[REAL ATC] Air China A320 receives TERRAIN ALERT | ALMOST CRASHED

[@VASAviation]

First of all, sorry for being a bit inactive with the channel during the last days. I've been quite busy with my personal job. Thanks also everyone for your birthday wishes on last Wednesday! Let's see what 23s bring to me :D *What do you think about this video? Super kudos to this controller for saving the aircraft. Why would they change the direction of the departure? Remember to monitorize your autopilot at all times ;)*

[@ohtarelenion]

Looks like they tried going straight to RUMSY after departure, instead of going through PRAWN.

[@mikecowen6507]

VASAviation - Happy birthday, Victor! My guess is that they entered the wrong waypoint into the FMS (or skipped one). Rookie mistake not to double check your flightplan.

[@naoeleo]

I think they misheard the Heading of 130 instead of FL130. If the ATC did not notice the CCA428, this left turn'll make them fly into the Lantau Peak (3068 ft)

[@oktal3700]

Happy birthday, Victor. Chinese pilots flying in Chinese airspace never use flight levels like this, Hong Kong is the only part of China that uses them. So when they hear a three digit number it is usually a heading.

[@nbyz]

oktal - makes lots of sense!

[@maniaweng]

It's scary to hear and watch how close was this flight to a total disaster and even MORE SCARY was you could hear the sense of urgency from the ATC (more than the pilots). It was out of instinct that she didn't use ATC language at one point by saying "turn right" --- my goodness. WELL DONE HONG KONG!!! And, so proud of the professional and sharp ATC.

[@KevinLuWX]

It actually wasn't close. The terrain they were heading for was only 1000 feet, they were way above that

[@MrDumile]

The pilots went silent for a bit ...probably because they were getting proper busy ...so they did did have a sense of urgency

[@speedstyle.]

@@KevinLuWX They were turning towards heading 130 and terrain over 1500ft, only 4nm/1minute from the runway. At a typical 300ft/nm or 1500fpm, they weren't necessarily 'way above' that.

[@iwatchwithnoads7480]

It demonstrates how even the most professional of people can miscommunicate under pressure. She said bearing 0 accidentally, but then corrected. Imagine if pilot didn't hear correction and took u-turn into the mountain without thinking

[@mechadoggy]

Especially at 1:35

[@barrydawson9000]

To the Hong Kong departure controller, Thankyou for your outstanding work. Your professionalism and dedication to your stressful job is appreciated by every single member in the aviation industry.

[@taraann7753]

That ATC was great to listen to,she was really alert and noticed that plane was heading for disaster,I don't understand how that happened in the first place if Air Traffic were telling him what to do,that pilot didn't speak very clear at times,it's very confusing.

[@schawafelschwamm6586]

Agnes T I would go crazy with the background noise of the responding airplane😂

[@cococly]

Thanks to the good training of the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department, most of these ATC controller started as merely High School Graduates (with good grades in English, of course)

[@polargtv7212]

cococly they should have trained the god damn chefs the food in HK SUCKS and eat like SHIT

[@125sloth]

Given that English is supposed to be the international language of flight, and non English speaking pilots are supposed to have passed tests to a given standard in English, this pilot's English was far from acceptable. And if you want to hear poor English and indeed see poor flying, bordering on dangerous, look up all the issues Air Asia X have, even in Australia. At one stage only a couple of years ago, there were eight investigations going on around the same time in Australia, involving Air Asia, both in the air, and even on the ground. Pathetic airline, hiding behind bullshit lies about their incidents.

[@chesleyhu624]

Misunderstand FL130 to heading 130 could happen to anyone in radio, no matter how good English speaker you are! They do have some problem in English compare to Native speaker, but in this case it's not reason what this happened. I can't see anything in this video shows this pilot's English was far from acceptable.

[@NN-uu9qo]

Captain: Set direct RUMSY. We are important people and deserve a shortcut. FO: Sir, there is a high terrain ahead. Captain: I'm the captain. That mountain will move.

