Watch AIRBUS LANDS ITSELF - Full CAT III Autoland

[@michelgardes]

The future elite of aeronautical engineering right here, in the comments.

[@jamestorrentera]

Michel ouch 😂 your joke made my stomach hurt from so much laughter

[@catfish252]

Pilot gave a great presentation of the Cat III auto-land system.

[@JuanLuisEcheverria]

Imagine the passengers face if captain would tell them: "Today, we are gonna test the automatic landing system.."

[@mikehouqe8634]

Would they tell the passengers?

[@Jarontte_]

@@mikehouqe8634 They only tell ATC

[@phoman2597]

what if there were no passengers

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

​@@mikehouqe8634 Most Airlines have a policy of informing passengers of their intent. To quote one of the Pilots on the QF32 Incident at Singapore, "You cannot just palm off a 'Technical issue' to passengers these days".

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@@phoman2597 Then they tell the Freight.

[@AviationNut]

The first ever Autoland performed on a passenger aircraft was done by the British in March of 1964. The plane was the British Trident flown by BEA. The first ever Autoland performed with passengers on board was done also in a Trident aircraft in April of 1965, flown by BEA pilots. The second aircraft model to install the Autoland system was the American built L-1011 TriStar.

[@Foxy-rj8yw]

l-1011 was such a good plane it just came to the market too late

[@h4runx]

A category III approach (CAT III with 0 visibility) are rarely executed because most aircraft don't have the equipment, plus once you land with that kind of visibility taxiing can be impossible or incredibly dangerous. and also the pilots have to be authorized to this landing. Not every pilot can land cat3. and also the airport infrastructure must be suitable for cat3.

[@SimbaC2007]

Who's the person who decided to put a GoPro in front of the PFD?

[@mojo7618]

Some one who is either too important or doesnt give a shit about getting a write up.

[@bgamelson]

@@mojo7618 Write-up for what?

[@mojo7618]

@@bgamelson for straightening up after touch down, apparently it’s against etihad sop

[@rayanaltowayan9558]

@@mojo7618 it's not Etihad tho

[@FLYWITHRAYAAN]

Loll

[@SAIFBIN]

Great stuff. I have a new respect for all those who ensure our safe passage from one airport to another.

[@omarijoseph3189]

beautiful work..Captain did a great job of explaining every step of the way...

[@fastica]

Imagine the clueless passengers complementing the captain with a "nice landing"

[@GCEGZ]

Or even worse, applauding!

[@MaxPower888]

@MistakenBacon Exactly, the pilot programmed the system and monitored it to ensure the landing was performed properly. Ultimately the pilot still controlled the aircraft, just indirectly.

[@opus4rv]

It doesn't exactly land itself unless the pilot asks it to or knows what he's doing via many months of training. The systems are there for safety of you and the plane, not to make the pilot 'non-existent".

[@cockatoo010]

Autolands are not as smooth as manuals as the AP flares a bit earlier

[@rontiemens2553]

And why not. If anything goes wrong, the civil aviation authorities are not going to go after the autoland hardware/software first, they are going to go after the captain.

[@alftupper9359]

I bought my Passat from Autoland.

[@thehonestdoctor3590]

😂

[@gdsnuff]

😂😂😂

[@wankhairulanuar1784]

Share me location...

[@stevewilliams2305]

Autoland, Autoland, 1-800-AUTOLAND

[@togafly.]

Lmao 🤣

[@GCEGZ]

excellent video. i was convinced it was done in a sim until they taxi'd off!!

[@billbarton63]

Another excellent video. Great explanation of the autoland function.

[@HNT63]

Absolutely beautiful. Justplanes always have great music tracks on these that I wish I could purchase

[@robertlafnear4865]

I THINK my flight from Denver to Medford July 2018,.. heavy smoke...90 deg. temps was an Auto Land ........ we hit the ground almost in reverse, hard braking, spoilers out 2' off the ground and we used ALL of the runway................. GREAT FLIGHT UNITED ! SUPER GOOD LANDING ! Thank You JUST PLANES. That Captain earned his days pay for sure.

