[REAL ATC] British Airways A380 into Minneapolis | Medical Emergency

[@VASAviation]

A few days more to tweet your favorite video with the #MerryxVAS hashtag! Postcards are almost on the way :D

[@bobac1083]

Thanks again for making this video for me. I remember staying up late (past 4am local time) to grab the audio for this one and got a video from my house of it taking off.

[@Viking251978]

Hey, would you have anything on an Air India out of JFK which took the wrong turn into LaGuardia after take off? It seems it happened this last February - but cannot find anything but a couple of articles from flying enthusiasts.

[@gabereiser]

hahaha, "Speedbird another 50 yards or so." "Can you give that in metres?" lol.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Speedbird: "Cheeky bugger." Having an English father helps me appreciate the suttle sense of humour.

[@KC-rd3gw]

45.72m. Out of all the imperial units yards are the most similar to a meter

[@marilson84]

@@KC-rd3gw which we also use regularly here in the UK, for instance sat navs they would use yards instead of metres

[@joylunn3445]

Disgraceful Speedbird, check up on your Imperial measures. I'm in the UK.

[@duk2k]

No one use really use yards out there apart from US and all the golfers 😂

[@CBikeLondon]

7:53 engine 31: "50 yards" , speedbird: "can you do that in metres?" had me in stitches

[@joeysworldsewer]

This is the Midwest, you'd need to find a Canadian among us to help you 😂

[@TEHEPICBROS]

Love hearing BA pilots on the radio - always so relaxed yet professional! You'd think they'd be sipping on their cup of tea whilst this whole thing was going on!

[@chrissteer001]

OMG!!! Totally exciting!!!! Very relaxed but they know exactly what they're doing.

[@flyboy747uk]

That's us Brits for you lol

[@chrissteer001]

We rarely have ANY European companies fly into MSP. KLM and Air France are the only ones. It's exciting when we get some diversity. :)

[@MegaVector2011]

The pilot, who has never landed there before advising the ATC controllers of the best taxiing route is a little insane, although I can believe that as they must have been nervous landing such a huge plane. Good job all around.

[@steveroyle6002]

James De Lambert they probably were.

[@AkiraAkiyama]

Absolutely professional especially for the airport which rarely handle A380s.

[@isaactxn]

Only 3 times as of 2021

[@jacobwong2230]

Can it handle an A380

[@maxotzenberger8374]

@@jacobwong2230 Absolutely, there are C-17s that fly into MSP a few times a month. As well as the occasional 747.

[@paulspomer16]

@@maxotzenberger8374 More than occasional. UPS flies 747s into MSP regularly along with Atlas Air occasionally. Back when Delta was flying the 747, MSP had one there daily.

[@stephengnb]

MSP also had the An-225 a number of times. (RIP)

[@virginiaviola5097]

You’d be a bit confused I guess if you thought you were heading to London and woke up in a hospital in Minneapolis instead.

[@calviinle]

LOL

[@Turbulencemode]

It would confuse the bank account too…

[@jcdock]

That was handled very professionally even for an airport that sounds like it doesn't usually take 380's

[@sythemaster1]

We don't. Our airport never really got outfitted to handle an aircraft that size. Airbus did stop during their tour of the US with the 380 but MSP isn't much of an international hub so we don't see much heavy traffic. Our airport is mainly a connection hub for Delta.

[@JACK-sv8td]

Jc Dock no not at all, the biggest aircraft I have seen (besides the 380 in the video) is a 744 but very rarely

[@sythemaster1]

You forgot our seasonal 343 (soon to be 772) from Air France

[@bobac1083]

No we never get A380s here. Its only for Medical or weather diversions (from Chicago O'Hare). Look on my channel though for the Antonov An-225 taking off from MSP. That was the biggest aircraft to visit MSP ever.

[@Wizzardgirl]

@Captain Matt .. When I heard the KLM 787 a few weeks back, I thought it must have been an emergency! Pulled up FlightAware and saw it was a scheduled flight .. I almost had a stroke. It is so tragic to see what has happened since the end of Northwest. It is like the land of CRJs and 737 up here now. 1492 is landing as I type this .. but A330 isn't the old days of the "Gold Concourse" filled with DC-10s and 747s.

