British Airways BA492 Gibraltar Aborted landing 25th Feb 2019

British Airways BA492 Gibraltar Aborted landing 25th Feb 2019
Film from inside the aircraft from about 7 minutes out of Gibraltar. Starting at 05:30 we hit significant turbulence and the landing was aborted with quite some roll. We landed safely at Malaga 30 mins later.
Mentour Pilot has done a brilliant explanation from the flight crew's perspective here • The "Rocky" Gibraltar ...
Short version of this vid here • British Airways BA492 ...
And here is the safe landing at Malaga • British Airways BA492 ... quite an anti climax after this one.

[@artisteric]

The best and most realistic nervous laughter I’ve ever heard.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

HaHa😱

[@costage]

It wasn't realistic, just real

[@reecegoatley2424]

artisteric Sounds like Peter off Family Guy😂

[@Elias-tc3xd]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@s0me0neyouren0t5]

it sounded like peter griffin

[@JayJayAviation]

Captain: are the ailerons working ok? FO: let me see

[@ramona.wilsong6772]

jajaja

[@giuliof2000]

omg😂😂😂

[@lazzyJames]

😂😂😂

[@petercardenas5336]

Best comment LMAO

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@Ryan Gross Mentour Pilot said that he thinks the plane was still flying on autopilot. For some reason Airbus autopilot wasn't able to stop the oscillation faster. I guess the oscillation was within safety parameters and autopilot software decided to do nothing but wait.

[@ruatachhangte]

Scene at the cockpit : Pilot : "It's my control stick!" Co-pilot : "No it's mine! Pilot : "I called first, it's mine!" Co-pilot "Give me the stick it's mine!" Pilot : "I'll give you chocolates when we land" Co-pilot : "Alright you win."

[@oliversaenz6746]

HAHAHA

[@luchogz]

LMAO

[@st_us]

Best comment so far. Lmfao

[@togafly.]

Lmao

[@MegaBoilermaker]

As an old bomber pilot friend of mine once said "better three missed landings than a crash"

[@kierancalder8573]

And as my old friend who had been bombed once said "better a bomber in the ocean than a bomb in the ship" I think this relates...

[@debmalyadey1064]

Agree. "You can always go around".

[@Truth4Lyf]

@@debmalyadey1064 Until you can't

[@mAxkAwAzX7r]

The rolling of the plane together with the crackling noise, reminds me like they were on a ship.

[@thomasmuller7484]

It's actually outstanding what an Airplane can handle. I mean, this is some serious stress for every part of the wings. Sometimes we forget how durable an Aircraft is

[@larryscott3982]

I didn’t see anything even approaching stress. Seemed like a pretty tame non-event.

[@generalgiovannicresvaresur2771]

as Larry mentioned I doubt this put much stress on the wings as they can handle a lot more, although I think we all have to admire the work and engineering put into making planes like this one, tough and capable of easily handling pretty much any weather related event.

[@artisteric]

Search for “wing failure stress test” and you’ll see just how much more these wings can take. But yes I totally agree, these are an amazing feat of engineering

[@JaidenJimenez86]

There was an incident some years ago over the pacific, can't remember the airline but I think it was a Korean 747. At one point it was inverted in a dive and overspeeding - rivets were popping off and firing through the aircraft, yet it landed safely in I THINK KLAX. Aircraft are very very very strong, like, so strong that nothing really will really knock it out of the sky (unless there was something wrong with it or the flight crew mishandle it)

[@SuperEdge67]

Thomas Müller This doesn’t really stress the airframe......this was just involuntary pitching and rolling. G loads are what stresses an airframe, ie pulling out of a dive too quickly and very steep turns while maintaining height.

[@clutteryfluttery6391]

6:04 when you're trying your hardest to laugh it all off, while simultaneously filling your pantaloons to the brim

[@5Andysalive]

I mean the movement alone would fill many things.

[@mattbarker581]

Ryanair would have landed still

[@zakelwe]

They would have charged an additional fee for the extra excitement. Apparently you have to keep putting 50p's in when the oxygen masks come down to keep it flowing.

