These INCREDIBLE Pilots Only Had Seconds To Save Their Plane | Spicejet Flight 256

[@terrigreen8813]

I’d like to see the video about the A-320 that crashed, keeping Spice Air from landing in Jaipur.

[@zew1414]

Me too, not familiar with that

[@kcnairnair7299]

I too vote!

[@sailaab]

Terri Green.. hope he notices your request and our replies below.

[@firefly4f4]

Same

[@abhadoriya]

Yes please

[@Coldinwis]

Please do a video on other crash mentioned! As someone that has flown into and outta Delhi & I recently brought my husband over to the US from Mumbai, I love all India videos! Wonderful video as always!! Thanks!!

[@sailaab]

The Kochi/Cochin one is already there on the internet... 6 go around. . I hope everything is fit and fine in your family. (You mentioned you 'brought' your husband back).

[@Coldinwis]

@@sailaab Thanks!! I’ve gotten to spend lotta time in India the past 4 years & got married over there. After a 3 year visa process my hubby got to come to the US this past June when I brought him “home”. He now gets to live in an area where smog doesn’t exist (rural Wisconsin), instead it’s snowstorms that prevent planes from landing lol.

[@Capecodham]

outta?

[@sailaab]

O wow🙂 @@Coldinwis ji, Happy to note that then.😊 Wish ALL of you a wonderful, beautiful life with loads of marital bliss. . And I dunno if 'hubby' ji is a "desi" (SouthAsian) or not, but Missy ji... your G.I. tract, digestive tract must be thanking you for sparing them the desi foods😄. . . Haha ha... yes it must be hail and snow storms there. But thankfully the breathability of the air must be so much better for most... especially if anyone has a breathing ailment. . . Thanks again for opening up to rank strangers. Petter (of Mentour Pilot) has recently done video on an incident involving the Doha Kochin route. I just did not want to cross sell anyone hence not putting direct links. But *o-IuOnDBoGA* is the video ID. *youtube.* *com/* *watch?v=o-IuOnDBoGA*

[@sailaab]

O wow🙂 @@Coldinwis ji, Happy to note that then.😊 Wish ALL of you a wonderful, beautiful life with loads of marital bliss. . And I dunno if 'hubby' ji is a "desi" (SouthAsian) or not, but Missy ji... your G.I. tract, digestive tract must be thanking you for sparing them the desi foods😄. . . Haha ha... yes it must be hail and snow storms there. But thankfully the breathability of the air must be so much better for most... especially if anyone has a breathing ailment. . . Thanks again for opening up to rank strangers.

[@scorpion1349]

As a pilot who operated around 20 years to DEL, I always take fuel for my second alternate plus at least 30 min extra fuel. I always say "expect unexpected at DEL". I was caught many times with RVR around 75 meters there without the proper TAF showing that bad! Fortunately, based on the experience and being approved for CAT IIIB with no DH, and even to restrict my ZFW to carry extra fuel, I always made it there even with long holding time in the air. DEL is one of the most tricky airports in India. It really needs dispatch and crew coordination and experience to avoid such a situation. And believe me...it is worse than what you think. So when it comes to DEL or even BOM(WITHOUT CAT III) we are always careful and cary much more fuel than our dispatch suggests. It's not a joke and these airports are really tricky. The operations department shouldn't tie our hands to carry extra fuel even if we have to restrict our ZFW. In my company which everyone is qualified for CAT IIIB with no DH, diversion is rarely happening.

[@Capecodham]

RVR? CAT? IIIB? DH? ZFW?

[@manishm9478]

@@Capecodham watch the video. MACI explains at least half of those haha. But i don't know DH or ZFW.

[@jonslg240]

I totally agree that pilots should have the final say with 0% company pressure regarding how much fuel they carry. They're the only operations personnel that have their lives on the line. They'll be the ones blamed if they run out of fuel, even if the company pressures or restricts them from carrying the fuel they want. You should always have enough fuel for 2 diversions PLUS 20 minutes hold time PLUS 30 minutes extra if there's a chance the primary plus alternates have a chance of being fogged in simultaneously.

