The 20 Most Important Flights of 2024

[@Wendoverproductions]

As you'll notice, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 and Jeju Air Flight 2216 are missing from this video. This is because we wrapped up work on this video prior to the holidays to give our post-production staff well-earned time off, and therefore we were unable to modify the video to include these incidents without disturbing their holidays. No doubt each of these two flights would be notable enough to include on this list had it been possible.

[@Calebs_Aviation]

I wondered about that! Great video Sam & the team!

[@Sparkiebc]

Take the holidays and make another video ❤ we love u Sam

[@nickmcgookin247]

Understandable

[@zakkabuuz]

Respect for workers yields respect from me

[@Ok_Mountain_8698]

That’s the right thing to do

[@ricebuckets]

You think this guy would hide at an airport?

[@ATM648]

Sam from Jet Lag should totally have Sam from Wendover as the guest on the next season!

[@timxd86]

no this would be to random even for sam

[@F35Nerd]

You're thinking of his cousin Sam from Jet Lag

[@BeanBall-hp8ek]

Have you seen the Wikipedia list of people who've lived in airports?

[@kfullmer89]

Not only would he hide at an airport, but I feel like Sam’s the kind of guy who would hide in some obscure train station at an airport only used by like 1,400 people a day

[@arjun_amin]

The man knows his audience, what can I say

[@d.b.cooper1]

autistic af ayyee lets gooo

[@krissp8712]

I can even see terracotta at 20:57 for the brick fans!! ;)

[@Clancysway]

The aviation autisms

[@RadicalFloat_95]

​@@krissp8712I actually genuinely agree with you

[@N_g_er]

I'm gay

[@heavyweaponsguy21]

Have you thought about doing a video on the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service? They are one of the largest aeromedical organisations in the world that are supported by volunteers and provide 24 hour emergency service to remote areas of Australia. They are an incredible organisation.

[@Lynuxfly]

My dream job

[@cybersentient4758]

Sounds like a badass organization

[@CrystalMethEnjoyer]

RFD's in WA are a lifeline. You'd be hard pressed to find a remote West Aussie who doesn't know someone alive today only because the flying doctors were around.

[@voltsp288]

Sounds interesting

[@ToxiicAsAyyy]

living and working in rural/desert australia i can confirm they are essential to supporting our country. i almost got put on one of their planes because of an injury

[@matthewmerchant2038]

The graphics on the bottom for each flight were a very nice touch.

[@smartawesome376]

GO WENDOVER, WIN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HONEY. Good for y'all for being the ones to take them on. I rarely subscribe to channels but I'ma give you mine. Love y'all ❤️

[@evan_game_dev]

This is the most Sam video that Sam has ever Samed

[@sirBrouwer]

he even included two trains at 5:15 and 16:39 for that checkbox. They are only airport shuttles but still count. I did however missed a boat. that was so the bingo card is one empty

[@krissp8712]

I can even see terracotta at 20:57 for the bricks!! ;)

[@soumitrakandpal]

​@@sirBrouwer He mentioned boats at 30:21 while talking about tourists coming to Greenland by sea

[@erickespinosa8240]

Im only 20 seconds in and I already agree

[@sirBrouwer]

@soumitrakandpal he did mention it but I only count it If we had seen one. I am picky.

[@saturnv2419]

The irony that a triple airline incident in the span of 24 hours during the holiday season cannot be added to this video.

[@krissp8712]

How's that ironic? Just sounds like rain on your wedding day - unfortunate, but not reversing the original idea.

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

@@krissp8712Ha! Nice Alanis Morissette reference there. 😝

[@trasheyhamster]

Wait… Azerbaijan, Korea, and what?

[@oadka]

He also missed the reveal of 2 chinese 6th gen aircraft, as well as their AWACS drone

[@floralfox]

@@trasheyhamsteri think they’re referring to the air canada plane that made an emergency landing after a bird strike in one of the engines, everyone survived but it may have been a hull loss (i’m not entirely sure, but from the footage i’ve seen of the evacuation, it was COVERED in flames) i could be wrong though, there’s been so much shit with planes this week :/

[@manifestgtr]

My most important flight of 2024 was on October 8th when I took my checkride and finally got my pilots license after decades of aviation geekdom 🤗 I think it’s important to remember that, amidst all of this horror, aviation is a huge positive for society

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Congratulations on getting your wings! 🎉🎉

[@Aviate68]

CONGRATS DUDE

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Congrats!

