Plane Can't Get Down

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United Boeing 777 late go around after floating
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MAS Air Airbus A330 cockpit view night landing in Mexico City
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[@lbowsk]

Regarding the first one..."Talk about unstable oh my gosh!" What a load of crap. He floated a little. He went around. No big deal.

[@Mike-jn3du]

Yeah, I thought it was a little much, too.

[@kentd4762]

Yep. Looked stable as all get-out. Probably just a late power pull or a little hot on final.

[@BeenThrDunThat]

Not all plane spotters know what they're actually filming I guess. Yea that was definitely just a simple go-around situation.

[@thejackbox]

I agree, probably a gusty headwind or something but not really an unstable approach.

[@peterresetz1960]

And what about the almost tail strike on the Blue Air 737 that never happened.

[@desmond-hawkins]

This flying boat is so cool. Turns out the pilot actually does his best to float on landing!

[@Adam88Marz]

Although it’s not a home-built project. of course you mount it at home, but the thing is called FIB (flying inflatable boat) it was produced by a collab between Lomac and Polaris here in italy. it’s a prefab model, it’s not an improvised home-buildt thing. i think they are out of production nowadays. have a good day!

[@poruatokin]

@@Adam88Marz Yep, I flew on one in 1993 in Indonesia - been around for years.

[@kwasisb5390]

That boat buttered it

[@poruatokin]

The flying boat has been around for at least 30 years. I flew on one at a tourist spot in Indonesia in 1993.

[@robmausser]

Our biggest fear as passengers is the plane not being able to fly and crashing, but the opposite is also a problem, it can actually be hard to get a device designed to float on air to safely stop flying!

[@Cursory3]

The plane floating means that the plane has enough speed to fly. The planes should stay around a certain speed during landing and the engines should keep the plane at that speed but if the set speed is way too high for the plane to lose lift than this will happen. Planes fly because of enough air going over the wings. A lot of air = flying. Barely any air= stalling. During landing you need a balance between the two. Enough speed to not stall but also not too much because the plane won’t lose lift.

[@princekamoro3869]

​@@Cursory3 Props are made to run out of lift over the runway. Jets don't lose speed quickly enough for that to work (unless you approach dangerously slow I guess), and should instead be flown onto the runway (where the spoilers kill the lift). Reference: FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook, Chapter 16, Page 23

[@leemiguel3437]

Too many of these amateur commentary/reaction aviation channels now. Silence is golden.

[@iceman9678]

During extreme cold (air temp) start up most of the 'smoke' is water vapor. 👍🏽 Keep the content coming.

[@ninjalectualx]

We get it, you vape

[@torben6137]

I think its a start up of a new(overhauled) engine. The first start produces a lot of smoke due to lubricants/oil that is burning off. Have flown 767 for years and have seen this a few times when the mechanics has changed an engine

[@dogtor95]

I was wondering if that is actually smoke, or vapor.

[@nicolaslast8961]

that isn't smoke. its steam. steam from the steamed hams we're having

[@awnstar2139]

I was on a Delta once and i can assure you that the smoke may contain some vapor, but it stink the oil burnt inside the plane for at least 30 mins... and it was really disgusting 🤢@@dogtor95

[@ily1422]

That home made boat plane landed smoother than ryan pilots with real plane 😂😂😂

[@technoman9000]

Perfect video length to watch while on the toilet

[@ge2623]

It's better on somebody else's toilet.

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

That boat plane is ingenious, if perfected could have rescue/search capabilities as well as hella fun.

[@poruatokin]

...and has been around for at least 30 years that I know of.

[@ColorNerdChris]

It's like the lovechild of a kite and a pair of waterwings.

[@applejacks971]

That little blow up raft/hand glider thingy should have a trolling motor for taxiing :)

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

"Plane lands too far off the ground"

[@randyhome1544]

Watch that first step of the plane.

[@mariaaparecidacaires1836]

Sensacional amei ver tudo isso

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great video!

[@mrsilbo6499]

They should sell the flying dinghy concept to Aerosucre.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Too safe.

[@jtirello3_111]

@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co…not after they overload it! 😂

[@grammarboy1318]

Had you ever heard of Aerosucre before you watched them on this channel?

[@unclerojelio6320]

On the first clip, the plane spotter just needs to keep is mouth shut.

[@vded13]

Yeah, all these plane spotters for nothing they’re “oh my gosh” “oh my god”!! Fucking annoying!!

[@Bartonovich52]

bUt HoW wIlL pEoPlE kNoW iM sO sMaRt/?/?/???/?/?/?/?? I hAvE 1oOo0 hOuRs On MsFs!!!1!1!1!1!1!!!

