Icelandair B767 Landing in Antarctica!

Please push Subscribe. B767-300ER landing at Troll airfield in Antarctica in January 2022. Icelandic pilots and crew operated this flight and landed on the icy runway with scientists. I got these clips from the pilots and mechanic and did the editing for them. This is pretty cool and the crew was fortunate to do this trip from Cape Town in South Africa.
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[@Wonkabar007]

Imagine the kudos having Troll airfield in your pilots log book 👍

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Bragging rights at the bar

[@ZMW7]

We do a little trolling

[@Sticknub]

@@ZMW7 We do a little too much trolling

[@JoshuaC923]

Trololololo~

[@curiousfigment]

So this is why they like to trigger flame wars.

[@leokimvideo]

Takes icy conditions to the next level

[@georgebosse9393]

Takes "ICELAND AIR" to the next level.

[@redblade8160]

leokimvideo What level is that then?

[@LSZB_Airport_Spotter]

Thats very nice

[@LSZB_Airport_Spotter]

@@georgebosse9393 yes now it is a reel Icelandair

[@slavakulishko3771]

The journey from pole to pole.

[@rvnmedic1968]

Runway overrun continues for ...200 miles of more ice. Great video and ground prep! When I was in the USAF, a C-141 Starlifter (4 jet engines) at McMurdo Station in 1974. First time a heavy cargo jet did this and it set a ground taxiing record for continuous taxiing (miles) until they were sure that the ice pack was good to shut down. It was part of Operation Deep Freeze. The 141 was the predecessor to the USAF C-17.

[@jacob.littorin]

This aircraft, FI-ISN, once visited Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 2019 and I was part of the team handling it. I walked under this aircraft and stuff, very cool to see it in Antarctica

[@John2E0GTU]

Very cool! I like the pun!

[@bedocairo2003]

Let us hope we handle it at SSH !!!

[@griffin5184]

Well done

[@LeonDerczynski]

TF-ISN (3:36) - FI is the operator prefix :)

[@hubert5016]

Cool

[@chriscarter7182]

I worked for Boeing for nearly 39 years before I retired 6 years ago this month. SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES!!!!. I was there for the 757/767 buildup, the overtime money we earned then helped us save enough for the down payment on the house I still live in today. I am a tool & die maker and there were so many challenges then. Many of the drawings were still done on drafting tables and retrieving drawings had to come from the microfiche files. It seemed like an endless firefight to keep up with the changes but, those 2 birds eventually were in the air, where they were designed to be! I REALLY do miss being in the shop building aircraft tooling, but, retirement offers it's options and I have my primitive wood shop to keep me occupied now. As the old saying is, "If it's not Boeing, I'm not going"! I will not hesitate to fly on any aircraft we built, then or now.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Thank you for this nice info. The B757/767 are such great airplanes. I have flown them for 15 years and love them

[@paulschab8152]

Boeing is not the same company that it once was.

[@abel2356]

"If it's not Boeing, I'm not going"! Tell that to the threehundertfortysix 737max fatalities who died because of Boeings incompetent leadership.

[@JohnMitch]

What about the people who died on the 2 737Max aircraft built by Boeing...............?

[@abel2356]

@@jeepman1467 lol you have no idea what you are talking about

[@andrikristjansson8237]

Haha! Those air hostesses wearing their high heels on the South Pole. Classic.

[@tonycadavidhernandez8505]

First dead than simple!!

[@ianpeng8017]

One of them was also wearing short sleeve...

[@USAMontanan]

They didn’t land at the South Pole. Not even close. You might want to look at a map

[@iamduck.203]

One air hostess even has a big grown man sitting on her shoulders. I think her high heels 👠 have gone through the ice with that man's weight on her.

[@weekenderfam7965]

this is their summer vacation

[@JackGesetzlos]

I’ve always loved the 767, such an underrated plane.

[@the-Carpenter]

I have seen hundreds of aviation videos, but this is out of this world. Simply stunning.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Oh great thanx

[@redblade8160]

The Carpenter It's actually in the Antarctic.

[@the-Carpenter]

@@redblade8160 😄

[@nicks4934]

Iceland ROCKS!

[@agenttxgaming4409]

Beautiful landing. That snow really gave you an idea of how much power and the sheer size that aircraft has.

[@davidb6576]

My first thought too - just a glass-smooth landing. Or should I say, ice-smooth... 😃

[@BryanClementi]

I have thousands of hours flying the 75/76 and this video is amazing! Once in a lifetime experience! I'm really jealous of those pilots.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Glad you enjoyed it. The pilots said this would not be topped in their careers.