[@Benhutchie22386]

Congrats dude!

[@SEBBARU]

Congrats! I got my PPL in April after 26 years being told I cannot. I got my night rating 1 month later, and working on CPL and MULTI-IFR ratings

[@meks039]

Just a note on the australian aviation duopoly, we seem to have a pattern with that. 1. Our grocery stores are pretty much a duopoly between Woolworths and Coles. Aldi as managed to slowly climb up to i think about 9% (feel free to fact check that) of the market share, and the Independent Grocers Association (IGA) is pretty tiny. This means that for most australians, food and other necessities are stupidly expensive because of Coleworths being pretty much the only option. 2. Our kind of "home depot" thing is Bunnings, (also our most famous restaurant lol), and thats a fat monopoly. Only kind of silver lining is that this one APPARENTLY (not an expert, fact check) actually makes things cheaper. The profit margins on each individual item is so low, small businesses have to increase prices to keep up. Because bunnings sells so much, they can get away with having lower prices and slim profit margins per item, because it adds up so much. Still, its not competitive. 3. Yeah the airline thing you mentioned. TLDR our anti-monopoly laws are shit

[@PringleSn1ffer]

Canada has a similar monopoly problem in groceries and basically everything else. Smaller markets and all, I suppose.

[@Blue-Maned_Hawk]

I was planning to be all confused in this reply about y'all's hardware stores being restaraunts until i remembered that Ikea, ostensibly a furniture store, is also famous for its meatballs and probably some other foodstuffs and also blåhaj which is not usually a foodstuff.

[@GlenMcCabe]

They say in Oz there's only room for 1.5 airlines, Qantas and someone else who struggles to stay afloat 'competing' with them... And everyone else has no chance :(

[@counterfit5]

​@@Blue-Maned_Hawkthat seems to imply that blåhaj is sometimes a foodstuff.

[@illuminite]

Thought I might've seen a mention of optus vs Vodafone here too. Yes I'm aware that there's telstra but I almost feel like it's in its own category as the "rural" or "premium" provider, while optus/Vodafone battle for "the rest"

[@dopeslope7]

16:25 dropped bag could have just been a standard event in an airport, but now it's immortalized forever

[@Hedonic_Unadaptation]

😂😂😂

[@krissp8712]

16:23 looks like the trolley was too full!

[@keenan-]

OMG How did you even notice that LOL

[@JamEngulfer]

Hah! I saw that too

[@flightsnotfeelings5867]

When the Alaskan Airlines door plug incident happened, I was working at a Boeing parts manufacturer and it was taken extremely seriously by my company. They required more and more FOD and quality checks and more sign offs on procedures. It changed our entire process. Edit: we didn’t manufacture door parts, we did engine parts. And. We had these processes already, they just created more checks and throughout more steps in the manufacturing process.

[@james82184]

Better late than post-mortem. Hopefully Boeing gets their act together, what was once the most respectable aerospace company in the world by far is now seen as demons who un-alive whistleblowers while making death planes. McDonnell Douglas and its merger with Boeing has been a disaster for the human race.

[@dogbot55]

X

[@miguelsanchez8283]

Perhaps they should've treated everything extremely seriously before the door blew off in flight?

[@x808drifter]

Yep. There is a video about Boeing starting to do things through other companies instead of in house like they used to and how quality has suffered more and more since. You don't really take the information to seriously UNTIL you find out the dude who was being interviewed used to make parts for Boeing before he retired.

[@hifiphono887]

Who in manufacturing isn't a boeing parts manufacturer? I sell them parts too, but good ones.

[@thegreatkizo]

As we close the year, Wendover releases another plane video.

[@ryancolson1212]

Go get that well deserved Honey compensation !!

[@callynne87]

Crazy seeing Lynx Air featured here! Half of our 23-person party found out that our return flight from LAX to YYZ was cancelled by Lynx due to their bankruptcy while in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during a cruise. It honestly feels like a complete blur how we were able to book 13 of the last 14 seats of an Air Canada flight and arrived only a few hours later than our original Lynx flight. Fun fact: travel insurance does not cover needing to book a new flight because of an airline's bankruptcy. Found that out the hard way. Even with all of the headaches this caused, though, I'm incredibly sad Lynx is gone. As Sam said, Canada's domestic routes are now effectively a duopoly again. We went from YYZ to YVR flights down to under $125 round trip, to back now back up to $400-600.

