One of the Most AMAZING Aviation Stories EVER told! | TACA flight 110

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[@simonhusseyofficial]

Brilliant 🏆👏👏👏

[@The70s80scollection]

Done.... thanks!!! my kind of streaming service and also opted for the 4K service..

[@dosmastrify]

Mentour, the small version of this videos thumbnail looks like a prop plane

[@Speedster___]

May I recommend UAL 173 crash in Portland?

[@mikemck4796]

In theory, could it be better when caught in such a storm to turn off the engines yourself, turn on apu, and attempt to glide through the storm, reigniting once through? I’m sure that’s a terrible idea, but a bit curious as to all the reasons why.

[@gerrydonohoe3888]

I was having lunch at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans with my fellow helicopter pilots when over the station public address system we heard “ Launch all available rescue helos, 737 inbound to New Orleans with two engines out”. I was one of the first helos to get airborne and by the time we arrived the TACA 737 was already safe on deck at the levee. We landed next to the aircraft and found out there were no injuries, everyone was safe, so we returned to base and finished our lunch.

[@mildmixchintu1717]

the last line took me out 😂

[@sadekgheidan]

Cool! What did you have for lunch?

[@luiscastillo-yg8tt]

I was part of this crew as a flight attenndant and I always remember this experience as the day I was born again. I maintain a friendship with Dardano and the media have eventually invited us to share the experience on radio and TV. Captains Lopez and Soley are no longer with us but we always remember them with much appreciation.

[@SirSpinalColumn]

I can't imagine the stress of going from offering beverages and snacks to preparing the passengers for an emergency landing or ditching. Well done to you all.

[@shivapoudel9059]

Second life

[@YahushasDisciple]

WOW!!

[@curaticac5391]

May God bless you!

[@SirSpinalColumn]

@@curaticac5391 faaaark off. There is no “god”.

[@foxtrotnine2504]

Everyone’s giving props to the captain, which he totally deserves, but that first officer has a great set of eyes and made a brilliant call out to land on the strip of solid ground .

[@marhawkman303]

yeah, this is what a Co-pilot's job is, the Captain CAN'T fly AND look for an alternate runway at the same time. Which is why Petter keeps talking about role management. Several people doing several things makes it get done smoothly.

[@jack002tuber]

It takes a team working together to pull off landings like this and not one man! I hope the video showed that.

[@marhawkman303]

@@jack002tuber Well in this case, the biggest thing is how the co-pilot was scrambling to find better touch down options while the captain kept the aircraft flying.

[@russmiller5858]

@@marhawkman303 loo

[@yelramyelram]

I see what you did there

[@9mtaurus]

Captain Dardano just retired on August 2023 after 50 years of flying. A truly Salvadoran Hero.

[@Kenikex]

Captain Dardano is a legend, had he been American, movies and books would’ve been written about this. When he got shot in the eye while piloting, he managed to take off and save his passengers, all this with his left eye shot out, then this miracle of aviation. True hero, legend.

[@sevilaykel1480]

Movie name please

[@SaraSong-mw3zm]

@@sevilaykel1480 they said "had he been" so sadly there is no movie about him ;-; but I would honestly love to see that movie so someone go and make one lol

[@The_ZeroLine]

The amount of hours he amassed by age 29 is insane.

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@sevilaykel1480The name is Double Dardano You.

[@wyomingptt]

I think being American has less to do with his lack of recognition, then Sully, as Sully was post-9/11 and in downtown NYC. Just my opinion though.

[@ErikTheAndroid]

If this were a movie, I would have complained that the characters were far too lucky and that it was not realistic. This is an incredible story.

[@jpv9653]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@johnabuick]

Movies have planes and pilots do the impossible, these guys perfected the possible.

[@commerce-usa]

Yup, reminiscent of the Apollo 13 story in that regard.

[@dgrombach1]

I got a waiver to fly , without eyesight in my left eye as well. So it’s believable.

[@werneralmesberger3959]

Getting into the situation in the first place: bad luck. Having an "impossible" failure: congratulations, you're a test pilot now. Not getting overwhelmed by the situation: solid craftsmanship and excellent nerves. Finding such a nice place to land: a lot of luck and good eyes. Not suffering any damage when landing (like a gear collapse): amazing. The icing on the cake is that they landed right next to that NASA facility. To top that, we'd need Sully do it again, but this time land on an aircraft carrier that just happens to be on the Hudson River at the right time.

[@atxzizou]

I’m an FO with TACA Airlines, and I’ve been fortunate to share the cockpit with Cap. Dardano on a few occasions, now on the Airbus A320, and like many I was curious about hearing the story from the man himself. Even after 30+ years of telling the story, he still tells it with such emotion and detail which was an experience unto itself. He is a larger-than-life character, and even on such an automated and high-tech aircraft as the A320 is, he still flies it as if it were a basic stick and rudder aircraft with such dexterity and skill, and he also encourages us FO’s to do the same, which is a bit daunting at first since we never do that except in the simulator. He makes you feel comfortable and helps you understand how to take every step, even though he’s not a line instructor. I was also lucky enough to hear the story about how he lost his eye, and that is equally or even more impressive than the Flight 110 story. We still have a few of these older, maverick-type captains and it is a school unto itself learning form these amazing aviators. Great job on the documentary, very well done with all the details and animations. If he hasn’t already seen it, I will let Cap. Dardano know so he can check it out. I’ve been binge watching this whole series but this one is just top level, great job Captain. Happy landings ✈️

[@juliesczesny90]

That's wonderful! I had the fortune to do my take offs, with one of the few one-eyed pilots, FAA certified. From what I understood, you had to be a pilot first - he owned his own Cessna, was even the mechanic. He'd lost his eye to cancer, docs kept him cancer free for 20+ years. He even had me hold a vial, that he shoved his fake eye into, and I just rolled my eyes, said, "Of course... thought you had Diplopia, like I have." When I did my first take off, his son was in the back, without his seatbelt on. So when I got us high enough into the air, he causally mentioned, "So. How does it feel to finally do your first take off, and not practice anymore?" I blinked, slightly swerved, "I did?" And his son slid from one side to the other side, real quick. His dad, "Wear your seatbelt, this isn't a school bus!" He taught me how to set up with the beacons, our height & speed. To me, I felt one of the most important things he taught me, was how to break out of a, "Deadman's Spiral." So easy - yet deceptively dangerous. He passed, before I received my small plane Pilot's License. But I had a few fun years with he and his family.

[@ltraina3353]

All I can say is that Captain Dardano is an absolute bad*ss! And from watching several interviews with him, he seems like a wonderfully down-to-earth guy, with a good sense of humor too. That is so cool you have flown with him, and had the opportunity to learn from his experiences. I’m not a pilot, just someone who loves flying and I really love Mentour Pilot’s channel because of his enthusiasm for the aviation industry and his ability to present technical information in a way that is understandable to the layperson. Hearing these types of stories makes me admire flight crews even more than I do already. I know your industry has been hit pretty hard in the last couple years and I just want to say thanks for all you do to keep air travel safe…And best wishes for the New Year!