[@mattbarker581]

@@zakelwe I'm a Cabin Crew member for Ryanair. They probably will start charging for the oxygen masks😂

[@EinkOLED]

@@mattbarker581 You could lose your job making comments like that.

[@mob1235]

lol. ryan air management: fuel is expensive, but if all die the insurance pays

[@rowgli]

No, but there's a real danger they might have to divert the flight to an airport closer to your intended destination.

[@drlaurencetham]

I was on the ground and was suppose to be on that flight on the return from Gibraltar to London on BA 493! We didn’t realise it was that bad as I didn’t see the plane trying to land until seeing various footage online! Glad you guys are safe.

[@kuhui2329]

Wow that looked absolutely terrifying, glad you all eventually landed safely

[@Good_Luck_8619]

Hello from Gibraltar ! I saw this today from below ! Scary ! Hope you all safe !

[@clough99]

Yes no panic or issues on board. A couple of queasy stomachs. The captain earned her wages today

[@MrBanano007]

They diededed.

[@Good_Luck_8619]

MrBanano007 you evil 🦹‍♂️

[@windshearahead7012]

Dave Clough lol i thought they fired her? I didn’t know it was a woman but it all makes sense now

[@gjmob]

Confucius say, " Woman who fly upside down in aircraft, bound to have crack up".

[@myselfandi2097]

This man laughs just like Peter Griffin.

[@edwardtspowell]

I am amazed at this, of how quickly the circumstances can change. Me and my family flew back from GIB-LGW (EJ), on 23rd Feb 2019, and the weather was amazing!

[@thetoiletinspector6878]

As a Human/Plane hybrid, I can expertly say that the issue was that the plane had excess gas, causing bloating and pain in the cargo bay, and the plane was rolling from side to side in order to encourage the gas to be farted out through the APU exhaust.

[@Truth4Lyf]

😭😭🤣🤣🤣 The plane had an upset belly

[@Maik_Budweg]

Many thanks for sharing! Looks really great. Have this link from Mentour Pilot who explains the reason of this rocking go around.

[@shaunpierce4174]

Having been to Gibraltar myself I can vouch for the blustery conditions. I had a very similar situation a couple of years ago when flying to Billund, Denmark-we were just about to touch down when suddenly the plane fired up the engines and took off again, it was certainly an interesting experience.

[@kondordv]

I can't believe your calm and still taking movie. I saw this at news and now I was looking here to find out more the feeling of passengers. It is really impressive the passengers attitude but I've not the same opinion about captain which should inform you immediately about what you are facing. Anyway, I'm happy that finally it was no incident and good pilots can manage these with courage and strong attitude. Thank you for the movie, I really need it to see.

[@khalidfh]

The pilot brief the passengers with possible bumpy and go around. At the time of going around, the pilots busy making sure everything is OK. They are following the sequence; aviate, navigate then communicate.

[@oggobey73]

how cool were the passenger guys .If this has happened in my country almost everybody would start to scream.

[@quinnmatthews4168]

that was probably because the cabin crew briefed all the passengers before the landing that something like that may happen

[@tugpilotsmiffy]

Brexit baby, now you know why we can do it

[@saito125]

Quinn Mathews is correct. The passengers were briefed in advance, as this is an area which is subject to severe turbulence depending on how the wind hits that mountain (The Rock). Not an uncommon thing at Gibraltar.

[@emretanrivermis2750]

totally agreed, everybody was screaming except me on severe turbulence. but while that turbulence happening, we had sudden steep nose diving for a moment and then everybody in aircraft shit their pants..

[@f18suisse99]

Go look at the Mentour video on this aborted landing :)

[@darrenh4549]

Amazing footage David, thank you for sharing,

[@kasadam-westrayakakassie156]

So impressed there was no mass hysteria. Turbulence can be absolutely horrific especially blind turbulence that does not show up much like what u experienced here. Happy ending and no one hurt, that definitely equals a "Good day!"

[@adnarim2008]

I was on FR464, 3 years ago and when our B738 approached Turin , Storm and black clouds literally blocked us of flying through... We shook very hardly whenever the plane descended... People panicking and praying while kids enjoyed a lot. 4 or 5 attempts, then captain decided to land in Cuneo instead. It was a relief despite the inconvenience of landing 60 miles away of our destination.

