The Places on Earth Where Planes Don't Fly

[@Sideprojects]

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[@NinjaNezumi]

Mah-Chu not MA(t)-Chu

[@ortonh1]

Are u the before model?

[@kieronparr3403]

Why are you americanising yourself. It's an aeroplane not an airplane

[@dsgdsg9764]

Simon mentions there's a sleigh in the airspace heading towards Japan but he also make sure to point out that the Bermuda triangle is not real I believe there's a conflict of interest here

[@data_abort]

Bold of them.

[@Max-zg2ci]

Kudos to the Keeps rep that saw Simon’s glorious, shiny dome and said “that’s my hair spokesman”

[@dangbruhskyy]

😂

[@AndyReznov]

😂😂😂 maybe it helps his beard!

[@bodotrenaud7441]

That’s actually an amazing choice. There is no risk of marketing crisis of the hair spokesman losing more hair AND he serves as a living consequence

[@matrixace_8903]

don't wanna look like this man? use us!

[@CJFromGroveSt09]

I just got past that in the video, and the first thing I did was come look for comments like this 😂

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - Disney parks 2:10 - Mid roll ads 3:35 - Back to the video 4:00 - Chapter 2 - Paris, France 5:55 - Chapter 3 - Machu picchu 8:15 - Chapter 4 - Mecca 10:20 - Chapter 5 - North Korea 11:55 - Chapter 6 - Tibet

[@MusicalRaichu]

you forgot 14:47 Bermuda Triangle

[@hammotimee]

I love that the background of the North Korea title was Machu Picchu. It was my favourite landmark of my trip to Pyongyang

[@Calebgoblin]

Simon really just dropped the coldest sentence on the ol Bermuda Triangle, refused to elaborate, and left

[@kitefan1]

@Calebgoblin Simon has done several shows including the Bermuda Triangle including an entire episode from Decoding the Unknown on Flight 19 and one from Geographics: The Bermuda Triangle - The Mysterious Waters Created Through Myths. (And he's SO not into the woo-woo or aliens. 😂)

[@Neion8]

@@kitefan1 But what if Simon is just deflecting the existence of aliens because he is an alien? How else would you explain his inhuman productivity, charisma and ability to make complete strangers trust every word he says on literally any topic on any one of the dozens of channels he's featured on - each presumably having different people researching the topics? Just because, yes there are actually crazy people on the internet, I feel I need to clarify that that ^ was a joke.

[@LowFatCurrantBun]

@@Neion8 How _can_ you suggest that Simon is an alien just because he's from the Bermuda Triangle??!??? 🔺≠👽. Don't you realise he might just simply be Bermudan???? 😑. . . 😜. Nah, . . actually what you wrote made me think of Revan from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. ( I really know nothing about Star Wars 🤷, but I do know of this 😊, . . . somewhat 😨 ). Revan was amazingly charismatic and multitudes of people followed him to go fight a war in the outer regions ⚔... A following that exceeded comprehension 🤨. Then the question was later posed whether he had, unknowingly or otherwise, (ab)used the force to get others to follow him -into the Bermuda Triang- . . . 🤔 _"Fascinating tangent, @LowFatCurrantBun, let's move on"_ ➡..

[@kitefan1]

@@Neion8 Ahhh, you make good observations. 😆

[@DustinKreidler]

Nothing to elaborate on. It's been debunked plenty of times. It's exactly as dangerous as any other arbitrary set of coordinates... just most don't have a cool name that SOUNDS like it should be fun, but somehow isn't.

[@solracer66]

Back on the last Monday in August on a brief layover in Paris I was walking down the Champs-Élysées mid-morning when suddenly I heard the distinctive sound of a jet aircraft flying low. Having been to Paris many times I knew that you never heard airplanes over the city, especially not flying low so I immediately looked up only to see the 6 jets of the Patrouille de France flying from the direction of the Place de la Concorde towards the Arc de Triomphe trailing blue, white and red smoke! Somehow I managed to quickly get my phone out and snap a photo as they streaked away. Since it was just a random Monday workday and not any special occasion their appearance was perplexing to say the least. After I got home to America I found out that they had been practicing for the opening ceremonies of the Rugby World Cup the week after and my timing had been absolutely perfect!

