pushback BA 777 Sydney int airport

[Sam1b35]

I don't think he have to tell the pilot were the going the the pilot already know...  Hr have the head phone to tell the pilot when he can start the engine and after the push is complete he just ask the pilot to set the brake then take out the bypass pen... Then ask the pilot if He

Can disconnect the headset..

[skbenergy]

cool!

[oktal3700]

Why is that guy holding a cable attached to the plane? In case it blows away?

[Palmkvast]

@oktal3700 he is communicating with the pilots, hes telling them in witch direction the plane is going, when they can release/set the brakes etc.

[oktal3700]

@Palmkvast ok cool, thanks. Would've thought they'd use radio. Guess there's not enough frequencies for that.

[Palmkvast]

@oktal3700 its a headset

[AltairZenith]

Awesome video! Check out my page. I have similar videos of me pushing planes, towing and marshalling here in Ottawa (YOW). I may be wrong, but it looks like it is a 757 in this video though...

[AltairZenith]

Awesome video! Check out my page. I have similar videos of me pushing planes, towing and marshalling here in Ottawa (YOW).

[jamesfish18]

March/ April next year me and my dad celebrate our 70th, and 30th birthdays within a month of each other, and I would love to take myself and him out there to see our family, I currently would like to stop via Singapore, as I have never been on a 777 before does anyone know what they are like.

[jamesfish18]

I have just thought of the most amazing idea this evening, I live in Surrey UK, about 3 miles away from Gatwick Airport, and about just under 40 miles away from London Heathrow Airport, my dads uncle died on Friday, all his family live out in the Blue Mountain area of Australia, none of my immediate family have ever been to Australia until last December when my sister went to Perth for just over 3 weeks with her boyfriend as his sister and her family live out there, what I am thinking is next M

[pwndumbppl]

But will it blend?

[SuperJnutz]

great view, im also a push back driver, and these are beautiful machines to push out!

[seanrsturbo]

Is that from the push out truck?

[charliesn14]

whats that rope attached to the plane ?



[Slaterator]

Realy nice view ! Cool video !

[izzih1234]

777's - beautiful aircraft!

[Nanaking99]

omg,you work at the airport? because to take videos of aircraft as close ...

or you had special access?

if so, how?

[risali1]

WONDERFULLL!!!!

[yyzspotting]

does british airways still fly to austrailia??

[dionsanchez24]

@yyzspotting yea 

[chicago4043]

at .56 was that a Qantas a380?

[TS2ST]

If I can't become a pilot or ATC I wanna be this!

Great Job

[tetramoo]

How can you "dislike" this???...cool job.:-)

[TheEltel01]

i use to be a tuggie at gatwick best job ever from 2000-5 it was a job that i never got bored with looks better in oz than dull gatwick.the only difference that i see on the push was the wing man took the steering by pass pin out not the head set man .nice push

[zombieguy225]

once i flew on a B777-200ER for a one hour trip from florida to Georgia because the 767 got overbooked and i was soo happy

[brocanova]

dude, u got the best job ever!!! 

[nwa582]

@brocanova - yah if you don't mind the relatively low pay and throwing a couple hundred bags that weigh 50+ lbs!!

[brocanova]

@nwa582 i don't and my orthopedist will love me...

[biggestMetallicAfan]

@nwa582 Find the right company and get payed good, and FYI bags way like 70+ pounds in my experiences.

[MrAngel011ism]

i have been on a 777 from cananda air canada Vancouver to hong kong

[Tammi121995]

Amazing!!

[tetramoo]

what a beautiful sight!i want to drive the pushback tug.

[tetramoo]

you can see the rolls-royce logo on the inner sides of the engine nacelles?

[EnnCamp]

Wow that's along pushback. Where you pushing back to, New York? lol

[xtrmOC]

You made an mistake. Its better to stay in the circle of the rod. In this case you have to stay on the left site. Because if the rod breaks, you not get injured from around flying pieces of metal. The metal will be fly to the right site when the plane will be pushed to the left site

[vaccine23]

are those Trent 800s? they don't sound like the GE-90s...

