Cathay Pacific Approach & Touchdown

[nifty4752]

:3

[pacrat90]

Cathay Pacific <3

[nifty4752]

I like Cathay Pacific.

[cajuboy]

At 1:07 the airplane footage is not from the actual flight, because it is not a 747-400. It looks like a 747-300. Shame on the BBC for substituting the footage!

[GerbiLock]

@cajuboy agreed, and also, look at the winglets at 1:03, it's the old livery. Not the current one that they show at 1:07

[CaraveoArjohn24]

nice one pilots :D

[bluebear668]

Where is the cock sucking flight attendant?

[reiny6474]

my dad used to land here in the 747 and says that it always was diificult to land, he also sad that now he cant land there any more cause now he lands at chep lak kok which is so easy

[jonathanaus2010]

So when Kai Tak was in operation did all of Cathay Pacific Pilots have to be highly trained as Cathay is Hong Kong airline and operating all its flights in and out of Hong Kong ?

[reiny6474]

@jonathanaus2010 yeah, but not only cathay, all pilots in all airlines that flew to kai tak had to have special training to land here

[jonathanaus2010]

@reiny6474 ahh okay thanks

[fsxpilot66]

@1:28 OMG its godzilla!!! oh wait it was just a 747........BEAST

[tubelib]

this approach was possibly the hardest to run. now the airport is closed

[Victorelgrande977]

Usually cathay pacific pilots are so professionals

[hawk45653]

where was this from??

[reiny6474]

@hawk45653 hong kong probably 1995 to 1997

[JuanMaCock]

It worrying with them having a female air traffic controller, particularly a chinky one at that.

I mean, stupid split arse bitches have all on getting themselves out of bed in a morning and putting make up on their pretty faces let alone controlling aircraft in the skies.

Same has to be said about female airline pilots... they are a fucking menace to society.

Get back in the kitchen bitches. I need some stir fry cooking gook bitches.

[PlaneAndTVtechfan]

@JuanMaCock , you're one sick perverted jerk.

[JuanMaCock]

@PlaneAndTVtechfan maybe you would like to suck my massive black dick?

[zsifk]

Love it when the lift is dumped as the spoilers deploy. The plane just settles.

[JYleung22]

where are they landing at?

[comandantelucca]

@JYleung22 Kai Tak airport, located at Hong Kong, was closed in 1998 because of the dangerous approach

[RushBigFanL94]

I want to be a pilot so bad! , Aviation FTW !!!!

[9672449]

Love it. Smooth Landing, Was a real soft one. Once got a real hard landing on air china.......

[vidaloca07]

THAT IS A VERY GOOD PILOT..

[SupahGundamFan]

Oh man, I love it. Cathay Pacific is a Cantonese (H.K) group organization plane, and gwai lo's pilot them. Hell yea! :D

[gabrielleung]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did I just see the old livery painted on the winglets!?

I get goosebumps whenever I see the old Cathay green striped livery. Nostalgiaaaa

[luuko656]

iam doing maintenance on Cathay Pacific in Amsterdam, and i reconize the captain.

[RushBigFanL94]

@luuko656 Salute him and tell him that you saw him on youtube lol. He's a good pilot i'm sure.

[luuko656]

@RushBigFanL94 will do, although it can take months before he comes back to AMS again.

[RushBigFanL94]

@luuko656 Yea , espacially when you do long flights I guest , but it's cool that you recognize him :)

[luuko656]

@RushBigFanL94 i know, it was quite a suprise. As for a living i maintain and repair cathay pasific aircraft on schiphol (amsterdam)

[RushBigFanL94]

@luuko656 Lol , I want to be a pilot actually , i'm studying in high school , here in Canada we need physics and strong mathematics. But hey , maintain and repair aircraft it's quite tough...? and I think amsterdam it's where KLM is based.

[jonathanaus2010]

what is igs ?