[@mymx5az]

In 1956, while the new MSP terminal was under construction a friend of mine, whose father was an Army general, took us on a visit to the room where the air traffic controllers were working. Being 10 years old at the time, all that I remember is that the room was dark and that most of the light in the room was coming from the controllers screens. In 1962 we toured the new terminal before it was in operation. Unlike today there were only 2 concourses. Instead of the multiple parking garages there was one very large parking lot.

[@roblaa3198]

love the BA call signs "speedbird" 👌

[@joylunn3445]

Dates from Imperial Airways from the 1920's.

[@fhuber7507]

Like the controller planning ahead with the plane 45 min out from landing.

[@sirabcde]

My home airport. So cool! Our poor guys in the tower had to look up what an a380 looks like though.

[@TheStrickland94]

Yeah it's not exactly tiny :P

[@sean636]

How do they work in aviation and not know what the biggest passenger airplane in the world looks like?

[@MrNickhalford]

+Sean Carney i think he's talking bollocks

[@davecrupel2817]

Sean Carney he's exhaggerating, you nitwit.

[@Teverell]

I could almost hear him thinking 'British Airways? That's Speedbird - we NEVER get to talk to Speedbird out here!'... and then they referred to it as Speedbird rather than British Airways just because. It's a damn cool callsign!

[@bobac1083]

I still remember that day... I was pissed cause it came in 2 hours after my shift when i was a ramp agent with Sun Country at the time. Now im with Swissport Fueling. Thats who does fueling at MSP. When something like this comes in that the fuelers are NOT trained on, its the supervisors who do it. I heard stories from my co-workers when an Antonov 124/225 comes in, they have to have a crew member who can translate it for them cause the fuel panel is in Russian. As for the A380, ive seen the fueling panel. Its crazy.... Only way to fuel that A380 on the runway is by a 10K tanker.

[@Mxmcking]

Can you do that in meters :D

[@pingu5746]

Mxmcking ahh, yes (silence)

[@bahenbihen]

Loved that hahaha

[@jacksonabernathy1683]

My favorite line out of any +VASAviation video Edit: Typo

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

Gotta love the Brits. Lucky for ATC, they didn't have to. I can see them looking at each other shrugging

[@ssyynntax]

You mean the rest of the world? Ask any person from Europe, Africa, Asia & South America what 50 yards is and you'll get the same response xD

[@RKK.27]

Actual call sign: Speedbird 6B Super ATC: Speedbird 68 Heavy Shit's hilarious, love it

[@richardgoold3306]

Take about BA pilots being professional, I've seen one having a cup of tea when his 777 was getting pushed back in Sydney, Australia got a photo for it too. Lol.

[@lezlezman1843]

You sure it wasn't brandy?

[@bjoe385]

The point stands.

[@QemeH]

This video is an exellent reminder why you should always be alert when crossing ANY runway, no matter if they are listed as "active" in the ATIS or not. Just one medical emergency is all it takes and suddenly you have someone landing on 35 (of all places) when runways in use are 12R and 12L. Now... nothing happend here, not even a close call, but I thought it was a nice little reminder not to think "well that runway is closed anyway" when taxiing...

[@YelpBullhorn]

Nice clip. Particularly enjoyed the use of the map and the plane and vehicle icons. But it must be an absolute nightmare for an airport to handle an impromptu arrival of one of these goliaths, what with the airport having a limited number of reinforced taxiways capable of handling their incredible weight.

[@the3rdid485]

Damn. Minnesota nice meets British manners. I've never heard so many "please, thank yous, and yes sirs" in my life lmao.

[@aswan7714]

E31: Another 50yards would be fine sir Speedbird: nah mate, we dont do that here 🙌

[@ravingcyclist624]

50 meters would be the same. :-)

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@ravingcyclist624 Almost, but not quite

[@virginiaviola5097]

He’s being a turkey there, a yard and a metre are almost identical give or take an inch/cm or two.