[@jaewok5G]

I've been watching a bunch of these and I took just a few lessons years ago and I can't imagine what it takes to not panic. did he show off the "El Salvador Drift" for you?

[@gunnarliljas8459]

Now, that was a great KZbin comment! Thanks for adding to the story.

[@Leonardhbrown]

Thank you for this, Sir. I appreciate the perspective of someone who knows Capt. Dardano

[@koneeche]

The fact that the landing was so perfect that there wasn't even an accident report for it... That is some amazing work for all the crew involved, not just the PIC.

[@sebastianwittmeier1274]

A pity that there is no official report, the aviation industry can also learn a lot by good strategies and airmanship.

[@hogey74]

Richard decrepagny(?) who landed the crippled a380 mentioned that he pulled off a sweet landing also... I suspect you're at peak performance in moments like that 😂

[@billb.5887]

@billb.5887 0 seconds ago What is astonishing is the fact that you believe there was no accident report, well wake up and smell the f'n coffee. EVERY aircraft that has an emergency landing be it bird strike, hale ingestion or what ever the reason for the crew to declare an EMERGENCY will be followed with an ACCIDENT REPORT, it is MANDATORY! ! ! ! ! ! A part of the FAA rules and regulations that are in no way compared to the rules you think of as a automobile driver. The rules of the "ROAD" and the FAA rules are as different as NIGHT and DAY. Drive drunk and you get a ticket, fine. Flying drunk, you LOOSE YOUR PILOT LICENSE it is that easy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Whoever told you there was not even an accident report is full of $#!t. That is a fact Jack ! ! ! ! ! ! The reason I know this is "FACT" I am a retired airline pilot, charter pilot, flight instructor and air-frame and power plant mechanic. If you have a pilot's license (of which I believe you do not have) and are brave (being nice here) enough to challenge me, try ME ! ! ! ! ! My best advice is to do not even try. Crawl back under the rock you crawled out from under !

[@Bkamron]

Did we forget that he was missing an eye - depth perception is a hell of a thing for airline pilots.

[@RobertJarecki]

IMO, it's a bit harsh to call pulling into the wrong parking space an accident.

[@stevengerhart-rinaldo3366]

That man was born with wings..... He had an inhuman flight awarness to pull off what he ultimately did. A hero and one hell of a pilot.

[@petrovskyt]

And good from the FO that he spotted the 'landing strip' instead of them having to ditch in the canal.

[@mrfinlay7516]

Agree!

[@dominikschweizer6469]

it helps to have flown a gliding plane. Basically it's like an MBA for pilots ;-)

[@bluemarshall6180]

Their hands are made for flying.

[@SephirothRyu]

"Odin is my copilot."

[@artswri]

A one eyed pilot that outflies most of his peers! GREAT story, fantastic airmanship !!! Wish I could shake his hand!

[@martinwade9421]

the highest-scoring Allied pilot of WW1 had only one eye. ( "Mick" Mannock) . The first pilot to fly around the world, Wiley Post, had only one eye.

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@martinwade9421highest scoring? Not in kills.

[@sjuksköterska]

@@martinwade9421​What was he flying in WW1? Did he have Class 1 medical too?😮

[@YourFreeBeats]

Agreed. How this pilot did not receive more recognition is behind me. It was a once-in-lifetime landing. The Captain was young too. Most of his flight hours came from military training.

[@tntgators]

Didn't happen in the middle of NYC

[@caroleminke6116]

He wasn’t an American

[@wyomingptt]

The most amazing thing about this story is how flexible and understanding the FAA used to be.

[@unmountablebootvolume]

As usual, everything is allowed until someone does something stupid.

[@riduanevaleriodefreitas3797]

@@unmountablebootvolume😂 I hate to say but you’re correct

[@phototrap1]

I realize that "Sully" had more Hollywood sex appeal because it was recent, it was in New York City, and it had a dramatic boat rescue involved, but the Taca story is just as incredible and should absolutely be made into a movie. What an amazing job of piloting.

[@JPatel1995]

Actual video of Sully’s landing in the Hudson is another huge reason for it getting more attention

[@nerdwwii8081]

It also came After 11/09 in NY.

[@JustindeEugeneWhyIQuitDeMonRat]

*I StiLL Don't Know who SuLLy is!!!*

[@nerdwwii8081]

@@JustindeEugeneWhyIQuitDeMonRat Captain of Cactus 1549

[@TPTGopher]

@C Amen...I honestly believe that, if Sully had safely landed a stricken airliner on a New Orleans levee in 1988 and Dardano had made a perfect water landing in the Hudson in 2009, the movie telling his story would've come out sooner than 2016.

[@HHTTRRNN]

I worked at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility for 32 years. There is way more to this story. I was there that day and saw a portion of the landing as the plane briefly went past a window of a conference room I was sitting in. I also saw the takeoff. They changed out one engine and the other was used as is. You could not use all of the runway that was left over from WWII because buildings had been built near the edge in the intervening years. Buildings that close would have struck the wings of a plane. The takeoff had to be Very Steep because the runway was short and there were high obstacles near the end. We had to take down road signs on the portion of the runway they used so as not to strike the wings. The takeoff was not at all like it was depicted in the animation but VERY STEEP and then the pilot made a sharp bank to the right! Not sure how steep but let's just say it would've put your drink in your lap! NASA has archived videos of that takeoff. I had no idea a passenger plane could takeoff that steep and yet bank a turn at the same time. They were trying to avoid a high-rise bridge that goes between New Orleans East and Chalmette Louisiana and a power plant near the end of the runway. Boeing test pilots were dispatched to do the job but the TACA Airlines pilot was very disappointed that he was not allowed to fly it out! You should also know that we had a large bus that circled the facility to ferry people from one building to another. It's very similar to the buses used at airports to take people from the terminal to parking. That bus was quickly dispatched to collect the passengers and crew. They were brought to the Space Shuttle Mission Support Room in building 350. From a purely technical point of view, they had illegally entered a secure government facility, but they were treated cordially and with great admiration and respect considering the circumstances. Of course that was a very laid back time prior to 911.

[@v5k456jh3]

Thanks for sharing.

[@stevejette2329]

And those passengers are still in building 350.

[@kkfoto]

Report from UPI (1988): "The Boeing 737, with a replacement for one of its two engines, vaulted into the air from a little-used World War II runway after a take-off roll of barely 1,200 feet. ... The plane carried only a pilot and copilot, supplied by Boeing, and a light fuel load of about 5,500 pounds for what was described as a normal flight. Although the pilot had 5,200 feet of runway to use, he lifted the nose sharply after using less than a fourth of the strip, and banked to the right to ensure clearance of a high-rise bridge and high-tension power lines."

[@terracotta6294]

@@stevejette2329 😂😆 Smart passengers! Here the TACA pilot saved them and they get different pilots to fly it out.

[@terracotta6294]

@@kkfoto @steve jette - seems to me that pilots were jealous of TACA and wanted to show off.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Some years ago I contacted Southwest Airlines (the eventual owner of TACA Flight 110's airframe, N75356) in the hopes to have the airframe saved for museum display. Although I was ultimately unsuccessful, their corporate office DID tell me they decided to save the flight yoke from the airframe upon scrapping to give it to Carlos Dardano. I hope he gets it. :)

[@MentourPilot]

Awesome!