[@IceHax]

better to land in cuneo than to end up in the back of Superga like someone else did. lol

[@adnarim2008]

@@IceHax definitely.

[@Styyxie]

Captain: Is that a spider? F/O: WHAAA KILL IT KILL IT!

[@nev7711]

British spirit of keeping calm during a difficult moment and laughing about it. I hope that spirit continues. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@framedman]

Jesus christ, you sounded so calm, my gf would have been screaming at the top of her lungs. Amazing video

[@1199SSB]

I was on that filght!. Before embarking we had been told we were going to Malaga due to the wind conditions, but it was announced as we were boarding that the Captain had made the decision to fly to Gibraltar. BA pilots take pride in landing on Gib when others can't. The BA planes earlier in the day and later both landed. Our Captain did say it might be bumpy ahead. In my experience this is normal for Gibraltar. There was a sudden drop in height and roll which caused most people to gasp. Some were alarmed and crying. Even seasoned travellers to Gib hadn't experienced that level of turbulence. After the event, the Captain stated that she hadn't liked that very much, and she would circle around at 9,000 feet whilst she conversed with the control tower, and then later told us that as the wind conditions wouldn't change for another hour she would divert to Malaga. In my opinion, whilst the crew went round to reassure the passengers, they did seem relieved, and a bit anxious - so it was out of the ordinary in that sense. Most seasoned passengers to Gib also thought this pretty unique. Quite a few of us shared the thought that we might be about to die (in the after incident chat, when we had landed)

[@Mersaul4]

This was not mere turbulence. I read the bank angle was 45 degrees at one point, which is completely outside of normal flying limits. This is not normal at all and I suspect pilot error in the form of pilot induced oscillations.

[@jaypowell7008]

She, lol makes sense. Seriously there is no reason ever why the plane should be behaving like that, regardless of turbulence.

[@JasonWardStudios]

@@Mersaul4 Pretty sure that was all auto-pilot at that point.

[@CoffeeKing1985]

It was one of the flight attendants first day on the job too haha

[@Jinancekodok]

@@JasonWardStudios Yes it was

[@ernieblanchard8879]

Great call... “be prepared for a go-around”!

[@martin.B777]

Thanks for sharing, Dave!

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

ou forgot to tell us what type of plane this is and what time you landed..then we could use playback on radar websites thx

[@joshuam20]

A lot of people seem to think it’s the pilots flying. This is an Airbus and when you press toga for an aborted landing, the autopilot carries it out and so it was trying to level the plane off as it was affected by rotor turbulence.

[@infinite2246]

You realise TOGA is only auto throttle? The aircraft is still flown manually

[@LucasNdesign]

The creepiest part of the video starts at: 5:49 , I know Gibraltar and the airport Area is quite windy. But I've never seen something like this in my life.

[@perezfecto]

Luca Cesare I love how people try acting cool. I’d be scared af

[@markhepworth4804]

Perez Fecto Yes,probably better to scream and shout hysterically,because as we all know,that always improves a situation...😂

[@bonbondesel]

I am an aviation enthusiast for 38 years, I've learned to fly at 15 years old, now I'm becoming a professional and I've never seen something like that before !

[@larryscott3982]

bonbondesel Never seen a go around? I’d like to see more go arounds. There’s too much pressure to land regardless, and too much penalty for a go around.

[@artisteric]

The best and most realistic nervous laughter I’ve ever heard

[@oneplanetmikey]

I hope BA offered everyone clean underwear on landing.

[@CoffeeKing1985]

No.lol

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

Only in club Europe. Everyone else were offered items from the Marks & Spencer bedtime range. And unless you have a debit or credit card, you have to limp to your hotel, because they don't accept cash. But you could trade your air miles, one pair of medium sized men's pants costs only 32000 avios points.

[@DionneSier13]

The calmness combined with the nervous laughter sent me hahahaha. You brits really keep your cool.

[@supermoog4771]

WOW!!!!! Saw film of this that had been taken from the ground and was a bit sceptical. I was SOOOOO wrong. That must have been a very very frightening experience!