[@p0neh1]

@@virginiaviola5097 A yard is about 9% less than a metre. So not really a "cm or two", a yard is about 9cm less than a metre

[@joblo4608]

Watching this just thought about the fact that I was on an A380 that diverted due to a medical emergency, there was even that "is there a doctor on board" announcement. It was an Emirates flight into Sydney that diverted and landed at Perth, turning an already long flight into the longest of my life. It was a long time between the emergency and landing in Perth -- we were over nothing but ocean with nowhere to land until we reached Australia's west coast. This was in 2010, or possibly 2009 or 2011, I've lost track. I never thought much about everything that had to gone on behind the scenes and the comms with ATC, or that one does not land an A380 just anywhere. Off now to see if there's a video of it! (Though maybe a bit too long ago for that.)

[@joshblackie08]

Love the use of the maps!

[@seanyu4019]

BA: Do u do that as metres? Ops: Of course! ... BA: So? Ops: (off frequency) wtf did he say?...

[@waleedhaj3264]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@zacharysylvester8349]

@ Haha, he’s just being extra precise mate.

[@pauljameson1]

The gate confusion was funny to me.

[@scdon123]

At 8:03 he doesn't say "so", he says "Just shout".. meaning just say when to stop.

[@simonpeters2128]

Are you sure? I also understood "so?"

[@hershey1079]

Haha this is amazing. My wife and I were at the airport waiting to go to Vegas and I freaked out when I saw the 380 and my wife didn’t understand why I was nerding out.

[@jimilori1404]

Captions in red is difficult to read unfortunately

[@Theonedjneo]

MAC firefighter did not get the little bit of British humor thrown in there.

[@AHJ99.]

Assuming you’re on about yards and metres... I don’t think the pilot was joking, we genuinely have no idea what 50 yards means over here!

[@goldenkoi23]

@@AHJ99. I assume you don’t play golf ?

[@NoHeartAnthony]

Of course brits do you plonker.

[@joylunn3445]

@@AHJ99. Oh yes we do.

[@buckfaststradler4629]

@@AHJ99. Bollocks

[@carschmn]

MSP has two terminals. Lindbergh is larger and dominated by Delta. Humphrey is off to the side and takes numerous smaller airlines. Planes have to commute to Humphrey from the runway. Also love hearing the Minnesota accents on the radio.

[@vivianperino5006]

carschmn ...me too...I grew up there...they have a distinctive accent....

[@Kratos-es2py]

Can you do that in meters HA. Got a right chuckle out of that one. Good man.

[@QemeH]

Engine said: "Sure we can." and then never did :D

[@bobjoe-bv2vc]

Seems that ground heard "Can we do that in meters?" And replied "Yes sir" thinking they meant "Is 50 meters close enough?". I can't believe that a Brit doesn't know yard ~ meter.

[@CDB8939]

Of course they do he was having a joke

[@davecrupel2817]

"Suuure we can.. ;)"

[@pec104]

Are you really all too dumb to spell "metre" correctly?

[@Exentity]

Omgggg the meters killed me, and literally struck me when he said “So?”

[@smaze1782]

Another top notch video VAS.

[@VASAviation]

Thank you much!

[@JACK-sv8td]

I was wondering why I saw a BA A380 on Flightradar24 from MSP a few months ago, we don’t get many heavy’s here anymore, largest I have seen is a 744 but very rarely

[@BollocksUtwat]

The last ever Delta 744 landed at Minnie for its final flight in service just a few days ago. I could probably scare up the liveatc for you.

[@tunezjunkie87]

I love how funky our airport is at MSP. Big enough to be a (former) major airline hub, but not big enough for A380s... not incredible amounts of traffic, but 4 funky runways because Air Guard and MN weather.

[@leomessi6639]

Not sure if you saw speedbird landing on the runway.. if it was small they would have aborted 😅

[@paulspomer16]

“Not big enough for A380s” It sure is big enough for them. There aren’t any gates that are big enough to handle them if that’s what you mean, but the runways and taxiways can absolutely handle an A380.