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

N W • haha! Now you're talking how my husband's grandmother used to DRIVE lol

[@safe-keeper1042]

@YouGamerGirl The lighthouse was the first thing I thought of too when I saw N W's post. It's an old commercial originally, actually.

[@junkonakamura3441]

It is like one of the many jokes which many people like to make on Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

[@Viper3256a]

Terrain: I am the Captain now

[@text97]

I think he forgot the first waypoint.

[@selftrue670]

VAS, you're sorry for being inactive? You generously present some of the best content on KZbin, and we are quite thankful and patient.

[@VASAviation]

Thank you veeery much for this comment. I always try to keep the channel active but my job stole my time :D

[@MegaMech]

Self True VAS just steals videos from H89SA. Thank that guy instead

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

Most of us anyway. MegaMech is the other side of the coin.

[@ilovechieftains]

Besides the fact that they disregarded ATC, mistaked heading for flight level, and didn't follow the departure path. My question is how in the world did they miss the big red blob on their terrain radar, or the intercom "Terrain Terrain" verbal warning

[@whiplash7400]

I'm just being picky, but it would be Terrain! Ahead!

[@ilovechieftains]

Gamingwithsean GPWS says both ;)

[@frank7353]

Because they were 2000ft above terrain so they did not hear anything.

[@leviathan85]

Because they were never in any danger; they were already thousands of feet higher than the terrain...

[@MikeMike-er7kn]

May have been Terrain alert on Hong Kong radar/ATC only.....

[@billygowhoop]

I haven't heard too many ATCs sound as panicked as she was when she gave the terrain warning. As someone who just likes to read and watch videos of this stuff, it always shocks me how calm pilots and ground control are when in the middle of a really disastrous situation. Always comforting to know that I'm almost always in the hands of true professional.

[@itsumonihon]

the infamous HK female controllers. mermaids? you will rarely find ATC as professional as the women working ATC in hong kong. they are wonderful to talk to and extremely professional. they take their jobs very seriously.

[@tigersfan14]

Yes, in fact most women in most industries take their jobs seriously.

[@ethank7813]

The Korean, Singaporean and HK ATCs are the best in Asia..

[@lostcluster2]

her voice melts my heart

[@Prairielander]

Well you should if you are an Air Traffic Controller. If you make a mistake people can die.

[@toddlavigne6441]

as they should....that pilot and co-pilot should lose the licenses.

[@ranggaalr]

watching this while in the airport going to china

[@ranggaalr]

lmao I'm going Hong Kong too!!

[@davemojarra4734]

Ejuice Planning to go, you mean.

[@badiuaitici6522]

have a safe flight

[@VASAviation]

Have a nice flight! :)

[@ranggaalr]

Jus Axn no I'm in Hong Kong now

[@howardflies]

This lady is on Hong Kong Flight Information Control on weekends giving us VFR leisure pilots traffic information. Always helpful and always calm even in the most extreme of events, always great to hear her over the radio.

[@ahmedfayaaz8780]

one single warning saved a lot of lives. Hats off to the ATC controller

[@hml878]

Wow~~! I can feel the urgency, my heart start pumping~~!! The ATC lady done a great job!!!

[@picard714]

Controller for Hong Kong Departure: Bless you, for all the souls aboard you saved that day!

[@weirdsearchhistory5876]

Before you get out of range I’ve got a number for you to call.

[@heihei4467]

Rip

[@DiRF]

Did not copy that last transmission. Having radio issues. Cleared to change frequency.

[@MrHankHill]

Lmao

[@JerryChanD]

Maybe some correction here: The mountain at terrain alert should be more south by the green route abort 3cm on the map, that is the true 3000 feet mountain not the mountain on the green route. As that little mountain in "Tai O" village not tall, but the most dangerous terrain for the "Lung Tsai Ng" mountains all the way to the south are high enough to make them crash if they didn't change the direction. Still a close call. But there has a serious matter afterwards: Air China refused their flight crew error and questions about the air traffic control officer’s directions. WTH with this? All departure route for VHHH was set there long ago pilot MUST follow.