[@jonslg240]

@@Capecodham yeah he's speaking to the pilots not the general public. I don't know/can't figure out half of those, but all you have to do is a google search.

[@jonslg240]

RVR = Runway Visial Range CAT=Category IIIB=3b = Category 3b (a category of instrument landing that's basically the best, letting you auto land with zero visibility.. explained in video) DH = Decision Height ZFW = Zero Fuel Weight Hope this helps btw.

[@joaodantas8530]

Working as an Airbus 320 Captain, I find your videos really useful and a public service to aviation safety. They are direct to the point and very helpful for a professional pilot to come in contact with very delicate situations, possibly avoiding them in the future. My most profound thanks. Keep on!

[@kait2972]

What do you think would have happened if they didn't add the extra 300kg of fuel on top of their calculations?

[@koskeshofski]

😊😊😊😅😊😊😊

[@b.t.356]

Now that you mentioned it, I'm interested in a video on the A320 that ran off the runway in Jaipur. PS: Mad props to the flight crew of the Spicejet flight.

[@scaramonga]

Definitely, the Captains decision to take that extra fuel saved this flight, albeit unknowingly. Good Piloting all round in tough circumstances.

[@yourface4248]

so he took on extra fuel unknowingly just for the kick of it.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Better to have and not need than to need and not have???”

[@durbeshpatel3047]

I gotta say the extra 300kgs of fuel is the prime saver, meaning captain really saved everyone

[@kenschwarz1444]

6yyyyyyyy

[@dennisyoung4631]

Just 300 kg? No - want more. At least three times that much more!

[@uap24]

@@dennisyoung4631 Why not fill the tanks up? Even better, why not attach drop tanks?

[@dennisyoung4631]

@@uap24 airliners tend to not have the needed attachment points, nor the needed plumbing, for using drop tanks. Secondly, those flying them tend to not wish to put more fuel in than they think they need. A likely/plausible reason is “less fuel, more passengers-> improved profit margins.” While I think, personally, that airlines need to return to the status of “quasi-utilities” - they were treated thusly up until sometime around 1977 or so - not everyone is as deep into erring on the side of caution as I’ve learned to be (by learning the hard way, as a rule.) Ps: 900 kg, for an airliner, isn’t all that much. That’s roughly a thousand liters of Jet-A - maybe a few minutes of run time, at moderate power settings, for, say, an Airbus A320? It will go a bit further for a smaller turboprop.

[@benjaminfinlay829]

The Captain's decision to add that little bit more fuel on top turned out to be a potentially-lifesaving one. That one small choice - that little bit of extra time - meant that the engines continued operating throughout the landing, meaning they continued to have reverse thrust and full hydraulic brakes. And given that they were landing on that airport's shortest runway? They _needed_ that.

[@Lucca-An-Aspiring-Poet]

The MSFS2020 Re-enactment just makes these a pleasure to watch! Quite beautiful! Edit; I´d absolutely love a video on the A320! Sounds very interesting indeed.

[@buttersPbutters]

There's a definition for Category IIIC ILS, but no implementations anywhere for the foreseeable future. Modern airliners can land in zero visibility, roll out along the centerline in zero visibility, and even auto-brake to make the desired taxiway turn-off in zero visibility. But there's no way to taxi around the airfield in zero visibility. In an emergency, an aircraft could stop on the runway, but otherwise ATC cannot issue landing clearances when visibility is too poor for the aircraft to vacate the runway and safely navigate to the gate. That's the limiting factor.

[@manishm9478]

Wow that's cool! Interesting, i would think automatic taxiing to the gate would be relatively easy to implement because you could use arrays of accurate, short range beacons to guide the planes.

[@nitin.agarwal]

Movement of plane while taxiing must be easiest of automation.On ground, It's just like self driving car, in a pre-defined path, with almost no moving traffic. Also, on ground the GPS coordinates can be used to very easily move the plane around. We can see these things in cars itself, putting these on plane shouldn't be a problem at all.