[@CrossingTalkAdmin]

Former? It's still a major airline hub.

[@nickagapion1925]

“Can you do that in meters?” 🤣🤣🤣. That’s hilarious.

[@mountainmikeoutdoors]

"Can you do that in meters?" Yeah about 50. 1m is 1.09yds.

[@RhyxRhy]

Can you do that in meters? ha

[@EwingTaiwan]

Indra Heodinata Haha none of that imperial rubbish

[@pec104]

"metres" Dumdum.

[@dphorgan]

pec104 dipshit. Both spellings are correct. Troll somewhere else.

[@reformCopyright]

But they're British! So to them it's "metres".

[@NetAndyCz]

yes, (but I won't) :D:D

[@flemmingstelling8079]

Note - The controller is not using the ICAO wake tubulence call suffix correctly for an A380 as it is "Super (Heavy)" - not (just) Heavy. Obviously not had too many A380's in his neck of the woods before.

[@chrissteer001]

Only 1 at MSP, and that was 12 years ago, haha!!!

[@counterfit5]

Christopher Steer They haven't been in service that long...

[@chrissteer001]

This was a promo and not a company operated 380. It might have been 10 or 11 years ago. I can't remember.

[@boywaja]

good memory. I did the google. and its 2007. read an interesting blog post, and watched some poor quality youtube videos.

[@Wizzardgirl]

Yep .. November 2007 .. Airbus was trying to lure some of Northwest's 787 business away with A380s .. which became rather moot shortly after the A380 visited. But she was a beauty to behold, inside and out. However, totally impractical for MSP. Good thing this landed during the late night lull. If this was mid-afternoon .. oh boy. What a mess!

[@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214]

I’ll slam the brakes on lol.....then the fire chief didn’t know what the distance was in meters ....😂

[@thegreat_I_am]

British Airways forced to land at an unscheduled airport and the BA pilot has to tell the ground controllers which taxiways can handle his aircraft. That’s pretty cool.

[@markpell8979]

Great coordination here between MSP ATC, Ops and ARFF. Keeping everybody involved and solving problems.

[@Levikj]

Yay finally a video on Minneapolis my home airport!

[@VASAviation]

And another one to come soon :)

[@ricardoo6063]

Oh for Pete's sake, Tower has such a strong Minnesota accent!

[@Levikj]

o ya you betcha they do

[@KimberKat]

Don't know if you use Facebook often, but we have an MSP spotter group! facebook.com/groups/1454826958107758/

[@Levikj]

You are in it also?

[@Ap0aps1s]

“I got a question for ya”

[@EG-0611]

7:56 can you do that in meters :D I am done :D

[@davecrupel2817]

EG 0611 yes sir. ... ... ... ...

[@QemeH]

And then the speedbirg again: So? Reminded me of that meme: "Well? Were waiting..."

[@iatsd]

Fun factoid for those thinking the "heavy" and "super heavy" categories are not too important: the A380 has a max take off weight of 1.2 *million* lbs and can be up to ~890,000 lbs when landing. Compared to a run of the mill Heavy at 300,000 lbs..... there's a reason these things can only operate on certain runways and taxiways; most aren't designed to handle the potential weight and size.

[@meikilev8109]

Can I have this in kilo ? LOL

[@giantaxe3958]

Sorry so late but fun fact: factoid is not a fact (in fact it's quite the opposite). It refers to a piece of unreliable information that is repeated so much that it is accepted as fact.

[@iatsd]

@@giantaxe3958 Wittgenstein

[@jayh6431]

Why taxi for so long when there is a medical emergency onboard? Would the first exit from the runway not be a good place to meet paramedics?

[@stephenbeck7222]

I am guessing since the plane is so big, if they stayed there on the alpha part of the taxiway then the plane plus the medical trucks would be blocking other planes from taxiing to their gates. The plane was going to take off again after getting the passenger off the plane so they weren’t going to a gate themselves.

