Los Angeles (LAX) to Shanghai (PVG) United Airlines Flight

[@jgshi]

That was a long line waiting for takeoff. Interesting to hear Chinese ATC. Great video.

[@DaNnYMuMu]

laptop, ipad, ipod, nintendo, dvd player... first time hear this kind of farewell announcement~~ LoL

[@faasamoaufa]

sound was perfect.

[@YichuanCao]

This is too awesome. My own experience with UA 877 was also Channel 9 positive. UA pilot left it on the whole ride from LAX to PVG. But I was in aisle seat in Y+, so no video as awesome as yours.

[@jeffreyINAus]

Wow the crew announced in Chinese

[@AviationWorldwide]

Good quality & ATC makes it even more interesting :)

[@jamarc95]

smooth touch down! nice!

[@davidkapsner2005]

what a long TAXI to the gate...great video btw.

[@jjouney]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing these :)

[@mjyu1007official]

see you are lucky, I took the same plane back from ZSPD to KLAX and the pilots never turned on channel 9. I took UA86 to ZSPD and the pilot never turned on channel 9. Rough luck for me. They should make pilots turn on the ATC channel.

[@jianweibi6344]

beautiful airport！

[@michaelbeh]

Great video!

[@tequilaki]

Great video .

[@johnnolewajka1639]

Really like the ATC on the video. I've never seen that on American. Do other U.S. airlines have that on international flights?

[@familyguy958]

only United Airlines has this

[@zonghongchen2915]

very nice video! but also very nice and soft landing!

[@nasrofaracha9254]

tres belles image

[@vietplaya69]

Very nice filming ! It would not bore me to watch the rain drops outside the window for the whole flight ... actually, maybe not for 13 hours :)

[@YellowFlapsCrew]

That's a great video, especially with the ATC. Do you know if ATC is avaliable on other airlines? Thanks a lot for uploading this one, it's really nice. I subbed :)

[@rondon9897]

Does the airline actually broadcast the R/T to the passengers then? That's amazing! I thought they'd be a bit reticent to do that as they're usually all a bit shirty about planespotting and listening to ATC etc.

[@dmcnamara9859]

+rondon9897 Full discretion of the Pilot....When I was a kid, Flight crew would let us kids in the cockpit most of the flight after takeoff and close to cruising altitude (we all took turns). Flight crew on half+ more of the flights would be smoking one cigarette after another,drinking booze,etc................those were happy times...........when things were laid-back. And our parents/people on the plane did not give a damn what was going on.....as the cockpit door was open the entire time (push-back.....then to a new airport).

[@Bretdgod]

+D McNamara I'm not that old yet... but I remember back in the days when everyone can go to the gate and greet family and friends. :)

[@rondon9897]

+D McNamara My Dad was a pilot and I flew on the jumpseat several times, no problems at all. Happier times 😄

[@Bretdgod]

Definitely happier times. Now, everyone is paranoid about everything.

[@dmcnamara9859]

+Bretdgod Yeah. With a light-load...cabin crew(sometimes) would allow us on the plane.........like when pops was going on a serious trip to Hong Kong,etc......which required the plane to stop for fuel in Anchorage or Honolulu; so the cabin-crew thought we could/did extend the "goodbye" gesture a little more. They seemed to do that for all the families and frequent fliers then.

[@YayAreaAviation]

very nice!

[@davidkapsner2005]

awesome!!

[@ranjotsingh2320]

awesummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm videooooooo

[@shawnli4746]

Yep, here it sounds like the same person doing the eng & Chinese announcements in the cabin, & not a native Chinese speaker

[@CaptainArt777]

Count me in to the fast growing group that gets tired of looking at an engine for the length of the video. Why not show the scenery.

[@darrell190967]

what really awful weather, and mid summer too! something else as well, I thought that all atc comms had to legally be in english at all times

[@JoeDFWAviation]

I thought so too, but I've heard Spanish in Mexico, my dad heard German in Germany on Channel 9...

[@ScrappySuper91]

Wouldn't it be preferable for them to speak in their native language so that they minimise any chance of miscommunication?

[@shk3]

Mandarin is one of ICAO languages, so it can be *legally* spoken in the areas that speak it as native language. There is a push from Chinese aviation authority to adopt English comm even for domestic flights, but it didn't work out well.