[@sondesix_]

That atc is so professional and a joy to listen.

[@georgerivera9035]

Expedite right turn, expedite climb. You mean right now? Terrain ahead, expedite right turn, expedite climb. She saved everyone on that plane. Great work whoever you are.

[@kkho2198]

"you mean right now". facepalm. this airline should be BANNED

[@georgemcdonald7922]

What you mean expedite?

[@dosaussiethai2127]

@@georgemcdonald7922 Expedite = make it happen fast.

[@thomasdahl3083]

Maybe the occasion would allow her to say that part in Chinese also, just to be sure that they do understand the danger of the situation.

[@thomasdahl3083]

@@dosaussiethai2127 yes, but if their English level is low, they might not understand that word.

[@Prophlor]

Looks like they were turning to flight heading 130 instead of climbing to flight level 130.

[@oktal3700]

I agree. Hong Kong is the only part of China where flight levels like this are used. Elsewhere they use metric (e.g. "three thousand niner hundred meters"). So when they hear a group of three digits, it is usually a heading.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

That sounds insanely dangerous.

[@paulshewmaker4568]

130 would be almost reversing course. I think there was a failure to program PRAWN in the flight computer. It should have been VHHH->PRAWN->RUMSY. He even says he's flying direct RUMSY at 1:41. PRAWN is a fly-over point with the warning "Due to terrain, left turn must NOT commence before PRAWN." You can see the layout at 2:17. The incorrect heading was definitely direct RUMSY.

[@xheralt]

Good analysis.

[@oktal3700]

+Paul Shewmaker could be.

[@Trades46]

ATC lady has really clear English and response time. She probably saved an Air China flight from ending up into Lantau islands. Personally am flying China Eastern this week to Shanghai. Hopefully it would be smooth sailing.

[@Ayeshteni]

Probably want a smooth flight. If it's smooth sailing, something's gone wrong.

[@Tobo226]

Literally a life saver! Props to her

[@ANO-.-NYM]

Awe, I love her voice!

[@tomriley5790]

Fantastic work by Hong Kong ATC, clear concise and direct. Excellent work.

[@eaglen00b]

Jeepers, good thing ATC was on the ball. Also lucky it wasn't too busy, or it would've taken longer before the course change was noticed!

[@AntBangBang]

Boy oh boy the ATC saved their asses. She was brilliant.

[@violinbird77]

Whatever departure briefing procedures the flight crew did, it was definitely wrong.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

They may have misinterpreted flight level as heading instructions.

[@xheralt]

No. As noted above, heading 130 would have been near-reciprocal to their original heading. See @Paul Shewmaker's post, above.

[@kkho2198]

they bribed someone

[@hostrauer]

All I can think is that they failed to enter PRAWN into the navigation computer so the autopilot turned them direct to RUMSY.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@hostrauer But how do you fail that? This is an A320. You just tell the computer which departure you want to fly and that's it. Not to mention that I assume that this not the first time they flew out of VHHH. And then they know that all departures in western direction fly over PRAWN and then RUMSY. Without exception.

[@elliotchen7706]

Wow, that was close. Good job ATC!

[@davidchodds]

Great job by ATC and great response by the pilot. Overall, they avoided a major disaster.

[@kkho2198]

only the ATC. the pilot misbehaved

[@OddDreams101]

Ahhhh I see what happened. They probably punched in RUMSY instead of PRAWN, which took them right into the mountain

[@wshtb]

Last year, something similar happened at Los Angeles airport. A commercial jet was given wrong instruction after takeoff, causing it to get REALLY close to the Mt. Wilson.

[@VASAviation]

That incident was covered by VASAviation as well.

[@flybyairplane3528]

Nobody Yes I do recall that incident, I am in NJ, ( east coast ), it was not until, I saw the terrain, did I know of Mt Wilson,.Frank Sinatra 'S mother ,the flight was sent into a canyon, not sure what took out Dean Martins sons plane

[@lmlmlmz]

is the pilot chinese? sorry just asking for the viewer. most of them try to fit the stereotype.