[@Sarge92]

tbh the yoke is way cooler the airframe is just gonna be the same airframe as every other plane yeah it was a piece of history but that alone doesent justify keeping its huge airframe around in a mueseum the flight yoke however is smaller easier to diaply and has a much more meaningful impact to the story

[@waterheaterservices]

A pity so few of the great airframes are saved for posterity.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@waterheaterservices For that reason I'm honestly both surprised and unsurprised that N106US (AKA Miracle on the Hudson) ended up in a museum. Granted, it was because scrap dealers didn't bid on it (completely unsalvageable, only worth the aluminum value, well away from any airplane scrapyard), so the airline donated it to an aviation museum on the coast where they could barge it over. In the case of TACA 110, the plane would live on for many years, so its scrap value is still very high, even after all these years (after all, spare parts are worth _lots_ ).

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

They should’ve sailed the airframe back to the same levee and put it where it stopped.

[@schakalix]

I am a former TACA (Perú) pilot, I remember we used to analize this incredible flight on the many CRM trainings that we did. As you said, it's a masterclass of airmanship. Thank you for this!

[@jstoney6471]

I was a News Cameraman in New Orleans when this happened and covered the take off from the NASA facility! You took me back over 33 years in the blink of an eye! Love your Channel!

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Where can we see that take off??

[@jstoney6471]

@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 It might be in the TV Station archives but don't know anyone who still works there.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

@@jstoney6471 You should look for that clip, it will be a winner in youtube. You put ads to it and get yours moneys worth.

[@jstoney6471]

@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 Nah! It was when I was a kid and 2 careers ago....made much more in life than I would ever get from KZbin!

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

@@jstoney6471 Its not only about money. But about something unique you did.

[@ryanatkinson2978]

They were very lucky to have that absolute legend at the controls

[@TessMArt]

I am 80 years old and I was an air hostess with Panair do Brasil, during the late fifties up to the mid sixties, I flew in the DC3, Super Constellation, DC6, DC7 and DC8.I love your channel and enjoy watching all your fabulous videos. Thanks so much for your professionalism, excellent information, caring to technical and human detail and for the bonus of your engaging sense of humour. God bless you. Happy and safe flying

[@TessMArt]

@@ahmeth.k.2566 Actually I'm not that much online. But sometimes, at my age, it is the only way to get in contact with grandchildren and other relatives that don't find the time to visit. You know why I mean. Cheers and thanks for caring to comment.

[@abdisamadbashir1324]

​@@TessMArt 80 yrs and on utub3😂

[@bojanglesthewizard8875]

​@@abdisamadbashir1324okay, whys that so funny?

[@signoguns8501]

@@bojanglesthewizard8875 He's probably 12

[@freeradical77]

@@bojanglesthewizard8875 I know! My 80 yr old parents are online all the time. Nothing else to do I gues lol

[@mk_787]

This level of sensation and situational awareness are things you can't teach to someone. This crew is a legend.

[@rightarchivist]

So glad they approved him to fly commercial airlines. I know it wasn't easy with his eye but it was such a good decision because this guy was born to be a pilot.

[@ZeketheDawg1]

So are the passengers 🙏😮❤️

[@mordirit8727]

No joke, the situation wasn't at all caused by him and his crew. Hadn't it been him, it'd have been another pilot plunging into a hailstorm and finding out the engines turned off, and odds of it being as great of a pilot as mister Carlos are pretty low.

[@kitsune9329]

Here in El Salvador, Captain Dardano is a hero, i'm very honored and thankful that you bring his story out. I can't understand why so few people knows about him.

[@bigc208]

Every airline pilot in the world knows him.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

@@bigc208 Not Sully..

[@M167A1]

Not flashy enough for the news apparently but yes, this is legendary in aviation circles

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

@@M167A1 Not Sully. He denied he heard about that great save 21 years before. All knew, besides him. Deny, deny.. deny..

[@mousiebrown1747]

Love Central and South American pilots!!! Super skilled.

[@soulman4292]

Loses both engines, and manages to land the plane with such little damage that it just needs an engine change, and is able to take off from a road nearby. Captain Dardanos, and Crew absolutely stuck this emergency landing. What an absolute legend, the man deserves an award not only for keeping his medical clearance, but for having such great skill at 29, that he put a 737 down on the ground, not a River.

[@marhawkman303]

yeah, a non-crash landing of a jumbo jet... on DIRT. Quite impressive.

[@marhawkman303]

@Mark Hepworth so? who said it was?

[@marhawkman303]

@Mark Hepworth hmmmmmmm after looking it up... it's applied to all wide-body jets... and.. in fairness... not the 737.

[@Pippin14]

@Mark Hepworth That was my first plane ride, out of LAX, roughly 50 yrs. ago. Never heard anything referred to as Jumbo Jet other than a 747. Even here on KZbin. I remember watching the planes from Inglewood. I could tell by sight the name of the airline, American, all silver with red & blue stripes, big 'A' on the tail. Pan Am, white with blue and a big round emblem on the tail. A 707 by how long it was, a DC-10(?) by the engine on the tail. And my favorite, 747 by the hump. I think I was about 11 or so. All I've ever heard since the 747's 'replacements', is Wide Bodies.

[@MrTmm97]

This channel is addicting I swear. Now that I’ve watched everything… im rewatching everything! I loved the 8th wonder in the world and “perfectly ok to let passengers in the cockpit because it was in the 80s.” I can’t imagine how crazy it would be to see that happen today.

[@cygnus420]

i had the chance to somehow get a tour of the cockpit of the 777-300ER back in 2017.....

[@Happyfaceshock]

Pilot still did amazing, especially the bit at 21:26 when he says he's doing this whole thing while a little bit high

[@Nathan-dt2tu]

My dad was an aircraft technician responsible for installing electrical systems. The 90s really were a different time. I was allowed to come to work with him and check out all the planes, sat in several cockpits, and slept in cabins while my dad worked, got to do this a couple of times per year. Definitely wouldn't be able to do any of that post 2001.

[@markmcculfor6113]

I've had pilots let me in the cockpit after we landed! Just gotta ask the cabin crew as your deboarding!

[@Pon1bcd]

Same I spent most of time just watching these videos and when you think you've watched it all, there's more.

[@ToLWaM]

Someone absoluely needs to make a movie about Dardano! Hell, I’d watch it

[@MentourPilot]

Indeed!

[@FastColin]

Somebody actually should make a video about Mentour. Only disadvantage would be that Mentour would probably make a better movie if he does it himself

[@RyanWater]

Is TV close enough, it was on Mayday Season 11 Episode 11

[@Yora21]

That would be like the Mitchell & Webb skid about the alternative disaster movie director, who made movies such as "Sometimes fires go out" and "The man who has a cough, and it's just a cough, and he is fine".

[@Captain_bernoulli]

Me too.