[@notaname320]

Here's to hoping Porter can continue putting pressure on the big two. I recently flew one of their Canada-US routes and it was the best flight experience i've had in years.

[@callynne87]

@@notaname320 Absolutely! Flew with them for work from YYC to YYZ and it was great. The only domestic airline that doesn't make me feel like I'm egregiously being nickle and dimed, yk?

[@brandonking1737]

My dad was on THE last Lynx flight from Vancouver to Calgary. The flight was delayed a few hours because a crew member didn't show up, and they had to wait for a flight from Toronto to borrow one of their crew members. They assured all the passengers that the flight would NOT be canceled, as they HAD to get the aircraft to Calgary that night

[@AnteMeridiem965]

I seriously wish you luck with the honey class action lawsuit. You got the eagleteam with you. So you got an incredible bscking already.

[@RicciChoi1109]

Japan Airlines focused on safety heavily since the JL123 crash. That’s why the only causality was the officers on board of that Japan Coast Guard plane. They won’t allow any chance of losing market share to bullet trains due to safety issues, even there’s something called the “4-hour threshold”. (This can be imagined as a boundary, where flying will be more convenient once you’ll need more than 4 hours to travel on the Shinkansen. Currently this boundary lies on Hiroshima, assuming the starting point is Tokyo Station.)

[@d.b.cooper1]

omgg japanese thingggg

[@Scazoid]

​@@d.b.cooper1 ???

[@someperson3883]

So you can’t go to Hiroshima from Spawn. Sucks

[@bukvins77]

@@d.b.cooper1 you have issues bro

[@andrewjgrimm]

15:56 “Serving Australia’s West Coast”. Another way to say that is “Perth”, given the second largest city of Western Australia, Bunbury, has a population of 75 thousand.

[@tHebUm18]

Unsurprised that Starship made the list. Pretty surprised that the successful catch of the booster did not given catching a building-sized rocket with a larger building-sized launch tower is very much a first for humanity.

[@markthompson5983]

I agree, I was waiting for a second mention of starship. Also surprised that the whole Crowdstrike disaster didn't get mentioned given how significant it was.

[@CharlesGregory]

Yeah, when they included flight 3, I expected them to definitely include flight 5, the more significant one. Maybe it was too late in the year to include, but I checked and it was mid October.. plenty of time.

[@x808drifter]

Yeah but that was FAR from just a plane thing. ANYTHING dealing with Crowdstike shit the bed that day. Like more than half of worlds computer systems went ass up when that happened. I had friends who only finished finally fixing the error on all the systems they were in charge of in October. The shit required a manual (like physically there pushing buttons manual) reboot of every computer affected. Not a fun week for us in IT. And for some not a fun 4-6 months.

[@jkbrbc]

Thanks for mentioning last flight of CSA as one of key moments of 2024. Sending love from Czech Republic

[@honestyisthegucci]

Please make this a yearly series! It was really fun to watch

[@BS-vx8dg]

_Please make this a yearly series! It was really fun to watch_ Not me. I didn't watch it and I won't watch it because the worst plane crash in over five years was not included. That is unexcusable.

[@j_0anna]

​@@BS-vx8dg you do realise said plane crash happened shortly after christmas, when the editors of this video were given time off to spend with their families? wendover has posted a comment acknowledging the incidents that happened in the last week.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@j_0anna Yes, I *_do_* realize that, and I consider it to have been a very bad decision. These are intelligent people and they know (most) of their audience is intelligent. Go ahead and take vacation time with your families, then come back after Dec 31 and wrap up a video that you know will actually *be* the video your title says it will be, trusting that your audience would rather have an accurate video than a premature blow off piece. _That_ I would watch, a video that came out on January 2 or even January 10. CNN's Special on the Top Ten News Stories of 2004 didn't even include the deadliest tsunami in human history because they did exactly this: they wrapped production _before_ the year's end. And I think that's an asinine decision. Tell me why this couldn't have waited another week. Would _you_ not watch it if it came out on January 5?

