Valentine Cargo Flight on Turkish Cargo A330F

I travelled on a Turkish Cargo A330-200 cargo flight from Istanbul to London Stansted and back. Inside the cargo plane were 64,000 kgs of fresh flowers for a Valentine’s Day delivery. The flowers came from Kenya via Istanbul to the UK. The flight provided some great insights on how to transport perishable cargo and how cargo operations work in general. On the flight deck, captain Ferihan took charge of a low visibility take-off as the weather was extremely foggy. We had some turbulence during the climb out of bad weather. I had a tour inside the Turkish A330F, including the crew rest area and the galley. It is very different when compared to passenger plane. Breakfast was served during the flight.
When we arrived in Stansted Airport. It was a race against time to offload the fresh flowers. Those flowers will go straight to the market from the warehouse on the same day. All 64,000 kgs of cargo were offloaded in less than an hour, we then had another full load of cargo to load onto the flight.
A snowstorm was approaching with gusty wind conditions. The ground operation team has to quickly upload the cargo before the storm arrives. One cargo pallet was built slightly too high and couldn’t enter the plane due to the contour of the A330’s fuselage. So, the operation has to fix the problem on the spot to avoid a delay. The video is full of cargo operations and shows the importance of the air cargo industry to deliver the world’s supplies during the pandemic. We flew back to Istanbul Ataturk airport with a beautiful approach over the city of Istanbul at night.
To me, the air cargo industry has always been the underdog in aviation. Clearly, this pandemic has highlighted the importance of cargo logistics to keep the world moving. The air cargo industry is always responding to rapidly changing situations or crises. I call it “Crisis Management”. It is all about problem-solving to meet end needs and deliver on-time.

[@SamChui]

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[@saniakhan7711]

you're first

[@quan-oh-re2258]

Hiiiii

[@Automotive1.]

Done

[@omareo3876]

Done

[@Samveedan]

I did

[@133dave133]

It's cool that these airlines allow us to see behind the scenes.

[@SamChui]

Exactly, thanks to the access given by Turkish Cargo for the vlog.

[@vincentrochow6979]

The captain ist so awesome, professional and nice

[@cicci0salsicci0]

That's a badass Captain.

[@psgman41]

Dear God, this female captain is not only beautiful; she is very professional and in total control

[@GenkisTravels]

Interesting perspective on the Cargo operations of a Turkish Cargo flight.

[@cosmic_picnic]

Those turkish ladies ❤️

[@adembey2271]

Yes, she is also captain pilot🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷👏👏👏👍

[@tolgaozbekcom]

Good job Sam, have a nice flight!

[@seyfullahkaplan650]

Tolga Bey bir C-130 deneyimiyle kıyaslanamaz ama A330 cargo da fena değilmiş 😂

[@tolgaozbekcom]

@@seyfullahkaplan650 THY'ye ben başvursam bu izin verilmez :) Neyse ki C-130'la uçtum yeter bana ;)

[@saiduslu7681]

Tolga hocam siz videonuzda söyledikten sonra hem Cem yılmazın C130 skecini ilk kez izledim çok iyiydi, =)))

[@tolgaozbekcom]

@@saiduslu7681 Eyvallah sağ ol.

[@tolgaozbekcom]

@Mustard of Burger Evet severim Sam kardeşimizi :)

[@m.kubilaycanoz1026]

Turkish woman captain is the best 😍 NİceE JOB 👍👍🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@him4nshubhardwaj]

Saw first time?

[@queentonochieng3885]

Happy to see that the flowers are from my country Kenya 🇰🇪

[@egroegartfart]

Thats cool queenton. I didnt know flowers came from there. Thats really awesome. I didnt know so many other countries celebrate valentines day also. Have a good day.

[@flightlab6229]

Thanks to Kenya and Kenya nation for sharing wonderful flowers with the beautiful and loving people living around the globe

[@jannym360geen6]

Yes and not to forget the fruits and veggies ....😘😍🇰🇪

[@lemisoshabanji6633]

I'm proud to see Flowers originating from Kenya in the plane

[@abdulrahmanabubakar1531]

When the Captain disengaged the autopilot and took the control to land the plane it was really awesome.

[@pbyfr]

Yeah, very impressive how much she needed to move the stick. It must have been very bumpy.