[@kathleenbangs8533]

Carlos Dardanos did an interview with me for a feature story in Aviation Week’s ‘Business & Commercial Aviation’ magazine in 2005. He was a great interview, with an amazing story. And, a very humble and entertaining storyteller. When Sully leaped to worldwide fame, I tried to get the TV networks to revisit the essentially untold-to-American-audiences historical off-airport landing of the Taca Airlines B-737. No takers. It was as if because Carlos wasn’t a US pilot, the networks couldn’t appreciate what he had accomplished. Even though his one-in-million landing on a levee occurred...in America.

[@KuostA]

wow, that's unbelievably sad they were not interested in you reaching out to them with this AMAZING, even BETTER story that obviously related very closely with the sully incident. what short sighted willful ignorance on the media networks to not see the value in pushing this story too, it would have themselves and everyone covered in it. smfh. mainstream media of the USA exemplified for you. what did they say to you when u raised it to them? /what was their response? no response/kick dirt?

[@andrewbaerm.d.3984]

This is really sad but predictable. The Sully story almost did not have a happy ending because during the NTSB hearing, they tried to prove he could have landed safely at Teterboro because they had pilots use a simulator. But, the significant difference was the sim pilots KNEW what the problem was... Silly did not... He had to first fly the aircraft and figure out what happened... Which was the RIGHT thing to do. (I used to fly into Teterboro in a 210 and the first few times it was a bit strange... You have the George Washington Bridge to avoid on your way in from the South.) I digress. I knew about this story but never knew an attempt was made to make news organizations aware of it.

[@alexsis1778]

Sadly a big part of the whole Sully attention for the networks is the fact that it happened in New York where it affects those network executive's lives. If it had happened pretty much anywhere else in the country it wouldn't have gotten nearly the coverage it did. I find one of the perfect examples of this to be any time a hurricane impacts the northeastern coast of the US. You get national networks broadcasting constantly about its progress and hurricane preparation and survival tips. That hurricane becomes "major" national news because its going to hit the east coast regardless of the actual severity of the storm itself. But on an average year there are 10-12 named storms with around 6 becoming actual hurricanes with the majority of those impacting somewhere in the US. On a national level most of these get tiny blurbs in a weather segment with only especially disastrous storms and outcomes getting anything more. It doesn't directly affect those network's headquarters and their bias means its just not worth their air time to talk about much less share something as mundane as preparation tips for it. The difference in how those networks handle storms in different locations is rather minor all things considered but the hysteria they create around east coast hurricanes is pretty sad in my opinion given how common they are to much of the rest of the country, but because its happening TO THEM then we all need to know about it.

[@wyomingptt]

I mean we really didn't even need a Sully movie let alone this one. Both fantastic stories but not every fantastic story needs a Hollywood rendition.

[@LunaticTheCat]

@@alexsis1778 Very well said. Same thing can be said of events that take place in southern California.

[@satan2k]

You forgot to mention, during is incident in 1979, while severely injured, his eye shot, he managed to take off to land the persons he was carrying to safety.

[@jasonrarick4649]

seems the guy knows how to handle an airplane ✈️

[@AliElBaba]

@@jasonrarick4649 He was literally born to fly

[@vinayakdeodhar8641]

This part I too read on the interview of the Captain on you tube that Mentourpilot gives the link. I personally feel that this taking off again with bullet wound and one eye knocked out takes the cake! Of course there is hilarious anecdote as to how the ambulance that was taking him to hospital at breakneck speed almost killed him, after surviving attack by mercenaries 😂😂

[@libradawg9]

He mentioned that.

[@aarondavis8943]

There aren't many hopeful stories coming out of El Salvador in those days. ☮

[@andresm968]

Hi everyone. Just remembering this moment. Cpt. Carlos Dardano just retired two days ago. A truly legend 👌🏻🙏🏻

[@dizdizzy8937]

I worked as an engineer at Michoud when this TACA 737 landed in the storm. The grass was so wet it was amazing that they landed. The hail storm removed the paint from the tip of the nose of the fuselage. Please note that they changed out the one engine before taking off from Saturn Blvd. The mostly empty airliner cleared the Chalmette bridge like a rocket. I was there.

[@sealyoness]

I would have expected they had to. Neither existing engine was safe to use. The 2-1 ratio applies - they only needed one good engine if there was no mechanical/electrical damage.

[@comandanteej]

@@sealyoness Not very likely. This was not a takeoff where they wanted to rely on a single engine. I am pretty sure they inspected both thoroughly and came to the conclusion that one can be used safely.

[@herpderpherpd]

@@sealyoness They only *needed* to replace one engine. You clearly don't understand how a short takeoff run works if you think 2-1 applies.

[@LordDarthNihilus]

Amazing Story, Thank you for sharing this! It's somehow a wonder finding people who experienced such things and you just wrote it! Nice!

[@jasonjuneau]

Chalmette native here

[@Shadowfax-1980]

This kind of reminded me of the story of a navy pilot who had to eject in a thunderstorm. The updrafts kept him in the air for 40 minutes, but he said one of the most frightening things when he was drifting in his parachute wasn’t necessarily the wind and lightning but that he almost drowned in the air because of the large amount of precipitation in the thunderclouds.

[@2paulcoyle]

This "drowning" happens to sailors, crewmen in storms, even with flotation devices. The white caps seen on wave tops are super saturated air and unbreathable, yet your head is feet below. And in violent storms the sea is 100% white, a layer of drowning sea foam in which you are floating underneath. So you drown in the foam, white caps, yet float.

[@niconico3907]

He was lucky the storm didn't take him to high altitude and freeze him to death.

[@nolaray1062]

@@niconico3907 I know basically nothing about parachuting, but I figured the wind would have screwed his parachute up and he would have fallen straight down. (At least that would be my fear. Lol)

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

I read that book, “The Man Who Rode the Thunder” I think it was.

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

@@Bitterrootbackroads You have that correctly. The author was William H Rankin. It is no longer in print (1960) and considered a collectible. In reasonable shape, a paperback edition goes for between $115 and $145. Hardcover editions are available but very rare. If you have to ask the price, then you cannot afford it. I have been searching garage sales, flea markets,and on line for a 'reasonably priced' edition (meaning $50 or less) for more than two years after learning of that incredible story. No luck so far. Good luck to someone trying to find it...

[@cristinarodriguez3420]

This is a great story I tell my son, who was born that very same day in Slidell,Louisiana. The hail was so bad that the hospital lost power as my son was being born. To top it all, I had had the pleasure of flying with captain Carlos in many visits to my home country Honduras. He is without a doubt one of the best.

[@sharoncassell9358]

Many times heroes are not noticed. Media always go by ratings & popularity. What they think will sell.

[@200352543]

This is legitimately the most impressive show of talent and level headedness that I’ve ever seen. It’s heroic as hell but this crew did it so well it feels like it’s just another day at the office, first double engine flame out nbd

[@cassandratq9301]

Knowing what we do about Sully, I'm sure he knew the story, and somewhere in the back of his head reminded himself it was possible to land safely with both engines out.

[@chongjiunkit3901]

Captain Carlos watching Hudson River incident: “That’s cute, I did that with 1 eye....”

[@EinkOLED]

The crew on US flight 1549 had a dual engine failure at 2800 feet over a populated area with 155 souls on board. The Toca flight were at 16500 feet (5x higher altitude than US 1549) with 45 souls on board over a sparsely populated area.