[@nicholaswastakenwastaken]

@@BS-vx8dg​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠ I am pretty sure that the team has an upload schedule that can only be diverted from minimally. Plus, having the crew come back in such a rush right after the year-end holidays to add in 5+ minutes worth of information and footage that are NOT FULLY DEVELOPED is basically one of the worst things that an employer could do. Would you really think a sacrifice in quality and time for relaxation for probably inaccurate information is really worth it? Now, this brings me to my last point. Feel free to skip this if you do not care about my thoughts. If you do though, I believe that the last day of the year and the first day of the next year are the most important dates that people use as a view back into the past year at a glance. Although I would still watch it after the aforementioned dates, the video loses its effects day by day. In conclusion, I don’t think that it is a good decision to delay the video with little positive effect on quality, assuming that most people have been updated on the news regarding the new accidents.

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@nicholaswastakenwastaken Nicholas, thank you for your thoughtful reply. I’ll try to take your points one at a time. _I am pretty sure that the team has an upload schedule that can only be diverted from minimally_ I’m not sure where you get this idea from, but looking at the releases over the past four months, I detect no such regularity. But even if it is true, so what? Instead of this, release another, and then release this EOY video in an upcoming slot. _having the crew come back in such a rush right after the year-end holidays to add in 5+ minutes worth of information and footage that are NOT FULLY DEVELOPED is basically one of the worst things that an employer could do_ So let’s say the wrap day for this was December 15 (obviously I’m just making that up; I have no idea). If the Korean crash had happened on December 14, do you think they would have left it out because there was no time to “fully develop” it? Balderdash. News about airline crashes is *_always_* tentative, often for many months. There may well be additional information about some of the events included in the video coming out in the next few months, but that doesn’t mean it was irresponsible to include those. We’re *not* looking for this video to be a definitive assessment of the events, because that’s beyond the scope of what this was. Because remember what this was: It was a *LIST* . Yes, that’s first and foremost what we were promised, but they failed to produce an accurate list, so that someone looking at this trusted source in ten years will not get the information they were expecting. We were let down. _Would you really think a sacrifice in quality and time for relaxation for probably inaccurate information is really worth it?_ As I have made clear, I am 100% okay with prioritizing the staff’s time away from work. But the idea that this was a choice between accurate information or staff happiness is just nonsense. And you speak of “probably inaccurate information”. But that’s exactly what we *_were_* given: inaccurate information. That’s exactly what I am pointing out here. _I believe that the last day of the year and the first day of the next year are the most important dates that people use as a view back into the past year at a glance. Although I would still watch it after the aforementioned dates, the video loses its effects day by day_ I am quite sure that most people in the news business (and I include Wendover in that, as the stuff they produce is better than most of what networks produce) would agree with you. But I think we’ve learned over the past few years-the last year especially-that the media has a pretty poor handle on what most people think. I see a significant number of people here who are also annoyed by this. The question is, would people be annoyed or put off if the video was delayed? We can’t know for sure, but my bet is that the people who love the high quality content that Sam and his team put out would include nearly zero people would be angry about an end-of-year summary that came out in January. But a _lot_ of people would appreciate it, especially in years when something major happens at the end (which is not all that uncommon). _I don’t think that it is a good decision to delay the video with little positive effect on quality_ Little positive effect on quality? If I published a list of the Ten Greatest Presidents in American History, and just left one or two off, would that be a tiny matter? Of course, you say, but that is different, because this had the pressure of a deadline. And I’m saying that that deadline pressure was self-imposed and was done to the detriment of the quality.

[@lavabite2245]

0:21 Oooooooooooh boy, that didn’t age well

[@BS-vx8dg]

I haven't watched the video, but I'm guessing it's something about "the worst accident of 2024". Yeah, it's kind of daft to do an end of the year wrap up before the end of the year.

[@noahmyg]

@@BS-vx8dg i mean to be fair, i don't think anyone would have expected not just one but two catastrophic plane crashes within just days of each other right at the end of the year

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@noahmyg First of all, just leaving out _one_ of these would have been irresponsible. This isn't about how many events they missed, it was about the failure to include _all_ of the (read it with me) "20 Most Important Flights of 2024" Events don't happen based upon "expectations", and anyone over the age of 9 knows that sometimes big events happen at the end of the year. The worst tsunami in all of recorded human history happened in the last week of 2004, and therefore was left off of the "Biggest News Stories" lists of 2004 by _several_ news agencies, and that means that these archival articles are almost misinformation. The real question is, *_Who would have been hurt by waiting until after January 1 to complete this video properly?_* Answer: no one. Give the staff two or three weeks off at the end of the year for a job (very) well done, but then *do the video correctly* .