[@buttersPbutters]

@@nitin.agarwal There are many more collisions on the ground than there are in the air. This is a dangerous environment. GPS isn't good enough, not even with space-based augmentation (WAAS). For Cat IIIB, aircraft rely on the localizer signal to follow the runway centerline, not WAAS GPS/INS. It's possible that with local area augmentation (GBAS) installed on the airfield, GPS could be made accurate enough for taxiing. In the US, Newark and Houston have GBAS installed as part of a trial program, but there are no plans for further expansion at this time, and it's not certified for anything more than Cat I, let alone taxiing.

[@cosmicHalArizona]

Remarkable

[@232K7]

I feel like there has to be an easy way for an aircraft to at the very least safely clear the runway, so the runway could still be available should a 2nd emergency happen before the visibility improves

[@starwarzchik112]

YES, I’d love to see a video on the Air India A320! Also this reminds me of a way earlier one you did. Another Indian flight ran out of fuel after doing _7 go arounds._

[@sachinabraham26]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV6spoKkeaeifaM this one ?

[@abandonedaccount123]

what was the flight?

[@Milesco]

@@abandonedaccount123 Jet Airways 555. Mentour Pilot did a really good video on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV6spoKkeaeifaM

[@aryandabas4508]

Jet airways not air india

[@sachinabraham26]

@@abandonedaccount123 Jet Airways

[@FlywithMagnar]

My hat off for the crew of Flight 256. It feels unbelievable when the aircraft landing ahead of you have an accident. (It happened to me once.) It was the quick decision to return to Delhi and declare an emergency that saved everybody onboard Flight 256. Too many accidents have happened because of wrong or late descisions and poor communication.

[@Azeazel.]

Hey man I just wanted to thank you for the vid and I appreciate you properly pronouncing the city names very accurately; it’s a tiny detail but it goes a long way

[@xcharke3126]

Yes please do a video on the crash before the spicejet!! now I just have to know what happened to it....

[@genuine_patriot9843]

Yes

[@hack1n8r]

You stated it -- the decision by the Capt to load more fuel is what ultimately saved them. However, an argument can be made that they would have diverted sooner with less fuel, and landed at the alternate earlier before the accident. But, I prefer the extra fuel option because anything can happen... Nice job!!

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

The primary reason this didn't end in tragedy was the crew's attention to detail when doing their fuel quantity numbers. They were careful to get it correct--and that's what got them safely onto the runway before the engines starved. Bravo Zulu to the PIC and PM: they are the real heroes here.

[@afreightdogslife]

Everytime we flew into New Delhi, we used to carry an extra 2 tons of fuel, on top of the calculated fuel reserve. This was due to the fact that the Indian air traffic controllers makes you waste a lot of fuel, by giving you useless and nonsense vectors, their weather and visibility are always bad due to air pollution. As far as I know, there was no one in my airline who enjoyed flying into Delhi.

[@desertedcake]

please do the needful sir

[@blackmamba9950]

When was the last time you flew to Delhi?

[@afreightdogslife]

@@blackmamba9950 The last time I was there was in May 2022.

[@afreightdogslife]

@@desertedcake This was and still is the typical request from crew scheduling, "Captain please Do the Needful." 🤣 🤣

[@karllung2649]

I do think that runway blockage is being considered for flight planning. What I heard was that the airport at Easter Island was so remote and far from any airport, the point of no return for flights going there is some 3 hours before arrival. As such, the airport has to assure the runway will be clear for landing in that 3 hour period, which include no take off or landing as even a small accident could result in a runway blockage. The airport thus can accommodate only one single flight for every 3 hours. This was not an issue when I went there 20 years ago as there were only four flight per week.

[@JW-rh6rl]

It’s true that remote airports with no viable alternate use a point of no return system but the decision to continue or divert is only based on the forecasted weather and any foreseeable delays on arrival. Blocked runway is not taken into account. But the flights are planned to arrive at the destination with an ‘island reserve’ amount of 2 extra hours worth of fuel so that they would have the capability to hold over the airfield to await an improvement in any unforeseen deterioration in weather or for some kind of incident to be cleared so that the runway would be available again for landing.

