Well done British Airways pilot!

[kennedy1233]

Holy mother of mary CROSS WIND 747 Amazing

[radudeATL]

I think the movie version of this is called SIDEWAYS.

[69hcup]

Come on Mav, do some of that pilot shit....or as the Brits would say, ' 'Bit breezy up here what, piece of cake...tea after we land James?'

[miguelitocarrasco]

that's a real crosswind landing!!!

[Dakamum]

Clean landing. Awesome. 

[DamianFurgal]

DAM Right. This pilot is a real pilot not some DAM person relying on Auto landing. He landed like a BAWSE

[hassannassaralah]

dosent get better than that.top class poiliting

[egduj]

Sweet as a nut...

[combustercan]

This pilot has balls of steel, or there again the pilot could have been a woman..Hmmmmm..

[TinnInches]

Like a BAWSE!

[Orel149]

thos pilots are TRUE PILOTS..!!!!!!!! well done...

[dwbush777]

That is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!

[k0rkis2]

RULE BRITANNIAAAAAAAA.......

[TheRfg94]

@k0rkis2 BRITANNIA RULES THE WOOOOOOORLD

[TheGreatGollum]

all those hours on a simulator paid off

[3heiniken]

and thats why they make 250K a year.

[MovieMad007]

@3heiniken you are kidding right?????? Yet these are the guys who strike!!!!!

[Skankpronger]

@3heiniken 250k a year? i dont think so . more like 100k maybe

[FlightmanLHR]

@3heiniken Except they don't earn 250k a year. They earn half of that.

[eaterofclams]

@FlightmanLHR

Dear God...why is the internet so utterly overloaded with smart ass knowitalls

that constantly correct others by throwing bs at them.

According to the QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED FLIGHT CREW (LONG HAUL)

CERTIFIED AGREEMENT top wages bracket earned for Captains:

A380 - $269.16 / hr 747 - $256.35 / hr A330 - $244.14 767 - $219.02

For a 900 hour year, that is $242,244 for the top A380 Captain rank.

[b747dude]

@eaterofclams 900 Hr. Work week? Theres like 8,700 Hrs in a year...And all of that is earned through seniority...getting promoted to a long haul captain takes years and years.

[FlightmanLHR]

@eaterofclams Well as it's a BA aircraft in the video, and the vagaries of international exchange rates mean a comparison of UK and Australia wages is largely dependant on market sentiment at the time, I was quoting UK£. And I didn't need to search the internet for my figures.

[welshfyr]

Nothing to see here.

[iraaado]

@welshfyr Yeah, for people who don't understand shit about aviation, there's really "nothing to see here".

[TheNewDivide91]

@iraaado Other than a kick ass crosswind landing......

[onenutmonkey234]

Perfect.

[jdub81sbm]

Purely badass...this pilot knows his shit. 

[beergut111]

@jdub81sbm he was trainined by the best.....the USA.

[GERMANLOVER7000]

excellent manouvre from the captain of this very good airline...BRITISH AIRWAYS.

[RetC130Nav]

Best crosswind landing I've ever seen.

[Filzoable]

If you would know what kind of forces there are working on the aircraft while it's landing like that you would say: well done aircraft and pilot

[changpeuklek]

very easy

[Andrekikh]

Pro.

[FlexyDemon]

Perfect 10!. Textbook crosswind landing.

[m2direct]

sick landin

[MakarowskiVideo]

in the soviet russia crosswind fuck you

[hatiras22]

GREAAT LANDING SPEEDBIRD.



[a330ftw]

LIKE A BAWS!

[HabboDepaul]

Nice gliding skills

[MrKcordell]

Was that Skully :)....pretty smooth indeed.

[googleisshittoss]

Another reason why the Computer should NEVER be allowed to take the Pilot out of the equation!

[beergut111]

trained by the best pilots......USA

[hotdogman3331]

@beergut111 Stupid Americans air Crash Investigation should thank them cause there makin money off of all american stories

[plasticspastic201]

@beergut111 brits are the best pilots. yanks are too busy wearing perfume and chewing gum like the loudmouth fucks they always have been.