[@kkho2198]

no the pilot is taiwanese. but the controller at LAX gave confusing instructions. here, the stupid pilot took things to his own hands and the Hong Kong controller diffused his idiotic move

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

This FC was outstandingly professional. Gave clear instructions. The one at LAX was not calm nor collected; she was arrogant and gave confusing (nearly fatal) instructions.

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

Those pilots probably had a little chat with the big boss ☝️😂

[@BULLSHXTYT]

They are trying to visit Big buddha in On Ping, Hong Kong

[@kkho2198]

we dont want them. tho personally speaking i dont mine the china plane crash into the buddah

[@easonlau9468]

😄

[@nicrative807]

Pilots understood FL130 as heading 130. Controller seems like she didn't hear the readback and said the instruction again. I think maybe word "unreadable, confirm FL130" could have saved the situation earlier. Nevertheless amazing job by the controller acting quickly after the software gave her a warning of aircraft entering on buffered zone.

[@kkho2198]

wouldnt be possible/sensible had he done his homework.

[@jofox8066]

Flight controller did well I thought.

[@rubenvillanueva2753]

Jo Fox she could have spotted that deviation to left a bit sooner, i would say. Knowing, that the flight was following a SID procedure. Those first few minutes after departure, when the pilots are cleaning up the aircraft, raising the gear, raising the flaps, setting climb speeds, could have distracted them, and made them think they passed PRAWN fix, where they then are allowed to turn left to Rumsy, well clear of the high terrain. A lucky flight crew.

[@rubenvillanueva2753]

Basil Alzubaydi listening to the tape provided, i can only discern that she had three (3) other aircraft, and they were all in climbing phase. Three, plus Ac428 does not put this into a very busy scenario. It is great that she corrected the deviation before it became a disaster,. I have in my career seen this happen, wether it was an early turn or busting an altitude restriction on a SID, one corrects it, as she did and you press on with your other traffic.

[@kkho2198]

its a shame she didnt put the chinese into their graveyard

[@georgemcdonald7922]

HONG so low!

[@KONAMAN100]

Super decisive clear calm urgent. Pro.

[@superfast30]

Awesome job by the lady at ATC!

[@tenforetenfore]

She's amazing! Just　a ATC Venus

[@bmused55]

That is one very alert ATC. Kudos to her.

[@aurelmatthews4164]

I get the impression if every airspace had her controlling it we wouldn't have any more flight accidents.

[@kyawphonemo4000]

Very much respect to ATC. 🙏 She save many live and plane.

[@cityuser]

EXPEDITE! EXPEDITE!

[@horvath83]

Excellent ATC performance

[@kkho2198]

thats why Hong Kong has high standards and should avoid assimilation with prc

[@senzomcmanus]

I love these videos!! I always leave with the same feeling though.... 2020 and the radio quality still sucks! How pilots understand each other I will never know.

[@drivingforgiraffes]

I always assume the audio was recorded by some guy sitting in a windowless brown van full of radio equipment somewhere in the airport parking lot. Not from ATC or the planes in question.

[@krisraps]

WOW! What a great save, wow

[@husseinandout3867]

Wow. Her voice was shaking. She was terrified of what might've happened if she didn't take action. Good job lady.

[@elcastorgrande]

Excellent work by the ATC, very distracted work by PIC and FO.

[@freddo517]

That atc is an expert 👍👍

[@Radionut]

Wow close. That arc sure has a sweet voice

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

Hats off to the ATC

[@TheCormTube]

"Air China 428 please replace the child's walkie talkie you are using with an actual radio system immediately"

[@samuelfan3503]

Hong Kong Air Traffic Controllers are professional!

