Boeing 747 Cockpit Video landing Hong Kong Kai Tak Rain IGS (1998)

[84bstevens]

@killer8452 I think it's because whoever is filming has their camera zoomed in quite a bit, which reduces the sensation of speed. Everything looks a bit slower.

[JaWayne5]

@killer8452 The wind may have kicked up and with the flaps down it probably gave the illusion of a really slow landing. That's what wind does to you

[TransynthMan]

Damn! It looks as if the plane turned into a helicopter at the end. It's almost like it was hovering above the runway for a few seconds.

[killer8452]

why does the plane go really slow in the end, is it because of wind?

[christianniemeijer97]

@killer8452 Sorry, I can't tell you either. I was just wondering the same thing...

[llamawithscarf]

@killer8452 It is not really slow. The size of the lines on the runway provides the illusion that its moving slow. That's my guess at least.

[Amtrak1194]

A true view of a different time in aviation. The approach over Kowloon city would have been terrifying for a post 9/11 world.

[aarishkhn]

i really hate whenever the camera zooms on the runway at time of the landing. It looks like the planed landed at 5 mph.

[mysterywhiteboy83]

What a great approach that airport had. I wish I had the opportunity to fly in there.

[TheSonyVaio94]

Pan Am (ABC) anyone?

[hagina2004]

Do you miss that airport?!

[eh2681]

Bravo!

[Stickman698]

36 people are color blind. The FAA would not certify them as pilots.

[SubaruWRXtreme]

LOL @ 1:30 just passing through people excuse me..... huge ass plane flying so low over residential areas WOW

[airjet491]

cant believe there are wipers for airplanes too

[prohelipilot1]

Note the VASI lights on the sides of the runway, good approach

[rooneyband]

It's Cathay Pacific.

[ihsanadfinda]

That's a hurry approach lining up and descend...

Very cool video!

[B797846ERF]

usually, fifty-(forty)-thirty-twenty-te­n...

But this plane called 'sinty-thirty-ten'!!

[ollo1982]

@B797846ERF Sounds to me like its sixty-thirty-ten :D

[B797846ERF]

@ollo1982

I missed....

×　sinty

●　sixty

[ollo1982]

@B797846ERF lol... first time ive heard sixty thirty tho... heheh

[royalengland]

How does the crew transmit their voice to ATC is there a button on the yoke and where is the button on the Airbus cockpit.?

[Alexvideoclip]

Thanks !

[hampton82]

What an awesome landing...

[kolejIT]

great landing guys

[olsson7377]

waaaa amazing!

[GameShowGuy]

One of the pilots recites numbers in the hundreds, even immediately before the synthesized voice says "60", presumably meaning 60 feet. So what did the numbers the pilot was saying mean?

[ryan1111111555555555]

@GameShowGuy I know bits about aviation, and I think the pilot is reading out the VOR's on approach, VOR's are basically way points, so for example you might have 4 VOR's on approach, at the first VOR you should be for example at 1500ft, then the next VOR your altitude should be at for example 800ft, I think hes reading out the VOR's and altitude, confirming they are at the right rate of descent.

[FSXreality]

@ryan1111111555555555 Nearly. Check out my video on my channel, final part of the Frankfurt to Kai Tak whereby I explain what goes on. Do hope you trust my words once you read about my channel.

[royalengland]

What airline is this in assuming its a airline out of the UK

[watthehell1023]

@royalengland, Must be British Airways. They're the only British airline I can think of with many 747-400s in their fleet.

[edmundhui722]

點解個水砵咁快既?

[johnacid1]

Great video, and thanks for no music. I like to hear what the crew is saying.

[secretRBRman]

I mean fsx

[secretRBRman]

This video makes me want to play fax

[Brulszd]

ZOOM THE FUCK OUT!

[pacrat90]

I swear that one of the pilots is one of my dads old friends Tim... He now sits on the Cathay selection board and is in management because a medical problem deemed him unfit to pilot aircraft.. :) in a year or two I'll be going over to apply for cathays cadet scheme :D can't wait!

[MAXwellchikenrice]

@pacrat90 then we might meet at the interview sometime :P

[Mr1997Flight]

What a fantastic job , this is why i want to become a pilot.

[greata7x]

what a technical landing site!

[DeOndertoon]

I think a few conspiracy theorists need to see this video. Makes landing into a huge skyscraper seem pretty doable.

[Kaminsky15]

0:18 "Bwoop Bwoop Bwoop Bwoop" .. "Autopilot turned off" Flying in haze over skyscrapers with a 747 at your command .. amazing.