[jgstargazer]

Greatest job in world getting these big jets ready for their flight to all parts of the world.

[bigkevinpetrona]

just wondering why doesnt BA use the b777LR i think it can make that journey from syd to lhr because im not sure that airbus a359R can make it well we will see i think they should just do a test with the b777LR and the a345 and see which one can make it closer to london

[GLOCKIOMM]

I've never seen a pushback from your point of view. it was great thanks for the video

[Andreas7773]

Great video :)

[adamkenny]

love the noise

[markovicmitchell]

@Floah, the first contact for pilots is cleararance delivery where they request Airways Clearance - not IFR clearance

[istvanklein]

I didn't know BA flies 777s to SYD. I thought they only use 744s on this route. You always learn something new.

[ichbinsdoch]

Really nice video, especially the sound! 5*

[pilotwave]

pardon my ignorance but is this a -200 or -300?

[prussell890]

@pilotwave Its a 200 series

[coolharry1236]

how can a b 777 be at sydney has it got the range to do the journey 2 england in 1 or 2 stops

[gingersam1194]

Yeah, it goes via either Bangkok or Singapore then onto Heathrow

[Beto737]

the communication is made via a headset, conected to the airplane,(on this video you can see the cable on the right side, next to the "remove before flight" tag) larger airplanes have the comm port on the nose gear, and smaller ones have a small latch on the fuselage

[intemister]

OK i have been looking for an answer forever. HOW DOES THE PILOT TALK TO THE MARSHAL:L FOR PUSHBACK, WHAT FREQUENCIES

[m1r3o]

Great video! Seriously i loved it

[sealalula]

Great experience !!!!

[Lobta]

I've never seen a pushback from this perspective before. Nice vid!

Those 777's are some beautiful machines. I'd love to travel on one once before I'm done. Unfortunately, most destinations I travel to only call for regional jets. Guess I should start saving up for a trans-continental trip!

[CoasterKid794]

@Lobta I'd say travel to Barbados from Gatwick. BA operate the 777-236ER to there and back.

[skbenergy]

@Lobta

i live on a tiny island in the caribbean and this is the largest visitor to my island lol

[ShelbyGT500TT]

@Lobta go to hawaii i went there and all the planes that fly there are 777s or 747s.

[tylertashji13]

@ShelbyGT500TT i flew united flight 1 from chicago to honolulu, 777-200ER

[ChevyfunSS]

U get a real perspective of the size of the 777 at the end when the tug is pulling away...huge. Have yet to fly in a 777 and want to so bad. I can only imagine what it's like inside and on a long trip

[HorsesAndPlanes]

757?? (directed to hangingwires) Pay attention at the end of the video when the tug is pulling away. Definitely too big and too wide for a 757.

That is right about the bypass pin and the gear being able to free steer. That is what the orange ribbon is that you can see above the nose gear.

[2300jusbock]

look at title 777 smart ass

[m1r3o]

plus how could a BA 757 be at Sydney?!?!?

[forces077]

do pilots getstart up clearance from the tower or ground, how is the nose wheel able to free steer like that i would have thought the nose wheel only turned when the tiller in turned in the cockpit can the pilot turn the steering to move free?

[WirrawaySA]

It depends on the aircraft, but there is usually a bypass pin that the handlers install to disconnect the nose wheel from the normal steering system. this allows the tug/tractor to steer the aircraft. Once finished the pins are removed. They are shown to the pilot so he/she knows that steering has been restored.

[Floh]

First of all a pilot contacts the delivery (if there is one) for the IFR-Clearance to his destination containing at least the standard instrumend departure route (SID) and the squawk code. If this readback is correct, the pilot requests startup and pushback from the GROUND ATC or the Apron, whoever is responsible (different between airports). If pushback is completed he contacts Ground again for taxi and reaching the holding point the release to the tower for the t/o clr is last.