[@stevenanderson9719]

Several years ago, I worked with a man who after he got out of the army, he was flying between Washington DC and New York City. One day he was visited by the secret service who wanted to know why he was flying over Camp David. He pulled a dcurrent map that did not show Camp David was a no fly zone

[@JSp4wN]

My man, being straight forward with the keeps add, respect. Cheers Simon.

[@fredblonder7850]

There’s a designated no-fly area near Price, Maryland, for the benefit of the high-powered rocketry hobbyists who have a launch-site there.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

What a wild reason to have a no fly zone lol "cause the big nerds are flying badass monster rockets" as the reason. I also mean the use of the word "nerd" in the best way possible. I'm an aquarium and car nerd (I know they don't go together) and have watched some of these types of launches and WOW. Never thought about needing a no fly zone, but totally makes perfect sense. Some of those suckers go to wild heights.

[@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539]

If you’re an aquarium and car nerd then you should fill up a car with water and make it into an aquarium. But seriously I wonder if there are no-fly zones above real launch pads? I bet NASA or space-X doesn’t want air planes flying around when they launch one

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

@@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539 an aquarium in a car sounds like fun, but I never said the two mixed well. I have to obsessively scrub to make sure I don't contaminate my tanks 🤣 Also at the density of water, most cars have a carrying capacity entirely too low to have capacity for a significant sized aquarium. Trust me, I've thought about it 🤣

[@The_Blazement]

@@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539 NASA's no-fly zones are temporary, basically just whenever a launch is scheduled, I would think it's the same for SpaceX and others.

[@hannahansley8654]

​@@goosenotmaverick1156I don't know if you've heard of the show Pimp My Ride, but they actually did put an aquarium into a car once 🤣

[@Annoyachu]

The stadium rule is generally only on game days. Additionally, there are waivers for things such as blimps and sky writers/ fly-overs/ banners, etc. Source- I work security at one of the largest ones.

[@RustyLid]

Makes me wonder what the flight rules are for PHX (Phoenix, AZ)? The flight path goes almost directly over ASU stadium. I've seen many planes coming in to land while I was sitting there watching a game.

[@masterchinese28]

Lots of planes that were lost trying to run supplies over the Himalayas during WWII were lost. (Many times, they were trying to get in/out of Burma over the Yunnan part of the plateau.) It is about as unforgiving and perilous of a place as you will find.

[@nocturne000]

That creeps me out in weird way. As humans it feels like we’re able to master the surface of the Earth at our whim. Yet there are these few places that we either can’t touch, or it’s far to dangerous and unforgiving to try. There’s something creepy/pretty cool that there are places where the unforgiving natural world humbles us.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

Lots of planes that were lost.....were lost. Yep.

[@cathykrueger4899]

My dad flew fuel over the Hump in WWII in a B-24. Very dangerous mission.

[@DaveTexas]

I’ve heard that Simon has requested a no-fly zone over his studio, so as to keep the noise-related delays in production to a minimum. When you produce 57 videos per day, you can’t afford to stop for a minute every time you hear jet engines. He should hear back from the Czech government in five to seven years.

[@component9008]

The Czech government?

[@garybrown1404]

👍👏🤣

[@DaveTexas]

@@component9008 I think he lives in Prague. Am I mistaken? Seems like he’s mentioned it before, but I may be confusing him with some other British KZbinr.

[@joels5150]

As an American who lived in Southern California for about 15 years, I’ve been to Disneyland about 15 times. I went back once as a high school freshman because I happened to go to Anaheim on a bowling tournament trip. The last time I was there was kind of random as I went to meet my dad who was at an automotive convention nearby. We walked over from his hotel room after dinner and hung out for a couple hours. Haven’t been back in over 20 years at this point 🤷‍♀️

[@raevj]

Disneyland is much smaller than Disney World. I am a lifetime East Coaster& have been to WDW numerous times. Ended up going to Disneyland once after all the WDW trips. I was surprised Disneyland seemed more like a Busch-Gardens park in scope than anything like WDW.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I haven't been there in a while. It was fun when you could get the SoCal passes for super cheap and go for a few hours during the middle of the work day (I had a ton of vacation time saved up). But once it is crowded, it isn't any fun. Last time I went I was with a Club 33 member, so we had all kinds of crazy access, including skipping lines. That was the last time I was there. No interest in going back now.

