Airbus A320 pilots' view ILS Approach CAT III LOWW-VIE in bad weather 

They should classify this as a "can't see shit" approach

Dang. Now that's trusting your instruments.

Now this is zero visibility.

The end of the video is where the REAL work begins....finding the gate in that muck.

That was stunning. I can't imagine landing with no visibility until the landing lights are seen at two hundred feet. My respect to those in the cockpit.

A common misconception about the autoland procedure is that the pilots simply "sit back and watch it all happen" without any input whatsoever, which is not the case at all. While they may not be physically manipulating the primary flight controls (elevator/aileron/rudder), they are still monitoring the approach and manually operating everything else, including the flaps, landing gear, spoiler arming, and retarding the thrust levers during the flare. They are also watching for any deviations from the safe approach path and airspeed, ready to initiate a go-around/missed approach if it all starts going wrong. The autopilot certainly isn't 100% fool proof and must be treated with great respect and without complacency. Also, to all those people saying the conditions weren't CAT III, and that an autoland wasn't required: a valid conclusion of the actual prevailing conditions cannot be drawn from just watching the video. The ATIS at the time most likely advised that conditions were dropping below CAT I, meaning it would be advisable to use the aircraft's autoland system in anticipation of the conditions REDUCING BELOW the minimums required for a manual landing. After all, that's what this system is there for - to provide a safe method of landing the aircraft in very poor visibility :) An excellent and very informative video!

I can not explain the good feeling you have when you punch out and see those beautiful colorful runway lights.

AWESOME...flying blind. The technology is amazing.

I´ve had that experience on 16th of dec 2022 on flight EW 9558, TFS to DUS, arriving at 5:20 p.m. The captain told to passengers already 1 hour before landing about a difficult landing because of extreme bad weather situation in DUS. My seat in A320 was Window 9A. 2 minutes before landing the aircraft was diving into the clouds - I could see landinglights exactly in the moment the aircraft touched the ground - for me amazing. Reducing of speed was normal. At all moments of this approach I felt safe. Thank You to the very good crew!

the sensation of landing in these conditions is something you have to experience up front to fully understand

Man, you got to admire the modern technology for both ILS and AP.

Of all the CAT III approaches on Ytube. This one's the best. Thanks for posting.

That was a phenomenal display of the sync between pilot and plane. Instruments and crosschecks. Beautiful. Well done.

I *know* commercial pilots are trained to do this but I will never stop being in awe. It’s just magic!

I'm an instrument rated pilot and fully understand all this....but it still blows my mind every time I see it.

Was on a plane landing in Amsterdam on a day exactly like this once, it was so scary! I thought it would be impossible to land...technology and pilots are awesome.

Just incredible the way lights show up when it reaches just 200 feet. A completely auto pilot controlled landing.

wow no need for the plane to call the pilots names right before landing

Great vid, thanks for sharing! I can't imagine the tension in the cockpit during at CAT III

Well done crew, and well done A320 engineers! Very impressive, the lack of any 🔊 Minimums 🔊!

What a display of high tecnology. Simply amazing.

Whenever the plane doesn't crash it's amazing.

Nice thing about those foggy low ceiling nights. Never a xwind.

Unglaublich ..... Autofahren im Nebel ist schon eine Kunst aber das hier toppt das Ganze noch. Perfekte Landung!!!

Incredible and professionalism by pilots and controllers.

"How low can you go" thank's Barnes Wallace...for making air travel safe and very exciting to watch...I wonder what his thought's would be after watching a vid like this one?....thank's for the upload and many thank's to the many who make it happen!..Nice landing!..."auto land"...

Thanks for the upload. Great Clip !

CAT 111 Excellent Captain!! Thanks for sharing video

that illusion "that You are too high"

2:57 I feel like Stephen hawking is mad at me

I know this is quite old, but still props for having one of the best pea soup landing videos on RU-vid. Love it

amazing how technology has made it possible!

without auto-pilot landing could be difficult it seems, esp since the runway didnt appear till 200ft above surface, scary, leaves no room for error, great video - thanks

All I am amazed by sheer calmness of the pilots.

