Heavies in Heavy Snow at Toronto Pearson YYZ Feb. 2017

Very heavy snow very close to suspending flights I am sure

[@MG-hk9kx]

I used to work at Toronto Pearson, working in storms like this was a blast. Makes it a much more challenging work environment on the ramp. Good times.

[@jackmiller9829]

this is one of the most "snowy" international airport on earth

[@theippster8891]

These are such beautiful images, never realized how gorgeous airliners look in heavy snow! Although, a little scary to be a passenger in these conditions I would imagine.

[@tomtalker2000]

This looks EXTREMELY dangerous to fly in. But that's Canada for ya...:) Great job to ALL the pilots of these aircraft.

[@taraann7753]

Great video,loved ATC, how these planes fly in this weather is beyond me.

[@davebrookes8162]

Love the show videos thanks 😊 🙏

[@audiobooksmore3374]

I live in Toronto and I remember that storm well! I'm actually amazed that some flights weren't cancelled that day!

[@Banditronnie]

Superb. Loved every minute.

[@Nottsboy24]

Excellent! nice video, I bet you was shivering filming all this :)

[@peterjeffery8495]

You haven't lived til you've seen a Montrealer reverse parallel park a Toyota Corolla into a tight parking space settling on top of 3 feet of snow, just routine.It becomes second nature when you are raised in this part of the world. On a day like this if you show up for work 15 minutes late you get a dirty look from your boss.

[@gtpyyz]

Great view in the storm. Thumbs up

[@siggizippan8076]

Snow is not the enemy but ice.

[@poker_18rs92]

Must be a lot of nervous passengers taking off in those white-out conditions, wow. A true testament to the skill level of the pilots & technology in the aircraft.

[@omelelliston2746]

PokerRun388 , The passengers kept the crew busy with those liquor... wasted!!.. LoLz..

[@doogleticker5183]

The traditional solution, from many experiences, was the booze cart for as long as it took to de-ice, wait, de-ice, wait...finally, take off and Zzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, Canada!! My home and native land...true patriot, in all thy (insert neo-Marxist, forget the context of the writing of the lyrics) "XYZ" command. With glowing hearts and Moosehead Ice, na, na, na, na, de la na... I miss you Canada, and palm trees are no valid reason to miss hockey games.

[@justinpaterra4188]

Amazing video. Great job!!!!!!!!

[@daveni2]

+Justin Paterra thanks!

[@jackjones3657]

Amazing how more incidents don't occur in aviation. True professionals all around. It's a whiteout!

[@G3XMFD]

Jack Jones.!,,!, white out is when you cannot See the ground when you are taxing.

[@AirCambodiaHD]

wow ! beautiful plane spotting there

[@sakibear4478]

Watch out for the snow plows at the end of the runway, Toronto has got some pretty incredible/encroyable pilots. Remind me not to fly there in February. I also enjoyed the "90 percent positive" comment by the ATC,eh. Thanks for posting.

[@jackmiller9829]

it is amazing that even snowfall gets 50mm in 24hr, no plane delay inPearson airport

[@daveni2]

50 cm you mean 50 mm is very little

[@jackmiller9829]

50cm

[@Neptonic101]

These jetfans have way more power in this cold weather!

[@turbofanlover]

Lots of snow and lots of heavies...doesn't get much better than that. :)

[@AitorBeobideRubioSpotters]

Un gran vídeo grabado en unas condiciones muy dificiles. Felicidades.

[@dianecrowder4971]

Sorry I am not flying in that type of weather those pilots are real troopers!❄✈😎

[@alanmorr3635]

In weather like that, my local airport (Glasgow UK) would be closed "due to adverse weather" also, you are very brave being outside in that snowstorm filiming it, well done

[@markmacpherson90]

Diane Crowder they are experienced. Not to worry ✌

[@torontospotterairplanes3807]

Diane Crowder yes they are

[@cyrilalexander1467]

Diane Crowder

[@Nottsboy24]

Joshua Gill, I love Canada :)

[@professeurbergamotte8759]

Great video, thanks.

[@SMSinger91]

Dear london heathrow, several inches of snow should not stop your airport, sincerely Air Canada

[@TRPGpilot]

Indeed, though it only takes as little of 3cm . . .