[@kerder8660]

Men o men my autopilot could turn quickly on if she disengaged.. I mean captain.. Or - es to be corrected bfr u start to shoot..would be a pleasure to fly with her on autopilot... Hehehe

[@him4nshubhardwaj]

@@pbyfr just for your kind information... The first officer lands the plane and the captain is the pilot monitoring 🙃

[@muzlu3720]

Gururumuz Türk Hava Yolları 🇹🇷

[@Ali-in2gh]

Helal be ben de türk aryodum

[@wotblitzberoloji297]

Bende

[@ahmet-ys3su]

@@Ali-in2gh bende

[@bunyaminklc5683]

Türk Hava Yolları'ndan ziyade ben bu kadın pilot ablamla gurur duyuyorum helal olsun , kadınların her alanda erkekler kadar iş yapabileceğinin güzel bir örneği . THY konusunda varlık fonuna geçmesini doğru bulmuyorum . Politik mevzu da çıkarma niyetim yok

[@firstsoldier4257]

milyarlık firmanın sana ne yarari var ki? fanatik holiganlar gibi firma tutuyorsunuz firma sizi becerdiğinde bile ses cikartmiyorsunuz isinize gelincede müşteri her zaman haklidir diyorsunuz ama Thy karşı hic bir şey yok uyan sana bes kuruş yaralar yok kendini ezdirme onlarda havalara sokmayın!

[@Z06ified]

Great video and I love the cockpit video work. Very interesting to see the captain doing a manual landing in rough weather on a nearly fully loaded plane, and all of the side stick and control movements needed to pull off a great safe landing. Turkish Airlines has a talented captain there, and I’m happy to see her keeping her skills sharp by manually flying. More “modern” captains should take note and get off the automation comfort zone.

[@A2KLAU]

As a consumer in modern times we easily forget how much actually goes on behind the scenes. I’m so glad Sam you’ve helped raise awareness for all your viewers of how much we take for granted. Your hard work and enthusiasm is very much appreciated, and really bringing to life how fantastic the people in aviation really are.

[@jelof21]

super cool to see the captain was a girl, she looks like such a boss and so cool when flying heheh

[@simonyapp]

My dad flew cargo planes for 6 years after 25 years of passenger flights. He had more technical challenges in those 6 years as the planes are pushed a lot closer to there limits in terms of weight. Fantastic video, thank you !

[@MichaelSmith-lx2dt]

I bet working on a cargo plane is really good plus not having to deal with passengers is such a relief

[@flightlab6229]

Yup that's true but even more challenging

[@SamChui]

is something different but you will have other duty such as cargo loading, calculations and paperworks.

[@enoch1819]

May I ask you what was your department at university ?

[@pauldunn5978]

Boxes don't answer back or give you grief. Problem is a 3.5 tonne pallet will hit you a lot harder than a passenger if you don't pay attention to it.

[@firstsoldier4257]

cargo doesn't cry cargo can't womit !

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

That female captain was very professional and extremely cool!! Turkish Cargo is really amazing by allowing such a vlog that perhaps they wanted to use Sam as an extra crew😁😁

[@sohummallapur351]

Incredible 360 footage from the cockpit

[@SamChui]

Easily done by Insta360 ONE R camera. Very happy with it.

[@jdc3636]

Lady pilot, very cool

[@letoyapeter3563]

Kenyan 🌹🌹🌹 spreading love all over the world..

[@TravelblogJoyDellaVita]

What a great insight, was looking forward to watching this video since you announced it on Instagram - thanks! 😊

[@SamChui]

Thank you for following it.

[@fahadbinsakhawat3669]

🌸🌸

[@MojaveDan]

My Rotary District in Southern California hosted an exchange with a district in Turkey whereas business professionals exchanged visits between the districts. Among the exchange were Turkish women and this is when I experienced how stunningly beautiful and intelligent Turkish women are. This plane having a Turkish woman pilot is no surprise to me.

[@CanKUzun]

“Oh hero Turkish women, you are worthy to rise to the skies on our shoulders.” -M. K. ATATURK

[@CrazyWatcher670]

In general Turkish ppl are more intelligent and well behaved than Americans.