[@Ananth8193]

Awesome video as usual . Actually it was so scary to hear but thanks to pilots who done everything to save the flights ... Very good explanation

[@grmpEqweer]

Kudos to the flight crew on this one. Amazing work. 👍 Edit: it didn't end in tragedy b/c of the captain adding a dollop extra fuel out of caution (guess he well knew what he was flying into) and luck. It was on a knife's edge. My suggestion is that Delhi's airport seems like a system loaded beyond safe capacity, and they're trying to make it work anyway. Basically? Delhi needs a second airport, outside of town. Just site it adjacent to the rail lines, as India inherited a really good rail system from the British occupation. That's my take.

[@abingdonboy]

Lol the railways were not well designed for india. They were designed to facilitate the export of India’s wealth to the U.K. furthermore Delhi is getting a second airport (Jewar) in the next couple of years

[@charlie7mason]

@@abingdonboy You are right, but in this case, its heritage does work in its favor. Alas, OP should probably just not have mentioned the British at all.

[@death_parade]

@@charlie7mason Yeah. They shouldn't mention the Brits for Railways in India. We don't owe the Brits anything. Especially after all these years of Indians managing, upgrading and expanding the network. Brits should look at their own bloody network with just 38% electrification and problems with expanding their High Speed Rail Network to 500+ km. India already has 81% electrification and within a couple of years will have 100% electrification and a larger high speed rail network under construction than UK.

[@death_parade]

@@abingdonboy Not only Jewar, there are even more airports coming up like Hisar, etc in Haryana. BTW, was wondering if its possible for civilian flights to make emergency landings at Airbases. Not all airbases are collocated with civilian airports, right?

[@charlie7mason]

@@death_parade You're right about everything.

[@maxtornogood]

Smart move by the Spicejet crew to load up on extra fuel, it really came in clutch! That A320 accident should be the next video if possible.

[@sailaab]

The Kochin one you mentioned in the end was purely cockpit crew blunders. The German one, only partly. But here in India, even in cases as bad as these... the toothless paper dragon ..which the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in India is.. ... the final reports are all but comprehensive. And obviously those involved barely get a rap on the knuckles. This final report too hasn't led to much operational Improvements or major policy changes within SpiceJet. . Thanks for making crisp and engaging productions👌🏽🤍 as always.💙👍🏼

[@AT-bo6ww]

They'll suspend pilots for taking a picture in the cockpit, but they won't care to make a no fly list when some 'influencer' carries cigarettes and lights it with a lighter on board. Welcome to Indian government organization lmao. Half of them have logic stuffed up their rear ends.

[@sailaab]

True! @@AT-bo6ww And use their mouths for doing the function of their rear ends.

[@haha7836hahah]

Thing is if pilot decides to go to lukhnow, then he would be questioned why you didn’t go to jaipur even after dispatcher told you to it was okay to go and if he lands at Jaipur then we blame him for taking risk for saving money. It’s a no win situation

[@rilmar2137]

I'd love to see a vid on that A320. That was definitely a terrible day to be flying out there

[@AnimeSunglasses]

To quote Obi-Wan Kenobi, "That was TOO close!" Kudos to the aircrew for showing good airmanship throughout, from the decision to take extra fuel all the way to setting up that TERRIFYINGLY all-or-nothing final approach! Also, I would also like a video on the crash that forced their re-diversion. And perhaps a video on other circumstances that have caused multiple incidents at the same airport!

[@ranadeepkundu5357]

Traveling with spicejet is always a gamble. You never know what's waiting for you.

[@SimonWallwork]

Wow. I never knew about this one. I used to fly to Jaipur a lot and the Air India that came to grief there gave us a lot of laughs. He burst his tyres, went off and hit a tree. Any Indian pilot knows that if DEL is foggy, JAI might be too, Picking JAI as an alternate for DEL is so Indian.I enjoyed my flying in India- for Air Costa, but your wits around, you must keep.

[@AtulBhatia]

@Simon, JAI is usually a viable alternative to DEL as the visibility there is generally better than DEL. Fact is, when the fog rolls in, ALL airfields in the Gangetic plain go under, at which point we usually plan for Ahmedabad or Nagpur as our alternate. Even in this incident, JAI was available, but weather was not the reason it suddenly became unavailable! Today, besides Delhi, Jaipur, Amritsar and Lucknow all have Cat III airfields, so that aircraft can land in visibility as low as 75m.