[fruizlopez]

WOW impressive! Hats off

[lamestbiokinectic]

i bet the pilot was Russian

[beergut111]

@lamestbiokinectic lol....russian pilots have trouble just starting the engines.

[mshigorin]

@beergut111 if you were interested I could suggest reading Ershov's memoires, but you apparently have trouble accepting the fact that Russian pilots matured in operating one of the most large and diverse territories on the Earth, and they typically have *way* more wit to handle the unforeseen than an average US or El Al pilot (the latter can't even land softly, from my experience).

The difference is creative approach vs day job as a computer shepherd.

[beergut111]

@mshigorin russians build crappy airplanes and their pilots are poorly trained...money talks.

ive seen it in person. Did an exchange program years ago with the airline, those russians had trouble just starting the engines.

[happyturtle18]

@beergut111 That statement about russian planes being crappy is definitely false. I dont think you've looked up the fact that russian planes have had the fewest crashes, and an excellent safety record.

[beergut111]

@happyturtle18 well i did.....what i found is that russia has the worst safety record and the most accidents of any flag carrier in the world.

I wonder why they bought all those airbus's? hmmmm

[happyturtle18]

@beergut111 I Think that would be due to the fact that many airline comanies that have russian planes in their fleet can't afford the costs of the plane maintenance, and the planes end up crashing that way.

[beergut111]

@happyturtle18 thats what i said.....they're shitty airplanes.

[happyturtle18]

@beergut111 *facepalm* Shitty maintenence leads to them crashing,not how the planes are made. the planes are made perfectly, its the people who maintenence the planes who are shitty. sheesh

[beergut111]

@happyturtle18 thats only half true. a shitty design and shitty parts is the other half. and their pilots are poorly trained.

[mshigorin]

@beergut111 could you please clear up the situation? I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know how to start the engines on a plane type they weren't taught and trained to fly -- e.g., I recently had a bit of hard or inconvenient time having to fix AIX even if my Linux experience is pretty considerable. It's just the knobs were different.

And judging from the "money tawks" meme, I bet you couldn't land a gliding heavy plane -- you weren't trained to, it doesn't happen, eh?

[beergut111]

@mshigorin you dont understand. starting a turbine airplane involves no more than 3 steps. they are just poor pilots, ive seen it in person.

The money talks theme means they build planes as cheap as possible with no thought of safety in mind.  that is why they crash, poor design. poor maintenance and poor training.

[mshigorin]

@beergut111 one *must* know those steps -- do you know how to change an IP on an Ethernet interface in AIX? :)

you look quite hasty and biased to me, sorry -- just consider what would happen to your country after a sort war more silent than civil one, and we had that for more than 15 years by now; spirit holds.

in case you're genuinely interested and would bear a hefty automatic translation: lib.ru/MEMUARY/ERSHOW_W/zapisk­i_ezdowogo_psa.txt might tell you much of how it looked here.

[beergut111]

@mshigorin that post makes completely no sense....

[gaggotgaggot]

what are you on about you gombean fool. a computer landed that plane. my 5 year old dog could land that plane

[chazndave]

@gaggotgaggot Speaking as a pilot, I can tell you that it was a pilot approach & landing. He (she?) made it look easy, but it isn't.

[gaggotgaggot]

@chazndave speaking as a pilot with 25 years experience you should not be flying planes

[bigdawg8369]

Very nice must have been one hell of a crosswind. Nice landing tho, been in a plane and was able to see the runway just like that.

[MNBluestater]

I am always amazed at these big ol' birds. Great landing, the dynamics are the same in skilled piloting ! Love watching them ready to take off, weighing a bazillion pounds.When those 4 engines wind up ---SMILE ! Great times, great times.

[trevorwoods]

keiichi tsuchiya was at the controls...He said it was nice but no comparison to AE-hachi rokku

^_^

[GlobalShiftWilton]

Amazing....simply..