[dutchsrt4]

This IS a 777, look closer at parts of the vid and you can see it has the six wheel trucks, not the 4 wheel you are thinking of.

[ziggless]

lol look at the body of the plane. There is no way in hell that thats a 757. The triple 7 has a much bigger and curvier fuselage. The nose of a 757 is much longer like a bottlenose dolphin. Get your Boeings right! There really isn't' a way to tell how many wheels the plane has in that video cause its to dark.

[cmarcallen]

Awesome vid!

[christychackojohn]

Why the engines had on buzz sound with vibration?Is it a rolls royce.

[fugenshizemaster]

I bet its easy to do that.

[mattyccc2009]

its not easy ive heared try reversing a truck but 15 times bigger.

[ricturtle]

@mattyccc2009 then add 2 pivot points and it makes life awkward

[weatherscience]

The engines on a commercial aircraft are called Turbines now planes like the ATR-42 use turbo-props!

[kekecom]

will british airways buy 777-300?????

[SMA380]

There is rumors of it happening.

[PILOTxOFxTHExSKY]

Nice, I am training to fly the 777-300

[Silverwarhawk]

GE engine sounds good,I like tat sound

[billlmf]

This is RR, not GE~~

[PattayaBen]

@tetramoo

Yeps the GE engines are much bigger as well

[planefreak777]

@Silverwarhawk i think the engines on this 777 are Rolls Royce, cause at about 24 sec you can see the Rolls Royce logo.

[tetramoo]

@Silverwarhawk its Rolls Royce Trent turbofans..not GE

[natebarrettoberdorf]

@Silverwarhawk This BA777 actually has Rolls Royce engines on her, BA does however have a fleet of I believe 31 GE90 powered 777's

[MusicLover11325]

@Silverwarhawk Those are Trent RR 880. Not GE90

[1722240]

@Silverwarhawk

I know, but those arent GE Engines, they Rolls Royce

[hawker800FO]

@1722240 why not a mechanic?

[XtremeMind84]

@Silverwarhawk Those are Rolls-Royce Trent engines. You can even see the classic "RR" logo on the engines.

[kansai07]

@Silverwarhawk this plane is powered by RR

[HeathrowSpottingHD]

@Silverwarhawk That's a Rolls Royce Trent 800.

[91Supercooler]

@Silverwarhawk

its RR Trent! not GE

[shortkid97]

i love how all the 777 engines have there own nice sound

[shaquo890]

qantas staff working on BA??

[delta3359]

I guess the Qantas staff is work for British Airways because of the OneWorld alliance.

[shaquo890]

ohhhh shit yeah i forgot about that thanks

[fmt1989]

qantas would be the ground handler for BA at sydney airport as BA wouldnt have their own staff here in OZ

[Leafsgoalie]

Qantas has long had a relationship with BA.......shared ownership even...and one world alliance as well

[ricturtle]

we had the contract to do engineering on BA aircraft.

[OliDeu]

I love that moment... The sweet noise of those engines being started-up... Pure thrill.

[Dlmdd]

awesome ending!

[ndpitch]

I'm always amazed by the shear size of the GE-90s. Awesome.

[twnxn]

Great footage. Thanks for posting it.

[AdamChase87]

What other engines does the T7 use becuz those dont sound like GE-90's

[ken92660]

PWｓ and RRs.

[aznturtle1]

u can tell those are rolls royce by looking at the fan cone

[Wagontour08]

And on the side of the engine where the RR logo is :)

[aznturtle1]

good point

[zn0c18016]

hey managed to tow also an aircraft. by da way how many degrees limit for that aircraft..?

[AdamChase87]

70 degrees

[777worldliner]

man i love that plane!!! 777 rules!!