[@Nottsboy24]

Mike Singer, I agree :)

[@TRPGpilot]

listerone: "Snow is an unusual event in most of England" Same old lame reply used EVERYTIME it snows.

[@shaunwakefield9793]

This is true and for all off us here we don't understand either and it's not just at the Airports but the whole infrastructure .

[@theippster8891]

listerone It doesn't snow much on the West Coast Vancouver area. Yes, people drive like idiots but our airport stays open lol

[@barbarairwin4369]

Having,been on Airplanes that took off in really bad weather like the above!1 I,have the highest respect for all the Pilots,that during these Weather conditions! Went,thru a lot of "Bumpy ", times,but managed to arrive safely !!

[@ajitvaswani5383]

absolutely Barbara. God bless those pilots

[@omelelliston2746]

Barbara Irwin , I've landed at JFK from LAX, during a blizzard..The runway was satisfactory during landing..My respect to those pilots..May God continue to bless and keep them safe,as they remain loyal to their jobs✈✈❄❄

[@ChrisZoomER]

The jet blast should take care of some of the snow, especially the GE90... so much high velocity and very hot exhaust.

[@daveni2]

It would be no different than a little rain fall. The engines would not know the difference

[@ChrisZoomER]

@@daveni2 Still, the engines act as powerful snowplows.

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Fantastisch super Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder bitte mehr da von ✈☃️

[@siggizippan8076]

The landing areas and starting areas are snow-plowed - cleared of snow before the planes can land or start as long as they are no strong winds, blizzards, whiteouts.

[@supermegakim]

Air Canada in it's natural habitat

[@theippster8891]

Kim haha

[@meowiekittie]

Hilarious and so true. 😂🇨🇦

[@pepepipi8702]

Fuck you

[@lantingliu7886]

Beautifully said

[@siggizippan8076]

Toronto International Airport has a lot less snow in the winter than Edmonton International Airport being very north of Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, etc. So, some winters here in Toronto we have a lot less snow and some winter a lot more and a lot more ice. From one year to another it can be very different and the Toronto Airport has to be aware of it.

[@daveni2]

They have the largest deicing facility in the world

[@Deira854]

Go search the internet first before speaking out of your ass. Toronto gets 118cm/annually, Edmonton only 86cm/annually. Just because some cities are more north and colder, doesn't mean they get more snow. Toronto gets more snow then most of the cities in the pararies

[@mikeh.8155]

that AC 787 had obvious accumulation on all horizontal surfaces.

[@Conrailfan2596]

Are the engines more efficient in cold weather?

[@henock28]

The airplane in snow are amazing

[@juanbarillas40]

strong snow storm in Toronto, bad weather, great flyers.

[@inayathkhan100]

Too good, hats off to the pilot's in this kind of situation how they handle.

[@daveni2]

The ATC too. They have no visual on the planes from the tower. Hence "advise when rolling "

[@robharris5467]

@@daveni2 Good point Dave.

[@shivamtyagi2162]

Do we have Snow tyres for aircraft also? And suppose the take off is from Pearson in heavy snow and destination is Middle East then we cann't use snow trye for landing

[@LoganLavery]

Beautiful snow

[@omelelliston2746]

Big Valley , Beautiful Snow, preferable on the ground, not up there¶¶😁😁

[@mohammadsalahuddin2781]

Wow you are thankful!!

[@larou14]

Beautiful country with her snow ❓❗❓❗😉

[@Nottsboy24]

I agree :)

[@siggizippan8076]

Snow is not a big problem but if you have ice forming.

[@conorcorrigan765]

Fun fact: Toronto Pearson has the largest aircraft de-icing facility in the world.

[@migs8497]

really? cool

[@conorcorrigan765]

@@migs8497 2nd most international flights of any airport in North America after JFK too...

[@MBG-Ltd]

6 de-icing pads that can de-ice 6 wide body or 12 narrow body at any one time!

[@brucemacneil]

My old company built it.

[@thecanadian1433]

fun fact, montreal has the most efficient aircraft de-icing and snow removal system in the world

[@eatcommies1375]

Do they get better thrust sucking in all this moisture? Kind of like water injectors on B52s?:)

[@mohamadyassin622]

Well done videos

[@MrHenreee]

Neat seeing the a320 with the double bogey landing gear

[@daveni2]

+Discwhizkid s the one at the beginning was an a310 if that's the one u meant. The airtransat. One of a few airlines that still uses them.