[@junk52]

Flew there with monarch airline just prior to going under. Made 2 attempts and eventually landed in Malaga. Bused back to Gibraltar airport and had to walk across the runway carrying suitcases. I've never experienced such strong wind in my life. Literally walking sideways and the monarch Airbus had been tossed about like this video. Very very frightening

[@BreatheSparkleGlow]

I was on this plane

[@no_handle_required]

Proper execution and planning. Well done.

[@davidgraham370]

This is why Gibraltar can be a dangerous airport. The rock produces very strange weather patterns that are also very unpredictable. Very well done by the pilots and I applaud the passengers for staying calm!

[@planeguy95]

Gibraltar is awesome to fly into, amazing experience. Will admit this one is unique though 😂

[@Juraberg]

For decades Gibraltar Airport has been well known for its special exposure to winds around the very close hill ("the Rock"). Difficult for pilots, adventurous for passengers and spectacular for viewers on the ground. ✈️😅👍🏼

[@stevies.1975]

Patrick Eruimy Tell me about it.... Generally fun though and adds a bit of excitement to the landing. I’m sure there must be pre-cautionary measures that could be taken (like flares, etc) to identify unusual wind patterns around The Rock when a plane is on approach? Or even wind buffeting measurements around The Rock? Hardly rocket science these days with good prediction modelling.....

[@Juraberg]

I agree, it is definitely a spectacular place. Short term met forecast is excellent nowadays. The problem is the unpredictable wind sheer and turbulance in the final approach. And it is a handicap for pilots as circuit and approach are not ideal because of the border to Spain with a prohibited air space. Interesting, however.

[@jermaineedwards8384]

That was crazy respect to everyone for being so calm I'm not scared of flying but I would have been nervous with that amount turning from side to side.

[@airlinetv6750]

Jermaine Edwards I was told this rocking from side to side was caused by the Gibraltar Rock.

[@jermaineedwards8384]

@@airlinetv6750 yep that's correct from the swirl's that are created from the highest points of the rock it's similar I think to tuberlant air from large planes that have just landed when a plane is following to close behind, it can end up in similar tuberlant air the air goes up the peak and drops down and then creates swirl's of air like water can real talk if you ain't religious then you will be when you hit air that has that effect on your flight lol.

[@moiracolvin7248]

@@airlinetv6750 k

[@pauljones8149]

Watched a small part of the video then was just about to write why load the video up if your not filming out the window . After watching it all ,under the circumstances he did a better job filming than I would of done … nice video 👍

[@Railfreight37]

Great catch! its always worth filming a landing- or attempted landing -when arriving in Gib! I have quite a few videos on youtube channel of go-arounds but have never seen any quite like this!

[@Persikovy.vor.v.shaktah]

Wow, such a beautiful place.

[@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012]

As soon as you're down, yeah!

[@ROBOX32]

Looks like a form of roll oscillation, perhaps dutch roll. Looks like the pilot input was in-phase with the motion according to the ailerons!

[@planes1mple296]

It was rotor turbulence.

[@vascoribeiro69]

I notice the same, in the spoilers, they were in phase and not counteracting. Any report on this incident?

[@vascoribeiro69]

That happened when they were just under that cumulus cloud...

[@TheGavinM40]

A pro cameraman in the making!

[@ManilvaRS]

I work in Gibraltar, have had some sketchy landings myself but luckily never had to do a go around. This on the day was one of the most extremes I’ve seen in a long while.

[@standstillphil]

Holy shit these Disney World rides look so real these days

[@visionist7]

Easyjet A319 coming into Naples at the end of October (same day as the Lion Air 737 crash) produced several very interesting sudden drops of the right wing accompanied by a strained shriek from the engines. We circle circled the city at several thousand feet for what seemed like ages before finally coming down for an uneventful landing. I was pretty damn unnerved and had my fingers secretly crossed next to me whilst I made the effort to carry on normal conversation. There was no panic but I met the pilots after touchdown and they were joking about "almost losing it" amongst themselves

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Hello Dave, excellent video. You have a little mistake in the first scentence. It says aborted takeoff ;)

[@nascar2010j24]

@Dave Clough The "spikes with the red tips" are actually there to cover the mechanism that moves and extends the flaps.