[SOKOVITA]

@jonathanaus2010 Instrument Guidance System

[benzipz]

@jonathanaus2010 intercept glide slope i think ? :) 

[loveherhotlegs]

fuck me dead there dudes are not even asian wow...lol you think there supposed to be asian..lol

[mulanfer]

the cabin is fukin claustrophobic

[Huannt58]

This is a warning to all future passengers "NEVER PUT ANY VALUABLE THINGS inside the checked in lugages, There are Thieves in the Cathay Pacific "system"

[Huannt58]

I am a customer. I confide my things to your Airline. I don't know how you organize your internal system. I expect my things to give back to me INTACT at my destination.

Now I have things stolen, I expect CATHAY PACIFIC to stand TALL, be responsible and help me (the customer) looking for the stolen things. Instead your company are so coward, you guys look away, and now pointing the fingers at others.

[wrona760]

0:43 Bronek Komorowski ! :D

[jallymatt]

thanks for the post. i miss the landings at the old Kai Tek Airport.

[XxPeanutDavidxX]

@Huannt58 nice comment on EVERY Cathay Pacific vid :)

[Huannt58]

Cathay Pacific do STEAL passengers valuable stuffs in the checked in luggage. So BE AWARE.

[samfisherman007]

@Huannt58 I'm sorry for your loss but I think that's an unfair comment towards Cathay, I think checked luggage are handled more often by airport staff and customs rather than airline staff.

[TDEVOLI]

@Huannt58 Get a life! That's what you should do instead of posting the same comment repeatedly in the virtual world!!

[PilotXL606]

I heard this ATC speaker talking when I was listening to ATC.net VHHH at 2010

[TheSimonHarris]

Well you lot may argue BUT this video did cure my pet badgers erectile disfunction

[cxflyer]

poskyflyer....wrong! The IGS to rwy 13 ( Instrument Guidence system) at the old Kai TAk airport was a ground based system, basically and ILS ( both localizer and glide slope) to a minimum of 675 ft. From there a turn to rwy heading. The IGS was tuned on the nav radios in the flight deck.

[DF11GDF11G]

Nice job Pilots!

[Megavids3]

IGS ? Not the ILS ?

[poskyflyer]

@Megavids3 igs uses the Interial navigations system not the aircrafts NAV radios

[whatthehell440]

Their customer service is sucks and asia miles are nothing but a scam..

[alfredosauce1]

what year was this filmed? im guessing sometime between 1990-1998 because of the 744 and obviously kai tak... also any idea where one could find the full version

[perfectpilot1]

747-400 always going to be better than a380

[ProductionJack]

@perfectpilot1 Damn Straight! :)

[bigfleabag]

Ooh checkerboard approach :O

[louisekaille]

The 9 fucktards who disliked this video have no love for technology.

[louisekaille]

Soooo in the passenger's view it was in the old livery & a 744.

But in the Control tower it was a 743 & in the new livery.

YEP PRETTY MUCH IN THE 90'S.

[sabby123456789]

Can someone tell me what's that sound in 0:58 is for?

[istvanklein]

@sabby123456789 They are passing a marker

[1204311]

@sabby123456789 The auto-throttle is switched off.

[DC5Pro]

@sabby123456789 That's not a marker...that's 100% the auto-throttle disconnect.

[1204311]

Pilot (PF=Pilot Flying) is the leader, while co-pilot (PNF=pilot non flying) helps PF, usually handles com and other things.

PNF is not the slave to the PF, that's why the PF has to keep manner. By saying "please" is the good way.

[gnarkillkicksass]

@1204311 Not necessarily - when the PF is the F/O the Captain is still in charge even if he is PNF for the sector!

[1204311]

@gnarkillkicksass

I dont understand what you mean. The captain is always considered as the PF. Even if the co-pilot operates the stick, he is still considered as PNF. Note that I use "usually" in my previous text.

Please understand that I try to explain why the Captain says "please" many times in the video.

But, hey, I read that from the manual of Fokker 70 multiplayer-mode (add-on for MS Flight Sim 2004). I'm not a pilot, so I could be wrong.