[@Izmael1310]

Good video. I've always wondered how serious medical emergency has to be to make the emergency/medical landing. If it is serious like heart-attack or some seizure or stroke. Or even some temporary fainting or temporary unconsciousness for a little bit is also enough to make that landing.

[@poker_18rs92]

I love these videos but I have no idea how the pilots remember all of these instructions.

[@VASAviation]

We usually write them down.

[@HupfderFloh]

This bothered me as well until I saw it for the first time in a video. Same with the epiphany that pilots will have a map of the airport at hand and that usually they're not both having to frantically hold on to the stick lest the plane crashes...

[@jules8473]

I really enjoy these videos. I was just wondering though if you offload a passenger does their luggage still go. They seem to be super strict regarding luggage if you aren't continuing on. I didn't know if an exception is made for this type of situation.

[@joblo4608]

I was on an A380 that diverted for medical emergency about a decade ago. We sat on the ground for a *very* long time, and at one point the captain announced that the delay was because they had to dig through all the luggage to pull the bags belonging to the passenger offloaded. I can only speak for this one particular instance, but in this case, yep, we sat there while they searched for the luggage.

[@Henocied]

Loving the new maps.

[@VASAviation]

Thanks!

[@Zoomer30]

A little tounge in cheek humor there. "Can we have that in meters?" At that point I would on my phone "Hey Google, 50 yards in meters"

[@Manusoftarhiba]

Does someone know what the bloody hell happened to the passenger that needed the urgen medical assitance???

[@punchoo]

7 years in the US and I still can't understand Yards!!! I got used to feet, pounds and miles somehow!!!

[@mikeL5183]

You know feet? 1 Yard is 3 feet...

[@skuula]

1 yard = almost 1 meter...

[@mula2626]

Yard is 36 inches meter is 39 inches.

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

Not sure why the BA pilot requested meters. The UK definitely still uses miles, yards and feet.

[@mata2723]

From the other comments, this is supposed to be English sense of humor

[@kinennsa]

'Can you do that in meters?' The US is always different from the rest of the world.

[@joylunn3445]

Glad you still work in Imperial. Shame on you Speedbird.

[@biga5227]

We don’t normally get 4-engine planes here in Minnesota. It was a sight to see. :)

[@jakolu]

I guess not since DL retired their 747s. Used to be very common at MSP.

[@MaxBarnish]

a yard and a metre are very similar aren't they?

[@VASAviation]

Quite. 1 yard=0.9 meters.

[@krakenmetzger]

Apparently Piers Morgan was on this flight. LAX to LHR

[@BillinHungary]

Actually, Piers was on a smilar flight 3 years earlier.. from LAX to LHR and it also diverted to minneapolis for a mecical emergency.. here is the article abou tthat incident - quite similar. www.startribune.com/crew-member-falls-ill-forcing-london-bound-airliner-to-land-at-msp/267329471/ Any West Coast to Europe flight takes a great cirle route over Canada, and there is a lot of sparsely populated area in central Canada; Mineeapolis seems to be the "go-to" airport for medical emergencies on those great cirlce routes.

[@jordan4541]

So what do passengers who have medical emergencies have to do in this instance when they're taken to a hospital overseas? Would they have to book another flight home? In this case BA don't operate to this airport so I'd imagine they'd have to book a connecting flight?

[@padge4112]

Jordan Lucky yeah I guess this is where travel insurance becomes a smart idea

[@jordan4541]

I know right. You don't want all that hassle

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

i know that the travel insurers make arrangements in similar situations...

[@Levikj]

i think they would either put them on with american since that is their alliance, or send them on DL10 straight to London on a 763

[@bobac1083]

Delta or American because of the airline alliance.... They dont need to send a British Airways plane here.

[@Allylonng1416]

What was the emergency that the passenger had I like to know more about the emergency

[@bigfoot9013]

Why didn't they have the ambulance down off the end of the runway (30L) to save time from having to back taxi

[@tgm9991]

Big Foot because the airport authority didn't want them to block that runway and taxiways.