[@SimonWallwork]

Indeed. There have been many improvements. JAI was practically rebuilt after the Air India. I felt better about my habit of taking a bit of extra fuel after seeing this vid....

[@AtharvaVaidya]

Please do a video on the Air India A320 in Jaipur as well! Love your videos.

[@fliegenistdassicherste8828]

The 300 kg of extra fuel really made the difference.

[@HimmatRathorehr]

I clearly remember that night. The visibility was a just a few meters. I could not see the home across the street. I was glued to FR24 and could see aircraft going around, in holding pattern or diverting to Jaipur and Lucknow. UA managed to land though. Saw both these aircraft fly towards Jaipur and the AI land and this one returning back to Delhi. Learnt only the next morning that the AI aircraft had landed blind and went off the rwy.

[@asushomie4387]

Can you share date and time or fr24 playback link

[@769270865]

India aviation have a track record of "anything goes" safety mindset. Some company do not have SOPs, training rule is fuzzy, even the ATC doesn't care if you don't call. They might have improved but this mindset still there

[@R.Instro]

As a recovering football(soccer) referee, I found out that a good way to convert from meters to yards/feet is to estimate that 1 m = 1.1 yd. Thus, 50 m (roughly, you understand) would come to ~55 yards, or ~165 feet. This is still only an estimation, but it's closer than just setting meters = yards. ^_^ (for comparison, the exact conversion of 50 meters comes to just a hair over 164 ft 1/2 inches.)

[@mikecarroll5853]

This is the best channel for air investigation 🔎 shorts. Thanks for all you do.

[@pissant145]

The trend in these Indian cases is that the pilots are awesome and manages to save the plane even though maintenance is crap and dispatch does not care.

[@ozonejunky2187]

Dude. You always ask if we want videos about certain crashes. We always want them from you!

[@AidanPatko]

I’m currently on an Airbus 320-200 at 35,000 ft and crazy enough to listen to plane crash videos 😂🤪 thanks for another great one!

[@withthenamerickastley4141]

💀

[@P5ychoFox]

Ha ha very cool. Have a safe flight.

[@terrigreen8813]

I started listening to these about 2 weeks before flying to Texas to visit my daughter, my friends thought I was crazy!

[@death_parade]

How is your internet running in a plane?

[@AidanPatko]

@@death_parade it’s 2022 my guy… wifi is a thing…

[@noneofyourbizness]

would i be right in GUESSING that if the flight behind the crashed flight had LITERALLY no alternatives, that flight would be permitted to land at the relatively unaffected end of the runway? (because not permitting that to happen would guarantee that the plane would have to be crash landed, at best)

[@rosua]

they would be in a situation like that but you have to understand with so much debris on the ground the plane landing would probably have a puncture that could lead to a runoff or if one of the parts got sucked into the engine with the airport safety crews involved with the a320 if something happened to the landing plane they would be doomed jaipur airport is a single runway so they arent required to have emergency crews able to handle 2 situations at once

[@jake_]

With passengers evacuating the plane, rescue personnel and debris on the runway, that would have been a terrible idea.

[@rosua]

@@jake_ yeah it would have been but they were asking a hypothetical situation

[@jsr8884]

I joined this airline a few months after this incident. I have never ever believed the dispatch team’s inputs without cross checking. Now, they are very good professionals. No doubt. My take is - why should you blindly trust someone ?. Especially if it’s your safety that’s is in jeopardy?

[@robcfg]

I love your videos and would like you to do one on the A320 crash that almost doomed this flight. Keep up the good work!

[@arneja]

It was a split-second decision plus staying focused on whichever plan he came up with. His calm attitude and calculated risk also added in his favour but it could have gone against him, but then it is the outcome which defines his decisions.

[@mbvoelker8448]

Definitely the crashed plane in Jaipur too. One never really thinks about the effect of a crash on the other air traffic in the area.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Great job on the Seattle Horizon crash last week. The fuel situation was unbelievable. Fumes don't describe this situation. This is all a part of the risk benefit analysis the pilots go through. The extra 300 kg paid off. Just did a quick check. Says the 737 burns 30 kg of fuel a minute at cruise. That's around 8 gallons. They did not have enough for a go around.