[@cml1864]

That 737 was into Dublin so they probably had a tailwind 👀

[@BwInNewJersey]

I envy the Delta passengers who got the fuel aroma

[@TruthProvider]

I don't...

[@billotto602]

That plane was at the hangar. There wouldn't be any passengers on board plus the air-conditioning packs would be off so it wouldn't stink the plane up. I worked 45 years in Minneapolis & had to taxi many planes to the gate in the morning. This was quite common.

[@TruthProvider]

Good to know, thanks @@billotto602

[@ColorNerdChris]

Still not as bad as firing up cold Rolls Royce L1011 engines: Those things could really smoke.

[@ronparrish6666]

Yea the Air Canada and Eastern L1011 used to do that every morning after being parked over night they used to drip a bit of oil when parked as one Air Canada pilot said if I see the white smoke in the morning then I know the engine still works

[@zinzinnatiohio]

That flying boat thing…I need this for hurricane season.

[@VickersDoorter]

2:42 The moment you realise the gound crew you upset earlier have filled you up with diesel.

[@marspp]

Jet engines can run on diesel. It’s very very similar to kerosene.

[@major__kong]

The T-33 manual says if you can't get jet fuel that you can mix leaded avgas with a certain amount of oil and use that instead.

[@SimNico]

The BlueAir one is the textbook case of landing tail strike risk on the 737.

[@Youtub77W]

The pilot took zero gravity to another level

[@rusinoe8364]

Better than when the plane can't get it up. Heyoooo

[@JustMe-um7sr]

Kudos to the dude with the boat, that's cool

[@poruatokin]

Not home built, they were massed produced for at least 30 years.

[@jiubboatman9352]

The bump on the bottom of the tail of the 737_800 is a tail skid, it came nowhere near the runway.

[@EdFhvn]

Which, btw, is made of magnesium. It puts o quite a light show when it scrapes the runway.

[@kennethandrewsjr2280]

Hey you add Captain Steven clips in this video thank you

[@sjwilkin]

That Bangladesh boat was incredible

[@poruatokin]

They have been around for literally decades.

[@barbarajeffries]

I was imagining a “putt, putt” sputter, like a old car starting as I watched the Delta aircraft start up. 😂

[@Battleneter]

That Blue Air 2nd plane looks like it was attempting a combat landing :p

[@nikh9080]

S turns are not about slowing down. They're about creating spacing.

[@giftedmyth4947]

And it wasn’t s turning it was counteracting wind 😅

[@TrinaMillenheft-us4pb]

I love 777-300ers

[@alooga555]

The L-1011 sometimes blasted out a frame from the engines under the wings when they were warming up on cold winter mornings. It must have scared the crap out of the passengers.

[@inncogneato6341]

The frame must have been scary.

[@NickxTM]

My guy buttered a boat lmao

[@landingslowly]

That boat plane looks so frickin sick I want it, I need it, where do I get it?

[@jimbeau2692]

Went to Cuba a decade ago and saw one giving rides to tourists Envied them for 3 days, then decided "screw it, I'm doing this" Waiting for my turn, it lifted off into a stiff headwind, hovered a bit, then turned with the wind and rocketed out of sight. Ground crew stuck around for 45-minutes before calling it a day. Didn't see it the rest of my vacation. Glad I wasn't on it.

[@poruatokin]

I flew on one in Indonesia 30 years ago. They look like fun but ARE VERY NOISY when you are a passenger. DIDN'T AFFECT ME THOUGH!!

[@iconicshrubbery]

Except now you are deaf and shout in CAPITALS😂( is that the joke?)

[@poruatokin]

@@iconicshrubbery PARDON??? (yes, correct!)

[@PN_48]

“Talk about unstable”… ugh.. aviation commentators🤦‍♂️

[@SirGregoryFamilyYouTube]

Pilot can't get it down? That's better than not being able to get it up. 😉

[@Supernaut2000]

I often hear about not getting it up, this is a pleasant distraction.

[@JSKTimebest]

I finally see SFO.

[@CraigerAce]

I vant one of dem dere lomac flyin boats!

[@MichaelCarrPilot]

First “spotter.” S turns are normally for spacing for an airport like this. There was nothing unstable about that. Just kept floating.

[@soccerguy2433]

0:38 okay this guy has no idea what he is talking about. "s-turns to lose altitude" "unstable" that wasn't unstable at all. Floating out of the landing zone, yes.