[@Cadoudal14]

me too!

[@simongray8019]

Breathtaking. Must be one of the best experiences ever for the crew

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Yes they said that this was the top of their careers. Impossible to top

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Icelandic pilots are some of the most experienced in the world .

[@cambodianriverpig7613]

These old Boeings designed by the old-heads of Boeing are a true marvel.

[@mkkm945]

Specially the 767. Cargo haulers love them and use/abuse them daily with no complaints.

[@fixpacifica]

Back when Boeing was run by engineers rather than marketers and accountants.

[@njsullyalex2744]

@@mkkm945 There is a reason they are still in production in 2022. FedEx absolutely loves these things!

[@yes_head]

@@fixpacifica More like stock brokers.

[@lbowsk]

An Aztec on steroids. A flying Dodge Power Wagon. The 67 is a joy to fly. Big, comfortable, and very very capable. You take off at Max Gross Weight with 7 hours of fuel and it still goes uphill like mad. Stuff can break en route and you're still good to go. It's a beast. I think that landing it here was probably easier than at many of the airfields where it typically operates. Now, keeping it nice, dispatchable, and warm till you can get it back out of there is another story. Now here's an interesting tidbit....I was told that this was a McDonnel Douglas product and Boeing got it during their shotgun marriage. It was originally going to be a MCD tri-jet, the replacement for the DC-10. For instance, the Center Hyd System is THE BIG one. Why put the large system in the middle when there's no third engine? So Boeing had to put on huge Air-Demand HYD pumps on the center system. The main cabin door is a Douglas door, it retracts inward and upward, not a plug and swing like the Boeing. I forget all the other touches but there are a ton of them that point at Douglas. Differences training (from the 57) was a four-day class. BA got the plane on paper and just kept going with it, shoving the 57 cockpit and systems integration into it. They wanted to make it a single Type (with the 57) because they could see the genius of the Airbus model.

[@egilll88]

1:23 “Bjánarnir ykkar. Djöfull er gaman að vera með ykkur hérna” 🤣👌

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

😆👍

[@garethpepperell594]

Heathrow Airport: Flights are delayed due to snow and ice on the runway. Icelandic Air: Hold my beer

[@lucaas]

Great video! Would you be okay with me using parts of it in an episode of my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited in the video and in the description.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Yes thank you, I like your channel. I allow with credits in the video and link in description.

[@lucaas]

@@ExtremeAviationIceland Thanks!

[@Cano644]

@@lucaas hey bro

[@Patrick.P]

@@lucaas cant wait for the next one!

[@UrAshWhole]

Luckily no one is injured.

[@miketheavgeek]

What an impressive footage!! Amazing job made by Icelandair crew! Fantastic filming under such conditions!!! Good job!!!

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@waynemasters8673]

My same thoughts!

[@A808K]

Awesome... air crew in high heels in Antarctica! Now that's gotta be a first. Go Icelanders !!!!

[@ncj7371]

3:07 'Yes Sir, Let's do it man' Absolutely class

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Yes and when they landed the captains words can be heard in Icelandic (translated): welcome to troll, bless it, you silly guys, god damn it’s fun to be here with you”.

[@firefox39693]

From one end of the planet to the other. Wow. I love this.

[@utar88utar]

"...from Cape Town in South Africa."

[@ronaldfischer1195]

@@utar88utar They're originally from Iceland.

[@Memee833]

Plan et.

[@HikaruKatayamma]

The only landing strip where you could slide off the runway and nobody would notice. 😁

[@lbowsk]

Or care.

[@prof.heinous191]

2:17 Antarctica - they can handle it, high heels and all - respect!

[@gerasol85]

Stunning images of a 767 in Antarctica. Wow.

[@MrGrovere]

Wonderful!!! What an experience for that crew!!

[@neils5539]

ATC: "Icelandair clear to land and clear to taxi and clear to takeoff and clear to do basically anything you want."

[@adam__smith]

“… this is a recorded message”

[@umi3017]

Well, if there is no traffic, why bother controller...

[@Cairannx]

Even at uncontrolled fields they'd still call their position in the pattern, just good habits that you don't really loose, and to give updates to the ground crew. On another note, that snow runway is nuts, way above the burning oil barrels or tree branches we see in the North sometimes!

[@redblade8160]

@@umi3017 It's a waste of time even having a controller.

[@Hardesteen]

ATC: "wtf AM I even doing here?" *Throws headset in snow*

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

I had the goosebumps when he took off; great job, pal.