[@dominicwaghorn6459]

I like trains

[@nathanhelgenberg2511]

Traiiiiiiinnnns

[@josekentucky86]

I like turtles

[@Ma660t5andw1ch]

I like Milli Vanilli’s song about trains, “Blame it on the train”.

[@josekentucky86]

I like turtles

[@thebagelsproductions]

I, too, like trains. Turtles seem cool, but I haven't met one yet 😕

[@HyBr1dRaNg3r]

Machu Picchu is in a cloud rainforest, so I definitely understand no air flight…one of the coolest places I’ve ever been to❤️

[@adamkatolik1633]

While not directly over the Tibetan plateau my flight from Hong Kong to Zurich was my most shaky ever especially over western China. I remember telling the gorgeous flight attendant “shaky flight” her laughing it off saying “buckle up”, and the Swiss guy next to me saying “if it weren’t shaky it would be boring “

[@pi.actual]

The other day I made a 787 flight in Microsoft Flight Sim from Anchorage to Moscow just to see what would happen. The route takes you very close to both magnetic and true poles and as you get close there eventually is nowhere to go but south so the magenta course line on the Nav display gradually hooks around in a 180 degree arc yet the aircraft never turns.

[@RustyLid]

Reminds me of the question; What time is it at the North Pole? Answer = All times zones meet at the poles so the time is all of them.

[@ThailandOutsider]

​@@RustyLid They just use GMT tho right

[@CarlosLeon-n3t]

Mecca looks like the worlds biggest skating rink, that kind of seems like fun. I wonder if they have carnival food there, that would be awesome

[@ripn929707]

I was thinking mosh pit.😂

[@EAcapuccino]

North Sentinel Island 🏝 too No matter how high you are and of course - All BUT 1 route crossing Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊

[@kevinalway2907]

Thanks for another great video Simon. I live in the Channel Islands and there's a small island called Brecqhou just off of Sark. Owned by the reclusive Barclay brothers (only one now) the airspace again is prohibited. Would be a great video - you can see their pink castle from the coast of Sark and they tried interfering with many a local election.

[@alden1132]

Oh, oh, now do "Places On Planes Where Earth Won't Fly."

[@Saturn_2138]

Wow

[@livingdeadbtu]

Fun fact... Disney world had an airport at one time. The runway and buildings are still there and used for storage.

[@nocturne000]

No kidding? That is truly a “fun fact”. Thanks for sharing

[@Plaprad]

I can vouch for turbulence in mountainous regions. Years ago I was in a C-130 flying about 20k over mountains in Afghanistan. I was walking toward the back of the cargo compartment and the Loadmaster was walking forward. She had just gotten my attention to say something when suddenly the plane dropped. I got my hand up and held myself steady on the wingbox until I crashed back down. She simply vanished into the hog trough until, she too, came crashing down. Face first. Everyone was ok and we all had a good laugh about it later. Wish I could have recorded it. The look on her face as she drifted past me makes me giggle to this day. She called it her "This shit ain't right" face.

[@bradbrandon2506]

Hooah! I appreciate your service; one to another!

[@logicisuseful]

I once took a commercial flight from Milan, Italy to Paris, France - right over the Alps, and not a whole lot else along the flight path. I don’t think they turned the “fasten seat belts” sign off once - with very good reason. I don’t usually get motion sick from turbulence, but even I wasn’t feeling great when we landed - some people were *really* sick.

[@Plaprad]

@@logicisuseful Been over the Alps a few times. They were all... "fun".

[@donnakruse679]

Canadian?

