Lots of commenters are mentioning the quality of the radio transmissions in this video. For crews and air traffic controllers, VHF comms are generally quite clear and intelligible - far better than some of what you hear in this video. So why is the audio here so difficult to understand? It's to do with the location of the antenna that captured the audio. The Ryanair flight was airborne so likely had a clear "line of sight" to the antenna, resulting in a clear signal. The Aer Lingus A330 was on the ground and there were likely obstructions between the aircraft and the antenna, resulting in a static-filled signal. Unfortunately there's not much that can be done to improve the audio quality when it's this bad, but I do still try!
I suspect that everyone concerned could hear each other fine, and it's just that the receiver used to make the recording was in a less than optimal location to pick up a good signal.
Much of it is close to real-time, but with a few speed-ups to shorten gaps where nothing much was happening. Check the UTC clock in the upper-right if you're curious!
One of my brothers works in Rescue at Dublin Airport - they practice/train for EVERY imaginable (and some non-imaginable) event(s) - when the alarm goes off, so do they......
There's interesting background audio between radio calls, sounds like a open room/office environment. It's very quiet, I only picked it up with headphones.
Sometimes you can pick up other air traffic controllers speaking in the background of radio calls, but I also add some airport tarmac ambience to the audio mix for (what I think is) a nice effect.
I think the [unintelligable] from rescue15 was "there really isn't any (visable?) smoke". So EIN123 probably thought there was a birdstrike or other problem where the engine might have been on fire or damaged as a result, hence wanting fire to take a look. 4:23 buzzing the tower (okay not really).
But if you think your engine is damaged or under fire, wouldn't you just shut it down and call tow vehicle? Using damaged engine "just to relief the runway" can cause extra damage meaning extra repair costs.
...if you knew Aer Lingus, like I knew Aer Lingus....nothing would surprise me...not quite a "love - hate" with the Irish abroad...more on the lines of a "love"- total EXASPERATION, relationship... over all quite proud of them...
gotta feel sorry for Ryanair 6678. Of course they had to make a decision whether to divert, they made the decision and then had a flying time to Belfast that was longer than it took to clear the incident at Dublin. Just another day in the office I guess.
They only sound like this to the guy making the recording with a small remote receiver. In the air and on the ground inside the actual aircraft the communications are very clear.
@@RyanRoberts15 : Yeah it's only as good as the equipment recording it which oft times is just some handheld little receiver being used by some plane spotter.
is it just me or are european ATCs in general much more concise and professional sounding than their US counterparts? It's like listening to military communication, in a good way
They can take their time communicating with pilots because it's not an overly busy airport compared to the amount of movements in a major US city. Basically ACT in Ireland have time to talk.
Shamrock couldn't decide whether they wanted to taxi off the runway before inspection or not. Make up your mind, man! They had already shut the engine down too it turns out.
It's to do with the location of the antenna that captured the audio. The Ryanair flight was airborne so likely had a clear "line of sight" to the antenna, resulting in a clear signal. The Aer Lingus A330 was on the ground and there were likely obstructions between the aircraft and the antenna, resulting in a static-filled signal.
When Ryanair 6678 diverted to Belfast, which airport did it use? Also, did the same plane fly the passengers to DUB later on, or were they sent down by coach? One of 6678's pilots sounds like Saoirse Ronan.
RYR6678 diverted to Belfast International Airport (BFS / EGAA). The aircraft landed in BFS at 12:18Z, and departed for DUB at 13:09Z, arriving at 13:31Z, about 1:40 after the original approach to DUB was discontinued. You can find the flight data for the day here: globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=4ca24f&showTrace=2021-09-05
They get fined for late arrivals in the USA. Guess which airline won the prize for the most late arrivals some years back.... Hint, it wasn't American...😂
I think the tower controller was a little incompetent for a emergency “Shamrock 123 stopping” “Say again” Then “Shamrock 123 issue with engine we can taxi off runway” “Say again”
Incompetent? VHF comms can be spotty and muffled even over short distances. I hear it every day where people have to repeat things due to readability issues.
I think it is because one is so used to take off's actually happening. Stopping on the run way is an unusual occurrence that I could understand the tower doing a double take
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