[@dariodalcin5177]

The ski poles are a touch of class

[@Flightstar]

I bet the performance in that cold dry air was phenomenal.

[@astralchemistry8732]

Yep, especially on the way back, maybe with very little cargo!

[@therandomytchannel4318]

Nice landing. Kind of reminds me of the 737 landings up in Northern Canada with gravel runways,kicking up all that snow with reverse thrust on 🙂

[@bidyutbiswas4588]

Wow 🤩! Just wow 🤩! Praise the Lord .

[@Clayfan568932]

Who needs a twin otter? Awesome flying. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomtalker2000]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE feat...!!!

[@jurgstreuli3093]

Icelandic pilots are the best in the world. 👍

[@daspencer4537]

Wow, just wow!

[@julzb7165]

Seriously cool, no pun intended. Very few pilots are able to get there. Well done to you all.

[@Republic3D]

Awesome video! For those who didn't know, Troll is the Norwegian Antarctic research station. Good to see Icelandair on the South Pole again. Nobody knows snow and icing conditions like Icelandair.

[@Rich72James]

Is the plane model particularly suitable for landing on snow?

[@Republic3D]

@@Rich72James Not really, but the 767 is a very reliable and proven model. And it has the range and payload capacity needed. There might have been some large cargo items in the belly of the plane requiring a certain size of aircraft.

[@redblade8160]

@@Republic3D That's just for ballast

[@jeffbridges666]

WOW, just wow 👏

[@ThorsteinKlingenberg]

Lots of comments praising the airplane and the crew. And while the crew is definitively skilled the real impressive feat is making an airport down there, complete with a tower (a guy in a pickup truck with a radio, but none the less), refueling facilities, a fire truck, air start carts, ground power units, equipment for prepping the field, measuring the friction, weather data, etc. They even have runway lights for use during the winter months, if they have to operate emergency flights. And during the winter all this is supplied and maintained by six - 6 - people.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

True, thank you

[@BottleOfCoke]

1:23 "Velkomin til Troll, blessi það! Bjánarnir ykkar; djöfull er gaman að vera með ykkur hérna!" Translates roughly to: "Welcome to Troll, bless that! You goons! Damn how fun it is to be here with you!"

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Einmitt. Velkomin til Troll. Blessi það, bjánarnir ykkar

[@BottleOfCoke]

Takk, ég heyrði ekki fyrri partinn! Ég tók mér bessaleyfi og uppfærði fyrri færslu :)

[@kenhurley4441]

I've never landed on snow. I'd imagine that the depth perception would be hard to figure out. What a smooth landing. Reverse thrusters applied before the nose wheel touched down! Great video and can't wait to see what lucaas does with it!

[@captnmack747]

Part of the requirement for landing is having enough contrast to discern the surface..

[@gehteuchnixan69]

Luckily, no one was injured

[@aldistapm2518]

Radio altimeter really helpful in this conditions

[@LSZB_Airport_Spotter]

I think it would be amazing

[@lbowsk]

TR's are typically opened as soon as the mains are on the runway. And then when the nose gear hits you can honk on them. They take a few seconds to fully deploy and during this time you lower the nose.

[@ArcherDiesel1]

I believe he was number 1 for landing.

[@TheMajortanner]

I thought this was a clickbait video! Amazing!

[@PaulR1200]

Simply beautiful

[@westlock]

The jet engines must have been happy with the cold and dry air.

[@maesc2001]

Pretty incredible what such a small country does in the world.

[@voxer99]

Flying a plane to Antarctica? Yes, absolutely astonishing especially with all that snow. And in high heels too!

[@redblade8160]

@@voxer99 Why do they wear "high heels", are they all gay?

[@ThorsteinKlingenberg]

I assume you're talking about Norway which has a year round research station in antarctica and also make and run the airport services?

[@doddsalfa]

@@ThorsteinKlingenberg Norway isn’t a small country not in comparison with Iceland anyway

[@ThorsteinKlingenberg]

hehe, I guess. Kind of small compared to the other nations operating in Antarctica.

[@alvingarfielddelaire1744]

Wow what a summer in Antarctica

[@heydj6857]

something very special about watching people living the dream.

[@aldente2011]

The aircraft made such a long journey from Iceland. Perhaps the Icelanders got curious about life in the South Pole, being so close to the North Pole.😃

[@TurboPumperX]

They took off from CapeTown South Africa

[@Nobrainerist]

@@TurboPumperX well yes, but it was prepared in Iceland it had to stop in 2 places before reaching the pole due to fuel and picking up the scientists going there

[@palgrebstad4491]

The Icelanders did a crew change for the Norwegian station down there

[@torqueover]

This is awesome. I thought he was skimming the ground on approach then i heard the 500ft call and my perception re calibrated. Great to hear the pilots excitement too. Exit runway via taxi way 'white' 😎

[@svatn255]

Very good morning ! Heartily congratulations to the Captain and his crew!!