[@xinfuxia3809]

Lhasa Gonggar airport LXA, elevation 3570m in Tibet has regular daily flights serving domestic Chinese cities. The annual capacity is 9 million passengers. Pilots flying those routes must be extremely familiar with emergency procedures should decompression happens.

[@RichardMigneron]

Simon, there's also a large area in the Pacific Ocean where planes avoid because that zone is very far from any country. If an incident would occur, it would take a long time and cost a lot to rescue the survivors if any managed to survive the duration.

[@gh8447]

Are you sure it's not because most international flights now-a-days use twin-engine aircraft and ETOPS requirements mean they'd be too far from the nearest airport with one engine inoperative? It's a flight safety requirement, nothing to do with rescuing survivors.

[@arska-pelejavlogejajaautoj5030]

@@gh8447Well, the ETOPS requirements are about rescuing survivors at the end of the day, aren't they.

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@gh8447no. Point Nemo is avoided pretty much for the exact reason OP said. It's the same reason we don't send commercial flights over the North Pole and Antarctica. The cost of mounting a rescue, and the time it would take to reach said places, means that rescue is all but impossible in those areas.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

How interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@Stuff_happens]

Flights from Brazil to South Africa though.

[@Fruitflyonyourwall]

A video on Alaska airlines piece ripping off and other disasters such as that would be interesting!!

[@henrychinaski846]

Great presentation and content as always! Don't worry. All pilots know about restricted airspaces. But they could make mistakes due to poor flight planning or lacking of situational awareness or navigation errors. My humble comment as a student pilot. Greetings from Germany

[@henrychinaski846]

In addition: Your research team/writers always adds a deeper layer of content to a topic. Always great stuff!

[@kitefan1]

I wish you well with your learning. I'm sure most places are the same now but in the US there are places like the restricted airspace over Washington, DC, where if you violate the zone, at best, fighters will show up to escort you out. In a less scary scenario, there was the Learjet with Pro Golfer Payne Stewart where there was nothing they could do and the plane just flew until it ran out of fuel. It was tracked and intercepted by fighters several times. The intercepting craft determined that the Learjet was probably frozen inside. It would have been shot down if it crossed into Canada because it was heading to the major city, Winnipeg.

[@JoshuaTootell]

It's so easy to pick up Flight Following (air traffic control) who can navigate you around.

[@gooner72]

I've been to Florida a lot and I've never noticed that Disney have restricted airspace over their land..... which, in and around Orlando, is absolutely enormous by the way. This must be a right pain in the ar*e for civil aviation as the 2 main airports, Orlando and Sandford, are pretty close to the main tourist area.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I just looked at my EFB (charts), and it isn't a big deal. The TFR for World only goes to 3000', and is no where near the runways for Orlando. The TFR for Land is basically the same.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

Thankfully, both MCO and SFB are well away from Disney World.

[@Bloodfire83]

I could have sworn the airspace above Disney has been restricted way longer than that. I remember hearing about it back in the 90s when I went there as a kid.

[@chrisschack9716]

No idea, I just consider it funny that it's "Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons" that's effectively permanent. That's a quote from the current NOTAM, btw.

[@bradlevantis913]

I believe that there were times when it was restricted. Specifically during firework shows. I had a book about the park (called since the world began - given out during their 25th anniversary) and it was mentioned in there. If I can find it i will post a page reference

[@DavidGuon]

It has, although it may be unofficial. I recall in the 80's park employees pointing out that you very rarely saw overflights of the park, in part because of the illusion Disney was trying to create of "not being part of the regular World." You'll also note that when you're in the Anaheim park that you *cannot* see anything outside of the park while you're in the park. No skyscrapers, no elevated trains or highways, NOTHING. Even the hotels on the property are carefully screened so they are not visible while a visitor is in the park.

[@JoshuaTootell]

The TFR is only for 3000' though, same as for Angel's stadium right down the street (or Fontana next to me).