[@trixter21992251]

I love how calm ATC and pilots can be. I've nothing to do with aviation, but I'm picking up that expedite means 'right the fuck now'

[@MrSupasonics]

Do you have any noticeable or interesting ATC-pilot record from old Kai Tak Airport? That Hong Kong curve / Kai Tak Checkerboard approach was really really crazy... I still remember when I visit there early~mid 90s, and that landing was one of the memorable moments in my life XD I still remember that thrill lol .... Time flies, I really miss my 90s days, things were not complicated or screwed like today..... except that Kai Tak turn XD

[@theberrybest]

I use to think that air travel was safer than what I'm learning here over the past month. Scary to think how many close calls, and near misses these pilots avert. Holy moly!

[@harmoneyreilly4225]

Great work by atc

[@kkho2198]

thats why Hong Kong has high standards and should avoid assimilation with prc

[@lzphoi2351]

good job for Tower, good job for captain, and good job for this video maker!

[@skpracta]

That ATC should be the same tower controller of the China Eastern Airlines 765 which skid out of Runway 25R earlier this year.

[@infl]

Alerts like this world has never seen

[@schawafelschwamm6586]

Server Porn and so did the passengers. If they had known😂😂

[@tech99070]

"And Air China 428 when you've got a moment I've got a reeducation camp number I'd like you to report to"

[@nb2008nc]

Only Uighurs and pro-democracy Hong Kong demonstrators go there.

[@billwall267]

@@nb2008nc and Americans who don't go along with critical race theory and trans propaganda

[@jamescollier3]

@@billwall267 that's everyone. Because 1/2 are raging hypocrites.

[@harmoneyreilly4225]

Thanks for all the posts

[@69ChevyGarage]

1967 radio reception in 2017. Wow!!!

[@TheChibiGingi]

And this, my friends, is why I couldn't be an ATC. I'd lose my cool so fast. "BITCH YOU GOING INTO A MOUNTAIN, CLIMB, CLIMB, CLIMB!"

[@streetcar6080]

Exactly!

[@xjcrossx]

He probably just wanted to get to cruise faster so he flies right towards the mountain and is told by ATC to go higher a lot quicker. Smart.

[@chewybuoyeel]

Dang, ATCs must hate that lol

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

What a lad!

[@jeffrey5703]

Fantastic Air Traffic Controller.

[@bobthecannibal1]

This is why you don't cut corners, why you read and correctly implement the published departure chart, and why complacency is dangerous. Any questions?

[@kkho2198]

chiense do exacrttly taht

[@SenorCrazylegs]

Hong Kong pilot here. The Chinese carriers, particularly the minor ones, pull shit like this all the time. The terrain thing has happened twice at least now. At other times I've heard them take random headings without clearance whilst the controller scrabbles to separate them from other traffic, then has to explain to them not to do that. Good times. Don't fly cheap unless you're in the first world. Some airline standards are absolutely appalling. You'd be shocked.

[@ningnyco1782]

Mars pilot here, The Earth airplane is just bullshit, used turbine jet which was ancient technology.

[@echoscorpion]

wow, no matter what kind of pilot you are, there was not a decent man here.

[@jahurz93]

This shit is real. I dunno how many times spring air and China southern have caused havoc at my area. No clue about the borneo terrain and repeated calls by atc to follow got ignored because of English accent. Koreans are also bad but not up to China's level. No such issues with cathay dragon and Japanese carriers visiting.

[@echoscorpion]

jahurz93 wow, this HK air traffic controller said ”this shit”, really good English skill. I think some Chinese pilots can manipulate the English language pretty good. If any pilot made any trouble caused by their language, then just file a complaint or a safety report. Judging people by their nationality is really low.