[@timothy4664]

@@EinkOLED actually Sully had 310 soles on board and Carlos had 90 soles on board. I am sorry, I had to 😉

[@EinkOLED]

@@timothy4664 Ha!

[@darreno1450]

Sully was lucky, and IMO, overrated. Any decent pilot would have done exactly the same with a similar outcome. There are bush and commercial pilots that are more skillful that we really don't hear about. The ones that land at airports like Paro and Lukla are on a different level. I'm sick of hearing about Sully. Yes, he made a good decision, but he had little to no choice and the weather worked in his favor. He was too low and slow to make it back to any airport, so all he had was the hudson. If it wasn't close by, it would have been lights out for everyone on board. Nothing he could have done. This pilot had more time to make both bad and good decisions and made all good ones. Whether he had 1 or 1000 souls aboard did not matter. He kept his cool and flew the plane. Other pilots in his position would have easily lost control and squander away what airspeed and time they had on a wild goose chase. This crew deserve at least the same praise as our friend Sully.

[@paultune1696]

....and didn't sink my plane!

[@XanderxXxCageX]

My dad can relate, he had a tree branch scoop his left eye out while he was a CFI. After awhile, he thought he couldnt fly. But luckily his buddy persisted he get back in the left seat. So they went up together, and my dad learned to cope with one eye. He states what took him awhile to get used to is depth perception. So Carlos deserves soooo much recognition for this, glad to see him getting more attention! Love the video!

[@XanderxXxCageX]

Ill also mention hes been flying corporate turbo props for 20+ years on that one eye.

[@loismiller2830]

This has always been one of my favorite airline "disaster averted" incidents. Captain Carlos is a legend. Talk about not letting adversity stand in your way. What a guy.

[@JustindeEugeneWhyIQuitDeMonRat]

*Sod O Mites, who Own U-666-Tube!!!* *ALL that I did was to Ask the Question==>* *"Wut is the Point of this Life!!!!????"* *I Must ALways Re-Check After the 20-second Law, to see->* *IF I have been Murdered by SOD O Mite, Again!!!?*

[@Jackaljkljkl]

This Gimli Glider The Hudson Olympic 411

[@AdrianStaicu82]

Missed the destination by 20 miles (33km) with no engines. I'm impressed. Give that man two medals.

[@jaimeluke]

I met Capt Dardano in the San Pedro Sula Aishow. I've seen him do amazing things with his Super Decathlon, and at a later event with his Christen Eagle aerobatic airplanes, he's very approachable and fun to be around, seeing your description of the events is almost as good as listening to him over a couple of drinks at the Officer's Club. He's respected by pilots all over Latin America, and he tells the story every time someone asks. (usually newbie pilots like myself back then). A true class act. Our Airshow proceeds fund massive projects for a severely underfunded public Hospital, so his disposition to attend has translated into saving countless lives in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

[@SyntheticParanoia]

The first time I heard that story about captain Dardano I felt the urge to stand up and salute him infront of my tv. This exceptional example of professional mastery is worthy of any praise.

[@elizabethrickman5974]

I live in New Orleans. I don't even remember this or heard it before until I saw Mayday on The weather Channel. I know in 1982 there was a plane crash on take off. It was Pan Am. Slammed into the ground. Killed all on board and people on the ground. A microburst caused that

[@biancabm90]

My eyes actually got watery when it came to the landing part. After all the crew and passengers have been through with the turbulence in the storm, they made a perfect landing. Absolutely amazing.

[@sqwk2559]

You’re such a good person. The best.

[@hartmentour8750]

Hello thanks for your comments and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep supporting ❤️, please send me a message on Hangouts via

[@MichaelFury2089]

A landing so perfect there wasn’t even an accident report. Astonishing!

[@billb.5887]

What is astonishing is the fact that you believe there was no accident report, well wake up and smell the f'n coffee. EVERY aircraft that has an emergency landing be it bird strike, hale ingestion or what ever the reason for the crew to declare an EMERGENCY will be followed with an ACCIDENT REPORT, it is MANDATORY! ! ! ! ! ! A part of the FAA rules and regulations that are in no way compared to the rules you think of as a automobile driver. The rules of the "ROAD" and the FAA rules are as different as NIGHT and DAY. Drive drunk and you get a ticket, fine. Flying drunk, you LOOSE YOUR PILOT LICENSE it is that easy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Whoever told you there was not even an accident report is full of $#!t. That is a fact Jack ! ! ! ! ! ! The reason I know this is "FACT" I am a retired airline pilot, charter pilot, flight instructor and air-frame and power plant mechanic. If you have a pilot's license (of which I believe you do not have) and are brave (being nice here) enough to challenge me, try ME ! ! ! ! ! My best advice is to do not even try. Crawl back under the rock you crawled out from under !

[@cassandratq9301]

Didn't they need an accident report to use the test pilots to fly it out?

[@nickdean1364]

I was fortunate to spend some time with Carlos Dardano in January 2010 at the Ilopango airshow, what a nice guy and so helpful as I was there with a friend to do aircraft photography and thanks to Carlos we had carte blanche on the airfield, it was really quite unbelievable, we ended up being on national TV in El Salvador after word got out that two guys had flown down from Seattle just to attend the airshow it was an unforgettable experience.

[@MentourPilot]

Wow, that sounds truly great. He seems like a really nice guy.

[@nickdean1364]

@@MentourPilot Yes he certainly is, we shot loads of YS- registered aircraft which were very hard to find con umbers for and I sent a list to Carlos and he tied them all up for us, truly a gentleman.

[@carloscortes5570]

Wow!! That's so cool!! Great memories for you!!

[@giantsfangreg]

@@MentourPilot You should do a Video on British Airways Flight 9, “Jakarta Incident”

[@kurtbuck99]

You are so fortunate to have met him!

[@johnabuick]

One eyed captain nails the most difficult landing ever.

[@anthonynorton666]

I was wondering if there was some kind of ocular mechanics or physiology in which looking at the instruments with one eye might have made them more visible with the shaking.

[@RyanLoveMegenNicole]

The funniest part of Capt Carlos's interview is that he said after the emergency landing, there's this lady that was soo freaked out that she jumped out of the door before the emergency slide is fully deployed. And right before she hit the ground, the slide Waa fully inflated. It scared the hell out of him. He said luckily she didn't die😂😂😂

[@andreaberryman5354]

Ooooh jeeeze. Hopefully she learned that freaking out in an emergency helps nobody. 🤦‍♀️

[@Kabup2]

@@andreaberryman5354 They never learn.

[@AlexandrKovalenko]

That would have been perfect Final Destination moment if she did.

[@vsync]

Wow, between this and the sideslip followed by the fence at the near end of the levee, plenty of edge-of-seat moments to make a great movie.

[@chrisharris7893]

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was... occupied. Keep coming back to this story and Petter's delivery. Just brightens my day. Also reinforces my belief in the resilience of the B737 in capable hands.