[bigdre1981]

NOW THATS A FUCKIN PILOT!!!

[TomoHawKzZ]

Air-driftin' :L

[Earssss]

well now we know the rudder works lol

[pidgeblev]

Rule Britannia!

[pilotsimu]

perfect cross wind

[dionsanchez24]

30 people got a fear of flying

[SlideRulePirate]

Smoooooth as silk and slicker than snot.

[voteforpedro333]

hahahaha the plane was drifting

[shrekjones7]

The Autoland couldn't operate in that much cross-wind.

That was pilot approach and landing.

[R5H4D0W]

@shrekjones7 I didn't know autoland existed, have always thought that's what the pilot was for, take off, shift positions, and land under compliance with ATC instructions. Is this a new fly by wire feature or has it always been there? Sorry for being a dumbass, thanks.

[MetalGrain]

@R5H4D0W Modern aircraft of that size don't even need a pilot: they can take off, make course corrections, land and taxi without any human interactions. The pilot is only there to take over in these sorts of conditions and provide peace of mind.

[dereklsept]

@MetalGrain i don't know of a plane that can do the take off phase on it's own...too many factors involved with a take-off to allow an autopilot to do it...now landing...yes...if it's an approved ILS...but most pilots still prefer to land themselves...they'll allow the auto-pilot to fly most of the approach and then take over at minimums or the decision height, based off of preference

[FlyUPS767]

@shrekjones7 an autoland COULD stand that much cross wind, it could stand alot of cross wind too, but the landing wouldn't be very smooth.

[sjleeds2011]

@FlyUPS767 This is true, the AP accomodates for much higher tolerances in terms of crosswind than the above, the landing may not be great, but it would bring the aircraft down. However, this video clearly shows a manual approach & landing due to the fluidity of the direction changes, AP is much more aggressive in it's corrections.

[FlyUPS767]

@sjleeds2011 The landing would be on the centerline but pretty hard and the pilot would probably like to manualy fly an airplane no mather how hard the winds are

[hernandezrivas]

The 747 is just a beautiful aircraft.. VERY reliable..

[krystup360]

happy ending ! live to fight another day ! hasssin from casablanca

[modiinbuchman]

That is a stiff upper lip well kept I suppose.

[roryforham]

thats why boeing is better than stupid diebywire airbus

[nvstewart]

@roryforham Even Airbus land in crosswind landings.  Oh, and by the way, there has being a lot more fatal Boeing crashes than Airbus.

[SpacelyXD]

@nvstewart Boeings been around long before airbus

[nvstewart]

@SpacelyXD True enough of course. Just look at these numbers though, starting from '74 because that was when Airbus first had a civil jet (A300) '58 was Boeings first jet (707) with a 16 year head start. '74-'84 67 Boeing crashes 1 Airbus '85-'95 89 Boeing 13 Airbus '96-'06 59 Boeing 13 '07-2011 20 Boeing 10 Airbus. As you said though Boeing have more aircraft, but it is not a huge difference. So to get a better understanding its best to compare the latest crash numbers.

[Warpath2198]

Uhh, how is it awesome that the landing computer used the rudder? I don't get it....

[yamashitatakumi]

@Warpath2198 well I think the fact that a computer lands a plane is pretty awesome to. Don't you think.

[jo05dk]

Very well done indeed!

[dionsanchez24]

im not saying this because im british and this is british airways, but this is the BEST crosswind landing ive ever seen.

[MrThegirvanator]

Thats why we british are the best in the world!



[Warpath2198]

@MrThegirvanator The American made landing computer did that, lol.

[HelloHansSolo]

@Warpath2198 hey donkey fucker bitch asshole, u yanks dont know shit, cunt hole! That was pure british skill, something u motherfuckers no nothing of. FUCK U!

[hashiia]

@HelloHansSolo U mad bro?

[HelloHansSolo]

@hashiia FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!