[@noahmyg]

@BS-vx8dg damn, chill. it's just a youtube video, they probably wanted to get the timing right because of the algorithm

[@BS-vx8dg]

@@noahmyg The algorithm is the first reason anyone has given why _maybe_ it made sense to do this early. But I don't know how that works (do you?), so I'll withhold judgement. As for chilling, yeah, it's just a video, but if you look through the comments you will see dozens and dozens of people who have said the same thing (although with much fewer words). *IF* it turns out the algorithm is the reason (which the more I think about it, the less I think that's really the reason), fine, but otherwise, this is annoying and should stop.

[@mjthepro9163]

December was the month of accidents in aviation history

[@TheGahta]

Most? Least? Funniest? Your sentence is incomplete and doesn't say anything in the current form

[@randomnobody8770]

@@TheGahta It truly was the month in aviation history.

[@LucasSanRFS]

You lie when you say" history" I would agree with you if it was from the decade

[@rickybungalow8839]

@@TheGahtaDecember was the month of all time

[@sizanogreen9900]

@@rickybungalow8839 December was THE month.

[@theradioactivebananayolo2393]

12:42 Nunavummiut is the name for people who live in Nunavut, not the name of the Canadian territory itself. Thus, Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut, not the capital of Nunavummiut. Other than that, a really enjoyable video!

[@sirBrouwer]

pedantry corner: If Iqaluit i the capital of Nunavut and the people that live in Nunavut are named as Nunavummiut. would that not make Iqaluit not also the capital of the Nunavummiut. I mean Paris is the capital city of the Parisians. I mean it is the capital city of all of France so that also includes the Parisians.

[@dtglck4fkds]

@@sirBrouwersam was wrong here. Take the loss. You wouldn't say a flight landed in Parisian. You would say Paris. It's typical Wendover - interesting topics riddled with errors making one check any "fact" that matters.

[@Sewey699]

@@dtglck4fkds Brother he didn't say it landed in Nunavummiut, he said it landed in the Nunavummiut capital of Iqaluit. Listen to the video properly.

[@samuelcheung4799]

"the Nunavummiut capital of Iqaluit" --> "the French capital of Paris" / "the American capital of Washington, D. C."

[@Lord_Zed]

​@@dtglck4fkdsnope. It'd be like saying Alaskan capital of Juneau.

[@jennstocks915]

I am SO SO SO happy that my algorithm sent this video to me. Your production quality and deep dive into subjects has immediately made your channel one of my top three to watch. The video on the arena conversion was captivating! Just finised the Firefighter one. Amazing. Great job! Keep up the great work!!!!!

[@wewbie]

19:25 Oslo is misspelled as Olso

[@Phonixrmf]

I olso noticed that

[@Marc_att_123]

literally unwatchable

[@jennylin7728]

Was hoping for 20 most important train rides of 2024

[@sophiatheodores7985]

20 most important types of bricks please

[@nicholassporleder1587]

​@sophiatheodores7985 That video should be made by Sam from HAI not Sam from Wendover.

[@JaNieWie]

I haven't heard of many important train rides this year. I can only think of two recent - the very first course of Baltic Express connecting Prague with Gdynia and a direct ICE train connecting Paris and Berlin. Both began operations on December 15th.

[@justjibsy]

See Miles in Transit for that! (Bus rides too)

[@andyjay729]

After this past month, there may be more demand for a 20 Most Important Train Rides of 2025 video than Important Flights come next December 31.

[@funtaril]

18:56 Crimea is Ukraine

[@RA-tg1dp]

Nope

[@declanwalsh3216]

Yes it is

[@b.6603]

Sorry, let's get real. Ukraine is not getting Crimea back. Unfair but it's the truth

[@jamesgeorge777]

Happy New Year to you and all viewers! Praying peaceful travels and safe times on New Year's and beyond.

[@yashthorat8268]

Make this video idea an annual tradition on wendover channel

[@BS-vx8dg]

Only if they wait until the end of the year to wrap the production.