[@nunugod4327]

Save only for good weather.. nice explanation capt

[@nikobelic4251]

nunugod I think he meant calm winds

[@dkdanis1340]

It lands plane when pilots can't or it's hard to land (heavy fog).

[@qahirattafash]

الحمدلله على السلامه يا كابتن .. كان هبوط آلي رائع اول مره اشاهده❤

[@Delfi1900]

Airbus telemetry so simplified and yet so accurate and dependable….👍🏼🙏🏻🇺🇸

[@derrick_blak_]

I don't know about the non sterile cockpit during approach plus the gopro blocking the pfd of the pilot flying !! But nice job from the captain and justplanes

[@markofexcellence5209]

Yeah, exactly my thought. It actually made me nervous and I wasn’t even in the plane! I feel like this was too casual, but it’s his aircraft. 🤐

[@derrick_blak_]

@@markofexcellence5209 yeah. That guy was too casual with everything. But hes obviously well experienced

[@derrick_blak_]

@Sam Lutfi not sure about that one . It should apply

[@ErmakDimon]

Pilot Derrick it is sterile, sterile cockpit permits conversations regarding the flight

[@derrick_blak_]

@@ErmakDimon I understand. But conversations should be things regarding the approach and landing. Things that might impact the flight I presume But the guy was focusing on the camera crew instead

[@Nobilangelo]

There is an old joke about the first flight of a fully automated aircraft. The PA announced: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is the world's first fully automated aircraft. Every aspect of its operation is automatic and perfect. There is nothing for you to worry about. Nothing can go wrong, nothing can go wrong, nothing can go wrong, nothing can go wrong, nothing can go wrong.....'.

[@ZBA1]

i laughed. thanks for the joke man

[@tekipakupa8648]

There goes my Job.....

[@haruspex1-50]

Exactly what my dad said 😂

[@CraigArndt]

That’s truly an amazing system.

[@urhiredhr421]

Just amazing and interesting for sure! Glad you are two professionals in the cabin!

[@waqasahmed8132]

Pilot was very confident, also a very good Presentation at the critical phase of the flight. 👍

[@SergioHidalgoAero]

Hello! I wonder if I could use a piece of this video for a short documentary I am creating about approaches and landings, I would link to your channel of course, thanks

[@f3nd13y]

cool view but it seems like the go pro is blocking the captains pfd..

[@MaxPower888]

@@schaefferav8r Also, the cockpit of an airliner should be sterile during stages of flight such as landing. No one should be talking about anything except necessary things.

[@ChrizRockster]

...and therein lies the differences between airlines, their expectations and SOP's.

[@0xf7c8]

@@MaxPower888 they shouldn't be talking about other things than the critical phase of the flight they re currently in. In this case they're actually talking about the flight itself. No problem. Every instructor has to go through this. The camera thing I think the angle of the rear camera makes you think it it obstructing but in fact it's not that much. Anyway, the pilot can remove the camera instantly if needed.

[@jesspavlichenko5745]

@@MaxPower888 This was an entirely sterile cockpit. All conversation was landing related

[@razijukes9435]

That landing looks so smooth!!!!! I wanna be a passenger on that flight

[@rexracer1872]

He explains very well. Good job, Captain.

[@moriver3857]

Good video, however, the PAPI explanation is somewhat misleading. PAPI is to be disregarded if the approach profile, glideslope, localized, DME, RadAlt, BaroAlt are all correct. Some approaches even state that the G/S and PAPI may differ. Besides,, if during a real approach to 100 m, the PAPI will not be visible until below the deck. PAPIs and VASIs alike are ref only unless the PF STATES, "going visual" or during a published visual approach and FDs off. Back in the day, we used to routinely hand fly a CAT II approach for real, with FD and no autothrottle. Our aircraft were approved for this, including single engine. It seems we have regress in this area.

[@Lilyan409]

I’m very proud of this excellent Pilots👨‍✈️ this we need to innovate and change the world in a positive way,

[@wooden2187]

Should the captains primary flight display have a GoPro blocking his view? (Awesome video btw)

[@thomasa807]

Bahrain is an awesome approach and landing, great airport along the water

[@Cappadoccia04]

I thought it was a simulation at first but the ending seems to have proved me wrong.