[@RobtheAviator]

@@CrazyWatcher670 that must be why Turkey is such an advanced and successful country, eh?

[@CrazyWatcher670]

@@RobtheAviator at least they r not fighting among themselves about flat earth.

[@RobtheAviator]

@@CrazyWatcher670 even the flat earthers in the US are making 10 times the median household income of the median Turk. So much for being smarter.

[@bellaUK]

What I really love about Sam is that he has complete respect towards new experiences, cultures he genuinely loves exploring everything without any prejudice

[@seangitari4671]

proud of my homeland produce Produce of KENYA.happy valentines day...

[@Equality-and-Liberty]

Proud of what? White people have farm companies in your country and what is the reason for that? Why can't you black people in Kenya be the owner of that company? Let's put it this way. If all the farm companies were black-owned the flower wouldn't make it to Europe.

[@misszara786]

I loved airport life, I worked at Heathrow 13 years, passengers, cargo, retail, loved it all! 🥰

[@walkinkiller2314]

Girl powerrrr proud of it as a turkish person captain you are a inspo for all of us who Want To be pilot in future sam you did Well video again nice to watch you all the time 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@LuisGGomezPhoto]

Sam, you're a gentleman! The Captain was very happy, and beautiful. Thanks and stay safe.

[@bellaUK]

So proud to see a female Captain, let’s be honest there are not many out there.

[@Equality-and-Liberty]

Why should they?

[@travelleryildirim3013]

I think to know Turkish Airlines have nearly 200 female Pilots ;)

[@RogerSanGabriel]

More than you think.

[@ThatWasLoud]

The Captain's English is terrible

[@travelleryildirim3013]

@@ThatWasLoud Its enough good that she can flye this Aircraft ... dont be jealous, Its not their mother tongue !

[@PeachyBeachBum]

That was a boss final, so many corrections to keep the approach stable in high u.k winds was downright amazing to watch. She makes me want to fly turkish next time I need to hop the Atlantic lol

[@putopis194]

This lady is pure professional! I like her! Very smart women.

[@culcune]

Sam has convinced me that flying on a cargo plane is the way to go!

[@bl00dline360]

😂

[@musa4075]

THE BEST CAPTAİN EVER FERİHAN LANDİNG İS AMAZİNG

[@cocozuchanel]

Turkish Cargo saved Valentines Day 🙌🏻❤️

[@kerder8660]

Aha.. Hehehe specially in Armenia...

[@myintmyatlwin.electronsbts8538]

So coomat

[@myintmyatlwin.electronsbts8538]

Sam coomat

[@myintmyatlwin.electronsbts8538]

Yes

[@doubleplay4]

Sam, this is one of your best videos. It gives great insight to cargo operations and very timely because of Valentines day. I also loved the cockpit footage and the way how female Captain handled the flight. Great job.

[@BusDriverLife]

Shoutout to the amazing Captain and First Officer!! Awesome video...so many roses!!!

[@henrycatindig673]

It's a great video @SamChui! Thanks for sharing how cargo handling operations of Turkish Airlines work! More power and God bless!

[@zeynepozdal]

Wonderful video with great content. Very proud of my dear captain Ferihan. 👩🏻‍✈️ Thanks a lot Sam!

[@jeffreydeeds9225]

This was a terrific look inside a world we seldom get to see! It is fascinating how much is involved in the movement of freight by air. Thank you very much for continuing to publish videos, Sam. It's always exciting to get a new video because I never know what your creativity will come up with next! Much love and thanks!

[@pauldunn5978]

Was on the aircraft when you were filming this Sam. When you took that short shot of the export deadload I was stood right behind you!

[@buyukturk3024]

Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷👋🏻

[@anakinskywalker5363]

No one cares where you’re from

[@nogayziyaarkan2140]

Türkiyeeeeee

[@buyukturk3024]

@@anakinskywalker5363 ok

[@djkeelo]

That camera stabilization in the cockpit during takeoff... Wow!

[@IRENE-yb7gk]

Thank you Sam. Your doing such amazing job. Pls keep it up.

[@sameeradesilva7972]

Your videos are amazing. Can learn so much about travelling, especially for people who love to travel. Thank u for showing these videos during covid as a lot of people miss travelling. The presenting of the videos are great too. Good luck.