[qantasgal]

WOOO YSSY!

Love Planes <3 <3

[toyboxx74]

i think d pushback is good, it doesnt matter wether the line is at the center of the nose wheel,as long as d aircraft is straight and not in a bad position... d pilot can always steer during taxi...

[Nhatv6]

wow, it must be nice to be able to hear the jet engine everyday.

[CT2011MBS]

how old do u hav to be to work on the ramp @ an airport

[yournameiswrong]

21+ mabe?

[wn676]

18.

[johnny78676]

What an impressive sight

[Triple777ER]

amazing! Great to see the guys!

[goghostie]

I think its 67 degrees for the B734/8. There is a red line on the nosewheel gear doors which show the maximum turning angle which you can see from 1:00-1:15.

[e53e54]

Questions: Does anyone know what is the maximum nose wheel turning angle during pushback? Is that the nose wheel turning angle varies for different models of airplane? Does the tractor driver have to concern how much angle should turn for the nose wheel to align with taxi line?

[pineappleboy1]

awesome

[quickstr]

nice video

[woodenz]

good clear footage BUT can't he even get the nose wheel on the line ????

[473271]

That was a damn good push. You don't know what you're talking about.

[woodenz]

Oh yes i do know what i'm talking about , have been pushing nearly all commercial aircraft at LHR , excluding the A380 , for the last 9 years and in more restricted space than the push shown , can you say the same !!!

[473271]

I push out of some really tight spots in SFO. So the guy isn't exactly on the line. Boohoo. You sound like airline management. Full of piss.

[woodenz]

How tight are we talking ? 747-400/ 777-300 doglegged within its own length ? and reversed pushed as well , otherwise Virgin Atlantic ends up with a new window, google earth Heathrow termial 3, stand 323 or the old Lima 23, and not management either i work for a fucking living !!!

[kaushikkumar11]

hello mate,

Just curious to know couple of things since you are in this job for so long.

Is it really important for the front wheel to be on the yellow line? Why? What if it's not exactly on the yellow line while taxing etc?

Also, after pushing back straight is it the job of pilot to turn it right or left in direct or you yourself turn the aircraft?

[lsmith1981]

The Pilot Gets the Instruction from the Tower where he/she should be push ie, Tail south north wets etc etc..the Bypass pin which u see with that red strip keeps the nose gear locked so the pilot wont accidentally trn the wheel while he is pushing back..thats VERY importaint..but it really dosent matter if the plane goes directly on the line or not..Mainly we just use that has a Guide cause sometimes gate space can be too close like at LAX..

[kaushikkumar11]

Many thanks Ismith. It was very kind of you to reply in such detail.

Thank-you again.

[e53e54]

I bet the pilot can adjust the nose wheel on the line.

[woodenz]

no you don't say !!!!

[lsmith1981]

Yeah he can, Once that Bypass Pin is Disconnected...

[pjholl]

Good video. Question...Do you always have two guys walking beside the aircraft? I used to work at an airport in the UK and there was only ever one...either a member of the pushback crew OR an engineer, unless there was training of course.

[goghostie]

Im pretty sure its what we call a second man. Just incase the engineer gets injured.

[tb992]

I know they use 777s on SYD but when? winter?summer? weekends?

[henry160596]

Wait until someone uploads a video pushing back the A380 which is even more awesome.

[Botanical1984]

Question: Does the pilots turn on the engines during pushback? Ot do they turn them on right after the pushback?

[Shipdocks]

At the start you can see a guy on the right on the plane with a wire connected to the aircraft, that man is speaking to the captian telling him whats going on etc and he can tell the captian when its clear to start the engines, so the captian can start them up during the pushback or when the pushback has finished.

[froquettee]

The pilot starts the engine start up while they begin pushing the plane back.

I Know this, I am a real Delta Pilot in the 777 Program.

Senior Capt. Kirk C.