[@0xf7c8]

It's a simulation called The Matrix

[@xmodmodifier]

I was convinced they are a simulator until they parked and the people outside were waiting for them

[@ThatAverageMTBer]

@@xmodmodifier lol

[@beaubritton4362]

I’m curious about moderate to sever turbulence. This is amazing technology.

[@a_a7287]

Beau Britton I'm not a pilot but i think in times of severe turbulence, the atc changes which direction planes should land on the runway. There are two ends of the runway and both can be used for takeoff/landing. ATC will issue the pilots towards the runway in which that wind can favor them. As you know, there are some airports which have runways going towards different directions and ATC could direct them to a runway which won't make the plane go through severe turbulence. I'm sure that autoland can correct the plane as moderate turbulence drifts it off course every now and then but the pilot could also take control at final. I'm not completely sure if this is how it always works though.

[@TiJayFLY]

The crosswind limit is somewhere around 20kts for autoland IIRC.

[@theferrones]

His landing was smoother than the pilot in Airplane! Easy cheesy . Excellent

[@briancrawford69]

That's pretty damn impressive what these modern airliners can do

[@Tjgraham125]

He seems like a wonderful pilot

[@edwardgeorge4881]

Excellent video! 🛬 And great music. 🎶

[@thebomb78]

That's actually amazing

[@NIKOSAUTOS]

Congrats :D The L-1011 Tristar had Autoland capability in the 70's.

[@steviegee2011]

Wow I didn’t know that. I guess this wasn’t as futuristic as they thought.

[@erikvanhove9215]

The technology has gone far! This was a 'nice weather' landing, but can the plane land itself in very gusty conditions? When the airplane has to crab into the (cross)wind(s) ?

[@jamesthompson3099]

No, this is really for low visibility, calm days with extreme fog, haze or smoke. When it gets too turbulent you need to find an alternate if the visibility goes south as well.

[@hb1338]

Autoland works fine in a head wind, but you can't use it with a tail wind, a cross wind or if there is turbulence or gusting, because (unlike a human) it cannot react quickly enough or correctly.

[@76notam]

good video and explain from the captain ...good job and fly safe :)

[@djmorrylive9678]

Many thanks for sharing this great flight feature! I agree with the other persons or person that prefers the different forward viewpoint for landing and I thought that the instrument views were a bit fuzzy , well to me anyway Apart from that wonderfull thanks again!

[@projectskipchumba536]

Thank you very much for the video

[@johncooksey79]

I am just happy to know that if both pilots became ill , that a flight attendant could get on the radio and the tower (with the help of a ground based Airbus pilot) and configure it to land by itself, thereby saving all the passengers, I wonder if this has ever happened ? and we just havent been told.

[@hb1338]

Not the remotest possibility. The only people who could program the auto-pilot quickly enough would be those who were instrument-rated and who knew how to operate the autopilot on a commercial aircraft.

[@RLTtizME]

Good explanation.

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

I pretended I was on an cruising Airbus a380 with dead pilots and asked chatgpt4 for help. We crushed it. Here was the method: I was the supervisor in the cockpit. we brought in a smart civil engineer passenger to sit in one pilot chair. we brought in an avid aviation sim player for the second pilot chair. we brought in another sim enthusiast for back up. We had chatgpt4 to get some ideas from. We tuned into the emergency frequency. Chatgpt 4 told us that, and where various buttons were. We got emergency traffic control on the radio and they found a suitable pilot to talk us through the cruise and auto land. we had 2.5 hours till landing in Sydney. We learned the instruments and created an easy to understand written plan of action for our approach and landing. weather was good and the airport and runway were capable of accepting an auto land. We ran through our plan several times before our approach began. We had a system of triple checks for each step. Obviously we made reassuring announcements to the passengers. We couldn't hide it from passengers because it's unethical, and also because we had to search for smart confident technical minded people to come be stand-in pilots. It all went off without a hitch. I think it's more than possible.