[@markthomas6045]

Wow, there was a lot of snow building up on that AC 787 at about 7:00!

[@willgaukler8979]

I enjoyed the actual tower instructions ...Well done...

[@omelelliston2746]

will gaukler , I'm curious, what is the Tower instructions?...Brace your self, for crash landing?, Or we're stuck on the runway (literally).. SMH..

[@tilek01]

- the breathing noises of the camera man 😁

[@daveni2]

🤧

[@siggizippan8076]

Heavy snow is not a suspending flights condition but dangerous winds with heavy snowfall is.

[@divox9pqr]

True instrument flying.....White out conditions like that would keep me at home

[@bilal49er]

amazing

[@gtpyyz]

Really nice video. Your videos are so sharp. You record in 4k?

[@daveni2]

This one is actually 1080p just sharpened a bit, but anything after mid 2017 is 4k

[@Inferlis]

While in Berlin one snowfloke and the whole airport is closed for the next few days...

[@PaulReinhard]

That a310 is so retro

[@daveni2]

Air transat Soon to replace them with the new A321LRs

[@x1achilles99]

I love living in California! Born and raised.

[@palangnar3588]

You are lucky, i live here ..just watch !

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Too bad.

[@ArkadyRenko1]

LHR !! are you watching this ?

[@princeatapi]

Alert! Icing condition Captain : Hold my beer

[@JaydenTheAviator]

Felt like yesterday 😢

[@Horkslair]

The backup music to this should be YYZ by Rush!

[@hyphenyt165]

Love the vid

[@rjb073]

Chicago O'Hare's airport was one of the first airports to have deicing available at the end of the taxiway just before takeoff. Did you notice that the planes have their flaps configured at almost full flaps for takeoff? Even with the newer deicing materials that are used today, the pilots need to get the plane in the air ASAP after deicing.

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

Robert Brown • I always used to worry about that, how much icing was being accumulated between that last de-icing and the takeoff roll. I just knew the pilots weren't paying any attention, or were taking it for granted! I'd look around, and if I didn't see any other concerned faces, I'd settle back into my seat. (As if the other passengers knew.) But I guess they did, as we never had any incidents!

[@rjb073]

Sit back and relax and know that your pilot wants to live just as bad as you do. When I flew for United, I never took any chances. A delay of 15 minutes can usually be made up in flight.

[@siggizippan8076]

First of all that video was shot when snow was falling and the temperature was probably around *1, *2 or *3C and therefore, no ice condition and no arctic winds in Toronto. No deicing was necessary. Please, like airports in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal know when they have to employ the deicing equipment because a certain temperature or wind condition have been reached.

[@yekh5150]

Nice dreamliner plane

[@markmacpherson90]

Very cool

[@TheGnewb]

All that snow melting.

[@siggizippan8076]

All the planes which will leave Toronto are ok because snow fall does not special treatment but only ice.

[@lvsluggo007]

Takeoff is not the big thing in that kind of weather, its the landing thats a bitch.. zero vis, possible icing on the runway.

[@robertkrueckeberg1969]

F

[@MikesIZempillas]

Great video mate ! Nice channel ! 5ubscribed

[@gillsabji]

How did you capture ATC conversation?

[@daveni2]

Scanner

[@siggizippan8076]

How would you southerners in South America, Southern Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia planes starting in Toronto or landing in the Toronto Airport with this kind of weather condition?

[@SharukhSaifi]

I didn’t knew aircraft can land and takeoff while snowing

[@siggizippan8076]

First the planes will go through de-icing before they start. They would fly unless the wind factor and de-icing factor is calculated in. And between the flights which is not shown here you have snow-clearing machines on runways.

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Super Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder you a good 📽📽📽📽📽📽📽❄🏅ET ist gut sie sind auch sehr gut. ❄❄❄❄❄❄❄

[@juliasanchez4900]

The canadians pilots are one of the best training pilots , in the word . We have the best of the best in school training. I feel safety guys .👍👍

[@user-cp4hg1yd6j]

اشهد ان لا آله الا الله واشهد ان محمد رسول الله

[@appleslover]

Why

[@robertgraziano]

I get nervous just watching it.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Air Transat is a Canadian airline so they should know how to fly in that weather!