[@jahurz93]

Am not judging by their nationality. Just stating what we experience in our region when they come in. There are a lot of good China folks with very good english especially those flying the long haul sectors some of the best instructors are even from china. There are just unfortunately many with poor basic english due to rapid expansion and that is unacceptable when it comes to flying. Redcap, Singaporean and Malaysian crew have been filing reports because of the potential hazards. LOL. A simple instruction to fly into heading 230 and they seemed to be unable to get 230 message i dunno how many times they've asked to double verify that atc had to ask vicinity pilots near it in the air to HF the message to them when the instruction and audio is very clear. In certain times our own local pilots would message them over in mandarin to get the instructions straight and understandable to them but if we dont have any chinese speaking crew around then its a long waiting game for others. Not asking them to sport a polished brit accent but just a basic command and hearing. I believe if the mainland low cost carriers implement full CPDLC when flying to foreign sectors the issues could've been reduced in great numbers but sadly not all of the airlines have them onboard and we can only sent it to some of the airlines having them.

[@gungagalunga9040]

I would have pulled them over for an alcohol breath test.

[@thegeographicalterm5974]

lol

[@amazingtruth8087]

a good job done perfectly well ..

[@closed7234]

ATC lady deserves a Big Tight Warm Hug

[@SkyWanderer84]

The VHHH ATC ia awesome

[@ruatachhangte]

"Air China 428, expedite everything!"

[@snapdragogon69]

"What do you mean everything?" - "EEEEVERYTHIIIIINNNNG!!!"

[@ruatachhangte]

@@snapdragogon69*proceeds to go space shuttle status*

[@neoberi2611]

@@snapdragogon69 the ATC doesn't have tiiime for this mickey mouse bullshit

[@TheWarnickthree]

This one had the hair on the back of my neck standing on end as she started in with her commands to expedite his climb. Aviate, navigate, communicate. They forgot the communication part of that.

[@thewolfofmalkara6203]

the parasite at 1:32 scared me shitless. ATC really had it cool while commanding the aircraft. respect

[@rayharkins14]

Very good controller, she is at the top of her game..

[@VASAviation]

She was very quick.

[@soneseo8459]

Why every HK ATC female voices sounds so good and clear ?☺️

[@israelzilberman]

Amazing that so much is dependant on the simplest human weaknesses..

[@curbyourshi1056]

I would love a cockpit view of this.

[@AkiraAkiyama]

After hearing the tape and watching the map, what's in mind is: Did they deleted a waypoint during preflight? It looks like they were flying DCT RUMSY. I don't know if Airbus can do the same or not but I think it is able to. On a Boeing, you can delete a SID waypoint on the LEGS page.

[@VASAviation]

You can delete on an Airbus FMGS as well, of course. It's a good possibility.

[@hxhuang9306]

The mountain peak: 1650 ft. Flight altitude: ~3650 ft. Edit: I'm not an aviation guy. I just found these data from some news reports.

[@alancaro526]

HX Huang When the term flight level is used (often above 10,000 feet) it would be 16,000 I think

[@FoxtrotGolfLima]

Based on a few FSX videos I've watched, I think FL160 means 16,000 feet. I don't ask why. The FL system seems weird to me.

[@gruanger]

They would not use FL160 for 16,000 feet. It only changes to flight level at 18,000 feet. This is where the FAA set it. At this altitude, everyone sets there altimeter to the same pressure levels and that way they are all flying at their designated heights relative to each other. If there flight level is FL200, they may not be at an actual altitude of 20,000 ft, but they will definitely be spaced 1000 ft from someone at FL210. That is my understanding anyway.

[@terks43]

Gruanger transition level is different in different countries

[@terks43]

As in Holland you can have as low as flight level 040. Roughly 4000ft.

[@scottyflintstone]

Well done ATC

[@harmoneyreilly4225]

ATC controller was really amazing just amazing

[@wizardmix]

This is why I try to always fly Cathay/Cathay Dragon in China.

[@inh4855]

Cathay超賣，服務差出曬名㗎喎……

[@echoscorpion]

oh mate, what could you do after Cathay down

[@rickfeng4466]

Cathay is still MUCH better than Mainland airlines but not as good as its former self.

[@kkho2198]

mate we are talking about safety

[@herrpausr7008]

Did the pilots ever say "thank you" ???

[@rubenvillanueva2753]

HerrP AusR not when they get caught out doing stuff like this!

