plane hit by lightning

[ONTHEFUCKLIST]

translation: "its going to take more then lightning for me to miss ronaldo score a hatrick"

[than217]

In Soviet Russia ground-to-cloud lightning strikes you!

[bpiero]

That was in 1991! Looking to the panel I think how much courage people had to fly in that old nav technology. In fact, a VARIG's boeing crashed after burning all the fuel lost in Amazonia florest.

[adbarros31]

737-200 da VASP. Faz tempo.

A long time ago!!!

[CarolinaFlyer1]

What airplane?

[PlainOleChannel]

Mother nature says.. "I'll give you something to record"

[TheReddevil0121]

hmmmmmmmmmm (starts smoking pipe) i think we calll this,airborne!

[beergut111]

that wasnt a strike.....lightning can be visible by almost 100 miles while inside a cloud.  think fiber optic.

the crew was stupid for flying that close to the thunderstorms though. another shitty airline

[jamcrane3]

@beergut111

It is a fact of life for Brazilian pilots that they have to fly near and through thunderstorms. If they didn't they would rarely get the opportunity to fly. Check out NOAA's satellite weather page, there aren't many days without storms over the vast majority of Brazil.

[jamcrane3]

@beergut111 Make that NASA  wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/

[controlledburst]

Cool! This is rare video perspective of lightning. (strike occurs at 3:12)

[beroth1]

Even if it's struck by lightening, it has little to no effect on the airplane, since static discharge wicks are mounted on the ailerons and elevator. The wicks will force the electrons off the plane and to continue toward the ground.

[Bubba8145]

dnt planes crash when there hit by litenin

[beroth1]

@Bubba8145 Never.

[ikolkyo967]

@Bubba8145 No they don't planes have lighting aresters

[reckz420]

were they fighting like lil boys for throttle control? like .. dude, lemme have it ... nooo.. get ur fuckin' hands off of it, its my turn to fly it damnit ... am gonna call my mom!

[pedropablo316]

its just another normal day at the office of the pilot...

[pedropablo316]

the one holding the camera is a flight attendant,, a beautiful and hot flight attendant

[OmerMaz757]

HOLLY SH*T

[Raineortiz14]

@macdaddy1118 you cant see the sun cause the camera was down and cause it was cloudy outside

[jessieisthenumber1]

nice video but what are you doing mucking about in the cockpit? are you an air hostess or something? even then you shouldn't be in there lol, you should be comforting the passengers. if you are a passenger, your a good spy cos the pilots didn't notice you!!

[lukeduke1010]

Those camel jockies should never be near the controls of an aircraft. The plane is a Boeing 737 200 series, of which I have over 4000 hours in. The radar is visible and those idiots are clearly flying into a thunderstorm. No "cheers" to those idiots.

[macDaddy1118]

why is the instrument panel lights not on and their is no sun the fucking sky

[raphy1123]

@macDaddy1118 the instruments are back-lit, and if they turn on the flight dek lights the instruments would be difficult to read...

[bpwvhm]

This is the kind of poor planning that kills a plane load of people. Never mess with a thunderstorm, it'll kill a 747 just as fast as a Cessna. This advice brought to you by someone who has made a bad decision and been fortunate enough to live through it!

[kryundalk]

Woah and the sit there so calm, I would sooo feeak out! Cheers to pilots :)

[lamborghiniguy14]

Oh and it's funny because 90 percent of those "unnecessary switches" will save your life!

[lamborghiniguy14]

@shermaner6

You obviously don't know shit about a 99th of the switches buttons a gear it's dumb ass comments like that, that tell every body "hey every body I'm a fucktard because I dons know horse shit about planes I'm just a fuckin retarded little bastard"

[XxdutchsxX]

cinema!

[NiteOwl1224]

ummm so nothing happened. Just because lightning hits a plane doesnt mean its going to crash

[ajsteel14]

lol at 1:18 the co pilot is like "get your damn hand off the throttle"

[snit33]

@luyben12 Pinhead! Standard procedure for the 1st officer to back up the captain on the throttles duing takeoff. Too bad YOU"RE the douchebaf rookie bastard!

[rickgut2004]

I would shit my pants

[sticky170]

Yeah.....yeah.....Dude looks like a lady. @0:38

[Puchigardiechan]

@luyben12 you obviously don't know a single thing about flying an airplane -.-

[vincart2010]

well stuff my ass full of cotton candy and call some gay circus midgets.... this is boring as bat shit!