[@232K7]

Couldn't be overstated how critical the fuel was... that wasn't even enough to fill an average size aquarium

[@meditatingstuff]

It's so interesting, what can happen to your options. So I'd definitely like a video about what happened with the runway incursion.

[@dimitarivanov3817]

We would love to get a video on the crash just before the SpiceJet

[@DonutCHANNELS]

Such incredible graphics .. could literally smell the smog of Delhi

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

This was a good call from the pilots. Spicejet has had some good days but has since fallen on hard times. Hope it regains its past glory. Competition in the Indian domestic skies is ultimately good for the customers.

[@Williamb612]

been to Delhi many times, there are often cows hanging around the baggage claim carousel…because of their belief is cows being sacred they have to let them roam wherever they choose to go, including in the middle of the highways. So, plane traffic is often delayed because of cows in the baggage claim, car traffic is outrageously slow because of cows in the street…and in a day to day to basis you never know where those cows are going to head

[@erich930]

8:03 - I'm being a little bit nitpicky, but the minimum altitude on an ILS is called the Decision Altitude. A Minimum Decent Altitude is part of a non-precision approach. The difference is when you reach the DA, you immediately go missed, but when you reach the MDA, you have to stop your decent stay there until you see the runway or reach a specified Missed Approach Point.

[@zync1000]

Spicejet also does not operate out of Lucknow, but out of nearby Kanpur. Might have been the other reason why they did not consider diverting to Lucknow.

[@mxkoifish6984]

Aw man for second I thought we we're getting a two-for-one special. I'd love to hear about the other accident!

[@neti_neti_]

मैं उस दिन इसी विमान पर था । हमारा भाग्य अच्छा था , हम बाल -बाल बच गए।😅😅😅 गहन शोध , प्रज्ञावान विश्लेषण और बहुत सुन्दर प्रस्तुति।

[@trinity72gp]

🇬🇧🙋🏾‍♀️Definately need the video on the guys ahead of this incident 👍🏾

[@PauperJ]

In addition to the pilots' incredible skills, the fact that both are subscribers to MACI, helped them decide how to handle the "only fumes left" issue. Thank you MACI.

[@Capecodham]

MACI?

[@gamma_dablam]

@@Capecodham Mini Air Crash Investigation

[@Capecodham]

@@gamma_dablam I wonder what he did with time not being clear withy the time saved not typing Air rash nvestigation

[@ezrashonor]

It is unfathomable to me that is customary to operate with no more fuel reserves than this. I rarely let my vehicle drop below 1/4 tank…and 90% of my travel is within 15 minutes of home around town.

[@andymath1523]

Cost of carrying extra fuel in car is negligible but carrying extra fuel/weight in this 737 significantly increases operating cost's in many ways

[@ameybirulkar7503]

Google maximum takeoff weight

[@ezrashonor]

I get there’s both weight and economics at play but I’d rather pay 20% more and know if I was flying from Newark to LaGuardia that there’s enough fuel on board to make Charlotte or Detroit if need be.

[@andymath1523]

@@ezrashonor Very true but people want cheap seats and the airlines are competing for business , I would rather have fuel for unforeseen problem like this , this captain took on extra and saved the day

[@slehar]

Wow! A flight investigation without a tragic crash? A happy ending? With hero pilots? Give us more! Great story!

[@aerotube7291]

Good luck was the main reason. Note. It was an incident, not an accident. Great video

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

Do the A320 accident! The pilots definitely made the right choices at the right times and remained professional. They did exactly what they should have and it turned out ok! If they had hesitated or made any errors in judgement it could have been much worse!

[@nancyhamlin8426]

Thank you for giving the distance in feet, also. 😘

[@Baylow94]

"Everything in that report could be a video of its own" Imma need that video too then Please and thank you!