[@karihardarson1234]

Stewardesses impeccably dressed for the occasion, like James Bond showing up in a tux!

[@patham9]

Airplanes are such amazing machines, we take them way too much for granted!

[@redblade8160]

patham9 Tell that to all the aircraft-crash victims and their families!

[@cogs11]

@@redblade8160 what about all the automotive fatalities ?

[@redblade8160]

@@cogs11 Comparing two wrongs is not the answer to the problem, this is not a competition between companies to see which ones have the worse fatalities; it is all bad.

[@cogs11]

@@redblade8160 Denying facts is not the answer to the problem. If you see a problem, the you fix it and engineer a solution. If you don't know how to, then reduce the ego in KZbin comment section and just use/don't use the product instead of giving opinions without a solution. Where's your version of a 100% non-lethal plane ?

[@redblade8160]

@@cogs11 You're the one with the ego problem, just look at the nonsense you are spouting out!

[@pabloa2228]

I worked on a charter like this but with a DC10. You need some great pilots to pull this off. Great work!

[@shrimpflea]

The DC-10 and Antartica...not a good mix.

[@pabloa2228]

@@shrimpflea if you mean the ANZ crash in the 70’s, that didn’t have anything to do with the aircraft type. That was an incorrectly programmed navigation system. DC-10 was actually perfect for landing in Antártica because of the three engines.

[@BUCKMAW]

@@shrimpflea There were still small pieces of it on the side of Erebus 30 years ago.

[@redblade8160]

@@BUCKMAW Do you mean "Mount Erebus" or one of the Erebus planes?

[@Japanvideography]

Boeing 767s taking off and landing on the snow are very cool!

[@Lamblughini]

Absolultely. Amazing.

[@ReflectedMiles]

The reason they started turning left right after departure was to avoid the ice wall at the end of the flat earth off their right. 🤣

[@bobsurgranny]

Stunning footage. Tough seeing the runway covered in snow like that

[@MrSveinnOskar]

They land on ice.

[@flopunkt3665]

There's no paved runway underneath the ice 😂

[@mwd331]

It IS snow haha 😂

[@michaelkarnerfors9545]

That is the funny thing about snow: if you just have _enough_ of it, and it is _cold_ enough, it actually has quite good traction.

[@amc3]

@@MrSveinnOskar Not true, if they landed on ice they would not be able to break!

[@user27108]

very smooth landing.

[@GeorgeDonnelly]

I am awestruck. Nicely done!

[@samcarranza8544]

Incredible! I've always been well treated and impressed when flying Icelandair!!!

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Glad to hear

[@formatique_arschloch]

Same here. Always a nice experience. Greetings from Finland.

[@ASBARRETTAVIATION]

That was freakin AWESOME!😃

[@jf_moreira]

Beautiful and perfect day for such operation! Kudos to all.

[@Brisco1]

Wow, extremely cool!

[@basedglennuk]

Incredible!

[@Luton-Mick]

The 767 was the first wide body I ever flew on, it was surprisingly quick on the climb like it's thinner 757 sister but very comfortable. Great aircraft.

[@Mattthewanderer]

The FA with the man perched on her shoulders made me laugh! Good show of strength. :)

[@vyomakeshaconsultancy3406]

Amazing job by the pilots and IcelandAir braving all odds and doing a smooth landing and takeoff a feat indeed

[@magneticman2003]

That was 'Icetastic';-)))

[@comaca]

What a great testament to human travels. I liked that the pilots engaged the reverse thrusters before the forward landing gear was grounded. Great job!

[@redblade8160]

comaca Only elite humans are allowed there and when a plane has a crash in Antarctica, you won't get to hear about it...

[@Wingedawe]

What a landing, what a stripe!

[@hjordistorfa]

Algjörlega frábært ævintyri fyrir Icelandair og Crew.. Magnificent take off and landing.. this blue sky color is awsome.. love this bigtime.. Thank you kindly for sharing and have a beautiful day everyone.. Stay safe ✨️✌️💖✨️

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Takk fyrir það. Já þetta er ævintýri og það eru ferðir í gang núna á B757.

[@edneiaparentedasilva1039]

👏👏👏👏 que espetáculo maravilhoso!