[xraycortina]

@Kaminsky15 Thanks, that saved me posting the question I was about to ask.

[caio2256]

what is IGS?

[leicam6]

@caio2256 Instrument Guidance System (IGS)

[Javier33085]

Just curious, why you guys landing in a no longer operational airport?

Anyway great video, keep posting.

[LateNightCable]

@Javier33085 In case you weren't joking, this video would have been made before Kai Tak closed in 1998.

[SleekDan97]

@Javier33085 Ok I'll take it that you're not joking and actually being serious, this video was obviosly made before kai tak closed.

[timothyngim]

@Javier33085 I think this is an old video, as now, nobody can land at Kai Tak, the condos around it (Kowloon) have been built higher and the run way is gone----> its a golf course now

[B7774Life]

I'm almost 100% certain that is is a Cathy Pacific Flight. If you listen at 0:49 you'll hear the Copilot answer the ATC with ... Cathy 250.

Regards

[MelshLtd]

Textbook landing!

[marcs990]

Good chance it's British airways due to the pilots voice but not 100% sure.

[wompwomp8032]

anyone know the airline in this video?

[vsbfbmusic]

@wompwomp8032 cathay pacific? qantas? no idea, maybe the uploader can help us with this

[smacman68]

Grease job. Perfect touch down. Balls of concrete.

[jaronee]

ahh the communication in the cockpit is just so good. Possibly friends.

[preludefan]

good pilots.

[McWeslyF1]

0:21 is that AP disconnect or Flaps warning sound?

[seacuracao]

@McWeslyF1 ap

[alexchu414]

@McWeslyF1 That's the sound of AP disconnection

[jaronee]

@McWeslyF1 flaps warning sound?? haha

[cleavon21]

nice video..

[4500intelx]

i hate zooming the camera while recording because the runway looks short

[jetsonic69]

Hey I know?? why not just fix the videocamera on board the flight cockpit dashboard? :) this way safe

[jetsonic69]

whos holding the camera and flying at the same time? :) the pilots? :) hahaha

hey watch me land this big bird into hong kong and post it on YOUTUBE :)

[haoluo]

stop moving the camera around and stop zooming in u moron

[trypwned]

@haoluo Your a moron. Stop trolling on other peoples videos. Why don't you go back in time and go back to year 1998 and record this. You probably weren't born yet, kid.

[haoluo]

@trypwned why don't you go back to your mom and ask her who fucked her 1998 coz sure must have been a defective condom.

[trypwned]

@haoluo I'm sorry. I don't use old mom jokes when they were made in the 60's.

[haoluo]

@trypwned you are another idiot incapable of arguing just like the idiot camera guy. you cant really have expectations with a mom like yours and a defective condom I guess

[trypwned]

@haoluo I'm sorry. I don't argue over the internet. It's stupid and useless. You don't know anything about my mom, so don't talk.

[haoluo]

@trypwned you have just been arguing and you dont like it because you clearly are pathetic at it. I have been with your mom longer than you have been with her what the hell would you know?

[eastcoast78]

i bit yea that was sick looking form the checker board viewpoint!!! Great vid!!

[ultramegatrion]

This is awesome,thanx for  uploading!!!!!

[Felipe140396]

holy shit! At what speed did he land?!!

[fuadkl]

@Felipe140396 for b747 landing speed around 145

[DamEllSunny]

@Felipe140396 Brilliant landing, on fsx i would have got a go around for sure

[Earthlinked]

They can say what they wantever they want - Hong Kong - has the EXACT same problem that Los Angeles has - it is between 2 mountain ranges - and there is nowhere for the smog to go!!!!! In Hong Kong - you can taste it - expecially when you see those double decker busses in Hong Kong - rolling down the street - with blue smoke bleching out the tail pipe!!!!!!!!!!! But after a few hours - the smell and taste goes away - by YOU getting used to it!!!!!!

[DickieCo2]

Was that an Air-Pollution cloud of combustion (contrail-cirrus) service jumbo Smogliner burning 14 tonnes of kerosene per hour landing, as i thought that Air-Pollution skyrupturing Smogliners were taking us all the way, non-stop to the end of the Earth.

[iPilot747]

Airline?

[TheQwerty0426]

I Love Chep Lak too！！！！！

[fs10inator]

32 people love Chep Lak

[TheRandification]

Did you use any autopilots for this approach?

[DreamboyCAT]

@TheRandification You can ear the autopilot disconect warning at 0:22. So most of the video is done with manual fliying.