[@TimeB87]

If I had known about that Air India crash, I wouldn't have been so comfortable flying with them from Goa to Mumbai only a week later... I know that flying is safer than almost any other form of travel, but that still is spooky to think about the what ifs.

[@quigglebert]

I'd like to see a video on combined accidents, can't imagine there's more than a few separate incidents occurring at the same time

[@juk-hw5lv]

Go around would propably ended with fuel sloshing away from the pump inlets due to increased pitch, and a dual flameout even before they managed to exhaust the last droplet. Avianca 52 comes to mind. It's astonishing how quickly India developed, and how many problems this development brought. From terrible pollution and smog, to airports not being ready for the massive amounts of traffic to shoddy and cheap airlines

[@death_parade]

This is all bound to happen when you get a country the size of India that has been ruled by foreign invaders for many centuries past and thus now has to go through growth in every single sphere where other nations got centuries to sort out these problems. No need to worry though, new airports springing up all around the country and "shoddy and cheap" airlines are actually being run rather well. Not shoddy at all.

[@juk-hw5lv]

@@death_parade This. We can thank the br*tish for pretty much 99% of today's India problems. As for airlines - too fast of a growth always damages safety

[@DustyGamma]

Hey, the passengers got to land where they wanted! ~Always look on the bright side of life~ *whistles*

[@jameswg13]

The pilots knew what Delhi could be like and loaded extra fuel. They get to Delhi and the is 25 planes there in exrrenelt poor conditions. In that case it feels like you should have multiple alternates and you should automatically leave when you reach the fuel amount of the furthest alternate away + 500 on top. To forestall any accidents

[@WideLoad405]

Definitely want to see a video on the other crash that made the go back to Delhi.

[@DelfinaKS]

As always, another excellent video from you. Great work from captain. Yes, would like to see the A-320 crash video and curios how the pilots of that plane handled the situation. Were they also put into that situation by operations or did they cause the crash?

[@mwbgaming28]

If I ever get a job as a pilot, I don't care what the company's SOPs are, I'll always carry more fuel than is legally required, at least 1hr extra if possible

[@TJ-USMC]

"Great Airmanship !!!"

[@lilysonthemoon]

There’s a motivational speech poster in this video. Great video as always :D

[@SyedMasoomMumeen]

The A320 that bottled the landing was flying from my hometown of Guwahati (GAU/VEGT), please make a video on it!

[@eduline]

YES, please comment on the runway accident as well. Thank you for your videos!!

[@miracleguy2959]

Great video👍🏼…I think 💭 luck and skill saved this flight☘️✈️

[@nicobellic2465]

Make the Jaipur crash one.

[@mikemoreno4469]

If it hadn't been for the pilot's decision to take on extra fuel, that plane would have crashed.

[@SteamingCupofReason]

Yes... Would love a video on the crash prior to this incident.

[@BlunderDownUnder]

Another +1 for a video on the A320 incident 👍

[@TikkaQrow]

I wonder how many of the passengers even knew how close they were to disaster. How many were harassing airport personnel over their tardiness

[@GGoblin1]

The passengers: why is it taking so long to land?? The pilots: *we all gonna die*

[@neelkirans]

Their destiny saved them

[@timelwell7002]

Like Missy and others, I also would like to see a video on the other crash mentioned. I really enjoy and appreciate your excellent videos. It's worth mentioning that Irish airline *Ryanair* regularly use the *bare minimum of fuel* when setting off - in fact, the airline *specifically instructs pilots NOT to add extra fuel* in case of emergencies or unexpected events (such as the one in this video). I am *very worried* that one day a Ryanair passenger jet will crash due to running out of fuel, if this kind of thing should happen - which sooner or later, it almost certainly will. Needless to say, I myself would *never* fly with Ryanair, no matter how cheap the flight.

[@briant7265]

So they landed with 330 lbs of fuel, and I'm thinking, "Whoo-ee! That was tight!" Then you mentioned the 300 lbs extra again.

[@aagupta8074]

They landed with 150 kilos of fuel. They had taken an extra 300 kilos per captain's wishes.