[samuriguy909]

3:25 "ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!" from the Langoliers.

[MrMoscraciun69]

stupid

[Nintenkid91]

St. Elmo's Fire is cooler.

[MultiKenny64]

god damn

1.) learn to hold a camera!

2.)learn to cut videos so that people dont get bored by 3mins without happening

[TheMilkMan252]

Once I heard the voices I immediately thought of battlefield 2142

[shermanr6]

Airplanes have an unnecessary amount of switches & buttons for no fukin reason!

[horseburger]

@shermanr6

nah when you get used to what they all do, it seems like theres hardly any.

[Hatchwork]

@shermanr6 ????.. ignorant?

[shermanr6]

@Hatchwork ????..judmental?

Yeah I'm ignorant especially when as high as a plane and think about stupid shit like this dumb video. Anyway too many stupid ass unnecessary bells and whistles proves how technologically retarded we truly are.

[SweetKooshy]

jesus christ........skip to 3:20 if you're here to see the lightning strike...not the god damn cockpit.

[smilzomagro]

0:36 transexual?xD

[meklopfklopf]

Very nice vid, thanks for sharing !

Grtz

[nahum67]

great video, it show what happens inside the cockpit

[rogerfuba]

@nahum67 thanks

[a090006]

we had a lightning strike during take off and my hartbeat went crazy,the plane went on in to the sky,like nothing happened :-) !

[alkhars11]

why dont he turn on the lights?

[flyingturnip1]

@alkhars11 Coz it's dark out, bad for the night vision

[Scottthewolf]

@alkhars11 The lightning strike took out the electrical system of the plane. There is no "ground" on an airplane when it's in the air.

[grunaida]

once i've experienced such a hit by the lightening while we were descending

i must say it wasn't nice at all(((((((((((((

[wwwtotalitaerde]

@corih97 And an Embraer?

MUYOURRRRRRRRRREMBRAER

[skodas]

and A porsche GOSE WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­SHHHHH

[wrigley826]

Save yourself a ton of time and skip to 3:10

[Insideyourhead123]

i saw that movie

[johnandthierry]

AT 2:45 the altimeter reads 31,300 feet. Isn't that above this sort of weather?

[steelebart]

@johnandthierry no at that altitude they were most likely flying through a anubis cloud which can be has high as 50,000 feet high. also anubis clouds are one of the clouds that conduct the mst electricity because of its size itll hold more energy

[JBofBrisbane]

@steelebart - anubis cloud? Never heard of it - doesn't mean there's no such thing, though. I've heard of cumulonimbus clouds, which are stormclouds as we know them.

[hawker445]

@johnandthierry not exactly. theres a lot of weather that can reach 60,000ft

[Sivet17]

i cant understand what the fuck your saying, but i wish flying a plane was as easy as driving a car

[Evilmonkey216]

could have been umm the guy that sits behind them

[Greenman5582]

Wow that plane is old

[UbisoftBrotherhood]

Awesome wish i could've see that! Nice job dude!

[clubpenguinhacklolz]

@UbisoftBrotherhood no! dont! seeing the lightning makes you blind instantly!

[Saggmos95]

Why is some one standing there for houers with a camera?

[THURGOODa]

is that a 737?

[trollydodger]

@THURGOODa 737-200

[WhatTheFIip]

Sasuke was practicing his chidori on a high up mountain

[keninblack]

Manual at 31.5k feet around 2:38? Fair play - that's why they are pilots and not me!

And why the feck does Discovery translate aviation programs height to meters and speed into and kph. Gits. It's feet and knots - that way every bugger on the planet knows what it is. Ok, rant ends!!!

Nice video though, thanks for posting :-)

[gerilac86]

@keninblack Because meters and km/h are STANDARD units, and feet and knots are used only in some countries.

[keninblack]

Feet and Knots is used all the world over in aviation - thankfully

Taking good old Mythbusters as an examply (love the show) - for the US shows, they use Robert Lee as narrator, but for the UK version (sorry, I've not seen the show in anywhere else other than USA and US) they've got Robin Banks who translates everything into metric.

What does 95 KPH or 3.5KG translate into for people as old and Senile as myself?