[@thisherehandleIdospout]

That's a good joke, sir. ... That's a *DAMN* good joke, LOL 😂

[@chrisharris7893]

@@thisherehandleIdospout Thank you! It started out as a very mild dig at Petter for his pronunciation of "levee". I didn't want to appear like a grammar nazi; this is an aviation channel after all. Everyone has heard the song "American Pie" and everyone knows how to pronounce Chevy. Glad it made you smile!

[@Snoopy1944]

As a retired avionics maintenance technician and a 1500 hour private pilot, I commend you for the way you described the systems and the pilot's actions. You held me spellbound right through the video. Well done!

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

An amazing story indeed. The engines remaining intact must have been pure gold to the engineers examining them to determine the exact nature of failure. Must have saved lives since 👍

[@rearspeaker6364]

it was the first of many revisions of the engine to resist rain and hail ingestion.

[@mrrberger]

Capt. Carlos's interview awesome! Like a peak sports star recounting a game, describing the nuances of control, like the plane was an extension of his body. His cognitive intuition is astounding. He side slips for perfect glide path then shimmy's over cables with aplomb to land as smooth as. 20 years back dancing with his piper taught him to fly.

[@melissablick779]

He flew that massive airliner without engines like it was a Cessna.

[@yasirkhan6455]

U shud write my man...u have a thing for words!

[@bigjuliechc]

I have just finished watching the Carlos Dardano interview, his love of everything to do with flying is very evident in the interview and to share his passion with his son, Charlie, that must be a real buzz for both father and son! thank you for the link to that interview!

[@bgezal]

Cabin crew: Come join us in the rain! Flight crew: A captain goes down with his vessel.

[@em1osmurf]

this is Pure Gold.

[@beringstraitrailway]

👨‍✈️☔

[@steveperreira5850]

That was so funny that the crew stayed in the cockpit so they didn’t get wet in the rain.

[@Avalanche2908]

True 🤣🤣Captain rules

[@blacklupus]

"No ship should go down without her captain!"

[@IrisRiedel6]

I actually couldn't stop smiling when they just took off from the old runway after fixing the engines. What could have ended horribly had such a light-hearted ending! Hats off to the pilots!

[@scottd9448]

This is the craziest successful landing I have ever heard. My mum was aircrew for BA for 25 years and told me many stories & this is the best story I have heard.

[@MentourPilot]

Glad you think so!

[@mikehuskey9098]

This is the third or fourth time I've seen this story. I'm not sure I'd watch it every week, but it's a treat to watch it at least once a year. It's great!

[@markwoketman6808]

I was there that fateful day! My career with Martin Marietta on the External Tank for the Space Shuttle was a bit more than 2 years old. I was on a shuttle bus going back to Bldg 350 (gone now thanks to 2017 tornado) from the credit union in 103. The bus driver told us that he heard on the radio that a plane had landed over by the levee and did we mind if he ran by there to see. We all said yes, thinking it was a Cessna 172 or some other small private craft. It was raining REAL hard! Then I saw the vertical stabilizer of a B-737 and HOLY SHIT!!!!! We all turned out for the takeoff after they replaced the engines. That was very cool!!!!

[@MikerobertM]

As a good friend of Carlos, I can tell he is one of a kind. He’s been blessed with some special skills and a man to machine understanding

[@davidwemyss7303]

And that is the definition and measure of a man and aviator, God bless him, from a fellow stick and rudder aviator who learned from my amazing WWII aviator Aunt Gloria Ortega (group #10 WFTD, 1942 Waco Texas) then raised my daughters to be great stick and rudder aviators like my Aunt who answered her nieces question of confronting your fears in dire moments: "Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage".

[@christinealessandrini4280]

Please anytime tell him how we do bless him ! LOve from France !

[@drumboarder1]

As someone who's never met Carlos, I agree.

[@cleopatraoatcake7364]

@@davidwemyss7303 Wow, wonderful story! What a great family!

[@tryarunm]

Please tell him love, respect and admiration from India.

[@ptsteinbach]

Speaking of letting pax in the cockpit...back in the late '70s when I was 11, I was invited to sit in the jump seat on a DC6 from SATA Air, in the Azores. The crew let me stay the entire duration of the flight, about 30 minutes. That totally sparked a lifetime love of aviation.

[@MentourPilot]

Yeah, it’s a bit sad that can’t happen anymore 😥

[@solracer66]

My father was a United DC-8 pilot and my mother, brother and I flew to Honolulu a couple of weeks before he retired in 1968 with the plans that as a family we'd have a couple of post-retirement weeks to celebrate. We were of course space available out of SFO but through coincidence my father was the pilot of our flight! I was invited up to the cockpit mid-flight which was the thrill of a lifetime!

[@asystole_]

I remember being about 6 or 7 and being allowed in the cockpit of a Fokker 70 and the pilots telling me to turn one of the knobs (in retrospect I think it was one of the radio tuning knobs) and telling me I was controlling the plane. I totally believed them :D

[@selfification]

@@MentourPilot I miss it too. My dad ran a computer/electronics business and one of his clients was an A320 pilot. He managed to get a copy of the entire Airbus training program and all the checklists -- so I spend a lot of time as a 12 year old learning and following ECAMS actions. On one my flights to India in the late 90s, I must have said something about the PTU and the barking dog noise during startup that the pilots heard - so I actually got called into the flight deck once we were above 10000 ft and the pilots let me see all the panels and input a radio frequency in one of the radios. It was the only time I ever touched anything on a real jet. There's absolutely no way I'd be able to do that these days.

[@solracer66]

@@asystole_ When I was 11 we flew from Moorea to Tahiti in a land-based Twin Otter and I was allowed to sit in the front seat next to the pilot, that was very cool! The flight was very short however, maybe 15-20 minutes.

[@martinharvey2390]

One of my favourite stories, brilliant airmanship. My understanding from other sources was there was a degree of urgency to remove the aircraft as its weight had caused it to start sinking into the soft ground.

[@MentourPilot]

That’s very possible

[@martinharvey2390]

@Mentour Pilot it's a great story and the interview with him is amazing. Such a humble guy. Only just discovered your channel but have been watching a lot of your videos over the last week or so. I have a couple of friends, a 787 Captain with Norwegian and a 737 1st officer with TUI, and love bouncing flying stories around. I'm a 69 year old low hours PPL, but can relate so much to how training kicks in. In some respects I believe I morph into a different person when at the controls. I fly quite often with another (similar hours) pilot and he paid me what I regard as the ultimate when he said " I like flying with you, you make good decisions " 😀

[@washingtonradio]

The shows how important actual flying skills are in an emergency. Captain Dardano showed his skills in landing a crippled plane without any serious injuries or deaths when similar incidents did result in both.

[@anti-socialmedia8195]

I live in and grew up in New Orleans. I remember this event like it was yesterday. It was truly amazing and this flight crew were definitely alpha dogs. The story has some truly historical elements to it. First the levees on the outskirts of New Orleans were originally designed by the owners of that land. Usually farmers. They are essentially dirt hills covered in grass. They are very soft especially after a big rain event and the fact that a aircraft of that size and weight with those tiny wheels landed and didn't just dig in and sink all the way down to the fuselage is by any measure is a pure miracle. The other thing is that that factory complex is where the first stage of the mighty Saturn V rocket was built which is why that old runway/road is called Saturn road. I am a civilian GA pilot and this incident is where I learned the concept of flying the plane all the way down no matter how bad the situation is. Great story mentor. Keep up the great work.