[jamieqf738]

hahaha no your not

Says you are 18 on your profile

wanker

[Boeingpilot747]

Ya i saw the same thing. He is full of it. He is not a captain of a triple 7

[Boeingpilot747]

It is usually during pushback

[froquettee]

I know But Shipp Docks didnt know that bc the guy with the cable is only telling the captain whats going on behind the sircraft..

[type2mike]

Question: When he is turning, is the nose gear turning freely or is the pilot steering at all?

[KyMiller0593]

turning freely

[CoolOrb]

I, too was a ramp agent. I assisted the tug

driver very frequently. A truly unique experience.

[joeboxer1788]

try pushing back a 747-400...

i have sat next to a pusher and those planes are huge...

UNITED AIRLINES RAMP AGENT... CHICAGO...

[KuostA]

wow...this is an absolutely AMAZING perspective, the plane is MONSTROUS.

[spotter767]

You would think it would just use the reverse thrusters to reverse out? Spin those massive motors backwards and it could easily do it.

[kingspotter]

reverse thrust? i don't believe that the propellers are designed to go backwards.

[TWFNSC]

It would reverse out...then it would be called a powerback...BUT the engines are to low over the ground, so they could suck something in(that´s also the reason, why they disengage reverse thrust at 80kts) and that wouldn´t be cheap. Powerback is mainly used on MD80´s and some props.

[kingspotter]

so the propellors on an MD80 can spin backwards? that is pretty cool! does this aircraft just have one reverse gear or several?

[wiseman85]

No...they cannot spin backwards. There are hinged flaps that direct the thrust forward. Just do a youtube search "DC9 pushback" and you will see what I am talking about.

[kingspotter]

weird...so there are flaps on the engine? as well as propellers? i must say i have never seen an engine flap its wings like a bird before to make it move backwards. is this some sort of new technology?

[kingspotter]

weird...i have never heard of a motor that flaps its wings like a bird to backwards and has a propeller to go forward. is this some kind of new technology?

[wiseman85]

ok....now i know you are just being silly

[spotter767]

your taking the .... kingspotter. This is for serious comments only.

[RedoutesChoice]

Amazing angle of this plane - I love both the 747 and 777 - love them in the BA livery - hope BA never stops sending their boys here! Thanks for posting!

[kingspotter]

great spotting. why does the aeroplane have to pull the tug back with it? is it some sort of safety measure? very smooth gear changes from the pilot too. i would imagine if he was a bit rough on the clutch the tow bar would snap and the tug would roll away.

[technoslurp]

Great video. Very interesting to see things from the tug driver's point of view. Certainly not something you'd generally have a chance to experience. Thanks for sharing!

[JeffVell]

THAT is an awesome video! Thanks! haha..some of the comments posted on this video are a riot! Love the 777. Flew it first class to the Middle East, from Boston, last summer. JV

[technorobert]

I am very surprised that BA is using a 777 to SYD instead of 744 as usually. Is it really SYD??

[rockroll222]

it's 747 not 744

[technorobert]

744 is the code for 747-400

still open is why BA usesa 777 to SYD instead of a 747-400 that day?

[rockroll222]

oh ok i thought it was a typo

[ricturtle]

@technorobert Originally when I was at Qantas, BA sent 2 boeing 744 over, then I think that they started to send over a777 and two boeings,

[blujet]

There is actually a 744 in this video that was parked right next to the 777.

[JamesTpogo]

Well if its along these lines its actually at 772 ;)

[estomak01]

No towerless in Sidney. Saludos desde BCN de un push-back driving

[ricturtle]

Jet engines are started on compressed air, There is no ripcord to start a trent, the rope that people see is the cord for the interphone so the LAME can speak to the pilots, No it is not Bay 37 but bay 57 if i remember correctly it has been 2 years since I worked there on break down crew. The dolly wheels on the towbar should have been up higher

[pega57]

does that truck really pushback the airplane or does the plane help out also?