*this makes me admire ILS so much more*

Thanks dear ILS , gracias querido ILS , "QUE SERÍA SIN USTED HE HE ."

Just got a briefing on the 787 instrumentation....fantastic.

That's mindboggling.

Beautiful approach lights!!

Congratulations, Chief Pilo!

Wow, this is amazing! I love technology!

Absolutely amazing.

I may or may not have been screaming "GO AROUND. GO AROUND DAMN IT" at the 300 callout. LOL.

watching this makes me so happy im going for my private... what a cool job

What an amazing piece of kit the autopilot is.

I remember the last time I had the opportunity to fly (or rather watch as three autopilots controlled) the A310-600RR which actually the simulator during training aCAT III C autopilot approach and landing. Since therunway edge lights are 200 in seperation We would see three lights down. I miss it so much.

very well executed

Fabulous flying!

This is incredible

Seeing those beautiful jewels of landing lights come out of middle of nowhere reminds me why I fell in love with flying. In flying almost everything is drenched in elegance but filled with a lot of meaning; maybe I'm just an airplane nerd or maybe it's time to go to bed. lol. It's amazing we human-beings have learned to fly even though we were never meant to.

That is truly amazing!

Very good shot with dense fog👏🏼👏🏼

A/P Disc Warning is so much nicer in the Airbus than the 737.

Amazing view, nice landing 👍

made me teary eyed, the science behind this is ridonkulous

2:45 landing into heaven.

fantastic auto land!!

"Sir the auto-landing computer has failed" "Fuck..have to wing it then"

I know everyone watching was on the edge of their seat ! Holly, that's a CAT III landing with white knuckles.... that was great team work !!

0:16 I was flying a 737-600 PMDG (P3D) into KHRL at night and it was very foggy and low clouds. Using Precipit FX 737 package, i was able to experience that. The lights hitting the fog and clouds, strobe lights reflecting off them also. It was a real treat. Great video. Regards, from the USA.

Wow, incredible!

Super Landung! Mehr Videos bitte!

Amazing. Better them than me. Outstanding.

I don't do fear very well! But they handled that beautifully, nice job

Wow that's basically putting your life in the instruments. Nice landing very nice

These pilots are so frigging cool!

Fantastico atterraggio 👌👏

The capital of my country. Woww this Austrian Pilots are amazing

That is incredible

die mensch-maschine is truly unstoppable

Is he playing guitar hero at 2:40?

Amazing, thanks for sharing it.

thanks to inventer of the ILS, it is really helpfull in a dense foggy nite landing

Great Job Guys !!!

thanks to all the genius for this amazing tech

Landed amazing with auto pilot mode.... Technology rules the world .

Thanks for the technology.

That is beautiful.

great video!!

The weather seems for CAT II , not for CATIIIB however, this guys did a splendid job

Excelent lading. Congratulations.

Perfect landing 👍🙌👌👍👍👍

Great job

Great video dude!!!!

Very professional

Awesome job!!

Impressive; I kept thinking about Die Hard 2 though where the changed the ILS 200 feet below the runway.

That was AMAZING. The trust the Pilots had to put into the plane and instrument Gauges. Nothing was in sight till 500 feet. Good Job. I would hire them both to become my "Permanent" Pilots whenever I fly.

like...good job!

I remember landing in Myrtle Beach and there thick fog the whole time. I was just in awe how easily the pilot landed it. Amazing world we live in.

what amazing technology to be able to do that!

awesome landing by pilots!

Great insight.

Landing in such low i.e..almost no visibility is challenging task. Thanks to the ILS and pilots expertise in it

I did this in my sim. It was awesome

Got to love the ILS.

awesome landing !!!!!

Gud ser, safety first

awesome job guy's

One impressive technology