Anyway, not a dig at anyone - except Discovery - I'm having a pint of beer!

[gerilac86]

@keninblack Well i can imagine that meters and km/h units are unthinkable for you because you used to imperial system. I used to metric system + it is standard so... :)

+ most of the average viewers are not in aviation so, anyone outside US and UK surely aren't used to knots and feet and have no idea 'how much' is that. I know that 1feet ~ 30cm, but i have no idea what a knot is :)

[keninblack]

@gerilac86 Yip, I'm just old school (very old), but I still ask for a pound of cheese, a quarter pounder and a pint (in fact, several pints!!!!).

[gerilac86]

@keninblack Let's have a pint then! :) I would never refuse one.

[eliekozah]

what heppened to the people inside it ? did the airplane fall?

[damnfoolstoday]

The hit a bird that exploded.

[broncosvspatriots]

The average American plane gets struck by lightning once a year. I know this is a brazilian plane, but planes are designed to be struck by lightning. If a plane gets struck, no damage is done.

[renaned]

@broncosvspatriots This is NOT a brazilian plane. This is a Brazilian Flying Company called VASP (Viação Aérea de São Paulo). They don't exist anymore, but they've used American Planes. This is a Boeing 737... probably 300 or 400

[renaned]

@broncosvspatriots This is NOT a brazilian plane. This is a Brazilian Flying Company called VASP (Viação Aérea de São Paulo). They don't exist anymore, but they've used American Planes. This is a Boeing 737... probably 300 or 400.

BTW. Brazilian planes are kinda new. Embraer ERJ195 has been used for few years....

[devidia]

what a crappy filmer

[MrBallarin23]

My plane has been hit by a lightning just today 29th july 2010 . Ryanair flight from Leeds to Treviso. Scare aboard but it happened nothing.

[habbomanish]

Airplanes are made by handle the lightnings. So dont be suprised if the airplane could handle the lightning.

[wlaziu]

@habbomanish Theoretically they are, but usually after that you can kiss your weather radar (and sometimes other radio equipment) and the plane needs to be checked by a mechanic.

[2010xxm]

do the lights go off when a plane gets hit by lightning??

[IamTENNIS9]

thump

[Gladioter1903]

@corih97 it's no airbus it's a 737

[pedmond1]

Looks like a Jetstream 31

[JustAnOrdinarySimmer]

@pedmond1 looks like a 737-300/-400/-500 to me

[pedmond1]

@JustAnOrdinarySimmer Ah yea good call. Dont know how i didnt see the throttles and the way they are designed *facepalm*

[jeremybaylor]

i have to admit it gets kinda gay at 1:15

[kade6]

@jeremybaylor lmfao!!!

[5IrFaN5]

@jeremybaylor its not man u are not a pilot and u dont know a pilot and a copilot are just like 1 person there is no gay or nogay in pilot job...

[jeremybaylor]

@5IrFaN5 im guessing by your profie pick your either a pilot or abscessed with planes lol i was trying to offend just saying that wouldnt be ok anywhere else lol

[5IrFaN5]

@jeremybaylor its not a prob im just sayin you know ;)

[agayterrorist]

@jeremybaylor hahahahahahahahah

[congaleader2000]

these to jokers don't need WX radar...they could care less about avoiding it! Why even turn it on????

[irontazpc]

Joule Cage

[hurricane223]

nothing happened to the plane?? why? Why it didn't explode? So it means that the plane never hit by the lightening.

[FioX094]

there was a special on weather on Discovery, they show a clip of a plane hit by lightning, they are made so that the lightning goes around the outside, it will not take the plane down.

[marlo1204]

@hurricane223 no... modern commercial jets are built specially so the electricity can travel outside the body to the tails or winglets.

[Salad107]

@hurricane223 basic physics my dear :)

[compman3000]

3:00 is the near the strike, I just saved anyone who hasn't seen this yet 3 minutes of wasted time...

[kineticdeath]

@compman3000 lol and to some seeing the flight crew in action is more exciting then a pop and flash, but then simple things please simple minds yes?

good video, thats a real attention grabber *thump!* love the way both pilots work on takeoff too, good teamwork, very essential for safe flight

[bunnysniper22]

@compman3000 cheers dude

[3SidedSquare]

haha that made my day

[w5cdt]

I suggest deviating around the RED stuff.

