flight sim on the PC, the uploader just copies the flight in game and records it then edits it.

[@surlygirly1926]

@@krashd The attention to detail, the editing to create the 'story' ... the transcripted communications between ATC and the cockpits, the entire package ... is top notch and much more than a sum of its parts.

[@gs325jcbd]

Thank Microsoft

[@lprleay]

microsoft flight sim tho

[@jjquinn2004]

There was a joke years ago about your worst nightmare vacation: Ted Kennedy drives you to the airport and Micheal Jackson looks after your kids. Now we can add a third part: these two guys as your pilots.

[@Magumbo58]

Well the MJ part wasn't funny. I have always found such jokes tasteless

[@nemesisxrox6773]

... the MJ part being the funniest we can move onto the fourth: having groups of blm/antifa greeting u upon landing :)

[@sidsimon5963]

@@Magumbo58 Michael Jackson was severely disillusioned and had all the money he needed to live out his diseased fantasy's, which probably amplified his condition. Did anyone really think he was normal when he said " I was sent forth, for the world, for the children " ( October, 1987 letter to PEOPLE MAGAZINE ). It's hard , really hard , to respect any person or collective group of people who appear to overlook the very public behavioural signs of degeneracy just because they like his music and/or persona .

[@ssfsksgssj]

SID SIMON The facts point to his innocence. Who cares to actually look into the cases objectively if you can just bring in irrelevant assumptions about his mental health?

[@ssfsksgssj]

SID SIMON Next time remember not to talk about a person you know nothing about and a case you obviously haven’t looked into. By the way no one defends him because they ”like his music”, you are just prejudiced.

[@atzuras]

I am glad no one was hurt but the ones who deserved it. We need more lighthearted videos like this. we had too many horror moments so far.

[@nowhereman5119]

This was an unusual one! But extremely serious all the same as at any point during their "distraction" information could have been displayed which required attention or input. Its a bit like playing on your mobile phone while driving thinking that the road is straight and the steering wheel should hold the line.