DO228 Dangerous landing Lukla

[@subodhniraula5925]

Hey that is my dad flying the aircraft! Thank you for the amazing cockpit view of a crazy landing He's was one of the most skilled and professional instructor pilot to fly in the STOL sector here in Nepal with almost 25 years and of experience and 18,000 hours of flight time. Im surprised he let you film the landing, he's said "no camera in the cockpit as it might be distracting". I remember when I was very small, he used to take me with him in almost every flight and back then in 1997-1998, Lukla airport was not paved and the aircrafts were the earlier versions of DHC twin otters. Sadly, he retired after suffering from a severe stroke in 2019, and the company retired their fleet of DO 228 after this misfortune, but he is still healthy and loves aviation and loves us all. It's great to see so many positive comments about his flight handling skills, and they truly were. I noticed some people thought that this was illegal and others thinking he was touching down too fast. But the reality is that the weather was nominal as they have eyes on the ground as well, and the crew are aware of the cloud type,height,etc making it predictable in some instances. Where as the speed looks fast due to the clouds present because the aircraft only looks fast as it is flying through the clouds but if you zoom in and look closely, we can somewhat make out that the air speed indicator shows something between 80-100 knots which is nominal as well. theres another video of him as well, have a look and show some support ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4C9hImcmKmhfJo Thank you once again for the amazing video !

[@lawrencemartin1113]

Holy Shmoly!! I have seen a few videos of Lukla but I think this appears to be the fastest arrival I have seen from 'in-cockpit'. That is the most extraordinary place to plant a plane! Beautifully executed, but then again at Lukla, you only get one chance, so the crew have slightly more of a vested interest in getting it right first time! No missed approaches and 'go-arounds' here. That end wall sure comes up fast, even with full reverse and firm braking. Great vid, many thanks.

[@pattyochiai]

It looks very cloudy and from the runway in sight to touch down it only takes about 5 seconds and it seems very little flare...really amazing...

[@freemanchan6330]

i even cant believe that they can landed by VFR!that was a unique experience that in the off season,worth the ticket price above to 200USD Dollars

[@peterlovett5841]

That captain had to be positioning his aircraft by reference to something other than the runway. I know video cameras are not as good as the human eye but there was no sight of the runway until a few seconds before touchdown.

[@frodobaggins2852]

Ils maybe

[@misanpokharel1416]

@@frodobaggins2852 we dont have ils

[@robertnorthrup1914]

No ILS but maybe FBP (Fly By Pants) ya know, old school flying…….

[@anasmaaz5731]

It has a GPS. So, probably the HSI is coupled to that. Even if there is not a published approach procedure, the pilots can create pseudo approaches in the GPS which can be used as a guidance. This is a guess ofcourse.

[@chris22capt]

@@anasmaaz5731 how about vertical guidance? I'm not sure that thing vnav to calculate that... Too risky...

[@RK831]

Landing in the fog? This pilot is indeed the best of all the Lukla landing videos.

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video

[@Chikyel]

WOW, lovely video in july, not very common. Thank you for share it.

[@Redarkrome]

The chef is a great! Wonderful landing! With my compliments for the pilotes!

[@michaelbates2575]

didn't see anyone cooking lol

[@manuelectricista]

Great video!!! I,ll go to Kathmandu next May 6, for fly the next day to Lukla. I,m wishing land in Lukla airport.

[@adnanabdillahghifari720]

Now that's a super awesome pilot skill

[@engineeringprinciples1019]

Flying in Lukla is under VFR rules. And this is exactly NOT how to fly by VFR rules... A Goma Air crashed in Lukla because the pilot tried to land under similar circumstances. Another one, a Tara air flight to Jomsom, the pilot flying under VFR rules used his common sense by going into clouds crashed killing everyone... Since then, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal changed the rules for domestic flying that not only visibility is required at Origin and Destination airport but along the route too. But what surprised me was if you read the VFR rules of flying thats whats its all about. Matter of fact, if you read crash investigation report for most of the crashes in Nepal, this video is a great example: Macho pilots flying in clouds when they aren't supposed to under VFR rules. Glad you got there safely! :)

[@justme-27]

I KNEW it....the pilot has a mustache. ALL great pilots have a mustache.

[@humzaaa4758]

The pilots have Highest Level of expertise

[@OtodidaChannel]

Amazing videos.. 👍🙏🙏🙏

[@maridagni]

Most scaring landing I ever experienced only a few days after the crash of Yeti airlines in 2008.