[@hemnat2000]

Captain Carlos Dardano endurance to keep flying in the absence of thrusts' and not coming out when the crises are over - indicates he has perfect understanding of the toy he is handling

[@thecajunbritishexperiment.6190]

As someone who grew up only 40 miles away from KMSY I remember seeing it on the news. I can even remember the Cajun navy heading out there. A true classic hero aviation story.

[@joshlemons3662]

It’s crazy to think so many people have flown on this plane when it continued service as Southwest N697SW, and not even realized they were on a historic plane!

[@silicon212]

N697SW

[@anothername2730]

Holy cow.

[@joshlemons3662]

@@silicon212 let’s just list all its other post incident registration numbers if you want to be pedantic N75356 N319AW N319AW N764MA

[@silicon212]

@@joshlemons3662 no need to be toxic. The registration number you originally posted, and have since edited, was the reg number for the aircraft when it was registered to TACA. It never carried that number with WN.

[@CharlyDeamen]

This pilot was one with his plane. He grew up flying, he was so used to it from a young enough age that a plane became his own body. This is someone with talent and an instinctual, deep understanding of something. It allowed him to keep cool, and pull off a miracle.

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Once when I was flying on a large commercial flight onto a runway with a strong crosswind, the pilot executed a side slip to counteract the crosswind. I’d taken private pilot lessons and had done a side slip landing once with my trainer in a Cessna 172, so it was super cool to be on a large aircraft that landed using that maneuver.

[@mikoto7693]

Oh I think I saw that during a stupidly windy storm on BigJet TV a few weeks ago. There were a lot of go arounds and just about all the planes were coming in diagonally.

[@jamesblunt006]

I used to fly in and out of London City airport (LCY) frequently (just as a passenger). There are often strong crosswinds at this airport. Sometimes I could see the runway diagonally out of the window I was sitting next to just before touching down. The first time I was shocked (I didn't know about side slips), thought we were going to land sideways. But of course everything went well, and the next time I enjoyed when it happened.

[@localguide8638]

This technique is called crabbing, we try to keep the aircrafts nose towards the wind.

[@richardhowe5583]

@@localguide8638 is this the same thing as slip streaming? Thanks

[@localguide8638]

@@richardhowe5583 Slip streaming is a lot more different, slip streaming is usually a pocket were there is a lack of air resistance usually from a car or aircraft in front but then this air becomes turbulent so we try not to be too close to aircraft in front for this reason, crabbing an aircraft is to try and stop the aircraft from being pushed by a crosswind basically by keeping the nose slightly towards the wind we can reduce the effects of crosswinds.

[@thejack01]

A side slip was performed by Capt R. Pearson in 1983 when he landed the famous 767 Gimli Glider (of which I own a part of the skin) when landing with no engines at the Gimli strip. Another piece of great aviation and great piloting. Thanks, Capt for the content you share. I appreciate so much!

[@paulmccowan]

Have just stumbled upon this story. Captain Dardano is an absolute legend and champion to have kept control of the aircraft where many others would have failed in such trying conditions. And then to perform a slip to safely land on the levee was icing on the cake. Just shows what benefits come from a true stick and rudder aviator. Great teamwork from the F/O and lucky too for a check captain to be helping working the checklists.

[@NoHandle689x]

Petter is both an amazing story teller and great teacher. He explained simply the most complex concepts. This video was highly interesting.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

"You might have a question about how he is still flying." Ahh, I have a question about how he is still living....But I'm very happy for his survival and success!

[@virginiaspargo339]

this is my favorite aviation story ever. the pilots are so insanely talented. Carlos is genuinely so impressive considering his lack of depth perception. it’s an amazing story.

[@marco1173]

I learned about this story on Mayday and it blew my mind. To this day it gives me the chills! Capt. Dardano is a hero. Incredible airmanship and skill.

[@ralphholiman7401]

Our agency had small planes based in New Orleans at the Executive airport, and frequently when we would take off we would pass over this area, and the pilots would always point out the spot where Taca airlines landed that night. All of our pilots were in awe that they pulled that landing off. The story of how they got it out of there is another good story.

[@kefkaZZZ]

This one is truly incredible. Right up there with the Gimli Glider. When the pilot does a sideslip before landing you know it's going to be smooth!

[@Metal-Nine11]

Heard this one a few times. Goosebumps every single time. This is right up there with the most amazing saves. The word hero gets used far too often for pilots just flying broken planes as trained. Not here. Heros. The whole crew.

[@scottboyer8450]

The Aircraft, registered as N75356 with TACA air, continued with a 30 year long flying career. It is currently registered as N697SW and flew with Southwest Airlines from 1995 to 2016 when it was withdrawn from use and stored at Pinal County Airpark in Arizona. Chances are pretty good some of you might have flown on this very aircraft.

[@edaycock3505]

The “BEST” concise narration of any aviation video I’ve ever heard!! Excellent depth of knowledge. You have a gift for transforming words into a visual story.

[@josephmachila2925]

For sure disability is not inability, who would imagine a disabled pilot would make such maneuver. Thumbs up Mentour for an awesome video

[@zafarsyed6437]

I remember hearing this story the first time, and was amazed and continue to be awestruck on how skilled, cool under pressure, as the Captain was that day. Absolutely should've been turned into a movie long ago.

[@carlosdelgado1322]

I hope the pilots got some type of award or recognition for this. This is amazing.

[@MICHGO1]

THEY DID.

[@quampus]

This was great. I didn't realize when I started watching this that I had some history with this incident. I lived in NYC at the time and in the NY newspapers there was a short paragraph about a flight that did an emergency landing on a levee...and that was about it. My biggest question was, "How did they get the plane off the levee ?" With no internet, I decided to write to the editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and ask them how did this story end. Well a short time later I received a large manila envelope from the editor with all the clippings related to the event. This wrapped the whole story up nicely...thank you !!

[@Shelsight]

Great story! Nice response from them…

[@arushasmusic8523]

Wonderful story !!

[@AdodgerWho]

I've seen you post this exact thing about 3 different stories so far. The only words changed are the journalists you reached out to. I'm just throwing this out there, but I don't believe you.

[@AdodgerWho]

Maybe it wasn't you, but the format was a carbon copy.

[@h.cedric8157]

Now that's true journalism!

[@halsnyder296]

The more I watch the more I realize that I received extraordinary training from my dad. I never continued in aviation, went into engineering instead, but everything you’ve mentioned about how things should be done, was what I was taught.

[@ScottsafriendofGod]

I've always thought this captain and crew were just incredible. The way they worked together... trusting each others experience and abilities is what brought this aircraft and all the people home safely. Thank you for covering it.

[@00muinamir]

I've heard this story before, but I don't mind hearing it again because it is so wild. Captain Dardano is freakin' legendary.

[@-DC-]

Have watched Dardano interviewed a few times he is a shining example on what a great Captain embodies.