[gnarkillkicksass]

@1204311 PF means Pilot Flying and PNF Pilot Not Flying. It just refers to duties carried out and usually they swap each sector. You might be thinking PIC, because the Captain is always the PIC (Pilot in Charge).

[zaphr89]

@1204311 You are wrong :) PF is pilot flying, not Pilot in command.

[1204311]

@zaphr89 Clearly I know what PF stands for (read my 1st comment). But yeah, I just knew they can swap position during pre/in-flight. thx to gnarkillkicksass (and you too) :)

Previously, I only knew that co-pilot just a "learning" pilot who cannot (not authorized?) fly the airplane by himself.. makes Captain/PiC is the official PF. Except for senior co-pilot (refer to wikipedia for details). Clearly I am wrong.

Again, thx alot !

[qoolam87]

what a lovely atc voice at the beinging

[doubleBdasher]

0:41 "Gear down please"  Thats SO British XDD

[ROLFMACOPTER]

@doubleBdasher

Hahaha...."flaps 20 please"!

[Amar7605]

Since the pilots are British, are they able to reside in England or do they have to live in Hong Kong because Cathay Pacific is a Hong Kong carrier?

[Mintee94]

@Amar7605 It doesn't matter these days. My friend flies for cathay and he's based out of Sydney, Australia

[gnarkillkicksass]

@Amar7605 My dad joined Cathay in 87 on the Tristar (still there on -400) and he is Aussie, most of the expat pilots are Aussies, Kiwis, Poms or Canadians. You CAN take a basing but you lose a lot in pay - i.e. no housing, education etc allowances that you get living in HKG plus about a 15% pay cut. The majority of pilots are of course based in HKG but as a lot (such as my dad) fly long haul they are able to keep a house in Thailand or Japan etc because of the long time they get rostered off.

[1204311]

@gnarkillkicksass

Once I asked an uncle of my friend (ex co-pilot B747-400 Garuda Indonesia) if they use autopilot on landing. He said "of course! the landing is smooth (using autopilot).. why should I do it manually ?"

is this true?

wow.. great Dad you have there...

[furq123]

@Chickiee2 it looks hard but it's enjoyable

[PhatFarm60]

old Kai Tak!

[furq123]

I've been flying ever since I was a little girl. I'm now a 34 year old man.

[Chickiee2]

@furq123 WTF???

[izaatmusic]

@furq123 did you implant a dick or something?!

[crumcon]

@furq123 how is that even possible? you were a little girl in past and now you're a 34 or 35 now years old man?

[AviatorHD]

@furq123

when u were a kid u were a girl..

and at age 34 ur a man??

O.o

[SamuelChung94]

they are all different aircraft, the out side view, the wing view and the cockpit view. all different aircraft. OLD colours on winglet, no winglet from outside, and probably a engineer for cockpit. ....

[zippystyle511]

I'm loving the show. Just watched the last episode at lastnightstvshows (.) com

[rutgersfan7]

I love how they show a 747-300 and 400

[MrFruityGerry]

the landing and speed and the gradient of that landing approach was so innapropriate..

[JerryLaw]

it call a IGS approach plus the wind direction and and as you doing your final turn to line up thats the hardest part cus gust/wind shear from the mountain and kat kai its one of the most dangerous approach

btw its nothing wrong wit that approach

[alfredosauce1]

thats cause.... THIS IS KAI-TAK!!!!! ;)

[kubasc]

I love the Pacman sounds on B747 :)

[lordlozz1]

how often is a manual land required?

[chrigiammann]

@lordlozz1 usually pilots do a manual landing all the time because the touchdown will be much smoother. They use the ILS for the approach and then turn off the autopilot on short final. An ILS landing is needed when the weather conditions are very bad for example

[lordlozz1]

ok makes sense, so just to confirm an ils landing is fully automated landing and is rarely used but is used i bad weather. are you a pilot?