[@3x3-x3x-oXo]

That's been around for ages, British-made airliners of the 60s had it already (Trident, BAC 1-11). You can imagine why :D

[@EatingWaffles]

thank you, pilots!

[@puschmannn]

thanks for uploading this fascinating documentary. please allow me to place a request here, because i hope that many aviation fascinated persons might see it: years ago i stumbled obout an older documentary about autopilots and gyros. they tested the autopilot on a big plane and everything worked perfectly in the beginning. then right before the landing the plane suddenly altered it´s course and they thought the autopilot is broken, but as it turned out the autopilot was correct and just did this maneuver to correct for windspeed, turning of the earth and maybe even other parameters and did find it´s way perfectly to it´s destination. maybe someone has seen this video and kindly posts a link here? i would appreciate that, thanks a lot in advance. i´m going to post this in other videos as well for increasing the chance of positive feedback. thanks again and greetings from austria :)

[@justplanes]

Hello Markus. I have not seen or heard of that video but if I find it I'll def put a link, sounds interesting, thank you

[@oveazeus1]

Great video. End music was nice. Who are the artist?

[@HashaunAdderleyOfficial]

Brilliant explanation

[@1Maverick747]

Very nice

[@marcinna8553]

Super. One of the best explanations I have seen.

[@Anand-cx8po]

Excellent video👍🏻

[@TheAatupaatu]

Nice video. First part was in a simulator with the gopro at front of PFD. After landing gopro disappears and they are in a real plane.

[@kenbryant2570]

That was just too cool. I love it.

[@crocodiledondii]

Wild! To think that the automation can do better than most pilots, regardless og the conditions.

[@shaf3006]

When the weather, wind and traffic are good, and auto landing takes more time than pilots do

[@RazvanMaioru]

The automation can't do better than most pilots, one of the reasons autoland is mostly just used in bad visibility is because the pilots are trained well enough that manually landing the plane is smoother.

[@malaymalaysian9096]

No matter how advance the automation is. The pilots must have full control of the airplane in case if the automation goes haywire. I still trust in humans compared to machines or computers, whatever they are.

[@CloudDayLight]

Agreed in my opinion the technology isn't 100 percent proven

[@nikobelic4251]

CloudDayLight it’s not it does mess up

[@dkdanis1340]

Literally everything is controlled here by computers it's fly by wire. Pilot moves the stick that tells computer and then computer moves hydraulics. Autoland is used in extremely bad weather conditions. When pilots can't land because of fog plane will do it automatically. Autoland is one of the only options for bad visibility landings. It will never go haywire and it absolutely doesn't matter cause whole plane is controlled by computers anyways with lots of redundancy meaning that there's no fail risk.

[@hb1338]

@@dkdanis1340 The computers are all completely useless unless a human being tells them what to do.

[@deeanna8448]

What happens if there is a last minute wind gust? Can the pilots still make flight control inputs?

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Yes, they have to be diligent as the pilot said in monitoring, he could have taken over in an instant ... you keep your hand ready to take auto-pilot off, also if you make a large control surface adjustment, auto-pilot will disengage.

[@sayeed8988]

A great respect to the technology

[@TheSateef]

guess this finally puts to rest the age old question, 'can a passenger land a plane'

[@lukewalker3905]

Indeed yes. But you just have to hope the diversion airport has the full ILS that allows cat 3. Most but not all do.

[@accen7official882]

Luke Walker and you have to program the MCDU to the calculated vref speeds and all for ils to function consistently

[@0xf7c8]

Having the plane set up for the autoland mode is an impossible task for an untrained passenger. It would be a mammothal task doing it with someone telling you exactly what to do over the radio.

The VERY FIRST thing the passenger would need to do was make contact with the ground i.e. know how to use the radio. Failure to do that and the plane crashes - you ain't gonna find an airport and land by yourself. If successful, they then need to be talked through how to program the necessary units (nav computer, localizer radio frequency etc) in order to change direction to the nearest suitable airport then line up and attempt a landing. Trust me, you need that first communication step to be made. Oh yes, the person on the grounds needs to know how to pilot your plane. You might need some spare gas too!! Landing is dooable though.