[@RoadRunnerLaser]

I’ve not watched the video yet, but I am familiar with TACA 110 and I think it’s a story worthy of at least as much recognition and admiration as “the miracle on the Hudson”, yet so few people know the story. My favourite bit is when the NTSB go-team show up and there, on the levy, is a fully intact and (apart from some cosmetic damage from the hail on its brand-new paint-job) fairly undamaged aircraft which was then recovered by flying it out. It’s so nice to hear stories where everybody lives to fly another day instead of counting the loss of lives.

[@revenevan11]

Yeah, being able to fly it out blows my mind!

[@RoadRunnerLaser]

@@revenevan11 - If only all aviation incidents had such a positive outcome... !! I think this might be one of the reasons that this story receives far less attention than some of the other incidents - because there was so little drama. Plane has trouble. Plane lands, off-field. Plane is flown back out. Plane returns to service. Everybody lives. It takes someone with an appreciation for what actually happened here to tell the story in a compelling way and to highlight why this incident is so remarkable. I applaud Mentour Pilot for making a video about my all-time favourite “aviation incident” - TACA 110, Sully’s “Miracle on the Hudson”, and “The Gimli Glider” are my three top instances of supreme airmanship.

[@dotsyjmaher]

@@RoadRunnerLaser SO TRUE!

[@Karlosx2Z]

Tbh I knew a lot about this incident because I'm also Salvadoran, but what I didn't know before is the fact that Captain Dardano had 13K hours of flight time at just 29 years old. That's so impressive!

[@stephenjohnson2195]

Full respect to Captain Carlos who same as Captain Sully will always be total legends 👏

[@blackhorsecavalry]

Chapter 2 Headline is spot on. Captain Dardano is the man! Amazing pilot.

[@chasa4347]

there are some great pilots out there. Working for a pipeline company, one of our patrol pilots (they follow the right of way looking for leaks, or encroachments) had a stroke, and lost much of his vision. He followed the rule "keep flying the plane" and was able to eventually land. He was rushed to the ER, and I think they used clot busting drugs to save him.

[@frank327]

In Ireland in the 70s an airliner had to ditch in a field. They actually built a runway over the next few weeks so it could fly off again. The foreign pilot enjoyed his time in the village apparently. Would be great for you to cover it, maybe discussing not so much the accident but the aftermath!

[@TheSubpremeState]

What part of Ireland was that? I live near Shannon and heard a story of a plane that crashed taking off and a guy that was in the toilet got blown out off the plane and landed in the swamp and survived. He made his way to the airport and informed them of the crash and no one believed him and assumed he was crazy. Be interesting to know if that story is true. I assume it is the only commercial plane to crash in Ireland. 1960s I think

[@FannyShmellar]

@@TheSubpremeState Yeah I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that is definitely not true 🤣

[@TheSubpremeState]

@@FannyShmellar 40 minutes of research later the story is somewhat true. It was a KLM flight leaving Shannon in 1961 and there were a few survivers. The captain made his way to the airport covered in mud. The tide came in sadly drowning many of the survivors. Another fun fact about Shannon. China based their country on the Shannon town model. Google it. WW3 might be caused by Shannon ingenuity lol. Chinese diplomats always visit Ireland by flying to Shannon

[@johnphelan6623]

Frank speaks about a private jet that landed at Mallow horse racing circuit. The captain who only recently passed away became a celebrity locally lived with local families during his time in the the area. His name was Ruben Occana and this happened in1983, not the 70's

[@martinwade9421]

There have been multiple fatal crashes to commercial aircraft in Ireland. Most of them occurred in the Shannon area.@@TheSubpremeState

[@robertdoell4321]

I have known of his achievement for decades and he really is the Original SULLY and Deserves far more recognition and acclaim than they got. The Captain was amazing.

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

I’ve seen a story about this event BUT as always you went into intimate details that only a professional pilot of your caliber could impart.

[@njlkerins]

Holy moley, the production values have gone stratospheric! That script-writing, too! A good-news story, dropped on a Friday evening? Kudos to you and the team

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@expressoaddict]

Carlos Dardono is true gamer, he speedrunned the piloting so he have 13,410 hours at 29. True legend.

[@ubyteconsulting]

I just couldn't believe for a second that they landed the plane successfully. Really mindblowing story. And it was well narrated as well. It felt like I was also there in the cockpit with the pilots.

[@MentourPilot]

It’s a crazy story, thank you for watching!

[@ubyteconsulting]

@@MentourPilot You just made my day by replying to my comment. Thank you so much Sir!!!

[@dmorga1]

I had seen this story told before, but your version is the best ever. It is so thorough and you really help people understand just what the pilots were facing and what amazing airmanship was involved. This is totally worth watching twice!

[@louisbecker5941]

At the time of this incident, NASA Michoud was the assembly facility for the space shuttle program's external fuel tanks. In the past, it produced a series of Saturn rocket engines(hence, Saturn Blvd.) and the Curtis C-47 Commando. It was also a National Guard field for a time. From what I recall, TACA 110 was the first successful dead-stick landing of a commercial passenger flight to occur outside of an airport. I always wondered how Captain Dardono was able to keep the plane in the air as long as he did with those huge balls of steel!

[@Urugami45]

The Saturn-V booster that used to be on display in front of the Michoud facility was recently moved to the NASA Infinity Science Center next to I-10 a few miles away. (But you probably knew that already:)

[@cmartin_ok]

Dead stick or not, I believe that in 2021 this is still the only case of a civil airliner making a successful unscheduled landing on something that wasn't a proper airstip or runway

[@218Mike]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I gave out a very loud shot of joy the moment your narrative announced that the copilot had spotted a safe landing spot! I even had tears in my eyes! When I was young I was a CFIAI and flew Part 135 charters. I have had the experience of being in a thunderstorm but fortunately did not lose engines. During your narrative I felt like I was almost inside the brain of Captain Darando. I could almost feel the emotional battle going on in his mind and that of the First Officer as they most certainly were fighting back panic in order to maintain their thought process. As a Christian, I have no doubt that God Himself played a role this outcome. I have watched several of your presentations and I have always been absolutely amazed at your analysis and style of presentation. But this one is over the top! Your delight at the outcome was obvious. I'll be making a financial gift momentarily. Please keep up the good work!

[@TheMiniSuperCub]

A while ago, while browsing the net I came across some pictures of this plane landed near the riverbank and I dismissed it immediately as fake. It seemed so incredible that I didn't even bother to read the story. Now, after watching this, I realized those pictures were actually real.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Have you found them again at all?

[@communalransack]

I Love air crash investigations, and the fact you're also a pilot makes your versions feel much more personal.

[@MentourPilot]

Great stuff! Glad to hear that

[@Asptuber]

This is SO MUCH BETTER. I got bored with ACI at some point, not just the drama but I felt it was lacking something, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. This series has exactly that extra depth and way of telling the stories that I was missing from the glitzy production.

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@Asptuber aci always left me with some stuff I just couldn't understand. Mentour manages to explain it in a way that makes it easy to understand even for people who have never been on a plane and don't have lots of knowledge of aviation

[@DanB95]

The absolute best ending to what could've been a tragic disaster. Amazing crew and piloting.