[@dameygamey9167]

4:10 slight error, was it meant to say February 10th because you accidentally said January?

[@nicholas1605]

Great video! And good luck on the Honey lawsuit. We all support you

[@chemseddinenaimi8009]

Really great timing guys !

[@ryonatkinson6637]

bro how were they supposed to know it would happen

[@b07x]

December 2024 Incidents: - Jeju Air, South Korea: 179 deaths - Azerbaijan Airlines: 38 deaths - Canadian plane made emergency landing at Halifax airport. - UAE plane crash: 2 deaths (pilots) - Swiss International Air Lines: 1 death (cabin member)

[@aoe4_kachow]

@@ryonatkinson6637they could delay the upload until next month

[@TheMajorStranger]

This is an annual video topic Wendover does so it's not like they did it on purpose.

[@Nemo2507s]

@@aoe4_kachow No, they won’t even if they had an option to

[@loganb.1984]

Babe wake up, NEW WENDOVER PLANE VIDEO

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Let him sleep. He's probably tired.

[@greg2092]

Sam your being put on errors and omission for your pronunciation of the Canadian territory of nunavut. Most commonly pronounced as noon-a-voot on the west coast. Time stamp 12:38

[@al__vids]

04:10 You mean February, right, Sam? One for the end of year blooper reel...

[@Ruddpocalypse]

13:53 Perth mentioned 🗣️

[@jeffraunec]

Dude this was such a sick video. The way you did this story after story with that data section at the bottom. Fucking gg man, you and your editors did a helluva job

[@jetuhajice]

the most sam video to ever exist, is like it is a treat to himself for a year of great videos

[@User62-k8j]

Make a video about the logistics of counting population/ census

[@benwilson9150]

Did a Boeing factory tour a couple days after the 777X grounding. Boeing were very open about the situation surprisingly when I asked about. They explained what had been seen and the thought process processes behind it. They weren’t overly concerned as the aircraft is in testing and they want this stuff to happen then and not later but also testing is meant to find the stress points, I don’t know if anyone has seen an update but there is 2 routes they were looking at for the cause, the first being simply the part not being strong enough and a millimeter or 2 of additional thickness may have been need or the second being they found the stress point of the airframe as they were trying to find that point with the testing flights at that time.

[@samueldamuel1689]

as a guy named sam, i am inspired by this wonderful channel to hide in an airport during hide and seek in the future!

[@unscliced_pizza1701]

23:37 @Wendoverproductions It's worth noting that the Cathay Pacific 777-300ER (B-KPO) shown here isn't brand new, but one that has recently had its interior remodelled.

[@steviek8733]

Awaiting the honey video with the rest of us

[@biscuitplayzyt8900]

Imagine travelling 11 hours in an indigo flight in an a321 xlr lol

[@ryanharris3420]

Fun fact: The 747 crossing over the road at 18:46 is VH-OJA. In 1989 this aircraft set the record for the longest un-refuelled flight by a commercial aircraft, 20 hours and 9 minutes from London to Sydney. In 2015 it set the record for the shortest 747 flight, just 12 minutes on its delivery flight to a museum south of Sydney.

[@briangasser973]

@Wendover One small issue with the video is at 7:43 you use a map of JFK for United Airlines. They are based out of Newark and havent served JFK sine the end of Covid.

[@andyjay729]

But isn't Newark often billed by airlines as "New York-Newark"?

[@michaeldeleted]

Off-topic here, but there is appropriate video onto which to post this: Dear Wendover Productions, I DEMAND you produce a full-length behind-the-scenes documentary of your lawsuit (in conjunction with Legal Eagle and Attourney Tom) vs. Honey/PayPal. This is the perfect opportunity for you to branch out into documentaries... I am actually fairly certain you are likely doing so already.

[@magnuskongskov3532]

An note on Kangerlussuaq is that there will still be 2 weekly flights to Copenhagen on a 737. (At least this summer). And on Greenland there is also Narsarquaq airport, which can handle the a330, and the Thule air base where the a330 sometimes flies with military personel.

[@Fhnsgkdfkvsgmvdg-y6u]

Can you please do a longer explainer on dubious civilian imprisonment and prisoner exchanges? It's an underreported geopolitical story with pretty big implications.

[@GerardiAviation]

This was my favorite video of yours so far ✈️

[@noahplummer6185]

2:23? MASSIVE? yk what else is massive?