[chrigiammann]

@lordlozz1 yes that's what we learn. I am not yet a pilot. I am still in training so I have only a few hours in my pilots-logbook

[mraquinas]

Not necessarily because solely of bad weather, but for some certain airports, such us Kaitak as shown on this video, manual landing was necessary.

[JerryLaw]

kai tak runway 13 do have a ILS but a IGS and if the pilot dont have the runway by i think it was 660 feet they must go around

[d0rkiishchris]

@lordlozz1 ILS approaches are not rarely used. They are almost always used at the large airports because nearly all the airliners follow a similar STAR into an airport and intercept the ILS in roughly the same place so that spacing for the controllers is easier. It doesn't mean the pilot won't hand fly it, but they'll most certainly tune in the ILS if its available.

[trechan]

nice aircraft.

[cst1908]

what the hell 10 to 10000 muslim OMG

[welshleprechaun]

1:28 reminds me of that scene in Pearl Harbour when the Americans are about to bomb Tokyo

[hmizou93100]

There is a lot of mistakes in that vid. (for the colours and the airplane)...

[MrBwisnewski]

come over here...I'll stab you in the throat...

[instructablesderin]

second person i saw on youtube not being an idiot about muslims...yeah most terrorists are muslim but that is like 10 out of 1,000,000,000

[welshleprechaun]

thhere are more than 10

[boelkstoffschlucker]

+1 because its lol

[Lars2802]

@whothehellisBOOBOO FU!

[sfsoundhound]

When there is moderate-severe turbulence at cruising altitude do pilots ever switch off the a/p to help smooth it out? I'm not a pilot but I want to be, and it seems to me that a/p adjustments would cause the plane to shake harder.

[ryanair737400]

emm I have asked a pilot this before and he said no the a/p would help smooth the turbulence out

[danydj718]

Yes, cause an a/p is not able to look ahead. It's just the action-reaction principle.

[DuncanLafayette]

What strikes me most about the cockpit of most airliners is the apparent low quality of the pilot seats. I might be wrong, but those seats don´t look comfortable at all. Where´s the leather??Any old Cadillac have better seats than those....

[udreabogdan]

Actually the seats are very confortable, and if they have putted leather, well, the pilots may sweat, and when you sweat your level of stress is higher...and you don't want a stressed pilot, don't you?? :D

[udreabogdan]

A plane is not a cadillac..:D :)) it is big, but not bigger enough to be a plane..:D

[ayya619]

ILS Landing

[iphonik4]

Do you Think??! :-D Nice vid 5*

[ayya619]

yeah i think so...

wat do think is it  VFR approach & Landing?

[iphonik4]

the weather is the evidence the question was only small joke:-D sure tha it's ILS

[mkunjufu]

@iphonik4 IGS Instrument guidance system similar to but does not bring you in straight in.

[ayya619]

heheheheh:D

me already sure bout tht!

[keinth930]

Cathay Pacific is the best airline in 2009...

[timothyngim]

ur explanation makes me sleepy

[qoolam87]

very nice smooth landing.

[6254781]

gostei muito desse vidio e muito intereçante brazil maquinas de lavar 011 25183212

[mogofou]

1:08 it's not the same aircraft, too bad we cannot see the same one turning.

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

yea thats a 747-300 they filmed the wrong plane

[gnarkillkicksass]

-300 doesn't have winglets.

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

yes this movie is about cathays 747-400 and capt. don in some scenes they filmed some 747-3 and just edit it in

[roxetterc747]

great landing!

[AndyMcArren1356]

not to be retarded but are there any planes that have a feature that encounter no turbulence

[im1knight]

its not up to the plane to encounter no turbulence.... so no

[deanow2007]

yes planes do have a feature...

the captain and the first officer..

the try and help it to be smooth..:P

[cubes887]

they are called electronic dampers installed on the elevators, they are not standard in commercial aircraft, their job is to counter turbulence via the autopilot setting, the dampers reduce the turbulence only..