[@kingraghavsahni]

We are heading for a possible disaster but let me thank her firdt

[@herrpausr7008]

Rs123 Then let me explain that for you: After they are back on track, they could have said that ...

[@mattthegamerhongkong6948]

As my understanding they only ever say "good day","Good night" or something like that

[@flightlevel-flightsimulati2037]

Oh God.. One of THOSE people...

[@billybelli2078]

An ATC in HKG once told me, there was a Chinese airline pilot who cudnt tell "red" from "west". He instructed the pilot to push back with red procedure (can't rmb exact wording, but sth like that) and the pilot didn't get it at all and asked more than once "west??" ...

[@Captain271FD]

"Oh wow! Pretty mountains.....here, hold my beer"

[@chuchu36]

I doubt they can investigate the state-owned airline

[@maroon9980]

Of course they can.

[@MrSupasonics]

I'm a simple man, and when I saw [Real ATC] from youtube, I clicked.

[@VASAviation]

Hope you liked it.

[@davejones542]

I am looking for a complex man

[@mongobeetle]

I think you mean a complicated man.

[@mirilikolar]

Air China now flying to RUMSY.......... ATC: don't give a damn where you're flying raise you're nose up EXPEDITE climbing before you hit the mountain.... that ATC lady was AMAZING keeping everyone so safe on that flight.

[@hepickly9733]

I maybe guess the flight crew lost situational awareness for some reason during SID. The PM did not found and correct the PF‘s or autopilot's error. Cockpit resource management may be a problem.

[@PVflying]

Who says girls aren't good at map reading?

[@justbg]

Yeah my mother says that :/ I don't think that's true either.

[@Nimeton-je7di]

I do

[@r.c.collins6513]

I think it's 'directions' most women have trouble with.

[@matthewmcewen1]

My boss

[@TheJellyPlane]

The Captain's name is Sum Ting Wong, his co-pilot is Ho Lee Phuc.

[@artcore9886]

That joke is waaay over used. Please come up with "Sum Ting" original next time.

[@TheJellyPlane]

Do you have a problem with that?

[@martynh5410]

He's talking about the flight engineer Mr. "Whey Tuh Lo"

[@dirkhoekstra727]

That's lacist.

[@FingerStyleMaste1994]

cantonese

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

She's a hero!

[@Jinzo-dy3th]

the pilots needed to open their eyes a little more.......nice save by that ATC

[@JSmith777]

I like VHHH controllers.. flew by there a couple times.. They always give instructions no more than three items at a time.. (altitude, heading, expected STAR, runway in use, speed adjustment, etc) on the other side of the world.. they just give you like 10 items in one setting and expect you to repeat it word by word... we should learn something from VHHH

[@orion789]

I agree. I do find the amount of data shoved from most ATC intimidating. Furthermore, these Hong Kong controllers were more discernible than many controllers for whom English is their first language.

[@kkho2198]

until the current generation, english is a well-learnt (and official) language of Hong Kong. not exactly first language, but we do have high standards of it.

[@BlackLabelSlushie]

It strikes me that when my mother suffers even the tiniest inconvenience, she is 400 times more hysterical than an air-traffic controller who has only seconds to prevent a massacre

[@dippledopple]

Why are you comparing your mother to a random person? I mean we can all learn to be calm but there’s reasons why certain people aren’t fit for certain jobs

[@polarisice3190]

the lady atc controller has a soothing voice

[@HunterShows]

Finally, something from around the world...

[@Jopanaguiton]

Ok that's it I was going to book Air China from KLAX to RPLL for my flight this week because they're really cheap. I think I'm sticking with Philippine Airlines.

[@kkho2198]

dont do it. air china sucks.

[@q.taylor2921]

Outstanding job by ATC! Calm, professional, clear. That pilot should face some discipline though.

[@kkho2198]

best of Hong Kong.

[@Pwhisperer]

Wow that is scary. I bet that controller about shit her pants when that jet turned toward the mountain.

[@wildgurgs3614]

I heard they were going to add a third airstrip here. Thoughts?