[@mortalclown3812]

Can't believe I watched this like a little movie. Two of the most polite regions on earth meeting. Great graphics, too - just wish the font was a bit bigger. Cheers, all.

[@CowsFriend1333]

Metric system should really be used globally...

[@PrograError]

loved how the engine just stun there don't lnow what to do...

[@TonyP9279]

Yeah, that was embarrassing. Yards isn't even a standard unit in aviation.

[@alphapilotguy7956]

But feet is, which is interesting

[@MattHobbie]

Isn't 50 yards pretty close to 50 meters anyway?

[@MissYijare]

bout 45 meters, a car lenght

[@realistbrit349]

Do they not normally get 'super' sized aircraft fly into Minneapolis? Wonder if that is why ATC kept referring to it as 'heavy'.

[@SouthernPacificPatch]

Realist Brit No, A380’s do not normally fly into MSP.

[@mplsgordon2]

ATC will use the "heavy" term with any aircraft which can have a gross weight of 300,000 pounds or more. This designation warns aircraft following the heavy to be aware of the potential for wake turbulence. It's also a reminder to ATC to maintain a longer separation behind the heavy. If you use the term every time, you don't forget it at a critical moment. A 747 is also a heavy, and at least until very recently they were in and out of MSP daily. But the 380 is so large and heavy that they had to plan out the path it would take around the airport in advance.

[@davelowe1977]

Realist Brit 'Heavy' is usually appended to all 'big' aircraft. I believe they should use 'super' for the A380 because it's bigger still.

[@kd0axs]

A380s don't normally come here to MSP. Rare to even get a 747 here anymore. Biggest we get regularly are Delta 777s and UPS/FedEx MD-11s.

[@BillClay88]

M. G. Stinnett That's crazy, 300k lbs is considered heavy. I think I've heard an a380 can weigh up to million lbs or more. No wonder why so ppl are in awe these planes can get off the ground.

[@RomeoMike22]

Is there a reason they had the plane come to the crew and remain on the runway?

[@llibressal]

Upload VASAviation to Rumble as well please.

[@ColinMill1]

Those who like the BA pilot's cool might like to hear Andy Green during the final run of the Thrust SSC car that gave him the World Land Speed Record:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKjLaHuioJukZ6s The whole calm under all circumstances thing is driven by the RAF and seems to permeate through UK aviation.

[@MegaVector2011]

Brit translation. 9.11 in the pilot says. 'OK, yeah. No, we haven't logged on so we'll log on now and well hopefully it will come through, if it hasn't though - get back to you and see if you can send it again'.

[@pleappleappleap]

50 yards is roughly 50 meters.

[@nashty135]

can you do BA 747 engine compressor stall out of PHX that happened last week.. there’s actual footage of the whole thint

[@VASAviation]

Editing it.

[@ianworthington2324]

Anyone know why they need to do a runway check after an a380 takeoff/landing?

[@pocketdynamo5787]

Due to its weight, A380's require reinforced taxiways, and possibly runways, too. I presume they don't have such at KMSP.

[@kaesarromanova1876]

45 minutes out? That’s one of the problems of A380! Few options to divert! If a passenger has a heart attack waiting 45 minutes can be fatal!

[@russell7926]

I'm not sure if there's a flightaware, but if you look at the GCMap for SFO-LHR, it's likely they were probably over Saskatchewan or Manitoba, so Winnipeg or Saskatoon would have been the closest decent sized airports, but likely not big enough for an A380, hence the longer divert to MSP.

[@ThePulmentinum]

7:51 this made my day...

[@billywhizz6483]

"Can you do that in metres"... deary me!

[@CDB8939]

He was joking

[@markuskoller9904]

Joking during a medical emergency? Don't think so. Funny though, even I know that a yard is roughly a metre.

[@Scylla94941]

I don't think he was joking because he expected a response.

[@williamstephens9945]

We use metric for certain things and imperial for others.There is a big generation divide about which. I doubt he was joking. He just wanted to be sure he could visualise the distance.

[@stephenkoehler4051]

50 yards is About 45.7 meters in case anyone was wondering.