[AnteroX1234]

bringing a camera always brings bad luck

[OnnomonnomonnO]

If I could take something like this on the tape, I would call it great luck :D heh .... bad luck is If I forget to take the cam with me while this happened :D Then I would be really pissed off:D

[bugz000]

skip to 3:00

[ExELCiS777]

@bigz000 thx man! :)

[bugz000]

Bugz000*

[kilowag]

TY! Too much useless filler before that. Friggen cut to the chase.

[mgospeed31]

@bugz000 LOL Thank you.

[demeandr121]

@bugz000 thanks for the icon

[Mephiles55510]

i would pee in my pants if i saw that

[OZCARW]

i wouldnt pee my pants id absolutly shit my pants and screem for help

[SgtMustang]

Thats why your not a pilot

[OZCARW]

and thats why ur not a race car driver!

wtf u on man

[SgtMustang]

Lol, I meant you aren't a pilot because you would shit your pants in a situation like this.

[OZCARW]

alrite haha i actually wud shit my pants...wed probably crash if i was pilot

[spyromatt]

It's a boeing 737-200!

[coyote7272]

i wonder how many times that actually happens...

[Ramenking1]

@coyote7272 Alot. Planes are meant to stand against lightning...

[Dicksondhchan]

who is filming this in the cockpit???

[ringes70]

They could have flown around this storm! Their flying right in it!

[umpalumpa101909]

not exactly, if they dont Fill up with enough fuel they cant fly around :P

[congaleader2000]

I guess these 2 douche bags dont know the meaning of having WX radar available to them! sheeshh!!!!!

[OnnomonnomonnO]

2:03 - what a lol sound? ...i would be scared inthere:DDD

[markothevrba]

Why don't you just cut out the part from 3:00 on and don't upload the whole video?

[drummerdude667]

Cause some people doesn't like real short videos. They like to see some of the details and shit.

[Yanndooms]

what type of plane was that? a B737-100?

[n673ma]

no an airbus. you can tell by the sound of the engine on t/o.

[C2dltCAP]

actually he's not joking, the sounds are quite different, but I guess you have t be more than an idiot to understand that...

[horwitz1]

Look at the throttle and control panel. Its standard for boeing.

[Dolphindream15]

I was in a small comuter plane during a storm with 2 others man that little plane was really being thrown about from left to right because of the wind pilot had a hard time with it,,,BUT I LOVED IT!! it was like a roller coaster ride in the sky

[airplaneguy2]

"What?" Get your hands off the throttle!" "No, It's my turn!"

[istephensowns]

when does it get hit?

[wraith0127]

At 3:13 and it replays in slo-mo. The lightning hits the nose of the plane, that's why it's so bright. I hope you took the time to watch the entire video before posting.

[istephensowns]

i did

[wraith0127]

Ok, good, so you saw it? The camera can't focus when there's a huge change in the light amount so you can't see the actual bolt, just the really bright flash. I'm not trying to sound mean, but some people have no patience with some of these videos. Personally, I think they could have cut the video down to like 1 minute instead of 3 minutes of them pushing buttons and taking off before the lightning. That's just IMO.

[dungeontube]

dam this is boring!! just show the lighting part

[lolhahah21]

@dungeontube LOL

[C2dltCAP]

why is the right PCL farther forward than the left one?

[Sterlingjob]

Whats a pcl? Throttle? Probably to get equal thrust, one engine is less effecient than the other!

[C2dltCAP]

thats what I figured. PCL= (Power Control Lever) I usually dotn hear civilinan pilots reffer to it as a PCL, unless they are retired or reserve USAF

[Sterlingjob]

Known as the 'throttle lever' over here.

[Hugobear69]

Or maybe they use it to turn ;O?

[C2dltCAP]

turn what?

[andybrov]

the plane ideot.

[dunti21]

I must be because there's a slight crosswind so the pilote has to compensate for that...

[C2dltCAP]

ahhh... Hugobear69, Im goign to run off what dunti21 said... were you saying they were using the throttles to compensate for the crosswind? that would make sence, but I think they would need a little more compensation for a x-wind... not sure

[dunti21]

yea i was saying that, but of course they'd also be using the rudder as well. It's like a combination of the 2... at least that's what makes sense to me :-)