[MrThegirvanator]

@Warpath2198 maybe it did the approach, but is it not procedure to turn off the autopilot before landing?

[joranpoort]

Tokyo drift: Aeroplane special

[betabloca]

I'd much rather a Brit,Yank or Canadian be at the controls if things get hot! I remember dropping several hundred feet during a thunderstorm in a BA 747 over Montreal in1980 - the pilot was as cool as them there cucumbers.

[djclarkie1000]

brittish airways is the equivelent of american airlines fast reliable and by hell do they know how to land planes!

[christoffNY]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we do that.

[in4ming]

wing flex <3

[USEX9102]

Awesome....

[RubyBGDali]

Some seriously good landing there.

[Oshawott5]

@karlwalsh13 like a boss? :D

[karlwalsh13]

i did this before !!! in battlefield ;)

[phred75]

NOW THAT was fucking TITS!

[arjennovic]

Captain: "Ladies and gentlemen, and on your right you can now see the runway."

[FSXtremeVideos]

@arjennovic I actually think the passengers at the nose could maybe see a bit of the runway. That would be so cool!

[geezafrombrum]

At approximately what speed (in mph) is the plane travelling when it just touches down?

[tubernation1]

@geezafrombrum 130 to 160 depending on weight.

[DubbleTrubbleBubble]

i could land a plane like that in strong wind. i just dont wanna.

[The1dasha]

Almost as good as a Qantas pilot ;)

[fsxaddict6100]

If the british pilots were flying in 9/11 nothing would of happend appart from dents in your car from flying Taliban!! LOL

[1TheTisim]

A perfect landing

[adomas97]

30 aer lingus pilots watched this video

[alanlad1]

are we allowed to say awesome if we are british?

[AChubbyAssassin]

Ken Block would be proud of that in-air drift! lol!

[Joeinsdca]

Love how people pick apart shit. Nice auto land. .

[mymbe430]

Absolutely one of my favorite vids!! What a burst of wind that must have been and the PIC makes it look like no big deal. Way to go BA!

[Ben123planes]

Now I have to scroll down to see what marshalllucky said...

[wingman662]

BA the finest pilots on the planet. Most are RAF trained what more can you ask for

[irishdublin00]

What skill!!! Awesome

[savioba1]

nice landing, sure, but not unusual at all. It is necessary in a crosswind to land into the wind, and if you watch closely as the nose gear is about to engage with the ground, the plane has already and automatically 'straightened' itself up to make for a perfect landing

[dpdpric]

I didn't know airplanes could move like that!!!

[BikeDareDevils]

Us british are epic!

[elkiye]

Awesome!! A true ace.. I guess 30 people have never been on a plane before...

[lomasloco70]

Majestic!

[hawk24in]

Hey That's a normal crosswind landing of any big Jet. Get used to it OK? NOTHING UNUSUAL.. All part of life for an Airline Pilot.

[ooeyb]

must have been a hell of a crosswind to knock a jumbo sideways like that.

[callum1131]

@ooeyb no, thats just a technique used to land in cross-winds. Its called crabbing, at the last second kick in opposite rudder and straighten up

[ooeyb]

@callum1131 yes, but the crosswind must be considerable for him to have to do that.

[callum1131]

@ooeyb he would have to do it in all cross wind conditions, strong or weak. Its just the technique. I'm not having a go just stating the correct procedure

[ooeyb]

@callum1131 not when theres no crosswind - thats what i'm saying!

[callum1131]

@ooeyb obviously not, thats why i said thats the technique used when there is a crosswind. Make sense boy!

[mprime6807]

Now that was aircraft mastery!

[postie2003]

It's like watching someone powerslide a double decker bus. Incredible.

[smartdon007]

really....tht was a piece of cake !

[IWSFODD]

@smartdon007 you dumbass should do it yourself with your own airplane before claiming shit. Messing around with a big plane and 500 people on it isn't cool.

[smartdon007]

@IWSFODD hmm....i actually have landed planes like these with 600 ppl on it..Go figure !