[@forfengeligfaen]

4:17 So if the wind is reported by the direction from which it originates it's blowing towards 350 degrees. So would landing on 35 would give you a 9 knot tail wind? Why not land on 17?

[@GigsTaggart]

forfengeligfaen Runway numbers point the way that wind does. RW 35 means you are flying north landing on it.

[@forfengeligfaen]

I agree the 35 means the aircraft pointing 350 degrees but the wind is *coming from* 170 degrees i.e. it's also blowing towards the north.

[@forfengeligfaen]

aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/26549/how-is-wind-direction-reported-blowing-from-or-blowing-to

[@GigsTaggart]

forfengeligfaen oh right. They reported wind 170. A 9 knot tailwind isn't anything to worry much about.

[@sythemaster1]

For the sake of the pilots, nobody really wants to land a 737 directly behind an A380, especially when they were using a cross direction runway. Safer to just land with the bit of tailwind than to try to do an extremely short final through the wake turb of the 380.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

The Tower mistaken Speedbird 6B Super for 68 heavy

[@dom12011]

How often do you normally post these videos?

[@VASAviation]

Every two days or so.

[@Angry.General1461]

Nobody took pictures?

[@sylviaelse5086]

I'm a bit surprised that it had enough fuel to do an unscheduled landing and takeoff, and still proceed to destination.

[@CalebBlackhand]

I guess he didn't.... Check 9:57 where OPS said "fuelers are done" - I think the A380 got a fresh gulp of power juice for the remainder of the flight :D

[@HubertGamer]

Do you have some atc transmissions of the BA T7 that diverted into Baku?

[@VASAviation]

I've searched but nothing found.

[@HubertGamer]

Ah okay! No problem. I think Azerbaijan atc had the same rules as the UK where you can't record ATC transmissions.

[@jameskinglion]

can you do MSP shut down where they close the airport for weather

[@vivianperino5006]

jameskinglion ....every other day in the winter ❄️

[@jacksonabernathy1683]

Why did I get a Boeing ad after this?

[@GigsTaggart]

Because you don't have enough SWaP C. That ad is kind of weird. Like people on youtube decide what plane the government buys.

[@jacksonabernathy1683]

I mean because this video is about an AIRBUS not BOEING

[@Zizzily]

Because Boeing is showing off their new, anti-diversion™ technology. /s

[@counterfit5]

The 797 will have a hospital on-board

[@ThatOneWeirdChannell]

I'm surprised it didn't land on runway 4 or 22

[@chrisloach9658]

What is the reason for having them taxi back up the runway, instead of using a taxiway?

[@tgm9991]

The wingspan on the a380 is huge.

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

A380 is restricted due to its weight and its wingspan

[@robertslydell6990]

I'm presuming my ignorance is showing, but at the beginning it seems to me like the tower controller is being grilled by the Ops people about a lot of details. Shouldn't the Ops people take over those details? I'm just wondering if the Ops people are a little too comfortable being administrators and when the time comes for them to do some actual work they don't have the will or the skill. The airplane is 40+ minutes away, how about the Ops people step in and handle the details themselves. I'd bet the tower controller has plenty on his plate without having to be interrogated by the Ops people. Tell me I'm wrong.

[@rhpmike]

Can someone tell me if the request for meters was genuine or a joke?

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

Has to be a joke or him being pretentious. The English are definitely familiar with what a yard is.

[@rhpmike]

@@GenAfterNextTactics thank you!

[@PennsylvaniaEAS]

Why did TWR day speedbird heavy when the 380 is a Super

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Minneapolis airport is not built for large aircraft like the Boeing 747 and the A380 Atlanta is built for the 747 but not the A380

[@lvthud]

Guess that explains why Northwest operated a number of routes from MSP using a 747........ORD, LAX, MKE, DTW, SEA, HNL, MIA, MCO, PHX, LGW, NRT, AMS (summer only on the 744)

[@isaacn7492]

Kmsp Is built for 747s

[@saml6084]

If the Antonov 225 can do it, Speedbird A380 can do it ;).