[@carolinewhitaker967]

Yes Richard Jack Joan Stephenson. Why are you underscoring the ace of spades in an innocent person's GB hat and their pension? Can I ask why you gave up being a pilot and studied technical cyber security? Mistaken identity? Is the ace for that or because of Jack or both? I am interested to hear why you would want to stop a person's pension or career? Feel free to explain your username. 😔

[@mt1256]

Give her a break guys. They hit severe turbulence on the way in and it looks like the rock produced a rotor effect. There's no way to be able to predict which what effect the rotor will have and I'd like to see anyone else do anything better. There's no question that the aircraft was in the right configuration.....it's what we do all the time. And despite unsettling, passengers are so used to being flown around so the gins don't get spilt you never get to see anything close to aircraft limits. Good job well done, right decision made and most likely the autopilot was in to reduce workload and better manage the wind shear. Enough said.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

"right decision made" As pilots would say, they executed a picture-perfect go-around procedure and diverted. As I like to say (being I guess a bit of an enthusiast), they noped right the fuck outta there.

[@miniena7774]

You both need to stop with the clichés and shut up. Thanks.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@miniena7774 "You both need to stop with the clichés and shut up. Thanks." Translation: "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@Mersaul4]

Have you heard of pilot induced oscillations? Looks like pilot error to me.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@Mersaul4 It isn't. The inputs are coming from the Airbus' autopilot, and they clearly start _after_ the plane starts being rocked by the turbulence.

[@dr.zoidberg4313]

They scream when they run out of teabags though.

[@janheard3826]

Dr. Zoidberg ha ha yes we can’t survive without our tea 😉

[@noenaburnell3245]

We NEVER run out of tea bags!

[@kalyanteja5409]

lmao

[@PowerFR2]

Good video !

[@shamin9253]

wow!!!! even in this kind of situation the passenger still keep calm and the pilot done a good job....

[@lisabebesita]

I’ve gone through an aborted landing, but never seen kind of swinging in my life. Crazy!!😳

[@joelt4416]

It could very well be a rotor. Rotor winds. The craziness stopped as soon as he was above the mountain!

[@simonbaxter8001]

The cloud formation downwind of the rock suggests it may well be a rotor.

[@davincrawford912]

Yeah I'd put my money on rotor, almost as soon as the aircraft climbed away from the rock the turbulence stopped and also reached its climax just on the west side of the rock

[@BrianBadondee]

You’re right, my godfather works for BA and he spoke to a pilot. The wind comes straight off the Gibraltar rock and forms a rotor wind. Nasty stuff.

[@mob1235]

Of course this was a rotor. But a rotor does not make the plane roll right and left and right and left... Either the pilot was sleeping and reacting wrong or the autopilot was engaged and escalated the roll movement. you see this at the ailerons from the vids from the left side. Very late reaction and too much countersteering.

[@lucca101able]

That’s the only explanation I see... but you need at least 50mph wind to create such a rotor

[@daryaandreeva7970]

HI, I’m a copyright producer on RT.com, Daria. May we please use the video with credit to you on all RT.com / RBTH.com / RUPTLY platforms (RT TV channels, RT / RUPTLY social media, Rt.com and RBTH.com webpages,)? Thank you very much in advance!

[@mikeyd946]

WOW. I would have pooped my pants. The best is the positive attitude. WOW. Cheers to the pilots!!!!!!

[@yeetmeisterinternational919]

I'm having a really hard time believing this was just turbulence and not overcorrection.

[@AverageAlien]

I've got a very strong feeling it was overcorrection from the pilots

[@gamerdeol2694]

@@AverageAlien it was the autopilot, watch mentour pilots video about this

[@perkele1989]

@@gamerdeol2694 link?

[@gamerdeol2694]

@@perkele1989 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXPOgJqQhc-NjpY

[@MrItsjustmeok]

This is my worst nightmare I can't believe the passengers were so calm 😂

[@thomas.leitner]

Well, passengers are always getting briefed about a possible rocky go-around and diversion. So it's no surprise and well explained here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXPOgJqQhc-NjpY

[@bobac1083]

thank the crew for briefing them before the approach cause if they know it might be bad turbulence, they might not get as scared.... If they know its coming.... Better to expect it then to be unexpected.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Nick Chinn I was about to say a similar thing as you.☺️

[@compulsiverambler1352]

@Togapower Because in much of England (excluding some of the north) only drunk people and antisocial louts freely express emotion or get loud in public. The rest of us are repressed lol. We're not quite Japan levels of repressed but closer to Japan than to very expressive, informal cultures like Ireland, Italy, Mexico, USA and Australia.