[@zansusar75]

LOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW TAPER FADE

[@dsteere2303]

I think channels like this are now purposely including the word massive so those edits are made and some people who would have otherwise see the video search it out after seeing the ninja edit

[@PandaCZparodies]

As a Czech, i hate that Czech airlines are ending, but at least we are mentioned in Wendover video.

[@greypilgrim9967]

Not being able to track the jets of rich people like any other jet is outrageous

[@kevalpatel4388]

we need more jet lag, go to ring road in iceland or something cool! you have a dedicated fan base, dont lose it!

[@timalexander1811]

19:02 Crimea should not be part of Russia

[@thecarelost6229]

Cope

[@Mediarahan003]

@@thecarelost6229 Huh?

[@Simon-ku5fp]

It's important to stick to reality wven if we don't like it. Crimea is definitely annexed by now.

[@declanwalsh3216]

Well said

[@Theguywhoasked9906]

It’s not Sunny Williams, It’s Sunita

[@pigg3yy]

return to the roots for the new year… I like it!

[@musewolfman]

Another important flight of 2024 was the final flight of the huge flying boat, the Martin Mars water bomber.

[@epbski]

Thank you for doing another aviation video. Don't let the naysayers discourage you, your aviation videos are the best and my favorites! Please keep doing them!

[@jackson3190]

Not to be super picky, but at the part about Alaska 1282, the aircraft type you listed was the Boeing 737-900. It was the Boeing 737 MAX 9. I know you go over your mistakes (no matter how big or small they are) over on HAI, so I expect this to be there.

[@stevenlee3278]

Really loved this aviation wrap up for 2024 ❤

[@BS-vx8dg]

Really? You loved it even though it was missing two major events? Arguably the two biggest aviation stories of the year? I sure can't love that.

[@luisleal1205]

Yeahhh!! Finally Wendover Productions and Planes!!

[@CatholicSamurai]

An honorable mention for notoriety in 2024 flights: the low-altitude mid-air collision between a WW2 B17 bomber and a WW2 P63 fighter at Wings Over South Texas in summer 2024. Not only was it a huge blow to the small fleet of WW2 warbirds still operational, it was by experienced airshow pilots at an airshow that should by all means have been a highly-controlled and safe operations space. The incident had a huge impact in the General Aviation community, the warbird and history-buff community, the aircraft restoration community, and the airshow circuit industry.

[@NalinAirheart]

That was November 12, 2022. Report came out in December 2024.

[@woopwoop7041]

At 19:17 the text on screen states that the Russian aircraft was a high wing Antonov An-148, but the aircraft on screen is clearly not a high wing plane. The plane on screen looks like a Tupolev Tu-204 / Tu-214.

[@Marc_att_123]

literally unwatchable

[@mzmznasipadang]

Happy new year Sam and the team behind Wendover 🎉

[@bigbadbyte]

Happy New Year Sam and Team. Thank you for another year of amazing content.

[@tag180rotax]

I was on the flight out of Portland that left just before the door plug plane, headed to Hawaii in the same model plane. Our return flight was grounded so we had to fly Hawaiian home

[@autarchprinceps]

The 777X was supposed to be flying since 2017 not 2019. At least that is what Boeing first made public. There could of course have been delays before they ever made an announcement already on top of that. At this point it will likely be 10 years delayed, if not more.

[@Papershields001]

Am I the only one who would love to watch Sam do a plane spotting stream from Haneda?

[@LonkinPork]

5:10 as a Canadian that usually takes one short round trip home and back around Christmastime, I appreciated the existence of the budget airlines but they were (and the remaining one still is) profoundly unreliable at that time of year. I went back to only flying with our Big Two (Air Canada and Westjet) because I had a flight get cancelled while everyone was standing at the gate staring at the plane we were supposed to board sitting right outside the airport windows

[@paolo15068]

Love the videos happy new year everyone!!🎉

[@lydiaxiao7057]

Someone teach Sam how to pronounce Nunavut, as much as his pronunciation is iconic. 🤣

[@sinirliadam]

My wife flew with rex from SYD to MEL past June when Virgin Australia cancelled her flight twice in 14 hours. They sold her a ticket 30 minutes before takeoff so they were pretty useful in some instances.