[TheRandification]

@DreamboyCAT Ah, yes; thanks for pointing that out. Dang good piloting eh? :)

[theballer04]

He ate a mushroom at :20

[chocolatcats]

NO GODS OF THE SKYS we rely on.........love to have one of myown!

[skater6666]

Bus drivers of the sky? The complex training and intelligence pilots require are far above bus drivers league. £60000 for bus driver training? i dont think so....this is a saying to try and put pilots down because people are just jelous that they will never be a pilot and havent got the intelligence to be one....PILOTS I SALUTE YOU!

[chocolatcats]

@skater6666 PS. my brothers a bus driver and he cant fly that jet or land it.....so shut up

[chocolatcats]

@skater6666 I LOVE THE INTELLIGENCE OF A PILOT AND THEIR CUTE TOO

[rabidpensfan]

I love hearing the line that pilots are "bus drivers of the sky". Well, there are no atheists in fox holes, and I doubt there were any on a plane during this approach at any time. If my hearing hadn't been destroyed, I def would have pursued my dream of becoming a pilot. Maybe in another lifetime.

[ManiacalMarlboroMan]

I remember I use to land at this aiport.

[luckyowl249]

Unbelievable, like landing on a table. Will never forget Kai Tak landing!

[Sailor2014]

Made the same experience 25yrs ago. KaiTak landing with Swissair B747 from Bombay. One of the best airlines ever on air. So what. KaiTak is closed. And HKG is boring without such sophisticated aport

[BonakiD24]

If the government pay me 1miliion euro just to fly a plane and im not train! I would leave that 1 million to them!

[saoudkindy]

@BonakiD24 But why would the government give you a million dollars to fly a plane? You'll take their million and burn their plane.

[fshlps]

Perfect landing 

[ComeForPeace]

Indeed the most difficult airport for pilots. I had fly this airport for more than 4 years. The key of landing runway 13 is when u see the 2 boxes on the mountain at ur left side and the stadium at the right side, bank 30-35 degrees to make the final 41 degree right turn.

[andyken]

I kept wondering, how its look and feel on the cokckpit when the plane landing to the ground, now i can fell it. Thanks airboyd

[TheWellMindedMe]

我们的目标是非常糟糕了那里。

[TheWargasmic]

In the rain? DAMN these guys have skill.

[FirebirdDrummer]

aahhhh good days those were! Sat in the cockpit many a time for this landing. dad used to fly for Cathay Pacific

[jcadlols]

@FirebirdDrummer Mine still does :)

[stevejoslyn]

@jonathanaus2010. They closed the airport from midnight to 6am due to noise pollution. Otherwise no issue for night landings at all.

[Metalicalypse]

The pilots have most amazing steel balls in the world!

[gynecolog1st]

1:41 I'd love to be in the cockpit and scream - WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

[tf424]

Pilots weren't even allowed to fly into Kai Tak until they had something like 25 landings in the right-hand seat. It was a mark of distinction to be qualified to land a jumbo there.

[hawk0920]

lol thank god kai tak is closed

[computer305]

how to these planes land in the night?

[jonathanaus2010]

@computer305 don't take my word for a 100% but I believe I heard somewhere they didn't land at night

[Ameshdicto]

Airboyd ATP's do indeed have the best jobs in the planet!

[woodie106]

landed at Kai Tak many times & believe me, that aproach was scary even sitting 10 rows back fro the front.

[yesrana]

that plane seemed so slow

[SesamaLho]

the glideslope shows that you're a little too high

Yeah, it's hard to landing in Kai Tak

[Tomahawkfriend]

Perfect.

[joseanzaldua]

Fuck me that is epic

[victoriaindigo]

Did the GPW briefly sound?

[fletchyyz1961]

I had the pleasure of sitting here twice before it switched to the new airport

[woodshuck]

30,000 feet up in the air = best office in the world :)

[deetjay1]

Piece of cake...Amazing job...

[jallymatt]

brings back many memories of Hong Kong. Thanks for the post.

[mikeeG77]

ohhhh sweet

[AndyJay15]

The approach looked so effortless. Well done, shame this Airport is no longer being used :(

[drapperneverstops3]

@AndyJay15 Why Not?

[AndyJay15]

@drapperneverstops3 It was deemed to dangerous and it wasn't big enough for the expanding list of commercial flights arriving and departing.. They built a new airport only a few miles away on a man-made island :)

[drapperneverstops3]

@AndyJay15 I no about hong kong internaional but why not just expand on kai tak

[AndyJay15]

@drapperneverstops3 If you look around there isn't really much room to expand on. And the main reason was because of the approach was too dangerous and had many crashes during operation, and wasn't suitable for the newer larger aircraft.