[@tehdusto]

OK but is there any reason why the were rocking like that? Like did they just loose control, or was this intentional?

[@sushifornico]

I admit that I would be screaming cuz I'm a nervous flyer. But glad you all made it

[@JustSteve247]

bloody hell. Glad everyone was ok

[@larryscott3982]

Yeah! Bloody hell! A go around! Fortunately no one got hurt! It’s not exactly a rarity to go around when there’s only one runway and it’s in crosswind. Grow up.

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

did anyone on the ground get footage of this ? id love to see what that looked like

[@joshuam20]

Aviation Videos & Wildlife FULL HD If you look up the flight and type Gibraltar someone caught it on the ground too.

[@AwesomeFullHDvideos]

@@joshuam20 thanks mate i found it, id like a very detailed explination as to why a plane would bank that hard left then right repeatedly , thats not just wind is it ? thats the pilot mucking it up surely ?

[@1292liam]

yes bbc news

[@joshuam20]

Aviation Videos & Wildlife FULL HD No it’s not just wind, the Airbus carries out aborted landing with autopilot and the autopilot was attempting to level off the plane. But due to the rotor turbulence it was very difficult for the plane to keep level.

[@tepinkie6393]

@@AwesomeFullHDvideos Mentor has a full video explaining it in detail

[@logicalmusicman5081]

What is that, 20 to 3p degree rolls judging by the horizon, wing and sun?

[@camilleadaoust4256]

Hi, could we use your video on the french website franceinfo with a credit to you of course? Please let me know. Thank you

[@clough99]

Hi Mirror group have commercial rights

[@SigisTravelVideos]

I have a few thousand hours flying airplanes but never seen or heard of anything like that where a plane is rocking back and forward for 1 minute.

[@Demonslayer20111]

Rotor effect. When wind is whirling in vertical circles. Kinda like a dust devil, but turned 90 degrees

[@SigisTravelVideos]

@@Demonslayer20111 - That doesn't explain the plane rocking left and right for 1 minute. The only time I have seen something similar like this is in a video of a Russian TU-154 who had flight control problems --- search KZbin for "Tu-154 Almost Crash after losing Control".

[@davincrawford912]

@@SigisTravelVideos I recently watched mentor pilots video on this and he put it in the only really logical explanation I've heard yet. The go around was most likely issued with the Autopilot still engaged and the rocking was the autopilot fighting the rotor turbulence to maintain a level course.

[@lcdvasrm]

@@davincrawford912 Really, the autopilot could stay engaged with such roll ? Weird.

[@SigisTravelVideos]

@@davincrawford912 - I saw that too and I think he is right. I wonder why they didn't disengage the A/P and fly manually???

[@noelio67]

Jesus......my heart would have been in my mouth

[@orighomisandediare4990]

We thank God for His mercies. Good ole British humour got you all through that moment. I wish I would have passengers like you when we go through turbulence coming from New York. Bleedin' amazing you all were. Bravo!

[@stefanmargraf7878]

Lots of fun for the money! Some self induced oscillation? Thermals or wind, if so , what direction?

[@joshuam20]

Stefan Margraf So it’s caused by the southerly winds over the large rock in Gibraltar causing rotor turbulence where the wind is forced over the top and sort of rotated back round. The autopilot in the Airbus stays on during aborted landing with toga so the autopilot would be attempting to level the plane.

[@lucaogabriel_]

Jesus Christ! it took my breath away

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video.☺️ I saw this on Mentour Pilots Channel.☺️ It’s not dangerous it’s just “moderate to moderate plus turbulence” as quoted by Mentour Pilot.☺️ The reason why that happened is because of the high pressure winds going over that big rock, that’s why you experienced that. Apparently, that’s normal at that Airport.☺️ I just subscribed to ur channel.☺️ Metour Pilot showed us this video from two angles, one from the inside (this video) and another one from the outside looking up.☺️

[@joshuam20]

Joshua Hall a.k.a. Controlla Yeah you are correct. He explains that the winds being forced over the rock causes rotor turbulence. This causes some rocking and thus the autopilot tried to level leading to a larger rocking motion.