[@TheSheiban]

When I was a kid, I wanted to fly the Concorde, then it went out of service so I would be happy to become an airline pilot. That never happened, but if I were to select my career again, I would become a cargo pilot...

[@CaptainBaseball]

TURKISH CARGO is one the fastest growing Cargo Airlines of the World.

[@muhammeducar2718]

Yeah, it is correct.

[@LawrenceSingha]

So loved the speeded up footage of from LDN to IST (last 2 mins of the ending) was great and amazing... so sweet of you to give flowers to Capt! (good flowers point)

[@facebookblues]

Very insightful. A huge thumbs-up to all the good and hardworking people all over the world in charge of cargo operations for keeping the world moving! 👏👏👏

[@WhiteDay55]

Turkish Airlines 🇹🇷❤

[@kubilayadbay9828]

Airlines doğrusu

[@WhiteDay55]

@@kubilayadbay9828 düzelttim .d

[@YusufHabiibo]

LOVE FROM GERMANY 🇩🇪🇹🇷❤

[@mstrblaster1772]

Appreciate the unsung heros of the cargo fleet. Thanks Sam for the great video.

[@Redventures38]

Thank you sharing this wonderful video..have a safe flight sam😊

[@pratyushverma9353]

OMG THIS IS AMAZINGNESSSSS

[@traceyturner9428]

Soo cool Sam. How do you get access to go on these cargo flights? It's amazing and your footage is amazing! You are my favorite KZbinr!! 😊🥰❤

[@ThePeaceBJ]

Nice job 👍 Great touch with flowers, you are always kind.

[@JohnDesouza-Studio-videos]

Sam your videos are really inspiring. Love them. Keep up the good job.

[@ooztuna]

we love to fly with Turkish Airlines...

[@youngdaggerdick8410]

Bet even the first pilots were a couple

[@russellatwell784]

Another great video Sam your the envy of many people keep posting these great story’s it’s keeping many of us going during these hard times of lockdown in Australia waiting for the chance to once again travel to the many great places around the world.

[@pauloqueiroz6246]

Um dos melhores vídeos que vc já fez Parabéns 👏👏👏

[@buse3359]

I really proud of us as an Turkish. Thank u Sam for sharing this video with us, God bless you 😊🙏🏼🎈

[@caralhoguy]

What a Turkish Delight!

[@Jay-hr3rh]

An entire a330 full with presents for people you can never please 🌹🌹🌹.

[@mostafashoman2409]

Good job Sam, have a great day! ❤️✈️

[@thepilotguy3752]

Sam chui the type of guy to take an airplane for a date on valentines

[@him4nshubhardwaj]

RFS in the profile?

[@staleonion2520]

You should do this style of video with Cargolux, and collab with Captain Joe!

[@flightlab6229]

That would be more exciting to see two stars of Aviation travelling to the first time in the history of social media and aviation

[@ApexAviation9782]

that would make the best aviation video on YT

[@SamChui]

Cool idea, I talked about it with Joe. He is very busy on duty flying cargo atm to keep the world supply lines going.

[@may_laytrucker3127]

I fly with cargo luxembourg and my car was in it too

[@jamesleicher]

or go more cold place, Alaska buffalo Joe cargo dc6

[@codeby_developer]

Wow...that women pilot is so kind..and i feel so blessed that you have given the flowers to her at the end. Because may be her husband or a boyfriend stays far from her.❤ You made her day.

[@patrickmiskelly5913]

Absolutely love all your videos, keep up the great work 💪!

[@tg916.th.21]

I love your videos Sam! Whenever Sam smiles, I am happy

[@ManmohanMohanty]

Pls walk through my content if you get a chance!

[@ccm2059]

Same

[@ccm2059]

@@ManmohanMohanty stop begging

[@martinmwangi5092]

The flowers are from my country Kenya.🇰🇪

[@dhirajbhurtah6601]

"Sam Chui travels with Insta360"

[@lbarney56]

Nice to learn about cargo operations! Good work Sam!!

[@Dave-fb9ix]

Wow love the end time lapse from inside wide angle, never seen before. Awesome 👏🏽

[@SebastienPhotoVideo]

Sam Chui is cold at 15:51 but keep in mind that as i'm watching the video it is -50 Celsius with the wind were I live!!!