[@madsib5187]

Wow, great workflow at 1:26 😄👌

[@MidnightVisions]

That first officer is sure flipping a lot of buttons?

[@SeattleRex]

If we know what you mean, right? Giggity

[@timvanbeek6452]

Wow. Daredevil

[@Posttrip]

WOW! I wouldn’t fly in on anything but a “true” STOL airplane!

[@dinorosga9147]

I cant be the only one that thought they were in a nosedive

[@LuckyBoy-bq9zj]

Super..

[@flatiron53]

Great job!

[@billsett]

Well, that landing looks pretty much flat out crazy, but the pilots flying into Lukla are really good -- they have to be to stay alive.

[@titoimperatori1436]

lukla is a visual airport. that condition is below vfr min condition. airport should be clouse with that weather. extremely danger landing. several fatal accidents in the past with the same weather conditions.

[@segredosdotiosam9989]

Almost bumped your head into the controls, lol

[@hunterfagan6272]

Does lukla even have an instrument approach?

[@freemanchan6330]

nope at all,only GPS with VFR

[@selebalotsiu7139]

I doubt

[@anuragchaudhary6307]

We don't have instrument approach at lukla

[@scotttowle655]

See this about VFR only for Lukla. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6WmYptnj6iojJI

[@tonyc2761]

You're just hoping one of the wings doesn't break off from some undetected stress fracture. Good landing, though.

[@chuckkirkpatrick6712]

Didn't look very legal to me....Jesus....

[@rusuproductions7474]

Its cuz the danger of the airport It is the most dangerous in the world due to the short runway and the landscape

[@SeattleRex]

Really? Well, okay then, let’s lock the pilot up and throw away the key.

[@SeattleRex]

@@rusuproductions7474 eh, I think you mean terrain. Although the landscape is so pretty, I guess it could distract the pilot.

[@Flightsworldwidevideos]

Great video!!

[@MonostripeZebra]

looks like they´ve been there before..

[@Denpilot]

Não vi check pós pouso

[@erdemsasmaz]

I think he is from military pilot.

[@Yyyyyy5]

Why did he come in so hot?

[@raymundohernandez1768]

Exelente arerrizaje muy buenos pilotos mas dificultad al estar nublado buen video...

[@hawkeye-vv4kb]

I would not like the idea that the pilot for this flight only has a 2 bar rating for such a dangerous flight.

[@ZK-APA]

hawkeye0248 2 bar doesn’t always mean that he is inexperienced. Its more of a company hirarchy. Besides such airports are generally always captain flown, so the f/o has a much relaxed responsibility.

[@brajn872]

The pilot flying has 4 bars if you watch properly, It would not make sense that a co pilot would be authorized to land in such terrain and weather. The captain flying this aircraft is a veteran pilot with more than 25 years of experience, if you have any second guesses look at his interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4C9hImcmKmhfJo

[@cherifmehdi2427]

Is the speed right? Seemed too high for a touchdown in my opinion

[@bvks9460]

Seems very hard landing ... scary

[@aureliomarsili3902]

Very impressive !!!

[@nacerboumali6867]

Fantastique

[@colmgorman6798]

Lady's and gentlemen this your captain speaking our first officer will hand out spare underwear when you exit the plane

[@boardman49]

Looks like the cameraman bounced up and hit his head on the ceiling.

[@jekimjo]

Holy 💩!!!!!😳🥴😨 WOW.

[@gdsvalentine1193]

I have to go there. Fuck the walk to EBC, I'll be happy to just arrive in Lukla.

[@michaelchristensen8445]

Try takeoff f16 fs2020 😅

[@selebalotsiu7139]

Ouch....🥵🤯

[@electricjoshaloo]

fuck that shit! I wanna do EBC but i am NOT taking that flight.

[@paulasanchez8038]

Helo is the way to go, IMO. Took helos in and out of Lukla a couple years ago 👍

[@noureensajid9797]

And 1 seckend ago

[@SeattleRex]

So, I’m not one to gripe about typos. I think people that do so have small peckers and even smaller intellects. With that being said … I gotta be straight-up honest and say that even I am offended by your lack of effort here. I mean, even a bad spellchecker would have shut down the computer before allowing you to send that.

[@charliezard7997]

Omgl

[@bonsaika65]

This is an accelerated video. Ridiculous

[@freemanchan6330]

original video from GOPRO,no any accelerated fx

[@boeingdriver29]

CRUNCH !