[@196cupcake]

With Tibet, there are a few more reasons. If you have an emergency you don't have many options for a place to land. Not just airports, there are none, but not even long enough and flat enough places. If you are somehow able to make it to the ground without dying the place is very sparsely populated, as well as very rugged, so you're going to have a hard time walking back to civilization. It's so big that it's going to take a long time for anyone to find you - in the best conditions - but since the elevation is so high helicopters don't work very well, making it that much harder to find anyone.

[@STORMDAME]

Tibet has an airport near Lhasa. I flew there on a commercial flight from Nepal in 2007.

[@wangchangsheng1184]

There are seven airports in Tibet. Lhasa airport is busier than Cleveland Hopkins Airport.

[@BingWrosby]

I’d like to add Area 51 to the list. Watching a flight radar app of the arrivals and departures in Vegas is very telling of the lengths they must go to in order to avoid getting close enough to be seen. Vegas also has a ghost airline that shuttles employees directly to Area 51.

[@kirstybrown1185]

This would be a daft inclusion. A military base is obviously going to have these rules. 🤷‍♀️

[@BingWrosby]

@@kirstybrown1185 restricted airspace yes, no difference in those BROAD terms, however the primary difference that sets Area 51 apart is the SIZE and altitude of the airspace. Just as no one drives anywhere close enough for a view without some quick company, the airspace is protected the same. You can fly over other airbases at a certain altitude, which gets higher with the class of airspace. I’d also like to point out that if you took the time to look at a flight radar app, you would see exactly what I know of.

[@upsidely]

Ya know, Area 51 would be the perfect red herring.

[@BingWrosby]

@@upsidely it really is, in terms of aliens and space ships. Those aren’t there. Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio is largest accepted (in certain circles) as the home of that stuff, underground of course. Then there’s swastika international over in Denver. Google maps is fun. Went billions over budget, full of weird shit, and underground facilities as well so “they” say.

[@chrisrelhard]

my favorite thing about the bermuda triangle is seeing maps of all of the incidents linked to it. so many of them aren't even in the bermuda triangle or barely graze it.

[@FirstLast-zr7hy]

There must be an exception to the stadiums restriction for Seattle. The approach for runway 16R puts aircraft almost directly above both stadiums in Seattle.

[@shrimpflea]

And SoFi Stadium right by LAX

[@FirstLast-zr7hy]

@@shrimpflea oh yes of course! Now that I think about it, Levi’s stadium in Santa Clara is in the path of San Jose airport. And Citi Field in Queens constantly has air traffic above due to being so close to LaGuardia.

[@nathanweiss5174]

@@FirstLast-zr7hy The impact of jet noise at Citi Field has been rather limited for many years now. Not sure if the slightly different location or post 2001 rules/guidelines changes are the main reasons why but there is very rarely now a case where the players take time out for them.

[@rexpayne7836]

Another great video and content from Simon. Excellent research from you and your team. 🇦🇺 😊

[@williamwenrich3288]

I saw a shuttle launch from Disney World.

[@nothere7198]

Thumbs up well earned for the closing "...because it's not a real thing." Too Right !

[@that_wagon_guy]

Thank you for this incredible list of places I am immediately going to fly over in Flight Simulator.

[@toda2638]

In terms of restricted airspace around stadiums...are there waivers for various stadiums? San Diego's famous low approach over the skyline seems like it wouldn't be 3 KM (about 1.8 miles for Americans) from the stadium, as an example (looking at approaches on FlightAware now, and struggling to get them to more than 1.5 miles from Petco). Another great example for me, since it involves additional restricted airspace, is Nationals Park, which from what I can gather is about 1.6 miles, just shy of 3 KM, from the north end of 1/19, which is the most commonly used runway at that airport (either takeoffs or landings are going to/coming from NNE, putting them the 1.6 miles from the stadium and under 3,000 feet altitude, on most days). In that case, the planes can't really move because they have to bounce around the restricted airspace for the National Mall and the Pentagon.

[@robertpierce1981]

First time I heard Simon was the fake restaurant episode that had good reviews despite not existing. Such great delivery of material. Thank you.