[@siggizippan8076]

This is a landing operation but not a starting operation unless you show us at this juncture all the de-icing fliights. The regulations state that in winter you have to de-ice your plane before you start it and fly away.

[@mangos2888]

Go, plane, go!

[@ab7886]

I'm surprised they still allowed planes to take off with how hard it was snowing. Crazy yet beautiful.

[@omelelliston2746]

AB78 , There's nothing Beautiful about playing Russian Roulette with hundreds of lives..Not even insects should be treated this way... This is negligence.. period!!!

[@siggizippan8076]

Snow is not the enemy in this case but winds and ice.

[@meowiekittie]

@@omelelliston2746 Oh get over yourself! We can't close our airports here everytime we get a little snow. Just don't have that luxury.

[@Tampa0123456789]

Are you serious? They don't close the airport with that kind of condition?

[@59weehen]

I was on that plane, was horrendous

[@rizdzwan7]

Don’t worry the safest way to travel......

[@siggizippan8076]

This kind of weather is the sane in Toronto or in Chicage. They are mostly concerned about winds and ice and not snow.

[@barbarairwin4369]

It.is such conditions as the above sure,is!! That,is why pilot's do lot's of training as they do,to deal with adverse "Weather " So,much respect for all of them !! Very,happy that "Women ",are becoming Pilot's also !!

[@siggizippan8076]

As long you have snow clearing going on the starting lanes there is nothing.

[@cmetube]

Massive plane!

[@steemdup]

oh! it cut off right at the nitty gritty!

[@MWG38]

How many days earlier you must come to see so much snow?

[@daveni2]

I new some snow was coming but didn't know the snow would be so perfect as it was that day. Just lucky

[@MWG38]

@@daveni2 Im' from Greece so if i ever wanted to come and visit Canada i should close the tickets at least 2 months before.But i wouldn't mind (ofcourse i have had to spend some more money) to stay saying oh i was just excluded due a snowstorm.

[@fahmeehaque8032]

This looks like a nice spot, where is the location? I guess it’s not at the wendys at airport road.

[@siggizippan8076]

This is Leslie Person Toronto International Airport and this is just a snow storm but not a ice storm in which many planes would have been manoeuvred into the de-icing area. But your comment tells me that you have no knowledge of either condition - snow or ice. So, as a Canadian living in Toronto, why don't shut up and be quiet.

[@mariochanderbhan1792]

B - 777-3XX + AIR CANADA LIVERY + SNOW = WOW!

[@daveni2]

+Mario Chanderbhan B-777-9 + AIR CANADA LIVERY + SNOW as well! Double WOW!

[@danielodhiambo3974]

Neat.

[@topgeardel]

Does anyone know how long de-icing is effective before it has to done again? For instance, if a plane is de-iced how long can they be on the runway before it needs to done again?

[@daveni2]

That would depend on the temperature.

[@daveni2]

The temperature this day was hovering about 0c or 32f. It was a pretty heavy, wet snow.

[@Ata-turkTans1983]

Very nice.. cok güzel

[@alexanderdaniel5143]

How do you get the atc communication?

[@daveni2]

Radio scanner as long as u know the correct frequencys u can hear it.

[@lenny108]

at least they should manage to have heated runways without ice and snow

[@stitch-xx2oo]

Cool Video. What runway for take off/

[@daveni2]

+stitch16261 06 left

[@bigmac3006]

Would love this without the scanner.

[@moparchallenger749]

Look at the size of those engines Impressive

[@omelelliston2746]

Challenging mother nature....Cars are likely to skid in the snow, so does planes.. This is crazy and daring.. SMH 😱😱

[@ABSDEFRD]

A 310 awesome

[@vincentohlander]

ABSDEFRD So sad that Air Transat are retiring them!!

[@yusrahh75]

but how come you can ear the in flight communication ??? cool

[@woodyb6432]

there a app called atc and you can hear all airport traffic control with it

[@rajeshgiri4659]

🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@ramyg5037]

The run way markers are not even seen....