[@nikobelic4251]

@@0xf7c8 exactly

[@dixonqwerty]

Amazing!!

[@wendyraymond1751]

Always enjoy ur videos thanku x love an god bless

[@Caduceus0508]

The L1011 was able to do this many years ago

[@fastica]

Who said the Airbus were the first one with autoland?

[@markofexcellence5209]

I can’t think of any major airliner in production today by Boeing or Airbus that doesn’t offer the feature, it’s been commonplace for some time. Still neat though

[@Caduceus0508]

@@markofexcellence5209 Guess I forgot I've been here for a while and forgot about "progress". An aside.....Lordstown???

[@aerlial360]

Almost 50 years ago! Amazing technological marvel and IMO the most beautiful bird!

[@markofexcellence5209]

Vlad Cojocaru I assume you’re referring to my General Motors logo in my picture. I live in Ohio - The closing of the Lordstown plant was a disappointing and bad move on behalf of GM. Not good!

[@thebomb363]

Good vid on auto landing and repeat what others have said shame we didn't have forward view. Maybe do another vid this time with the correct view.

[@MrJovanotti]

On next generation of Airbus plane, the pilot will need to buy a ticket ;)

[@a_a7287]

And the plane gets the yearly salary instead of the pilot.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

Not sure you realize how old autoland is and that it's fitted on every airliner I can think of not just Airbus

[@cRzStobart]

You do realise that Concorde also had the auto land feature. So it’s been in place since the last 60s and early 70s

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

@@cRzStobart - Even earlier the British Trident made the first autoland with passengers in 1965

[@badactor3440]

Fully autonomous aircraft cannot arrive soon enough

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Great music at the end. Just excellent!! Who is the musician?

[@riannova]

Awsome capt. Love this video

[@littlestar5737]

First time watching this. Cool.

[@manukalias]

Hats off to the captain for being precise and clear, This is a Major breakthrough in aviation industry as this will lead to very least emergencies which sometime happen due to bad weather and landing. Hope this would be adopted by all major Aircraft manufacturers.

[@AviationNut]

The first ever Autoland performed with passengers on board was in April 1965 on the British built Trident aircraft, since then almost all passenger jets have the Autoland system, it's nothing new the pilot was simply showing how it works.

[@michelgardes]

This was adopted by all "major aircraft manufacturers" 50 years ago.

[@togafly.]

Lmao

[@mcutchi]

You are at least 50 years too late with that comment ...

[@sikakongen]

premiere ones again, brilliant...

[@chrismacdonald.6295]

Beautiful c Thank you.

[@sicilianr1]

They’ve had this ability for decades

[@emersonguimaraes8811]

Muito legal ver um pouco através do piloto automático.

[@TIRCQ]

Nice, thank you guys :D

[@contemporaryglassmirror2175]

Nice

[@lovesick1351]

Is it suitable for all conditions and all airports ?

[@nikobelic4251]

Love Sick no

[@steviegee2011]

Impressive. I would use it every time. It’s too boring landing all the time. Have lunch. Finish your martini. Whatever you want.

[@RazvanMaioru]

@@noblestar7742 in fact most pilots prefer to do it manually as much as possible (though at least for airbus, manually is a bit relative) because, not only as you said to keep in touch, but a trained pilot can land considerably smoother than an autolanding. Because of this, autolands are generally used only in poor meteorological conditions, where the visibility is not good enough for a visual approach. However, pilots must autoland at least 3 times per month (also to keep their autoland skills) so sometimes they'll autoland even in perfect visibility just to meet those requirements. Hope it's been informative 😉

[@theferrones]

Autopilot and auto land make everything so easy. Unless something goes wrong and the pilot is not on his game. Or her game. Depends on how she identifies

[@Zany4God]

Miraculous!!! Excellent technology. Amazing. All of the relevant aspects: autothrottle, direction, altitude, course changes, and more. I've tried this in a flight simulator, by practicing in the daytime with all the light I needed and then worked on the same procedure in fog or low hanging clouds. Never did get it right. :-) It is going to save a lot of people's lives. Thanks for posting this vlog.