[@ryanroberts1104]

My house is so remote planes don't even fly over. It's not closed or anything, just not any kind of flight route. Except for one thing! Every few weeks a fleet of military helicopters buzzes past! I can look at flight radar online and there is never anything anywhere near me, and the military doesn't show up! If you draw a line from the whitehouse to 3 different large military bases, they all go over my house. I wonder who's getting the free VIP rides?

[@CharlieFoxtrot06]

To be fair, I'd be in favour of no planes going anywhere near Reagan International. That is a truly terrible airport.

[@two-face1041]

Reagan is a fine airport for its size

[@Jameywells777]

Please keep making fun of Alabama too because I am from here and your depiction is spot on mate

[@STORMDAME]

I flew into Tibet from Nepal in 2007. There may not be many planes flying there but I definitely was on one and they definitely have an airport.

[@wangchangsheng1184]

There are seven airports in Tibet right now.

[@stickynorth]

Very cool video! Especially over Antarctica and the North Pole!

[@MikesGoogleAcct]

The North Pole. Flights between North America and Asia will often fly close to the North Pole but never over to avoid navigation issues with magnetic instruments. Early versions of the 777 had a software bug which would confuse the navigation system. (what is the longitude?) I assume the same holds true for the South Pole.

[@Pastronomer69]

You dont use magnetic instruments to navigate any more, and magnetic north is a long long way from the true north. With that said there are "areas of magnetic unreliability" which are worth knowing, albeit from an academic level. There is no reason that you can't fly directly over the pole, it's more there are no routes that actually would require such an accurate transition over 90°N

[@nelsondawson9706]

most flights don't go over antarctica for a variety of reasons such as there is no need like Simon said and also no airports within safety range

[@danielrose2399]

There are military flights supporting and there are some tourist flights Navation is by GPS or previously inertia navigation. There are logistic flights to the South Pole but most cargo is now tracked in. I was at McMurdo when Air New Zealand flight TE901 flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island not a good day. @@Pastronomer69

[@skynyrdjesus]

​@@Pastronomer69While OP is wrong about the justification, I do love the idea of a Simon Whistler list of "Places no one flies over because why bother." Maybe an April 1st video idea

[@gh8447]

7:30 NO! Helicopters don't have propellers, they have _rotors;_ usually a main rotor and a tail rotor, but there are variations.

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this educational and entertaining video. Great job.

[@kkjoe1911]

Writer definitely threw in some shade over working christmas eve with that "sleigh headed for japan" comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@nomojo1110]

Satellites (Airbus credited Google images) don't appear to have a problem flying over Mecca.

[@JustAnotherNewProject]

Random finding, actually used footage from Eliches in Denver? Never would have expected seeing such a small insignificant place would be shown globally

[@TheRantyRider]

One thing worth mentioning is that most oceans have 'no fly' zones for safety, if you look at the Europe - N America flight paths you will see they head over the North Atlantic rather than straight to the US. This is because in the event of an emergeny it is better to divert to Iceland, Greenland or Canada which involve shorter flight times. Some of the 'no fly' zones mentioned aren't no fly zones, they are simply minimum heights to be maintained, this is for a good reason - gliding in the event of engine failure. For many years microlights were prohibited from flying over populated areas because of this. Helicopters are exempt as autorotation is mainly vertical without the need for a horizontal roll out on landing. UK airstrips have a minimum altitude for passing over them to avoid conflict with traffic taking off or landing and airports have strict approach and departure corridors as well.

[@Danfrank24]

Also a strait line on a map isn’t always the shortest route as the earth is curved. Flight paths usually do follow the shortest route.

[@danidavis7912]

Disney World still puts on a real fireworks show. They may use drones somewhere, but late last year when my daughter and her family went, they sent back video of a killer fireworks show put on by the park.

[@jonlavigne3270]

Love the last line.

[@EdOeuna]

Plenty of planes fly between China and Pakistan over here Himalaya mountains. It’s a major flight route.

[@BellumW]

When young in the early 80s a SR71 flew over The Blue Jays stadium in Toronto Canada when I was there.

[@brandonamacher]

You should do a video on DARPA’s weirdest projects. Flesh eating robots, bullets that travel around corners, etc.

