Antarctica Flight (Part One)

[thegreeensky]

i wanna go there too, i wanna make my snowman... that would be great! antarctica = fantastic! :)

[plllot]

What if you arrive late at the airport and get an aisle seat?

[SportGibraltar]

"ladies and gentleman we are now flying over Antarctica which is rapidly melting due to C02 emissions of which airplanes are a major contributor".

No doubt some of your homes will one day be underwater.

"Thank you for flying with Qantas Airlines".

[iiiset]

Didn't Air New Zealand crash a plane doing this?

[hoosiertim]

@iiiset Yes, On November 28, 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 flew into Antarctica's Mount Erebus killing all 257 on board. It was a flightseeing flight similar to this one. It originated from Auckland. Qantas & Croydon travel resumed flightseeing flights back in 1994 after a 15 years absence. Since that time they have flown 87 flights over Antarctica without incident.

[SportGibraltar]

@hoosiertim good old DC10s gotta lovem

[urashimakeitaro22]

probably it really sucked to be seated on the middle row...

[efast00]

they actually played ATC traffic over the internal speakers? wow

[airbus94]

You flew all that way to look at ice? lol jokes cool video. You coulda just flew to switzerland have a holiday and look at the swiss alps ;)

[hoosiertim]

Flightseeing is my favorite thing to do while on vacation. And to be able to do it in the comfort of the first class cabin of a Qantas 747 was something I couldn't pass up. I went back to Antarctica two years later to see it from ground level. It was beautiful both times. I plan to go back yet again. But the Swiss Alps are on my list too.

[airbus94]

Wow very cool!

[princette]

Swiss alps are a lot further away from Sydney than Antarctica is, are you some American who thinks were part of America

[airbus94]

yep i know its far and nop i live in sydney.

[TLumVids]

@princette i dont think that he is saying to visit the swiss alps because of the distance, he is saying to visit them rather than Antarctica because you could actually vacation there while having a beautiful view.

[koyaustralia]

@airbus94 your passion isn't mine therefore your dream isn't mine dump ass

[sky30394]

do they fill all seats or just those adjacent to windows for this flight?

[hoosiertim]

They sell all the seats, middle seats costing much less than the others.

[Polynesian576]

On Pushback from the gate, did they show you the Qantas 747-400 Safety Demonstration Video?

[Julesxx1]

they would have, it's standard procedure. No plane is allowed to leave without showing the saftey demonstration.

[therunner1988]

Antarctica is one of my dream destinations. It would be so beautiful to see othing but snow, ice and mountains under a blue sky.

[draco3113rocks]

omg i love tsking off in a plane its so much fun lol never gets old

[diverse01]

I just love Antarctica. Wish I would be there sometime...

[hoosiertim]

I am currently on the Star Princess sailing for there right now. Will be there in a few days.

[Julesxx1]

How long was the flight down there???

[hoosiertim]

It took 4 hours to get there from Sydney.