[@calviinle]

Dude... you bring up a good fact..

[@Zoomer30]

I know that we should all be on metric for measuring. But there is no way my American brain could ever consider 40° really hot. Just can't do it. There is something special about the temperature going to triple digits.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Just think... our bodies are in the high 30s, 40 in a fever.

[@hamentaschen]

Anyone know what the medical emergency was? And THANKS VASAv for all your hard work on these vids. Just awesome!

[@janisbanis6882]

Cardiac arrest. BA has all the emergencies on a list.

[@martinc.720]

janis banis Cardiac arrest and he got on the ground 45 minutes later? I’m afraid to ask...

[@phils4634]

Martin - the outcome may depend on the nature of the "arrest". All aircraft carry AEDs, and if the problem was a shockable rhythm defect (e.g. severe AF or, of course, VF), the outcome can be reasonable. Bear in mind that the customer may simply have had syncope (resulting in severe bradycardia) - not too uncommon (and something that can easily be mistaken for a "full-on arrest" even by experienced personnel). Cardiac and IMMEDIATE respiratory arrest is another thing entirely - when this happens (simultaneously) the outcome is usually terminal - since the cause (multiple or major vessel occlusion) is a non-surviveable event, even with immediate intervention.

[@sweetdaddydee1314]

Wasnt carrie Fisher on this flight?

[@Teverell]

@@sweetdaddydee1314 No; Carrie Fisher was on a flight from London to LAX and went to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, in December 2016. This was a flight to London, in 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Fisher#Death

[@OfficeLinebacker]

Can you do that in meters? Yes. So...?

[@02Nawal]

Wow that would have been a sight to see

[@eddy360146]

can i just ask who's ops44?

[@blackandblueeagle]

i was wondering the same thing. seems like he's moving around the runways and taxiways (like when he says he's clear of 17) and also has the final say on how situations are dealt with at this airport.

[@simonpeters2128]

@@blackandblueeagle Some ground staff car. Maybe engineers

[@bugjuicer]

"have you got that in metres?" XD

[@jacksonabernathy1683]

How to judge how popular your channel is: 1.) Release A Video In The Middle Of A Weekday 2.) See How Many Views You Get In 6 Hours +VASAviation you are popular

[@VASAviation]

Thanks, Jackson! Always trying to bring you guys the best content! :)

[@jacksonabernathy1683]

+VASAviation You should do a behind the scenes video

[@meikilev8109]

"Middle of a Weekday" is 6 x 24 hours around the globe - so this popularity measurement holds only in the place where our friend releases the video. Or do I miss something ?

[@rubenvillanueva2753]

Medical emergency, routine operation. Priority given to the medical emergency. Normal day at the office!

[@iatsd]

well, not quite. with a 380 you have to consider where it physically can and can't go simply due to weight and size restrictions. good example in this video was the pilot pointing out that he could only use the A1 and A2 exits. The reason will be exactly that: size and/or weight. ATC should defer to that if they don't know any better - which they clearly didn't. Remember, this thing has a max take off weight of 1.2 *million* lbs and can be up to 890,000 lbs when landing.

[@guyseeten2755]

@@iatsd What is lbs? Can you do that in kilograms? 😉

[@iatsd]

@@guyseeten2755 Yes, I can do it in kg.

[@Roytulin]

Damn the controller is out of breath 😆

[@AceYYC]

Good thing the pilots are absolutely on top of it cause tower had no clue where they could go on the field

[@bobac1083]

Clueless? Because we DONT GET A380s!!! Idiot. MAC owns the airport so they decide where it goes. You dont live in MN or work there so you wouldnt know like i do. Troll.

[@VASAviation]

Don't offend.

[@MegaVector2011]

Yep. The taxiing routes were all planned by the pilots

[@aehrr4247]

We get at least 6 a380s here a day at KLAX :)

[@dogmandan79]

The way they are beating around the bush, probably a dead person. It happens a lot.

[@kapilupadhyaya6469]

This guy has never experienced an A380 (super) or speedbird😂😂