[@dianericciardistewart2224]

Yes I would like to see the associated incident that caused this aircraft to return to Delhi. . .This was very interesting! Kudos to the pilots for doing the best they could and finally getting their aircraft safely on the ground! 👍✈✈👍

[@Rincypoopoo]

Please do a video on the A320 that made a mess at Jaipur. Great video as always. Thank you.

[@lhw.iAviation]

Today, I learn something new. Air incidents range from very interesting to very boring, but to be safe, we have to look at all air incidents so that we can be safer pilots tomorrow

[@ps2hacker]

A reporter asked Niel Armstrong if he could take into space if he could take anything he wanted, and he said “I’d take more fuel”.

[@vivawolf]

Would really appreciate another video on the other incident!

[@kindnessisking5500]

I have to be honest, I enjoy all your videos! That said you will NEVER catch me in a airplane! Keep up the good work!

[@JPB57]

When I was Captain, for my fuel calculation, I always took in account the number of approches and Rwy available at destination and also alternate. And also during fuel management in flight.

[@RossNixon]

So the alternate run way was 'blocked'. So how blocked was it? A 737 doesn't need a long runway to come to a stop. They could have done a touch & go to check the options, including finishing up on the grass/dirt edge of the runway.

[@achalbhoir1359]

4:47 yes we want video of that A320 accident too

[@ills6]

For sure do a video on that other crash, it'd be a great company to this video!

[@aksharshah7066]

The notorious smog in Delhi is often due to the stubble being burnt by the farmers in the neighboring states of Delhi. Not only it creates situation like this for aircrafts but every year it also creates many road accidents killing many. Unfortunately, the stubble burning isn't curbed due to politics.

[@jjquinn2004]

Nice video. I'm flying Spicejet from Pune to Goa in a few weeks. Maybe I'll drive instead.

[@BlindBlue196]

Another video on the crash mentioned in this video please and a big factor in this video was the captain takeing on extra fuel deffinetly a life saving decision 😄 thank you 4 this video

[@sidkemp4672]

I agree with all you said. If I were a pilot, I would do one thing differently. If I had to divert from my primary, I would always consider both (or all) alternates and I would make safety a significantly higher priority than convenience or cost. I realize the pilot may not have a choice. But, conceptually, one in command is best being free to step back and say something like: Wait a second. Jaipur conditions are marginal and they don't offer a trend. They have only one runway. And several airplanes are already diverting there from Delhi. It is safest to look at another alternate as early as possible, and choose the safest landing location, even if it is more expensive and less convenient. I mean, ask any passenger. Would you like a certainty of a long delay, or a greater possibility of a crash? What is the passenger going to say?

[@charlie7mason]

Well put.

[@vishwanathsalagame2324]

Thankyou so much for this very revealing video. Those were the dark ages of 2014. Now Hardeep Singh Puri ji should add more runways, functional systems, and backups.

[@ianwalker2250]

Yes please - would love to see a video from you on the Air India A320 runway excursion in Jaipur

[@joeb5316]

To put things in perspective, 150kg is about what an average Sumo wrestler weighs (nowhere near the heaviest, either.) If my math is correct, that's about 188 liters of fuel; that wouldn't fill 1/4 of a Jacuzzi J210 tub.

[@ronb1057]

It's amazing that there aren't more accidents when it comes to New Delhi, because of the fog and smog causing low visibility issues. Not much can be done about the fog since it is a meteorological phenomenon, but smog is something that the government of India needs to start addressing before things get to a point where landing in Delhi is more than just a hazard as it is presently. It might become impossible someday in the not-too-distant future or to a point where sensible international airlines simply stop flying into.

[@misteryummyearth1055]

Every country should have A CRASH LANDING AIRPORT or airport section significantly named as so ,equipped with multiple high pressure water and foam sprayers on the ground,bright lights and massive space. Should be an aviation requirement.

[@death_parade]

LOL. A single "crash landing airport" don't mean crap when your plane is on the other end of the country. Maybe this stuff would make sense for small nations. But not for big ones like India.

[@misteryummyearth1055]

@@death_parade 🙄🥲👍

[@Silent_Shishya]

Air India flight 101. It's a bit old and 2 other channels have already converted it but i think you'll do great with that too. Pls do a vid on that