[spiffy72985]

@smartdon007 Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn't count, dumbass.

Your spelling and your own profile page make it pretty damn clear to anyone with half a brain that you're NO pilot, and certainly not a captain of a 747.

Lying douchebag.

[smartdon007]

@spiffy72985 Chill dude....I was just messing around...After all, jokes r allowed on this site !!

[CamShaft200]

Jesus! That was a very sideways landing! Very nicely done

[sundipy09]

excellent landing !! :) amazing job. cross winds can make the plan wobble but this pilot has certainly got the power to control it !! :) amazing job!1 :)

[asxefv]

WoooooooooooooooooooW amazing !

Excellent landing !

[elsiesmpls]

whats well done?

[bambi080]

thts not flying that falling in style

[17091ira0072]

i do hate landing in cross winds and i only fly a cessna i litteraly worship airline pilots they are awsome

[CaptainAndreas45]

If it was autoland, ILS, the plane wants to roll rather then yaw; so if autolanding, the plane would be wing down.

[TheAinsleyShow]

personally, i don't see anything wrong in the landing, but hey, I'm British so I wouldn't..

.

[paulsno1]

British Aiways ALLWAYS !

[SecsSells]

NIce, but it is all SOP.

[ShikataGaNai100]

...oooooh...BIG balls not rejecting that approach.

[marshalllucky]

how come the pilote is mess about like these when try to lend these plaine? it is dangeros to do when you have the poeples on the plaine ;-)

[784e65726f58]

@marshalllucky What are you talking about? The pilot can't just wave a magic wand and make the wind disappear. You either land or you don't. Your profile says that you are British, you ought to be able to spell your own language correctly

[haccuk]

@784e65726f58 I agree with you. Top class flying. I think @marshalllucky must be an imposter. He can't possibly be British with spelling and language like that, can he?

[pyrogaz]

@haccuk Given the current state of our education system he may have proven that he is British, innit! ;-)

[DieyoungDiefast]

@784e65726f58

Probably another immigrant.

[Antdemo]

@784e65726f58 yos those pilotes are fom da ghetto so u better be lend these plaines all good cause poeples are on da plaine ya ere me blud!

[784e65726f58]

@Antdemo Ah! You must have truanted at the same school as @marshalllucky. So, you're a gangster? One of those infamous Youtube gangsters, hey? I don't want no trouble blud, you knows what i is saying like? init.

[Antdemo]

@784e65726f58 noes ma pickadillie yo am all gd in tere, i dnt be startin no troublez wit u... i'm from blackpool haha why am i talking like this.. lol funny!

[berlinmitte10117]

@Antdemo Eh, it aint no ting!

[nighttrain334]

@marshalllucky its called crosswind landing ,its safe,us pilots are trained for this nature of landing,the plane is lined up with runway but its in a directional position,rudders are used to straighten it out on final,now if its to far out of line ,we will radio for a go around....state the reason and set it up for a more safer approach

[Axmedkoole]

Now let's see if Captain Sullenberger can do that. He can't.

[Splop10]

If he had been playing NFS Underground, that would have got him at least 20k points.

[babytweeze85]

i would love to hear what that right rudder sounded like as he slammed it into the floorboard

[pidgeblev]

That Beauty is a Beast!

[Florian112RE]

Wow! Good Pilot, good landing!

[KingM535i]

Never seen someone side-slip a 747 before!

[jim1590]

@KingM535i balls of steel needed for that!

[outfromtheshadows]

Skill,

[1972SCOT1]

AMAZING. The very best, of the very best of landings. i want this guy to fly my plane every time. at least i know i will be safe on all the 747's i fly on xx

[ThePilot314]

Everytime I see this approach I can say 1.000 points very wel done!

[kellyslater12345]

this is a pretty bad landing

[uriahms]

Wish I could do that in FSX. FSX rudder isn't worth crap.

[MrHelidude]

Very nice. Thank you ............... :-)