[@randallcastillo866]

Excelente vídeo 👍👍👍

[@fanekoman8288]

outstanding!!!

[@mrsnow61]

What are the auto land performance for cross-wind landing? How much crabbing can it handle?

[@Dolpherinoo]

For a 737, up to 20kts of crosswind, pretty sure (if the runway is fully dry)

[@AHMADAHMAD-wb9xf]

Upon touchdown, the pilot need to control the rudder manually to keep the nose at the centerline, so it is not align by it self ON the runway

[@vincentyap606]

Nope, this aircraft has ROLL OUT mode, its capable of maintaining centerline on runway without pilot input during Autoland.

[@lilchef2930]

Tea

[@IntellectualHazard]

When do you use the VOR mode for the Radar? Is it while going over the VOR Station?

[@blitznone1142]

Amazing

[@shaneweightman]

When tech goes wrong cheers shane uk 🇬🇧

[@ralfsdiezins1161]

How is this full autopilot when you controlled the flaps and the gear?

[@pinknachas324]

So the software engineers are the real heros all along.

[@badis23]

good job

[@DartzIRL]

Leave a card in the Cockpit. "In the event of crew incapacitation - push the following buttons and sit back". You will get on the ground

[@Dfpijgyt564s65sgt]

I love how so many people think this is something new, it’s actually shocking 😂

[@harpoon_bakery162]

play nice

[@sshah2545]

Almost 50yo now, but CAT3 is even more impressive than CA2, and no matter what it’ll always be incredible that a computer can land in zero vis, without supervision. If both pilots were in-capacitated, this is still incredible

[@hb1338]

@@sshah2545 If both pilots were incapacitated, who would program the autopilot to perform the auto-land ? The autopilot is a dumb machine that does simple tasks very accurately. It works only if it is configured by an intelligent human who knows what s/he is doing and what s/he is trying to achieve.

[@sshah2545]

@@hb1338 disagree If both pilots were incapacitated, ATC could VERY easily walk a flight-attendant through landing via AP. They could probably do it even easier if someone spent a bunch of time playing MS Flight Sim. That’s all I’m saying. There’s a machine that can land planes in almost any conditions with no pilots available. I find that remarkable. If I was on a plane and both pilots were out, I’d be very glad to hear the plane had AP.

[@ant5963]

for most things im against automation because it destroys job markets but in this case i think its a great idea when they are advanced they will eliminate human error be able to react to problems faster

[@hexandcube]

The autopilot is an assistive system that's been around for decades. The purpose of an ILS (Instrument Landing Sysem) is to allow landing in low visibility, when visual landing is not possible. It's not going to replace pilots.

[@ant5963]

@@hexandcube i know it wont but at some point using the ai to land will be far safer than doing it them self especialy in very dangerous places like nepal were 1 wrong turn and your going into a mountain.

[@dropkickmonk3y]

Very nice!

[@rael5469]

The reason why landing in zero visibility is not done is because......you can't see to find the taxiway or the terminal. Airports are not that advanced yet. However.......true zero visibility days are rare in most locations.

[@CloudDayLight]

Correct me if I'm wrong this is the a321 right

[@michelgardes]

No. It's a C-5 Galaxy.

[@ThePilotsLife]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!!

[@flybyairplane3528]

So why,is this a BIG DEAL ?, the old LOCKHEED L1011, DID THE SAME THING, THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT, & THE PILOT HAVE TO ALSO HAVE THAT RATING! Cheers from NJ, USA

[@tomstravels520]

This video is clearly for people who didn't know the technology exists or seen it in action

[@faisalabdulghafoor4349]

Nice video

[@PaulRoseGuitar]

Magnificent

[@Trevor_Austin]

That was not a full CAT III autoland, that was just an autoland where the decision to land was made at approx 200’ AGL. A CAT III landing is when conditions require a decision height less than CAT II (100 feet and less than 200 m RVR).

[@peteconrad2077]

I think he was talking about the aircraft status. The aircraft would have been annunciating Cat 3.