[dwwjr1961]

i love sitting at window that gives me the view of wing...i can watch the flaps. were all the mercy of the pilot.

[dwwjr1961]

that hole you see at the back of every aircraft..it a big deal! that is the decompress valve. it was honor to see how honywell makes and test it..

[gustavo87467357]

i love cathay pacific!!!

[surfero58]

stop saying PLEASE in the flightdeck !!

[dwwjr1961]

I flew your airline a couple of times in and out of manila..Hands Down,,YOUR GOOD...

[ceco150495]

are u stupid hwo a simulator can be harder than irl. IDIOT

[AreaQNH870]

IGS anybody? I'm assuming the GS is glide slope.....

[FlightSim09]

IGS = Instrument Guidance System

[gnarkillkicksass]

So the classic 747 is easier then a 737NG, bullshit....

[tjf4375]

It says on your profile you're 24. So you've been an airline pilot since you were 10?

[joepatroni77]

I fly flight sim 2000, which is much harder than the real life.

[Legit92nick]

LOLOLOL

[Cathaydude]

@tjf4375 lucky you went to the cockpit

[poskyflyer]

@tjf4375 this is a bbc video you numb nut he downloaded it and uploaded to share it with the world

[tjf4375]

@poskyflyer I know that, 'numb nut'. My comment was not directed at the uploader, it was in response to comments made by someone else, who was claiming to be an airline pilot and to have flown the kai tak approach. Unfortunately there's nothing to indicate the context of my comment in the thread, because it was made before youtube changed the commenting system.

[stupidstuff52]

you have to be a very skilled pilot to fly a 747, those are sum dam good pilots

[LilMack549]

The external shots of the plane landing are of a plane different from the one they're flying in.

The ones that are external show a 747-300 in the new livery, whereas you can see from the winglets shown at the beginning of the video that the plane they are in is a 747-400 in the OLD livery.

If you're going to be engaging in visual trickery, BBC, try not to be so sloppy!

[samfisherman007]

yes there's 2 different planes shown in the video, the one landed and the cockpit view one are different planes

[tomaz150]

Very good video :)

[gary747pilot]

I WISH U PUT DA * TOUCHDOWN IN DA COCKPIT

[RCSKULLY]

It's probably easier for Cathay Pacific to just hire qualified British and American pilots. Not saying that there aren't any qualified pilots in Hong Kong, it's just likely much easier to get them from other locations than search every single nook and cranny in Hong Kong.

[mutizen99]

hi can i be a pilot???? there one thing that i dont want to become a pilot.... i wear glasses am i still qualified??

[A69GOLDHAWK]

yea

[mutizen99]

how did you know that i am still qualified???

[A69GOLDHAWK]

because ive seen pilots in videos with glasses, and most airlines websites says that you can have eye problems as long as you use glasses or corrective lenses.

[twistor96]

Yes, like GOLDHAWK said, if your vision is correctable to 20/20 or better, then you can be a commercial pilot.

[gnarkillkicksass]

As long as your vision can be corrected with glasses and color vision good enough to pass a lantern test.

[samfisherman007]

what u worry about laser surgery

[dsokoll]

The 747 ( the gentle giant ) practically lands itself.

[Aipl15]

Why are Cathay Pacific Pilots are not native to hong kong ?

[mrbrookz08]

because hong kong used to belong to the british.

[bus140808]

they are well clever. i'm only a bus driver

[brithisairways777]

My dad is a pilot in b777 i wanna be a ilot.

[nextgenairfix]

is there cross winds at the new airport in hong kong

[oneeyelucky]

OMG! Crap in my pants at 1:14.

Great Video.

[ghostterces]

I want to be a PILOT!!!

[stitterich]

i too

[hesave]

Another great video by BBC

[grogrof]

humm sexy mustache

[ittsbadabing]

i would have loved to see the a380 do this approach into the old kai-tak

[istvanklein]

It's either a 747-300 or the exterior shots show a different plane.