[@joshuam20]

@@jonathanparle8429 It's not a bloody incident first of all. Second, everyone understands the basics of how the wind/weather works. Third, they also have an understanding of how control surfaces work on most planes.

[@Otacatapetl]

You need to check your keyboard. It keeps typing emojis at every fullstop.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Otacatapetl I think it’s a default.😂👌🏾

[@Alexis2andsoOn]

Are those aircraft sometimes related to ships, because you can get seasick in them?

[@GoulartSPbr]

'''thanks mr pax for mantain recording!'''

[@leeryan1969]

That will have put some of the passengers off from ever flying again, LOL

[@flywithtb5005]

Thank you for filming this from inside. Such a pity that you can't see the control surfaces when the wing is going down. This would have helped to understand whether the autopilot overcorrected or if the turbulence really was that bad.

[@clough99]

It was a bit hard to keep my camera steady

[@flywithtb5005]

@@clough99 Yeah I can imagine that. But now it is not that far away in time. Can you remember whether the control surfaces such as ailerons and spoilers were extended until the wing went up again or did they retract very soon before the wing stopped going down? Greetings, TB500

[@artisteric]

I hate to say because yes the pilots got it under control but this looks like A classic case of pilot Induced Oscillation (PIO) basically, the classic overcorrection.

[@Val77kts]

@@artisteric agree

[@ianhamilton396]

THAT was awesome !!!!!! Love a go go-around......

[@mike.garnham]

Excellent. Surprised the Captain didn't have another attempt. Was it BA or ZY? That wind is Levante and sometimes creates an updraft off the Rock. In the 'good old days' (up until about 2004), you couldn't divert straight to Malaga. You had to go to Tangier and refuel/fill a new flight plan.

[@bookie5667]

It was BA

[@SuspiciousMan]

Wow, this definitely looks like an uncontrolled oscillation. Watch the aileron and spoilers - the roll corrections are constantly applied FAR too late, making the situation worse. Whether or not this was caused by the pilot or the autopilot is my best guess...

[@basimpsn]

Quick responses by the pilot adding full power during this weird oscillation...first time ever seen that 😳

[@Thor2233]

Windshear! Windshear! Windshear!

[@Coaljet]

Well it looks like the problem ended just as they passed the mountainous ridge visible at 7:52. So maybe they flew into turbulence coming off its lee side.

[@MODECHARLIE]

Definitely a mountain wave or rotor, you can also see that the trouble started more or less as they got below the hills.

[@clairesmith5445]

Hi Dave, my name is Claire I work for LADbible. I'd love to chat with you about this video, do you have an email we can reach you on? Thanks, Claire

[@mollyharper4040]

Hi Dave, I'd love to use this footage in a documentary I am making about turbulence - would that we ok with you? :)

[@zakelwe]

Good old British stiff upper lip. Not one scream ! That lady who commented in the background needs to lead us through Brexit.... so calm...

[@Clipper1094]

🤔 🤔 But they did scream at 5:50

[@123macbookair]

Clipper1094 yes cause that was unexpected

[@JasonWardStudios]

@John Moffat Watch Mentour Pilot's video, link is in the description. He explains it thoroughly.

[@airlinetv6750]

John Moffat the Gibraltar rock.

[@worldweeklynewsbatchild6017]

Just imagine if this were an american flight... Rather than the passengers remaining calm, laughing and chatting amongst eachother, they'd be screaming, crying out for jesus, and throwing themselves on the floor hysterically!! You know I'm right.....

[@Demonslayer20111]

You aren't right. I've been on severe turbulence flights, and it's dead quiet. Like middle of night graveyeard quiet. Couple hyperventilating passengers but that's it.

[@AndrewSkow1]

Depends on what part of the US the plane had departed from.