[@Sophie-SianAdair]

All us UK geezers should be asleep right now, but instead, we are early to the upload and furthermore procrastinating from the horizontal life pause.

[@Ubique2927]

Mecca is such a religious icon that they turned it into a theme park.

[@camrennik9512]

Simon doing Keeps promos. Good stuff. My gf and I listen to his syrupy voice every night going to sleep. Oh makes me wish it was bed time

[@chrisplunkett2814]

I'm glad you added the bit at the end about the Bermuda Triangle not being real.Charles Berlitz is the only reason it 'exists'.

[@salam-peace5519]

I remember learning that one of the reasons planes don't fly over Antarctica is because of extreme snowstorms and dangerous weather conditions. In 1979 there was a catastrophic plane crash because the pilots didn't see a mountain in the snowstorm, Air New Zealand Flight 901. Besides that, if you look at a map of the southern hemisphere, Australia, Africa and South America are positioned in a triangle shape around Antarctica, so there isn't really any flight between these continents where flying directly over Antarctica would be the shortest route. Flying next to it is always shorter.

[@petougao]

What a mic drop! 14:44

[@johnskaterp]

Haha, i love going through turbulence. Its always been fun to me. Had a laughable moment once... where the guy across from me, had just cracked open a can of beer. His entire beer, zero gravitied out of the can... and went right into his face. Upon reaching the bottom of the drop, it splashed down hard all across his lap. That man was SOAKED. I was dying of laughter. 😅😂

[@williamwelch7]

Thanks Simon

[@mark-]

Flight radar 24 is showing 12 planes flying over Tibet as i am writing this. And I have flown over Tibet 10 years ago

[@LukeThomas00000]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention why planes don’t actually fly over Antarctica. It’s not because there’s no reason like you suggested. But rather if something happens, an emergency on board, or they need to make an emergency landing, there’s just nothing. They’re used to be commercial flights that went over Antarctica to save time.

[@Swiftkitten88]

i actually didnt know about tibet, but that does make sense

[@elfshadowx]

In before the flat earthers claiming that you will get shot down if you try to fly over Antarctica.

[@heftycat]

I laugh every time you try to sell KEEPS to me.

[@ЮлиянДимитров-г6ы]

I can't unsee it now

[@darrenstewart9456]

I'm just glad to make it all the way through with no ads 😀

[@briant7265]

Haha! I went to the San Diego Zoo not long ago, and they have a pair of Andean bear cubs. They were adorable!

[@ScoriacTears]

13:42 The Clear Air Turbulence is also the name of a 100 meter Hronish* assault craft from the book Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. *maybe incorrect spelling.

[@RyanDaMannn]

The drone show was awesome, definitely recommend

[@dimes3634]

How many channels does this man have?

[@autumn702]

NK clips like the one at 11:37 make me laugh they way they pose it like an aciton movie starring Kim Jong Un. 11:41 "Shit, guys hurry, we're going to be late!"

[@Calebgoblin]

The day that Disney bricks up their no fly zone with SAM turrets and CWIS is soon

[@Have_A_Nice_Day242]

MECCA could bring back the Members Only Jackets and sell them to Pilgrims.

[@RustyLid]

Thanks for the collar strap flashbacks, and the reminder that I'M OLD!

[@erintyres3609]

8:15 That image must have been taken from a drone or a manned aircraft. 10:17 North Korea looks just like Machu Pichu!

[@petertakacs8187]

Was it intentional that you featured a Wizz Air plane performing a low altitude flyby over the Danube and 30 seconds later mentioned Budapest as one of the capital cities with prohibited air space 🤔

[@TheSapphireSprit]

Planes don’t fly in the basement that Simons keeping his slaves, I mean writers!

[@brianarbenz1329]

I knew a person who had flown over the Himalayas and Tibet in 1940 and '41 as part of the Flying Tigers, the secret nighttime supply flights to help the Chinese military fight the Japanese before the U.S. officially was in World War II. It was extremely dangerous flying over the mountains, particularly in the dark.

[@samueljbooth9124]

Why is the door open next to you ?

