Inside The Sophisticated Airbus A380 | BBC Earth Science

[@simonm7133]

I had my first flight on one a couple of months ago. Quite simply, the most amazing aircraft I have been in. Its size takes your breath away.

[@rgraham-ncal]

It would be nice if the title included the year when this was fresh information (ten years ago in this case). This video is ancient history

[@PretzelGuy5280]

It's in the description. Taken from an episode in 2016.

[@TelscombeTerror]

Airbus really need to reconsider their decision not to make an A380neo.

[@Jackspiring]

So intricate

[@d.b.cooper1]

It honestly does live up to the hype, by far the best economy experience imo. Cabin is super quiet & comfy, especially with Emirates who naturally due to economies of scale, have got their A380 operations globally nailed down to a tee. Took 4 times in a few months when backpacking south east asia with a few day layover in Dubai, all flights were spot on.

[@willcookmakeup]

4 million individual parts?! Bahaha, it's absolutely insane how complex aircrafts are

[@JavierSuarezJournal]

A Boeing 747-8 has more than six million individual parts !

[@JohnDoe-zv6or]

AIRBUS A380 had its first flight in service in October 2007, by Singapore Airlines. Certainly more than the "8 years ago" mentioned. Video was uploaded 28th Dec 2024, and mention ought to be made at beginning perhaps with a notice saying "this video was first broadcast on.."? Just a thought, for clarity since the presenter mentions a time period.

[@JohnDoe-zv6or]

Still love BBC EARTH SCIENCE though!

[@PretzelGuy5280]

This was from an episode from 2016, as per the description. Still absolutely fascinating.

[@d.b.cooper1]

Has it ever crossed your mind this is an old video that was only just now uploaded to KZbin? This is usually always the case for BBC content, they make it for their own channels & then upload it years later.

[@swayp5715]

The Airbus A380 is a staggering achievement and it is my far my best favourite plane to fly on. I thoroughly enjoy it and shall miss it if it goes. Please make another one!

[@SNIIP3R786]

The mind boggles on how there's so many miniscule details that you can't forget to check.

[@THEDONKDEVIL]

Where can you watch the full episode please?

[@kyriakoskitsios]

For real maintenance check utube, Stig aviation..

[@THEDONKDEVIL]

@kyriakoskitsios Thanks 😎

[@soulaliconsciousnessnow]

..i would also add that while overhauling the entire aircraft is a good practice, what also needs regular overhauling and upgrading is the entire manufacturing and management systems for all airline makers..to ensure every step is 100% + quality assured..our devices such as apple smartphones and OS get regular updates..even if the user doesn't update themselves..a reminder comes on saying " your device is scheduled for an update later today"..hopefully the same goes on with manufacturing and management.. I will comment further later when i have some time..refering to a comment further down the list by a former Boing member at Everett..

[@proxxymax6814]

Geez, I thought this is going to be an hour long video! It's not even 4 minutes!

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Former Boeing Everett... performing Heavy Maintenance takes longer than building a Brand New Plane and much harder too... we can build a new plane in 1 week... Heavy Maintenance can take 1 month... of the 4 million individual parts in an A-380... over 1 million are rivets...

[@NickyMitchell85]

Is the A380 an UNDERRATED plane ✈️?

[@manujasenevirathne7663]

Love BBC earth the BEST

[@parioceanchicago]

Boeing is far from this. Too bad for them.

[@destinationlimbo378]

this is after the aircraft is delivered not during production lol

[@parioceanchicago]

@destinationlimbo378 still

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Boeing will soon be bankrupt😮

[@ssuwandi3240]

Missing Air France Airbus from Manaus, Brasil.. remember? The stain of Airbus

[@tranporter500]

Boring is not going bankrupt mate 👎

[@iskass6813]

It's not "one of the largest", it is the largest.

[@dhruvalwadhi]

Bro looks like budget richard hammond

[@marlons488]

Heavy maintenance can cost about 15 million

[@sg-px5vh]

What is an MOT?

[@INeedABlessingNow]

This British MOT agency stands for the Ministry of Transport.

[@1986bluray]

What an ariplane

[@blakespower]

thats a lot of work seems like it would be cheaper just to build a new plane

[@bi5048]

Boeing is now drooling

[@PJD_55]

First broadcast 2015.

[@JimboJimbo-i4i]

Remarkably not a single life was lost shouldn’t be remarkable

[@Mkradzix]

This guy remind me of Richard Hammond 😂😅

[@soulaliconsciousnessnow]

..so how do they fix microcracks..? Also.. do they just replace entire components rather than only inspecting and putting it back..such as complete landing gear systems..and inspecting the ones removed to see where any critical wear is occuring before approving the new ones for flight worthiness..to me anyway, the landing wheel system seems to be the component that takes the hardest punishing abuse for a brief few moments until the aircraft stabilizes on the runway..but there could be other systems which also takes punishing abuse that i'm not aware of..and oh ! dont forget the abuse toilets get from the hundreds of people consuming all that rich exotic food on long haul transcontinent flights..😂

[@jamesadcock5235]

A380 will come back

[@Bo-tz4nw]

ok, good to know the guys are looking for cracks, still not so many of these machines actually been used there up in the skies?

[@dixitanupam]

Well ! What’s Airbus got to do with the earth science ?!!!

[@jamaluddin9158]

Science is intrinsic to everything

[@tell.A.vision]

Do you think Science has nothing to do with it's very existence? Did a bunch of drunkards at a Bar in London, just decide to build it?

[@ciarandevaney385]

What's love got to do, gotta do with this .🎶 🎵

[@JimboJimbo-i4i]

Think of it as a mechanical bird

[@manny9992]

They used science to make it on earth stupid

[@Dreamerm6]

This is why I love airbus.. Unlike boing who know about issues and don't recall them

[@rocky0el]

Boeing taking notes

[@sailormanoyster1849]

@@rocky0el Boeing were "gifted" jet engine & how to pressure cabins saftley

[@BrendanMannix]

Can someone call Boeing and have them take notes 😂🧵

[@Paperbutton9]

door

[@huajie666liu8]

This video is too short. But many airlines have stopped this aircraft, like China Southern, due to issues like consuming too much oil.

[@Unan1mouz]

Amazing how this specific model had never had an accident until now

[@adamanthony7465]

🕯️

[@JimboJimbo-i4i]

You’d hope that would be the case for all models

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

It's the attention to detail that separates European manufacturing from everyone else

[@ShahMrs]

It's an incredible engineering feat, but it's not the best plane to work on... servicing costs are ridiculously expensive...and that's just prior to each take off. And the load space in the rear hold is pretty poor compared to a A350 or 777. That said, I'd like to take a trip on one before they're taken out of service, just for the experience 😊

[@sg-px5vh]

Its crazy how many parts an aircraft has. All it takes is one part to go wrong for a crash. It's a miracle that crashes are rare with that many failure points.

[@bobblebob100]

Not really. Planes dont have single point of failure. They have lots of redundancy built in

[@agaragar21]

Old, Old , old CONTENT!

[@Space-Lover4Life]

first!❤

[@eddcosterton5531]

Hardly anyone bought the EU subsidised vanity project

[@Andrew-rb8kx]

14 airlines in 4 continents is rather more than “hardly anyone”, or maybe you meant to say that no US airline bought one.

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Propaganda.

[@RobertFromEarth]

Quick, get out of the internet! Everything is propaganda.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Yes, everyone knows planes can't actually fly, it's all a hoax...

[@zapfanzapfan]

Yes, for flying, how dare they!

[@stevenlee3278]

I for one welcome our new airbus overlords!

[@mc4240]

Boen fan boy 👦