[@jjsifo1]

That was great !!

[@brianjacobs1421]

An airline from the top of the world operating at the bottom of the world !

[@agps4418]

This is truly... an icelanding...

[@andiwirawan1137]

Awesome 👍👍

[@HDAviationVideos]

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing!

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Thanx

[@shuaibalmamari2157]

reverse thrust on point

[@ChrisZoomER]

I just came here to see the effect of jet blast on the snow and I wasn't disappointed.

[@JelmersAviation]

Just lovely this! Liked!

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Thank you

[@AJ_Whitney]

That's awesome!

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Thanks!

[@lakemanson8051]

That landscape shot in the beginning is beautiful

[@scotty11782]

Thank You Extreme Aviation Iceland

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

You are welcome

[@justjase1576]

Very difficult to see the runway, great job by the pilots and ground crew, the 767 is stunning.

[@multiomer1997]

757/767 and 727 are my favorite aircrafts

[@redblade8160]

@@multiomer1997 The "Super VC10" outshines them all...

[@danielxv9]

Congrats to the crew, this is a difficult approach and landing 👏🏼👏🏼

[@redblade8160]

Daniel Impossible for someone like you, but these pilots are used to these landings.

[@bgd73]

@@redblade8160 that 500ft announcement was a trigger for them. I bet they could feel the distance due to experience..

[@ellysuax3]

That’s wild! 😍✈️

[@naryah22]

Humans keep doing what is BEST, we are all a team...

[@saxxon9003]

The first time I flew with Iceland Air was around '79. We had arrived in Chicago and hustled across O'Hare with a one hour connection time. As it turned out, our aircraft had some issues and wouldn't be leaving until the next day. It was an old DC8 Stretched. It was this impossibly long tube with a set of wings amidships. I'd done a fair amount of traveling having lived in the Alaskan Bush for a half dozen years. So, we're seated in the back, the airplane taxi's to the end of the runway and pivots around into the wind. The pilot winds up the four engines, releases the brake, and move accurate forward.....albeit somewhat slowly. A dog outside the fence out accelerates us. Finally the plane starts to gather speed, we rotate......and the wheels continue to have contact with the concrete........Finally the pilot in an act of desperation to get airborne retracts the gear, the plane settles back toward the runway.....more flaps....slowly we lift...probably some weird ground effects saved us. The pilot tickled us skyward.....slowly....so as not to disturb the sky gods. He held an altitude.....as the fuel burned, we lifted higher, we were able to clear Greenland for a stunning close up view of her glaciers. Finally the pilot put down the gear, and if by magic, we had landed in Keflavik.

[@ExtremeAviationIceland]

Thank you for the nice and funny story😄

[@skienavitaion1078]

i saw that when it took off from oslo heading cape town

[@emilhallweg]

Wow that was a perfect Landing

[@archiec8391]

One word…….BEAUTIFUL

[@kevina8172]

ben on a Icelandair flight, great crew. This is a normal day for Alaska Air guys only they do it in 737S

[@doddsalfa]

What do you mean “ a normal day ?

[@tom201090]

I know businesses are sometimes named quite literally after the services they provide...but this is overdoing it!

[@ThorsteinKlingenberg]

They should be named Antarctic Airlines then..

[@bigomar27]

That was just plain awesome!

[@colleenallan6169]

Thank you. Excellent!! 👏😊

[@therealsinsane]

The fact that this airfield is called "troll airfield" is pretty comedic.

[@mutualview3038]

Amazing, the pilots and the crews have lots of experiences in landing and taking off from the snowstorm. And they are so good with the runway so hard to see.

[@rkan2]

Though you don't typically land on snow covered runways in regular commercial operations ;)

[@mutualview3038]

@@rkan2 the answer is YES, very high risks, but in those countries during the winter may be hard to avoid, the main thing is to make sure the runway is cleared like we saw in the video. I used to landed or took off in Denver's airport having similar conditions as we see in the video.

[@mutualview3038]

@@rkan2 FYI, most of the brakes systems are tested to land in the snowy conditions and have computer control assists.

[@rkan2]

@@mutualview3038 Ehh... No paved runway is graded with few centimeters of snow on the runway :D They are cleared as best as possible. For some unpaved Alaskan runways it might be true.

[@ThorsteinKlingenberg]

@@rkan2 You absolutely do. I live in the city of Tromsø, Norway and during most of the winter the strip is covered in snow/ice, and a typical day has like 60 takeoffs and landings.

[@reynoldbrownjr399]

That takeoff was everything as well excellent video

[@smartiboo]

That was COOL!