[@thejesterofdarkness]

Simon is vicious: making Kevin write a script on Xmas eve.

[@henhouse110]

Actually Simon planes don't fly over Antarctica because they might go over the ice wall and discover what's on the other side 😂😂

[@rvx5818]

This was interesting! I like this one!

[@Kamamura2]

Well, perhaps the behavior of North Korea would not be so erratic, if the Americans did not destroy much of Korea in an absolutely unjustified invasion.

[@bradbrandon2506]

When I first read the title, my mind went to weird physics, then Simon elaborated and I was like, "oh, yeah. That makes more sense...."

[@Guantar90]

Hey at 4:53 you are talking about Washington DC but the airport shown is actually San Diego. You can tell on the right side of the runway there is a taxiway that says C3, DCA doesn’t have a C3 taxiway. Also might notice there are palm trees on the ridge past the runway. Other than that great vid.

[@jstoney6471]

Every time I went to Disney (CA/FL) I was PAID to be there! So boocoo bucks and a free day or 2 in there park!

[@martykas1875]

Love your work brother, sending regards from Australia 🇦🇺

[@jonyemm]

I have a problem with that, "if American there is a 70-90% chance you have visited the park". I call bullshit.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

So what?

[@jonyemm]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 not very bright, are you?

[@MKahn84]

The fact the Bermuda Triangle is "not a real thing" is borne out by shipping insurance. The rates for ships transiting the Bermuda Triangle are no higher than anywhere else and lower than some other places. Insurance companies exist to make money and charge higher rates when the insured is exposed to higher risks.

[@WillN2Go1]

I'd be surprised if any commercial air traffic has ever flown over North Korea. In 1999 I was on a Chinese airlines plane, Los Angeles to Beijing. The Great Circle Route on the monitor indicated it would fly right over North Korea -- a 'friendly' ally of the Chinese. Would we actually fly over Pyongyang? Nope. The plane didn't even fly over South Korea. Instead it did a left turn to go south of South Korea, and then a right turn up along the west coast of the Korean peninsula. Then I saw who also doesn't fly over the Hermit Kingdom. It was after dark, I spotted some interesting aviation lights. It was four military jets flying in formation at low altitude directly towards Pyongyang from the south. They were barely noticeable but four fast moving wing and tail lights are noticeable if you're looking. Suddenly they turned on their bright afterburners pointed straight up (seemed to anyway) and didn't cross the DMZ. And indeed North Korea is incredibly dark at night. US military bases, unless this has changed in recent years, are not no fly zones. You could even fly over Area 51. There's probably an altitude restriction. And if you are having an emergency, you can even land on a military base. However, to discourage this, you are not allowed to fix the problem and fly out again. You have to haul your plane out on a trailer, which would require removing the wings. Very expensive.

[@joshuashackelford6696]

It’s not unusual here in Florida to be routed through the Disney TFR by air traffic control. I think they are more annoyed by it than pilots are.

[@techboy95]

9:20 actually there are birds flying over all the time. Well you’ll actually notice that the birds circle around the Kaaba. There tends to many hundreds and hundreds of birds actually especially before sunrise and around sunset.

[@debbiehicks288]

Awesome video ❤❤

[@EarlFisher-k6w]

The birds perched on the temple in Mecca walked there, obviously. And any photo of a bird on the wing in Mecca is certainly falling out of the air as it encounters the magical alien lizard force which prevents overflight.

[@Flyinghook]

So I was on my first flight to Asia and my flight path went right over north Korea. I was both nervous and excited to see it. Then I noticed it started turning as we got near. I was disappointed, as I was hoping to get a glimpse of this secretive country, even if it was from the air.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

You didn’t fly over North Korea

[@Flyinghook]

​@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 I don't understand your point. I already said that.

[@dylanwood2287]

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549did you read the fucking comment?

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

@@dylanwood2287 triggered

[@spatstat435]

There is an area called Yatharagga, near Geraldton, Western Australia over which it is forbidden to fly, at any altitude whatsoever. The reason given is "ocular hazard": a high powered laser, firing into space to track satellites.