[@codywhitehead]

That first one looked liked the ground effect was little more than expected

[@endutubecensorship]

Reads title Me: Sometimes you gotta get up to get down

[@smorris12]

My biggest fear about flying is the plane running out of fuel and being stuck in the sky, unable to get down...

[@barbarajeffries]

No worries! If the airplane runs out of fuel you will definitely land. Probably not a smooth airport landing though. ✈️

[@cockpitdrummer]

Imagine someone having to carry that fuel can all the way down and back up a sky ladder to top up

[@ge2623]

It's a good thing Newton invented gravity when he did.

[@keithmills778]

The plane will keep flying--all the way to the crash site.

[@sh230968]

Guarantee that your biggest fear will not come true as long as the gravity doesn't change its direction from towards the earth to away from it.

[@filster1934]

Me, in my airboat, "I can go on water or land." Ultralight seaplane, " Big deal."

[@mikefly562]

At least they went around instead of forcing the plane down and risking a runway over-run accident

[@Redstoneprofi01]

And again, the boeing boeings on landing.

[@Avg33k_Fr3ak]

I never knew boats can butter 😳

[@theplanehunter]

First the passengers feels its a butter landing 😂

[@cal7875]

The guy the states “talk about unstable…’. How many 777s has he landed…. I’d like him to post his pilot CV in this thread….

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

the 77W is me in infinite flight

[@iPsOfAcT0]

On the Mexico City landing clip, looks like tracer fire over in the far right of the cockpit view 🧐

[@johnbeaumont7403]

It does kinda, but it's a reflection of the runway lighting?

[@dal20402]

P&W 2037 on that 757... if a Pratt isn't smoking, it's broken.

[@Shadow__133]

Again with flight simulator videos??

[@scottredneck]

That Blue Air REALLY looks like a flight sim

[@No1No1No1]

Yeah I was gonna say this too..

[@southpakrules]

1.9k+

[@teytreet7358]

CG looks aft on the flying boat.

[@hilman94]

Those United pilots chose to prolong the flare, rather than undershot the runway.... 😁

[@MrRage58]

the thumbnail made me think that there was gonna be a collision

[@cadenvickery3382]

The first one,obviously he never seen a real unstable approach before

[@oliviarodrigo2025]

WOW -claps(

[@tomconnors8165]

GIVE HIM A BEAT!

[@brianafc]

The blue air looked overspeed

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

I hate the audio talking. Just give us the visual. Otherwise, I like this channel.

[@wholesomebaker5410]

2:34 I guess I know which video will go viral on any conspiracy theory forum💀

[@marsgal42]

The first time I flew a Cessna 152 it floated and didn't want to land. Just before I needed to go around I tried hauling back on the yoke and stalling it in. It worked.

[@ballagyr]

0:30 Some planes don't like to land.

[@loiclaronche5675]

My guess is that the pilot of the United 777 remembered he had an appointment back home just as he was about to land... 🤔

[@tonyf9076]

Looks like an engine change on the 757, thats excess oil and all the blinds are down in the fuselage ???

[@johnt.4947]

Yes, and a "pickled" engine. Not excess oil, but lightweight oil is put into the fuel lines for storage, to prevent possible corrosion. When I was in the USAF, when we got a new troop on the flightline, we would put him as fireguard on those engine runs to mess with their heads. Of course, there'd be a qualified person there too.

[@verydepressedperson]

Only if I had a flying boat

[@hfirm9897]

Dude, don't be critical or rough on this pilot, the smartest and best thing to do is go around. Lot's of people have died because some pilots are forcing the landing.

[@nathankindler8296]

asiana 214 in an alternate universe

[@Twobarpsi]

Overly critical of that Blue Air 737 ... not even close to a tail strike.

[@utoothheartyeight]

If they can make a gravity bomb, why can't they make a gravity airplane?

[@estudiom142]

[@Bertto01]

make any video 10 minutes Long...

[@stephencaparelli7733]

that is not smoke it's fuel vapors.

[@johnt.4947]

That's an engine change maint. run. It's a "pickled" engine. Oil is put into the fuel lines after shop maintenance for "long term" storage.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Tail strike repair done wrong will be deadly.

[@unsatisfiedfans7422]

The United pilot should learn how to land properly with Captain Sum Ting Wong

[@inncogneato6341]

I get my lessons from Captain Who Flung Dung.

[@johnandrews3568]

United 777 pilot was ready to set her down and then saw his ex-wife at the gate and said 'nope, don't need that drama'

[@inncogneato6341]

It was his wife, actually.