[@acrewdog]

Perhaps a video on draken, atac or Top Aces is in order? They all fly supersonic privately owned aircraft. Jared Isaacman has his Mic-29, Starfighters has several F-104s, there are lots of others out there. Boom might someday do something very cool, but they haven't yet and there is a big leap from a one off experiment to building a type certified airliner.

[@zona2009]

Very cool video. Should be done yearly

[@kandyfloss6b]

Thank you for your effort and dedication in creating videos for us to enjoy. Your work is truly appreciated. God bless you man!!

[@littleferrhis]

Hey good luck with the lawsuit. Honey needs to get what’s coming to them.

[@djones6211]

12:39. Numavumiat? It's Nunavut(None-uv-it). How did you mess that up so badly? haha You pronounced it more correctly at 13:16. I love your stuff Sam! I look forward to seeing this in the errors video.

[@andyjay729]

Do Canadians tell jokes like, "A new province? I'm having Nunavut!"

[@cwbh10]

Pretty cool you also including Starship in here :)

[@Michael-pp8lz]

Interesting how we started and ended 2024 with plane crashes. Although there were others mid-way through the year, these (Japan Airlines on the 2nd, and recently Jeju) were definitely the most notable .

[@markg8491]

A small but important correction - there’s no evidence that ‘clear air turbulence’ caused the SQ321 incident. Recent news reports indicate that the pilots may have instead flown directly into a thunderstorm.

[@drtcgtheplayer5283]

More importantly, the passenger who died aboard SQ321 was caused by a heart attack due to his underlying medical condition from his old age. Furthermore, he was seat-belted, meaning he did not experienced any physical injuries like hitting the head at the roof. Hence, the air turbulence indirectly caused his death.

[@michaelbuehlmann792]

That's for suing Honey. Good luck

[@vladislovasjurgutis]

Good video and happy new year!!🎉🎉

[@PureSniperWolf]

I work near PDX in Portland, OR, like the far end of the runway kind of stuff. Planes fly over us all day and night. It was terrifying to know a port door had just jumped ship while in the air - and that it took so long to be found.😢 Thank you God no one was sucked out or squished by this incident. ❤

[@andyjay729]

My uncle lives only about a mile from where the door came down!

[@paulopenteado8241]

The only people who "expect Starship to drop cost" are those who do not understand the topic and blindly accept Musk's sales pitch. There is absolutely no indication so far that Starship will lower the cost of anything, or even ever carry anything to orbit.

[@Takadiurga]

We need one of these every year!

[@candybar121]

Asdf: "I like trains" Wendover: "I like planes"

[@amamdawhatever]

Kangerlussuaq Airport is kind of a famous fuel stop for smaller aircraft flying over the North Atlantic. To me the flight over Greenland getting there is nothing short of breathtaking, the landing is pretty easy, the departure windows are frustrating and when your on the ground it kinda feels like you're in Sheridan Wyoming.

[@meowtherainbowx4163]

I love how much Greenland and Nunavut were in the news!

[@zenithquestor]

Message to everyone. Happy New Year and have a great day!

[@carlitosthekoala6532]

Awesome video! Thank you for all the videos of 2024! Look forward to an even better 2025! Happy new year 🎉

[@AACraft555]

the overlay for AS1282 says 737-900, it was a 737 MAX 9

[@adamdapatsfan]

WENDOVER IS BACK ON HIS GAME

[@techguypaul]

You misspelled Oslo at 19:21

[@TheeSunDanceKiid]

There HAS to be arrests for the Boeing negligence. From top to bottom anyone complicate is responsible for the death of humans. Including airlines that pushed for no flight training on new systems for planes.

[@andyjay729]

And then there was the conveniently suicidal whistleblower...

[@ahscott2001]

My most important flight of 2024 was Cleveland to Haneda via Newark. I was starting my study abroad.

[@yeaurossoe]

A321XLR is something that is suitable for Southeast Asian markets too. Looking at thinner point-to-point routes such as between Japan / Korea and ASEAN, and also ASEAN to Australia and New Zealand.

[@MFMegaZeroX7]

I would have thought that Assad's flight out of Syria would be chosen as emblematic of the changing situation there.

[@josephsilva345]

I wish this included December 2023 because the teaching of Robert Herjavec’s flight from Santa Ana to Toronto during the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes was one of the craziest things I’ve been a part of in a while