[@SamChui]

Where do you live? I was shivering you can hear my voice lol

[@SebastienPhotoVideo]

@@SamChui Yes we can hear! I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada it is very cold and lots of snow in the winter!!!

[@kutay7005]

IELTS i geçerken aksanada baksalar keşke aksanlar müthiş

[@baltaliilah5928]

Her şeye bir "yeah" cevabı.

[@CrazyWatcher670]

No problem. We love your accent. We love you all.

[@kaantarhan168]

Bence önyargılısın.Evet gözümü kapatsalar konuşanın Türk olduğunu anlarım ama aksanımız kötü değil bence.

[@pilotjing]

So want to fly cargo planes, 747 of course haha. Thanks Sam for sharing!

[@boblay4812]

wow that was a AMAZING cargo flight. Great to see behind the scenes👍. Cheers from Canada🥰

[@dmk9278]

Seen Kenyan flowers during offloading , Oserian . So Proud to be kenyan

[@mohammadt.rbadran7619]

The trade agreement between Turkey and the U.K on the going

[@user-tc2cp9nx9v]

Thanks for sharing this video, love you so much.

[@kacpercieslikowski3828]

Well done, Sam, have a nice flight with this power.

[@diversefao4240]

PRODUCE OF KENYA right there, Kenya to the world....happy vals day from the hardworking people of the Republic of Kenya

[@bizbuildershawaii1719]

Brilliant video from cockpit. Best most unique I've seen so far

[@ramazankilic6836]

I love watching all Sam's video you doing good job made me feel very good

[@ApexAviation9782]

i really hope i could win that camera, iv'e started a planespotting channel and I'm using my dad's phone to record which isn't the best when it comes to overall quality, sam is one of the many KZbinrs that inspired me to make one, so i really hope i get it, it would help out a lot, and my birthday is just around the corner :)

[@SamChui]

Good luck, hope you did both steps. Insta360 will pick the winner.

[@ApexAviation9782]

@@SamChui Thanks Sam, and yes I did both :)

[@Legend.1701]

Hey Sam, you are so lucky to travel in so many planes, stay safe bro. ❤️ From India

[@alesjug4913]

Another entertaining video! Thanks Sam!

[@mahamadoudiallo2683]

Proud of my company THY👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@firstsoldier4257]

yours?

[@djkraftie2899]

Produce of KENYA❤️

[@Airbussnik]

Nice flight trip,Sam The Gentleman,as always,many thumbs up👍👍👍

[@gooseyt1712]

The night flight, lit cockpit, fast forward video edit is awesome!

[@tk5gqj514]

Actually Turkish Airlines Cargo is still using old (and beatiful) İstanbul Atatürk Airport very mostly

[@emrepeker09]

They'll switch over all cargo operations when the cargo facilities at the new airport are ready

[@tk5gqj514]

@@emrepeker09 i hope it will take a long long time

[@_RTX2060SUPER_]

I think they should have named Istanbul Airport « New Ataturk Airport » .

[@sladanawex2343]

I saw a Turkish A330F flying over my house in Stansted!

[@samarjeetdighe991]

Must be them

[@sladanawex2343]

@@samarjeetdighe991 yep

[@pauldunn5978]

They are in 4 times a week every week.

[@Murat_S4]

Thanks for this great experience with Turkish Airlines Sam! :)

[@archietect4924]

Thanks - awesome to see what goes in to keeping the world economy spinning. Love your courtesy and thoughts.

[@VicTheflyingDentist]

Flowers make everyone happy 🌹 and so does Sam Chui 🥰

[@sirBrouwer]

who is the person operating the camera? he/she is doing a good job but you never see him/her or mention him/her. Or is it a different person each time?

[@redsreport9843]

Yes, he should give credit

[@kunAgogo]

People behind the camera rarely wants to be infront of it.., some are very private or myb his wife,....you get the idea

[@papricank2006]

nice video. Also surprised for you have an interview to local stuff. Fresh n interesting video. Thank you.

[@simonebellini3502]

Very interesting video!!! Thank you, Sam👍

[@EdywyneRacing]

Yeeees my country Kenya delivering love to the world. I am glad I saw a package from my hometown flower co. PANDA FLOWERS NAIVASHA KENYA