[@markcardwell]

777 looked to high

[@walmartdog1142]

Why do some airplanes countdown the distance to ground while landing, then say retard, but other planes don't say retard?

[@TankEnMate]

Made by different manufacturer; the planes that call out "retard" are Airbus aircraft (but not all Airbus aircraft use this).

[@jjxtwo1]

Some planes get personal with the insults.

[@walmartdog1142]

What is the pilot supposed to do when he hears retard?@@TankEnMate

[@karenb8549]

@@jjxtwo1 thank you for making me shoot coffee out my nose!

[@jjxtwo1]

@@karenb8549 You're welcome? 🤔 I think? 😀😀

[@lampros2294]

Japanese planes can get down though

[@westrim]

To be fair, I'm not sure I want a plane to get down. I prefer to only have people dance.

[@Unuthryear]

Nowhere near a tail strike

[@Boogie3D]

Delta plane? It is just a hang glider...

[@alexsakon]

hang gliders are called a delta

[@verifiedtoxicangel2411]

The guys wearing HELMETS on that flying raft was a really stupid sight.... in case they crashed & fell from that height then the helmets are supposed to save them ???

[@beach182]

Environmentalists are gonna start boycotting Delta 😂

[@edutaimentcartoys]

3:05 what's that called?

[@driftspecs13]

Jeez, aviation nerds are so ignorant. That wasn't even close to unstable. They just got stuck in ground effect and elected to go around.

[@williampenley1260]

The United plane had to go around due to wind shear, not because of floating too far down the runway, please do a better job of researching the videos.

[@nonamernobrainer846]

always some npc talking over the video

[@smark1180]

0:34 drama queen

[@PearlCityBeats]

a "homebuilt flying boat" just sounds reckless AF, lol

[@poruatokin]

They have been mass produced for decades, flew on one in 1993

[@PearlCityBeats]

@@poruatokin oh. The video said "home-built" so I had no idea they were mass produced. Thanks for clarifying! Now it looks fun.

[@Imasig17]

First

[@4evertrue830]

B777-300 can't land? I suspect the co-pilot is the rookie pilot at the control, no doubt.

[@mkirkby1967]

"Home built inflatable boat transformed into a delta plane" ? What a load of crap 😂 it's a commercially available flexwing microlight boat plane. Total lack of knowledge😂 😂

[@poruatokin]

Yep, flew on one in 1993.

[@allancopland1768]

Yawn.

[@EdOeuna]

I would hope that, by being a 777 pilot , you’d learnt the skills associated with landing by now. Apparently not at United.

[@TheLightningII]

Yeah, because you've never gone around before... get off your high horse.

[@EdOeuna]

@@TheLightningIIthe only time I’ve gone around, in the 777, is because of lost viz at the minima. At least I was at the minima and not hundreds of feet above it like these guys. Flying is easy. People make it difficult.

[@Foxxnioxx]

@@EdOeuna A real pilot would never call flying easy. You don't fly anything. And that's a good thing.

[@EdOeuna]

@@Foxxnioxx - flying is easy. The biggest problem is people making it difficult. You can spend a whole career without anything serious happening. A go-around is probably the most exciting thing to happen to a pilot.

[@williamgates4399]

How did this pilot get his license to fly? Landing is fundamental. With all the flight computers, planes fly themselves. The pilot must have inputted the wrong data for landing. It is just that simple.

[@kentd4762]

Huh? You talking about the floating 777? Sheesh. One floater and you say he shouldn't have a license...

[@RLTtizME]

So are you.

[@MK-tt5xy]

Thanks for telling the world you have no clue wtf you're talking about.

[@bonbondesel]

For information if you're talking about the first one, it's a perfect professionnal reaction and this happens sometimes. Due to some unpredictible gusts or other factors, the plane can float a little bit too long. There is a zone on the runway where you can do the touchdown. It's not so long especially with heavy planes with high approach speeds. Beyond this zone, go around is mandatory to garantee that the airplane will not land beyond margins. The crew did exactly what had to be done and it's not a question of entering a wrong data in a computer or something like this. This was manual flying and this can happen to the best pilots. Even fully automated landings have limits especially in gusty conditions. Your comment can be taken as something judging and/or ignorant or even rude. What is more fundamental than landing is to know when to abort an approach, a landing, a takeoff or even a flight. This is the most important thing any one will learn in aviation to be able to get a licence especially in the professional world. Wanting to land despite the aircraft refuses it for any reason is the proof or poor skilled pilot with poor judgment and it's also a great killer. I can understand that people don't understand how aviation work and I'm happy to provide information when I can. A former private pilot. Friendly.