[@worldweeklynewsbatchild6017]

Some people take these comments pretty seriously, eh? "That's not totally accurate! AMERICA!!"... Fuck me! lol

[@joelmartin2549]

dUb81, stop being a racist bigot, ....... oh that’s right only white, male, straight, Americans can be racist.

[@Cedrikkkk]

Can confirm. When I was flying to Des Moines with American Eagle and we came into pretty harsh turbulences and we were in free fall a couple of times. The whole plane started to scream. I think my row was the only row who remained "calm". I don't know if it's an European thing to stay calm in situations like these or if the other people were too hysterical.

[@guyjones-owen8445]

Fair do’s - top calmness!!

[@eyecandy3]

love the British "keep calm and carry on" attitude ;)

[@msi4887]

How are people in 2019 still running around with 360p phones?

[@Markbabb]

msi it’s not a 360p phone when u upload a video sometimes you have to click on the higher ones this guy probably didn’t know tgat

[@infiniteflightslifeintheai1438]

Pilots did great! Must have been a scary situation!

[@FirstLastOne]

Just a correction on your note of the "spikey things on the tips". Those aren't for lightning, they are for dissipating static build up as the aircraft flies through the air.

[@joshuam20]

First Last There we go, a smart person.

[@infernodayz7297]

Is there a move for that plane? I mean did they learn how to counter a strong wind?

[@turbofanlover]

Better than any amusement ride. :)

[@eloisebrynlee]

LOL - funny! I think the dialogue at the start, and the reaction on the go around are awesome. Thank you to the passenger for filming this and uploading it. Should I ever find myself in your situation, I will remember how you reacted and it would help me cope too. Cheers.

[@clough99]

Your welcome - we were aware it was windy and it is a bad airport - but if we had no warning I think it would have been very different inside the cabin

[@turbofanlover]

@@clough99 Yeah, personally, I actually quite enjoy moderate turbulence during flights (if I'm in my seat, that is), but I certainly can understand that many people would not have enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us, Dave. :)

[@kaitsho]

Having been in aviation all my life, I have never seen a recovery take as long as this with the aircraft in constant roll left to right. I'm not being disrespectful, but the timing and slow response inputs indicate to me that the pilot was not in full control of the situation and may have in fact made the situation worse. I'm glad no one was injured.

[@tomriley5790]

Have a look at mentour pilots discussion. Autopilot was on throughout and compensated for the ongoing turbulence. You can see it ends just after the plane enters clear air above the rock.

[@leoprivado32]

Totally agree with you … was almost a stall situation

[@GabeClendenning]

That is some SERIOUS wing aileron action

[@AmerBoyo]

Well done that pilot, she deserves a medal for that!

[@itzstellar8207]

That's my Dream Flight

[@castelnedd]

Brilliant control by the pilot. I would have totally lost control of my arse muscles at this stage😂😂. Glad no one was hurt. Amazing how calm everyone was. 👍👍

[@joshuam20]

castelnedd Autopilot cattier out the approach and aborted landing.

[@castelnedd]

Joshua that's mad.👍

[@vnoockthebrain]

Is there a video of the turbulence-landing plane from the ground? They did a nice shake...

[@nobbystyles4807]

the wind rolls over those mountains and causes turbulent air. it looks like pilot induced oscillation but its most likely the autopilot correcting and then over correcting causing this undulation. as he draws in line with the mountain ridge the bad air stops and the problem stops.

[@erana19]

4:52 was the scary part. Thought it was going to stay zoomed.

[@hugoalcazar993]

erana19 thanks

[@luxair1997andTAP]

Brits keeping it cool at every moment lmao

[@arefkr]

Alcohol does wonders

[@betraktare1]

Gin and tonic is magic

[@alanwilson7792]

Just after 6:05 there was a distinct "'fukkin 'ell!".

[@matthewvaughan8192]

They were warned it was going to happen to be fair. Without the warning, it would have been pandemonium.

[@piusx8317]

Tbh most people go year after year to Gib so they know what the approach is like

[@BikersGarage101]

Bet more than one needed a change of underwear after that! Reminds me a lot of late 70's Alitalia flight that I was on landing with no front landing gear. Real shit I tell you!!! Glad to see that the pilot got hold of the situation Fly safe!

[@miquelpp]

Fantastic video¡¡¡