[ultimatezero12345]

AWESOME!!!!!

[gmfcross]

my favourite aircraft of all time!! excellent video!!!

[FearsMormo]

Every time im landing i think like "PHEW, thanks God i won't be on tv-news today"

[SAMSTIDD]

@FearsMormo what aircraft do you fly?

[2Phast4Rocket]

That is classic. I used to live close to his area. Looked up each time a plane came by.

[zacjify]

sooo air pollution?

[Crumatoc]

@zacjify Yep.

[ecrdab747]

which airline was that ?

[oldjizzy]

Just think, to them dudes, that was like you and me going out in our cars and merging onto a highway. It's like nothing to these guys.

[songj7]

the coolest vid ever

[Apollo580]

@chinaovery14 How about no.

[Adetykar]

Good job!

[Bingbling16]

Turn SIGNAL!

[stuartburney]

I can't believe that anyone would get the chance to film the approach and landing from inside the cockpit and then spend all that time filming whats outside the cockpit. The interest is in what the pilots are doing mate, not in blurry views of mountain tops and apartment blocks. Sorry, but I found this a waste of tape.

[SPIDERONE34]

great shot, thanks for sharing, never seen it from that point of view

[traineepilot57]

lol what was the approach speed....the touchdown was awesome! Brilliant video :)

[smoceskreen]

gonna miss this airport... so much character. i landed here twice.

[wkendhacker]

@smoceskreen I miss it for the other reason. It's much closer to my relative's place where I stay at when I visit. CLK is bigger and can handle the traffic, but a bit out of the way.

[smoceskreen]

@wkendhacker yeah it also reminds me of the older KL international airport in Subang (Malaysia) u can clearly see kids playing football! and it was much closer to KL city (less then 10 km) Now the int. airports in Sepang (50 km from KL city center) and Subang's only used for cargo. a bit of a bugger to us over here hehe.

[fishnmaster420]

there isnt no way i would do that lol,,,,

[ScubaSteveM45]

0:21

Do all cockpit warning alarms sound like arcade games from the 1980's?

[sbc2k1]

@ScubaSteveM45 only in Asian skies.

[Problembaer2]

@ScubaSteveM45 that's an airline option. Boeings offers two or three different aural sound sets for the warning system.

[gammin66]

sweet video thank ya kindly!!!!

[TheAmedra]

60-30-10 hmm nice :D

[FSXPiilots]

@TheAmedra radical descent :D

[mmichaeldonavon]

Just "coming over the numbers", the First Officer called out: "Plus 10 (I get that), then says: "900". Is he referring to MSL?  Has to be. Why not call out AGL instead? Just curious. Nice video. Have seen it several times and always enjoy the professionalism exhibited by the cockpit crew.

[xirionsioux]

this video is important , because needed remeber so the aprox. at the airport by kai tak is for visual , and the grade of difficulty is hard , i went to hong kong how 3rd official and the landing is really hard , the plane are a b772

greetings of mexico ,

cap.alfredo hdez

[Andres247ish]

this vids make me want to pack and head to hong kong, tokyo or any city i've never been too!.. theres so much to see but so little time!

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@Andres247ish and so little money.....

[mrmakemakkara]

PILOT IS PILOT

[namiomani]

zoom guy

[bulamatadi01]

@namiomani

Yep! It's really annoying, what the photographer does there. There was a great chance to shoot avideo of a 747s great touch down and he (or her) messed it up.

And to the photographer: The more you zoom in, the more you will blow up not only the pic (magnify like with a loupe) but the more you will magnify the tremor as well. Better luck next time!

[savatieer]

*Sound at 0:21 ... *

Oh hell no..

[tagtraeumerL96A1]

@savatieer it's autopilot disengaged...

[ryanhaart]

@savatieer The captain actually says "autopilot" just before. Just listen carefully.

[Amtrak1194]

NICE!

[atane34]

Nice !!

[Boeing4801]

ILS approach not a IGS. ILS is computerized and VFR is visual approach.

[cashman156]

The amazing Skill and responsibility held by these pilots is truly awesome.

[Redhill407]

I used to fly a 747 leaving Sydney at night then holding for the curfew lift at Kai Tak in the morning, landing tired as hell. Most pilots are pretty beat by the time the a/c gets to Hong Kong and the weather there almost always sucked.

Back in the day .............

[battisa]

i didn't know that airplanes had windsheeldwipers too :) !